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2022 BMW M5 CS First Look: Say Yes to the CS
August 2019. MotorTrend Car of the Year competition. I’m behind the wheel of the Mercedes-AMG GT63S and senior features editor Jonny Lieberman is riding shotgun. As we evaluated the big AMG, I distinctly remember asking him, “where would you ever use all 630 horsepower?” His response was simply, “everywhere.” Clearly, he isn’t the only person who thinks this, because BMW has now given the M5 largely the same amount of grunt. Meet the 2022 BMW M5 CS, now with 627 hp, 553 lb-ft of torque, and way less fat. In simple terms, the new M5 CS is the most powerful BMW to ever hit public roads. But it’s much more than that. BMW claims a 0-62 mph time of 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 190 mph. Not only that, but the M5 also goes on the Atkins diet in its tran...
Kia K900 and Cadenza Discontinued as Sedans Continue Their Decline
Another two sedans bite the dust as the market-wide move to SUVs continues to cut down the remaining four-door holdouts. Add the Kia K900 and Cadenza to the list: Both are dead for 2021, as originally reported by Car and Driver. That said, the shift toward SUVs isn’t new, and the K900—an S-Class-sized bargain luxury sedan—was already essentially a footnote in annual sales figures. The K900 had a steep hill to climb in a segment where brand prestige is a large part of the selling proposition, although anyone able to ignore such considerations found an excellent luxury car for tens of thousands less than its German competition. See all 33 photos The most recent model’s twin-turbo V-6 proved a better powerplant than the previous version’s V-8, and Kia made the ride and handl...
Jared Leto Almost Signed an Unknown Billie Eilish After She Rocked His Private Party
Leto was really sold on the pair’s talent when he invited them to play a tiny show at his house during a dinner party for 12 people, where they blew the A-list guests away. “I said, ‘Hey, will you guys come and play a couple of songs?’ and they were, like, ‘Yeah, sure,’ and they showed up with a Guitar Center p.a. and played the most heartbreakingly beautiful music with, like, you know, it shouldn’t have sounded that good, it was impossible that it sounded that good,” he said. “I remember Leo DiCaprio was there and a couple of other people and they were just, like, ‘How did you find these people and, like, who are they?’ Everyone was just jaws on the floor, 12 people max at my place in the hills. Yeah, just great people. I&#...
Roddy Ricch & 21 Savage Set to Perform on iHeartRadio’s Living Black!
The Feb. 20 show will be produced by Rikki Hughes, best known for her work with comedian Dave Chappelle. Roddy Ricch, 21 Savage, Jhené Aiko and Kirk Franklin will be among the performers on iHeartRadio’s Living Black!, which is set to air Feb. 20 on iHeartMedia hip-hop, gospel and R&B broadcast stations, iHeartRadio’s YouTube and Facebook pages and the iHeartRadio app nationwide. The show, which will air at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT, will be produced by Rikki Hughes, who has won two Emmys and three Grammys for her work with comedian Dave Chappelle. Throughout February, which is Black History Month, iHeartMedia national and on-air personalities, including The Breakfast Club (consisting of Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy), Steve Harvey and Big Boy, will honor “trailblazers, modern ...
Cardi B Says She’s Spending a Fortune Every Week on COVID Tests
When a fan said they thought the tests were free, Cardi explained that it’s free when you go to your doctor’s office, but “when it’s for work and you gotta have people test you at your home is not.” That said, Cardi wasn’t complaining about the cost because she knows the legal and health ramifications if she doesn’t do everything she can to keep herself and her team safe. “It’s necessary because if you in my space and you get Covid I can get sued. If I do a commercial and I get Covid the company can get sued,” she said. “Its all about not being a liability and is a requirement.The government should be paying for healthcare workers we pay out our own pockets.” When another user noted that Cardi is lucky that she has the luxur...
Guitar Center Unveils Rockin’ Eddie Van Halen Memorial Mural
A rocking memorial mural for late Van Halen guitar legend Eddie Van Halen has gone up outside the flagship Hollywood location of Guitar Center. The painting of EVH in mid screaming guitar solo on one of his signature Frankenstrats, mouth agape, is surrounded by his initials in giant VH font. “In honor of @eddievanhalen‘s birthday, we unveiled an incredible tribute by artist @therobertvargas today at GC Hollywood,” wrote the mega instrument retailer on Instagram on Tuesday (Jan. 26) about the 17-foot tall, 105-foot long painting. “This mural celebrates the passion and virtuosity of Eddie’s playing that has and will continue to inspire generations of musicians. Take a closer look in our stories!” Eddie’s son and former bandmate, Wolfg...
Westside Gunn ft. Armani Ceasar “Liz Loves Luger,” Dave East “Mercedes Talk” & More | Daily Visuals 1.26.21
2020 was a stellar year for members of Griselda as Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher and Conway The Machine all put in the kind of work in the music game they put in on their streets. Keeping that 2020 energy going into January, Westside Gunn drops some visuals for his Who Made The Sunshine album cut, “Liz Loves Luger” which finds Armani Ceasar helping Gunn dispose of a body in a hotel. Talk about a ride-or-die chick. Shorty didn’t mind getting her manicured hands dirty. Props. Back in Harlem Dave East hangs in front of the bodega with his crew while stuntin’ in front of a few Benzes for his clip to “Mercedes Talk.” Lowkey wondering why he ain’t drive the whip for the video but whatever. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Homeboy Sandman featuring Chris Quelle, CJ, and ...
Chico DeBarge Popped With Methamphetamine and Heroin, Impersonated His Brother
Source: Monica Morgan / Getty Jonathan “Chico” DeBarge has been busted for drugs, again. This time the story is sprinkled with extra struggle since the crooner allegedly tried to hurl one of his brothers under the bus. TMZ reports that back on January 13 Chico got pulled over in Burbank after he was spotted driving with neither his headlights on at night nor any license plates. Well, that’s one way not to stay off the radar. But that was only the start of the struggle. According to Burbank PD, Chico didn’t have any identification on him, so he told the cops his name was James DeBarge. That would be same James DeBarge who is his older brother, a member of DeBarge and infamously the guy who was married to Janet Jackson on the low for about a year. Anyway, the cops pinched Chico, who was acco...
Harlem Protests Kick Off After Punks Brutally Attacked & Bit Black Woman
Source: kali9 / Getty An unnamed woman in New York has garnered the support of her community after she was brutally attacked outside a Harlem liquor store. Now, the whole neighborhood is on the lookout for the criminals and a rally was helped in support of the woman as well. By way of interviews with local CBS and NBC news outlets, the 31-year-old victim and mother said last Monday (Jan. 18), she walked into a liquor store at West 128th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue around 6 p.m. local time. While attempting to purchase a bottle of wine, one of the alleged assailants asked if he could buy her wine but she politely declined. The woman then says that after rejecting the offer, she was followed by the men with one of them saying out loud that the woman thought herself superior to them. In an...
Kanye West Barks On Chance The Rapper In Documentary Clip
Source: Paul Natkin / Getty Over the past few years Kanye West has alienated millions of fans as he’s done weird things such as calling slavery a “choice” to co-signing Donald Trump’s racist MAGA movement, before ultimately running as a democratic spoiler candidate in the 2020 Presidential race. Luckily for him some of his celebrity peers have reached out to be there for him in what seemed to be a mental breakdown episode, but unfortunately Chance The Rapper caught the wrath of MAGA Yeezy while the two where conversing in the studio. In the minute-long clip is reportedly from the upcoming YZY TV making of the DONDA album documentary, we witness Kanye just unload on Chance The Rapper for whatever reason before telling him “Sit your ass down and listen to the album or leave!!” Dame...
Spinderella Speaks Out About Being Omitted From Salt-N-Pepa Biopic
Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty Salt-N-Pepa may be on cloud nine after the premiere of their highly anticipated biopic, but former member Spinderella has a few choice words for the duo after she was omitted from the film reflecting the group’s iconic history. On Friday (Jan 22), Spinderealla took to Twitter to air out her grievances regarding the primetime film, stating that the fact she was written out of the iconic group’s history was a “disappointment” with the decision of cutting her out, before adding that omittance is especially disheartening when the goal of the group’s mission was to “empower women” to now “disempower” her. “Sorry but I gotta speak on this Lifetime special. Too often, Black women who have made meaningful contributions in their industry are left out of historical narra...
Liberty Media SPAC Raised $575M With Last Week’s Public Offering
Liberty Media Acquisition Corporation, the special purpose acquisition corporation of Liberty Media Corp. raised $575 million in its Jan. 22 initial offering on the Nasdaq exchange, the company announced Tuesday (Jan. 26). Liberty Media Corp. owns a majority of SiriusXM and about a third of Live Nation. Trading under LMACU, Liberty’s SPAC will “identify, acquire and operate” a business with “attractive risk-adjusted returns” within Liberty’s comfort zone: “digital media, media, music, entertainment, communications, telecommunications and technology industries,” according to the prospectus filed with the SEC on Jan. 21. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful p...
