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The Motor Trend 500: John Lamm’s Remembrance of a Special Race
In conjunction with NASCAR Productions, the MotorTrend Group recently pulled together a documentary on the Motor Trend 500 called The MotorTrend 500: NASCAR Heads West, about the legendary stock car race held at the Riverside International Raceway, in Riverside, California. The Motor Trend 500 ran from 1963 to 1971, and was foundational to the westward and eventual international expansion of the budding series known as the National Association for Stock Car Racing. In the early 60s, NASCAR was still in its infancy, a mostly southern United States racing series, nowhere near the racing juggernaut it is today. NASCAR races were not yet broadcast on TV, or even nationally on radio. It was only regional newspapers and some national, special-interest automotive magazines that covered such ...
Ocean Spray Gifts Juice-Toting TikTok Star a Nissan Frontier, and We Cran’t Raspbelieve It
Even if you don’t use TikTok, the short-form video app popular with people younger than you, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the video Nathan Apodaca aka “Doggface” skateboarding to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” while sipping on some Cran-Raspberry juice. Since Apodaca posted the video, it’s racked up more than 26 million views on TikTok alone, with copies spreading to other platforms. It also had the effect of increasing week-over-week sales of “Dreams,” which was originally released in 1977, by 60 percent. And then Cran-Raspberry juice producer Ocean Spray got involved. The internet coalesced around Apodaca’s video because it simply could not have been more pure of heart, and clearly Ocean Spray clearly felt the sa...
Puerto Rico’s Governor Endorses Donald Trump For President Because, Well, Y’all Know
Source: Miami Herald / Getty Years after Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico and Donald Trump insulted it’s residents by jump shooting them rolls of paper towels and blaming them for throwing the US budget “out of wack,” the island’s governor, Wanda Vázquez has decided to let Donald Trump know where she stands… by endorsing him for President of The United States. That’s right. Much to the chagrin of Puerto Ricans and Latinos everywhere, Politico is reporting that Governor Wanda Vázquez asked Boricuas everywhere (especially in the battleground that Florida has become) to go out and vote for the man who illegally withheld hurricane aid to Puerto Rico for months. “I ask all the Puerto Ricans who are listening to me to go vote… and evaluate who has represented themse...
Sunken Sellout Daniel Cameron Responds To Megan Thee Stallion Calling Him Out On ‘SNL’
Source: Jon Cherry / Getty Kentucky’s tap-dancing Attorney General Daniel Cameron felt a way about Megan Thee Stallion calling him out and has finally responded. In case you missed it, Megan The Stallion lived up to her song “Savage” and didn’t hold no punches calling out Cameron during her SNL performance. A recording of activist Tamika D. Mallory played dragging Mitch McMconnell’s protege “Daniel Cameron is no different than the sellout Negroes that sold our people into slavery by savages.” Of course, Cameron was BIG MAD and went to Fox News to vent about being labeled a “sellout Negro.” Cameron did agree with Megan when it comes to protecting Black women, but that’s where it stopped claiming he found the rapper’s performance offensive. “The fact that someone would get on national televi...
DaBaby “Practice,” Papoose “Boxcutter” & More | Daily Visuals 10.7.20
Over the weekend DaBaby’s video shoot was interrupted when gunfire erupted during filming and everyone scattered looking for cover. While many thought the shooting was somehow connected to the rapper himself, DaBaby took to social media to repudiate that notion and stated the incident had anything to do with him. Now today we get our look at the video that had production halted over the weekend as the visuals to “Practice” have hit the airwaves and features DB politicking in his hood with his peoples while flaunting heavy ice, stacks of cash and burning rubbers up and down the street. DaBaby got his own mascot now? Back in Brooklyn, Papoose brings some class to the block with an all-white Bentley coup, piano keys, and an elegant sharp tool that’s capable of leaving a buck fifty on fac...
Chance the Rapper, Hayley Williams & More React as Kamala Harris & Mike Pence Face Off in Vice Presidential Debate
Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic VP nominee Sen. Kamala Harris went head-to-head in Utah on Wednesday night (Oct. 7) for the only vice presidential debate of the campaign. The debate is crucial, coming on the heels of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis and subsequently a number of other positive test results among the White House. Furthermore, tonight is historic as Harris is the first Black and South Asian woman to participate in a general election debate. 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 people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give u...
BENEE Launches Olive Label, Signs Muroki: Exclusive
“I was listening to the track every day at one point,” she says, praising his “smooth and soulful” vocals. “Muroki’s such a sweet and genuine guy, just the sort of artist I’d like to work with.” BENEE introduced Elton John to Muroki when she met the Rocket Man on his Beat 1 radio show, and she’s currently touring with the teen in NZ. Leading Olive is label manager Trieste Douglas, formerly A&R for Universal Music New Zealand, and Poppy Tohill, from BENEE’s management team at CRS, Billboard can exclusively reveal. “The Olive team is already packed with some hardworking badass women,” comments BENEE (real name Stella Bennett), “and I feel this is an important time for us in the music business to come together and make some really cool shit happen.” She’s only 20 years of age, but BENEE i...
Australia’s Live Industry Welcomes Fine for Viagogo
In one example, the ACCC said the total price for two Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam) tickets was found to increase from A$450.00 ($357) to A$579.95 ($460), a rise of 29%, when the A$125 ($100) booking and A$4.95 ($4) handling fees were added. Justice Burley described one category of representations as having been made on “an industrial scale”. The company’s business practices were “unacceptable,” says ACCC Chair Rod Sims. “Viagogo misled thousands of consumers into buying tickets at inflated prices when they created a false sense of urgency by suggesting tickets were scarce and when they advertised tickets at a lower price by not including unavoidable fees.” The federal court’s stiff penalty is meant as a warning to other companies that breached consumer protections. The court also or...
Foo Fighters Launch People of Rock and Roll Digital Zine
This year was shaping up to be a big one for Foo Fighters. As we all know, the band celebrated the 25th anniversary of their debut album on July 4 and they were supposed to tour in honor of the anniversary with a big D.C. festival to commemorate the occasion. And let’s not forget about a new album that may or may not be coming soonish. Sucks. But, the band keeps pushing. They’ve released some cool stuff in conjunction with the anniversary and the latest comes in the form of a digital zine. Titled People of Rock and Roll, fans share their personal stories about Dave Grohl and company. It’s a pretty lengthy (and honestly great) read if you have the patience — there are 135 pages of submissions with a bunch of folks per page. Either way, in a year where Foo Fighters’ plans were disrupted...
David Letterman Gets Personal With Dave Chappelle, Lizzo & Others In ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction’ Trailer
Source: Mathieu Bitton / Netlfix David Letterman might be out the late night talk show game but the OG comedian is still going to be doing his thing for another season on his Netflix gig. Source: Mathieu Bitton / Netlfix In the trailer for his next season of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, David Letterman once again recruits a “who’s who” list of celebrities to sit down and chop it up including the likes of Lizzo, Kim Kardashian, Robert Downey Jr., and the one and only Dave Chappelle. From making Kim Kardashian tear up to apparently getting RDJ to open up about life in prison (lots of rumors about what he went through while in there), this new season of Letterman seems like it’s going to be as insightful as it will be entertaining. Peep the trailer to My Next Guest Needs No Introducti...
Kelly Rowland Debuts Glowing Baby Bump on ‘Women’s Health’ Cover
Source: Djeneba Aduayom / for Women’s Health Kelly Rowland is gracing the latest cover for Women’s Health Magazine debuting her biggest project yet: a second pregnancy. In her cover story for the magazine, Rowland reveals all that’s been going on in her very private life over the last couple of months. Just like the rest of us, the “Coffee” singer’s pre-pandemic schedule was packed with the hustle-and-bustle of work, travel, and family duties. Her son Titan, 6, had to be dropped off at school before heading to the gym for a rigorous 90-minute workout session with her trainers. Admittedly, she’d secretly dream about indulging in snacks in between her weighted crunches and cardio. After sitting in traffic and muddling through a series of meetings, she’d be due to pick-up Titan from sch...
Will Smith Shares Origins Of His Classic Entanglement Crying Face Meme
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN Even though 2020 has largely been a mess there have been some moments that have provided the masses endless joy. One image from Will Smith this summer has unintentionally grown into a pop culture phenomenon. Spotted on TMZ, Smith has added another honor to his already impressive trophy case. This week he and his family were given the Robin Williams Legacy of Laughter Award for their “longstanding contributions to the world.” As COVID-19 continues to stick around, the Smith clan accepted the nod from the comforts of their home. The video finds each member detailing their favorite Robin Williams movie. Will’s feedback is far from your normal acceptance speech as he touched on the infamous meme of him from the Red Table Talk episode where Jada revealed her...
