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Hyundai Elantra GT Hatchback Killed by Venue and Kona Crossovers
One of our favorite affordable hatchbacks is saying goodbye, and we’re not at all ready to see it go. Hyundai will discontinue the Elantra GT in the U.S. after the 2020 model year to focus on its growing crossover lineup. Hyundai said the decision was “due to [an] expanded SUV lineup that includes Venue and Kona.” It’s a shame that Hyundai is sacrificing the Elantra GT, because we always viewed it as a great crossover alternative thanks to its spacious rear seats, cavernous cargo capacity, and strong visibility. We also love that the hatchback is nimble, relatively quiet, and fun to take around a corner. This also marks the end of the road for the even-more-entertaining Elantra GT N Line. Along with a more powerful engine making 201 horsepower, this variant offers a slick-shifting six-spee...
Miss Out on Tom Brady’s Stretched Cadillac Escalade? Sylvester Stallone’s Is for Sale
There are 72 steps leading up to the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s entrance—you know, the ones a certain fictional boxer played by Sylvester Stallone hoofed up in Rocky? That’s not many steps, nor much of a distance, and neither is the 1,000 miles traveled by Stallone’s stretched Cadillac Escalade ESV limo that’s currently for sale by its builder. While it might take you some sweat equity to mimic Rocky’s famous climb up the Philly museum’s steps, buying his low-mile Caddy only requires a cool $350,000. And you might even be able to drive the Escalade up those steps, too. Albeit, very carefully. That’s because its maker, Becker Auto Design, has added 20 inches to the wheelbase—stretching this Cadillac SUV beyond the Escalade ESV’s already yawn...
Juice WRLD Sprouts Wings in Dreamy Animated Video For ‘Smile’ With The Weeknd
Juice WRLD is trapped in a bubble in the animated visual for the late rapper’s collab with The Weeknd, “Smile.” The KDC Visions-created clip for the posthumous single finds Juice wandering through fields of flowers and butterflies as he moons about doing anything he can to make his lover smile, even as the devil on his shoulder warns of imminent danger. As Juice bounces among the flowers and approaches a glowing door, the scene cuts to a woman (who looks a lot like the rapper’s real-life girlfriend) lying on a bed surrounded by pictures of him, looking longingly at a shrunken version of the MC singing to her from inside a snow globe. As she gazes up with sad eyes at a painting of her beloved on the wall, it comes alive and Juice grows a pair of white angel wings. {&...
Cardi B Joins OnlyFans, So That’s Where You’ll Find ‘WAP’ Outtakes and ‘Private Stuff’
Cardi B has never been shy about sharing on her socials, but now she’s joined a suddenly-hot subscription service where she promises to spill even more. “Ok guys so now you can subscribe to my only fans! Yes I’ll be putting by BTS from WAP there !” Cardi wrote, promising to reveal some of the behind-the-scenes action from her collab with Megan Thee Stallion. “And my day to day content.Also any rumors floating around.NO I WONT BE SHOWING P—Y , T—IES AND A– .LINK IN BIO…It will be a place for only me and my fans.” In a video message to announce her OnlyFans, Cardi said that not only will she pull back the curtain on the “WAP” shoot, but also the “whole process” or recording it, from the day before to the day she tr...
20 Questions With Carlos Rivera: The Mexican Crooner on His Journey to Abbey Road & New Single
It’s not every day that an artist gets to record at the iconic Abbey Road in London, which is why for Carlos Rivera it wasn’t enough to just include the 10 songs in his 2018 Guerra album. The Mexican singer-songwriter has now re-released the tracks and this time on his first-ever vinyl. “We had been wanting to do something special with these songs since recording at Abbey Road was a dream come true for me,” Rivera tells Billboard. “It’s not like any other studio where you can pay to record. To get there, I had to tell them my personal story. I told them I was a from the smallest state in Mexico, Tlaxcala, and that I always dreamed of becoming a singer and record at Abbey Road. I think they were touched by my story.” The vinyl includes the 10 songs ...
U.S. Customs Confiscates 1,800 Pairs of Bootleg Dior x Air Jordan 1’s
Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection / CBP Counterfeit sneakers are big bucks out here on these streets and though we’re more than a decade removed from an era where blatantly fake Jordans was a thing (just peep The Game’s mixtape cover to Murda Game Chronicles), bootleg J’s still rake in stacks of green. Unfortunately for the sneaker snake oil salesman in the states, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers just confiscated millions of dollars worth of fake sneakers that would’ve ended up on the feet of sneaker heads who don’t know any better. According to the CBP website, CBP officers working the Dallas/Fort Worth port of entry intercepted a shipment which contained over 1,800 pairs of bootleg “Dior X Air Jordan 1” sneakers that were set to make it&...
Cardi B Clowns Conservative Pundit Ben Shapiro For Slandering “WAP”
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz It has only been a couple of days since the release of Cardi B’s controversial single and people are still very mad. One analyst got gathered together personally by the Bronx bombshell. As spotted on Insider all types of right wing personalities are clutching their pearls after the release of “WAP”. The new song finds Bardi and Megan Thee Stallion talking that talk and not everyone can comprehend the vibes. One stiff shirt in particular is Ben Shapiro. The co-founder and editor of the conservative website The Daily Wire took time during his program to read the lyrics to the song verbatim. Naturally his very dry delivery resulted in a clip that had all the cringe worthy feels. “Wet a– P-word, P-word is female genitalia,&#...
100 Black Men Sign Letter Urging Joe Biden To Select A Black Woman As His VP
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz A group of 100 Black prominent from all walks of life are standing in solidarity with the #WinWithBlackWomen campaign. In a letter signed by names like Sean “Diddy” Combs, Chris Paul, Charlamagne Tha God, Michael E. Dyson, Nick Cannon, and more, they are urging the former vice president and current Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden to choose a Black woman as VP pick. They all feel that without a doubt that a Black woman deserves the job being that the Black women on Biden’s shortlist for the job have been “unfairly criticized and scrutinized.” Washington Post reporter Matt Viser shared the letter on Twitter, in it, it explicitly highlighted the scrutiny that Senator Kamala Harris has faced since news broke that ...
HHW Gaming Preview: ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Beta Left Us Cautiously Optimistic About The Game
Source: Bernard Smalls / Crystal Dynamics Crystal Dynamics Marvel’s Avengers is easily one of the year’s most anticipated titles dropping this year on consoles. PlayStation 4 players, including us, got a chance to take the game for a spin during its closed beta over the weekend first, and we walked away with some mixed reactions. After spending hours with the game, we are still cautiously excited to play the game revolving solely around Earth’s mightiest heroes, but the game’s multiplayer aspect has us a bit worried. Before you jump into the game’s multiplayer experience, Crystal Dynamics gives you a crash course by allowing you to play the game’s Golden Gate Bridge mission. The mission which will be in Marvel’s Avenger’s promising story camp...
What Happens When Your Free Cadillac Super Cruise Trial Expires?
General Motors is preparing to push its Super Cruise driver-assist tech to more of its brands in the coming model years. For now, though, the hands-free driving feature is exclusive to Cadillac. The setup relies on regularly updated high-definition maps, which work with the adaptive cruise control and lane-centering self-steering functions to accurately locate and place a so-equipped vehicle on more than 200,000 miles of Super Cruise-friendly highways with little-to-no driver interaction required. Additionally, an interior-mounted camera monitors the driver’s attention as a safeguard to ensure the individual behind the wheel can take control of the car if necessary. And aside from the tech’s upfront cost, using it is free—for a time. You see, Super Cruise is not a permanent fixture i...
Volkswagen’s Diesel V-8 Chugs Into That Engine Graveyard in the Sky
Whether or not you believe Volkswagen has cleaned up its act in the wake of its diesel emissions cheating scandal, the company still sells diesel-powered cars in markets all across the world. In fact, the company has said 27 percent of all Volkswagens sold in 2018 ran on gasoline’s unrefined counterpart. It is therefore safe to say VW still cares about its diesels, and now the automaker must mourn the death of one of those—its mighty diesel V-8. That makes this limited-edition Touareg SUV—the last to get the oil-burner V-8—a sort of hearse, right? <!– –> You remember the Touareg, don’t you? VW hasn’t sold the Touareg in the U.S. since 2016, when it was replaced by the Atlas, but the nameplate lives on elsewhere and is the brand’s most expensive, mo...
Trini Lopez, ‘If I Had a Hammer’ and ‘Lemon Tree’ Singer, Dies of COVID-19 at 83
Trini López, the singer and guitarist who in the 1960s had hits with the songs “If I Had a Hammer” and “Lemon Tree” and appeared in the classic war movie The Dirty Dozen, has died. He was 83. López died Tuesday of complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in Palm Springs, songwriting and business partner Joe Chavira told The Hollywood Reporter. The good-natured Dallas native and son of Mexican immigrants was signed by Frank Sinatra to his Reprise Records label, and he worked with the Gibson Guitar Corp. to design a pair of signature guitars. He recorded more than 60 albums and was a popular headliner in Las Vegas. López’s version of “If I Had a Hammer,” written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays, reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. It had been...
