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Broadway Stars Patti Murin & Colin Donnell Welcome First Child — Check Out Her Musical Name
Broadway couple Patti Murin and Colin Donnell welcomed their first baby girl, Cecily Philips Donnell, earlier this week — and her name might sound familiar. “Meet Cecily Philips Donnell, born on July 14th. She’s strong as heck and ready to change the world, and we have never loved anything more in our lives,” Murin wrote an Instagram Friday (July 17) along with a picture of the family of three in the hospital. “‘Life is not the things that we do, it’s who we’re doing them with.'” Murin quoted a lyric from “Cecily Smith” by Will Connolly, a bonus track from the 2014 original Off-Broadway production Fly By Night: A New Musical, which she starred in. The new mother did not explicitly explain whether they named their daug...
Jason Derulo and Dixie D’Amelio Talk ‘Be Happy’ Video, Rising Stardom: Watch
As Dixie D’Amelio expands her TikTok stardom to musical superstardom, who’s the best person to call? Jason Derulo! The two sat down in a 10-minute clip posted to YouTube Wednesday (July 15) that featured D’Amelio’s close circle coming together to share their thoughts on her music video for her debut single “Be Good,” which premiered on July 1 and has already garnered more than 46 million views. “I’m so happy for you! This is so good,” the hitmaker told the 18-year-old rising star after screening the viral video together in his home. “I remember those butterflies playing songs for people for the first time, playing a video for people for the first time. It must feel crazy.” Unlike D’Amelio, who started her ris...
Universal Music Group Makes Election Day 2020 a Company Holiday
The measure sprang from a recommendation by the company’s recently-announced social justice task force. Universal Music Group is making voting easier for its U.S. employees by making Election Day 2020, Nov. 3, a paid company holiday. The company announced the news to staffers in an internal memo Friday (July 17) and obtained by Billboard. “After all, the right to vote is the very foundation of democracy — perhaps of freedom itself,” reads the memo, which notes that only 56% of eligible U.S. voters cast a ballot in the 2016 presidential election. “As Americans, we have fought long and hard to win the right to vote. It took 91 years after the Constitution was enacted until people of color won the right, and even then, it was only males. It took 143 years after the...
T.I. Pens Open Letter to Lloyd’s of London Demanding Reparations for Descendants of African Slaves
T.I. is putting Lloyd’s of London “on notice.” On Friday (July 17), the rapper and activist shared a two-page open letter to the U.K. insurance giant, demanding that the firm pay reparations to descendants African slaves for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. “Our people have been financially impaired & economically disabled due to the systemic oppression and institutional racism it leaves behind,” T.I. captioned an Instagram post featuring the letter. “TIME TO TAKE WHAT WE KNOW OUR ANCESTORS DESERVED & DIED FOR.” In June, Lloyd’s acknowledged its ties to the slave trade and pledged to make amends, which included recruiting more Black employees and providing financial support to charities that promote diversity and inclusion, ...
Serena To Help Black-Owned Businesses With New Jewelry Line
Source: NurPhoto / Getty With small Black businesses suffering huge damage thanks to the Coronavirus shutdowns and lack of governmental help, Serena Williams is looking to do her part to help keep such establishments afloat and created a jewelry line in support of that cause. Debuting her latest Unstoppable collection from her namesake jewelry line, the Athlete of The Decade took to her social media page to announce that proceeds generated from the new collection would be going to helping Black-owned businesses via the Opportunity Fund’s Small Business Relief Fund. I am so excited about the @serenawilliamsjewelry UNSTOPPABLE capsule collection. It represents serenity and unity, and is a reminder that your optimism and strength are unstoppable ❤️ Now through August 5th, w...
HHW Gaming: Sony Promises To Let Gamers Know When That PS5 Pre-Order Link Is About To Drop
Source: Sony / PlayStation Gamers were chomping at the bits when rumors began swirling that a PS5 pre-order link was supposed to drop sometime this week. Sony was also taken by surprise by the news and has responded. Don’t worry, we will let you know when that pre-order link drops, is basically what Sony is telling anxious gamers. Based primarily on assumptions due to a new PS5 landing page on Amazon, ignited rumors that a pre-order link or information was coming. When that day comes, PlayStation promises it will not come as a surprise. Speaking with Geoff Keighley after he briefly showed off the PS5’s beautiful DualSense controller Worldwide Head of Marketing Eric Lempel said: “I think it’s safe to say…we’ll let you know when pre-order will happen. It’s not going to happen with a minute’s...
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MC Lyte, Yo-Yo & Remy Ma Featured In New Episode of OWN’s ‘Girlfriends Check-In’ [Video]
Source: YouTube / OWN MC Lyte, Yo-Yo and Remy Ma are legendary MCs, and aren’t too shabby on a reality show set either. The three Hip-Hop ladies are featured in the latest forthcoming episode of OWN‘s series Girlfriends Check-In. Each show features four celebrity girlfriends supporting each other in sisterhood via a virtual chat room check in. The convo is supposed to be light and bubbly, with plenty of tea—and its second season just kicked off last week This Saturday’s episode (July 18), will have the aforementioned women, as well as Lyte’s best friend Dr. Lynn Richardson connecting and building. In the exclusive clip below, the women are “building” a perfect man for Yo-Yo, and Remy Ma goes into detail about how Yo-Yo must take no shorts, as in making sure she has a well-endowed man. “He ...
Moneybagg Yo Ft. DaBaby “Protect The Brand,” Joey Bada$$ “The Light” & More | Daily Visuals 7.17.20
Aside from putting hands on overzealous people and female fans trying to take his picture, DaBaby’s had a stellar year early in his rap career and if y’all thought he’d be falling back anytime soon, you’d be wrong. Lending an assist to Moneybagg Yo for the visuals to “Protect Da Brand,” DaBaby and Yo find themselves making money moves in the shadows before SWAT closes in on Gotti leading to a Baby bailing him out on a chopper. When did DaBaby got his helicopter license? Landed hella smoothly on that rooftop. Joey Bada$$ meanwhile partakes in a traditional voodoo ceremony in search of his rebirth and shares the ritual in his cultural clip to “The Light.” Well, that’s one way to become a new man. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from August Alsina, Dame D.O.L.l.A. ft. Dreeb...
Shambhala Postpones Forthcoming Virtual Music Festival In Light of Billy Kenny Allegations
Shambhala Music Festival‘s forthcoming virtual edition has officially been postponed in light of recent allegations of the sexual assault and rape of multiple women by Billy Kenny, who once appeared on the event’s lineup. Organizers took to Twitter to share an official statement in which they address “allegations against past and present artists” on the performance roster and outline the steps they plan on taking in the immediate future. Those steps include “extensive background checks for artists and a zero-tolerance policy for assault of any kind,” “staff training into conducting sexual harassment and violence investigations,” and “in-depth consent training manuals and content for [their] guests, crew, and artists.” “...
Los Angeles Venue The Satellite to Discontinue Live Music Events
One of the biggest bummers of COVID-19, outside of the obvious, is that a number of music venues are on the verge of closing permanently. That moment, however, is now. Los Angeles’ The Satellite announced on Friday morning that it will be removing its stage and no longer be hosting live music and will become a restaurant. The Silver Lake music venue is one of the more intimate rooms in the city and has hosted shows from the likes of Foo Fighters, Silversun Pickups, Freddie Gibbs, Jenny Lewis, Foster the People, Eels, Jewel, Daniel Johnston, Local Natives and Lady Gaga among many, many more. “To all of the Satellite fans out there, I am sorry to say that we will no longer be doing live shows or dance parties. We would like to thank you for all the support you have shown us ov...
2020 Chevy C8 Corvette For Sale: Ran When Dropped, Needs TLC
Given the newness of the mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8, its limited quantities, and general lack of second-hand examples, those looking to heavily modify a C8 don’t have that many options. Why pay full price for a factory fresh example when you’re just going to cut it up, juice the engine, and more? This 2020 C8 Corvette might be just the ticket for you, if you’re looking for something both affordable and unlikely to spill tears from a Vette fan dismayed to see you significantly alter it. Or, hey, maybe you’re that Vette fanatic, and you’d like to save this C8 from the crusher or a wayward modifier and restore it back to its original glory. Either way, this C8 suffered some misfortune in its brief life so far. It quite literally was dropped as a baby. The s...
The 1991 Ferrari F40 Is Still an Outrageous Poster Child, 30 Years Later
The Ferrari F40 is an incredible vehicle, a refugee from an alternate universe in which Ferrari entered Group B rallying with a fury. Descended from the 288 GTO, it was also one of Enzo Ferrari’s pet projects in his twilight years, one of the final incarnations of his legacy. For the rest of us, it was one of the perfect poster vehicles, offering fascinating and otherworldly shapes and angles from every viewpoint—the perfect thing to lay in bed and contemplate. Details such as the wing and its little gills, the pop-ups over the glassed-in elements, the NACA ducts in the hood, and the all-business mesh panel housing the absurdly simple taillights. The “F40” logo itself. It’s all outrageous, more an air superiority fighter sans wings than a beautiful Pininfarina road ...
