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Rise is coming to Disney+ in 2022, and the streaming platform just announced some more details surrounding the film. Uche and Ral Agada play Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo in the movie. The Milwaukee Bucks recently won the NBA Championship and received their rings. Hot on the heels of that tremendous run, Disney has shown the world what this emotional story […]
(EW) – Fresh off the success of the horror-thriller Candyman, Nia DaCosta is shifting into superhero mode. The director is set to helm The Marvels, the sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel, which will see the return of Brie Larson‘s Carol Danvers as well as a grown-up Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and newcomer Ms. Marvel (Imen Valleni.) And despite never having directed […]
(People) – Billie Eilish is making her first foray into the beauty industry — and it’s a long time in the making! On Wednesday, the 19-year-old singer announced the launch of her self-titled debut fragrance, telling Allure that she’s been wanting to develop this specific blend of vanilla, amber, musk, cocoa, rose and wood for years. “I had […]
(CNN) – Kanye West is no more. After filing paperwork to change his name, the rapper, born Kanye Omari West, finally got what he asked for, and will be legally known as “Ye.”Judge Michelle Williams granted the change on Monday in a California courthouse, after the rapper filed a petition to change his name in August, […]
(Fox News) – Ana Navarro, one of two co-hosts who were pulled from ABC’s “The View” live on air Friday due to positive COVID-19 tests, has since revealed the results that caused the chaos were false positives. Producers informed Navarro and Sunny Hostin in their earpieces halfway through Friday’s broadcast that they would have to leave the Hot Topics […]
(CNN) – Two Japanese sisters have been confirmed as the world’s oldest living identical twins and the oldest ever identical twins at the age of 107. Born on November 5, 1913, Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama were 107 years and 300 days old as of September 1, according to a statement from Guinness World Records on Monday. They were born on […]
(Yahoo) – Almost 30 years after the original film traumatized a generation in 1992, its reboot, directed by Little Woods’ Nia DaCosta, grossed $22,370,00 in its initial domestic weekend, making DaCosta the first Black woman to helm a No. 1, according to IndieWire. IndieWire primarily interpreted the film’s opening success in the context of a slowly rebounding […]
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/michael-corn-lawsuit-good-morning-america-abc-news-1235048782/(Variety) – An ABC News producer who has worked for years at “Good Morning America” has alleged that the show’s former top executive sexually assaulted her and another female staffer, and she claims the network did little to reprimand or punish him. In a suit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kirstyn […]
(Pitchfork) – Drake’s new album Certified Lover Boy is out Friday, September 3, he confirmed in an Instagram post Monday morning (August 30). The post features the official album cover, too, according to Tidal’s chief content officer Elliott Wilson. Announced last August with the Lil Durk collaboration “Laugh Now Cry Later,” Certified Lover Boy was first set for a January release before […]
(Yahoo) – Lee “Scratch” Perry, the eccentric, revolutionary Jamaican producer, songwriter and performer whose influence extended far beyond his historic role in the development of reggae music, died Sunday at a hospital in Lucea, Jamaica at age 85. No cause of death was immediately given. The news was confirmed in a tweet from Jamaica’s prime […]
