With this year’s MTV Video Music Awards just over a week away, the show has officially confirmed a trio of emcees: LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow. While LL Cool J and Minaj are VMA Watch Anthony Hopkins transcends human consciousness as an NFT 01:45 Now playing Alison Brie talks "Spin Me Round" Yesterday 7:13PM 00:58 Now playing Robert De Niro to double our pleasure in upcoming film Tuesday 7:30PM Previously announced performers for the show include Anitta, J Balvin, Marshmello x Khalid, and Panic! At The Disco— On top of handling emcee duties, Minaj is set to join Cool J this year as an MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award recipient. The prestigious lifetime achievement award has been presented to performers including Advertisement Both Harlow and Minaj are also doing double-duty as hosts and nominees— … [Read more...] about Nicki Minaj, LL Cool J, and Jack Harlow announced as VMA hosts
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Get into the groove: ranking Madonna’s #1 songs
With all due respect (and possible future apologies) to Beyoncé, whose path recently overlapped with hers on the “Vogue”-sampling “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix),” Madonna is set this week to remind the world why she is the best-selling female recording artist of all time and one of the most influential stars in pop history . Even without torch-passing MTV “triple kisses” with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, or the conspicuous similarities between “Express Yourself” and Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” the single-monikered singer, songwriter, and actress has made a singular and irrefutable impact on music, videos, stage performance, filmmaking, and the very notion of celebrity. Madonna has the most number one singles by a woman in Australia, Canada, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., holds the number two spot on U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, and has the highest grosses of any worldwide-touring female artist. The compilation Finally Enough Love , due on August 19, … [Read more...] about Get into the groove: ranking Madonna’s #1 songs
Fosse/Verdon reaches its inevitable but poignant conclusion
All artists incorporate their own lives into their work in some fashion, but Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz was next level. Just think of the hubris of making a movie musical about your own heart attack. At this point in Fosse/Verdon , we’ve accepted that Bob is coming from a very dark place, and it’s this unique vision that left his mark on both stage and screen. Watch Anthony Hopkins transcends human consciousness as an NFT 01:45 Now playing Alison Brie talks "Spin Me Round" Yesterday 7:13PM 00:58 Now playing Robert De Niro to double our pleasure in upcoming film Tuesday 7:30PM One of the best things about Fosse/Verdon is that despite her second billing, it acknowledges how integral Gwen was to Bob’s success—how in a different age and time, that billing easily could have been switched. The conversation between Bob and Paddy that kicks off … [Read more...] about Fosse/Verdon reaches its inevitable but poignant conclusion
Jordan Peele and The Weeknd to get Universal Studios haunted houses
As the air gets crisper and Universal Studios gears up for its Watch Anthony Hopkins transcends human consciousness as an NFT 01:45 Now playing Alison Brie talks "Spin Me Round" Yesterday 7:13PM 00:58 Now playing Robert De Niro to double our pleasure in upcoming film Tuesday 7:30PM The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) will base his “After Hours Nightmare” experience on the imagery and his recent After Hours project and ongoing global tour. The expansive 2020 pop album’s rollout saw Tesfaye macabrely alter his face throughout a series of music videos (a detail that provides the neatest of segue “I always wanted my own Halloween Horror Nights haunted house as Halloween has always been significant to my music, so this is a total dream come to life,” Tesfaye shares. “I feel like my music videos have served as a launching pad for a … [Read more...] about Jordan Peele and The Weeknd to get Universal Studios haunted houses
Chevron Jumps Into Texas’ News Desert With Stories About Puppies, Football, and Oil
At first glance, the story looks like something your aunt might post on her Facebook from her local newspaper. “Midland County judge ‘pardons’ jaywalking puppy,” the headline reads, with a photo of a startled-looking Pomeranian behind a microphone, seemingly on a witness stand. The post details how a Texas judge found a dog underneath his truck in the parking lot of his courthouse and used social media to find the owner. Watch CC Off English Addressing The MCU’s Taboos 02:46 Now playing Who Should Be the New Doctor Doom? io9 Picks Yesterday 6:23PM 02:35 Now playing Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle Teaser Trailer Yesterday 11:49AM But the piece isn’t a quirky feel-good story from a local paper. According to data hidden on the site but provided in the site’s social preview cards, the puppy article is written by Mike Aldax, a man who lives … [Read more...] about Chevron Jumps Into Texas’ News Desert With Stories About Puppies, Football, and Oil