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French Montana continues to show love to his home country. The 38-year-old rapper returned Wednesday with “Morocco,” an anthemic record celebrating the national soccer team’s historic World Cup run. The song coincided with the country’s semi-finals match against France. Though Morocco was ultimately defeated 0-2, the game was still a proud moment for Montana and other Moroccans, as it marked the first […]
It appears Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist,” has suspended an account that monitors his private jet. CNBC reports @ElonJet was removed from the platform on Wednesday morning, just days after its owner, 20-year-old college student Jack Sweeney, claimed the account had been limited and restricted. Sweeney reportedly created the account in summer 2020, using publicly available, open-source data to track the […]
Henry Cavill has announced his Superman retirement, less than two months after a Black Adam appearance officially revealed his return. “I have just had a meeting with James Gunn and Peter Safran and it’s sad news, everyone,” Cavill wrote on Wednesday, referring to the newly formed DC Studios’ co-CEOs, who are vastly reworking the brand’s landscape. “I will, after […]
Jay-Z released his year-end playlist for Tidal, featuring 40 songs from artists such as Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and, of course, Beyoncé. Jay’s Year End Picks 2022 playlist includes a photo of a plastic-covered sofa, a likely homage to Bey’s “Plastic Off the Sofa,” which is included in the set. According to Genius, the standout Renaissance track details “the longevity of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s relationship,” […]
Tyler Perry has locked down his next big feature. According to Variety, the multi-hyphenate has signed on to write and direct Netflix’s Six Triple Eight, a World War II drama about an all-Black, all-women battalion that served overseas. The screenplay is based on a Kevin M. Hymel article published in WWII History Magazine by Sovereign Media. The film will tell the inspiring story of the […]
After months of updates leading up to its kickoff, not to mention multiple instances of misinformation making the rounds, the trial centered on Tory Lanez’s alleged shooting of Megan Thee Stallion began this week. As revealed in an October 2020 news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Lanez—real name Daystar Peterson—is accused of […]
James Gunn is setting the record straight. The award-winning filmmaker took to Twitter on Wednesday to address a recent report concerning the DC Comics property Batman. Variety’s Adam B. Vary cited “a well-placed source” who claimed Gunn and Peter Safran—co-CEOs of the newly formed DC Studios—were “exploring the possibility” of incorporating Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne into the DC Extended Universe. […]
Famous Los Angeles Clippers superfan Clipper Darrell was filmed being knocked out during an altercation that happened following a recent game, per TMZ. In the video above, Darrell is seen getting into an argument with a security guard at Crypto.com Arena after the Clippers played the Boston Celtics on Tuesday. It appears as though Darrell was […]
Earlier this year, R. Kelly’s team reported the theft of 300 to 500 of his master recordings that the culprits later allegedly demanded money for, per TMZ. Back in February, a man named Keith Calbert called police to report the theft of the disgraced Chicago’s recordings from an Illinois storage facility. He said the recordings […]
Gunna is finally coming home. Gunna’s attorneys Steve Sadow and Don Samuel announced on Wednesday that the 29-year-old rapper—legal name Sergio Kitchens—entered into a plea deal in which he received a time-served, suspended sentence. The Georgia native has remained behind bars since mid-May, shortly after he and other YSL associates were listed in a sweeping RICO indictment. “When […]