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Hollywood’s biggest night added another boast to its lineup this year by featuring a performance from Rihanna, who mere weeks ago was headlining the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show. As announced ahead of the 2023 Academy Awards broadcast, Rihanna was on hand to perform the Best Original Song nominee “Lift Me Up.” The track is taken […]
The 80th Golden Globe Awards are going down on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has tapped Jerrod Carmichael to host the show following last year’s controversy. A lack of diversity among voters and nominees led to various boycotts by actors and media companies alike. A multi-month, publicly-driven campaign to diversify the HFPA proved “too […]
Ryan Coogler had different plans for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever prior to Chadwick Boseman’s untimely death, and now he’s revealed how the film might’ve played out with T’Challa still involved. Speaking with The New York Times, the writer-director said that the film was set to deal with the Thanos “blip” from Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame prior to Boseman’s passing forced them to […]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has scored the biggest November debut ever. Variety reports sequel to 2018’s Black Panther earned $180 million at the domestic box office this weekend. Overseas, it earned an additional $150 million from 50 territories, bringing its worldwide total to $330 million. The previous November record was set in 2013 by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which […]
Let’s be real, there is pretty much nothing else on our mind this week than the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Movie studios knew better than to get in the Marvel film’s way this weekend so unless you’re going to see some of last week’s offerings, it is best to steer clear of the […]
It’s safe to say the Navy is pumped. At midnight Friday, the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack was updated with Rihanna’s new song “Born Again,” marking the Grammy winner’s second contribution to the album. The single was written by singer/producer The-Dream, who also penned RiRi’s massive 2007 hit “Umbrella” as well as “Birthday Cake,” “Phresh Out the Runway,” and more “I’d give […]
Spoilers for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ below. Ryan Coogler is a magician. The director was trusted with the gargantuan responsibility of creating a sequel for 2018’s Black Panther that would live up to the first—which shattered records and shifted the culture—all without his leading man. When Chadwick Boseman died after his private battle with cancer […]
Ahead of the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever next week, the star-studded soundtrack for the Marvel sequel has arrived. Produced by director Ryan Coogler, composer Ludwig Göransson, Dave Jordan, and Def Jam CCO Archie Davis, the soundtrack features a number of huge names. Among the contributors are Rihanna—who returned after six years with the single “Lift Me Up”—as well as […]
Rihanna is back with “Lift Me Up,” her first new solo track in over six years. Created for the highly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, “Lift Me Up” is the first fresh Rihanna track since she released Anti in 2016. It’s actually her first appearance on any song since she collaborated with PartyNextDoor for “Believe […]
The first reactions to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever are here following the Ryan Coogler-directed sequel’s Hollywood premiere. The film, set to hit theaters next month, arrives four years after the Chadwick Boseman-led original. In 2020, Boseman died at the age of 43 due to complications from colon cancer. “Lift Me Up,” a new Rihanna song […]
