Month: June 2021

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Polo G earns his 1st No. 1 album on Billboard 200 chart with ‘Hall of Fame’

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Polo G has earned his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Hall of Fame in the U.S. for the week ending June 17. The 20-track Hall of Fame was released on June 11, and features the artist’s first No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, “Rapstar,” which spent two weeks at No. 1.  The album features collaborations with The Kid LAROI, Lil Durk, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Roddy Ricch, Pop Smoke, Rod Wave and Young Thug.

Migos’ Culture III took the No. 2 spot, with Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour falling from 2-3; Lil Durk and Lil Baby’s The Voice of the Heroes drops to No. 4, and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album rounding out the Top 5.

K-pop girl group TWICE’s Taste of Love debuted at No. 6, with Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs) jumping up to No. 7, and Maroon 5’s Jordi coming in at No. 8. Rounding out the Top 10 are Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain, and J. Cole’s The Off-Season.

 

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Taylor Swift to release re-recorded version of ‘Red’ in November

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Taylor Swift announced on Twitter she will be releasing a re-recorded version of her 2012 album Red on Nov. 19. alongside a note about the album and a photo of herself wearing a red hat, Swift said:  “This will be the first time you hear all 30 songs that were meant to go on Red.”  The original Red contained the singles “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “I Knew You Were Trouble.”

Swift said about the album, “Musically and lyrically, ‘Red’ resembled a heartbroken person. It was all over the place, a fractured mosaic of feelings that somehow all fit together in the end. Happy, free, confused, lonely, devasted, euphoric, wild and tortured by memories past. Like trying on pieces of a new life, I went into the studio and experimented with different sounds and collaborators. And I’m not sure if it was pouring my thoughts into this album, hearing thousands of your voices sing the lyrics back to me in passionate solidarity, or if it was simply time, but something healed along the way.”

Red (Taylor’s Version) comes after Swift released a re-recorded version of her 2008 album, Fearless, back in April. Swift announced in November 2020 that she will be re-recording all her old music after Scooter Braun sold her master recordings to equity company Shamrock Holdings.

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Nick Cannon welcomes twin boys Zion and Zillion with Abby De La Rosa

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Nick Cannon has welcomed twin sons, Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir, aka Zilly, with Abby De La Rosa. De La Rosa shared the news on Instagram alongside a video of herself with her baby boys. captioned: “Welcome to the world Zion Mixolydian Cannon & Zillion Heir Cannon #Myworld #twinboys.” 40-year-old Cannon also has twins, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe, 8, with his ex-wife, singer Mariah Carey. He also has two children, son Golden, 4, and daughter Powerful Queen, 5 months, with Brittany Bell.

Cannon, host of The Masked Singer, is reportedly expecting another baby with model Alyssa Scott. In a now-deleted Instagram post last month, Cannon seemingly confirmed the baby-on-the-way was a son, to be named Zen S.

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Will Smith to produce and host variety comedy special for Netflix

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Netflix announced on Twitter that Will Smith with host and star in an upcoming variety comedy special that will be released globally later this year. Smith will also serve as an executive producer, along with Terence Carter, Miguel Melendez and Sahara Bushue.
The hour-long special will include celebrity guests, comedic sketches, musical performances, noteworthy conversation and more.  Smith’s Westbrook Studios is producing the project, which will mark the actor’s first-ever variety comedy special.Smith is also executive producing Bel-Air, a dramatic re-imagining of his 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for Peacock, and will star in director Antonine Fuqua’s Emancipation.

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Ed Sheeran teases video for upcoming single ‘Bad Habits’

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Ed Sheeran posted a series of teaser tweets hyping the debut of his video for the upcoming single “Bad Habits.”  
The tweets included a brief clip of the singer with the caption “Nothing happens after 2.”  The posts also featured a link to order the limited-edition CD single of the song, as well as a short selfie clip in which he walks around on a sunny day and says, “Hello, everyone, my new single ‘Bad Habits’ comes out on the 25th of June and if you pre-save it before release you can win a video of me dedicating the song to you or a friend.”
Bad Habits is the singer’s first official release since his 2019 No. 6 Collaborations Project. Sheeran said in a statement last week announcing the song: “I’ve been working away in the studio over recent months and I can’t wait for you to hear “Bad Habits.”  I always aim to push myself and my music in new directions and hopefully you’ll hear that on the new single. Feels great to be back!”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/ed-sheeran-dresses-as-a-vampire-in-teaser-clip-for-new-song-bad-habits/ar-AAL752b

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Chance The Rapper, Jonas Brothers, Lil Baby, 24kGoldn and more on tracklist for ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy Official Soundtrack’

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Republic Records and Warner Bros. Pictures revealed the tracklist for Space Jam: A New Legacy via a “Pass The Ball” video announcement (which is available to watch: here.)

The 16-track album contains new music and collaborations including 24kGoldn’s “Control The World” [feat. Lil Wayne], Chance the Rapper’s “See Me Fly” [feat. John Legend & Symba], Saweetie’s “Hoops” [feat. Salt-N-Pepa & Kash Doll], Joyner Lucas’s “Shoot My Shot,” Lil Tecca & Aminé’s “Gametime,” Cordae & DUCKWRTH’s “Settle The Score,” and Dame D.O.L.L.A. x G-Eazy x P-Lo x White Dave’s “About That Time.”

Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin’s lead single “We Win (Space Jam: A New Legacy)” has already hit No.1 on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs Chart, with over 5 million streams and counting. The follow-up single, SAINt JHN’s “Just For Me” [feat. SZA] also was recently dropped, as well as Lil Uzi Vert’s “Pump Up The Jam” and Cordae & Duckwrth’s collaboration “Settle The Score”

Pre-orders for Space Jam: A New Legacy Official Soundtrack are available at the link here. The soundtrack hits stores and all digital retailers on July 9, 2021, one week ahead of the movie’s release on July 16.

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Valerie Bertinelli to play Demi Lovato’s mother in new sitcom “Hungry”

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Valerie Bertinelli has joined the cast of the NBC comedy pilot “Hungry,” starring Demi Lovato. Parent company NBCUniversal announced that the sitcom about an eating-disorder support group will feature Bertinelli, 61, as restaurant owner Lisa, the mother and best friend of Lovato’s character, Teddy. Lisa is described as “a warm, loving, self-critical and emotional mess of a woman who has lost and gained the same 30 pounds for 30 years.”  Actors Anna Akana, Alex Brightman, Ashley D. Kelley, Jay Klaitz and Rory O’Malley will portray fellow group members, as they “help each other as they look for love, success and the perfect thing in the fridge that’s going to make it all better.”

The show’s executive producers include Lovato, “Hot in Cleveland” creator Suzanne Martin and “Will & Grace’s” Sean Hayes. Lovato played the recurring role of birth surrogate Jenny last year on “Will & Grace.”

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/valerie-bertinelli-has-been-cast-as-demi-lovato-s-mother-in-hungry/ar-AAKXtn2

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Jennifer Lopez to produce and star in Netflix sci-fi thriller ‘Atlas’

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Netflix has announced that Jennifer Lopez will produce and star in the upcoming sci-fi thriller Atlas. According to Variety, Atlas follows a woman (Lopez) fighting for humanity against an AI soldier who has determined the only way to end war is to eliminate humans. Lopez’s character must team up with “the one thing she fears most — another AI.”

Atlas will be directed by Brad Peyton (San Andreas, Rampage).  Said Peyton: “Having the chance to direct Jennifer in the title role of this movie is a dream come true, as I know she’ll bring the incredible strength, depth and authenticity we’ve all come to admire from her work.”  Lopez also shared a photo of herself holding the film’s script on Instagram, writing: “Can’t wait for this! #Atlas movie is coming to @Netflix!!!”

Atlas is part of Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions’ first-look deal with Netflix. Her first two Nuyorican projects with Netflix have already been announced: The Mother, set to be released in late 2022, and The Cipher, which has no current release date.

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BLACKPINK to release ‘Blackpink The Movie’ documentary as part of 5th anniversary celebrations

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BLACKPINK is celebrating their fifth-anniversary with a celebration project titled ‘4+1 PROJECT.’
YG Entertainment shared on Wednesday that the first part of BLACKPINK’s 5th-anniversary project will be the release of ‘BLACKPINK THE MOVIE’ that will be released in August, coinciding with the debut of BLACKPINK on August 8. The film will be released in over 100 countries worldwide.

According to reports, the movie will include various segments like “the room of memories,” which will have the girls share their memories during the past five years, and will highlight the distinct personalities of each member of BLACKPINK — Jennie, Rose, Lisa and Jisoo.

BLACKPINK previously released the ‘BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky’ documentary film in 2020, which detailed their rise to fame.

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Twenty One Pilots announce global ‘Takeøver Tour’

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Twenty One Pilots announced they will be hitting the road in 2021 and 2022 with stops across the U.S., Mexico, and the U.K.   “The Takeøver Tour” will run for 26 dates, where they’ll perform four shows in each city they arrive in, with each night’s venue getting increasingly larger every night.

Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun made the announcement on Instagram, saying: “we come for you ψ starting this fall. the TAKEØVER TOUR spends one week in each city, moving venue to venue, from the small club to the arena. register for access to tickets at twentyonepilots.com/tour”

Fan club pre-sale registration is open now through Saturday, June 19 at 8PM ET / 5PM PT. General ticket sales begin Wednesday, June 23 at 10AM local time. For more information, click the link – here.

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