Month: May 2023

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Jack Harlow shares the music video for “They Don’t Love It”

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After releasing his third studio album, Jackman, last Friday, Jack Harlow is bringing fans to his hometown in the first official video from the project, “They Don’t Love It.” Harlow announced the new album on April 26, with no singles or press leading up to the release.

Directed by Eliel Ford, the visual for They Don’t Love It features Harlow taking viewers on a mini-tour through the streets of Louisville, Ky., visiting his old schools, playing soccer and barbecuing with his family and friends.

The 10-track Jackman is a major departure from Harlow’s mainstream album of 2022, Come Home The Kids Miss You, which included Harlow’s first Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper, “First Class.”  That album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and earned several Grammy nominations, including best rap album.

Take a look at the video for “They Don’t Love It” – here.

Jack Harlow gives Louisville tour in ‘They Don’t Love It’ video

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NHL Playoffs: NJ Devils defeat NY Rangers to advance to second round

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The New Jersey Devils finalized their amazing comeback on Monday night, defeating the New York Rangers by a score of 4-0 in Game 7 and advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Devils Michael McLeod put New Jersey ahead with a goal midway through the second, with Tomas Tatar extending New Jersey’s lead to 2-0 with 4:21 left. Erik Haula scored with 5:33 remaining before Jesper Bratt added the fourth goal. Devils goalie Akira Schmid finished with 31 saves in the shutout, his second of the series.

The Devils will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round playoff series. Game 1 will take place at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on Wednesday, May 3, at 7 p.m.

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76ers defeat Celtics in Game 1; Nuggets take 2-0 series lead against Suns

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* The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics 119-115 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup on Monday night. James Harden tied his playoff career high with 45 points and scored the go-ahead 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds left, Tyrese Maxey added 26 points and Tobias Harris finished with 18 for the Sixers, who made 17 3-pointers in the absence of Joel Embiid, who sat sat out with the sprained right knee he sustained in Game 3 of the first-round series. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 39 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 23 points and Malcolm Brogdon finished with 20.

Game 2 between the 76ers and Celtics will be held in Boston on Wednesday, May 3rd at 8:00 pm.

* The Denver Nuggets defeated the Phoenix Suns 97-87, to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Nuggets center Nikola Jokic scored a game-high 39 points and had 16 rebounds, with Aaron Gordon added 16 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 14 for the Nuggets in a game dominated by defense. For the Suns, Devin Booker scored 35 points and Kevin Durant 24, but Chris Paul had to leave the game in the third quarter due to a groin injury.

Game 3 between the Nuggets and Suns will take place Friday, May 5th in Phoenix at 10:00 pm.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes first film of 2023 to gross $1 billion

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie has become the first film released in 2023 to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. The film is now just the fifth movie (and first animated film) since before the COVID-19 pandemic to gross $1 billion worldwide. It is among the most successful animated films in history and only the third ‘non-Disney’ release to gross $1 billion (the others being 2015’s Minions and 2017’s Despicable Me 3).

The Super Mario Bros. Movie also had the biggest global debut for an animated film of all time, surpassing Frozen II. It’s easily the highest-grossing film ever based on a video game and the first video game movie to gross $1 billion.

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Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ officially canceled by Meta

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Red Table Talk—the celebrity talk show co-hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow Smith, and her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris—has been canceled after five seasons. The cancellation of the series (which launched in 2018 on Meta’s streaming service Facebook Watch) comes amid Facebook’s shift away from original programming to Virtual Reality experiences.

The 51-year-old Pinkett Smith wrote in a statement on Instagram: “We are so grateful to have had such a beautiful partnership with Facebook Watch and we are sorry to see the entire team disband. We wish everyone well in their new journeys to come. We at Red Table are in talks of finding a new home and we’ll see you soon.”

Red Table Talk often hosted celebrities in the aftermath of a scandal. For instance, influencer Jordyn Woods appeared on the show when she was accused of cheating with Khloe Kardashian’s on-again, off-again boyfriend Tristan Thompson in 2019. Pinkett Smith even addressed her own personal scandals, including her extramarital “entanglement” with singer August Alsina, as well as a brief look at how “The Slap” (that involved her husband Will Smith and Chris Rock ) had negatively impacted her family.

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Niall Horan shares his new single ‘Meltdown’

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Niall Horan has shared his new single “Meltdown,” from the singers forthcoming album, The Show, which will drop on June 9. “Meltdown” is cowritten by Horan with John Ryan and Joel Little, who also produced, and Amy Allen.

“Meltdown” is the follow-up to Horan’s recent single, “Heaven,” which was written with Joe Little, Tobias Jesso Jr, and John Ryan. “Heaven” bowed as the highest new entry on both the Spotify Global and Spotify US charts and also achieved the highest-volume streaming day of Horan’s solo career thus far.

Take look at the lyric video for “Meltdown” – here.
Pre-order The Show – here.

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Taylor Swift joins The National on new song ‘The Alcott’

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Taylor Swift has joined The National on the song ‘The Alcott,’ taking off the band’s new album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, out now .  First Two Pages of Frankenstein also features Phoebe Bridgers on two songs, “This Isn’t Helping” and “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend.”

Guitarist Aaron Dessner previously worked with Taylor on her two 2020 albums, folklore and evermore.  He said in a statement:“[Frontman] Matt [Berninger] wrote the main part of the song to some music I had written which Taylor had heard and I knew liked, so I thought it might be something she would really click with. I sent it to [Taylor], and was a little nervous as I didn’t hear back for 20 minutes or so … By the time she responded, Taylor had written all her parts and recorded a voice memo with the lyrics she’d added in a dialogue with Matt, and everyone fell immediately in love with it. It felt meant to be.”

Berninger added that “The Alcott” is about “two people with a long history returning to a place and trying to relive a certain moment in time … It’s got the feeling of a last-ditch effort to hold onto the relationship, but there’s a hint of something positive where you can see the beginnings of a reconnection.”

You can listen to “The Alcott” now via digital outlets and via the lyric video on YouTube (here).

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Panthers defeat Bruins, Kraken beat Avalanche to move to second round

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* The Florida Panthers defeated the Boston Bruins, 4-3 in overtime of Game 7 of their first-round playoff series on Sunday night in Boston, completing their comeback from a 3-1 series deficit. The Panthers’ Brandon Montour tied it with 1 minute left in regulation, and Carter Verhaeghe scored the game-winner at 8:35 of overtime.

The Florida Panthers will now face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round; Game 1 is Tuesday, May 2nd at 7:00 p.m. in Toronto.

* The Seattle Kraken beat the Colorado Avalanche with a score of 2-1 in Game 7 on Sunday to win the first round series, and eliminate the reigning Stanley Cup champions. Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice and Philipp Grubauer stopped 33 shots to help the Kraken became the first expansion team to beat the Avalanche in their inaugural playoff series.

The Seattle Kraken will face the Dallas Stars in the second round; Game 1 is Tuesday, May 2nd at 9:30 p.m. in Dallas.

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Heat beat Knicks in Game 1; Warriors defeat Kings, will face Lakers in semifinals

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* The Miami Heat defeated the New York Knicks 108-101 on Sunday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Jimmy Butler had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Gabe Vincent scored 20 points for the Heat, who became the sixth No. 8 seed to beat a No. 1 when they defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round.

The fifth-seeded Knicks started strong and led most of the first half, with RJ Barrett scoring 26 points and Jalen Brunson scoring 25, but the Heat eventually came back to eventually take the win. The Knicks are in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2013.

Game 2 between the Knicks and Heat will take place Tuesday night in New York at 7:30 p.m.

* The Golden State Warriors defeated the Sacramento Kings 120-100 on Sunday in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series Sunday at Golden 1 Center.

Stephen Curry scored a game-high (and record-setting) 50 points, with eight rebounds and six assists for the sixth-seeded Warriors; he made 20 of 38 field-goal attempts and 7 of 18 from 3-point range. Andrew Wiggins had 17 points and seven rebounds for Golden State, with center Kevon Looney finishing with 11 points and 21 rebounds, his third 20-rebound game of the series.  For the third-seeded Kings, Domantas Sabonis had 22 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and De’Aaron Fox had 16 points and six assists with five turnovers.

Curry became the first player in NBA history to score at 50 points in a Game 7, surpassing Kevin Durant’s 48 points against Milwaukee in 2021. The defending champion Warriors now advance to the semifinals to face the the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals. Game 1 will take place Tuesday in San Francisco at 10 p.m.

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Take a look at Sydney Sweeney in the trailer for ‘Reality’

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HBO Max shared a teaser trailer for the new film ‘Reality’, featuring Sydney Sweeney. The film adaptation  is based on the Tina Satter play ‘Is This a Room’, which opened on Broadway in October 2021.

‘Reality’ explores the true story of Reality Winner, a former U.S. Air Force member and NSA translator who was convicted in 2018 for leaking a confidential report about Russian interference in the 2016 election, and features verbatim dialogue from a transcript of the FBI’s interrogation of Winner at her home in 2017. Josh Hamilton and Marchánt Davis play the FBI agents in charge of Winner’s questioning.

Reality is co-written by Satter and James Paul Dallas, and marks Satter’s directorial debut. The film had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February and will premiere May 29 on HBO Max. Check out the teaser trailer for ‘Reality’ – here.

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