Entertainment
- apnews.com After Drake battle, Kendrick Lamar turns victory lap concert into LA unity celebration
Kendrick Lamar turned his Juneteenth “Pop Out” concert at the Forum into a cathartic livestreamed celebration of Los Angeles unity.
- apnews.com Dakota Fanning finds a character she is drawn to in Ishana Night Shyamalan's 'The Watchers'
It can sometimes be difficult for child actors to shed public conceptions of them as a kid on screen, hindering these stars from being taken seriously in Hollywood as adults.
- apnews.com ‘Wheel of Fortune’: Vanna White bids an emotional goodbye to Pat Sajak
Ahead of Pat Sajak’s final episode as the host of “Wheel of Fortune,” Vanna White paid an emotional tribute to her co-host of four decades.
- www.billboard.com Supreme Court Rules Against Warner Music In Producer’s Battle Over Flo Rida Song
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Florida music producer in a legal battle against Warner Music over a song by the rapper Flo Rida.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Florida music producer in a legal battle against Warner Music over a song by the rapper Flo Rida, ruling that he can seek monetary damages dating all the way back to the 2008 release of the track.
Resolving a case that music companies had called “exceptionally important,” the justices ruled by a 6-3 vote in favor of Sherman Nealy, a Miami producer who sued Warner over claims that Flo Rida’s “In the Ayer” featured an unlicensed sample from the 1984 song “Jam the Box.”
Original SCOTUS decision here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1078_4gci.pdf
- www.businessinsider.com Ellen DeGeneres' internet-breaking Oscars selfie was taken 10 years ago, and wow, has it aged badly
The photo, taken at the 86th Academy Awards in 2014, once had the internet in a chokehold. How times have changed.
>Then it emerged that, despite denial from Samsung, who provided the phone for the selfie and shelled out $20 million to sponsor that year's awards, it was an orchestrated marketing stunt to put their new handset front and center.
- www.wired.com The Willy Wonka Event’s Lead Actor Speaks Out: ‘It Was Just Gibberish’
Paul Connell, who portrayed “Willy McDuff” at Willy’s Chocolate Experience, talks to WIRED about the Unknown, jelly beans, and an impossible vacuum cleaner trick.
This is the most entertaining interview I've read in years. Not sure if there's a better place to post it.
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'The Toxic Avenger' mops up armed extremists in new teaser trailer. Elijah Wood, Peter Dinklage and more will star in the reboot.
ew.com 'The Toxic Avenger' mops up armed extremists in new teaser trailerA new teaser for Macon Blair's 'The Toxic Avenger' introduces the reboot's 'freaky folk hero.'
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Cardi B threw her microphone at a concertgoer who tossed drink at her while performing on stage
www.cnn.com A concertgoer threw a drink at Cardi B while she was performing on stage, so she fought back | CNNAudience members at concerts in recent months have continued a pattern of throwing objects at artists who are on stage performing, and rapper Cardi B has had enough.