Month: February 2022

Mick Jagger, Questlove, Black Thought, and more are executive producing a new documentary series about the legendary singer, James Brown, for A&E Network. James Brown: Say It Loud is expected to premiere in 2023.

The docuseries will include interviews with friends, family, and collaborators as well as never-before-seen archival footage. It will be directed by Deborah Riley Draper, who previously worked on The Legacy of Black Wall Street.

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“The life of James Brown is significant not only to understand his immense musical impact, which inspires us and other artists to this day, but also for the deep and lasting impression he has had on American culture,” Questlove and Black Thought said in a statement. “Brown’s life is a crucial and timely story of struggle, redemption, and self-identity and we are honored to have the chance to share it.”

Jagger says that he’s “thrilled” to be working on the docuseries.

“He was a brilliant performer who inspired me from the beginning and was deeply committed to the Civil Rights movement,” Jagger said in a statement. “I have always admired James and learned so much from him.”

Back in 2014, Jagger served as a producer on HBO’s Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown. 

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LeBron James says he sees himself playing with the Los Angeles Lakers for the rest of his career, clarifying previous reports that he planned to leave L.A. in order to play with his son, Bronny. 

“This is a franchise I see myself being with. I’m here. I’m here,” James told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin after the Lakers’ 105-102 loss to the L.A. Clippers on Friday. “I see myself being with the purple and gold as long as I can play.”

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James also admitted he would like to play with Bronny if possible: “I also have a goal that, if it’s possible — I don’t even know if it’s possible — that if I can play with my son, I would love to do that. Is that, like, something that any man shouldn’t want that in life? That’s like the coolest thing that could possibly happen. That doesn’t mean I don’t want to be with this franchise.”

Bronny is currently a junior in high school, meaning he won’t be eligible to play in the NBA until the 2024-25 season.

During the All-Star break, James had said that his plan was to play with Bronny during his final season: “I would do whatever it takes to play with my son for one year.”

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LeBron James says he sees himself playing with the Los Angeles Lakers for the rest of his career, clarifying previous reports that he planned to leave L.A. in order to play with his son, Bronny. 

“This is a franchise I see myself being with. I’m here. I’m here,” James told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin after the Lakers’ 105-102 loss to the L.A. Clippers on Friday. “I see myself being with the purple and gold as long as I can play.”

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James also admitted he would like to play with Bronny if possible: “I also have a goal that, if it’s possible — I don’t even know if it’s possible — that if I can play with my son, I would love to do that. Is that, like, something that any man shouldn’t want that in life? That’s like the coolest thing that could possibly happen. That doesn’t mean I don’t want to be with this franchise.”

Bronny is currently a junior in high school, meaning he won’t be eligible to play in the NBA until the 2024-25 season.

During the All-Star break, James had said that his plan was to play with Bronny during his final season: “I would do whatever it takes to play with my son for one year.”

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After postponing an announcement regarding Dawn FM and its coinciding artistic pieces due to the conflict in Ukraine, The Weeknd released The Dawn FM Experience some days later.

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On February 16th, which happens to be Abel’s birthday, he announced that there was more to come in the Dawn FM era. He tweeted out “32 and still in purgatory. we’re about to enter PHASE 2.” While continuing his cryptic, unspecified nature, this post made it easy to infer that something was new was coming soon.

Roughly a week later, The Weeknd shared a tweet elucidating upon the meaning of the “Phase 2” statements. He posted on his Twitter “next phase has begun… Dawn FM Experience premieres February 26 on @PrimeVideo.”

He dropped an accompanying trailer for the event, only adding to the hype and mystique surrounding it:

Finally, February 26th saw the release of The Dawn FM Experience. Details explained the work of art as “a visual performance of the album. It will also stream as an ‘eight-track live EP’ that’ll be exclusively on Prime. The video experience was created by Abel, La Mar Taylor, and Micah Bickham. Bickham directed the lyric videos to Dawn FM+The Live Stream Performance.”

There is also an accompanying merchandise line to go alongside of the “experience,” which feature different elements of the visual spectacle:

The Dawn FM Experience is now available on Amazon Prime Video. Share your thoughts below.

After postponing an announcement regarding Dawn FM and its coinciding artistic pieces due to the conflict in Ukraine, The Weeknd released The Dawn FM Experience some days later.

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On February 16th, which happens to be Abel’s birthday, he announced that there was more to come in the Dawn FM era. He tweeted out “32 and still in purgatory. we’re about to enter PHASE 2.” While continuing his cryptic, unspecified nature, this post made it easy to infer that something was new was coming soon.

Roughly a week later, The Weeknd shared a tweet elucidating upon the meaning of the “Phase 2” statements. He posted on his Twitter “next phase has begun… Dawn FM Experience premieres February 26 on @PrimeVideo.”

He dropped an accompanying trailer for the event, only adding to the hype and mystique surrounding it:

Finally, February 26th saw the release of The Dawn FM Experience. Details explained the work of art as “a visual performance of the album. It will also stream as an ‘eight-track live EP’ that’ll be exclusively on Prime. The video experience was created by Abel, La Mar Taylor, and Micah Bickham. Bickham directed the lyric videos to Dawn FM+The Live Stream Performance.”

There is also an accompanying merchandise line to go alongside of the “experience,” which feature different elements of the visual spectacle:

The Dawn FM Experience is now available on Amazon Prime Video. Share your thoughts below.

Bill Maher explained the conflict between Russia and Ukraine during his monologue on Real Time With Bill Maher by comparing the countries to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian while pitting NATO as Pete Davidson.

“[There’s] a lot of heavy news, right? A lot of s—t we’ve got to talk about tonight and, you know, there’s war in Europe and we didn’t think this would happen. But [Vladimir] Putin, goddamn it, he did it. He invaded Ukraine,” Maher said on his show, Friday. “Look, for those of you who only know me from the clips they show on TMZ, it’s like Russia is Kanye and the Ukraine is Kim Kardashian and NATO is Pete Davidson.”

He also joked about West’s recent beef with Billie Eilish: “It just drives Russia crazy. Today, they demanded Billie Eilish‘s apology to Travis Scott.”

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West and Kardashian split back in February 2021 after Kardashian filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences.” In the year since, West has remained adamant about wanting to get his family back together.

Kardashian explained her reasoning for leaving West, earlier this month.

“For so long, I did what made other people happy,” she explained. “And I think in the last two years I decided, I’m going to make myself happy. And that feels really good. And even if that created changes and caused my divorce, I think it’s important to be honest with yourself about what really makes you happy. I’ve chosen myself. I think it’s okay to choose you.”

Check out Maher’s recent segment below.

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Doja Cat slammed Lorry Hill during a live stream on Instagram, Friday night, after the YouTuber claimed that Doja had undergone plastic surgery. She also came to the defense of Megan Thee Stallion, who Hill made a seperate video about.

“Two-hundred-thousand views on this video and its called ‘Doja Cat Looks Different Than Before: Here’s Why,'” Doja explained to her fans. “That’s what this is about. It’s about plastic surgery. It’s about this bitch Lorry Hill talking about people’s bodies, talking about people’s surgery. This bitch made a fucking plastic surgery video on Megan Thee Stallion. Shut the fuck up, bro. At that rate? Megan Thee Stallion is home-fucking-grown. This bitch has nerve.”

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The Planet Her rapper went on to diss Hill specifically: “And I’ll tell you something. You sit in your fucking chair and talk about this girl and that girl and this girl got this and that done. Bitch, look at you. You got work to do right now. And I won’t say more.”

Doja added that even addressing Hill is just giving her free attention: “You’re welcome. You’re welcome for the clout.”

Following Doja’s stream, Hill took down the video and posted a statement on her Instagram story: “Hey everyone, the Doja Cat video was removed from my YouTube after Doja expressed feeling hurt by it. It is to her credit that she never asked me to remove it (and didn’t have to). It’s never my intention to hurt celebrities by my videos.”

Check out Doja’s live stream below.

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