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In the glamorous world of Hollywood, it’s not uncommon for co-stars to become a little too friendly and find themselves sucked into relationships with the famous faces that surround them. Sometimes these romances only last as long as the actor’s times on set, but on occasion, they span far further, even resulting in marriages.

One of the hottest couples of the moment would have to be Zendaya and Tom Holland, who happen to star as Peter Parker and MJ in Marvel’s Spider-Man franchise. Rumours about a relationship between them swirled for a long time before anything was confirmed, but from the looks of things, the pair is officially together, and happier than ever.

Apparently, the Disney alum and the English entertainer were actually encouraged to avoid falling for one another by the film franchise’s production crew. “I took Tom and Zendaya aside, separately, when we first cast them and gave them a lecture,” Amy Pascal told the New York Times on Friday following Spider-Man: No Way Home’s premiere.

“Don’t go there — just don’t. Try not to,” she continued. “I gave the same advice to Andrew [Garfield] and Emma [Stone]. It can just complicate things, you know? And they all ignored me,” Pascal explained. If you don’t remember, the aforementioned pair met on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man in 2011 and stayed together until about 2015.

Holland and Zendaya, on the other hand, are pretty new to the relationship game. They were spotted sharing a passionate kiss in a car earlier this summer, and later went on to make their red carpet debut together. They frequently share sweet Instagram posts supporting one another’s projects – check out Z’s latest below.

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The year is coming to an end but there’s been a rush of new music that dropped in the past few weeks. We received some major releases from some of hip-hop’s and R&B’s finest, and it seems like plenty of labels and artists wanted to give fans one last drop before 2021 closes out and 2022 begins. We got a heap of dope new music this week, and as usual, we highlight the best of the best for our weekly R&B Season playlist update.

The Weeknd has remained consistent, even after the release of After Hours in 2020. The singer’s shared a slew of new music in the past few months, including several collaborations, that could indicate that his follow-up is coming up in 2022. On Friday, Aaliyah’s estate unveiled a brand new posthumous song from the late single in collaboration with The Weeknd titled, “Poison.” Additionally, Fka Twigs also shared a new collab with the Toronto singer titled, “Tears In The Club.” Both songs were necessary adds to this week’s playlist.

Aside Aaliyah and Fka Twigs’ new collaborations with The Weeknd, we also have some new music from serpentwithfeet. The R&B singer dropped off Deacon earlier this year, then slid through with Deacon’s Grove last month. On Friday, the singer shared “Bless The Telephone.”

SAINt JHN continues to level up with each release but in celebration of his recently sold-out world tour, he dropped off a brand new single titled, “The Best Part Of Life.”

Check out the latest R&B Season playlist below. 

Once Upon A Time In LA festival took a dark turn this weekend when one of its performers, native Los Angeles rapper Drakeo The Ruler, died. In what was potentially a stabbing, Drakeo sustained a neck injury that eventually lead to his passing.

Drakeo was set to perform at 8:30 at the one-day festival on Dec. 18, but the altercation happened before he could take the stage. Once Upon A Time In LA had several legendary performers slated on their lineup, including The Isley Brothers, 50 Cent, YG and Snoop Dogg.

Snoop Dogg, shaken by the tragedy that occurred with Drakeo, took to Twitter earlier today to voice his condolences to Drakeo and emphasize he was only at the fest to promote positivity: “I’m saddened by the events that took place last night at Once Upon a Time in LA festival. My condolences go out to the family and loved ones of Drakeo the Ruler. I’m not with anything negative and as one of the many performers, I was there to spread positive vibes only to my city of LA.”

He continued to say that he ditched his set later that night when he heard the news, and called for peace between his rap colleagues: “Last night I was in my dressing room when I was informed about the incident and chose to immediately leave the festival grounds. My prayers go out to everyone affected by [the] tragedy. Please take care, love one another and stay safe ya’ll. I’M PRAYING FOR PEACE IN HIP-HOP.”

Many others including Drake, Jim Jones and Tory Lanez also shared similar sentiments in the aftermath of Drakeo’s death.

Check out Snoop Dogg’s post about Drakeo the Ruler below.

Unexpected news of 28-year-old Drakeo the Ruler’s death has taken over social media feeds today as more and more tributes to the late West Coast legend come pouring in.

Early this morning, we heard from Drake, who collaborated with the late star on “Talk to Me” earlier this year. “Nah man this shit isn’t right for real wtf are we doing,” he wrote alongside a photo of his fallen friend. “Always picked my spirit up with your energy RIP Drakeo.”

Jim Jones also shared a thoughtful message with his followers, writing “rip to this brother Drakeo, this is sad. To all rappers I urge [you] to protect [yourself], start to move tactical. Preservation of life is everything, they do not value our lives anymore, we are targeted.” He continued, “They know who we are cause of our fame but we don’t know who they are because of our fame.”

Jones admitted to praying every day that he “makes it home to [his] family because it’s [that] serious out here for us,” adding that it “feels like we lost a rapper every week this year.” He concluded, “rappers have [the] most dangerous job in [the] world, I stand on my statement.”

Tory Lanez also shared some words regarding Drakeo’s death on his Instagram story. “Damn not my n*gga @drakeotheruler … RIP man WTF … Cuz [used] to always pull up on me just to shoot the shits and vibe … Solid individual … [Used] to make me happy when I seen [you] on everything!!!”

The Canadian artist also said that Drakeo “brought a different flavour to that West Coast shit. They don’t make em like [you] and there will never be another Drakeo the Ruler!” Snoop Dogg, who was set to perform at Los Angeles’ Once Upon A Time Festival where the California rapper was killed, has also posted his thoughts and condolences.

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“Last night I was in my dressing room when I was informed about the incident and chose to immediately leave the festival grounds. My prayers go out to everyone affected by [the] tragedy. Please take care, love one another and stay safe ya’ll. I’M PRAYING FOR PEACE IN HIP-HOP,” he wrote in his notes app this afternoon

More and more emotional posts from friends and fans alike have been popping up across different platforms. Check them out below. RIP.

As we all know by now, Travis Scott has had a tumultuous close to 2021. His devastating Astroworld festival in early November cost 10 people their lives, and led to dozens of lawsuits filed against Scott, Drake (who Travis Scott brought out during his set), Live Nation and others involved.

Scott responded in multiple ways, including offering to pay for victims’ funerals, providing mental health assistance to concert-goers, posting a regrettable Instagram story and doing an in-depth interview with Charlamagne Tha God. Public opinion varies on the amount of culpability that should be allotted to Travis because of the casualties at his show, and he has not accepted much responsibility, likely because of his several pending lawsuits.

However, it looks like Travis may be trying to move past the tragedy quickly. The night before Astroworld, Travis dropped two stellar singles “Escape Plan” and “Mafia” with J. Cole, which were meant to prep his fans for his upcoming album Utopia, set to be his grandest release of is career.

Astroworld seemingly derailed that rollout, and it was hard to imagine that he would come out with the album any time soon after the festival mishap. But, that could actually be the case.

Earlier this week, Travis Scott changed his Instagram bio back to “UTOPIA,” after removing it briefly after Astroworld. It seems like he is back in album mode with this change.

He first made his bio “UTOPIA” in October 2020, as he began to lock in on making his fourth studio album. It is unknown what this recent development means for the new project, as he never had a cover art or release date in place before Astroworld festival.

Check out Travis Scott’s Instagram bio below.