Lil Nas X Has A Message For Haters As ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’ Gallops To No. 1

In addition to calling him by your name, you can also call Lil Nas X a two-time Billboard No. 1 artist. The 21-year-old’s latest single, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” reached the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 charts on April 5. In response, he’s rightfully taken to social media to revel in the achievement and, of course, share a…

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Danny Wimmer Presents Launches BrandMark, With Maureen Valker-Barlow at Helm

Danny Wimmer Presents has spun off its sponsorship and branding department into BrandMark Agency, a wholly owned standalone business run by DWP’s evp Maureen Valker-Barlow who will now serve as president of BrandMark. Valker-Barlow joined DWP in 2019 after holding various sales roles at record labels and at agencies with clients that include Anheuser-Busch, BMG,…

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How to Ensure Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Is Accessible to Everyone

Photo: David Zalubowski (AP)As the Biden administration puts the federal government’s muscle behind widespread electrification, one fact has becoming increasingly clear: The electric vehicle revolution is coming. But states have a lot of catching up to do if they want to make sure everyone is included, a new report shows.The report, released Wednesday by the…

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Tierra Whack Climbs Aboard A Lego Spaceship In Dreamy ‘Link’ Music Video

Tierra Whack has all the building blocks she needs in the dreamy, intergalactic music video for her latest single “Link,” out Tuesday (April 6). Released as part of Lego’s “Rebuild the World” campaign, which aims to inspire everyone to “see the world through through children’s eyes,” the video’s storyline was created by Whack and a group of children after they…

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DPRK slams U.S. for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, March 30 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has slammed the United States for orchestrating efforts to tighten financial sanctions against Pyongyang. At a plenary meeting of the International Financial Supervisory Body held in Paris in February, the U.S.-led hostile forces “again staged a farce of re-listing the DPRK as a…

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ViacomCBS Is Selling $3 Billion in Stock to Fund Paramount+, a Service Some People Evidently Don’t Know Exists

Photo: Catie Keck/GizmodoThe parent company behind Paramount+ has announced it’s looking to raise $3 billion to help fund operations, including for its new streaming service—that some consumers evidently have no idea exists.ViacomCBS said Monday it will offer $2 billion in Class B common stock and $1 billion in Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. J.P.…

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Another lawsuit filed vs. Watson; total now at 22

1:49 PM ETSarah BarshopESPN Staff Writer CloseCovered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduateHOUSTON — Another lawsuit has been filed against Deshaun Watson, this one alleging the Houston Texans quarterback assaulted a licensed aesthetician “by touching her with his penis and exposing himself.”The lawsuit, filed Friday night and made available on the Harris County…

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Enhypen Make A Magical Introduction To Forthcoming Album Border: Carnival

BELIFT LAB Enhypen understands the power of a great story. Whether it’s the group’s transformation into vampires captured in the track “Given-Taken” or using squares as portals in follow-up single “20 Cube (Let Me In),” the K-pop septet from Belift Lab’s music videos are not only aesthetically gorgeous, but also ripe with supernatural imagery, allusions, and symbolism. Now, as the group…

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Clubhouse Is Partnering With Stripe To Offer Direct Payments, and Creators Will Get 100% of the Profits

Photo: ODD ANDERSEN / Contributor (Getty Images)The invite-only audio chat app Clubhouse is sweetening the deal for creators by offering a direct payment option that would allow them to reap 100% of the rewards.In a Monday blog post, Clubhouse announced that it would partner with the payment processing startup Stripe to offer direct payments on…

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Kate Winslet says gay actors ‘fear’ coming out and then ‘losing work’

Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later.When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.Kate Winslet says gay…

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Beckham’s put on giddy display with matching Easter outfits after £500 surprise

Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later.When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.The Beckhams are known…

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Where Are All the Aliens? Maybe Trapped in Underground Oceans

Saturn’s moon Enceladus.Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science InstituteA planetary scientist says subterranean water worlds are likely common in the galaxy and probably even better for life than Earth-like environments. Should an intelligent species arise beneath the frozen crust, however, they’d find themselves in perpetual isolation, in what is a possible solution to the Fermi Paradox.Several moons in…

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The Isley Brothers vs. Earth, Wind & Fire in Funk Legends ‘Verzuz’ Battle: See Billboard’s Scorecard For the Event

Hosted (with a somewhat heavy touch) by star comedian Steve Harvey, and with music courtesy of veteran DJ and quarantine-era sensation D-Nice, the event was clearly going to be a special one even before the two groups began spinning. D Nice span ’80s classics from Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan, before Harvey introduced himself, offered…

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Local re-use and re-homing of old tech and how it links to reduction of digital exclusion highlighted by SocialBox.Biz manifesto

Please share on Twitter about SocialBox.Biz Digital Exclusion Eradication Manifesto:https://twitter.com/SocialBoxBiz/status/1334448259549552640Named as “Hero innovators and change makers in 2021,” by The Independent newspaper as a testament to their Laptops for the Homeless, Elderly and Refugees Initiative, SocialBox.Biz is proving what’s possible when companies and organizations come together to better society.There are plenty of headlines about donating…

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Raccoon Is Run Down on ‘The Masked Singer’

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How to Watch the 2021 SAG Awards

The SAG Awards won’t have a host this year, nor the usual banquet and red carpet event. However, the celebration will highlight the show’s signature “I Am An Actor” stories through funny and intimate docuseries-inspired interviews, which will be woven throughout the telecast. The show will also announce winners in 13 categories. The late Chadwick…

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Chance the Rapper, Ja Rule, Missy Elliott & More Pray for DMX Amid Hospitalization

“Prayers for DMX and his family,” Missy Elliott echoed. On Saturday, DMX’s representatives confirmed to Billboard that the rapper is currently hospitalized, and as of Saturday night, DMX is on life support, reps said. this publication had reported earlier that DMX experienced a heart attack triggered by the overdose, with one source saying he had “some brain…

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Brady rookie card sells for record $2.25 million

playOrlovsky’s bold Brady prediction leads to wager with Foxworth (2:15)Dan Orlovsky predicts Tom Brady and the Buccaneers will go undefeated, which leads to friendly wager with Domonique Foxworth. (2:15)10:22 AM ETTom VanHaarenESPN Staff Writer CloseESPN staff writerJoined ESPN in 2011Graduated from Central MichiganWhile Tom Brady is breaking records on the field, he continues to break…

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Extinct Kangaroo Could Climb Trees With Its Huge Claws

Skulls of the newly described extinct kangaroo.Image: N. Warburton, Murdoch UniversityA new study describes a “semiarboreal kangaroo” that lived 40,000 years ago in Australia. Apparently, even hopping can get boring.According to the study, published this week in Royal Society Open Science, the discovery came from fossils excavated decades ago from Western Australia’s Mammoth Cave and…

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Ringside Seat: Carl Frampton chasing history; Jamel Herring trying to solidify his spot

Apr 2, 2021Nick ParkinsonClose•Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters showCarl Frampton believes beating WBO junior lightweight world titlist Jamel Herring on Saturday would make him the best boxer in Irish history.The Northern Irish boxer has looked back…

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In Biden’s America, You’re Going to Flick Your Furnace and Nothing Happens, Folks. Flicking Sometimes 10, 11, 12 Times

Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP (Getty Images)Folks, we told you it’s going to happen under Creepy Joe, the Democrat Party, they don’t want you to be able to go and turn on your water heater anymore. They’re gonna have you standing there just hitting that lever, that tiny little lever, over and over and it doesn’t get…

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Maren Morris Is ‘Proud’ of Her Post-Baby Body & Rejects ‘Pressure’ to ‘Snap Back’

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Ruby Amanfu commented underneath Morris’ post, “Tell. Them. Those ignorant attitudes need to SNAP BACK into reality. A goddess is a goddess is A GODDESS. #LessonNumber1.” The 30-year-old country singer and her husband, Ryan Hurd, welcomed their first child on May 23, 2020. Morris has constantly championed pregnant women and mothers to love their bodies…

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Lil Uzi Vert Hops on Posthumous FXXXXY Track ‘Yeah Kool’: Listen

A new track from late rapper-producer FXXXXY, featuring Lil Uzi Vert, arrived Thursday titled “Yeah Kool.” FXXXXY was signed to Future’s FreeBandz label and was credited with engineering work on the song “Solitaires,” featuring Travis Scott, from the rapper’s eighth High Off Life album, released in May 2020. While working on Future and Lil Uzi Vert’s joint album Pluto x…

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Welcome to Intlekele

SIGN OF THE TIMES: Signs will be positioned at the entrances to the area Arts and Culture Minister recommends Port Alfred name change Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has made recommendations to parliament this week that Port Alfred be renamed to Intlekele, and residents are up in arms. This was the news from…

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Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande & J Balvin to Reap Millions in HYBE Deal to Buy Ithaca Holdings

This isn’t the first time artists have received shares from HYBE. When the company went public last October on the Korean stock exchange, the seven members of BTS each got shares valued at $8 million. But sources say the equity being awarded to Ithaca’s artists is coming out of Braun’s stake. HYBE, the company behind powerhouse K-pop group BTS, said Friday (April 2) that it would pay $1.05…

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Spotify’s Voice-Controlled ‘Car Thing’ Device Surfaces Once Again

Photo: Martin Bureau/AFP (Getty Images)Spotify’s long-rumored Car Thing device has emerged once again—this time in some iOS code.Spotify first announced that it was testing a “voice-controlled music and podcast device” called Car Thing back in 2019. Spotify was pretty specific at the time that its “focus remains on becoming the world’s number one audio platform—not…

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Women’s Final Four predictions and how each team could win the 2021 NCAA title

Apr 1, 2021Charlie CremeESPN.com CloseCharlie Creme projects the women’s NCAA tournament bracket for ESPN.com.The 2021 NCAA women’s basketball tournament began with the better-seeded team winning every game on the first day, only to have the most teams outside the top-four seeds reach the Sweet 16 since 2013.But now that the most unusual tournament in history,…

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Multiple Tornadoes Tear Through Alabama, Shutting Down Amazon Warehouse

Lightning storms over the Southeast on Thursday.Gif: NOAA/CIRAAuthorities reported several injuries and fatalities in Alabama as tornadoes tore through the Birmingham metro area on Thursday. The storms, which come on the heels of roughly 50 tornadoes that hit the region last week, left flattened homes and extensive property damage in their wake.The National Weather Service…

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Photo: Eric Kayne (SumOfUS) (AP)Midway through a congressional hearing Thursday in which U.S. lawmakers spent hours interrogating the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Google for their role in America’s disinformation crisis, Jack Dorsey seemed fed up.The hearing, which was held via video conference and led by Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, saw…

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Olivia Rodrigo’s Roaring Return, Lil Nas X’s Celestial CGI, And More Songs We Love

Getty Images/YouTube The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn’t discriminate by genre and can include…

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Turning the Trans Tide

“Trans equality” seemed unstoppable in Britain, until recently.Keira Bell had always been a tomboy, but in her early teens she felt it intensely. She was, as she puts it today, “not fitting into the stereotype that girls are supposed to fit in,” and she became seriously depressed. Then, watching YouTube videos, Bell found what seemed…

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Saweetie Breaks Silence Over Elevator Altercation with Quavo

Saweetie Elevator Video Didn’t Break Us Up … ‘Too Many Other Hurdles’ 4/1/2021 12:38 PM PT Exclusive this publication.com Saweetie has broken her silence two days after this publication posted video showing her and her then-boyfriend, Quavo, in an altercation inside an elevator. Saweetie tells us, “This unfortunate incident happened a year ago, while we have reconciled…

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Donald Trump and Mike Lindell Should Cage Fight Over Whose New Social Media Site Is Actually Real

Mike Lindell, CEO and founder of MyPillow, and a possibly entirely fictional social media site named Frank.Photo: Stephen Maturen (Getty Images)HellfeedHellfeedHellfeed is your bimonthly resource for news on the current heading of the social media garbage barge.We’re jumping the gun on Hellfeed’s normally bi-weekly schedule—because dear lord, the last five days were something else. This…

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Leader of Israeli Islamic party demands ‘different reality’ after election

The head of a conservative Islamic party who has emerged as a kingmaker following Israel’s latest inconclusive election called for change Thursday, without endorsing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his rivals. Mansour Abbas’s primetime address was carried live by multiple Israeli broadcasters, underscoring his pivotal role in determining whether a stable governing coalition is possible…

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More Watson suits filed; 18 women defend QB

Mar 31, 2021Sarah BarshopESPN Staff Writer CloseCovered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduateHOUSTON — Two more lawsuits alleging sexual assault and inappropriate behavior were filed against Deshaun Watson on Tuesday evening, including one that states the Houston Texans quarterback has “unsent” messages on Instagram and has contacted the women who had previously massaged…

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How Def Jam’s Marisa Pizarro Found a New ‘Healing’ Purpose in Supporting the AAPI Community

The Billboard 2020 Women in Music top executive found herself and the rest of UTOPIAA switching gears to address the AAPI community’s needs. One way they sought to accomplish this was by organizing an AAPI Anti-Violence Town Hall to address the increased hate crimes and violence. The town hall, which was scheduled on March 17 after weeks of…

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Movies on Your Favorite Streaming Services Could Be Headed for Peacock Instead

Photo: Catie Keck/GizmodoThe battle between streaming services for your binge-watching hours continues.Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported Wednesday that Peacock parent NBCUniversal has been mulling pulling its movies from services like Netflix and HBO Max to boost its own content offering. The outlet additionally reported that contracts that HBO Max and Netflix have…

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Meng Wanzhou extradition case has ‘overwhelming’ U.S. connection: attorney general

VANCOUVER — The extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has an “overwhelming” connection to the United States, a lawyer for Canada’s attorney general has argued. VANCOUVER — The extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has an “overwhelming” connection to the United States, a lawyer for Canada’s attorney general has argued. Robert Frater responded…

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Three No. 1 seeds advance, but Stanford, UConn remain favorites in women’s Final Four

Mar 31, 2021Mechelle VoepelCloseESPN.comMechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.Charlie CremeCloseESPN.comCharlie Creme projects the women’s NCAA tournament bracket for ESPN.com.The women’s Final Four field, which includes three No. 1 seeds, runs the gamut of…

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