Miley Cyrus joins Lil Nas X, The Veronicas, and DJ Seb as a headliner for the World Tour Bushfire Relief, a concert being held on Friday, March 13, at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourn.
Just announced! @MileyCyrus will headline the @worldtour Bushfire Relief charity concert to benefit Australian fire relief efforts on Friday 13 March at Lakeside Stadium. This is a separately ticketed event to the #AusGP 2020. https://t.co/fV1uS4yd15
The concert is a partnership effort by Jada Pickett Smith and Will Smith’s Westbrook Inc, with Apollo World Touring, TEG Dainty and AgBioEN. All proceeds will go to multiple Australian Charities to help restore burned homes and the wildlife that were effect by the wildfire.
The World Tour was created in order to “build a new model of music tour, inspiring global music fans to play their part in accelerating the transition to a climate friendly, sustainable future,” according to a news release.
Back in June 2019, Australia’s fire season began with droughts affecting 95% of the state, followed by dry and warm winds. This combination would lead to an increase in bushfires (both through human error and natural). Despite being common during that time of year, it is the increase of climate change that has had a drastic impact on the situation with the fires becoming even more severe, with a wider reach. With a reported, more than 20% of Australia’s forest burned during the summer season. The cost of the damages is expected to surpass $4.4 billion.
If you want to buy tickets for the event you can visit the ticket site: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/ Tickets go on sale February 25, 2020.
Justin Bieber made history at age 25, becoming the youngest artist to have seven albums reach the top of the Billboard 200, with the release of his seventh album Changes.
Changes released on February 14, 2020, and quickly climbed the ranks of the Billboard Top 200, eventually topping the charts becoming the number one album in the US. Not only becoming Bieber’s seventh album to accomplish this, with Changes’ success, Justin Bieber also beat the record for the youngest artist to have seven albums reach the top of the charts. A record held for 59 years by Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley released his seventh album Blue Hawaii back in 1961 at age 26.
Super grateful for this past week with #changes. This week is the big finale of #JustinBieberSeasons and another music video from changes on @AppleMusic and I think I might give you a visual album 🤔
Justin Bieber has been busy with cataloging his journey in the Youtube TV documentary series Seasons. A ten-episode documentary that gives the viewer an inside look at Justin Bieber’s life and music-making progress through the eyes of Bieber himself. The documentary series helped Bieber gain momentum ahead of the release of Changes, his first album in five years. The documentary also tackles Justin Bieber’s history of reckless behavior and substance abuse. Along with his marriage to Hailey Rhode Bieber.
Seasons and Changes serve as a redemption story for the 25-year-old artist. With a career of ups and downs it is inspiring to see Justin defeat his demons. Despite the newfound success Justin still manages to keep himself busy recently appearing in one of Kayne West’s Sunday Service Choir.
Up and coming rapper Pop Smoke, has been shot and killed this morning (Feb. 19) in what appears to be a home invasion robbery, according to TMZ.
According to law enforcement officials, the rapper was in his Hollywood Hills home when 2 men wearing hoodies and masks, broke in and began firing multiple shots around 4:30 AM. Ambulance rushed him to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood.
So far the suspects have not been caught or identified but were seen fleeing the scene by foot.
Pop Smoke was only 20 years old at the time of his death. He released an album in July, and is best known for his song “Welcome to the Party,” and “Gatti” with Travis Scott.
Variety has reported that despite the multiple setbacks, the next installment of the Dark Universe The Bride of Frankenstein is still on the works. Back in 2017, the Dark Universe was officially announced (if you don’t consider The Wolfman, Dracula Untold, and IFrankenstein) with the now-iconic image of all the leading actors standing next to each other. As soon as the announcement was made the Dark Universe was instantly killed after The Mummy 2017 didn’t just bomb, but it was considered the worst movie of the year. This failure was enough to put a holt on the entire Dark Universe.
Universal Studios
Universal recently changed the way they’re tackling their movie properties, giving them a more director-driven cost-efficient style, akin to how DCU started to handle their movies after the release of Justice League. The first movie scheduled to release with this mentality is The Invisible Man, directed by Leigh Whannell. A modern take on the classic story Elisabeth Moss plays Cecilia Kass, a woman stuck in an abusive relationship. After escaping, she starts to feel that she is being hunted by her ex, despite being dead. The movie has a 9 million dollar budget and is expected to $20 million. So, where does that leave Bride of Frankenstein?
With future movies receiving small budgets, but more creative freedom, even with the right team, the studio might not be able to afford Angelina Jolie (who was cast to play the role before Universal pulled the breaks on the Dark Universe). To be honest, it would be for the best to recast Jolie, nothing against her. Universal doesn’t seem to be seeking big-name performers to gather interest. Instead, Universal seems more interested in cost-efficient movies. On the bright side, that means more creative freedom. In the end, I rather see a low budget masterpiece than whatever The Mummy 2017 was.
Wes Anderson is one of the most unique voices in cinema. I could say that and call it a day. The 50-year-old director has created some of the most melancholy movies ever with The Royal Tenenbaums, and one of my personal favorites, The Grand Budapest Hotel. His movies have gathered such a large following that whenever a new movie is announced it is met with anticipation.
The last movie that Wes Anderson release was 2018’s Isle of Dogs, a stop motion film harkening back to his last animated effort 2009’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. Despite the success of both films, fans have been anticipated the next live-action Anderson film.
Yesterday Wes Anderson revealed the poster for his next film named, The FrenchDispatch.
Today the official trailer for the French Dispatch went live giving us a clear idea of what the movie is about.
The French Dispatch is about Arthur played by Bill Murray, a man that turned a travel log into a newspaper titled The French Dispatch. The movie revolves around the publishing of a memorial edition highlighting the three best stories from the last decade: an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef. The French Dispatch itself was inspired by the real-life The New Yorker, which Anderson has admitted to being an avid reader since he was very young.
Joining Bill Murray is an amazing cast with, Timothee Chalamet, Benicio del Toro, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, and Owen Wilson. The French Dispatch is set to release on July 24, 2020.
The saga of Jussie Smollet continues with 6 new counts of disorderly conduct and lying to CPD. The former Empire actor was indicted Tuesday in Chicago by special prosecutor Dan Webb.
Jussie Smollet shook up the media last year in January 2019 when it was allegedly revealed that the actor was assaulted in an alleged anti-gay/ racist attack. The story caught national headlines, with the actor receiving waves of support in social media. However, as weeks past the story started to recive more criticism with conflicting re-tellings and other parts simply not adding up. All this came to a head when the Chicago police dropped the investigation, after concluding Smollet staged the entire attack.
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Actor Jussie Smollett looks on during a press conference before leaving Cook County Court after his charges were dropped, in Chicago
Jussie Smollett, Chicago, USA – 26 Mar 2019
The “attackers,” were identified as brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo, the pair trained Smollett and worked with him on Empire. Police concluded that this whole “attack” was meant to be a publicity stunt to re-energize his career. After prosecutors dropped the case in March 2019, Smollett maintained his innocence but agreed to let authorities keep a $10,000 bail. Smollett would later try to sue the city, claiming malicious prosecution.
In response for the new chargers, Smollett’s attorney, Tina Glandian, said in a statement on Tuesday: “This indictment raises serious questions about the integrity of the investigation that led to the renewed charges against Mr. Smollett, not the least of which is the use of the same CPD detectives who were part of the original investigation into the attack on Mr. Smollett to conduct the current investigation, despite Mr. Smollett’s pending civil claims against the City of Chicago and CPD officers for malicious prosecution. And one of the two witnesses who testified before the grand jury is the very same detective Mr. Smollett is currently suing for his role in the initial prosecution of him.”
