Google Play Music has been given the death sentence by Google, and today the company has announced a bit more detail about how its execution will be carried out. The main message from today's blog post is "back up your music now," as Google says it will wipe out all Google Music collections in December 2020. We've known for a while that the shutdown would be sometime in 2020, but for most regions, Google […]
All eight Harry Potter movies, which had a brief run on HBO Max when the WarnerMedia streaming service launched in May, are moving to Peacock this fall. The availability on NBCUniversal’s streaming outlet, which went live in April before a national expansion in July, was specified as a six-month run starting in October and lasting into 2021. The shift aligns the films’ streaming presence with a broader licensing deal for the films, encompassing NBCUniversal TV networks. NBCU’s Universal […]
Late into Ip Man (2008), the martial arts biopic of Grandmaster Ip Man from director Wilson Yip, Donnie Yen walks into a dojo surrounded by a horde of black belt karatekas. Yen, best known to Star Wars fans as the space monk Chirrut Îmwe in Rogue One, appears as the title folk hero in what would become the first in a blockbuster franchise that you can finally watch all in one convenient place. Dressed in peasant garb, […]
You may be right, Billy Joel, it may be crazy to have tossed out that piano.Video of the superstar musician playing a discarded piano on a sidewalk on Long Island, New York, has been making the rounds. A rep for Joel confirmed to CNN it indeed is the Piano Manin the video, but did not offer comment.The 71-year-old performer was captured on what appears to be a cell phone camera, playing […]
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Brace yourselves, ARMY! BTS has revealed more details about their previously teased upcoming new song on Sunday (Aug. 2) Big Hit Entertainment shared that the new English single is titled "Dynamite." As previously announced, the song will be arriving Aug. 21. The South Korean entertainment company made the title announce with an image on Twitter with the word "Dynamite" spelled out on a pink background. It was only one week ago -- […]
It’s raining nominations for Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s “Rain on Me” at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, which will present new categories focused on live performances and music videos created at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Gaga and Grande both scored nine nominations each, including video of the year for their No. 1 dance hit. “Rain on Me” is also competing for song of the year, best collaboration, best pop, […]
Mick Jagger, Lorde, Sia and Blondie are among the artists demanding that US politicians seek permission before playing their songs at rallies. They're among more than 50 acts who've signed an open letter calling for new rules on how their music is used. The letter calls on Democrats and Republicans to "establish clear policies requiring campaigns to seek consent" from songwriters and artists. Campaign music has been a heated topic throughout the […]
In a year that has seen renewed calls for inclusion, the Emmy Awards delivered more diversity among the nominees announced Tuesday. In the acting categories, 33% of the nominees are Black, compared with 14% the five years prior, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. Their analysis found that performers of color made up 37% of the total of nominations overall, which is 6% more than in any of […]
