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With RuPaul’s Drag Race bringing back their Rate-a-Queen system for season 17, Billboard decided to rate each of the new queens every week based on their performance. Below, we take a look at the emotional makeover challenge to see which queens became proud drag parents to their proud real parents. Spoilers ahead for episode 13. […]
Over her nearly two-decade career, Miley Cyrus has prepared her fans to expect the unexpected. And with her ninth studio album Something Beautiful — a self-described “one-of-a-kind pop opera” — Cyrus might be taking her most ambitious swing yet. The May 30 release is a visual album, and Cyrus unleashed the first two songs and […]
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On Monday evening (March 31), New Jersey Senator Cory Booker took the podium on the Senate floor to begin a marathon speech decrying the “grave and urgent” threat to American democracy within the policies of President Donald Trump and his administration. Booker, a Democrat, vowed to speak “for as long as I am physically able.” Booker made sure to be direct with his opening remarks. “In just 71 days, the president has inflicted harm after harm on Americans’ safety, financial stability, the foundations of our democracy, and any sense of common decency,” Booker began. “These are not normal times in our nation. And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate.”
“I’ve been hearing from people all over my state and indeed all over the nation calling upon folks in Congress to do more, to do things that recognize the urgency, the crisis of the moment,” Booker stated in a video posted to his social media accounts before he took the podium. “And so we all have a responsibility, I believe, to do something different, to cause — as [late Rep.] John Lewis said — ‘good trouble,’ and that includes me.”
Booker’s speech isn’t a filibuster in a technical sense, as his aim isn’t to block a specific bill, which is where a filibuster would normally be used. But as long as Booker is standing and recognized, he can speak as long as he can stand and do so. The speech would halt all official business if it lasted past noon. The record for the longest filibuster is held by the late South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, who stood and spoke for a little over 24 hours to oppose the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It would ultimately pass and be signed into law by President Dwight Eisenhower.
Booker has read speeches by the late Senator John McCain and Rep. John Lewis, and also employed a strategy of taking questions from Democratic colleagues in the Senate, which gives him a respite from talking at length. These included questions and speeches from Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey, Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Chris Coons of New Hampshire. Check out the speech above.
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If you’re wondering what Olivia Rodrigo gets up to on tour when she’s not on stage, just know it involves Sex and the City and chocolate cake. In a TikTok posted Tuesday (April 1), the star takes fans on a day in her life on the road amid her ongoing Guts World Tour, for which […]
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Early last year it was reported that Kendrick Lamar was working with the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, to cook up a comedy film that no one saw coming. Though the project is still very much a go, we won’t be able to see it until at least next year.
According to Variety, the untitled K. Dot comedy flick, which was slated to drop on July 4 this year, has now been pushed back to March 20, 2026, as Kung Fu Kenny continues to make the rounds on his Grand National Tour in 2025. With Kendrick’s schedule tied up from April 19 until Aug. 19, there’s no way the man can carve out the time to take part in his upcoming film. While we know fans will be disappointed in the news, at least we know the end product won’t be something rushed, as Lamar, Matt Stone, and Trey Parker will take the time to create something that fans will appreciate whenever it finally premieres on the silver screen.
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The change in release plans was announced ahead of CinemaCon, the annual convention of movie theater owners that’s unfolding this week in Las Vegas. Paramount, as well as Disney, Universal, Sony, Warner Bros., Universal and Amazon MGM will unveil presentations that are designed to hype the upcoming year’s slate of films.
As for Lamar’s movie, not a single detail — not the cast, logline or title — has been revealed at this point. What is known, however, is the live-action comedy is written by comedian Vernon Chatman and follows a young Black man who interns as a slave re-enactor at a living history museum.
Dave Free for pgLang will also produce with Lamar, Stone and Parker.
What’s the chance that the film somehow takes shots at Drake in some way, shape, or form? Just sayin.’
What are your expectations for the Kendrick Lamar comedy film? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Kendrick Lamar’s movie with the creators of South Park has been pushed back into 2026, according to Variety. Paramount’s comedy debut for Lamar with Trey Parker and Matt Stone is now slated to arrive on March 20, 2026. The flick was scheduled to arrive on July 4 of this year. Explore Explore See latest videos, […]
On last weekend’s Saturday Night Live, Morgan Wallen — guesting on the show for the first time since 2020 — performed songs from his upcoming album I’m The Problem, but also sparked controversy for his early exit from the SNL stage.
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Though Wallen has yet to directly comment on the SNL controversy, he has promoted some new music since then. On March 31, he posted a video to Instagram teasing a new song, “Come Back as a Redneck,” captioning the video with one of the song’s lyrics, “Maybe then you’ll understand.”
The song’s lyrics take a musical shot at tensions between city dwellers and those raised in the country, with Wallen singing, “I didn’t choose my raisin’ and you didn’t choose yours,” and elsewhere singing, “When you die, I hope you come back as a redneck…I hope you break your back for that barely-gettin’-by paycheck…maybe then you’ll understand.” The video shows Wallen partaking in various outdoor activities, including some target practice with a rifle at an outdoor shooting range and driving deep into the woods on a four-wheeler.
On the March 29 episode of Saturday Night Live, Wallen sang the title track of his upcoming album, I’m the Problem (due May 16), as well as a new song, “Just in Case.”
In keeping with SNL custom, Wallen joined the SNL cast on stage at the end of the show as the credits rolled. He gave a hug to the episode’s host, Oscar winner Mikey Madison, before quickly exiting the stage. Following his SNL exit, he later posted a story on his Instagram: a photo showing a private plane with the caption “Get me to God’s country.” His exit spurred controversy, with many questioning his decision to leave the show’s set, including longtime SNL cast member Kenan Thompson, who called the exit “definitely a spike in the norm.”
While the exit controversy has been at the forefront of fan conversations in recent days, it’s notable that Wallen also used the performance to seemingly tease several song titles from his upcoming album, including “Come Back as a Redneck.” The song was listed as “No. 21: ‘Come Back as a Redneck’ (feat. ______),” suggesting that the full song might involve a collaboration. Other song titles featured during the performance were “I Got Better,” “Skoal, Chevy and Browning,” “Genesis,” “Where’d That Girl Go,” “Miami,” “LA Night,” and two more songs that also seem to be possible collaborations with unnamed artists, “What I Want” and “Number 3 and Number 7.”
Wallen has already released or previewed snippets of several songs from the upcoming album, including his Billboard Hot 100 hits “Love Somebody” and “Just in Case.”
Wallen is a leading contender heading into this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards on May 8, where he is up for seven trophies, among them entertainer of the year, male artist of the year and artist-songwriter of the year.
After months of teasing and anticipation, Skrillex‘s fourth studio album, the astoundingly titled ‘F*CK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!!
Chris Brown crowns Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart for a sixth time, as “Residuals” climbs from the runner-up spot to lead the list dated April 5. The single was the most-played song on U.S. panel-contributing adult R&B radio stations in the tracking week of March 21-27, according to Luminate, and rose 12% in week-over-week plays. […]