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Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, and Foo Fighters will headline the 2023 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. This marks the second consecutive year for Bonnaroo since 2019, which returned in 2022 after the previous two installments were canceled by the pandemic and a hurricane, respectively.
Set for June 15 through 18, the festival features a particularly strong undercard for 2023 with Lil Nas X, Paramore, Tyler Childers, Portugal. the Man, and Charley Crockett all on the bill.
Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, and Foo Fighters will headline the 2023 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. This marks the second consecutive year for Bonnaroo since 2019, which returned in 2022 after the previous two installments were canceled by the pandemic and a hurricane, respectively.
Set for June 15 through 18, the festival features a particularly strong undercard for 2023 with Lil Nas X, Paramore, Tyler Childers, Portugal. the Man, and Charley Crockett all on the bill.
- 1/10/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown will play at the Rolling Loud Miami 2021 festival on July 23. The occasion marks the first ever collaboration between WWE and a major music festival. The sixth edition of the festival will take place from July 23-25.
Taking the same stage as festival headliners Travis Scott, Post Malone and A$AP Rocky, WWE Superstars will compete in matches live from Rolling Loud Miami. The July 23 edition of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox will feature a split-site broadcast with multiple matches at Rolling Loud Miami, and the remainder of the evening held at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland.
Over the years, world-renowned hip-hop artists including Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Three 6 Mafia, Mgk, Wale and many others have performed at WWE’s biggest events.
Friday Night SmackDown airs live on Fox at 8/7c and features Universal Champion Roman Reigns, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair, SmackDown Tag Team Champions Rey and Dominik Mysterio,...
Taking the same stage as festival headliners Travis Scott, Post Malone and A$AP Rocky, WWE Superstars will compete in matches live from Rolling Loud Miami. The July 23 edition of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox will feature a split-site broadcast with multiple matches at Rolling Loud Miami, and the remainder of the evening held at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland.
Over the years, world-renowned hip-hop artists including Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Three 6 Mafia, Mgk, Wale and many others have performed at WWE’s biggest events.
Friday Night SmackDown airs live on Fox at 8/7c and features Universal Champion Roman Reigns, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair, SmackDown Tag Team Champions Rey and Dominik Mysterio,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Cut to the Feeling” may be the song of this never-ending summer, but audiences in France and the UK have been grooving to this irresistible pop masterpiece since last December (about six months before it was available for digital download). Recorded during the creation of Jepsen’s monumental “E•Mo•Tion” LP, “Cut to the Feeling” was deemed “too cinematic” for inclusion on the record, and set aside for future use. For mere mortals, this euphoric jam would have been a career-defining milestone; for Jepsen, it was merely a B-side.
Fortunately, it wouldn’t be long before the song found a home, as its singer — one of post-Gretzky Canada’s finest cultural exports — offered it to a Montreal animation studio when she agreed to voice one of the characters in their animated feature, “Ballerina.”
Retitled “Leap!” for its impending U.S. release, the harmlessly inspirational kids...
Fortunately, it wouldn’t be long before the song found a home, as its singer — one of post-Gretzky Canada’s finest cultural exports — offered it to a Montreal animation studio when she agreed to voice one of the characters in their animated feature, “Ballerina.”
Retitled “Leap!” for its impending U.S. release, the harmlessly inspirational kids...
- 8/22/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
[[tmz:video id="0_gool6us0"]] Three 6 Mafia co-founder DJ Paul threatened to drive by and shoot up people's homes in Memphis during a concert Saturday night... shocking even his own crew. Eyewitnesses tell TMZ ... DJ Paul was pissed that his sound kept cutting out during his performance at 901Fest. He was so angry, at one point he went into the crowd hunting for the sound guy. You can see Paul brooding in anger on stage, when suddenly he blurts...
- 5/28/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
USA Networks is another of those stations I have had bias against mainly due to my loyalty to HBO in the late '90s and early '00s, but once Mr. Robot hit and I realized how genius of a show it is (even though the creator may be from a different planet), I have been waiting for another solid hit from USA, and we may finally have one.
USA has set some very strong actors to portray characters in its upcoming Unsolved TV series, which will inspect and delve into the surrounding mystery behind rappers Tupac Shakur's and Biggie Smalls' untimely deaths. Check this extraordinary cast out: Bokeem Woodbine, Josh Duhamel, and Jimmi Simpson will all be playing integral detectives that were involved in trying to deduce the surroundings of the murders of these two legendary music figures.
Woodbine is best known as Mike Milligan from Fargo Season 2, Duhamel is known from Transformers,...
USA has set some very strong actors to portray characters in its upcoming Unsolved TV series, which will inspect and delve into the surrounding mystery behind rappers Tupac Shakur's and Biggie Smalls' untimely deaths. Check this extraordinary cast out: Bokeem Woodbine, Josh Duhamel, and Jimmi Simpson will all be playing integral detectives that were involved in trying to deduce the surroundings of the murders of these two legendary music figures.
Woodbine is best known as Mike Milligan from Fargo Season 2, Duhamel is known from Transformers,...
- 2/23/2017
- by Drew Carlton
- LRMonline.com
After laying low on the music front for a bit, Katy Perry is on the "Rise" once again! Nearly three years since releasing her last album, Prism, the 31-year-old pop powerhouse has revealed that she's back at work on a new full-length. "Last night I was in the studio and I'm just deep in the writing process," she said during an appearance on Elvis Duran's radio show Wednesday morning. She says the multi-year break from recording was necessary to prime her musical pump. "For me, it takes a bit of time to [to write] because I have to have those experiences and then write about them.
- 8/24/2016
- by Jordan Runtagh, @jordanruntagh
- PEOPLE.com
After laying low on the music front for a bit, Katy Perry is on the "Rise" once again! Nearly three years since releasing her last album, Prism, the 31-year-old pop powerhouse has revealed that she's back at work on a new full-length. "Last night I was in the studio and I'm just deep in the writing process," she said during an appearance on Elvis Duran's radio show Wednesday morning. She says the multi-year break from recording was necessary to prime her musical pump. "For me, it takes a bit of time to [to write] because I have to have those experiences and then write about them.
- 8/24/2016
- by Jordan Runtagh, @jordanruntagh
- PEOPLE.com
Image Source: Getty / Gabriel Olsen It's official: Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian are getting their own E! reality show that will document their relationship and the birth of their first child together. The engaged couple has been making headlines for months now over their supposed drama with the other members of the Kardashian family, as well as with the details of their whirlwind relationship. Before Blac Chyna makes her reality TV debut, check out nine interesting facts you might not know about her. 1. She Has Gone by Many Names Blac, 28, was actually born Angela Renée White, but during her career as an exotic dancer, she went by several names, including Dora Renée and Cream, before finally landing on Blac Chyna. There might still be one change in the future, since Blac legally filed to go by the name Angela Renée Kardashian shortly after Rob popped the question. 2. She's Been a...
- 6/7/2016
- by Nicole Weaver
- Popsugar.com
The human ray of sunshine that is Reese Witherspoon recently released a second "Thoughts From a Wicker Chair" video for her Draper James clothing collection, and it's beyond cute. In the clip, the actress, who attended the Oscars on Sunday looking insanely glamorous, sweetly sips lemonade and lists off every Southern celebrity she can think of, including Beyoncé, the members of Three 6 Mafia, and the little penguin from Happy Feet. Watch her show off her comedic chops above, and then see photos from her recent outing with daughter Ava!
- 3/4/2016
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
The Academy Awards have just erased the silver lining of an awards season that has been rightfully dominated by stories of omission and institutional injustice.
Lost in the justifiable furor over #OscarsSoWhite is the fact that a transgender person has received an Academy Award nomination for the first time since songwriter Angela Morley earned two in the mid-Seventies. Mercury Prize-winning musician Anohni (née Antony Hegarty) has been recognized for her song "Manta Ray," the J. Ralph duet she was commissioned to co-write and perform for the climate crisis documentary Racing Extinction.
Lost in the justifiable furor over #OscarsSoWhite is the fact that a transgender person has received an Academy Award nomination for the first time since songwriter Angela Morley earned two in the mid-Seventies. Mercury Prize-winning musician Anohni (née Antony Hegarty) has been recognized for her song "Manta Ray," the J. Ralph duet she was commissioned to co-write and perform for the climate crisis documentary Racing Extinction.
- 2/25/2016
- Rollingstone.com
[[tmz:video id="0_pske6d9y"]] DJ Paul's either not feeling the Oscar snub much of Hollywood is feeling or he just has a funny way of showing it. The Three 6 Mafia rapper helped son Nautica ring in his 20th birthday -- which also happened to be Paul's big day -- in Vegas over the weekend. Judging from the 12:1 ratio on the dance floor ... his son had a great time. We're told the father-son bash began with a...
- 1/19/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
"It's a changing world," Mr. Finch says to Mary early in the second episode of Downton Abbey's final season. At this point, we really don't need the coordinator of a fatstock show to tell us that 1920s British society is evolving because: 1) The show reminds us in each episode, and 2) Every storyline in this particular installment speaks to those changes.This week, the poor are finally getting a taste of things the wealthy take for granted, like wedding reception venues and treatment of incompetent cervixes. (So help me, that is a real medical condition.) Job opportunities have shrunk for those, like Thomas, who seek employment in the bustling manor market, where the motto has become, "Do more with less." (Three 6 Mafia was right: It's hard out here for an under-butler.) Women are running magazines and working as agents of estates. (You've come a long way, Edith and Mary,...
- 1/11/2016
- by Jen Chaney
- Vulture
Rapper Robert “Koopsta Knicca” Phillips, founding member of the Memphis-based rap group Three 6 Mafia, died Friday of complications from a stroke. He was 40. Three 6 Mafia co-founder DJ Paul confirmed the death via the Commercial Appeal, stating that the rapper “went in peace … Everyone who knew Koop knew he was very funny and the coolest guy ever. He will be missed. We made classics together that’ll live on.” Phillips was born in April 1975 and was one of the founding members of Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia. After recording a solo album titled “Da Devil’s Playground” in.
- 10/10/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Three 6 Mafia rapper Robert "Koopsta Knicca" Phillips died in Memphis Friday morning of complications from a brain aneurysm and stroke he suffered the previous Sunday, confirmed by fellow group member and producer DJ Paul. Knicca had been on life support for less than a week while doctors advised that he was "in need of a miracle." Knicca's management team had created a GoFundMe account to raise money for medical costs in the event that he did wake up. The original member of the Oscar-winning rap group was 40 years old. "Dr. Confirmed With Me That @koopstaknicca36 Passed This Morning at 12:55am. You Will Be Missed My Brother!!! Love U Koop!!! #ripkoopstaknicca," Paul commemorated on...
- 10/9/2015
- E! Online
Another member of Three 6 Mafia has passed away -- Koopsta Knicca died on Thursday after suffering a stroke ... according to DJ Paul. Paul announced Koopsta's death on social media Thursday evening, but then did a quick about-face ... saying Koopsta was still fighting, and on life support. He eventually died overnight, and Paul released a statement saying, "Everyone who knew Koop knew hew was very funny and the coolest guy ever! He will be missed!
- 10/9/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Rapper Koopsta Knicca, a member of Three 6 Mafia, has died, the group's publicist and a group member, DJ Paul, confirmed on Friday, Oct. 9, to local Memphis, Tenn., blog Commercial Appeal. He was 40. According to the group's rep Dove Clark, Koopsta Knicca (real name Robert Phillips) passed away early Friday in a Memphis hospital after experiencing complications from a stroke that he suffered this past Sunday. "DJ Paul" Beauregard, who told fans that Knicca was still fighting for his life as of Thursday night, spoke lovingly [...]...
- 10/9/2015
- Us Weekly
“Empire” stars Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard are switching things up on the next “Lip Sync Battle” by performing a duet in addition to their battle. And no song is more fitting than Three 6 Mafia’s “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” The rap song won the Best Original Song Oscar in 2006 after being written for “Hustle & Flow,” a drama starring both Henson and Howard, who was also nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of a Memphis pimp aspiring to become a hip-hop artist. Spike TV release a sneak peek of their rendition on Monday following previews of.
- 8/17/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Former Three 6 Mafia rapper Crunchy Black will have plenty of time to study the difference between cocaine and meth -- he's gonna spend the next 7 months in jail for his Vegas drug bust. Cb was in court Wednesday and pled guilty to misdemeanor drug possession. TMZ broke the story ... Crunchy was arrested earlier this month for meth. Crunch had the worst defense we've heard in a while. According to the police report, when an...
- 4/30/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Three 6 Mafia rapper Crunchy Black is a man who knows what he wants when it comes to drugs ... but according to cops he isn't too good at getting it. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the Oscar winner was roaming the streets of Vegas early Tuesday when he was stopped for walking into an intersection when the "do not cross" light was flashing. It didn't take long for cops to discover meth. According to the police report,...
- 4/15/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
To paraphrase Three 6 Mafia, "It's hard out here for major movie theater chains." No, not quite. Don't cry for them, despite rapidly changing technological times that continue to put their value into question. They'll just continue to raise ticket prices, and charge you a week's salary for refreshments (popcorn, drinks, candy, etc). They'll be fine... for now (insert sinister laughter here). But I can't blame them for continuing to fight trends that just may, one day, make them relics of a past time. Following last year's declaration that they will boycott Netflix's first feature film - a sequel to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," which the...
- 3/4/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Of the five Oscar-nominated original songs for the 87th Academy Awards, Selma’s “Glory” and Beyond the Light’s “Grateful” are the only songs that solely play over the end credits of their respective film. The other three songs — “Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie, “Lost Stars” from Begin Again and “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me — are all performed at some point during the film.
Now, that’s not to say that the end-credits songs aren’t relevant to the plot. Both “Grateful” and “Glory” stick with the themes of their respective films and summarize relevant events, even if they aren’t integral to each plot’s progression.
“Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie is featured in the film as a popular song in the Lego universe, one the characters sing along to, but...
Managing Editor
Of the five Oscar-nominated original songs for the 87th Academy Awards, Selma’s “Glory” and Beyond the Light’s “Grateful” are the only songs that solely play over the end credits of their respective film. The other three songs — “Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie, “Lost Stars” from Begin Again and “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me — are all performed at some point during the film.
Now, that’s not to say that the end-credits songs aren’t relevant to the plot. Both “Grateful” and “Glory” stick with the themes of their respective films and summarize relevant events, even if they aren’t integral to each plot’s progression.
“Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie is featured in the film as a popular song in the Lego universe, one the characters sing along to, but...
- 1/26/2015
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Did you know that Meryl Streep landed her record 19th Academy Award nomination for Into the Woods when the contenders were announced? That’s just one of the many facts and pieces of trivia you need to know about this year’s pool of nominees vying for Oscar gold.
Oscars: The Complete List of 2015 Nominees
Let's break it all down:
1. Meryl Streep picked up her 19th nomination. Her nod for Into the Woods is the most for any actor, male or any female. Jack Nicholson follows with 12 total nominations.
2. Bradley Cooper earned his third consecutive nomination for American Sniper. He was previously nominated for Best Supporting Actor for American Hustle (2014) and Best Actor for Silver Linings Playbook (2013). He’s now one nomination away from tying Marlon Brando for the most consecutive acting noms.
3. Speaking of Cooper, he’s actually nominated twice. He’s one of the producers of American Sniper, which was nominated...
Oscars: The Complete List of 2015 Nominees
Let's break it all down:
1. Meryl Streep picked up her 19th nomination. Her nod for Into the Woods is the most for any actor, male or any female. Jack Nicholson follows with 12 total nominations.
2. Bradley Cooper earned his third consecutive nomination for American Sniper. He was previously nominated for Best Supporting Actor for American Hustle (2014) and Best Actor for Silver Linings Playbook (2013). He’s now one nomination away from tying Marlon Brando for the most consecutive acting noms.
3. Speaking of Cooper, he’s actually nominated twice. He’s one of the producers of American Sniper, which was nominated...
- 1/15/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
12:50 Pm Crunchy's fiancee tells us the rapper never beat her and she never locked herself in a bathroom. She claims there were two other men who caused her injuries, but they fled before cops arrived. Three 6 Mafia rapper Crunchy Black is a wanted man in Minnesota after cops says he beat his fiancee and then thumbed his nose at the judge.Cb and his lady were in a hotel room in March when...
- 1/8/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a trailer for ZombieWorld, casting updates on The Private Eye and Desolation, DVD release details announced for Fantasm, a teaser poster from One Night of Fear, a Q&A with writer, Duncan Ralston, and much more:
ZombieWorld Trailer and DVD Release Details: “ZombieWorld is a horror anthology focusing on survivors across the world as they struggle to overcome horrifying circumstances when a pandemic brings forth a zombie apocalypse. The collection of blood, guts and mayhem will be brought to life by a group of new and up-and-coming directors from around the world that Ruthless Pictures and Dread Central will handpick from short film entries received between April 21, 2014 and May 30, 2014 on Dread Central.com. The work of each chosen director will be featured in the film and will bring...
ZombieWorld Trailer and DVD Release Details: “ZombieWorld is a horror anthology focusing on survivors across the world as they struggle to overcome horrifying circumstances when a pandemic brings forth a zombie apocalypse. The collection of blood, guts and mayhem will be brought to life by a group of new and up-and-coming directors from around the world that Ruthless Pictures and Dread Central will handpick from short film entries received between April 21, 2014 and May 30, 2014 on Dread Central.com. The work of each chosen director will be featured in the film and will bring...
- 11/16/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Since its premiere at Sundance, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood has been garnering Oscar buzz and rave reviews. The film could score nominations for best picture, director, actor and more, but after submitting three songs to the Academy for consideration in the best original song category, the film could add another nomination. Two of the songs were written by Ethan Hawke, who could garner a best supporting actor nomination for his portrayal of the father. If Hawke receives a best original song nomination for one of his songs, he will join a short list of actors who have scored nominations for songs since 1994.
Both Annette O’Toole and her husband Michael McKean were nominated in 2004, for their song “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow,” which appeared in 2003’s A Mighty Wind. Well known for her role on Smallville as Martha Kent, O’Toole didn...
Managing Editor
Since its premiere at Sundance, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood has been garnering Oscar buzz and rave reviews. The film could score nominations for best picture, director, actor and more, but after submitting three songs to the Academy for consideration in the best original song category, the film could add another nomination. Two of the songs were written by Ethan Hawke, who could garner a best supporting actor nomination for his portrayal of the father. If Hawke receives a best original song nomination for one of his songs, he will join a short list of actors who have scored nominations for songs since 1994.
Both Annette O’Toole and her husband Michael McKean were nominated in 2004, for their song “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow,” which appeared in 2003’s A Mighty Wind. Well known for her role on Smallville as Martha Kent, O’Toole didn...
- 11/10/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
Lap dances usually require contact with an actual lap ... but this guy at the annual Gathering of the Juggalos Thursday defied the odds -- and DJ Paul recorded the whole thing.The Gathering is currently going on in Thornville, Ohio and during the festivities yesterday the Three 6 Mafia rapper filmed quite possibly the best lap dance video Ever!It's unclear what's going on in the background ... or why this is happening -- but please...
- 7/25/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
NBA prospect Andrew Wiggins was questioned by police about a stabbing outside of a nightclub where he was partying this weekend ... but he's Not considered a suspect ... TMZ Sports has learned. We know ... Wiggins was at Time nightclub in Toronto -- partying with Juicy J from Three 6 Mafia -- early Monday morning when 2 people were stabbed outside the club around 1:30 Am. Cops raced to the scene ... and we're told they interviewed several people...
- 6/24/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Every movie has to have its signature song and that certainly goes for the action-oriented males in film that are fortunate to have these finger-snapping tunes represent them on the big screen. The movie theme song indulges the audience and delivers a whole new kind of intrigue and feeling that we invest in the roguish ruffians on the big screen that some men would like to emulate and the ladies would love to cozy up to intimately.
There are music selections that do bring to mind the euphoria of the male action-packed characters we regard highly despite their moral compass. Maybe one can get excitable when hearing Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” tune for the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name? Perhaps any of the musical themes for the countless James Bond films tickle your fancy? (there are two included in this article incidentally). Your preference might be in...
There are music selections that do bring to mind the euphoria of the male action-packed characters we regard highly despite their moral compass. Maybe one can get excitable when hearing Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” tune for the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name? Perhaps any of the musical themes for the countless James Bond films tickle your fancy? (there are two included in this article incidentally). Your preference might be in...
- 6/19/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Yankees ace Cc Sabathia is officially a baller -- since his birthday party was catered by Oscar winner DJ Paul from Three 6 Mafia. Djp joined us to explain why he's cooking for all kinds of famous people now.Plus, it's time for March Madness ... so Channing Frye has a big tip on filling out your brackets -- and we also have our own strategies to help you dominate, or more likely ... look totally foolish.
- 3/19/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Paula Deen can drop all the n-bombs she wants ... DJ Paul is still down with the celebrity chef, and says he'd love to get in the kitchen with her today.The Three 6 Mafia rapper -- slash chef and celeb caterer -- told us yesterday in NYC ... he's unfazed by the whole controversy surrounding Paula using the n-word.Paul says he was hanging out with Deen at a food festival in NYC minutes before he...
- 3/19/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Cc Sabathia took the celebrity chef craze to a new level for his 33rd bday party -- because the whole thing was catered by Three 6 Mafia member (and Oscar winner) DJ Paul ... TMZ Sports has learned. The party for the Yankees pitcher was insane -- it all went down at Phil Maloof's mansion in L.A. back in the Summer ... and we're told it was packed with superstars like Joba Chamberlain, Derek Jeter,...
- 3/18/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
With only 45 seconds, many Academy Award recipients barely have enough time to spit out their thanks before getting the cue to wrap it up. So when MTV News caught up with Oscar winner Juicy J on the set of MTV2's "Charlamagne & Friends" we asked the Three 6 Mafia rapper if he had any advice on accepting such a prestigious honor in such a small increment of time. "Just don't be drunk, you know, ...
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- 3/2/2014
- MTV Movie News
After the Academy Award for Best Song was won by ‘It’s Hard Out Here For a Pimp’ at the 2006 Oscars, host Jon Stewart quipped, ‘For those of you who are keeping score at home, I just want to make something very clear: Martin Scorsese, zero Oscars; Three 6 Mafia, one.’
If the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences specialises in one thing at a sophisticated level no other collaborative body could ever hope to match, it’s giving awards to the wrong people. Sometimes, it almost seems like a deliberate act of petulance. Try finding anyone outside of Robert Zemekis’s immediate family who considers Forrest Gump to be a better picture than Pulp Fiction (one win) or The Shawshank Redemption (IMDb’s Best Film Ever Made; no wins).
In 1999, The 71st Academy Awards became to many people, the apogee of undeserved Oscars and the rabid invective from...
If the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences specialises in one thing at a sophisticated level no other collaborative body could ever hope to match, it’s giving awards to the wrong people. Sometimes, it almost seems like a deliberate act of petulance. Try finding anyone outside of Robert Zemekis’s immediate family who considers Forrest Gump to be a better picture than Pulp Fiction (one win) or The Shawshank Redemption (IMDb’s Best Film Ever Made; no wins).
In 1999, The 71st Academy Awards became to many people, the apogee of undeserved Oscars and the rabid invective from...
- 2/27/2014
- by Cai Ross
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Fact: Gwyneth Paltrow and rap group Three 6 Mafia once performed -- though (unfortunately) not together -- during the Academy Awards ceremonies (Paltrow for "Country Strong"; Three 6 for "Hustle & Flow").
Obviously, those aren't the only bizarre acts that have appeared on the Oscar stage: from A.R. Rahman's Olympic-like moment in 2009 to Bjork being, well, Bjork in 2001, the Academy Awards has been known to throw out an odd musical moment or five.
To celebrate this year's Academy Awards, let's take a look at the most ridiculous musical performances in Oscar history.
Obviously, those aren't the only bizarre acts that have appeared on the Oscar stage: from A.R. Rahman's Olympic-like moment in 2009 to Bjork being, well, Bjork in 2001, the Academy Awards has been known to throw out an odd musical moment or five.
To celebrate this year's Academy Awards, let's take a look at the most ridiculous musical performances in Oscar history.
- 2/27/2014
- by Moviefone Staff
- Moviefone
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In Hollywood, there’s a contingent of talented actors for whom awards and endless praise from the film community are expected. Meryl Streep competes for her fourth Academy Award on Sunday night, and it’s been scientifically proven that she gets thanked more than God at these things. Each year some permutation of the same crew is expected to receive nominations and each year we rack our brains trying to figure out which one is more deserving of the coveted golden statue. Except when there are wildcards.
Just like Mo’Nique traded in her standup and hosting duties to star as the chilling Mary Lee Johnston in Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire, Whoopi Goldberg‘s first steps towards Egot came with an award-winning turn in Ghost. Call it beginner’s luck if you want, but we’d like to think that this impressive group is so talented,...
In Hollywood, there’s a contingent of talented actors for whom awards and endless praise from the film community are expected. Meryl Streep competes for her fourth Academy Award on Sunday night, and it’s been scientifically proven that she gets thanked more than God at these things. Each year some permutation of the same crew is expected to receive nominations and each year we rack our brains trying to figure out which one is more deserving of the coveted golden statue. Except when there are wildcards.
Just like Mo’Nique traded in her standup and hosting duties to star as the chilling Mary Lee Johnston in Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire, Whoopi Goldberg‘s first steps towards Egot came with an award-winning turn in Ghost. Call it beginner’s luck if you want, but we’d like to think that this impressive group is so talented,...
- 2/26/2014
- by Emily Exton
- TheFabLife - Movies
Project Pat and Juicy J's video shoot came to a crashing halt ... after a crew member fell through a skylight, crashing to the ground around 20 feet below.The former Three 6 Mafia member and his brother were filming on the roof of a very old art deco building in Vernon, CA when the accident occurred.Apparently the crew member wasn't looking as he hit the skylight ... shattering it.Paramedics were called and the crew member was rushed to the hospital,...
- 2/19/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The Academy Awards may be the most prestigious movie awards out there, but that doesn’t mean they always make the best decisions. Join us as we discuss which potential nominees got left out and which nominees don’t belong.
The nominees for the 2014 Academy Awards were announced on January 16th (see the entire list here), and the ceremony will take place on March 2nd. We'll have to wait until then to see who wins, but based on the potential nominees that were left out we Do know who Won't be winning. After we had a few days to think it over, we are voicing our opinions about this year’s choice of nominees in the way we know best, writing about them.
Here are our picks for the biggest snubs of the 2014 Oscar nominees:
Best Actor in a Leading Role / Supporting Role
Garrett: One of the biggest Oscar snubs ever?...
The nominees for the 2014 Academy Awards were announced on January 16th (see the entire list here), and the ceremony will take place on March 2nd. We'll have to wait until then to see who wins, but based on the potential nominees that were left out we Do know who Won't be winning. After we had a few days to think it over, we are voicing our opinions about this year’s choice of nominees in the way we know best, writing about them.
Here are our picks for the biggest snubs of the 2014 Oscar nominees:
Best Actor in a Leading Role / Supporting Role
Garrett: One of the biggest Oscar snubs ever?...
- 1/22/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
By Terence Johnson
Managing Editor
The music branch of the Academy is one hard nut to crack. Every time you think you have a beat on what they’ll consider and nominate they’ll throw a wrench in your predictions. Hoping to capitalize on this is Short Term 12, which has the haunting “So You Know What It’s Like,” written by Keith Stanfield, in consideration for Best Original Song. It wouldn’t be the first time the Academy honored a rap song, but such a track surely has an uphill battle against easier digestible fare…or does it?
Gone are the days when every song that won Best Original Song was a hit song that everyone knew. If you compare the winning songs from the 90s with anything 2000-2012 you’ll see there’s an incredible disparity in hits and songs that will be remembered. However, in the place...
Managing Editor
The music branch of the Academy is one hard nut to crack. Every time you think you have a beat on what they’ll consider and nominate they’ll throw a wrench in your predictions. Hoping to capitalize on this is Short Term 12, which has the haunting “So You Know What It’s Like,” written by Keith Stanfield, in consideration for Best Original Song. It wouldn’t be the first time the Academy honored a rap song, but such a track surely has an uphill battle against easier digestible fare…or does it?
Gone are the days when every song that won Best Original Song was a hit song that everyone knew. If you compare the winning songs from the 90s with anything 2000-2012 you’ll see there’s an incredible disparity in hits and songs that will be remembered. However, in the place...
- 12/30/2013
- by Terence Johnson
- Scott Feinberg
How awful. Not only was the 22-year-old rapper gunned down on Dec. 28 in Montgomery, Ala., but a young girl was also caught in the crossfire, and killed after being shot in the head.
Doe B , 22, wasn’t the only person gunned down on the early morning of Dec. 28 at the Centennial Hill Bar & Grill in Montgomery, Ala. The other victim in the violent shooting was Kim Johnson, 21, who was an innocent bystander.
Kim Johnson Shot & Killed Along With Doe B
Doe B was the target of the shooting, but Kim was caught in the crossfire, and was killed after being shot in the head, according to Global Grind. She was just 21 years old, and her birthday had been earlier in the week.
As many rappers took to Twitter to mourn Doe’s death, Kim’s loved ones also flooded the site to make sure she was remembered as well. One...
Doe B , 22, wasn’t the only person gunned down on the early morning of Dec. 28 at the Centennial Hill Bar & Grill in Montgomery, Ala. The other victim in the violent shooting was Kim Johnson, 21, who was an innocent bystander.
Kim Johnson Shot & Killed Along With Doe B
Doe B was the target of the shooting, but Kim was caught in the crossfire, and was killed after being shot in the head, according to Global Grind. She was just 21 years old, and her birthday had been earlier in the week.
As many rappers took to Twitter to mourn Doe’s death, Kim’s loved ones also flooded the site to make sure she was remembered as well. One...
- 12/28/2013
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
After the 22-year-old rapper was tragically shot and killed on Dec. 28, many members of the rap community rushed to Twitter to express their shock and sadness, and to send their prayers to Doe’s family.
At 22 years old, Doe B was taken far too soon. After news broke that the Hustle Gang rapper had been shot and killed in Montgomery, Ala. on Dec. 28, rappers like Drake, T.I., Meek Mill, and many more flocked to Twitter to send out prayers and really just mourn.
Doe B Shot & Killed: Rappers React On Twitter
T.I., who had signed Doe to his group, Hustle Gang, in the summer of 2013, was the first person to break the sad news. On Instagram and Twitter he wrote:
Rip to my lil brother Doe B. We gon miss u my nigga. U’ll never be forgotten & U Will Not Die In Vain. We Love U champ.
At 22 years old, Doe B was taken far too soon. After news broke that the Hustle Gang rapper had been shot and killed in Montgomery, Ala. on Dec. 28, rappers like Drake, T.I., Meek Mill, and many more flocked to Twitter to send out prayers and really just mourn.
Doe B Shot & Killed: Rappers React On Twitter
T.I., who had signed Doe to his group, Hustle Gang, in the summer of 2013, was the first person to break the sad news. On Instagram and Twitter he wrote:
Rip to my lil brother Doe B. We gon miss u my nigga. U’ll never be forgotten & U Will Not Die In Vain. We Love U champ.
- 12/28/2013
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
Ricky Dunigan, who was a founding member of Three 6 Mafia under the name Lord Infamous, died Friday at the age of 40, Rolling Stone reports.
According to his bandmate and uncle DJ Paul, Lord Infamous died in his sleep of a heart attack at his mother's house in Memphis. He had not been recently ill, though the rapper did suffer a stroke and heart attack in 2010.
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According to his bandmate and uncle DJ Paul, Lord Infamous died in his sleep of a heart attack at his mother's house in Memphis. He had not been recently ill, though the rapper did suffer a stroke and heart attack in 2010.
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- 12/24/2013
- by Sadie Gennis
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Ricky “Lord Infamous” Dunigan, a member of Three 6 Mafia, the first hip-hop group to win an Oscar, has died at 40, his uncle and bandmate told Rolling Stone. The Memphis group is known for the songs “Stay High” and “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp.” The latter won a 2005 Oscar for Best Original Song for the movie “Hustle and Flow.” (Though it was the first hip-hop song by a group to win an Oscar, it wasn’t the first winning hip-hop song. That was Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” in 2002.”) Also read: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2013 The group’s DJ Paul,...
- 12/24/2013
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Sad news for Three 6 Mafia fans. Ricky Dunigan, better known as Lord Infamous, died during a visit at his mother's home in Memphis home on Friday, Dec. 20. He was 40 years old. His half-brother, Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul, told the Hollywood Reporter that Dunigan "passed away in his sleep from a heart attack. He said he was tired, he wanted to sleep. He sat down at the kitchen table, put his head in his arms to lay down ... to get some sleep." Dunigan's mother returned home, only to find her son dead at the table. Fellow artists immediately took to Twitter to react to Dunigan's death, including both current and former Three 6 Mafia members. "R.I.P. lord...
- 12/23/2013
- E! Online
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were released from prison on Dec. 23, after spending two long years there for protesting Vladimir Putin’s regime at a cathedral. Now, the band is slamming the amnesty law that freed them as a PR stunt from the Kremlin to improve Russian relations before the Winter Olympics. Find out why below!
The world was outraged when Pussy Riot‘s Maria Alyokhina, 25, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 24 — along with bandmate Yekaterina Samutsevich, 31 — were thrown in prison in 2012 for protesting Vladimir Putin‘s oppressive regime in a Russian cathedral. Now the two young moms are free, but they’re not keeping quiet about the shocking conditions they faced in prison, or their thoughts on the law that freed them.
Pussy Riot Freed: The Real Reason Behind Their Release
Maria, Nadezhda, and Yekaterina — who was released in October of 2012 when her case was...
The world was outraged when Pussy Riot‘s Maria Alyokhina, 25, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 24 — along with bandmate Yekaterina Samutsevich, 31 — were thrown in prison in 2012 for protesting Vladimir Putin‘s oppressive regime in a Russian cathedral. Now the two young moms are free, but they’re not keeping quiet about the shocking conditions they faced in prison, or their thoughts on the law that freed them.
Pussy Riot Freed: The Real Reason Behind Their Release
Maria, Nadezhda, and Yekaterina — who was released in October of 2012 when her case was...
- 12/23/2013
- by Shaunna Murphy
- HollywoodLife
The shock death of the frontman for Three 6 Mafia, Ricky "Lord Infamous" Dunigan, is now blamed on a possible cardiac arrest, and reports say the rapper had a previous cardiac and stroke incident in his late 30s. Dunigan died at the kitchen table of his mother's home in Memphis at the age of 40. An official cause of death has not yet been revealed, but Infamous' half-brother and Mafia co-founder, DJ Paul, told HipHopDX that he believes a history of heart issues led to his demise. "He had a heart attack in his sleep...His mother found him dead this morning. He had been dead, the doctors say, for about five hours. And she came home, he was sitting...
- 12/23/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Washington, Dec. 23: One of the founding members of the Us rap group Three 6 Mafia, Lord Infamous, was found dead on Friday. He was 40.
The rap pioneer was visiting his mother in Memphis, where he was found dead.
He may have died from a heart attack at the kitchen table, Radar Online reported.
His half-brother DJ Paul told The Hollywood Reporter that he will be remembered as a legend, everybody knew him as a legend, an icon. (Ani)...
The rap pioneer was visiting his mother in Memphis, where he was found dead.
He may have died from a heart attack at the kitchen table, Radar Online reported.
His half-brother DJ Paul told The Hollywood Reporter that he will be remembered as a legend, everybody knew him as a legend, an icon. (Ani)...
- 12/23/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
So sad. Ricky ‘Lord Infamous’ Dunigan died on the night of Dec. 20 after suffering a heart attack in his sleep. He was just 40 years old.
It is a sad day in the hip-hop world, as it has been revealed that a founding member of the rap group Three 6 Mafia, Ricky Dunigan, better known as Lord Infamous, died in his sleep on Dec. 20 at the still young age of 40.
Lord Infamous: Three 6 Mafia Rapper Dies At 40
His bandmate and uncle DJ Paul confirmed the news, stating that Lord Infamous suffered a heart attack while sleeping at his mother’s house in Memphis, Tenn., according to Rolling Stone.
Three 6 Mafia Performs 'It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp'
“He was at home sitting at the table and he just lay his head down and he just left us,” DJ Paul told the magazine. Paul said that Infamous had not been ill recently,...
It is a sad day in the hip-hop world, as it has been revealed that a founding member of the rap group Three 6 Mafia, Ricky Dunigan, better known as Lord Infamous, died in his sleep on Dec. 20 at the still young age of 40.
Lord Infamous: Three 6 Mafia Rapper Dies At 40
His bandmate and uncle DJ Paul confirmed the news, stating that Lord Infamous suffered a heart attack while sleeping at his mother’s house in Memphis, Tenn., according to Rolling Stone.
Three 6 Mafia Performs 'It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp'
“He was at home sitting at the table and he just lay his head down and he just left us,” DJ Paul told the magazine. Paul said that Infamous had not been ill recently,...
- 12/22/2013
- by Andrew Gruttadaro
- HollywoodLife
Lord Infamous, founding member of Three 6 Mafia, died from a heart attack on Friday evening (Dec. 20). He was 40 years old. So far there is no word on why he passed away so young from an apparent cardiac arrest. According to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), the rapper (real name: Ricky Dunigan) passed away during a visit to his mother's Memphis home. He allegedly went to sleep at the kitchen table and his mother returned several hours later to find him dead. "He passed away in his sleep from a heart attack," his half-brother/Three 6 Mafia member, DJ Paul, told THR. "He said he was tired, he wanted to sleep. He sat down at the kitchen table, put...
- 12/22/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Rapper Ricky Dunigan, better known as Lord Infamous, has died of a heart attack at age 40. The Memphis-based rapper died Friday night at his mother’s homein Mephis.
Dunigan made his mark on the music industry as a founding member of rap collective Three 6 Mafia, created in 1991 with Paul Beauregard, aka DJ Paul, and Jordan Houston, aka Juicy J. Members of Three 6 Mafia have confirmed the news on twitter.
R.I.P. lord Infamous
— juicy j (@therealjuicyj) December 21, 2013
Thx you for your prayers , I'm very hurt, can't believe it's true
— juicy j (@therealjuicyj) December 22, 2013
Lord Infamous had just founded another group, Da Mafia 6ix, with other members of Three 6 Mafia. Da Mafia 6ix released a mixtape 6ix Commandments earlier this year.
He gave us the name #Triple6Mafia he was a pioneer, he was a god, he was my friend. Rip Ricky "Lord Infamous" Dunnigan
— Lil Wyte...
Dunigan made his mark on the music industry as a founding member of rap collective Three 6 Mafia, created in 1991 with Paul Beauregard, aka DJ Paul, and Jordan Houston, aka Juicy J. Members of Three 6 Mafia have confirmed the news on twitter.
R.I.P. lord Infamous
— juicy j (@therealjuicyj) December 21, 2013
Thx you for your prayers , I'm very hurt, can't believe it's true
— juicy j (@therealjuicyj) December 22, 2013
Lord Infamous had just founded another group, Da Mafia 6ix, with other members of Three 6 Mafia. Da Mafia 6ix released a mixtape 6ix Commandments earlier this year.
He gave us the name #Triple6Mafia he was a pioneer, he was a god, he was my friend. Rip Ricky "Lord Infamous" Dunnigan
— Lil Wyte...
- 12/22/2013
- Uinterview
Lord Infamous, a founding member of Three 6 Mafia, died on Friday evening. He was 40. The artist, whose birth name was Ricky Dunigan, passed away during a visit at his mother's house in Memphis. "He passed away in his sleep from a heart attack," his half-brother, Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul, told The Hollywood Reporter by phone. "He said he was tired, he wanted to sleep. He sat down at the kitchen table, put his head in his arms to lay down ... to get some sleep." His mother had left the house for several hours and when
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- 12/22/2013
- by Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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