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Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Now Linked to 100+ Coronavirus Cases in Eight States
Fears over this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally of becoming a super-spreader event for the coronavirus are unfortunately now being realized. As of this week, health officials in eight states have confirmed more than 100 cases of COVID-19 connected to the rally, according to CBS News. In the rally’s home state of South Dakota, there have been 40 documented cases, while officials in nearby Minnesota have counted 35 cases to date. And it stands to only get worse in the days to come. According to The Associated Press, an analysis of anonymous cell phone data from Camber Systems, a firm that aggregates cell phone activity for health researchers, found that 61% of all the counties in the US have been visited by someone who attended Sturgis. Health officials say conducting contract tracing a...
Tekashi 6ix9ine Announces New Album Tattle Tales
Tekashi 6ix9ine has announced his first new album after his unexpectedly quick release from prison. Tattle Tales will take the stand starting September 4th. Way back in what feels like another lifetime — February of 2019, to be exact — 6ix9ine pled guilty to racketeering, firearm possession, and drug trafficking charges. Those are heavy counts, but he was sentenced to a mere 24 months in prison because of his cooperative attitude, which some have characterized as snitching. An MC from an earlier generation may have feared retribution, but 6ix9ine rejected witness protection and allegedly signed a $10 million record deal from prison. 6ix9ine announced the new album in an Instagram post shortly after landing in Chicago. In the video, the New York rapper is seen walking down the street with a...
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet Is a Technical Marvel But a Narrative Dud: Review
Pitch: For months, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has been promoted more as a canary in a coal mine than an actual film. With every shifted release date, the reality of the dangers surrounding COVID-19 only increased, all while the film flirted with those same hazards. Nolan had hoped his blockbuster would bring back theaters, but that dream still feels fanciful — even as the blockbuster nears its questionable release. Given his insistence for the theater experience, Nolan’s reputation has likely taken a hit, but his rank as a cinematic puzzlemaker remains intact. Mirroring the film’s perplexing route to release, Tenet is a murky globetrotting spy thriller, elevated by cinema-changing set pieces, and yet lowered by a classic case of visual ambition thwarting basic storytelling. The Past: To des...
LA Clippers Coach Doc Rivers Powerfully Addresses Racial Injustice In America
Source: Mike Ehrmann / Getty In a perfect world, Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers and his players should only be focused on their goal of bringing a championship home as they battle in the playoffs. Instead, Rivers, like many Black Americans, has to battle the ugliness of racial injustice despite all his achievements on and off the court and addressed the matter in a powerful postgame moment. After the Clippers blew out the Dallas Mavericks 154-111, the postgame conference with Rivers answering questions about the recent shooting in Kenosha, Wisc. that reportedly left Jacob Blake paralyzed from the waist down. With raw emotion, Rivers blasted President Donald Trump and speakers at the Republican National Convention for sowing seeds of fear. “It’s amazing to me why we keep loving this ...
HHW Gaming: ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’ Officially Unveiled, Arrives In November
Source: Treyarch / Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War It’s official, official, we are heading back to the 1980s in the newest Call of Duty game, and it looks like it’s going to be one hell of a ride. On Wednesday (Aug.26), after teasing fans and numerous leaks, Activision finally pulled the lid off the next Call of Duty game, Black Ops Cold War. The studio unveiled the Treyarch/Raven co-production to players inside Call of Duty: Warzone before officially dropping the trailer, which showed in-game PS5 footage, which looks fantastic across the web. When the game arrives, it will not only feature a brand new action-packed campaign, but it will also feature a new multiplayer experience. Call of Duty Zombies is also coming back, plus the game will continue to build on the popular free-to-play COD...
The NBA Postpones Playoff Games In Protest Of Jacob Blake Shooting
Source: Pool / Getty The NBA is down with us. In solidarity with the family of Jacob Blake, the Black shot in the back multiple times by Wisconsin police, the NBA has postponed its playoffs games. It started with the Milwaukee Bucks, who announced today (August 26) they would be boycotting their Game 5 playoff match which was supposed to go down this evening against the Orland Magic. Soon after, the NBA and the NBA Players Associated announced that the rest of tonight’s playoffs games—the Houston Rockets vs the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers vs the Portland Trailblazers were also getting put on the shelf. Since Blake’s egregious shooting, NBA players and coaches including LeBron James and Doc Rivers, respectively, have been expressing their exasperation at the treatment o...
HHW Gaming: EA & NFL Taking Over Tuesdays With New ‘Madden NFL 21’ Championship Series
Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 21 EA and the National Football League (NFL) is looking to take advantage of the newfound interest in eSports thanks folks being home due to COVID-19. The two entities announced a new format for the EA SPORTS Madden NFL 21 Championship Series that will feature a weekly sports entertainment programming, revamped tournament offerings, and an exciting mix of celebrity, athlete, and elite Madden NFL player involvement. The announcement comes following record-breaking months of engagement and viewership as well as including the most successful Madden NFL in history with a 30 percent year-over-year increase in unique players. The announcement further supports EA Competitive Gaming Entertainment from a world-class tournament provider to...
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld Pays Tribute to Power Trip’s Riley Gale
In the 24 hours since the news of his death was announced, a number of tributes from friends, other bands and colleagues have paid tribute to Power Trip singer Riley Gale. Few, if any, would have expected that the 34-year-old would have been the subject of another tribute on Fox News. Today (Aug. 26), Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld, who struck up a friendship with Gale over Twitter despite their differing political views, started The Five with an on-air tribute to him. It turns out that the two were fairly close friends. Wearing a Power Trip t-shirt that he said the singer gave him, Gutfeld said Gale was “an all-around brilliant dude” and that he “died in his sleep,” which wasn’t previously reported. He went on to describe the band’s negative reaction to him playing songs from 2017’...
Ozo and TrikyTee (Team Tekno) win Pepsi BBNaija Turn Up challenge
Team Tekno made up of Ozo and TrikyTee together won the Pepsi BBNaija Turn Up challenge. For the Pepsi Turn Up challenge, the housemates were grouped in pairs, Team Tekno, Team Davido, Team Wizkid, etc. Each team performed a song by a Nigerian musician who also doubles as a Pepsi ambassador. Each team took the stage one after the other to make their rendition. At the end of the day, TrikyTee and Ozo aka Team Tekno won the Pepsi BBNaija Turn Up challenge. As winners they will each receive 1 million naira, an all-expense paid trip to One Africa Music Fest and 1 year supply of Pepsi. There can only be one winner, and #BBOzo and #BBTrikytee of team @alhajitekno who will each take home N1 million, an all-expenses trip to the One Fest Music Festival and a year’s supply of Pepsi courtesy @P...
Organizer of Controversial “ReUnite” Desert Festival Shares GoFundMe After Reports of a Fatality at the Event
One of the organizers of “ReUnite,” an illicit desert festival in Mojave, California that allegedly masqueraded as a protest, has shared a GoFundMe page following reports of a fatality at the event. Following the conclusion of the festival, which has been excoriated by a litany of news outlets and social media users due its purported disregard for the state’s social distancing ordinances, Rick Silver took to Facebook to call for donations to cover funeral costs for a deceased man. Facebook via Rick Silver It’s important to note that Silver does not unequivocally attribute the death in question to ReUnite. Silver revealed himself to be one of the organizers of the event in a June 16th Facebook post in which he also shared a dedicated fundraising p...
Porter Robinson Drops Introspective New Single “Mirror”
Porter Robinson is continuing his journey to Nurture with the next installment from the album, titled “Mirror.” The new single gives fans another glimpse into the mind of the famed producer, following its predecessors “Get Your Wish” and “Something Comforting.” Through the vulnerable track, we see Porter continue his transcendent path past self-doubt, giving listeners a much-needed sense of unity through a feeling that plagues so many of us. “Mirror” features his signature soaring synths paired with a duet of his own vocals, which serve as an internal monologue. The uplifting piano chords open to a bright soundscape that channels a sense of optimism, while the lyrics explore the negative emotions one may battle. The juxtaposit...
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As Clubs Remain Closed, Gorgon City, Benny Benassi, More Share Favorite Ibiza Memories [Exclusive]
COVID-19 is like a school bully, kicking the shins and stomping on the sandcastles of the live music industry every chance it gets. Its unrelenting wrath has been felt in droves by not only the electronic music community, but the modern music zeitgeist at large. Innumerable artists, managers, sound and lighting engineers, operators, bartenders, and virtually every other moving part of what makes the wheels of a venue turn have found themselves hapless in the virus’ wake. There is perhaps no place on earth more suitable for a soppy session of nostalgia while we wait patiently for nightclubs to reopen than Ibiza. With no ostensible light at the end of the tunnel of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, EDM.com caught up with a number of influential electronic music artists to wax poetic ab...
