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Delayed 2021 Ford Bronco Reveal Moved Again, to Avoid O.J. Simpson’s Birthday
UPDATE 6/19/2020: Apparently the widespread internet LOLs generated by moving the reveal to noted Bronco passenger and “If I Did It” author O.J. Simpson was too much, as the company has now delayed the reveal by four additional days, to July 13, as announced in the below tweet. In a less-controversial occasion of happenstance, July 13 is Harrison Ford’s birthday, which somehow seems appropriate. For what it’s worth, the company says the selection of the July 9 date was “purely coincidental.” So we will indeed see the new Bronco soon. Probably. —Ed. UPDATE 6/15/2020: Because 2020 is just one of those years, it seems, and because truth sometimes is stranger than fiction, the 2021 Ford Bronco’s rescheduled reveal falls on O.J. Simpson&#...
This 1968 Winnebago F17 RV Is a Funky Fresh Time Capsule
The year 1968 changed America and the world, with unforgettable events both entertaining, awe-inspiring, and devastating. There was the “Game of the Century,” an NCAA basketball matchup between the UCLA Bruins and Houston Cougars. The unstoppable Bruins—led by Lew Alcindor, who would become future Los Angeles Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar—had a 47-game winning streak that came to an end with a two-point loss to Houston, 71-69. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. Apollo 8 orbited the moon and returned safely to Earth. Future pop-culture superstars were born: actors Will Smith, Josh Brolin, and Molly Ringwald, along with skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. In the middle of it all, the cute and fabulously awkward Winnebago F17 RV/motorhome was traversin...
Jennifer Lopez, Paul McCartney & More Celebrate Father’s Day 2020
It’s all about Dad! As people celebrate dads for Father’s Day 2020 on Sunday (June 21), musicians did the same, giving the dads in their lives a shout-out to show their love and appreciation. Jennifer Lopez shared photos on Instagram of her twins Max and Emme with ex-husband Marc Anthony, wishing the “Tu Vide en la Mia” singer “the best day today.” She also recognized her fiance, former baseball star Alex Rodriguez, with a video montage of past interviews in which she gushes about her love being a great father. The “Medicine” singer didn’t forget her own pops, though. For her dad, she resurfaced a TODAY show video in which she recalls how her dad has always supported her. “Dad, thank you for being you… for loving me for who I am,&...
Lil Baby’s ‘My Turn’ Spends Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
Lil Baby’s My Turn nets a third total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set holds atop the list for a second straight week. It earned 72,000 equivalent album units earned (up 12 percent) in the U.S. in the week ending June 18, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The set (released via Quality Control/Motown/Capitol Records) notched its first frame in the penthouse when it opened in the top slot dated March 14. Only three albums have logged at least three weeks at No. 1 in 2020: My Turn, The Weeknd’s After Hours (four) and Roddy Ricch’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial (three in 2020, one in 2019). The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units compri...
Drake Gives Father’s Day Shout-Outs to Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, J. Prince & More
Drake celebrated Father’s Day by giving shout-out to some of hip-hop’s most famous dads. The 33-year-old Toronto MC took to his Instagram Stories on Sunday (June 21) to pay tribute to fellow celebrity fathers like Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx, J. Prince, Birdman and LeBron James. Each post included a photo with a personalized message. “@liltunechi YOU ARE MY BROTHER BUT YOU RAISED ME SO HAPPY FATHERS DAY I LOVE U G FOREVER,” Drake captioned a pic of Weezy, who helped launch his rap career. The “Toosie Slide” rapper also paid tribute to Tha Doggfather, writing, “@snoopdogg HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO MY UNCLE A STAND UP G.” In a separate Father’s Day post, Drake shared an adorable photo of his 2-year-old Adonis Graham, who made his Instagr...
Toni Cornell Honors Dad Chris Cornell on Father’s Day in Studio Tour: He Was ‘My Best Friend’
The memories are still sweet. Chris Cornell‘s daughter Toni Cornell took over Billboard‘s Instagram Stories on Father’s Day (June 21) to remember the late Soundgarden frontman with a tour of his home studio in Miami. “I’m so grateful that I was lucky enough to have a dad who was also my best friend,” she said. “Music was our life, so it really created a special bond between the two of us, even when we weren’t on the road. Here in this studio, he taught me how to play the guitar, how to record songs.” The 15-year-old recalled how she used to sit next to the iconic rocker as he wrote music, scribbling her own tunes. She added, “Being here in this room, I feel like I’m around him, and really makes this my happy place.” Th...
D.L. Hughley Tests Positive For COVID-19
Source: @realdlhughley / Instagram Black Twitter called it. After a scary moment that saw him faint while performing on stage, comedian D.L. Hughley revealed that he has tested positive for COVID-19. On Friday night (June 19), Hughley was performing in Nashville. However, during his set at Zanies Comedy Night Club while telling a joke he seemingly passed out. Someone offstage was able to catch him before he totally fell out and he was taken off stage. Fortunately, he responded to treatment and while in the hospital he was diagnosed with exhaustion and dehydration. According to Hughley, he was administered a number of tests, and surprisingly (but not so surprisingly to some Twitter conspiracy theorists) he tested positive for the coronavirus. Speaking just after his release from St. Thomas ...
Rapper Machine Gun Kelly Is Blowing Megan Fox’s Back Out, Allegedly
Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Machine Gun Kelly is likely blowing Megan Fox’s back out, allegedly. The happy couple was seen goofing around about town. Fox appears in MGK’s “Bloody Valentine” video and everyone pretty much assumed they’ve been a thing ever since, if not before. Reports TMZ: The couple hung out at The Beer Hunter bar in La Quinta, near Palm Springs, with some friends at a table inside the bar. Folks in the bar say there was no doubt … Megan and MGK are together. They split after just shy of an hour, and MGK helped Megan take a load off, and she loved it! Megan and MGK have gotten super close … he even declared his love for her on social media. Hey, if he professed his devotion on the ‘Gram, it must be real. [embedded content] Fox must have a thing for white guys into Hip-Ho...
Baton Rouge School Board Member Got Dragged For All The Filth By Black Activist Gary Chambers
Source: @garychambersjr / Instagram If you’re a Baton Rouge School Board member, it’s a good idea not to be shopping online during a meeting with your constituents. Louisiana’s Connie Bernard learned this the hard way when she got dragged for all the filth by an eloquent and fiery Black activist named Gary Chambers Jr. Reportedly, the District 8 school board meeting was to discuss the removal of the Lee name from Lee High School, which was already a barely sanitized removal of the Robert E. Lee name. In case you haven’t been paying attention, odes to Confederate traitors are no longer the wave. When brother Chambers took to the mic on Thursday (June 18), he was ready, and had all the time. He called out the racism of Connie Bernard being spotted shopping online while the public was airing ...
Powerhouse DJ and Producer Nina Kraviz Is Working On a New Album
Techno and acid house heavyweight Nina Kraviz has been spending her time on lockdown producing a new album. The Russian powerhouse DJ and producer took to Twitter to share the exciting news. Sending her fans into a fever pitch, she shared a photo from her home studio with a succinct yet far from cryptic caption that reads, “Working on my new album.” Kraviz’s most recent release arrived in February 2020, when she dropped a remix bundle for her Parris Mitchell collaboration “Feel My Butterfly,” recruiting Jamie Jones, Radio Slave, DJ Slugo, and Dance System and DJ Deeon to rework the single. She has also been releasing a steady stream of music from her techno counterparts via her own imprint, трип (Trip), which you can per...
Watch Roger Waters Play New Version of Pink Floyd’s ‘Two Suns in the Sunset’
Roger Waters reminded us all of our possible collective demise while debuting his new studio version of Pink Floyd ballad “Two Suns in the Sunset,” the closing song from the band’s 1983 LP, The Final Cut. The songwriter tracked the tune with his touring band in a socially distanced format, each member contributing their parts remotely. The group — which would have accompanied Waters on his postponed This Is Not a Drill jaunt — features My Morning Jacket’s Bo Koster on Hammond organ, Lucius vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, drummer Joey Waronker (Atoms for Peace, Ultraísta), guitarists Jonathan Wilson and Dave Kilminster, keyboardist Jon Carin and saxophonist Ian Ritchie. The clip opens with a bleak text, reminding fans, “We’re at one hundred seconds to midnight on the doomsday c...
Dave Grohl Honors Late Dad, ‘True Renaissance Man,’ in Father’s Day Tale
Dave Grohl salutes his late dad, James Harper Grohl, in a Father’s Day installment of his ongoing Instagram essay series “Dave’s True Stories.” Throughout the lengthy piece, framed around a moving memory from 1985, the Foo Fighters frontman contrasts his own rebellious teenage persona with his father’s distinguished, conservative qualities. “Born to a blue-collar, Ohioan steelworking family in 1938, my father was a complicated man of many, sometimes-conflicting layers,” Grohl writes early in the story, which was also published at The Atlantic. “Actor, writer, award-winning journalist, lover of art and food, and a ferocious, classically trained musician. A true Renaissance man, yet so conservative that he would sometimes be mistaken in public for the legendary political commentary George Wi...
