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Noah Cyrus’ Song ‘Young & Sad’ Recalls Her Difficult Childhood as ‘Miley Cyrus’ Little Sister’
Noah Cyrus spoke candidly with Apple Music’s Rebecca Judd today (May 19) about her new EP The End of Everything and its themes, including growing up in her sister Miley Cyrus‘ shadow. The project’s fifth track, “Young & Sad,” delves into the younger Cyrus’ main struggles under the spotlight and the pressures to present herself, with a poignant second verse about her star sibling: “My sister’s like sunshine/ Always bringing good light/ Wherever she will go/ And I was born to rain clouds/ When they blew the flame out/ Blessed in our shadows.” “I speak about my body dysmorphia and I speak about my struggles growing up as the world saw it as ‘Miley Cyrus’ little sister,’ Cyrus said in the Apple Mus...
Miley Cyrus, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland & More Accept Webby Awards With 5-Word Thoughts
The Webby Awards hosted their first ever WFH: Webby From Home celebration on Wednesday (May 19) in honor of the winners announced earlier in the day. Patton Oswalt hosted the event, which featured the characteristic Webby five-word speeches from the winners. “Stay lit in dark times,” Miley Cyrus, who received the Webby Special Achievement Award from her old Disney pal, Demi Lovato, said. “What is Miley Cyrus up to? Seriously, though,” Lovato said in her speech. “As we’ve made our way through this unprecedented time, any way to connect and communicate with people to laugh, share stories, sing with friends, any chance for us to come get together joyfully has become vitally important. And my friend Miley has provided an outlet for millions of people to do just...
Destructo Uploads Full 12-Hour Sunrise Sermon Stream Featuring Boys Noize, Bob Moses, and More
During these dark times, Destructo has taken it upon himself to provide a sliver of sunlight. The celebrated DJ, music entrepreneur, and FriendShip founder recently hosted a virtual version of his patented Sunrise Sermon live set, taking to Twitch to offer fans a marathon livestream event bursting at the seams with funky house music and sun-kissed, utopian flair. The epic 12-hour event was gangbusters, attracting over 290,000 viewers on Twitch in what was one of the biggest non-festival dance music livestreams to arise from the pandemic. Destructo, who kicked off the stream at 5:30AM PST, moonlighted as an alarm clock before he went on to pull out all the stops for his fans. Joining him for the event was Bob Moses, Boys Noize, Kaz James, and Doorly, who all beamed in from th...
NYC Nightlife United Launches Emergency Fund for COVID-19 Relief
Relief efforts to support a distressed nightlife sector are underway in New York. NYC Nightlife United is an emergency relief source aiming to support venues and staff impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The effort is being led by the combined forces of AdHoc Presents, Brooklyn-based venue Friends and Lovers, arts nonprofit The Solo Foundation, and PR firm Grandstand Media. Small businesses will be part of the first phase of relief distribution. Starting June 5th, eligible New York-based businesses will be able to apply for up to $20,000 in aid. The start date for individual relief applications is expected to arrive one month later on July 5th. In a statement provided to Rolling Stone, Ric Leichtung of AdHoc Presents communicated the need for a targeted approac...
Do LaB Announces DGTL LIB Virtual Festival Featuring Kaytranada, The Glitch Mob, TOKiMONSTA, and More
Do LaB’s Lightning in a Bottle announced today that it’s returning for Memorial Day Weekend to deliver its notoriously impeccable vibes to its largest audience yet. Albeit in a digital livestream format, the event arrives just in time to breathe life back into the end of May for dance music fans. The popular Southern California gathering was canceled earlier this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving many fans to wonder if the festival would return at all. For the Do LaB to drop a doozy of a lineup like this one now gives the many who love this event to hold onto hope for its future. Producers representing the upper echelon of today’s hottest dance music will be showcased May 22nd to May 24th alongside world-class yogis, kundalini instructors, cooking lessons, cultural teachin...
Still Snitchin’: Tekashi 6ix9ine Accuses Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber Of Buying Their Number 1 Spot on Billboard
Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital When Tekashi 6ix9ine was sitting in prison after having helped the feds put half of Brooklyn behind bars, most Hip-Hoppers scoffed at the idea that a successful comeback was in the cards for the government informant. The joke was on us as his first post-snitching rap video “GOOBA” has hit close to 200 million views with close to 6 million likes. Hip-Hop in 2020. But apparently the success of his latest struggle bars filled track wasn’t enough to land Tekashi at the top of the Billboard charts as that honor went to Ariana Grande and Justin Beiber’s duet “Stuck With U.” That did not sit well with Hip-Hop’s “Henry Hill” as he decided to complain and in an IG post tagged Billboard with a caption that read “YOU’RE A LIE AND CORRUPT. YOU GOT CAUGHT CHEATING AND...
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter To Speak To Graduates Via YouTube Originals ‘Dear Class of 2020’
Source: Gareth Cattermole / Getty Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the senior classes of 2020 will be missing out on traditional graduation ceremonies. But celebs have been stepping up virtually, and the latest star set to address the graduating class will be Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, among others, via YouTube Originals’ Dear Class of 2020 event this June. Queen Bey is joining A-listers that include Misty Copeland, Kevin Durant, Bill & Melinda Gates, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and HITRECORD, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Janelle Monáe and many, many more for a global virtual commencement ceremony that kicks off June 6 starting at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT. Beyoncé will be speaking to the graduates while scheduled performances include Camila Cabello, Chloe X Halle and Lizzo. In the evening, after graduat...
‘Twilight’ Actor Gregory Boyce and Girlfriend Found Dead In Las Vegas
Source: Michael Bezjian / Getty Gregory Tyree Boyce, who was most known for his role as Tyler Crowley in Twilight, was found dead last week along with his girlfriend in a Las Vegas condominium. According to Deadline, Boyce, and his girlfriend, Nigerian model Natalie Adepoju was found Wednesday afternoon at a home on the 3300 block of Casey Drive. He said officers were responding to a “dead body” call at 2:48 p.m. While details are scarce at this time, police did reveal that “the incident was not criminal” before declining to give further details. Crowley had a small but key role in the 2008 film Twilight, the YA vampire movie that spawned a lucrative franchise and made stars of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. Boyce’s mother, Lisa Wayne, took to social media to mourn the d...
HHW Gaming: ‘The Last of Us Part II’ Limited Edition PS4 Pro Bundle Announced
Source: PlayStation / The Last of Us Part II After a colossal hiccup, the countdown to the launch of The Last of Us Part II is underway, and today, Sony announced a lovely bundle for fans to get their hands on. To celebrate the launch of the highly-anticipated sequel, Sony revealed it will be dropping a limited-edition The Last of Us Part II PS4 Pro console that will launch alongside the game on June 19. The powerful console will come in sleek matte finish with the game’s main protagonist Ellie’s tattoo design engrave on the system. That’s not all. The console also comes with a limited-edition DualShock4 wireless controller (which can able be copped separately for $64.99) as well. It comes in a steel matte black finish, the PlayStation shapes are in white, and it also features Ellie’s fern...
Wendy Williams Puts Show On Pause Due To Graves’ Disease Health Concerns
Source: Ilya S. Savenok / Getty As staying home is still being encouraged many media personalities continue to film from the comfort of their own homes. Unfortunately we will not be hearing “how you doing” for some time. Variety is exclusively reporting that Wendy Williams is experiencing yet another setback with regards to her health. The publication reports that she is suffering from symptoms of fatigue surrounding Graves’ disease. Therefore The Wendy Williams Show will cease airing from her Manhattan residence until she bounces back to fighting shape. “Recently, Wendy has been dealing with symptoms from her Graves’ disease which is causing fatigue. In consultation with her doctor and as a precautionary measure, she will be taking some time off as she continues to receive treat...
LeBron James Talks Michael Jordan & The NBA Season on UNINTERRUPTED
Source: Getty Images / Getty The more we get into this COVID-19 pandemic and its quarantining ways, the more it seems like we won’t be seeing the return of the NBA season this year. And that’s regardless of the fact that the game’s tops players want to return to the court. Luckily for us ESPN gave us something to indulge in when it aired it’s hit docu-series The Last Dance and in UNINTERRUPTED and WRTS’s after-party show, LeBron James weighed in a bevy of subjects including meeting Michael Jordan at 16-years-old whom he considered “Black Jesus,” and his hopes of finishing out the rest of this season amongst other things. “Definitely not giving up on the season…Myself and my teammates, the Lakers organization we wanna play. There’s a lot of players that I know personally that wanna play. We...
Phoebe Bridgers Shares ‘I See You’
Phoebe Bridgers has shared “I See You,” the latest track to come from her new album Punisher. Previously, Bridgers shared the dreamy “Kyoto.” The song, originally titled “ICU,” Bridgers tweaked it to, in her words, “*gestures at entire world*.” “It’s about my breakup with my drummer. We dated for a few years, made music every day, and were extremely codependent. We became like family to each other, so our breakup was extremely tough. But if this tells you anything about our relationship, we wrote this song together, just like everything else,” Bridgers said of the song in a statement. Additionally, Bridgers has also announced plans for a “Phoebe Bridgers’ World, Tour.” It starts next Tuesday (May 26) with livestream performances taking place in her kitchen, then moves to her bathroom ...
