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Our top Instagram shots of 2020
From playful puffins to daunting peaks, we share our top 10 Instagram shots of 2020 Kia has already written about how 2020 has been, uhm, testing to say the least. The year began with great promise, as you will see below, but it wasn’t long before all our trips got cancelled or postponed. As such, many of this year’s Instagram photos were either reflective posts about past trips or shots from hiking and camping jaunts pinched between UK lockdowns. I was fortunate enough to squeeze in a couple of European trips during the summer. In July, I met up with one of my oldest and best friends for a hiking tour of Berchtesgaden National Park in Germany’s Bavarian Alps. Then, in September, I took part in the Highlander Velebit trek in Croatia. Despite these trips, there’s no use pretending...
Utah Freshman Running Back Ty Jordan Dead At 19 After Accidental Shooting
Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty The gridiron world has lost one of their most promising talents. A star running back has lost his life to gun violence. As spotted on ESPN Ty Jordan is no longer with us. On Saturday, December 26 his school, the University of Utah, confirmed his passing via Twitter tribute. The Denton (Texas) Police Department say that on Friday, December 25 they responded to a shooting incident. Upon arrival they discovered a victim with gunshot wounds. The staff treated Ty with all the necessary live saving tactics but unfortunately he was pronounced dead upon arriving at a local medical facility. “Following a preliminary investigation, we do believe that this was an accidental shooting, where the victim accidentally shot himself,” Denton Police Department public info...
Eddie Vedder Adds Four New Songs to Matter of Time Single
Eddie Vedder gifted fans with the five-song Matter Of Time bundle, a set of acoustic songs and covers performed and recorded throughout 2020, including a version of Bruce Springsteen’s “Growin’ Up.” The collection expands a previously released two-song EP, and includes the addition of “Future Days” from the 2020 Game Awards, and energetic at-home performances of the Pearl Jam classics “Porch” and “Just Breathe.” The Pearl Jam frontman initially introduced Matter Of Time in November with the title track “Matter of Time” and “Say Hi” as part of a digital livestream to benefit the EB Research Partnership (EBRP), which was co-founded by Vedder and his wife Jill to raise awareness and funds about EB, a life-threatening genetic disorder. In September, Vedder released two versions of the new...
Donate Mode: Travis Scott Hosts Holiday Toy Drive In Houston
Source: Crayton Gerst / Cactus Jack Foundation The holidays are about giving and one rapper is making sure his hometown feels all the love. Travis Scott showed H-Town his good will in a big way. As spotted on TMZ the “Highest In The Room” rapper hosted a toy drive for the people on Tuesday, December 22. The initiative, which was powered by his Cactus Jack Foundation, took place in Sunnyside Park in Houston. According to the report his good will event provided 2,000 toys to 1,000 elementary school children. Additionally he and his team also distributed food, blankets, PPE supplies, clothing and even Christmas trees. Given that Covid-19 is still very much a real danger the event stayed low touch. all the attendees were mandated to actually stay in their vehicles and the staff provided t...
Serial Swindler Sean Kingston Charged With Grand Theft, Flaunts Expensive Jewelry On Instagram In Response
Source: Judy Eddy/WENN.com / WENN Sean Kingston is in deep trouble, once again, for not paying his jewelry tab. Now the songwriter is in legal trouble that could potentially land him in jail. Bossip reports an arrest warrant was issued after he was officially charged with grand theft on Friday (Dec. 18). Court documents reveal that jewelry was delivered to Kingston’s home, but he never bothered to pay the goods when the bill arrived. Cops aren’t actively looking for the “Suicidal” singer, but if he gets pulled over he could end up in behind a cop car. Bail has been set at $45,000 and, if convicted, he could face three years behind bars. In response to the charges, Kingston posted videos on his Instagram Stories showing off an iced-out watch, ...
Wack 100 Gets Into Bloody Fight With Two White Men After They Allegedly Call Him A Racial Slur
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty A burger run quickly turned into a volatile situation for Wack 100. The music executive came to blows with a pair of guys who were supposedly talking spicy to him. racially. As seen on TMZ Blueface’s manager got into a show down during a recent visit to Primo Burgers in Lancaster, California. According to the celebrity gossip site two unidentified men were burning rubber behind him in the drive through. Naturally that caused Wack to address them for the fear that their vehicle would spin out of control and crash into his. Allegedly they responded by saying “Mind your f***ing business n***er.” This quickly turned into a tense back and forth that led to a fist fight. In a video captured from the scene the very vocal online personality is seen squaring up wit...
Peter Jackson Releases Initial Footage From Upcoming The Beatles: Get Back Documentary
The Lord Of The Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson has revealed footage of his much-anticipated documentary The Beatles: Get Back, which is slated for an Aug. 27, 2021 release. Jackson says he’s “halfway through editing” in New Zealand, going through “56 hours of never-before-seen Beatles footage.” He emphasizes that this is “not a trailer, it’s not a secret, it’s like a montage of moments that we’ve pulled to give you a sense of the spirit.” And that spirit, from the 1969 Let It Be sessions, is jolly and loose. Scenes show several false starts in the studio while recording “Get Back,” with Yoko Ono sitting in front of John Lennon. All the members, Paul McCartney — in his full beard era — George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are shown goofing around. Linda McCartney is also in control room sce...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Ink Exclusive Podcast Deal With Spotify
Source: Max Mumby/Indigo / Getty Fans of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will soon get to subscribe to their podcast series after the couple announced their surprising partnership with Spotify this Tuesday. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex inked an exclusive multimillion-dollar deal with the streaming service to produce and host podcasts shows through their production company Archewell Audio. The multi-year deal will allow them to produce original content debuting the first holiday special hosted by the royal couple at the end of this month. Via Yahoo: “What we love about podcasting is that it reminds all of us to take a moment and to really listen, to connect to one another without distraction,” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex said in a joint statement. “With the challenges of 2020, the...
Ringo Starr Joined by Dave Grohl, Jenny Lewis, Paul McCartney and More on ‘Here’s to the Nights’
Ringo Starr, with a little help from his (celebrity) friends — including Paul McCartney, Corinne Bailey Rae, Eric Burton (Black Pumas), Sheryl Crow, FINNEAS, Dave Grohl, Ben Harper, Lenny Kravitz and Jenny Lewis — shared his new song “Here’s to the Nights.” Described as a song of “peace, love and friendship,” the single was written by Diane Warren and also features Joe Walsh, Steve Lukather, Chris Stapleton and Yola. The song is the lead single from his forthcoming EP, titled Zoom In, which was recorded at Starr’s home studio between April and October 2020. The EP has a release date of March 2021. “When Diane presented this song to me I loved the sentiment of it,” Starr said in a statement. “This is the kind of song we all want to sing along to, and it was so great how many ...
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Forms Publishing Imprint With Random House
Source: Kevork S. Djansezian / Getty Jay-Z’s diverse portfolio continues to expand with the announcement of his latest venture being a partnership with Roc Nation and Random House called Roc Lit 101. The joint announcement released Tuesday (Dec. 15) promised to publish “books at the dynamic intersection of entertainment and genre-defying literature” by publishing works from creatives signed to the Roc Nation roster. The line-up for their first round of releases is scheduled for summer 2021. Via HotNewHipHop: “The venture will reportedly begin with Till the End, a memoir from baseball legend CC Sabathia. Music journalist Danyel Smith will also publish his book Shine Bright through the platform, which will be about Black women in music. Most interestingly to fans of artist-written book...
Tyler Perry Donates $100K Toward Legal Fees For Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend
Source: Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment / Getty Tyler Perry has donated a large sum of money to Kenneth Walker’s GoFundMe that’s raising money for his legal battle against one of the cops responsible for the death of his girlfriend, Breonna Taylor. According to TMZ, the 51-year-old billionaire contributed a whopping $100,000 paid in two installments of $10,000, one $50,000 and a $30,000 to reach the fund’s asking amount. The media mogul has been on a philanthropic streak over the last couple of years. His recent work helped pay for the funeral of Rayshard Brooks who was gunned down by Atlanta PD in a parking lot, paid for the groceries for senior citizens across multiple grocery stores, fed families for Thanksgiving, and covered the funeral and rent for Tyne...
Nipsey Hussle’s Estate Valued Over $4 Million After Final Appraisal
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Nipsey Hussle’s family just made headway in appraising the worth of the west coast rapper’s estate, and it turns out to be worth over $4 million. Neighborhood Nip, born Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was known for his smart business sense spanning as the owner of his clothing line The Marathon Clothing to his record label All Money In No Money Out Inc. Still, the appraisal revealed that the late entrepreneur’s assets did not include real estate property. TMZ reports: The late rapper’s estate filed legal docs documenting the estate’s final inventory appraisal … which puts the estate value at $4,169,088.57. According to docs, obtained by TMZ, a big chunk of Nipsey’s net worth comes from his trademark portfolio, shares of companies he owned as well as pe...
