The charts will soon give more weight to music that people have paid money to hear. Billboard has announced that starting the week of June 29 to July 5, plays on paid subscription services (like Apple Music or Spotify Premium) will count for more than those on free, ad-supported services (like YouTube or basic Spotify). More
OAKLAND, Calif. — During his first trip to the free throw line in the third quarter Tuesday, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry received “MVP” chants.
“Our crowd is crazy in general,” Curry said after the Warriors’ 121-116 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. “And whatever opportunity they have to kind of pick us up and create that home-court advantage that we rely on, that’s big for us.”
In his return from a Grade 2 MCL sprain that he suffered on March 23, the two-time MVP played like his usual self, as he went for 28 points and seven rebounds in his postseason debut in Game 2 of the second-round series against New Orleans. More
HBO has booked a return trip to Westworld.
To little surprise, the premium cable network has renewed the heavily dissected sci-fi drama for a third season. Still to be determined is just when season three will return after the Warner Bros. Television project took more than a year between seasons so showrunners Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan could complete writing the complex sophomore run before production began in a bid to keep the twisty series from experiencing the multiple delays that plagued its freshman run. More
The same day that Kanye West released a reflective two-hour interview with Charlamagne the God, he also visited TMZ for a live interview that appeared to be wildly different. The rapper drew tremendous ire for his flippant comments about the history of American slavery. More
Friday cannot come soon enough. Nicki Minaj announced that she would be dropping a video in support of her new single “Barbie Tingz” to kickstart the weekend. Fans have been clamoring for the video since the 35-year-old jumpstarted her new era with a double release last month. Today (May 1), she responded to a comment on Instagram to confirm it was on the way. More
Dodgers plan for replacing Corey Seager
On Monday afternoon, the defending National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers were dealt a devastating blow. Star shortstop Corey Seager needs Tommy John surgery and will miss the rest of the season. The team was already without Justin Turner (wrist) and Yasiel Puig (hip). Now they’ll be without Seager. More
All eyes were on the five members of *NSYNC on Monday, as the popular boy band received their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But it was Lance Bass’ speech at the ceremony that hit home the most.
Bass revealed he was gay in a People magazine cover story in 2006, several years after *NSYNC’s last official appearance as a group. (They would reunite in 2013 for Justin Timberlake‘s Video Vanguard performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.) During Bass’ Walk of Fame speech, the 38-year-old singer opened up about why he didn’t come out while *NSYNC was at its peak in the late 1990s and early 2000s. More
Suede will release their eighth studio album, The Blue Hour, on September 21st. The Alan Moulder-produced LP marks the final installment of a trilogy (following 2013’s Bloodsports and 2016’s Night Thoughts) since their 2010 reunion. More
Flo & Co. return with the typically stunning ballad ‘Sky Full Of Song.’
Florence + The Machine return on Thursday (May 3) with a new single called “Hunger.” (The A.G. Rojas-directed video drops on the same day). The UK group recently dropped “Sky Full Of Song” for Record Store Day, but this is expected to be the official lead single from their upcoming 4th LP. That opus is rumored to be called High As Hope, and said to include production from Mark Ronson. The album is expected… More
CAMDEN, N.J. — The Philadelphia 76ers expect a challenging atmosphere in Boston for Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Celtics.
“It’s as loud as it gets for the playoffs,” veteran JJ Redick said Sunday.
That’s something that at least one Sixer acknowledged wasn’t the case in the team’s first-round series against the Miami Heat. More