HBO’s “We Are The Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical” documentary trailer will leave you in shambles. While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s national holiday commemorating his life and legacy is officially behind us, HBO’s upcoming We Are The Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical documentary will follow the youth of Oakland as they prepare to compete in the city’s annual Martin Luther King Oratorical Festival. This particular competition features hundreds of children ranging in grades from pre-kindergarten through the twelveth grade that get to publicly perform a mixture of published and original poetry and speeches. The children are...
NFL to host 2020 Draft at the Fountains of Bellagio. The 2020 NFL Draft will be held in Las Vegas this April, and the league is going 110% Vegas with their stage design. According to the Los Angeles Times’ Arash Markazi, the actual draft stage will be situation in the Fountains of Bellagio, requiring players to be transported to the stage by a boat. According to ESPN, teams will make their draft selections at the nearby Caesars Forum conference center, aka “Selection Square.” Of course, there will also be plenty of activations available for fans attending the draft in Vegas. Per...
Deborah Dugan is facing some big allegations. Although the Grammys are set to take place this weekend, it appears as though there are some internal issues the Recording Academy is dealing with. Deborah Dugan, the ousted Grammy chief, has been at the center of controversy ever since allegations were made that she created a “toxic and intolerable” working environment which was also described as “abusive and bullying.” Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images Following the complaint, Dugan was put on leave due to a “formal allegation of misconduct by a senior female member.” But she filed her own complaint...
Kevin Abstract’s life will soon be on the big screen. The inspiration that Kevin Abstract and his Brockhampton crew pull from Shia LaBeouf can be heard on the group’s latest tape Ginger that arrived last summer. “Just hanging out with him and having conversations helped us to figure out what we wanted to make. One of the first times he came over to hang out with us, after he left, Dom and ‘Bari started like the first three songs that made the album—that same night,” Kevin previously stated about the album. Noam Galai/Getty Images New reports now detail that Shia has now...
He also talked about what led him to link up with Jay for prison reform. It was recently announced that Roc Nation had partnered with Yo Gotti to help bring attention to what’s been reported to be inhumane conditions in various Mississippi prisons. Not only are they rallying for prison reform, but we previously reported that Jay Z has officially filed a lawsuit on behalf of 29 inmates citing that “these deaths are a direct result of Mississippi’s utter disregard for the people it has incarcerated and their constitutional rights. Christopher Polk / Staff / Getty Images Yo Gotti recently sat...
Can’t go wrong with auto-lacing sneakers. Ja Morant is one of the most entertaining young stars in the entire NBA right now and continues to dominate on the offensive side of the ball. He is currently under contract with Nike which makes him the perfect candidate to show off new models. A couple of weeks ago, we reported on the Nike Adapt BB 2.0 and how some people overseas were getting their hands on some early pairs. Now, Morant is giving fans an official look at what this sneaker will resemble. As you can see, the upper is black with...
Are you ready for new heat from DaBaby? His single “Bop” is still storming airwaves and his Billion Dollar Baby-Interscope No. 1 album KIRK is still a hit worldwide, but DaBaby believes it’s time to drop some new heat. The 28-year-old rapper’s 2019 was a year that catapulted his career into the stratosphere, and it’s assumed that he’s carefully mapping out how to maintain, and supersede, that success in 2020. Frazer Harrison / Staff / Getty Images On Tuesday (January 21), DaBaby hopped on Instagram to give fans a taste of what he’s been working on. The rapper shared a video of...
Phoenix has been regularly attending pig vigils. On Sunday night, Joaquin Phoenix won “Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture” at the SAG Awards for his performance in Joker. He also snagged “Best Actor” at the Golden Globes, but he doesn’t seem to be too focused on himself amid all this award season praise. After making a brief appearance at a SAG Award after party on Sunday night, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Phoenix left to attend a vigil for pigs at a nearby slaughterhouse. The actor joined the activist group, Los Angeles Animal Save, outside...
A reason to root for overtime in Super Bowl LIV. Buffalo Wild Wings is running back their overtime promotion for Super Bowl LIV, promising free wings for the whole country if the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers go to OT on February 2nd. “Football fans love to have fun with our established connection to overtime, tweeting at us any time a game goes to extra time. That was taken to the next level last year when free wings were on the line, so we knew we had to bring this program back,” said Seth Freeman, Chief Marketing Officer,...
The rapper reportedly pulled a gun on the man who grabbed his chain. An officer-involved shooting in Atlanta has gained attention after circumstances surrounding the event have been called into question. According to a report by 11Alive, officers stated that they were called to Lenox Mall this past Saturday. When they arrived they found two people, a man named Christian Edlin and another man they wouldn’t name, pointing guns at a third man named Antonio Williams. Investigators said that the men were told to lower their weapons, but for some unknown reason, Edlin didn’t comply. In turn, an officer reportedly shot...