Thursday, April 30, 2015
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
JAY Z Announces 'B-Side' Concert
VIA: If you're not a TIDAL subscriber, you might be one now. JAY Z has just announced that he will be playing an exclusive B-Side concert on May 13. The concert—which will only be open to attended by TIDAL subscribers—will include songs Hov has never performed and will be streamed exclusively on TIDAL.com.
To gain access to the concert, members will have to create a playlist and share them on Twitter to be entered into the concert for a chance to win two free tickets to the upcoming show being held in New York City. Your tweets have to include the #TIDALXJAYZ hashtag and you must be 18+ to enter.
What songs do you think Hov should perform at the concert?
Forbes Breaks Down Who’s The Richest Out Of Tywin Lannister, Bruce Wayne, And Scrooge McDuck
Forbes – We’re used to reading about the net worth of zillionaires like Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Carlos Slim, but what about the big spenders of the fictional world? We dug into the finances of three of our favorite characters to estimate the size of their bank accounts. So who do you think’d be richer in real life: Game of Thrones’ Tywin Lannister, Bruce Wayne (a.k.a Batman) or Disney’s Scrooge McDuck? Turns out, it’s not even close. Lannister, the Lord of Casterly Rock, is the poorest of the bunch (though hardly broke). His net worth comes in at an estimated $1.8 billion. Middle of the pack is playboy socialite, heir to Wayne Enterprises, and secret superhero Bruce Wayne, with $9.6 billion. But the clear winner is Donald’s uncle, the miserly Scot Scrooge McDuck, whose fortune is worth a whopping $65.4 billion. That makes him not just the wealthiest on this list, but would also make him the third richest man (or duck) in the real world, coming in just under Carlos Slim and Bill Gates on Forbes’ March 2013 billionaires list.
VICE Is Getting Its Own TV Channel In 2016, Thanks To A&E
VIA: A&E Networks and VICE are joining forces. The media company will rebrand their H2 network and hand over the proverbial keys to VICE. The joint venture was announced on Tuesday, and, according to THR, the two companies are close to finalizing the deal which would bring VICE Channel to the masses in early 2016:
Vice likely will have editorial control of the channel, which is targeted to launch early next year and will feature Vice’s signature documentary programming. The pact will give Vice its first stand-alone linear channel amid a growing portfolio of digital destinations including the female-targeted Broadly, which is set to launch this spring.
The announcement comes on the heels of HBO’s own expanding partnership with VICE. Last month, the cable channel increased the series order which will have their VICE news series airing five nights a week, 48 weeks a year. As well, a VICE-branded channel will be available on the network’s HBO Now streaming service.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Tell Me He Did Not Just Say That: Booker T Apologized For His Owen Hart Comment From Raw
VIA: In case you missed it on last night’s episode of WWE Raw, Booker T scissor-kicked his foot into his mouth with a comment during the Neville vs. Luke Harper King of the Ring tournament match. JBL mentioned that Neville could become the first high-flying King of the Ring, which led to this exchange about Owen Hart:
JBL: “Of course Owen was a high-flyer, but not like this.”
Booker T: “He couldn’t defy gravity.”
Some pertinent information: Owen Hart became King of the Ring in 1994, defeating Razor Ramon in the finals. He also fell to his death at the Over the Edge pay-per-view in 1999. Neville is known as “The Man That Gravity Forgot,” so the comment was 100 percent meant to put Neville over and not reference anybody’s plummeting death, but… yeah, whoops.
Booker apologized for the comment shortly after the show.
Booker could not be reached for comment on whether or not he thought Chris Benoit really murdered the competition at WrestleMania XX.
Bill Burr Says Kevin Love’s Injury Is The Cavs’ Fault For Not Dunking (He’s Joking)
VIA: Bill Burr has made a niche for himself as a comedian in the mold of a wise guy, a fully self-aware Masshole who can spout provincial or regressive opinions that would anger many of us if he didn’t do it more intelligently and cleverly than random shmucks from South Boston. Also, being a comedian, he tends to be far less sensitive and defensive when the bile comes right back at him. That’s part of why we like him so much.
And of course, as one of the more visible Boston sports fans in pop culture — not to mention one with a podcast — he was going to weigh in on the Kevin Love/Kelly Olynyk situation. He gets into it at about the 14:15 mark of his Monday Morning Podcast from this week (language NSFW).
His stance is a classic caricature of your garden-variety Boston sports homer. Here’s his opening salvo:
That fucking Kevin Love injures his shoulder, you know, and then he turns around and he blames sweet, innocent, beautiful-flowing-hippie-hair… what is it, Kelly O-lee-nik? That how you say his name? How dare he suggest that that was a dirty play.
I don’t know if it was on purpose, but Burr’s glowing compliments paid to a player whose name he can’t pronounce will ring very true to anyone who hates him or herself enough to listen to sports talk radio. The prize line comes soon after, however.
The ball goes up, hits the rim, okay? Now, right out of the gate, it’s already the Cavaliers’ fault. ‘Cause if that f**king jerkoff who took the shot hit the shot, there was no way that Kelly would have been concerned about the left arm of Kevin Love [chuckles], and felt the need to cradle it within his body, and then turn to the side and spoon with it. Had the Cavaliers, whoever the fuck it was… I mean, you’ve got LeBron, why don’t you just have him go in and dunk on everybody?
That’s an excellent point, Bill. I’ve never seen a more lackadaisical 27-point, 9-rebound and 7-assist per game performance in a playoff series. For real though, LeBron was not operating at full capacity, nor should he have — they still swept the Celtics without him giving his all.
Now that Kevin Love might be out for the rest of the playoffs, it’s good that LeBron saved his legs when he did. Because he totally could have dunked on the Celtics, who were one of the most undersized teams I’ve ever seen in the playoffs. That matchup more closely resembled a game from the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament than a series at the highest level of professional basketball. And to think that the Miami Heat couldn’t even make the playoffs. Embarrassing.
If that was a little to troll-y, it’s only because I just listened to Bill Burr. My apologies.
Bud Light Confirmed This Bottle Is Real
“The Bud Light Up for Whatever campaign, now in its second year, has inspired millions of consumers to engage with our brand in a positive and light-hearted way. In this spirit, we created more than 140 different scroll messages intended to encourage spontaneous fun. It’s clear that this message missed the mark, and we regret it. We would never condone disrespectful or irresponsible behavior.”
Jon Jones Officially Arrested In New Mexico
Following a turbulent day of news surrounding Jon Jones – from being wanted for questioning in a hit-and-run accident, to subsequently being named a suspect, to then having a warrant issued for his arrest – the UFC light-heavyweight champion is in police custody. Albuquerque police representatives confirmed Jones’ status to MMAjunkie on Monday night.
In the early morning hours Sunday, a 25-year-old pregnant woman’s vehicle was struck after a silver Buick SUV ran a red light, causing her vehicle to hit a third car. A man matching Jones’ description ran from the SUV involved in the three-car accident before returning, grabbing a handful of cash and fleeing again, according to witnesses. An officer at the scene found rental paperwork linking the vehicle to Jones, as well as a marijuana pipe and marijuana.
The victim in the incident suffered a broken arm. Currently, Jones (21-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC), the top-ranked fighter in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA pound-for-pound rankings, is scheduled to fight Anthony Johnson (19-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) in next month’s UFC 187 pay-per-view headliner, which takes place May 23 in Las Vegas. The UFC recently released a statement stating officials are “gathering facts and will reserve further comment until more information is available,” but made no mention of Jones possibly being pulled from the card.
Monday, April 27, 2015
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Michael Bay Teases The Vehicles Of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2′ With Some Images On Twitter
That garbage truck is of course the Ninja Turtles’ “Battlewagon”, first seen at the end of the last movie. The name – “Tartaruga Brothers” – is a bad pun of course, since “tartaruga” is “turtle” in Italian. As for the sports car, that’s a Polaris slingshot, a three-wheeled motorcycle already verboten in Texas, where it isn’t street legal as a car and doesn’t meet the state’s definition of a motorcycle.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Bruce Jenner To Diane Sawyer: ‘I Am A Woman…I Have The Soul Of A Female’
VIA: Sure, many will not take it seriously or brush it off as ploy for publicity because the person involved is best known to younger generations for being part of the whole unfortunate Kardashian thing, but Diane Sawyer’s interview of Bruce Jenner that’s airing on ABC tonight is an important moment in this country’s history. A man who on and off for four decades has been in the spotlight as the epitome of American masculinity — first as an Olympic hero, more recently for being the male head/father figure of a famous family — is speaking out at length about the gender identity struggles he’s endured over the course of his life. Bruce Jenner is, in effect, coming out as a woman tonight on national television.
“Yes, for all intents and purposes, I’m a woman,” Jenner told Sawyer after taking his hair out of a ponytail to let it down. He explained that he has the “soul of a female” and that his “brain is much more female than it is male.”
In a statement issued tonight, GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said the following: “Today, millions of people learned that someone they know is transgender…By sharing this story, Bruce Jenner has shined a light on what it means to be transgender and live authentically in the face of unimaginable public scrutiny. Though Jenner’s journey is one that is deeply personal, it is also one that will impact and inspire countless people around the world.”
Later in the interview, Jenner made what some may view as an even more shocking revelation: that he’s a Republican. However, this part of Jenner’s life has been known for some time.
Friday, April 24, 2015
Videos Showcase Apple Watch Launch Lines, Teardown and More
Macrumors: Today is Apple Watch launch day in the United States and eight other first wave launch countries, and many customers around the world are busy setting up their new smartwatch or anxiously waiting for their package to be delivered. Meanwhile, the teardown team at repair website iFixit flew to Melbourne, Australia to get their hands on the Apple Watch and take it apart to see what's inside.
iFixit started by prying open the display and disconnecting the display and digitizer cables underneath, getting a first look at the Taptic Engine, inside of the Digital Crown and internal 205 mAh battery. Digging further into the Apple Watch, the team got a closer look at various components for haptic feedback, an ambient light sensor and S1 integrated processor. Overall, the Apple Watch received a 5 out of 10 repairability score.
Back in Los Angeles, several thousands of miles away from the teardown, KTLA reporter Rich DeMuro was on site at Maxfield in West Hollywood to interview various people waiting in line to purchase the Apple Watch. It was confirmed earlier this week that the Apple Watch would go on sale in limited quantities at Maxfield and other select fashion boutiques such as Colette in Paris and Dover Street Market in Tokyo and London.
DeMuro also provided a basic overview of the Apple Watch's core features, including watch faces, heart rate monitoring, health and fitness tracking, phone calling and stock apps. In line with many early reviews, he said that the Apple Watch is not a device that everyone needs, but that the wrist-worn device has high-quality apps and provides a better overall experience than many Android Wear alternatives.
Apple Watch launched today in the United States, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and United Kingdom following a two-week pre-order window that started April 10 at 12:01 AM Pacific. The watch will be sold exclusively online until at least June, with no walk-in purchases being taken at Apple retail stores in any of the first wave launch countries.
iFixit started by prying open the display and disconnecting the display and digitizer cables underneath, getting a first look at the Taptic Engine, inside of the Digital Crown and internal 205 mAh battery. Digging further into the Apple Watch, the team got a closer look at various components for haptic feedback, an ambient light sensor and S1 integrated processor. Overall, the Apple Watch received a 5 out of 10 repairability score.
Back in Los Angeles, several thousands of miles away from the teardown, KTLA reporter Rich DeMuro was on site at Maxfield in West Hollywood to interview various people waiting in line to purchase the Apple Watch. It was confirmed earlier this week that the Apple Watch would go on sale in limited quantities at Maxfield and other select fashion boutiques such as Colette in Paris and Dover Street Market in Tokyo and London.
DeMuro also provided a basic overview of the Apple Watch's core features, including watch faces, heart rate monitoring, health and fitness tracking, phone calling and stock apps. In line with many early reviews, he said that the Apple Watch is not a device that everyone needs, but that the wrist-worn device has high-quality apps and provides a better overall experience than many Android Wear alternatives.
Apple Watch launched today in the United States, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and United Kingdom following a two-week pre-order window that started April 10 at 12:01 AM Pacific. The watch will be sold exclusively online until at least June, with no walk-in purchases being taken at Apple retail stores in any of the first wave launch countries.
How Yelawolf Helped Bring Ed Sheeran To America
VIA: Yelawolf makes it easy to question his direction as of late since he’s jumped from Lil Jon jams to his current sing-song, Kid Rock-like direction. Not too many summers ago, he found himself in a one-day marathon session with a British ginger who he opted not to clown and push into the lockers, but instead, vibe with and make good tunes. Three years later, the Ed Sheeran and ‘Wolf collabo EP Slumdon Bridge serves as an oddly prolific monument to the relationship of two budding artists who haven’t seen each other since that day in 2012.
The scenario proves what many casual fans may not know about the collaborations and industry in general. Features are mostly strung together by managing parties and labels with the rare opportunity to get in the kitchen and cook up together. “I didn’t really have nothing to do,” Yela explained. “I was like, lemme just go up to the studio and holler at him… Go up to the studio, shook hands with him, dude was cool, we vibed out, we recorded five songs in one session, and I haven’t seen him since.”
Capitalizing on the opportunity before Sheeran lit up the charts may have seemed like Yela inherited all of the risk at the time, since he was fresh off a debut album with Shady and a rising tide. But it speaks to both artists’ willingness to push boundaries across continents, in the name of art.
“There were people in Europe going, What the f*** were you thinking? Why did you do a collab with Ed Sheeran? I was like, ‘Dude, you don’t understand how that happened.’ It might not make creative sense, but somehow it did.” If the industry had more cross-pollination like this and less verses and hooks being emailed around, who knows what kind of amazing sounds we would be rolling up to this summer?
In recent months, Ed has been heard singing along to OT Genasis’ banger “CoCo” and other hip-hop staples, but nary a Yelawolf cover. Could this mean the five-track EP from 2012 is the only work we’ll ever see from the two crooners? Are there are a few more gems from those faithful sessions left to drop?
Seeing as how the two have switched places in chart positions and Sheeran has been launched to ungodly levels of popularity around the globe, this may be the only time we hear the two together on record. If so, trust your TSS family. For “F***s Sake”, you know we’re good for it.
Entire Stage Collapses As High School Students Rock Out During A Play
DON’T
STOP
BELIEVING
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I’M DEAD
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Here Are The Five Names At The Top Of The List To Possibly Play The New ‘Spider-Man’
VIA: Rumors and speculation are a rampant thing across the Internet, with plenty of stories popping up that have no real conclusions or solid basis in the end. This one regarding the possible Spider-Man casting list seems a little more solid than most due to the number of outlets, including an exclusive from The Wrap, running with the story, but the real stiff info here is what we can expect in Marvel’s vision for Spider-Man going forward. Kevin Feige is on record saying we’re getting a teenage Peter Parker in the new series of films, but it would seem that includes the entire package for the character. From The Wrap:
Sony is preparing to make test offers to several young stars next week, with a decision expected in the next 2-3 weeks, though a deal may take longer to hammer out…multiple individuals with knowledge of the situation have confirmed they are strong contenders who are definitely in the mix as of right now, and the group paints a picture of the kind of actor the studios want.
So who appears on the list? Here’s the run down:
Asa Butterfield : The star of Hugo and Ender’s Game is probably the most well known of the group, but also just seems a little fragile to play Spider-Man. He looks a bit like a giant blue-eyed doll with a wiry frame. Could be a good choice, though, because Hugo was a fine movie and there probably won’t be an Ender’s Game sequel.
Timothee Chalamet: The afterthought brother from Interstellar could probably use a nice starring role to boost his star profile, plus he’s probably the most “under the radar” of the entire bunch. You might also be familiar with him from Royal Pains or Homeland, but his face isn’t too well known. Too bad they’d be stuffing him under a mask immediately.
Tom Holland: The oldest son from The Impossible, the movie about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and soon to be cabin boy in Ron Howard’s In The Heart of The Sea. I enjoyed the parts I saw of The Impossible, but it’s an odd movie to sit down and take in. In The Heart of The Sea looks interesting, though, and he’d probably be my choice if I had to go with my gut.
Liam James: This is the oddest one for me because while he was very good in The Way, Way Back, I can’t look at Liam James without seeing Young Shawn Spencer from Psych. The snark could be there, but I thought he was kind of a weird lump in The Way, Way Back. Apart from that, the only other role I’ve seen him in is the kid who gets chestbursted while hunting with his dad in Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem.
Nat Wolff: A popular choice due to a role in The Fault In Our Stars, you might’ve also seen Wolff in the Tina Fey/Paul Rudd movie Admission
Now the running theme here is that we’re getting a classic Peter Parker experience. There isn’t a person of color in the bunch and it would seem that Marvel isn’t going to attempt to mix the Miles Morales/Peter Parker story together for a film project. I don’t think it’s a big deal, but it seems to be something folks want to debate online and hound Dan Slott about on Twitter. One thing to note is that The Wrap indicates that there may be names that aren’t being announced, so this might not be a solid fact yet.
The other theme is that all of these actors are under the age of 20, aside from Wolff, and they’re fairly untested talent. Missing from the list is Mateus Ward from Weeds, the name that was bounced around for the role last month. Also absent is Dylan O’Brien from Teen Wolf, a running favorite for a lot of folks on Twitter, but not someone who I’ve seen attached to any reports yet.
I think after five Spider-Man movies, I don’t really care who they get to play Peter Parker. I just really want a nice, genuine comic experience. I don’t really think the character has had a problem on the screen, it’s everything else connected to the character. The villains, the stories, the universe. If you can reach the same level as Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, I think that’s a good place to start. That’s my thought, but who do you think should get the call?
Jim Harbaugh Called His Future Wife 9 Times Before She Finally Agreed To A First Date
As Harbaugh as Harbaugh gets. I saw the title on this and thought, shit, did Jim have a Mikey from Swingers moment?
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Chick Dumps All Of Her Cheating Boyfriend’s Apple Products Into The Tub
Anyone in a committed romantic relationship knows that the worst possible thing your significant other can do is cheat on you. Cheating never ends well. A Japanese Apple fanboy learned that lesson the hard way after his girlfriend drowned all of his beloved devices in a bathtub to punish him for cheating on her. After discovering what her “darling” had been up to, Twitter user @foolishnessfly2 collected her philandering beau’s sizable collection of Apple products and, without hesitation, dropped everything into a tub full of water and what appear to be soap suds. She didn’t just want to soak the tech; she wanted to inflict maximum damage. In a further act of retribution, she took a picture of her expression of “heartache” and posted it on Twitter.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
One Of The Original X-Men Just Came Out Of The Closet
The original gay X-Man is Bobby Drake, also known as Iceman
Marshall Henderson Waits 2 Years, Then Unleashes The Best Troll Job On Erin Andrews After Her Boyfriend Gets Busted For Coke And Ecstasy In Vegas
NHL star Jarret Stoll tried to smuggle an 8-ball of cocaine and 8 grams of Molly into a Vegas pool party … by hiding them in his board shorts … this according to the police report obtained by TMZ Sports. The L.A. Kings player was busted around 4:30 PM on Friday while going through the security area — that EVERYONE goes through — on the way in to the Wet Republic pool party at the MGM Grand.
Despite the sign CLEARLY warning people that they will be patted down on the way inside, Stoll took his chances … and a Wet Republic security guard found a pink baggie with white powder and numerous “gel-caps” with an off-white powder inside consistent with the drug “Molly.” According to the police report … when asked if the powder inside the baggie was coke, Stoll said, “Yes.” Cops say Stoll had 3.3 grams of coke … and 8.1 grams of Molly. Stoll — who’s famously dating “Dancing with the Stars” co-host Erin Andrews — was transported to a nearby jail … where he was booked for drug possession. He was eventually released after posting $5,000 bond.
UPDATE: Erin Andrews Throwing Out Secret Messages To Jarret Stoll On Dancing With The Stars Last Night
“What do you usually do on Spring Break”
“I literally sit at home and watch movies all week”
“There’s nothing wrong with that, feel like some people should learn from you”