Grab your popcorn T.I. fans. The rapper is gearing up for the release of his self-directed comedy movie, Da‘Partments.
He took to Instagram Monday, October 9, with a reminder that the new indie project will be available for purchase and viewing on Tubi, among other platforms, starting midnight October 10.
Set in modern-day Atlanta and inspired by true events, Da ‘Partments “explores the fine line between the everyday struggles of the underprivileged and the enchantment hidden within an apartment complex.”
Earlier this year in June, TIP shared the trailer to the film, which sees comedians Karlous Miller and D.C. Young Fly among a long list of well-known and up-and-coming cast members.
“The wait is almost over!” he wrote on Instagram. “Get Ready for Uncensored Unhinged Unapologetic Hood humor at its finest… Fresh out the minds of ones who made it out the trenches & laughed all the way to the bank!!!”
D.C. Young Fly is also a producer on the film alongside executive producers KarlousMiller, the HaHaMafia andacclaimed creative director DL Warfield.
After three days of mediation, Joe Jonas and his estranged wife, Sophie Turner, have seemingly managed to work out their disagreements over the custody of their two daughters, Willa and Delphine.
According to court documents obtained by ABC News, the couple is close to an “amicable resolution on all issues,” and they’ve reached a temporary custody agreement of the girls, ages 3 and 1.
The documents show that the girls will be with Sophie from now through October 21, and she can travel with them in the U.S. or the U.K. Then, she’ll hand them over to Joe, who’ll have them through November 2. Sophie will then have them until November 22, when she’ll give them back to Joe.
The girls will spend Thanksgiving with Joe and Christmas with Sophie, and they’ll continue to go back and forth until January 7, 2024.
Last week, a source told Page Six that Joe was committed to making the mediation work and “doesn’t want to put up a fight — as long as they can come to a fair agreement on the kids.”
As previously reported, Joe filed for divorce in September; Sophie subsequently sued him, claiming he wouldn’t allow her to take the kids to England.
(NEW YORK) — As Israelis were wrapping up the seven-day-long Jewish festival of Sukkot on Saturday, sirens echoed across the country just before dawn, and citizens soon realized it was not a false alarm. A full-fledged surprise attack was being waged from the air, sea and ground by hoards of Hamas militants.
Thousands of missiles fired from Gaza streaked through the sky and began raining down on indiscriminate targets in Israel, sparking terror and leaving hundreds of bodies in the streets of cities and buildings decimated. Simultaneously, hundreds of armed fighters of the terrorist group, many on motorcycles, followed bulldozers that breached fences separating Israel from Gaza and charged into cities, taking Israeli soldiers off guard and gunning down citizens.
The lightning-quick, multi-pronged ambush also included dozens of Hamas militants in motorboats storming Israeli beaches and engaging in fierce firefights with Israeli forces. Other armed Hamas attackers swooped into Israel through the smoke-filled skies on paragliders.
As those under attack rushed to safe rooms and bomb shelters, groups of terrorists infiltrating the county marched into towns and into kibbutz after kibbutz, opening fire on homes and killing Israeli citizens at random. Militants burst into houses, shooting residents begging for their lives and taking others — including women, children and the elderly — hostage, driving the terrified captives back into Gaza as many of them screamed for help.
A music festival where hundreds of Israeli young people danced through the night into the break of dawn suddenly became a shooting gallery for the Hamas militants, who arrived in vans with their guns blazing, mowing down 260 partygoers and abducting others.
Hamas leaders are now threatening to kill the hostages one by one and film the executions if their demands are not met.
In one of the hardest-hit kibbutzim, Kfar Aza, near the Gaza border, where ABC News was allowed in on Tuesday, entire Israeli families were slaughtered and bodies of militants killed in the attack remained sprawled in the streets, some next to crashed motorcycles. Nearly every home in Kfar Aza was bullet-riddled, and a gaping hole in a nearby border fence remained open and guarded by Israeli soldiers still engaging in intense firefights with the enemy.
The bodies of at least 1,500 Hamas fighters have been found along the border, killed in chaotic battles since Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Within hours of the attack that shocked the world, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was calling it a “dark day” for his country and declaring war on Hamas. A veteran Israeli military official deemed the assault “our 9/11.”
“We have begun the process of naming and counting the dead, both soldiers and civilians. We are talking about unprecedented numbers, numbers that up until two days ago seemed totally fictional and unimaginable,” Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a spokesperson for the IDF, told ABC News on Sunday.
As of Tuesday, the death toll in Israel had surpassed 900 with many more bodies to count, officials said. Another 2,500 people were injured in Israel. Among the dead are at least 11 American citizens, President Joe Biden said Monday.
In Gaza, at least 765 people have died and 4,000 others have been injured in retaliatory airstrikes by Israeli jet fighters and surface-to-ground missiles since Saturday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. At least 140 of the dead in Gaza are children, the health ministry said.
The Hamas attack was launched on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kipper War that pitted Israel against Egypt and Syria.
Here is a timeline of events in the rapidly changing conflict enveloping Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip territory:
A barrage of rockets
Oct. 7, 6:30 a.m. in Israel
Air raid sirens began sounding in Jerusalem around 6:30 a.m. local time, warning citizens of the attack in progress and to immediately take cover. An estimated 2,200 rockets were fired toward southern and central Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, by the Hamas militants, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Meanwhile, Hamas claimed at least 5,000 rockets were fired, all landing in southern and central Israel.
One missile slammed into a hospital in the Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon, Israeli officials said.
Armed Hamas militants, many on motorcycles, storm blockaded areas of the Gaza Strip, shooting at Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip, officials said. Video footage surfaces of Hamas militants taking Israeli citizens — including mothers, children and the elderly — hostage and taking them across the Gaza border.
In one of its first public messages, the IDF said Saturday morning, “Over the past hour, the Hamas terrorist organization launched massive barrages of rockets from Gaza into Israel, and its terrorist operatives have infiltrated into Israel in a number of different locations in the south.” Videos posted online captured hundreds of Hamas soldiers breaching the Israeli border from Gaza by boat, pickup trucks and even motorized paragliders.
Oct. 7, shortly after the attack begins
Mohammed Deif, commander in chief of the Hamas’ military arm Al Qassam Brigades, releases a video statement claiming responsibility for the attack.
“The Zionist colonial occupation occupied our Palestinian homeland and displaced our people, destroyed our towns and villages, committed hundreds of massacres against our people, killing children, women and elderly people and demolishing homes with their inhabitants inside in violation of all international norms, laws and human rights conventions,” Mohammed Deif said in his statement.
‘Israel is at war’
Oct. 7, about 10:30 a.m. local time
Israeli jet fighters launched retaliatory strikes in Gaza. Video surfaces of a high-rise residential building and the Al-Sousi Mosque in Gaza City being bombed and flattened by Israeli airstrikes.
Oct. 7, around 11:30 a.m. in Israel
Netanyahu makes his first public statement, telling his country, “Israel is at war.”
“This is not a so-called military operation, not another round of fighting, but war,” Netanyahu says.
Oct. 7, around 8:30 p.m. ET
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin releases a statement saying he is “closely monitoring” the situation in Israel and extends his condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives in Israel.
“Over the coming days, the Department of Defense will work to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself and protect civilians from indiscriminate violence and terrorism,” Austin said.
Separately, a U.S. defense official said that Austin had a call with his team Saturday morning, including U.S. Centcom Commander Gen. Eric Kurilla. Israel falls under CENTCOM’s area of responsibility.
Oct. 7, around 9:30 a.m. ET
The White House announces that President Joe Biden has been briefed by senior national security officials “on the appalling Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel.”
Oct. 7, just after 10 a.m. ET
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken issues a statement condemning Hamas’ attack on Israel, saying the U.S. will “remain in close contact with our Israel partners.”
“The United States unequivocally condemns the appalling attacks by Hamas terrorists against Israel, including civilians and civilian communities. There is never any justification for terrorism. We stand in solidarity with the government and people of Israel, and extend our condolences for the Israeli lives lost in these attacks,” Blinken said in a statement.
Oct. 7, around 11 a.m. ET
The White House announces that Biden had spoken with Netanyahu, telling the prime minister the U.S. “condemns” Hamas’ assault on Israel.
“I made clear to Prime Minister Netanyahu that we stand ready to offer all appropriate means of support to the Government and people of Israel. Terrorism is never justified. Israel has a right to defend itself and its people. The United States warns against any other party hostile to Israel seeking advantage in this situation. My Administration’s support for Israel’s security is rock solid and unwavering,” Biden said in a televised statement.
‘We will win’
Oct. 7, around 5 p.m. ET
Netanyahu makes a televised address in Israel, repeating his earlier statement that Israel is at war and adding, “We will win.”
“This morning, Hamas launched a murderous surprise attack against the State of Israel and its citizens,” Netanyahu said. “We have been in this since the early morning hours. I convened the heads of the security establishment and ordered — first of all — to clear out the communities that have been infiltrated by terrorists. This currently is being carried out. At the same time, I have ordered an extensive mobilization of reserves and that we return fire of a magnitude that the enemy has not known. The enemy will pay an unprecedented price. In the meantime, I call on the citizens of Israel to strictly adhere to the directives of the IDF and Home Front Command. We are at war and we will win it.”
30 Israeli police killed in fighting
Oct. 8, around 5 a.m. ET
At least 30 Israeli police officers were killed in the fighting, mainly in Sderot, Israel, where Hamas gunmen took control of the police station.
Israeli officials announce that fighting is ongoing Sunday morning in six places, including Sderot — which sits just 2 miles from the border with Gaza — and that a rocket injured four people on Sunday morning.
Oct. 8, around 9 a.m. ET
The Israeli government confirmed that a number of civilians and soldiers have been taken hostage. At least 100 Israeli citizens and soldiers are being held hostage by Hamas fighters, Israel’s Government Press Office said Sunday.
Videos posted online show a packed all-night music festival in a desert in southern Israel near the Gaza border being attacked by rockets and armed Hamas fighters on the ground. The footage showed women and children being dragged away in vehicles and driven back into Gaza.
Israeli rescue service Zaka said at least 260 bodies were removed from the venue of the music festival following the attack.
Blinken says on CNN’s “State of the Union” and NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the State Department is trying to confirm reports that Americans are among those killed or taken hostage.
Blinken tells ABC’s “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos that the U.S. has pledged its full support to Israel.
“This is a massive terrorist attack that is gunning down Israeli civilians in their towns, in their homes, and as we’ve seen, so graphically, literally dragging people across the border with Gaza, including a Holocaust survivor in a wheelchair, women and children,” Blinken said on “This Week.”
He adds, “The world should be revolted at what it’s seen.”
Oct. 8, around 1 p.m. ET
Israeli health officials announce that more than 700 people are dead in Israel and over 2,100 others injured. The Palestinian Health Authority said there are 370 people dead in Gaza and 2,200 others injured.
Oct. 9, morning
Air sirens sound in northern Israel, prompting residents to rush to safe rooms. Israel Defense Forces claim at least two rockets were fired toward northern Israel from Lebanon. One of the rockets, according to the IDF, landed in Lebanese territory.
“The IDF neutralized a number of terrorist infiltrators who crossed from Lebanon into Israel. We are defending our country and stand ready on all borders,” the IDF said in a statement Monday posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
IDF helicopter gunships are attacking Lebanese territories, the IDF announces.
The Lebanese Army announces Monday that missiles were fired from Israel in Lebanon.
“The outskirts of the towns of Al-Dhaira and Aita Al-Shaab and other border areas are being subjected to air and artillery bombardment by the Israeli enemy,” the Lebanese Army said in a statement. “The Army Command calls on citizens to take the utmost precaution and caution and not to go to areas adjacent to the border in order to preserve their safety.”
There are no immediate reports of injuries.
Americans killed
Oct. 9, about 6 a.m. ET
At least nine Americans have been confirmed killed in Israel since Saturday as a result of attacks launched by the Hamas militant group, according to an official with the U.S. National Security Council.
“At this time, we can confirm the death of nine U.S. citizens,” the official told ABC News in a statement on Monday. “We extend our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected and wish those injured a speedy recovery. We continue to monitor the situation closely and remain in touch with our Israeli partners, particularly the local authorities.”
Two French citizens are among those killed in Israel, the French Foreign Ministry announces.
One of the American citizens killed was identified as 32-year-old Hayim Katzman, who had been living in Israel, his mother told ABC News.
Hanna Katzman said she initially thought her son had been taken captive, but later learned he had been killed when Hamas militants burst into his home and found him hiding with neighbors in his closet. She said she learned one of the neighbors was released, while her son and another female neighbor were immediately shot dead.
“I’ve been getting so many messages from people who worked with Hayim or who knew him, or who met him during their travels and how warm he was, how open,” Hanna Katzman told ABC News. “He was a very accepting person and a very loyal friend. He had a good sense of humor. He took things in stride.”
Oct, 9, about 8 a.m. ET
The Israel Defense Forces announces its jet fighters struck 130 targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday, many of them in the Al Furqan area, which serves as a hub for Hamas.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday ordered a “complete siege” on Gaza. He said authorities would cut electricity to the region and block fuel and food from entering the Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians.
In an interview with ABC News Monday, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, said Israel is taking swift retribution for Hamas attacks.
“It is an unprecedented attack,” Conricus said. “And it will be followed by an unprecedented Israeli response against those bloodthirsty animals that have come across from Gaza and attacked our civilians.”
Hamas threatens to kill hostages
Oct. 9, around 1 p.m. ET
Hamas says the group will start killing Israeli hostages one by one and film the executions unless Israel immediately stops shelling homes in Gaza without warning.
In an update on the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, Israel Defense Forces announces it has obtained information on every Israeli kidnapped and that it has notified 30 families so far.
Oct. 9, just after 1 p.m. ET
The Israel Defense Forces announces it has mobilized 300,000 reserves — the largest and quickest call-up in Israel’s history, according to an IDF spokesman.
Oct. 9, about 4 p.m. ET
President Joe Biden announces that at least 11 Americans are among those who were killed in Israel and that it’s “likely” American citizens are among those being held hostage by Hamas.
“It’s heart-wrenching. These families have been torn apart by inexcusable hatred and violence,” Biden said in a statement. “We also know that American citizens still remain unaccounted for, and we are working with Israeli officials to obtain more information as to their whereabouts. My heart goes out to every family impacted by the horrible events of the past few days. The pain these families have endured, the enormity of their loss, and the agony of those still awaiting information is unfathomable.”
While The Rolling Stones certainly don’t seem like they’re about to slow down anytime soon, the band members are getting older. For Keith Richards, all the guitar playing over the years has apparently taken a toll on his hands.
In a new interview with BBC, Richards discusses how he deals with arthritis in his hands and reveals it has affected his playing.
“Funnily enough, I’ve no doubt it has, but I don’t have any pain, it’s a sort of benign version,” he says. “I think if I’ve slowed down a little bit it’s probably due more to age.”
He adds, “And also, I found that interesting, when I’m like, ‘I can’t quite do that anymore,’ the guitar will show me there’s another way of doing it. Some finger will go one space different and a whole new door opens. And so you’re always learning. You never finish school, man.”
The Stones are about to release their new album, Hackney Diamonds, on October 20, and it sounds like fans may soon be seeing Keith play guitar on the road again. He says the band plans to tour next year “if everybody is still standing.”
“We’re all in good fettle. We’re not looking at each other and saying, ‘time’s up,’” he shares.
As for whether he sees a time when they will hang it up, he jokes, “My answer is I’m not Nostradamus.” He adds, “Of course it’s going to end some time, but there’s no particular rush. We’re having great fun doing this.”
Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford are officially parents for the third time.
The Oscar-nominated actor confirms in a new interview with Vogue that she and the Mumford & Sons frontman welcomed a new baby. The article notes that Mulligan had given birth six weeks before the interview took place and before the SAG-AFTRA strike, which began in July.
Mulligan and Mumford got married in 2012. They also share daughter Evelyn and son Wilfred, who were born in 2015 and 2017, respectively.
Mulligan didn’t share the new baby’s name or sex, so it remains to be seen whether the name Mumford & Sons will also describe Mumford’s family.
(NEW YORK) — Beer lovers beware: Climate change could soon make the world’s most popular alcoholic drink much more bitter.
Climate change could soon be altering the quality of hops used to make beer which will then alter the flavor, according to a new study published Tuesday in Nature.
European beer-producing regions are projected to experience up to an 18% reduction in their yield of traditional aroma hops by 2050 and up to a 31% reduction in hop acids that are key for bitter flavoring, researchers found.
Beer is the world’s third most widely consumed beverage, after water and tea, and is the world’s most popular alcoholic drink, according to the paper.
Beer is typically made with water, malting barley and yeast for flavor, as well as hops, which contain compounds called alpha acids that give beer its unique bitter aroma and affect its quality.
The cultivation of high-quality aroma hops is restricted to a relatively select number of regions with suitable climate and environmental conditions — posing a risk that production could be affected by rising global temperatures.
Hops are considered a model crop in these regions, and it is “fairly difficult” to grow them elsewhere, Mirek Trnka, a bio climatologist at the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and one of the authors of the paper, told ABC News.
The researchers collected data on beer hop yields and alpha content between 1971 and 2018 from 90% of European beer hop growing regions in Germany, Czechia and Slovenia, according to the study.
The association in variation in the quality of hops from year to year with rising temperatures was “quite significant,” with a downward trend in the data that coincided with warmer years, Trnka said.
The findings show that, compared to before 1994, the ripening of hops starts 20 days earlier, and hop production has declined by almost 0.2 tonnes, or about 200 kilograms, per hectare per year. In addition, hops’ alpha bitter content has decreased by about 0.6%, the research found.
After combining the past data with climate models, the researchers estimate that beer hops yields and alpha fold content will be reduced between 4% to 18% and 20% to 31%, respectively, by 2050.
The largest declines caused by rising temperatures and more frequent and severe droughts are expected to occur in the southern hop growing regions, such as Tettnang in southern Germany and Celje, Slovenia, according to the paper.
The quality of spring barley is also declining in many of the same regions, but farmers can easily compensate for rising temperatures by moving spring barley crops to higher elevations, Trnka said. By contrast, winter hops need to mature in the period of shortening day after the summer solstice, and they cannot avoid the increasing intensity of the summer heat, Trnka said.
Every year, beer makers are faced with different qualities of harvest for barley and malt and have to deal with the variation in the quality of hops — often mixing hops from different regions, Trnka said.
“They are quite clever in ways of avoiding consumers noting any major differences,” Trnka said. “Unlike wine, beer drinkers would like their Pilsner or Aryan beers to taste the same every year.”
However, if the quality of the ingredients is decreasing everywhere, adjusting the recipe year by year depending on how the harvest yields could become much more difficult. Farmers may be able to adapt, but it will take a tremendous amount of capital and investment, Trnka said.
The results of this study show that climate change has the ability to affect people on a wide scale of issues, Trnka said.
Europe is among the regions of the world facing unprecedented increases in average temperatures in recent years, Trnka said. Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service, announced last week that 2023 is on track to become the warmest year on record, with Europe being one of the continents affected the most, according to the report.
Traditional beer hops farming practices will need to adapt in order to combat the negative effects of climate change and continue producing good quality beer, the researchers said.
The second trailer for The Color Purple has arrived, showing off more from this new take on Alice Walker‘s classic novel.
From Warner Bros. and directed by Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple will arrive in movie theaters December 25.
“How come you don’t laugh none?” Taraji P. Henson’s Shug asks Fantasia Barrino’s Celie as the trailer opens. “Ain’t you got something to make you smile?”
Henson and Barrino are joined by an all-star cast that also includes Halle Bailey, H.E.R., Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Brooks and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
Steven Spielberg, who directed the 1985 film adaptation of Walker’s novel, serves as an executive producer on this project. Oprah Winfrey, who starred as Sofia in Spielberg’s film, also executive produces.
In addition to Walker’s novel, the film takes inspiration from the book of the musical stage play, written by Marsha Norman with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.
It was reported in September that Christina Aguilera would follow Kylie Minogue into a residency at the new cabaret-style club at The Venetian in Las Vegas — and now, Christina has confirmed that it’s happening.
Billboard reports that her new series of shows at the club called Voltaire will start New Year’s Eve weekend, December 30 and 31, and additional dates will be announced October 13. She’ll be performing two decades worth of her hits in the intimate space, which only holds 1,000 people.
“I look forward to bringing Las Vegas a new show that fuses music, sophistication and art in ways I have never performed before,” Xtina tells Billboard. “What I love about the intimacy at Voltaire at The Venetian Resort is how up-close-and-personal I can be with the audience … a truly modern twist on the performance experience.”
Tickets for the first two shows will go on sale October 13 at VoltaireLV.com.
Christina last played Las Vegas in 2019 with her Xperience residency at the former Zappos, now Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood.
The interior of Voltaire was designed by the same guy who designed the Broadway musical version of Moulin Rouge!, so Christina ought to feel right at home: She starred in the “Lady Marmalade” video for the original Moulin Rouge! movie.
Violent Femmes have announced a 40th anniversary reissue of their 1983 self-titled debut album.
The deluxe package, due out December 1, includes remastered audio of the original record as well as various demos and live tracks.
“I am frequently stopped on the street by people who tell me, ‘Your album changed my life,’ or some variant,” says bassist Brian Ritchie. “I don’t have to ask, ‘Which album?’ because it is implied that they’re talking about the first one. The uncanny thing is that these people range from early teens to septuagenarians, and they all have the same testimony.”
“Sometimes music is more than just a pleasing sound that entertains. It takes on greater meaning,” Ritchie continues. “Multiple generations have found the songs to be relevant in their life situations. Some people say they had sex for the first time listening to it (which I find appalling but whatever) and someone even said, ‘I was conceived to your music.’ Wow.”
The album Violent Femmes features the band’s signature song “Blister in the Sun” as well as the tunes “Please Do Not Go,” “Gone Daddy Gone” and “Add It Up.” You can listen to a live version of the remastered “Gone Daddy Gone” now via digital outlets.
BeatlePaul McCartney surprised fans in New York City with an impromptu free concert in Times Square, announcing the show on social media about one hour before it occurred.
The rocker was promoting his 16th studio album New and treated fans to four songs off the record: “Save Us,” “Everybody Out There,” “Queenie Eye” and the title track.
Fans who could not make it to the Big Apple were able to enjoy the concert at home thanks to a Times Square webcam.
New, which was McCartney’s first album of new material in six years, was released one day later on October 11.
