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Michael K. Williams’ final documentary project, Black Market, will return for its second season January 10 on VICE TV.

The series, which the late actor produced and hosted before his passing in September, follows the “complex underworld” of illegal markets and the people who operate them. A trailer for season two debuted Monday.

“Black Market is a testament to Michael K. Williams’ dedication to criminal justice reform and social justice,” Jesse Angelo, President, Global News and Entertainment, VICE Media Group, says in a statement.

“Michael was a longtime friend of our VICE family and shared our belief in having all voices be heard- especially those in marginalized communities. Michael’s mission was to lift those voices up and we are honored to share this collection of new episodes.”

The new season debuts January 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Williams, best known for his roles in The Wire, Boardwalk Empire and Lovecraft Country, passed away from an accidental overdose on September 6. He was 54.

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Train has been a little quiet on social media lately, even though they have a new record coming out shortly.

Taking to Instagram, frontman Pat Monahan explained the social media hiatus.  “I had my arm fixed the other day, so I’m kinda [loopy,]” he revealed, but declined to explain further on that.  Although, he did hint he’s already on the mend when talking about snowball fights and said he’d “love to be a part of” them.

He also plugged the band’s new holiday movie, Christmas In Tahoe, which premiered Sunday on the Hallmark Channel.  Pat stars in and executive produced the flick, which celebrates Train’s first full-length holiday album of the same name that they released in 2015.  

Pat signed off by casually reminding fans, “We’ll have a new record for you after the new year,” which is the upcoming Welcome to the Planet that is due out January 28, 2022.  So far, no tour has been announced but the singer hinted that may change soon.

The Grammy winner captioned the video announcement, “Hi guys. Miss you all. Hope to see you soon. Happy Hanukkah and thanks for all the love.”

 

 

 

 

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Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin‘s Hanukkah Sessions series continues on night two of the Jewish holiday with a cover of the Ramones classic “Blitzkrieg Bop.”

In contrast with their night one black metal rendition of Lisa Loeb’s “Stay (I Missed You),” the Foo Fighters frontman and the producer stay pretty much note-for-note true to the original punk staple, though they do change the iconic “Hey ho/Let’s go!” chant to a more holiday-appropriate “Hey oy/Let’s goy!”

“Once upon a time, two nice Jewish boys from Queens named Jeffery Hyman and Thomas Erdelyi changed the world forever with their music…as Joey and Tommy Ramone!” Grohl says.

You can watch the “Blitzkrieg Bop” cover streaming now on YouTube.

Grohl and Kurstin first launched Hanukkah Sessions in 2020, and covered songs by eight different Jewish artists to celebrate each night of the holiday: Beastie Boys, Drake, Mountain, Peaches, Bob Dylan, Elastica, The Knack and The Velvet Underground.

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Miley Cyrus locked in her New Year’s Eve plans and will ring in 2022 alongside Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson on NBC.  

Rumors of the television event first surfaced in September, when Vulture reported Miley was cooking something up with SNL head honcho Lorne Michaels.  NBC confirmed the reports on Monday in a press release.

The event, titled Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party Hosted By Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson, will be an all-out bash featuring “a star-studded lineup of special guests and musical performances” that will make NBC’s New Year’s countdown “a must watch evening.”

Details about who else will be joining Miley and Pete from Miami, Florida, are closely under wraps.  As previously reported, this also means that Miley is taking the reins from Carson Daly, who’s hosted NBC’s New Year’s Eve telecast since 2004.

The special, which Lorne will executive produce, airs Friday, December 31, at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBC and the Peacock streaming service.

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Following the resounding success of her best-selling album 30, Adele‘s “Easy On Me” has recaptured the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100.  Not only that, a new song of hers has debuted in the top five — “Oh My God,” which is in fifth place on the chart.

“Easy On Me” not only leads the Hot 100 for a fifth non-consecutive week, it’s also the most-streamed song and the most-played song on the radio this week.  No other song has done that since 2017 when Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” collaboration with Justin Bieber ruled the Hot 100, Streaming Songs and Radio Songs charts.

Adele also notched another feat.  With both “Easy On Me” and “Oh My God” taking residence in the Hot 100’s top five, this marks the second time since Adele had two top five simultaneous hits.  The last time this happened was in 2012, when “Set Fire to the Rain” and “Rolling in the Deep” rocked the charts.

30, which is the singer’s fourth studio album, was released on November 20.  It not only shot to the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart, it also is the best-selling album of 2021 after 692,000 copies flew off the shelves in its first week of release.

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Ari Lennox was arrested Monday for disturbing public order at the Amsterdam Schiphol airport in the Netherlands, ABC News confirms. Dutch military police said she had accused airline staff of racial discrimination.

The Dreamville Records artist tweeted about the incident, writing, “I’m being arrested in Amsterdam for reacting to a woman racially profiling me…F*** Amsterdam security. They hate black people.”

When the police were asked about Lennox’s claims of racial discrimination, a spokesperson replied, “We have heard that she said that… I also read that she made an apology to the airline. But that’s not our concern, our concern is to get everything on paper and ask her why she made those threats.”

“We tried to calm her, but she was very loud and didn’t want to stop,” the spokesperson continued. “That’s when we saw that she was probably under the influence of the alcohol, and this was later confirmed.”

Dutch police confirmed later on Monday that Lennox has been released.

The 30-year-old singer performed her latest single, “Pressure,” on the 2021 Soul Train Music Awards which aired Sunday from the Apollo Theater in New York City.

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Justin Bieber‘s partnership with Tim Hortons is finally here, but it appears one of his fellow Canadians isn’t all that impressed.  Michael Bublé poked fun at the “Peaches” singer on Monday when telling the coffee chain why they should have partnered with him instead.

The video coincided with the arrival of Justin’s three new Timbit — or donut hole — flavors. For Justin’s Timbiebs, he whipped up a chocolate white fudge flavor as well as a sour cream chocolate chip and a birthday cake waffle offering.  

The Grammy winner previously said working with Tim Hortons “has always been a dream of mine” — but Michael aims to give him a rude awakening.

“Timbiebs, I get it.  It’s cute. I feel like it’s a bit of a missed opportunity,” the singer remarked.  He then mused over what he’d call his own line of Timbits and asked, “I mean, no one thought about Bublé balls or Bublé bits?”

Hilarious realization then dawns on Michael’s face about why those names would never work.

He captioned the video, “Congrats @JustinBieberon ur #Timbiebs. Hoping @TimHortons slides into my DM’s. I have a flavour in mind for my #Bublébits #Honeydippedcinnamonmaple.”

This isn’t the first time Michael has taken a swipe at a fellow Canadian.  In September, he called out Ryan Reynolds when the Deadpool star showed off his singing capabilities — causing the crooner to have a fake nervous breakdown because Ryan may be coming for his job.

“It’s taken me a solid week to process this discovery,” Michael captioned the video, which features him breathing into a paper bag and throwing a temper tantrum.

 

 

 

 

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