Peacock announced on Friday that M3GAN, the robot doll-gone-wrong thriller, will stream exclusively on the platform starting February 24.
The streaming service will make both the theatrical and unrated version of the Universal Pictures film available to subscribers.
Released late in 2022, the movie that stars Allison Williams, Violet McGraw and Ronny Chieng had a budget of just $12 million, but went on to gross more than $167 million worldwide — and a sequel, M3GAN 2.0, was greenlighted weeks after its $30 million opening weekend in the States.
The sequel is set for a January 17, 2025, theatrical debut.
Chris Brown‘s tired of critics who have been holding his past against him. After the backlash surrounding Chlöe‘s decision to collaborate with him on her upcoming single, he took to his Instagram Story to share his thoughts.
“If y’all still hate me for a mistake I made as a 17-year-old, please kiss my whole entire a**!” he wrote. “I’m … 33! I’m so tired of y’all running wit this narrative.”
Chris then mentioned the difference in the way he’s been treated in comparison to white entertainers who have been able to move on with their careers after serious allegations.
“Where are the cancel culture with these white artists that date underage women, beat the f**k out of their wives, giving b***hes AIDS? Oh. That’s right.. they are your buddies,” he continued.
After Chlöe announced “How Does It Feel,” her collaboration with Chris, she was met with negative responses from critics about his history of abuse. Kiely Williams of 3LW was one of many to chime in.
“Let him come out with his own record—so genius, so captivating that it makes us all forget HE BEATS WOMEN. He can’t so he won’t. So what does he do? He slowly creeps back into the mainstream by getting small nods for features on Black Women’s merit,” she wrote. “Black women who are more talented, more worthy, but give him the okay… Garbage.”
Chris got wind of the post and responded, “YOUR LIFE AND CAREER MUST SUCK RIGHT NOW. Minding your business WOULDVE been best. but I guess you don’t have a business or a real job that makes u financially stable. I feel more embarrassed for you and your actual maturity.”
Latto ft. Lu Kala, “Lottery” — The rapper’s dropped the upbeat track alongside a music video. As she said when teasing the song earlier this month, “Pop Latto has entered the chat.”
Flo Milli, “Nasty Dancer” — In the video for the new track, Flo reenacts iconic scenes from reality shows like Flavor of Love and Love and Hip-Hop.
Big Scarr, The Secret Weapon — As Gucci Mane promised, his protégé’s posthumous album is out. He makes an appearance, as do Pooh Shiesty, Key Glock and more.
Metro Boomin, Heroes & Villains (Villains Version) — Following the releases of the original and Heroes versions of the album, this one features the original 15 tracks, as well as ChoppedNotSlopped mixes of all the songs.
Masego, “Two Sides” — The song and video are odes to Masego’s astrological sign, so he calls it “the Gemini anthem.” In the visual, he introduces us to the different sides of him, “The Double Dater” and “The Teacher.”
Don Toliver ft. Kali Uchis, “4 Me” — The song features Don’s girlfriend and samples Beenie Man‘s “Girls Dem Sugar.” “The story of this song is the feeling of just me wanting to have fun, me wanting to really have a moment with my girl,” he tells Zane Lowe.
Key Glock, “Work” — The song finds Glock rapping about his determination to grind and succeed despite hardships and losses, which include Young Dolph‘s passing.
Polo G and Future, “No Time Wasted” — After joining the Future on his One Big Party Tour, the rapper’s tapped him for their first collaboration, and his first release of 2023.
DJ Drama, A Boogie, Lil Baby, “HO4ME” — Drama’s been working on Gangsta Grillz mixtapes, but this song is to appear on his forthcoming album, I’m Really Like That.
Simu Liu, the star of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the upcoming Barbie movie, will host one of the Motion Picture Academy’s pre-Oscars award shows.
Simu will take to the podium for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on February 24 at a ceremony held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
The annual event celebrates tech breakthroughs that contribute “significant value to the scientific and technical processes of making motion pictures.”
Nine awards, including an Oscar statuette, will be presented to 20 individual award recipients, the Academy explains.
The 95th annual Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will air live on ABC on Sunday, March 12.
(NEW YORK) — When Lindsey Spero, 25, approached the podium at a Feb. 10 public hearing of the Florida medical board on a gender-affirming youth trans care ban, they used their allotted 2 minutes, 30 seconds to inject testosterone in front of board members and the audience.
The tension in the room was palpable, Spero said.
“I considered, going into it, all the things that I could write … all the things that I could say” to the medical board, said Spero, who is nonbinary, in an interview with ABC News. “I felt as though action is necessary because historically speaking, queer freedom and liberation has never been won through words alone.”
In some states, being able to take hormone therapies may soon become banned or restricted for adults like Spero.
Though Spero was protesting a ban against care for minors, they know they’re not in the clear. They believe their access to care in adulthood also could be restricted or limited.
Across the country, Republican-led efforts include seeking to ban or restrict gender-affirming care for people into adulthood or placing barriers for adults trying to access such care.
Research, including a study in JAMA Surgery, consistently finds that gender-affirming care reduces the risk of mental health problems and suicidal thoughts.
“It’s necessary that – as trans people – even though this might not be immediately taking away my access to medication, I am still going to fight for each of my siblings. Because I know that this is my life on the line as well,” Spero said.
In Spero’s home state of Florida, adults are banned from using Medicaid to receive gender-affirming care.
Some states have gone further.
In Oklahoma, a proposed bill would make it a felony for anyone under the age of 26 to access gender-affirming care in the state.
The legislation, introduced by Republican state Sen. David Bullard, was met with protests from hundreds of opponents outside the Oklahoma state capitol building.
Bullard’s office has not responded to requests for comment by ABC News.
In Virginia, a proposed bill would ban gender-affirming surgeries for people under the age of 21. The legislation was amended to remove bans on hormone therapies.
It also states that in order for someone over the age of 21 “to receive gender transition procedures, he must first obtain a referral from his primary care physician and a referral from a licensed psychiatrist.”
State Sen. Mark J. Peake, who is behind the bill, told ABC News that he wants to restrict gender-affirming surgeries until patients are 21 because “juvenile brains really are not developed as a teen.”
Because of this, he believes people should have to wait for surgery until they are older.
“I think making a decision to permanently alter your body to remove a healthy body part is much more serious than buying a beer,” said Peake, a Republican.
He later continued, “There have been a lot of people who have come out who have had these surgeries and have indicated that they regret it.”
Research shows that rates of regret for gender-affirming procedures are extremely low — estimates are around 1%. Rates of regret for knee and hip replacement surgeries are much higher than gender affirmation surgery, according to studies.
A bill in South Carolina is identical to the original Virginia bill in that it bans gender-affirming procedures for people under 21 and makes it harder for people to access that care when they’re over 21.
“We have trans people who are under 21, but they’re adults. Why do they not have their own bodily autonomy?” Zoë Glass, an LGBTQ advocate from South Carolina, told ABC News.
Republican state Sen. Daniel B. Verdin III, who is behind the South Carolina bill, has not responded to requests for comment by ABC News.
Advocates argue that lawmakers are slowly trying to legislate trans people out of existence.
“The existence of trans people under 21 [is] being criminalized in South Carolina and it’s extremely frightening – extraordinarily frightening.”
According to the American Civil Liberties Union, there are roughly 275 anti-LGBTQ bills that are currently in state legislatures or have been passed in the United States this year. Many of these include banning transgender care for minors and criminalizing people who provide such care, banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams, discussing or teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, and more.
Glass, who works with the LGBTQ advocacy group Harriet Hancock Center Foundation, said trans people in the state of South Carolina are preparing for the worst.
“Make sure all of our medical ducks are in a row. Make sure all of our paperwork is in a row. Our birth certificates are taken care of, our identification is taken care of,” Glass said. “So hopefully those things don’t revert back if they decide to turn gender in South Carolina, constitutionally, back to what you’re assigned at birth.”
Transgender activists want people to focus on the lives saved by gender-affirming care, which has been proven to improve mental health.
Spero said they had experienced barriers to accessing such care in their younger years and they believe gender-affirming care can be lifesaving.
“As somebody who felt acutely suicidal … who was placed through multiple rounds of conversion therapy, I can tell you that it is incredibly hard to stay alive as a young trans person,” Spero said.
“[Bans] will impact the lives of trans youth … will cause mental distress and will cause, unfortunately, a lot of negative effects in the lives of these youth because they’re not able to access life-affirming care.”
If there’s one thing to be sure of in this new decade, it’s that Weezer will have a #1 hit on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart.
Rivers Cuomo and company have once again reached the top of the ranking, this time with their single “Records.” They’ve now had a #1 Alternative Airplay song in each year of the 2020s: “Hero” in 2020, “All My Favorite Songs” in 2021, “A Little Bit of Love” in 2022 and now “Records” in 2023.
Overall, “Records” is the eighth Weezer song to hit #1 on Alternative Airplay, tying them with U2 for seventh most since the chart began in 1988. Red Hot Chili Peppers have the most, with 15.
“Records” appears on Weezer’s SZNZ: Summer release, one of four seasonally themed EPs they put out in 2022.
Olivia Newton-John‘s final recording is a duet with Dolly Parton on her iconic song “Jolene.”
Olivia originally covered “Jolene” on her 1976 Come On Over record, following Dolly’s 1974 original on her album of the same name.
“My first memory of Olivia was when her song ‘Let Me Be There’ was a hit. I have loved her ever since,” Dolly says. “We had many occasions that we got to share together, either backstage or performing on the same shows, and I loved every moment that I ever got to spend with her.”
“I’ve always been inspired by her grit, tenderness, willingness and determination,” she adds.
Olivia won CMA Female Vocalist of the Year in 1974 on the strength of her early country hits. Ironically, that’s one year before Dolly would take home the trophy.
Olivia passed away last August at the age of 73.
“Jolene” is a preview of Olivia’s Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection, which comes out May 5.
Fans of Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus were sent buzzing after reports surfaced of a rumored collab between the two. Apparently, they’re working on a remix of “Flowers.”
Eagle-eyed fans spotted the potential remix on the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers website.
She Finds reports Miley registered an alternate version of the song, which also lists Lady Gaga as a performer. It is unknown when or if the rumored collab will drop.
In the meantime, Miley is celebrating “Flowers” enjoying four straight weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, making it her longest-running #1 song. Spotify also announced “Flowers” led its weekly Top Songs Global chart. It also remains #1 on the service’s Daily Top Songs Global chart after overtaking the top spot on January 15.
As for Gaga, Joker: Folie à Deux director Todd Phillips shared the first glimpse of the singer in the film, in which she reportedly plays Harley Quinn. The image shows her embracing Joker 2 star Joaquin Phoenix.
Joker: Folie à Deux makes its way into theaters on October 4, 2024.
The Rolling Stones are giving fans a little insight into their early recording process with a documentary about their mobile studio, which they call “the most important music studio on wheels.”
“Did you know that The Rolling Stones owned the world’s first independent recording studio on wheels?” reads a description of the almost 10-minute clip. “The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, built into the back of a truck, not only produced some of the band’s biggest albums but was also used to record some of the most iconic albums of the 1970s,” including albums by Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
The video explains that the recording studio was born out of the band’s desire to not take up studio time rehearsing and instead do that at Mick Jagger’s Stargroves estate in the English countryside. Realizing that would mean transporting all their equipment, their road manager and pianist Ian Stewart suggested building the recording equipment into a truck, allowing them to bring the studio to them anytime they wanted to record.
This iconic mobile recording studio now resides in the National Music Center in Calgary, Canada.
Judas Priest was finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, and the band’s frontman, Rob Halford, is hoping another metal band will join them now that Iron Maiden has been nominated this year.
“Iron Maiden’s nomination is absolutely overdue,” Halford tells Metal Hammer. “I vote for them every day; you can do it by phone and it’s dead easy. It takes you to the list of nominees, then you pick the bands you are voting for – and I pick Maiden every single day.”
While Halford’s likely referring to the fan vote, now that he’s a member, he can help Iron Maiden’s chances from the inside.
“When you’re actually in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame you’re given a vote as a band and Maiden will get Priest’s vote without a doubt,” he says. “That’s just what we do for each other – we’ve had very similar journeys in both bands, so let’s make it happen for Maiden.”
He adds, “It’d be brilliant – Black Sabbath, Priest and Maiden, what more could a metal maniac ask for?”
