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“A sequel? What am I a hack?”: Kevin Smith drops celeb-packed trailer to, yes, the sequel ‘Clerks III’

July 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

On Wednesday, Kevin Smith dropped the trailer to his third Clerks movie, and as he’d promised, it reflects the filmmaker’s real life in more ways than one.

The writer-director and podcaster maxed out his credit cards and shot the original 1994 indie film himself. Set primarily at the New Jersey convenience store where he worked, the movie launched his career.

The new threequel has Jeff Anderson‘s Randall back behind the counter with his buddy Dante, played again by Brian O’Halloran, but a brush with death — in the form of a massive heart attack — leads movie fan Randall to make the most out of life by shooting his own film…set in the convenience store where he works.

In 2018, Smith himself suffered a near-fatal heart attack, and the subsequent soul-searching led him back to where it all began.

Oh, and admitted post-coronary guilt trip calls to his now-famous old friends, like Ben Affleck, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Rosario Dawson, ensured they would play roles.

The meta script has Smith reprising his role as Silent Bob, the R2-D2 to the C-3PO of Jason Mewes‘ fellow stoner Jay. Randall decides the pair have to be in his movie, too.

Comparing the pair to the Star Wars characters, Randall says, “They’ve been here since the first movie, which was the last time they were cool, but they’ve been with the franchise so long they still…put them on the lunchboxes.”

The trailer is replete with references to the first comedy, including a wisely deleted scene in which Dante’s character was shot by a robber. “What if there’s a sequel?!” he protests. “A sequel? What am I, a hack?” Randall replies.

Clerks III hits theaters this fall.

Silverchair’s Daniel Johns sentenced with “intensive corrections order” after pleading guilty to drunk driving

July 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns has been sentenced to a 10-month “intensive corrections order” after pleading guilty to drunk driving, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.

The punishment allows Johns to serve his time in the community, as opposed to in jail. His sentence also forbids him from driving for the next seven months and requires an alcohol-reading interlock device be installed in his car for two years after that.

As previously reported, Johns crashed his vehicle into a van carrying two people on Australia’s Pacific Highway in March and was charged with drunk driving after testing three times higher than Australia’s legal blood alcohol content limit. The people in the van were treated on the scene.

Following the incident, Johns announced that he was admitting himself to rehab.

Silverchair, which released the RIAA double-Platinum album Frogstomp in 1995 when Johns was only 15, has been inactive since going on hiatus 2011. Johns then went on to form the band Dreams in 2018 alongside fellow Australian Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun. He released a new solo album, FutureNever, in April.

KISS’ Gene Simmons says band will be “adding another 100 cities” to End of the Road farewell tour

July 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

KISS is currently in the middle of a 2022 European leg of their End of the Road tour, and while no final date has been announced for the band’s farewell trek, singer/bassist Gene Simmons recently revealed that the outing’s end is definitely farther down the road.

In a phone interview late last month, a journalist for the Finnish rock fanzine Chaoszine asked Simmons how he felt about playing various European cities for the last time, to which Gene replied, “I don’t think it’ll be the last time. We are adding another 100 cities on the tour before we finally stop.”

He added, “The band is strong. We feel good. We’re playing strong, so we’re going to stretch it out a little more.”

Asked if the tour will come to an end sometime in 2023, Simmons said, “We don’t know. We’ve never retired before. This is our first time. So it’s like painting a painting or like writing a book. When somebody says, ‘When is it going to be finished?’ you’re in the middle of it. You don’t know, but you know it’s going to finish.”

As for how he thinks he will feel when the tour finally does wrap up, Gene explained, “It’s like climbing the tallest mountain in the world. Going up is really tough, but when you get to the top of the mountain, there’s no feeling like that. So you’re happy, but of course, you’re sad too because we’re never going to do that again.”

The current European leg of the KISS tour runs through a July 21 show in Amsterdam, and will be followed by a series of Down Under concerts in August and early September. The band also has a few U.S. performances and the two-part KISS Kruise XI confirmed for the fall.

Machine Gun Kelly reflects on Corey Taylor feud: “I could’ve handled it differently”

July 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Machine Gun Kelly reflects on his feud with Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor in his new documentary, Life in Pink.

In the film, Kelly calls the war of words, which first went public when Kelly dissed Slipknot as “old weird dudes with masks” at last year’s Riot Fest, “unfortunate.”

“I think both of us let our egos get in the way,” Kelly says.

Following MGK’s initial comments, it was then revealed that Taylor had written a verse for Kelly’s Tickets to My Downfall album that ultimately wasn’t used. At the time, Kelly called the verse “terrible,” and his hostility toward Taylor and Slipknot was met in kind by crowds at rock and metal festivals, which booed and gave him the middle finger.

“I was a fan of Slipknot, and I was a fan of Corey,” Kelly explains in the doc. “That’s why I’d asked him to get on Tickets. He obviously had mutual respect, too, because he cut a verse. I tried to give notes back, like, ‘Oh this wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, can we try this?’ And, respectfully, he was like, ‘No.’ And I was like, ‘OK, cool.’ So we didn’t use it. Then I heard him on a podcast.”

During that podcast, which aired sometime between the initial collab attempt and Kelly’s Slipknot diss, Taylor called out an unnamed artist who “failed in one genre and decided to go rock,” seemingly referring to MGK.

“I could’ve handled it differently,” Kelly now says. “I should have just picked up the phone and been like, ‘Hey dude, why would you say that?’ But instead we all reacted ridiculous.”

Taylor has not yet responded to Kelly’s latest comments.

Life in Pink is streaming now on Hulu.

Eric Holder found guilty of first-degree murder in killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle

July 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Eric Holder has been convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle.

He was found guilty of first-degree murder, attempted voluntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm. He was found not guilty of attempted murder against Kerry Lathan, who was wounded in the 2019 shooting attack.

The reading of the verdict took place Wednesday at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles.

Holder faces up to life in prison. He had pleaded not guilty.

Hussle, the Grammy-winning rapper whose birth name was Ermias Asghedom, was gunned down in March 2019 outside of his clothing store in South Los Angeles.

Hussle was standing in a parking lot when Holder allegedly approached and shot him multiple times, police said. Hussle was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Two other people were wounded.

The coroner determined the rapper died from gunshot wounds to the head and torso, ruling the manner of death a homicide.

Kelsea Ballerini shares another ethereal album tease, explains how “Heartfirst” sets the tone for the record

July 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Blue skies, dreamy pastels and feel-good, breezy pop vibes: It’s all part of the world that Kelsea Ballerini is dreaming up for her next album.

The singer shared another clue about the forthcoming project on social media on Tuesday, posting a shot of herself standing on a diving board in the clouds, wearing a gauzy, light blue gown.

“Jump right in,” she wrote in the caption, a nod to one of the lyrics of her current single, “Heartfirst.”

On a recent visit to ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kelsea explained that it’s no accident that “Heartfirst” exemplifies so much of the album’s visual aesthetic. “First single off the next record is always kind of, I’m particular about it, because I want it to set the tone,” she says.

The album gets its up-tempo, catchy positivity from her love of ‘90s country, the singer goes on to say.

“So I was really heavily influenced the last few years by going back to ‘90s music, the music I grew up on,” Kelsea adds. “Whether it’s Shania [Twain] or Sheryl Crow, so I wanted this to feel breezy, warm and inviting, and with a little ‘90s flair. So it feels like the first step in the new situation, the new era.”

In honeymoon Instagram posts, Britney Spears makes out with husband, defends nudity

July 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Britney Spears is letting everyone know — even her haters — that she is head over heels in love with husband, Sam Asghari. To prove it, she filmed herself making out with the Iranian actor.

“Playing the role of How To Lose A Guy In 10 days,” she captioned the video of her enjoying a boat ride on a picturesque beach. “Am I obnoxious enough ??? Do you guys think its real ????” In the video, the two are engaging in heavy PDA and enjoying the scenery.

The Grammy winner then revealed the video was taken during her tropical honeymoon by sharing another clip of herself running topless on the beach. She captioned that post, “Part 2 of the Honeymoon here in this unbelievable tropical piece of paradise … No this is not a girls gone wild campaign … It’s simply me living my life !!!”

“this is what happens when you do a two week yacht island vacation … jumping from island to island is literally insane !!!,” Britney continued. “Girls if you want to lose weight, fly in a helicopter and you lose all your fluid from being nervous … I MEAN I think I dropped 4 pounds in a day.”

The “Toxic” singer closed out the update, “Enough shallow talk right ladies ??? That’s too offensive … oh well.”

Britney and Sam tied the knot on June 9. The couple first began dating in 2016 after meeting on the set of her “Slumber Party” music video. Sam popped the question in September 2021 with a four-carat diamond ring.

Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield held in contempt for not turning over Trump documents

July 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield is being held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with subpoenas for information related to its business relationship with the Trump Organization, a judge in New York has ruled.

The subpoenas were issued by the New York Attorney General’s office as part of its civil investigation into how former President Donald Trump and his family business valued their holdings.

Judge Arthur Engoron imposed a $10,000 daily fine starting Thursday for every day that the real estate giant does not comply with the subpoenas.

“Cushman & Wakefield’s work for Donald Trump and the Trump Organization is clearly relevant to our investigation, and we’re pleased that the court has recognized that and taken action to force Cushman to comply with our subpoenas,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. “No person or company, no matter how powerful, is above the law.”

A Cushman & Wakefield spokesperson said the company will appeal the decision.

“The ruling to hold Cushman & Wakefield in contempt demonstrates a failure to understand the extreme lengths Cushman has gone to comply with the Court’s order,” the company spokesperson said. “We have gone to great expense and effort to quickly identify, collect, review and produce the massive set of documents requested by the OAG, and we have now produced over hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and over 650 appraisals since the last subpoena was issued in February 2022.”

“Cushman disagrees with any suggestion that the firm has not exercised diligence and good faith in complying with the Court’s order, and we will be appealing this decision,” the spokesperson said.

The attorney general’s office filed a motion to compel the company to comply with subpoenas in early April, and the motion was granted the same month.

Cushman & Wakefield provided real estate services for Trump Organization properties for many years, including appraisals and brokerage services for properties that have been subject of the AG’s probe.

The company has refused to comply with subpoenas for information related to its appraisals of three Trump-owned properties — 40 Wall Street in Manhattan, Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles, and the Seven Springs estate in Westchester, New York — as well as information about Cushman’s larger business relationship with the Trump Organization, according to court documents.

78 million Americans face severe weather, from Montana to Washington, D.C.

July 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Seventy-eight million Americans across 18 states will face dangerous heat and severe weather throughout the end of the week.

The National Weather Service reports that temperatures ranging from the upper 90s to the low 100s are expected across Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, eastern Tennessee and Arkansas on Wednesday and Thursday.

There have been more than 250 damaging storm reports from Montana to South Carolina, including three tornadoes in Virginia, Maryland and Colorado, according to the NWS.

In South Dakota, winds have neared 100 miles per hour, coupled with softball-sized hail.

Heavy rain in Minnesota contributed to flash flooding on Tuesday night near Albert Lee, where cars have been reported to be submerged in floodwaters. Local rains reached 2 to 4 inches in a matter of hours.

Washington, D.C., is under a flood watch, which has also been enacted in Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana. A flood warning has been enacted in Fort Wayne, in particular.

Washington, D.C., is also projected to have a heat index of 100 degrees on Wednesday afternoon.

On Wednesday, two regions are marked by severe weather, one from Indiana to North Carolina, including Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Raleigh.

The biggest threat to the region are damaging winds that could reach 70 miles per hour.

Severe weather will also mark Montana, where damaging winds and large hail is expected to increase.

Dangerous heat will continue to rise from Texas to Ohio and Virginia, where heat alerts have been issued.

Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis and Louisville are expected to have indexes into the 110s on Wednesday. Excessive heat warnings have been issued in those areas.

Record or near record highs are expected throughout the South into the weekend.

The NWS warns that such heat across the country will most impact vulnerable populations, particularly those aged 65 and older, infants and children, those with chronic health conditions, those with low income, athletes and outdoor workers.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, it is essential for people in these groups to drink plenty of fluids and seek cool shelter when possible.

Specifically for infants and children, hot cars pose a great risk to health. To learn more about keeping your child safe in a hot car, read here.

For hot weather tips from the CDC, read here.

“We fight or we die”: Viola Davis reigns in new trailer to ‘The Woman King’

July 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Oscar and Emmy winner Viola Davis plays General Nanisca in the fact-based epic The Woman King, and the new trailer shows she’s not taking any prisoners.

According to Sony Pictures, “The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen.”

John Boyega plays a king forced to deploy his trusted general “as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.”

She pleads with the ruler, “The Europeans wish to conquer us…We must fight back for our people.”

His character replies, “You are asking me to take them to war!”

“Some things are worth fighting for,” Davis’ character insists.

Among the new recruits is No Time to Die and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness‘ Lashana Lynch.

“We fear no one,” Davis’ character tells her charges. “I offer you a choice: We fight or we die.”

The movie hits theaters September 16.

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