Remember when Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat during a concert? It’s back, in NFT form.

According to Rolling Stone UK, the metal legend is launching his own run of non-fungible tokens inspired by that infamous 1982 incident. The collection, titled CryptoBatz, consists of 9,666 digital bats designed by Ozzy in collaboration with the NFT studio Sutter Systems.

“I’ve been trying to get in on the NFT action for a while,” Ozzy says. “I asked Sharon for a Bored Ape for Christmas after several failed attempts of buying my own, and she said no, so I decided to create my own.”

“CryptoBatz is a f***ing mental project for NFT collectors and fans,” the Black Sabbath frontman adds. “The design pays tribute to one of my most iconic on-stage moments and is a chance to acquire a rare piece of art history. I love it!”

CryptoBatz is set to launch in January.

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Jennifer Hudson loves Christmas so much that she began her holiday celebration right after the day of ghouls and goblins.

“Let me just say that Christmas starts the day after Halloween in my house,” the Oscar and Grammy-winner told Entertainment Tonight.  “All we do is watch holiday movies, shop and have festive moments.”

Her Christmas decorations have been up since November 1, and for this holiday season, she shared a special visit to a Christmas movie landmark with her 12-year-old son, David.  Since Jennifer lives in Chicago, she took David and his cousins to the McCallister House in The Windy City, where the iconic 1990 film Home Alone was shot.

Jennifer is rarely “home alone” herself — her house is known as “Camp David,” because it’s where her son is usually joined by numerous friends and cousins.

“Normally I house eight boys at one time and I hang out with them, play basketball with them, do whatever. I love it. It’s the best! Being able to experience things from their perspective,” the Respect star continued. “[We’re] the neighborhood house that all the kids want to come to and I love all the babies.”

The 40-year-old entertainer is nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from the Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect. The song is also on the Academy Awards shortlist for Best Original Song. Hudson previously won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls in 2007.

“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” is also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

 

 

 

 

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Muse isn’t going into 2022 quietly.

During an Instagram Live session over the weekend, captured by a fan on Twitter, frontman Matt Bellamy shared a teaser of a new Muse song, and boy is it heavy. Not just “Knights of Cydonia” or “Hysteria” heavy — we’re talking screaming vocals and giant, chugging breakdown guitar riffs heavy.

To demonstrate the track’s raw metal power, the clip shows what appears to be Bellamy’s son Bingham headbanging along as it plays in the background.

Muse teased over the summer that a new album was in the works. The trio’s most recent effort is 2018’s Simulation Theory.

GUYS WE GETTING METAL MUSE 🚨🚨🚨😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/oXzTvqGTRL

— Kyle (@AgitatedFury) December 26, 2021

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Chris Young gave his dad the ultimate Christmas present this year. 

On Monday, the hit singer shared a video that shows him gifting his father, Michael Harris, a new truck. In the clip, Chris is seen leading his dad outside where he’s surprised to see a new silver Chevrolet sitting in the driveway. A look of disbelief is splashed across Michael’s face as he realizes it’s for him.

The video also includes a close-up shot of the shiny new truck in a parking lot before it’s delivered to Michael. The father and son share a heartfelt hug as Michael Buble‘s “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” plays in the background. 

“My dad has been driving the same truck for well over a decade. I decided he needed a new one this year. I love you dad!” Chris writes alongside the heartwarming video. 

“You are the best,” one fan praises in the comments, while another writes, “The way he looked at you! You’re a good son!”

“Beautiful truck! I am sure your dad is very deserving of your gift,” shares another fan. 

Chris has been open about his close relationship with his dad, who battled lung cancer in 2009 and has since been in remission.

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The Champagne Papi became the Christmas Papi for December 25.

Drake surprised random people on the streets of his Toronto hometown by handing out large stacks of 20-dollar bills on Christmas. The “Take Care” rapper was seen in a Twitter video giving out money as he rode in the back seat of a Mercedes Maybach.

“@Champagnepapi giving away racks for Christmas,” the video is captioned. “Legend of the city.”

As a woman held the money, she said, “Oh my God. This is crazy!” while a man with her responded, “Thank you, bro. I appreciate it, guys.”

The four-time Grammy winner enjoyed Christmas with his four-year-old son, Adonis. He posted an Instagram video of them having fun wrestling with another young boy, captioned “Merry Christmas From The Gang.” As the kids piled on top of Drake, he said with a laugh, “I’m gonna get up, I’m gonna out of this.”

2020 has been a special year for the Toronto MC, who won the Billboard Artist of the Decade award in May. He also dropped his long-awaited sixth studio album, Certified Lover Boy, in September, his first new project since Scorpion in 2018. CLB debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling 613,000 units. It was the biggest week for an album in 2020 until Adele’s 30 sold 692,000 units the fourth week in November.

Certified Lover Boy also received 714 million on-demand audio streams in its first week. Only one album has ever scored a larger on-demand audio streaming week: Scorpion, with 746 million in 2018.

Drake giving away stacks of cash yesterday ‼️👀 pic.twitter.com/26lDaqFIjm

— RapTV (@raptvcom) December 26, 2021

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Walker Hayes has had a whirlwind year, thanks to the success of “Fancy Like.”

After posting a video of him and his 16-year-olddaughter, Lela, performing an original dance to the track on TikTok, the video soon went viral, so much so the song and dance was featured in an Applebee’s commercial. “Fancy Like”also became Walker’s first #1 song and scored him his first Grammy nomination, for Best Country Song at the 2022 ceremony.

Looking back on where he was on January 1, 2021, Walker admits he never could have predicted that by the end of the year, he’d have a massive hit on his hands.

“It’s just crazy. [I] didn’t foresee that in my future when I woke up last year on the first of January, and so it’s just insane how this year my life has changed the most,” Walker reflects. “It’s pretty incredible.”

The singer shares that his favorite 2021 memories surround “Fancy Like” and the ripple effect that the song’s success is having across his life, noting that his wife, Laney, and their six children are at the center of it all.

“Biggest memory to me will probably be me and my daughter doing the dance to ‘Fancy Like’ and the adjustments that the catapult of my career has, the impact that it’s made on my family and how we’ve had to adjust,” Walker explains. “I’ve gotten so busy, but they’re able to come out with me, so we’re making memories left and right.”

Walker will perform “Fancy Like” and his new single, “AA,” on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022, airing December 31 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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