Keith Urban Leads CMT Music Awards 2017 Winners

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Keith Urban have plenty to celebrate this week after winning big at the 2017 CMT Music Awards Wednesday night. The New Zealand-born Australian musician won four prizes during the show held at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn.

“This award is for everybody watching this, everybody outside who couldn’t get in, everybody who comes to see us play in concert. I wish God’s blessings for you and all of your families. I love making music,” Urban said after picking up Video of the Year. The 49 year old country star also won for Male Video of the Year for “Blue Ain’t Your Color” and the fan voted CMT Social Superstar, while his duet with Carrie Underwood in “The Fighter” was named the Collaborative Video of The Year.

This year, the show was moved from Bridgestone Arena to Music City to give way to hometown NHL team Nashville Predators’ play for the Stanley Cup. The show opened with Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, and Derek Trucks performing an Allman Brothers’ song “Midnight Rider” as a tribute to the late Gregg Allman who died on May 27.

Here’s some of 2017 CMT Music Awards winners:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Keith Urban – “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR – Keith Urban – “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR – Carrie Underwood – “Church Bells”
DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR – Florida Georgia Line – “H.O.L.Y.”
GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Little Big Town – “Better Man”

For more of the 2017 CMT Music Awards winner, go to www.cmt.com

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Shakira- El Dorado, and touching on new sounds

By Niy Birden

Sony Latin


It has been 3 years since Shakira’s last album. Since then, she has collaborated with fellow mega-superstar Rihanna, stood powerfully like the Latin goddess she is while her wedding dress was on fire, and given birth to her second baby. While her last album was a rock, country, reggae, pop and slightly-latin combination of tracks, her new album El Dorado reminds us yet again that she is undeniably, a Latin artist-a dance one at that.

Caribbean drums and electric rhythms set the entire tone of El Dorado. It starts off with the muffled, electric guitar riffs of “Me Enamoré”, which as described by Shakira “This song narrates a moment in my life when I was so in love that I was literally climbing trees”, referring to her current partner Gerard Pique. Another noticeable detail in the song is the use of 808 kits, also known as “Dirty
South” beats or “Trap” beats.

But this isn’t a new thing for Shaki. Shakira has always incorporated modern hip hop styles into her music, which can be seen from her 2009 album, She Wolf, more specifically in the song “Give It Up To Me”, which features prominent hip hop artists Lil’ Wayne and Timbaland.

El Dorado proceeds on with “Nada”, a rock ballad with such strong piano playing that youcan almost imagine her playing it to her usual thousands of fans. The album then hits an interesting point with “Chantaje”, her first collab of the album with fellow Columbian artist Maluma, which makes it her first collaboration-ever with another Columbian musician.
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First Trailer For Action Thriller “American Made”

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Universal Pictures


Tom Cruise has an exciting new movie trailer this week and it shows the actor in flight gone awry. No, we’re not talking about The Mummy, which happens to land in cinemas this week.

Universal/Comcast Corp. just released a new trailer for ‘American Made’, Cruise’s latest film which reunites Cruise with director Doug Liman following their 2014 collaboration in the action sci-fi ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’.

Based on the trailer, “American Made” sits somewhere in the middle of what we might come to expect from a Cruise film, somewhat a break from his franchise driven, action-hero roles the past few years. Described as a crime thriller, the film is hinged on a more serious true to life subject matter, that of Barry Seal (Tom Cruise). Seal was a TWA pilot hired by the Medellin Cartel as a pilot and drug smuggler later imprisoned for a decade. Both a smuggler and informant, he run covert operations for the CIA against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

Shot on location in Colombia, the film had a few setbacks during filming after a plane crash killed two people and injured a crew member. “American Made” hits theaters on September 29, and also stars Sarah Wright, Domhnall Gleeson, and Jayma Mays.

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Lil Wayne Announces Date For Lil Weezyana Fest

By: Melgie Claire

Lil Weezyana Fest


In spite of the fights in court that are shielding Lil Wayne from discharging his profoundly expected collection “Tha Carter V”, Lil Wayne is spreading the affection in the place where he grew up in New Orleans by reporting his third yearly “Lil Weezyana Fest” that will be occurring at Champions Square’s Bold Sphere Music in New Orleans (where his vocation begun as a Cash Money Billionaire) Louisiana on Friday, August 25th at 7:00 PM. “New Orleans I love you and Thank You,” he tweeted. “Let us celebrate once again!! #YOUNGMONEY.”

Nobody has been reported starting at right now, however in the event that there’s anything we’ve generally expected, it’s that Wayne will give us a portion of the best New Orleans and the South all in all brings to the table.

Wayne is relied upon to feature the occasion and unique guests will be reported at a later date. It is being supported by Morris Bart. The two past Champions Square shows have included starry gatherings of Crescent City-conceived Lil Wayne’s melodic colleagues and partners. The principal Lil Weezyana Fest in 2015 featured Master P, Drake, a Hot Boys reunion, Ms Tee, Mia X, DJ Jubilee, Big Freedia, and Fifth Ward Weebie.
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See the Launch Trailer for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series Episode Two: ‘Under Pressure’


Award-winning developer and publisher of digital entertainment, Telltale Games, along with Marvel Entertainment, is pleased to reveal the first trailer for ‘Under Pressure,’ the second of five Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series episodes, which will be available starting June 6 for $4.99 USD or equivalent. Individual episodes, and the series as a whole, can be downloaded on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One®, Windows PC, and Mac, as well as the App Store® and Google Play™.

Episode two description: “The Guardians just can’t seem to outrun the past (or their tab), but if they figure out how to control the untold power of their mysterious new relic, they might not have to. With help from dubious old friends and unwilling new allies, Star-Lord and company scour the galaxy for answers. But how long can they elude the genocidal maniac hunting them? And will simmering tensions finally tear the team apart?”

Episode Two ‘Under Pressure’ Will Be Available for Download Starting June 6

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Full ‘Baby Driver’ Soundtrack Revealed

By Armando

Baby Driver. TriStar Pictures


One of the most anticipated films of the summer is an action musical in the form of Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’. Based on the film’s premise and pre-release hype, it seems that the soundtrack is integral to the plot of the film. So it’s only fitting that expectations for film’s soundtrack are sky-high.

In fact, many film critics who have already seen the movie last March at SXSW are raving about the film’s music, including a recent HR’s review which calls the film a “movie-as-mixtape with few slots available for catch-your-breath downtempo track.. a Gone in 60 Seconds for the La La Land crowd“.

Packed with big name artists that span generations, the soundtrack album is set for release on Jun 23, 2017 via Columbia Records imprint, 30th Century Records.

Some of the awesome tracks have already been featured on the trailers, from the first trailer’s ‘Nowhere To Run’ (Martha and the Vandella), and then later to ‘Tequila’ (The Button Down Brass), and ‘Radar Love‘ (Golden Earring). Now with the full soundtrack revealed, we not only see that some of the greats are contributing their classics including Queen, The Beach Boys, and Simon and Garfunkel, but there is also an original track by Danger Mouse, “Chase Me”.

The film follows Baby (Ansel Elgort), a young, talented getaway driver who “relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game.” But things went awry when he was forced to work for a mysterious crime boss (Kevin Spacey). ‘Baby’ is scheduled for release on June 28, 2017.

You can check out a portion of the track list below.

1. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – ‘Bellbottoms’
2. Bob & Earl – ‘Harlem Shuffle’
3. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – ‘Egyptian Reggae’
4. Googie Rene – ‘Smokey Joe’s La La’
5. The Beach Boys – ‘Let’s Go Away For Awhile’
6. Carla Thomas – ‘B-A-B-Y’
7. Kashmere Stage Band – ‘Kashmere’
8. Dave Brubeck – ‘Unsquare Dance’
9. The Damned – ‘Neat Neat Neat’
10. The Commodores – ‘Easy (Single Version)’

To see the full list, go to NME.com

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Get Ready to Run this Fall with Marvel Comics’ RUNAWAYS by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka

Marvel Comics’ Runaways


New York, NY—June 2, 2017— They were just a normal group of teenagers, linked only by their wealthy parents’ annual business meeting…until a chance discovery revealed the shocking truth: their parents were secretly Super Villains. This discovery led these kids to run away and put them at odds with the people who raised them! Their parents are gone and the team is scattered across the Marvel Universe. This September, get ready to run again with Marvel’s favorite teen Super Heroes, Nico, Chase, Karolina, and Molly for an all-new comic book series, RUNAWAYS by award-winning author, Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park, Carry On) and Kris Anka (All-New X-Men, Star-Lord).

 “The Runaways are down on their luck at the beginning of this story,” said series writer Rainbow Rowell. “I mean, a fair number of them are missing or dead… And the ones who are still standing feel lost. After their parents died in the original series, all they had was each other. What do they have now? Who are they on their own? This story brings the gang back together, but – in true RUNAWAYS fashion – probably not the way you’d expect.”
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Lorde Reminds Us Of Her Teenage Days In New Single “Perfect Places”

Lorde: Perfect Places Review
by Niy Birden

Lorde . Republic Records


For the past few months, New Zealand-bread crooner Lorde has been blessing us with single after single from her new soon-to-be-released sophomore album, Melodrama. It comes after nearly 4 years since her debut, Pure Heroine, in which we got to have a dark, gloomy and refreshingly mysterious introduction to the teen with the millennial world in her pocket. And now she is back to remind us that she can still knock out a few hits or two, whilst still somehow being able to get away with her normal teenage rampage.

While her prior singles “Green Light” is her aggressive take on her “first major heartbreak” and “Liability” is on the take of yet another failed relationship, Perfect Places seems to give us more insight into what goes on in this mysterious heroine’s mind.

The song starts off with her two voices layered on top of each other, almost as close to each other as the teens who dance and grind together at parties that she regularly complains about in her songs, so much that you would actually question for a moment if you were just losing your mind rather than hearing two voices singing a normal melody. The lower voice is soft and brooding, the kind of voice you would hear in some kind of art film in which the main character starts going mentally insane, but in the best way that wouldn’t harm them.
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Everyone Is A Suspect in “Murder On The Orient Express” Trailer

Murder on the Orient Express. 20th Century Fox

By Creative Media Times

20th Century Fox has released the trailer for the Kenneth Branagh’s new film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 classic novel, and it’s packed full of stars stranded on a snowbound train. And they’re all suspects for the murder.

This is the third time that Hollywood is taking on the story of well-groomed detective Hercule Poirot (Branagh) investigating the murder of business tycoon Ratchett (Johnny Depp) while aboard the Orient Express train.

The first look on the film in a recent EW article mentions some intriguing updates to the story, possibly more sinister and darker take than the whodunit mystery of the past versions. “I think we’re making a scarier film than people might imagine,” said Branagh.

Though similarly in his version of the story in 1974, director Sidney Lumet recruited some of the biggest star of that time including Sean Connery, Albert Finney, and Lauren Bacall. This time around, joining Depp and Branagh are Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Olivia Colman, Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., Lucy Boynton and Derek Jacobi.

‘Express’ is scheduled for release later this year, Nov. 10.

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‘Edge of Tomorrow” Sequel Will Focus on Characters, Says Direct Liman

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Warner Bros.


‘Edge of Tomorrow” was a modest hit in 2014. From its $178 million production budget, the film ended its theatrical run with $100 million domestically, though faring slightly better internationally with $270 million. So its only fitting that the sequel will focus on what made the movie great: the characters and the story. This is precisely what director Doug Liman envision on the follow-up, which will bring back original cast Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt into the time-loop sci-fi.

In an interview with MTV HSC Podcast, the director revealed that the ‘Tomorrow’ sequel will go against expectations and will be smaller production.

“I think what people tend to do with sequels is they just make them bigger. And I’m like, ‘No, a sequel should be smaller.’ You did the first film as sort of the ad campaign for the sequel, so now you don’t need as much action, and in the case of Edge of Tomorrow, people obviously loved the comedy and they loved the situation. So we can do way more focus on Tom’s character and Emily Blunt’s character, and there’s a third character in the sequel that’s gonna for sure steal the movie. We can focus on that. I don’t need an action sequence every two minutes.”

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