‘Creed III’ blazes onto the big screen in a mere matter of days and the buzz is seismic.
Michael B. Jordan steps back into the ring as Adonis Creed for the third round of the boxing blockbuster.
In this installment, audiences find the hero thriving in all corners of his life – both professionally and personally. However, when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy (played by Jonathan Majors) resurfaces, a fiery face-off between the former friends proves to be more than just a match.
That Grape Juice‘s Samuel Eni sat down with the Hollywood titans, who EXCLUSIVELY dished on their dynamite dynamic, the powerful parallels to their respective stories, and much more.
Watch TGJ’s interview with Jordan and Majors above and be sure to let us know your thoughts.
Just weeks after being printed in GRAMMY history books for becoming the ceremony’s most awarded act ever (as we reported here), Beyoncé boasts a similar achievement in the NAACP Image Awards’ records.
To say “Angela Bassett did the thing” at the 2023 NAACP Image Awards would be an understatement.
Before this year’s ceremony, the Academy & EMMY Award-nominated actress already sat pretty in the award show’s record books with a whopping 13 career wins for previously claimed victories for ‘Malcolm X,’ ‘What’s Love Got to Do with It,’ ‘How Stella Got Her Groove Back,’ and many more.
At the show’s 54th annual iteration (which was hosted by Queen Latifah and aired February 25), Bassett nabbed another 4 nods across TV and film categories for her work on FOX’s ‘9-1-1’ and ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ respectively.
Look inside to see how many of the coveted trophies she took home.
Shakira is not done putting her ex-husband in the hot seat.
Case in point, she has shared a new song that features Karol G and in it, she blasts her former flame for moving on with someone new so quickly.
“Seeing you with the new girl hurt me, but I’m now set on me / I’ve forgotten what we lived together, and that’s what you’re offended by / And even my life got better, you are no longer welcome here / And what your girlfriendslayed at me, that doesn’t anger me, it makes me laugh,” she sings.
The song comes shortly after Shakira also referenced her ex on the song ‘Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53.’
Case in point, they have just released the solo version of their Post Malone song ‘Die 4 Me.’
Across the lyrics, they take shots at their ex G-Eazy:
“I went through your phone / And called the girls in your DMs. Brought some strangers in our beds / And now you lost your right to privacy,” they sing.
Halsey also throws in a line about their hit song ‘Without Me’ and its relations to their rapper ex. “”I sold 40 million copies of our break-up note,” they sing.
‘Die 4 Me’ originally appareled on Post Malone’s ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ album from 2019, however, fans have been craving the solo version, leading to its release.
Saweetie has been largely missing from the charts as she worked diligently on her somewhat elusive debut studio album.
Indeed, sans recent EP ‘The Single Life,’the ‘My Type’performer has been vocal about her desire to carve out a body of work – having spent the lion’s share of her time focussing on singles and the promotion attached.
With the New Year well underway, Saweetie has new music on the way too.
Today, she lifted the lid on a snippet for the track ‘I Be Chillin.’
Pink is pounding the promotional pavement in support of her ninth studio album ‘Trustfall.’
The Howard Stern Show was one of the Pop rebel’s latest stops and she showed up and showed out.
Backed by a full band, the vocalist soared with potent renditions of her LP’s title track, ‘F*ckin’ Perfect,’ and ‘What About Us’ – the latter of which slayed us in earnest.
Start your engines because season 15 of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ is here.
Toasting a major milestone, the latest installment of the Emmy Award-winning series once again sees the groundbreaking drag force lead the search for America’s Next Top Drag Superstar.
Like millions across the globe, we’re already glued to screens and loving the array of characters all vying for glory on the hit competition.
With episode 10 set to air on Friday, check out a sneak peek before it hits screens…
Britney Spears boasts an iconic catalog of bops like no other. And this week, From The Vault salutes one of the Pop force’s earliest and most electrifying – ‘(You Drive Me) Crazy.’
Housed on the then-new star’s debut album ‘…Baby One More Time,’ the track served as the LP’s third official single – following on from its smash hit title track and ‘Sometimes.’
A dynamite dancefloor jam, the high-octane cut was penned and produced by Max Martin, Per Magnusson, and David Kreuger. Additional contributions came courtesy of Rami Yacoub.
The all-star Pop dream team, who helmed many hits before and went on to deliver many after, proved the potency of their Midas touch with the 1999 offering.
Laced with hooks on hooks and garnished with Spears’ now-trademark vocal isms, ‘Crazy’ seemed tailor-made for the teen-Pop explosion that was all the rage heading into the 2000s.
And oh did it deliver when it came to resonating with its target audience.
‘Crazy’ became Spears’ third consecutive top 5 hit in the UK (peaking at #5) and placed at #10 in the US. Elsewhere, it placed at #1 in Japan, Croatia, and Iceland – while also nabbing top 5 placements in regions such as Canada, Switzerland, New Zealand, Norway, France, and Germany.
To this day, ‘Crazy’ is widely hailed for helping establish Spears as a viable Pop starlet beyond the enormity of her premiere single ‘…Baby One More Time.’
Beyond its sonic magnificence, a huge component of the song’s appeal was its Y2K-esque music video.
Directed by Nigel Dick, the visual’s performance-heavy concept was conceived by Spears herself and aspects (especially its chair choreography) were confirmed to be inspired by Janet Jackson’s ‘Miss You Much.’
With ‘Crazy’ dually featuring on the Pop performer’s project as well as on the soundtrack for the film ‘Drive Me Crazy,’ the clip featured cameos from the movie’s stars Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier.
A true beacon of the “MTV era” of music videos, the clip came complete with a “Stop” dance break that remains iconic until this day.
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Like most ever-resonating narratives, Spears’ story is one filled with seismic highs and harrowing lows.
Still, regardless of the surrounding discourse, there’s no denying the music nor its huge impact on Pop culture at large.
