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Staff Writer Taylor Swift, a 10 time grammy singer/songwriter has recently appeared on an Apple Music ad, where she has fallen face first on a treadmill rapping to Drake's most new and popular song, “Jumpman”. People who have seen the ad don't know what to do but to just laugh. Apple music is a new program on the music app of the iPhones. The music program is used to listen to different selections as an music organizer with categories of running, dancing, studying, partying, and more! They come out with ads to show the world how apple music works and how exciting it is to use while working out or just hanging out with friends. Swift was asked through Apple Music if she were to sponsor and promote the company through a funny yet interesting ad. “Early Friday morning, Taylor Swift woke up and tweeted out an ad for Apple Music, in which she raps along to Drake and Future’s “Jumpman” while running.That in itself is pure comedy, but make sure to watch to the 47- second mark when Swift wipes out,” explains Huffington Post. To sum up what happened in the ad, this is USA Today's perspective on it. “Taylor gets on a treadmill (her internal monologue: "I hate cardio"), cues up a playlist and starts rapping her heart out to the Drake and Future song. Except she doesn't get too far before fist-pumping too vigorously and, tragically, wiping out on her face.” Again, Swift was acting as if she had hated cardio and how boring it was until she finds the running category of music on Apple Music and she starts enjoying rapping and running to Jumpman. But ending up enjoying the music a little too much, she goes flying off the treadmill. This ad has obviously shown that Swift has moved on from the dispute last summer she had with Apple Music. She had wrote an open letter to the company blasting them for plans not to pay artists whose music was streamed during users’ free three-month trial of the service. Apple eventually relented and changed their stance only hours later, after she had threatened to boycott the service. Swift had then decided to release her newly created album 1989 on Apple Music. She says, “Thank you, Apple, for the change of heart.” Fans and people all around the world can now enjoy the piece of Taylor Swift and Apple Music and finally enjoy the cooperativeness of each other, with the hilarious ad of apple music brought to people by Taylor Swift. Photo by genius.com By Austin Malsbury
Staff Writer Black Hippy crew is a group consisting of ScHoolboy Q, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul. Each member is known for their own work, including ScHoolboy Q’s “Oxymoron”, Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp A Butterfly”, Jay Rock’s ‘90059” and Ab-Soul’s “These Days”. There has been much talk about a Black Hippy crew album. The CEO of Top Dawg Entertainment says that there will be a Black Hippy crew album releasing. If there is a Black Hippy crew album releasing, it wouldn’t be anytime soon with every member of touring, making their own music and Jay Rock recovering from a motorcycle accident. “Everybody’s just working,” Rock told MTV News. “Everybody is focused on their individual thing. When we do come together to make records, it’s easy because we’ve had that chemistry since day one.” Most of the members said there wouldn’t be an album releasing. Jay Rock said there would be no Black Hippy crew album, however the TDE CEO Anthony “Top Dawg Tiffith said that there would be a Black Hippy crew album being released. In an interview, Jay Rock said "Ain't no Black Hippy Album coming," he says, smiling. "I'm tired of y'all keep asking me about Black Hippy. For real, everybody's working right now. It's up to the fans. It's up to y'all. Y'all make the decisions. When the time right, you might get a Black Hippy album." The big question on every Black Hippy Crew fan’s mind is “will there be an album being released?” Even though there is no full album, there are however songs for the fans, like ‘Say Wassup” and ‘Vice City”. Even though there won’t be such an album releasing soon, Jay Rock says that hopefully one day there will be an album. Image by cnn.com By Kelin Humbert
Staff Writer March 21st marked the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars, airing on ABC at 8 o’clock. Dancing with the stars started in 2005. Each season starts with 12 pros and 12 celebrities. A team consists of a professional dancer and a celebrity star (Wikipedia). Dancing with the Stars rotates with the Bachelor airing opposite seasons of each other. “The dance community suddenly came alive with programs like 'So You Think You Can Dance,' 'America's Best Dance Crew' and 'Dancing With The Stars,'” explains Carrie Ann Inaba. In total 248 celebrities have appeared on the 22 seasons of dancing with the Stars. In past seasons, celebrities consisted of Olympic athletes, professional singers, tv phenomenons, NFL players, and veterans of war. “I was kind of reflecting on my life and certain experiences, and you know, when I'm teaching and coaching my partners on 'Dancing With the Stars,' I sort of use those stories and anecdotes to help them sort of overcome certain fears,” says Derek Hough, a dance pro on the show. Dancing with the Stars is meant for people to go outside of their comfort zones and try new things. During this experience people learn more about themselves that they might never have found out before. This season includes actors, NFL players, UFC fighters, models, and singers. The contestants are going into their fourth week, which is a fan favorite. The next week theme is “Disney Week” which is a time for the contestants to bring out their inner child. Students wanting to experience this dancing wonder should tune in to ABC on Monday at 8pm. Image by youtube.com By Emma Honberger
Staff Writer Director Rian Johnson is starting the filming of Star Wars episode 8 in London. Star Wars has been a phenomenon since May 25, 1977. People have been attached to Star Wars ever since then. The viewers cheer to see the old actors and actresses on the big screen today. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford have been in four Star Wars movies out of the seven total movies. There have been four different directors for all of the Star Wars movies. George Lucas directed episodes 1-4. J.J. Abrams directed Star Wars episode 7. Now that Rian Johnson is directing, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Lupita Nyong'o, Adam Driver, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie will be back. ”What we've seen of Rey, she looks like she can handle her stuff. So most of the comments I get are from parents who say how wonderful it is that their little girls can see this character,” Ridley said about her Star Wars character. She really made her character stand out for young girls. ”Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time,” Ridley said after the movie had finished being made. Ridley clearly had an amazing time filming. ”It's always great to play a character that goes against the grain. Finn defies what people think when they think of stormtroopers,” said Boyega. Boyega loved playing Finn in Star Wars. Driver, who plays Kylo Ren, talked about how he trained for his fight scene at Juilliard, where he went to school. Johnson is directing Star Wars 8 right now so that he can get it finished by December 15, 2017. Viewers who wish to go see Star Wars Episode 8 will have to wait until the 15th of December. That date is really close to when Star Wars the Force Awakens came out. The Force Awakens came out on December 18th. This movie series is something that once a viewer watches once, they will want to watch it over and over again. Elated viewers can’t wait for Star Wars Episode 8 to come out in theaters December 15, 2017. image by news.iheart.com By Kayleigh Franca
Staff Writer The iHeartRadio Music Awards aired on April 3rd, 2016 and was hosted by Jason Derulo. The program was televised by TBS, TNT, and truTV. iHeartRadio is a music app that lets listeners access a library of 20 million songs and 800,000 artists for free.It's also easy to use. It contains music for any mood and any genre. Genres include: pop, country, hip-hop, R&B, alternative, rock, talk, news, sports, and comedy (iHeartRadio). According to CNET, it’s “the best streaming app”. iHeartRadio also has music awards. The music awards started in 2014. It was held on Thursday, May 1st. Rihanna took the most awards home, winning four awards and having eight nominations. The second show was on March 29, 2015. Taylor Swift took home the most awards, earning three. Sam Smith and Iggy Azelea had the most nominations, having five. The most recent was the 3rd iHeartRadio Music Awards. It was on April 3rd. Taylor Swift won most awards, four. Taylor swift and the Weeknd had the most nominations, seven. Other winners were Justin Bieber for male artist of the year, U2 for the innovator award, Maroon t for the best group/duo of the year, Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber’s song “Where Are Ü Now” for song of the year, Fetty Wap for new artist, Calvin Harris for dance artist of the year, Selena Gomez for triple threat, and so many more (iHeartRadio). Justin Bieber’s fans, Beliebers, won best fan army. “We did it. This is for Justin. Also, we do this for him, and I just wanna say thanks, Justin, for everything you have done for us,” said Ashley from Chicago. “The iHeartRadio Music Awards was great because it had great artists perform and it was a good way to get introduced to new artists,” said Carli, a 14 year old who attended the awards. Overall, the music awards went great. The iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016 was extremely successful for multiple artists. Fans can’t wait for the next years! Image by batman-news.com By Greg Czar
Staff Writer Ben Affleck was the last choice for a lot of people to be Batman. A lot of people were hating on him and saying he would terrible. When Batman vs Superman came out, Affleck's Batman was perfect. It shocked people all around the world and changed people's mind on Ben Affleck’s Batman. When Affleck was cast for Batman vs Superman he had to train very hard to be the best Batman he could be. Affleck trained extra hard to be fit for this movie so he could look like the original Batman. He not only trained non-stop but he took it to the next level by conveying the brutal routine that Bruce Wayne goes through to be the Batman. Afflecks Batman was a genius. He is a brilliant strategist, Ben Affleck's Batman is constantly outsmarting his enemy and is always two step ahead of them. During fight scenes from the movie Batman could always predict what was coming next and he knew how to defeat his foes. He shows real detective skills like the original Batman from the comics. He uses the batcomputer in the batcave to track down his enemy and destroy them. He also uses his detective skills to do research to figure out his foes' weaknesses. Ben Affleck was overall a good batman and the fans agree. Xander Houck says “ Yes I liked him...a lot!” Another fan, Griffin Beard, said “Batffleck did a great job”. Affleck has changed Batman's image in a positive way and made the fans happy. |
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