Raye thrills fans with beautiful performances at Saturday Night Live.
It has been a beautiful year for British singer, Raye, from making history at the recently concluded Brit Awards to making a star appearance on Saturday Night Live. Co-hosting the new episode as a musical guest with five time host, Kristen Wiig, Raye performed orchestral versions of her hit songs, “Escapism” and “Worth It” off her debut album, “My 21st Century Blues”. Since this performance, both songs have re-entered the US iTunes chart at number 43 and 59 respectively. The album has also re-peaked on the US iTunes Albums chart at number 5.
Raye performing “Escapism.” on #SNL pic.twitter.com/k6qZhsBPom
— RAYE Updates (@RayeUpdate) April 7, 2024
Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man” debuts the box office with $10.1m domestically.
Long anticipated movie, “Monkey Man” which is directed by Dev Patel has debuted the domestic box office with $10.1 million in its opening week. According to reports, the action movie was booked in over 3000 theatres, grossing over $3.5 million on Saturday alone. The movie, which was acquired by Universal for $10 million has been greatly received by fans and critics globally. With an almost perfect review score, critics are predicting an improved gross income in its second week.
Dev Patel’s MONKEY MAN’ opens with $10.1M domestically.
Universal acquired the film for $10M pic.twitter.com/y1dyYIayNk
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) April 7, 2024
Jamie Lloyd’s “Romeo and Juliet” adaptation will be transferred to Broadway.
The new theatre adaptation of William Shakespeare’s acclaimed drama, “Romeo and Juliet” which is set to be re-adapted by Jamie Lloyd and featuring Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers is now set to be transferred from the London Theatre district, West End to the popular Broadway due to its sold out tickets. This is without a doubt, a huge trajectory in Tom Holland’s career, as he is set to join a list of legends to have performed on Broadway.
Jamie Lloyd’s ‘ROMEO & JULIET’ starring Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers will reportedly transfer to Broadway following its sold-out West End run.
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— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) April 7, 2024
J. Cole addresses beef with Kendrick Lamar at Dreamville Festival.
The hip hop world has been afire with the growing beef between the acclaimed big three— Drake, J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar. After Kendrick dissed Cole and Drake on “Like That”, his collaboration off Metro Boomin and Future’s new album, J. Cole decided to fire back in new song, “7 Minute Drill” off his surprise project, “Might Delete Later”. This controversy has however taken a new turn, with Cole apologizing to Kendrick during his sold out Dreamville Festival and vowing to take the song off streaming platforms. The hip hop world has since criticized J. Cole for not wanting to compete.
J. Cole addresses beef with Kendrick Lamar and speaks on the making of "7 Minute Drill" at Dreamville Fest:
"I felt conflicted 'cause I'm like, bruh I know I don't really feel a way. But the world wanna see blood… so I say all of that to say, in my spirit of trying to get this… pic.twitter.com/BBOCsvGV7l
— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) April 8, 2024
Afro-fusion star, Burna Boy appears to takes a jibe at Brymo.
Over the last few months, there has been a quiet back and forth between global superstar, Burna Boy and Nigerian folk singer, Brymo. After Brymo accused Burna Boy of intellectual theft, the Afro-fusion star took a dig at him in a freestyle, with the line, “… no go fall off like Brymo”. The folk singer, during an interview with YouTube content creator, Isbae U again claimed to be a better songwriter and artist than Burna Boy who doesn’t seem to be taking this lightly. Burna has taken to his Instagram story to throw more shots at Brymo, claiming that he (Brymo) is doing and saying anything to get at the king. This has sparked arguments amongst Nigerians on social media as to who the better songwriter is among the two artists.
🗣️ Burna Boy appears to take a jibe at Brymo’s music. pic.twitter.com/l3caA6GGvf
— 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦 📀 (@AlbumTalksHQ) April 8, 2024
