Edie Falco has been cast opposite Pete Davidson in the upcoming Peacock comedy series “Bupkis.” The actress and Davidson made the announcement during NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation. “Bupkis” was picked up straight-to-series at Peacock back in April and is described as a ‘heightened, fictionalized version of Davidson’s real life.’  Per Peacock, it will combine grounded storytelling with absurd elements from the worldview for which Davidson is well known. Falco will star as Davidson’s mother.

Davidson will not only star in “Bupkis” will serves as co-writer and executive producer, along with Dave Sirus and Judah Miller will also write and executive produce, and Miller serving as showrunner. Saturday Night Live head Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer, and Erin David of Broadway Video will also executive produce.

Falco is best known for her role in the iconic HBO series “The Sopranos,” for which she earned three Emmy Awards. She is also known for her starring role in Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie,” which saw her pick up another Emmy in 2010. Most recently she played Hilary Clinton in the third season of “American Crime Story” at FX, “Impeachment.”

Davidson’s real life has been the basis for an onscreen project before; he previously starred in the film “The King of Staten Island” which he co-wrote with director Judd Apatow and Dave Sirus.  The film was inspired in part by aspects of Davidson’s life, with Marisa Tomei played his mother in that film.

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Netflix has picked up another season of the dystopian-anthology series ‘Black Mirror’, nearly three years since new episodes last aired.

Season 6 of Black Mirror is still in its early development and the casting phase. The new season will reportedly have more episodes than Season 5, which was comprised of just three new episodes– Striking Vipers with Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Matteen II, Smithereens with ‘Sherlock’ star Andrew Scott, and Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too, which starred Miley Cyrus.  The first two seasons of Black Mirror were also comprised of just three episodes, but Seasons 3 and 4 each had 6 episodes.

Sources close to the production tell Variety that Black Mirror Season 6 will adopt a more cinematic approach; each episode of Season 6 is rumored to be thought of as an ‘individual film,’ which hints that each episode will be over an hour in length. However, content of the episodes themselves remain unclear.

A premiere date for Black Mirror Season Six has not yet been announced.

https://pitchfork.com/news/black-mirror-season-6-coming-to-netflix/

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Moneybagg Yo has released the video for the song “Rocky Road” featuring Kodak Black, their second collab after the duo teamed up on “Lower Level” in 2018.  In the video for ‘Rocky Road,’ Kodak and the Memphis native rap from a rooftop, while an alternate storyline shows a murder taking place over a petty argument during a dice game.

Moneybagg Yo spoke about his latest collaboration with Kodak on Apple Music’s Beats, saying: “Anytime me and Kodak link up, there be chemistry. It be good. I wanted to come with a different tempo than ‘Lower Level.’ It took us probably like two weeks to do it when we went in there and did it. It came out good. I’m excited about the track. I feel like it’s the warmup.”

Take a look at the video for “Rocky Road” – here.

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Kevin Gates has announced his highly-anticipated third studio album will be titled KHAZA, set to drop on June 17th.  Gates also shared news of his 23-date North American ‘The Big Lyfe Tour’ set to kick-off in Dallas in August, before traveling to Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, and more before wrapping-up in Pensacola in October. Tickets for the tour will be going on sale to the general public on Friday at 10:00 AM, local time –  here.

In addition, Gates shared a new single from the project, titled “Bad For Me,” the follow-up to Gates’s recent single, “Big Lyfe.”

Gates’s last studio album, I‘m Him, was released in 2019 and debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 72,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

https://www.thefader.com/2022/05/16/kevin-gates-khaza-release-date-tour-dates-2022-bad-for-me

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Sports Illustrated has unveiled the cover models for its 2022 swimsuit issue: Kim Kardashian, singer Ciara and models Yumi Nu and Maye Musk appear on four new covers of the magazine.

Kardashian, 41, was photographed by Greg Swales at photoshoot in the Dominican Republic. In an interview, Kardashian said it was a surprise to be selected for the Sports Illustrated cover: “I vividly remember Tyra Banks on the cover and women with curves. I remember thinking that is so cool. But, I still didn’t think I would have — I thought you had to be a professional model and a runway model. It was always really young girls. I don’t want to date myself or sound old but in my 40s? That’s crazy! I never thought in a million years I would be shooting one myself.”

Ciara, 36, was photographed by Ben Watts in Barbados. The singer said appearing on the cover was “a big dream come true” and talked about having the freedom to pursue her goals.  Said Ciara: “When you’re pursuing your dream, all it takes is one person to believe and that’s you. If you believe, there’s all the chance in the world… There’s a lot more I want to accomplish and I have to have that ‘I believe in me, why not you’ attitude.”

The 25-year-old Nu is a Japanese-Dutch model, and the niece of DJ Steve Aoki and model and actress Devon Aoki. She made her Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue debut in 2021 and was the first plus-size model to appear on the cover of Vogue Japan. The 74-year-old Musk is a Canadian-South African model and dietician, and the mother of entrepreneur Elon Musk. She is best known for her modeling work with CoverGirl.

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Post Malone has dropped the follow-up to his hit song ‘One Right Now’ (featuring The Weeknd) with the release of his new single with Roddy Ricch titled ‘Cooped Up.’

Said Post about Roddy: “He’s just such an incredible man and just a natural performer and vocalist and lyricist. And he just gets after it, and it’s so cool. And he’s such a beautiful, beautiful man. And so talented, man. I’m so pumped.”   Post also said of their new collab: “I’m trying, man. I’m trying. I’ve been out of my bag for a long time, and I’m trying to hop back in there, man. We knew what we wanted to say, and we knew what we wanted to express, not only in a song but in that particular moment on the album. And yeah, it just came super naturally. I couldn’t even tell you. I was probably on the s***ter when I wrote it. And so, there’s a lot of things very much so on this record that are tongue in cheek. And I think this whole record is the most honest record I’ve made, and I’m so pumped for people to hear it. But every song in there tells a story, so this is kind of like, “Here’s the life that we live, but there’s always something going on in the background.”

Listen to the new single from Post and Roddy ‘Cooped Up’ – here.

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The NBC singing competition show “The Voice” will have a new lineup of coaches when it returns in the fall for Season 22. Long-time coach Kelly Clarkson will be leaving, with Camila Cabello stepping in for her first full-time stint. Cabello served as a team mentor in previous seasons; she joins Blake Shelton and John Legend alongside Gwen Stefani, who is returning for her sixth season. Last season, The Voice welcomed Ariana Grande as coach, who took over the chair previously held by Nick Jonas.

Cabello announced the news on TikTok where she used the duet feature to appear alongside Shelton, Legend, and Stefani. “See you this fall,” she wrote in the caption.

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The 2022 Billboard Music Awards were held on Sunday night, hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs live from the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. Drake, who did not attend the event, was the big winner of the evening, taking home the awards for Top Artist and Top Male Artist.

Other big winners included Olivia Rodrigo, who won Top New Artist, Top Female Artist, Top 100 Artist and Top Streaming Songs Artist awards as well as BTS, who took the Top Duo/Group honor, and Taylor Swift, who won Top 200 Billboard 200 Artist.

Mary J. Blige was honored with the Icon Award, after being introduced by Janet Jackson with a video montage which explored Blige’s career.  Said Jackson:  “Mary J. Blige represents truth.”  In accepting her award, Blige called Jackson an icon and inspiration, saying:  “I’m in a dream right now, thank you so much. ” She also thanked friends, family, fans and Billboard for the honor:  “The way the world is now, I think people think icons are born that way. They become a legend overnight, but that is definitely not the case. It takes a lot time, hard work and a lot of surviving trial and error to achieve greatness.”

Machine Gun Kelly performed “Twin Flame”, dedicating the song to his fiancé, actress Megan Fox, while Travis Scott performed for the first time since the Astroworld tragedy about six months ago in Houston.  Morgan Wallen won Top Country Male Artist, with Dan + Shay taking home Top Country Duo/Group.

For a full list of winners, head here.

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has signed on to star opposite Jennifer Garner in the Apple limited series “The Last Thing He Told Me.”  The series is based on the Laura Dave novel of the same name.

The show follows Hannah (Garner), a woman who forms an unexpected relationship with her sixteen-year-old stepdaughter Bailey (Angourie Rice) while searching for the truth about why her husband has mysteriously disappeared. Coster-Waldau will star as Owen, Hannah’s husband.

Coster-Waldau is best known for playing Jaime Lannister in the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” for which he earned an Emmy nominations in both 2018 and 2019.  He recently co-wrote and starred in the film “Against the Ice,” while he has previously starred in features such as “Shot Caller,” “Gods of Egypt,” “A Thousand Times Good Night,” and “Oblivion.”

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Kendrick Lamar just released his critically acclaimed new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, and now he has dropped a video for second song on the album, “N95,” directed Kendrick and Dave Free and featuring Baby Keem.  “N95” is the second new video Kendrick has dropped over the last two weeks, with the first being “The Heart 5.”

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is the first solo album from Kendrick in five years, featuring appearances from Summer Walker, Kodak Black, Blxst, Sampha, and more. Following the release of the album, Lamar announced ‘The Big Steppers Tour’ with support from Keem and Tanna Leone. General tickets for ‘The Big Steppers Tour’ go on sale Friday, May 20th at 12 PM local time on Lamar’s website.

You can stream Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers – here.

Take a look at the video for “N95” – here.

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