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Time of India
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- Time of India
Russell Wilson celebrates Ciara's history-making cover, embraces Giants rookie's swagger
Russell Wilson celebrates Ciara (Image credit: Imagn Images) Ciara just made history—and her NFL superstar husband couldn't be prouder. The Grammy-winning icon became the first African-American artist to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone Africa. The cultural milestone became a personal celebration as Russell Wilson honored his wife's moment with a heartfelt public tribute. Ciara marks milestone, Wilson matches the moment On Thursday, Wilson shared Ciara's historic magazine cover in his Instagram story, adding a short but powerful caption: "My Queen. Mrs. Wilson." Fans quickly applauded the public show of support from the veteran quarterback, who shares three children with Ciara. The singer later posted more photos from the shoot, reflecting on what the moment meant for her and others. Russell praises wife Ciara for making history (Image credits: Russell Wilson IG) 'Making history on the cover of #RollingStoneAfrica as the first African-American artist is a moment I'll never forget. This one's for every girl who dares to dream big. Grateful beyond words,' she wrote, celebrating the honor while sending a message of inspiration. From dance to the locker room, their circle grows Ciara also marked another special occasion that day—her best friend La La Anthony's birthday. She posted a playful video of the two dancing and posing, showing the same warmth she's known for in her own family. La La, the ex-wife of NBA star Carmelo Anthony, and Ciara have remained close through the years. Meanwhile, Wilson found time to build bonds off the field. On Friday, he showed love to one of the league's most exciting young talents: New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers, who's entering his second year. Wilson reshared a Giants post hyping Nabers' 'aura,' soundtracked by an NBA YoungBoy song. Wilson hypes Malik Nabers "aura" in Instagram story (Image via IG) The post made its way back to Nabers, who laughed about Wilson's music choice. The QB responded with a cheeky nod to Gen Z rap culture: "Know lil sumptin," he replied, showing he's got a foot in both worlds—veteran leadership and youthful energy. Also read: Russell Wilson's wife Ciara dazzles in dance tribute for La La Anthony, honors Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan From spotlighting his wife's historic wins to uplifting rising stars, Russell Wilson continues to shine both on and off the field. His and Ciara's presence in pop culture remains as powerful as ever—driven by mutual respect, big moves, and bigger heart. Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
Fox Sports
5 hours ago
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- Fox Sports
Autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sells for $2.5 million
Associated Press A autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $2.5 million in an auction that closed on Thursday. The 1986-87 Fleer card sold through Joopiter — the auction platform founded by Grammy-winning artist and producer Pharrell Williams three years ago — shows Jordan soaring toward the rim with his right arm extended and tongue dangling. It was one of nine trading cards signed in a blue sharpie at his private golf course in Florida last year. According to ESPN, the $2.5 million is the most paid for a Jordan rookie card — signed or unsigned — and the third-highest price in a public sale for any Jordan card. That record is $2.928 million. In March, an autographed Bulls jersey that Jordan wore in a preseason game during his rookie year sold for $4.215 million at an auction through Sotheby's. ___ AP NBA: recommended in this topic
Winnipeg Free Press
5 hours ago
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sells for $2.5 million
A autographed Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $2.5 million in an auction that closed on Thursday. The 1986-87 Fleer card sold through Joopiter — the auction platform founded by Grammy-winning artist and producer Pharrell Williams three years ago — shows Jordan soaring toward the rim with his right arm extended and tongue dangling. It was one of nine trading cards signed in a blue sharpie at his private golf course in Florida last year. According to ESPN, the $2.5 million is the most paid for a Jordan rookie card — signed or unsigned — and the third-highest price in a public sale for any Jordan card. That record is $2.928 million. In March, an autographed Bulls jersey that Jordan wore in a preseason game during his rookie year sold for $4.215 million at an auction through Sotheby's. ___ AP NBA:
Yahoo
8 hours ago
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Cardi B Finally Announces New Album ‘Am I the Drama?,' Shares Release Date and Cover Art
Cardi B has announced her long-awaited sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, by revealing its cover art and release date across social media. The follow-up to her Grammy-winning, four-times platinum debut 2018 album Invasion of Privacy has been hotly anticipated in the years since, often stoked by Cardi teasing a completed project herself. She was even hard at work on the album for a 2024 release when Rolling Stone shadowed her at studios last spring for the June cover story. However, she's now made it clear that the real thing is ready, sharing a pre-order link for an album due September 19. The cover art finds Cardi in a striking red body suit surrounded by ravens, with a one large one perched on her massively-heeled shoe. Per Apple Music, the album will have 23 songs, including 'WAP,' 'Up,' and her latest single 'Outside.' More from Rolling Stone Karol G, Cardi B, Lorde, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week Cardi B Is Feisty and Ready for Summer on 'Outside' Cardi B Is Getting as Impatient as Her Fans While Waiting on Features to Finish New Album On Sunday, she teased the album announcement with a video of herself framed by fake black birds in a black gown, narrating in a voice over that, 'Seven years and the time has come. Seven years of love, life and loss. Seven years I gave them grace, but now, I give them hell. I learned power is not given, it's taken. I'm shedding feathers and no more tears. I'm not back, I'm beyond. I'm not your villain, I'm your karma. The time is here. The time is now.' She's been punctuating the posts with emojis of black birds and feathers, marking a new symbol for the rapper. Similarly, artists like Megan Thee Stallion and Doechii have defined their musical eras with animal avatars as well: leading up to the release of her self-titled third studio album, Megan was into snakes, and Doechii's imagery around her Grammy-winning mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal (which made her the first woman to win the Grammy for Best Rap album since Cardi won for Invasion of Privacy in 2019) has included tons of the swampland creatures. When Rolling Stone spoke to Cardi B about the forthcoming album last year, she was still looking to finalize an intro, at least three more songs, a title, features, and a rollout plan. At the time, she wanted the album to have a wide reach, but also reflect her many moods. 'I'm a different person every single day,' she said. 'When I'm in a good mood and I'm with my friends, [I'm] like, 'Damn, I want my shit to be played in this club.' But then I might be mad with my man, so it's like now I want to do this song. But then I want to do a pop record. I want to do my sing-y shit.' However, she was also balancing pressure from fans and critics, unrelenting travel, and a difficult family life while contemplating the future of her relationship with her now-estranged husband, Offset. She filed for divorce less than two months before she announced the birth of their third child last September. On June 20, Cardi released the raucous single 'Outside,' where she slams certain men and celebrates others, and promises to have a wild time. 'Well, let's go wrong for wrong/let's go lick for lick,' she raps. 'If I can handle that/ let me see you handle this.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
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9 hours ago
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Lalo Schifrin, Composer of ‘Mission: Impossible' Theme, Dead at 93
Lalo Schifrin, the Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning composer behind the 'Theme From Mission: Impossible,' has died at the age of 93. The composer's son Ryan confirmed his father's death to the Associated Press, adding that Schifrin died Thursday due to complications from pneumonia at his home in Los Angeles. More from Rolling Stone Rebekah Del Rio, 'Mulholland Drive' Singer of 'Llorando,' Dead at 57 Bobby Sherman, Teen Music and Television Star, Dead at 81 Patrick Walden, Babyshambles Guitarist, Dead at 46 The Buenos Aires, Argentina-born Schifrin, the son of an orchestral violinist, had an early start in music, training on the piano at the age of six. However, upon entering college, Schifrin opted to study law, but his musical roots ultimately took hold. 'While advancing with my law studies, I was also studying music on the side, only as a hobby. And I had a very good teacher, who is probably the most important South American composer—Juan Carlos Paz. He's known among avant-garde circles all over the world, because he's the one who introduced twelve–tone music and the serial techniques in Argentina,' Schifrin told Jazz Professional in 1967. 'All of a sudden, the French Embassy in Buenos Aires offered a scholarship to the Conservatoire of Music. I went for the examination and won the scholarship. That meant that I abandoned my plans for a law career, and I decided to go to Europe.' In Paris, Schifrin became immersed in jazz music, as many of the greats of the time — Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson — would regularly perform during his time there. Upon returning to Argentina, Schifrin joined one of the country's first jazz orchestras, where he drew the attention of a visiting jazz legend, Dizzy Gillespie. Schifrin, who at that time was already scoring Argentinean films, eventually joined Gillespie's band. 'I stayed with Dizzy about three years,' he said. 'In addition to writing many things for the small group, I rearranged his band book for a type of orchestra with no saxophones in it—only brass,' compositions that formed Gillespie's 1960 LP Gillespian, and resulted in Schifrin's first Grammy nomination (for Best Original Jazz Composition). Schifrin moved to New York and worked alongside Gillespie from 1960 to 1963. (Schifrin and Gillespie would reunite for 1977's Free Ride.) However, dissatisfied with the traveling involved with being in a jazz group, Schifrin signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, moved to Los Angeles, and scored his first American film, 1964's Rhino! Two years later, Schifrin created his most popular work, the theme from the American spy series Mission: Impossible,' which — the composer frequently admitted — he wrote in just three minutes, and without first seeing any footage from the series or even reading a script. All Schifrin had to go on was producers' idea for an opening credits' burning fuse, which gave the theme its original title, 'Burning Fuse.' (Morse Code of the series' initials, M:I, would also form the theme's 5/4 signature.) 'Television, in those days, people were in the kitchen having a soft drink, and all of the sudden in the living room, the TV set is playing the theme of a new show,' Schifrin said, adding that the 'inviting, exciting' theme was like a lure. Like the series itself, 'Theme From Mission: Impossible' was a hit, landing on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning Schifrin a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Theme; the song would also be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. (Decades later, the TV show would also eventually become a billion-dollar Tom Cruise film franchise, and though it updated Schifrin's theme, the composer did not contribute musically to any of the reboot's installments.) Over the course of his career, Schifrin would score over 200 films and television shows, and while some would lean on his jazz background — like his work on the 1968 Steve McQueen classic Bullitt and his Oscar-nominated score for Cool Hand Luke, notably its famed 'Tar Sequence' — Schifrin would adapt musically to fit the project, like his experimental work on George Lucas' sci-fi flick THX-1138 and his terrifying score for The Amityville Horror; the composer was infamously recruited to originally score The Exorcist, but upon delivering a portion of his music, the studio and director William Friedkin deemed the shrieking score too scary for even the film and rejected. 'I look for unusual sounds—but never as gimmicks. I like always to make them functional, organic parts of the music,' Schifrin told Jazz Professional. 'It can be percussion, it can be bizarre or exotic instruments, or it can be electronic instruments—but I look for that musical quality, that can be combined, and be organic to the film, to the orchestra and to the music.' Other notable Schifrin scores include Dirty Harry and its sequel Magnum Force, 1973's Charley Varrick, the Bruce Lee kung fu classic Enter the Dragon, Brubaker, the Rush Hour trilogy, Carlos Saura's Tango, the Ringo Starr-starring Caveman and more. 'I've used something in the periphery of jazz myself—not really jazz, but some jazz–orientated scores, like Bullitt, the picture with Steve McQueen. And a little bit of jazz in certain other movies,' Schifrin said. 'But jazz doesn't need anything to be seen, while film–making is made up of many components. There are the dramatic, the visual and the audio elements: they have to be all integrated, and be part of the one thing.' Despite winning a handful of Grammys, the Academy Award remained elusive: Schifrin was nominated for Best Original Score six times — for Cool Hand Luke, The Fox, Voyage of the Damned, The Amityville Horror, The Competition and The Sting II — but never won an Oscar. However, the Academy celebrated Schifrin's career with an honorary Oscar in 2019. 'I love music. To me there is no labels,' Schifrin said in 1969. 'I don't believe in rock n' roll or classical or jazz. I believe that there is good music and bad music.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
