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New Millennium Tour Dates Announced After Pandemic Shutdown
OMARION AND BOW WOW
It's been a little over a year since the 2020 Millennium Tour was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour originally began in 2019 and was planned to run through 2020 before it was postponed. But now, with the nation opening up, the tour is scheduled to return in Fall 2021 with Omarion and Bow Wow as the projected headliners.
According to Complex, the two artists announced the re- turn of the Millennium Tour on Friday (June 18) via Insta- gram. The list includes a hefty number of artists from the era including Soulja Boy, Ashanti, Sammie, and the Ying Yang Twins to name a few.
The concert will be in Tampa, Saturday, Novem- ber 6th.
Dungeon Family Made Classics
Can Now Be Rented On Airbnb
Rapper Big Boi–one-half of legendary group Outkast— is opening up the home where his Dungeon Family crew produced southern classics for limited overnight stays this summer, Rolling Stone re- ports.
The artist purchased the home two years ago and has partnered with Airbnb to rent the home for just three nights at $25 a night to commemo- rate the 25th anniversary of Outkast’s 1996 LP ATLiens.
The home will only be avail- able June 29, July 1, and July 3. Bookings open on June 25 at 1 pm EDT on Airbnb.
MEMBERS OF THE DUNGEON FAMILY (L-R) T-MO, CEELO GREEN, KHUJO GOODIE, BIG BOI, AND BIG GIPP
Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Glover, Among Others Selected To Receive Honorary Oscars
Deadline reports Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May, and Liv Ullmann have been selected by the Academy to re- ceive honorary Oscars at next year’s Governors Awards cere- mony in January. Danny Glover will be given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, which is presented in the form of a Oscar statuette.
“We are thrilled to present this year’s Governors Awards to four honorees who have
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
had a profound impact on both film and society,” Acad- emy President David Rubin said. “Sam Jackson is a cul- tural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide, while Elaine May’s bold, uncom- promising approach to film- making, as a writer, director and actress, reverberates as loudly as ever with movie lovers.
Pharrell Williams’ Family Files $50 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Virginia Beach
The family of Pharrell Williams has filed a suit against the city of Virginia Beach for what they believe is the wrongful death of Williams’ cousin, Donovon Lynch. On the evening of May 26, Lynch, 25, was shot and killed by a police officer while at the Virginia Beach Ocean- front. The plaintiff, Lynch’s father Wayne Lynch, is re- questing $50 million in dam- ages, as well as $350,000 from Solomon Simmons, the of- ficer who fired the shots that killed Lynch’s son. Lynch is also seeking a jury trial for the murder of his son. He’s accus- ing Simmons of using exces-
PHARRELL WILLIAMS
sive force and acting with gross negligence in his encounter with the deceased and failing
to identify himself as an officer of the law while attempting to verbally deescalate the situa- tion before discharging his weapon or providing medical assistance.
The lawsuit—filed on Mon- day (June 21) in Norfolk’s U.S. District Court—accuses the city of Virginia Beach of failing to properly train officers on the use of deadly force and other de-escalation techniques. It also argues that Lynch was not a threat and that Simmons and Lynch had known each other prior to the shooting that occurred while police were in- vestigating reports of gunshots in the area.
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