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Producers responsible for creating the movie "Rust," which was being filmed in New Mexico before an on-set shooting death resulted in its cancellation, are pushing back on claims that they knew firearm safety was a concern before the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was killed by a gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding. Rust Movie Productions LLC filed a notice of contest on Tuesday arguing that the findings by the New Mexico Environmental Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (NMED) – which last month fined the company $136,793 for its "willful and serious" violation of workplace safety procedures – have no clue what it’s talking about in connection to a fire extinguisher that NMED said was not properly inspected and maintained.

penalty from New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Department, which found in a report that the producers used “plain indifference” to firearm safety on set. The producers, in a notice of contest filed Tuesday, pushed back on the report’s claims that “Rust” “willfully” violated safety protocols, including contesting that misfires of firearms were not properly addressed and that the set did not properly use a fire extinguisher.

Bad Bunny, Jack Harlow, and more.Check out some of the most highly-anticipated drops down below:Bad Bunny reveals his new album, ‘Un Verano Sin Ti,’ will drop this FridayKarol G becomes first woman to hold Top 2 Latin song spots since Selena with chart-topping single “Provenza”New Music Friday: the biggest releases from Karol G, Shakira, Rauw Alejandro, and moreBad Bunny - Un Verano Sin TiFresh off his first tour of 2022, El Último Tour Del Mundo, Bad Bunny treated fans to an album that’s sure to break records all summer long: Un Verano Sin Ti.The reggaetonero’s listeners already know just how diverse Benito’s catalogue is, but this 23-track album takes exploration and genre-bending to a whole new level. Each song on the project alludes to some of the most memorable experiences Bad Bunny has enjoyed in the summers throughout his lifetime.

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Rihanna has appeared to get married to boyfriend A$AP Rocky in his latest music video D.M.B. released on Thursday 5 May. The 34 year old, who is currently pregnant with her and A$AP Rocky’s first child, made a cameo appearance in the new visuals for her beau’s single D.M.B.

Megan Thee Stallion is slaying the streets!

So many stars were representing Moschino at the 2022 Met Gala!

Megan Thee Stallion is taking the Hot Girl brand to sultry new levels. On Monday, the «Plan B» rapper arrived at the 2022 Met Gala at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art in a Moschino dress by designer Jeremy Scott.This year's Met Gala accompanies the second part of the Costume Institute's exhibition, «In America: An Anthology of Fashion,» with the controversial theme «Gilded Glamour and White Tie.» The concept is a homage to the United States' Gilded Age, an era of immense economic growth and major industrialization, as well as massive income inequality, political upheaval, and post-Civil War racism.Megan took gala-goers back to the Gilded Age with her sparkling gold gown and stunning beauty look, which took five or six hours to come together, she told reporters.The «Sweetest Pie» emcee made her Met Gala debut during the event's grand return last year.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced details of two upcoming gigs in New York and L.A. as well as confirming new music is due in the fall.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEarly 21 st century New York rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs — singer Karen O, guitarist Nick Zinner and drummer Jay Chase — have announced new music and tour dates in the summer and fall. The group, which recently signed with indie powerhouse Secretly Canadian, say they will have new music in the fall.The group will play a brace of dates in Europe and Australia in the summer before hitting North America, with dates at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium and the Hollywood Bowl in October, where they will be joined by high school punk rockers the Linda Lindas on both dates and (in Los Angeles) by Japanese Breakfast.

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Webby Awards website.The IADAS gave its top honor to Megan Pete, aka Megan Thee Stallion, who may need to buy bigger trophy case. She’s already won three Grammys, four American Music Awards, six BET awards, five BET hip-hop awards, and two MTV Video Music Awards.“Megan Thee Stallion doesn’t subscribe to limitations,” the org wrote in its announcement.

New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.Ed Sheeran shared the latest single off of his album, a Lil Baby collab titled «2Step,» along with its accompanying music video, which was actually filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine, prior to Russia's invasion of the country and its capital city. Proceeds from the «2Step» music video benefit the U.K.'s Disasters Emergency Committee in their Ukraine humanitarian work.«I filmed the video for '2Step' in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine before the devastating acts of violence started to take place,» Sheeran says in a statement at the top of the video. «It was my first time visiting the country and I felt so welcomed during my stay there — everyone from the production crew to the many people I met across my days off.

DEALSMojo Music & Media has acquired a 50% interest in the songs catalogue of songwriter Bob Morrison. It has also acquired a bunch of extra royalty rights from Jerry Reed, whose songs catalogue it already owned.

New Mexico workplace safety regulators on Wednesday issued the maximum possible fine of nearly $137,000 against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set of “Rust” where a cinematographer was fatally shot in October by actor and producer Alec Baldwin.