EMINEM has filmed a secret cameo on Adam Sandler’s upcoming movie “Happy Gilmore 2” and impressed the cast with his “great comedic acting skills,” reports The Sun magazine.
A source exclusively revealed to The U.S. Sun that Slim Shady was on the New Jersey set for the highly anticipated flick on Tuesday to film his top-secret scenes.
“Em is a big fan of the original movie, and he was a total pleasure to work with. He was just super low key, he didn’t have a big entourage, and was just an absolute delight on set. He was very easygoing and was fine with all the takes.” said the insider.
The source then continued: “He has good comedic acting skills. He’s playing a comedic role and he really had fun with it. He flew in just for this the night before and left the following night. It was a one-day shoot.”
It’s actually an onscreen reunion of sorts for Eminem and Adam, who appeared together in the 2009 film, titled Funny People. Meanwhile, Eminem is far from the only major star to have appeared in the sequel to the iconic 1996 golf comedy as Travis Kelce and maybe Taylor Swift are also rumored to appear. The movie is expected to be released on Netflix sometime in 2025.
The U.S. Grand Prix race at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) will take place on October 21, 2024 with Eminem and Sting performing on October 19. It will host the next stage of the championship between Verstappen and Lando Norris, who has slowly clawed his way back into the title fight since his maiden F1 victory at May’s Miami Grand Prix.
“I think we’re in good shape coming up to this grand prix, although the route to get here was a little bit different this year from a fan standpoint, in that our ticket sales really took off when Max stopped winning, and it got more competitive” said Bobby Epstein, the chairman of Circuit of The Americas (COTA).
Then he continued: “So I give a lot of credit to our fan base and the audience, and that they really are tuned in, they are educated and and they’re paying attention. And I think it’s exciting to see the season shape up the way it is.”
This year’s race features the sprint format, meaning there will be more competitive sessions for fans to watch. COTA’s upcoming event has two big additional selling points going for it: Eminem in concert at the circuit and the Texas-Georgia game at Longhorn Stadium on Saturday evening.
“We’re expecting another big crowd, probably it’s somewhere in the region of where it’s been the last couple years. I would think whatever the record is for a Saturday Sprint race, we should shatter that record because Eminem has outsold Taylor Swift, and we’ve increased the size of the infield lawn to get to near 100,000 for the concert. I think whatever amount people they’ve had on Sprint races before, 130,000 to 150,000 people will be there for this year’s Saturday Sprint race, and it’s going to be an incredible Saturday. We think it is the biggest weekend ever for sports entertainment, and we’re billing it as such.” said Epstein in an interview with ESPN.
Pop and country music superstar Taylor Swift has faced a lot of criticism from football fans about the attention she gets when she attends Kansas City Chiefs games. But on Sunday, Swifties (a fandom of Taylor Swift) started fighting back by noting the warm response to Eminem’s presence at Ford Field stadium during a game between the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams.
Ever since Taylor started dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, she has been spotted watching the games in person ― to the point where the practice of TV cameras cutting away to her has spurred some criticism.
Few days ago, Swift responded the criticism, saying: “I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads…There’s a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don’t know where it is, and you have no idea when the camera is putting you in the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being shown 17 times or once.”
Late last week, former Nation Football League coach Tony Dungy told Fox News that the coverage of Taylor Swift’s attendance at Kansas City Chiefs games might be “disenchanting people with sports now,” and claimed that “there’s so much on the outside coming in ― entertainment value and different things taking away from what really happens on the field.”
Unlike Taylor, Eminem received a massive love from football players and fans to commentators and sport journalists last night at Ford Field during a historic match between the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams and that’s where the mockery began.
“The same MAGATs who cry Taylor Swift (female) is ruining football (by simply being there and cheering) are strangely quiet about Eminem (male) being there and cheering! The crowd of 65,000 loved it, singing Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at the Rams/Lions game.” One user said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Another said: “Why is it okay for Eminem to rock out and cheer at NFL games, but if Taylor Swift does it, it’s distracting? #Swifties.” Someone said: “They’ve cut to Eminem multiple times I wonder why no one’s complaining.”
Football and Eminem fans also responded to the debate with someone saying: “Em was Born & raised in Detroit. Lifelong Lions fan. Reppin his team in Detroit at a home game. Swift is not a football fan but a celebrity getting coverage for wrong reasons. Another said: “He’s a Lions fan from Detroit, this game was in Detroit. Of course he’s going to get cheered. She got booed in New England for supporting KC (the road team). Of course she’s going to get booed. It truly is not more complicated than this and is not a story (and I like Taylor).” One user said: “Showing Eminem on the tv is not running football. Eminem was a fan before he was famous. He is not like Taylor Swift who slept with a player and then started watching football.”
You can check out the reactions in the video below:
After breaking Spotify’s record for the most streamed album in a single day, Taylor Swift’s re-recording of Red has its sights set on the Australian album charts.
Red (Taylor’s Version) is expected to claim No. 1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart. Previously released Fearless (Taylor’s Version) opened at No. 1 in Australia upon release back in April, 2021, giving the US singer her 8th consecutive No. 1 album on Aussie charts.
If she debuts at No. 1 with Red (Taylor’s Version), which is 99% confirmed, she will tie with the current record for most consecutive No. 1 studio albums, held by none other than Eminem with nine!
Eminem’s solo studio albums that managed to hit No. 1 on Australian charts are: The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), The Eminem Show (2002), Encore (2004), Relapse (2009), Recovery (2010), The Marshall Mathers LP2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018), Music To Be Murdered By (2020).
Pop megastar Taylor Swift and hip-hop legend Eminem share an unrepeated record on Spotify. Taylor and Slim Shady are the only lead artists in history who debuted before the 2010’s and have surpassed 20 BILLION total streams on Spotify.
That makes Eminem the only artist who debuted before 2000’s and having reached that accolade.
Taylor Swift and Eminem are the only lead artists who debuted before the 2010’s to surpass 20 BILLION streams on Spotify in History. pic.twitter.com/Qq8KxMBJaw
Taylor Swift and Eminem have never collaborated but West Reading, Pennsylvania-born singer has shown love to Detroit legend in few occasions, including when she performed “Lose Yourself” at Grand Rapids in Michigan back in 2011.
Yesterday, Taylor Swift won three awards, including fan-voted “Artist of the Year” at American Music Awards 2020. Before the voting was closed, surprisingly, Eminem fans on Twitter were encouraging their platforms to vote for the country singer. Taylor earned the support from Stans by showing love to the Rap God throughout her extraordinary career. Check some of the occasions below.
1. “It’s kind of unusual when I rap but I love ‘Lose Yourself’. We were in Michigan and I started playing acoustically ‘Lose Yourself.’ I just started like ‘yo’ and everybody was like ‘what is happening?!’” says Taylor Swift in one of her interviews.
2. Taylor Swift performs ‘Lose Yourself’ at Grand Rapids, Michigan.
3. She performs it again !
4. “I love hip-hop so much. There’s something so honest about it. I grew up listening to Eminem’s ‘The Real Slim Shady’ and 50 Cent’s ‘In Da Club’. Nobody wants to hear me rap but I’d sing a chorus for someone like Eminem. Would love to get in the recording studio with Eminem. I would sign up for that in a heartbeat.” – said Taylor Swift in the April 2013 issue of InStyle magazine.
