Month: July 2021

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NBC’s “The Voice” shares teaser with new coach Ariana Grande

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NBC shared on social media a teaser ‘The Voice’ Season 21 featuring new coach Ariana Grande. The video shows Grande sitting with fellow coaches Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Blake Shelton on The Voice stage.

The network also released a video that showed Grande, Clarkson, Legend and Shelton having a Voice “campout.” Grande performed a cover of “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” originally performed by Olivia Newton-John in the film ‘Grease.’  Shelton says: “This is going to be an amazing season”.

Grande confirmed in March that she would replace Nick Jonas as a coach in Season 21.  She released her sixth studio album, Positions, in October.

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Lana Del Rey teams up with Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers for “Secret Life”

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Lana Del Rey is featured on Jack Antonoff’s new Bleachers song “Secret Life,” the fifth track included on Bleachers’s upcoming album, ‘Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night,’ which will be released on Friday, July 30.

Antonoff and Del Rey have previously worked together; Antonoff co-produced and co-wrote the majority of the tracks for Del Rey’s previous two albums, ‘Chemtrails over the Country Club’ early this year and ‘Norman F**king Rockwell!’ in 2019.

‘Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night’ will be Bleachers’s third studio album and the first one in four years since the release of ‘Gone Now’ in 2017.

Take a listen to “Secret Life” – here.

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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich placed on IL after testing positive for COVID-19

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The Milwaukee Brewers announced that outfielder Christian Yelich has tested positive for COVID-19.  The Brewers’ president of baseball operations, David Stearns, shared on Tuesday that Yelich would be placed on the COVID-IL list. Yelich is fully vaccinated, but is experiencing mild symptoms. The 29-year-old is at home resting.

Because Yelich tested positive, he is required to quarantine for 10 days; due to contact tracing, infielder Jace Peterson has also been placed on the IL and will be out a minimum of seven days. The Brewers are one of the MLB teams that has reached the 85% vaccination threshold, allowing for relaxed protocols. Those include allowing fully vaccinated players and staff to stop wearing masks in dugouts, bullpens and clubhouses. Fully vaccinated players and staff are also permitted to eat in restaurants without restrictions.

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Simone Biles speaks out after she withdraws from Olympics gymnastics team final

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Simone Biles is speaking out after withdrawing from the Olympic team final on Tuesday, leaving in the middle of the competition after she struggled to land a vault.

Biles said: “After the performance that I did, I didn’t want to go into any of the other events second guessing myself, so I thought it was better if I took a step back and let these girls go out there and do the job and they did just that.” Biles also mentioned her mental health, saying, “I was still struggling with some things. Therapy has helped a lot as well as medicine. That’s all been going really well. Whenever you get in high-stress situations, you kind of freak out and don’t know really know how to handle all of those emotions especially at the Olympic Games.” Fighting back tears, she added: “This Olympic Games I wanted it to be for myself. I came in and felt like I was still doing it for other people. That just hurts my heart that doing what I love has been kind of taken away from me to please other people.”

For the final three events, Biles cheered on her teammates. However without her, the U.S. women did not have enough to defeat Russia, who claimed the gold medal. The U.S. women earned the silver medal.

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Heather Locklear to star in new Lifetime movie chronicling Kristine Carlson’s life, produced by Meghan McCain

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Heather Locklear will star in a Lifetime movie based on the life of author Kristine Carlson, executive produced by Meghan McCain. Locklear, 59, and McCain, 36, are teaming for the network’s upcoming movie “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The Kristine Carlson Story.”

The biopic tells the story of Kristine Carlson, who co-authored several titles of her late husband Dr. Richard Carlson’s best-selling book series “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff.” After Richard dies suddenly, Kristine struggles to cope with overwhelming grief and raising her two children alone, while dealing with the self-help empire he left behind. The New York Times best-selling book series “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” was first published in 1997, and has sold over 25 million copies. The inspirational nine-book series served as a guide to help readers to put difficult challenges into perspective and “keep the little things from taking over your life.”

This is Locklear’s first acting role since appearing in an episode of ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat” in 2017. It is also McCain’s first project since announcing she was leaving “The View” earlier this month. “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The Kristine Carlson Story” is scheduled to begin shooting shortly in Nashville, Tennessee, and premiere on Lifetime later this year.

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Kelly Ripa to release her first book of personal essays in 2022

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Kelly Ripa will release her first book, titled ‘Live Wire,’ in 2022. Described as a book of Ripa’s personal essays, Live Wire has the 50-year-old Ripa exploring “childhood, motherhood, marriage, her career, and the intersection of all the above — putting her thoughtfulness, assertiveness and deep understanding of the dynamics of gender and power on full display.”

The ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan’ co-host — who shares sons Michael, 24, and Joaquin, 18, and daughter Lola, 20, with husband Mark Consuelos — will show readers “what really makes her tick.” A book description reads: “As a professional, as a wife, as a daughter and as a mother, she brings a hard-earned wisdom and an eye for the absurdity of life to every minute of every day. It is her relatability in all of these roles that has earned her fans worldwide and millions of followers on social media. Whether recounting how she and Mark really met, the level of chauvinism she experienced on set, how Jersey Pride follows her wherever she goes, and many, many moments of utter mortification (whence she proves that you cannot, in fact, die of embarrassment.)  Kelly always tells it like it is. Ms. Ripa takes no prisoners.”

Live Wire is available for pre-order now.

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‘Faith’ by Pop Smoke debuts at No.1 on Billboard 200 Albums chart

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Pop Smoke’s second posthumous album, Faith, has debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The standard 20-track Faith features more than 20 guest stars, including Future, Dua Lipa, and Kanye West. A deluxe version of Faith, with four bonus tracks, was released on July 21.

Pop Smoke previously topped the Billboard 200 with ‘Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon,’ which also debuted at No.1 in July 2020, spending 2 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.

Stream Faith at the link here.

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Watch J Balvin cover of Metallica’s “Wherever I May Roam”

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J Balvin released his rendition of the Metallica classic “Wherever I May Roam,” one of the covers from the band’s upcoming Metallica Blacklist collection.

Metallica Blacklist is a compilation of 53 artists covering their favorite songs from Metallica’s ‘The Black Album,’ including Miley Cyrus with Elton John, St. Vincent, Phoebe Bridgers, Kamasi Washington, Juanes, My Morning Jacket, Corey Taylor, and Weezer. The collection also features country artists including Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Chris Stapleton, Mickey Guyton, Darius Rucker, and Jon Pardi, whose also recently released his take on “Wherever I May Roam.”

Take a look at the video of J. Balvin’s “Wherever I May Roam” – here.

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Sam Bennett signs 4-year, $17.6M extension with Florida Panthers

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The Florida Panthers signed center Sam Bennett to a four-year, $17.6 million contract extension on Monday. That contract carries a $4.4 million salary cap hit each year; he would have been eligible for restricted free agency starting on Wednesday.  Panthers general manager Bill Zito said in a statement: “Sam’s impact on our club this past season was seen immediately, injecting physicality, skill and energy into our lineup. We are thrilled to have him in our Panthers lineup and look forward to what he can bring to our offense in the upcoming 2021-22 season.”

Florida acquired Bennett from the Calgary Flames just before the trade deadline for a prospect and a second-round pick. Bennett finished the regular season with 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in 10 games before recording five points (one goal, four assists) in five playoff games.

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QB Aaron Rodgers expected to finalize deal to return to the Green Bay Packers for 2021 season

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The Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers are close to an agreement that would bring the quarterback back to the team for the upcoming season. According to ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter, Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy said at a shareholders meeting on Monday that hat he hoped Rodgers will be the Packers’ quarterback “beyond” the 2021 season, Schefter said the agreement “would set up Rodgers’ departure from Green Bay” after this season.

Schefter said the team had agreed to void his final year under contract — 2023 — and would “review” the status of the 2022 season after the upcoming season. This means Rodgers could potentially return for two more seasons.

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