Month: May 2020

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Spanish League To Resume Despite Five Positive Covid-19 Tests

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The Spanish league is still planning to resume, despite five players from clubs in the first and second divisions testing positive for COVID-19. The league confirmed the positive tests on Sunday but said it was not going to alter the practice protocol that got underway last week. 

Players from most clubs began individual training sessions on Friday after nearly two months of confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic. The league said it will “continue to apply the back-to-training protocol” that was approved by government authorities to “guarantee the maximum safety of all players, coaches and club employees.”

The five players who tested positive for COVID-19 will remain sidelined until they fully recover. They are all without symptoms and recovering from the disease, according to the league. They will be allowed to resume practicing after testing negative in two consecutive tests. All other players tested negative, the league said. Players, coaches and club employees involved in the training sessions are being tested daily.

La Liga confirms five positive coronavirus tests

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La Liga have confirmed that players in Spain’s first and second divisions have tested positive…
 

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Reba McEntire Drops New Video For Her Song “What If” Featuring Essential Workers

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Reba McEntire has dropped an updated music video for her 1997 song, “What If.”  The updated version features new clips of essential workers, medical professionals and first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

“What If” was originally released by Reba in 1997 as a promotional single to benefit the Salvation Army. and peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The track is now available digitally for the first time.

Watch Reba’s new video for “What If” at the link here.

‘What If’: Reba McEntire’s timeless song gets an update amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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Reba McEntire puts her 1997 hit, “What If,” in modern-day context with a new music…
 

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Abby Anderson Engaged To Boyfriend Tyler Graham

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Abby Anderson and longtime boyfriend Tyler Graham are engaged! Tyler proposed to Abby during an evening canoe ride in a lake in Georgia, where the couple has been quarantining. Tyler got down on one knee and presented Abby with a ring made of wildflowers.

Abby shared the news via Instagram, saying: “TURNS OUT MY MAN CATCHES MORE THAN FISH.  Ring brought to you by Tyler’s beautiful mind, jewelers being closed, corona and wildflower stems.”

Abby Anderson Engaged to Boyfriend Tyler Graham: ‘Turns Out My Man Catches More Than Fish’

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He proposed to the country singer with a ring made of wildflowers and plans to design her…
 

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Lifetime Announces New Projects Including A Christmas Movie Starring Betty White

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The Lifetime network just announced a slate of new projects, including an as-yet-untitled Christmas movie starring 98-year-old Betty White. According to a news release, White will star as a woman who “helps whip would-be Santas into shape, spreading the true meaning of Christmas and leading everyone to wonder: is she secretly Mrs. Claus?” White is an eight-time Emmy winner, and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Screen Actors Guild in 2010.

Also coming from Lifetime is the third installment of its franchise about Prince Harry and his wife Meghan. With a working title of “Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace,” the project will follow “the couple’s controversial conscious uncoupling from the crown after the birth of their son Archie.””The movie details the struggles of the new parents and unique challenges of being part of the royal family, which ultimately led Harry and Meghan to give up their royal ties to forge a new life on their own terms,” the news release states. The TV movie will follow 2018’s “Harry and Meghan: A Royal Romance” and 2019’s “Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal.”

Betty White to star in Lifetime Network Christmas movie at age 98

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Everyone’s favorite 98-year-old actress, Betty White, is slated to appear in an…
 

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Taylor Swift Announces “City of Lover” Concert Special On ABC

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Taylor Swift only held one concert to promote her album “Lover”mbefore the coronavirus pandemic came down, causing all the stadium shows she had planned for this year to be pushed at least into 2021. Fortunately for fans, that show was filmed and now ABC will air portions of it this month as an hour-long special called “Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert.”  The show will air May 17 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, and was filmed on September 9, 2019 at L’Olympia Theater in Paris, a historic hall with a capacity of about 2000.

“While we are all home, Taylor Swift and her family of fans will be able to have a moment together and experience a never-before-seen, intimate performance,” said Eric Avram, ABC Entertainment’s VP of talent and booking, vice president, “and we are so thrilled to be able to offer this to our own family of viewers on ABC.” Not all of the material she played in Paris is likely to make it into the one-hour special, since setlists from the L’Olympia performance show she played a full 76-minute set.

Taylor Swift set to run a concert special on TV after her ‘Lover Fest’ tour was canceled

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Taylor Swift’s much anticipated “Lover Fest” tour was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic,…
 

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Whitesnake Releases 2020 Remix For “Give Me All Your Love”

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Whitesnake is streaming the 2020 version of their 1987 track “Give Me All Your Love.” It’s the latest sneak peek into their upcoming collection titled “The ROCK Album,” out on June 19.

The single was written by David Coverdale with guitarist John Sykes. The ROCK Album features the revisited, remixed and remastered versions of some of their greatest hits. It’s the first release in their “Red, White and Blues Trilogy,” a series of collections grouped by musical themes – Love Songs (red), The ROCK Album (white), The BLUES Album (blue). It will be available on CD, a double-LP set pressed on 180-gram, and in white vinyl. It will also be released on various digital and streaming platforms.

Whitesnake Release ‘Give Me All Your Love’ 2020 Remix Video

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Whitesnake have released a video for the 2020 remix of their 1987 track, ‘Give Me All Your Love.’
 

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Members of Anthrax, Testament And More Cover RUSH’s ‘Red Barchetta’ While In Quarantine

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Charlie Benante (Anthrax), Alex Skolnick (Testament), Roberto “Ra” Diaz (Suicidal Tendencies) and Brandon Yeagley (Crobot) have shared their version of the classic RUSH song, “Red Barchetta,” recorded with each member separated in his own home while in quarantine.

Benante uploaded a video of the performance to his YouTube channel, writing in an accompanying message: “Once again, we’ve been completely knocked out by the responses to our video tribute to the one & only RUSH, thank you. This time, we’ve decided to follow up our most recent track (and our first vocal song, ‘Freewill’) with another one of our favorites, ‘Red Barchetta’.

Take a listen to the all-star cover of “Red Barchetta” at the link here.

Rush Classic Gets All-Star Quarantine Cover

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Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante has recruited some of his metal musician friends to record a…
 

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Polar Vortex May Bring Historic, Rare Snow To East Coast This Weekend

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A polar vortex may sweep into the Northeast this weekend, potentially bringing the Albany, NY region its first measurable May snowfall in 18 years, as well as potentially record low temperatures to parts of the East Coast.

The wintry air mass is expected to send a chill through the region beginning on Friday, according to the Albany branch of the National Weather Service. “We continue to closely watch a storm for Friday afternoon into Friday night that may bring a period of snow to most of eastern NY and western New England,” the weather service posted to Facebook.

Albany itself may not see more than an inch, and the Catskill Mountains can also expect some snowfall, but the heaviest accumulation is predicted for New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as Maine, who may see between 6 and 12 inches.

Temperatures will drop down into the mid-30s Friday night, possibly brushing with a record low of 35 degrees. Saturday afternoon, temperatures will only hit the upper 40s.

Potentially historic May snowstorm headed for Northeast and New England

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In addition to snow, 75 million people will wake up to below freezing temperatures Saturday. For…
 

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Department Of Justice Drops Case Against Former Trump Advisor Michael Flynn

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On Thursday, the Justice Department dropped its case against retired Army general Michael Flynn. The decision comes just more than a week after President Trump claimed that newly released FBI notes outlining agents’ strategy in advance of their 2017 interview in the retired Army general’s White House office exonerated Flynn.

In new court documents filed Thursday, federal prosecutors asserted the FBI’s interview of the then-national security adviser was “unjustified.”  The documents also stated, “the government is not persuaded that the January 24, 2017 interview was conducted with a legitimate investigative basis and therefore does not believe Mr. Flynn’s statements were material even if untrue. Moreover, we do not believe that the government can prove either the relevant false statements or their materiality beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Flynn had pleaded guilty in 2017. However his sentence had been stalled in federal court for more than a year after he dumped his initial defense team and hired new attorneys, alleging he was framed in a government conspiracy and while seeking to withdraw his 2017 guilty plea.

Justice Department drops case against ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn

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Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he was happy about the Justice Department’s move.
 

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MLB Is Reportedly Finalizing A “Return-To-Play” Proposal

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Six weeks past when the 2020 MLB season was about to begin, the MLB may be ready to reveal their “return-to-play” proposal. According to a report from ESPN, MLB will send a return-to-play proposal to players sometime in the next week.  

Major League Baseball expects to offer a return-to-play proposal to the MLB Players Association within a week, as teams have begun to encourage players to prepare for a “spring” training that could begin in mid-June and a season that could start in early July, sources familiar with the discussions told ESPN.

While dates are tentative, some teams are suggesting that players prepare for a July 1 start to the season, while other people involved think that timeline is unrealistic. Additionally, obstacles that still remain deciding what should happen if players don’t want to partake in the season, and figuring out what to do if a player tests positive for the coronavirus.

Sources: MLB finalizing return-to-play proposal

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MLB expects to offer a return-to-play proposal to the players’ union within a week, as teams…
 

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