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Trump Campaign Cancels Republican National Convention In Florida Due To Coronavirus Concerns

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On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced the cancellation of the Jacksonville, Fla., component of the Republican National Convention. Trump said that the portions of the rally planned to take place in Florida would be replaced with online events citing surging COVID-19 numbers in the state.

Trump said, “The timing for this event is not right, with what’s happened recently, the flare-up in Florida, to have a big convention … it’s not the right time.” The president added that he would still give a convention speech “in a different form” and portions of the event set to take place in the original host site in North Carolina, including nominations, would continue. “We’ll be starting in North Carolina for the Monday as has always been planned, we were never taking that off, that’s remaining as it is, the delegates are going to get together,” Trump said.

The event was scheduled to run in Jacksonville from Aug. 25 to Aug. 27 and officials had in recent weeks announced measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 including requiring masks and limiting attendance.

 Florida reported 10,200 new cases Wednesday for a total of 389,900 since the pandemic started.

        

Trump cancels Florida portion of RNC as coronavirus cases surge: ‘Not the right time’

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Mike Tyson Coming Out Of Retirement For Exhibition Match Against Roy Jones Jr..

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Former undisputed heavyweight champion “Iron” Mike Tyson will return to the ring and fight ex-world champion Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition match. The 54-year-old Tyson will face Jones in an eight-round bout Sept. 12 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. The match will be broadcast on pay-per-view as well as multimedia platform Triller.

Triller confirmed the bout with a teaser video on social media, and the platform plans to show a 10-part docuseries leading up to the fight.

Over the past few months, Tyson (50-6) has posted footage of himself training in the gym, leading to speculation about a possible return to the ring. He last fought 15 years ago, when Kevin McBride stopped him in six rounds. Last month, Jones, 51, expressed interest in a potential fight with Tyson. Jones (66-9) hasn’t fought since Feb. 8, 2018, when he defeated Scott Sigmon by decision.

Andy Foster, the executive director of the California State Athletic Commission, said Tyson and Jones won’t be wearing headgear, but the fighters will use 12-ounce gloves.

Mike Tyson Comeback Set for September in Exhibition Match vs. Roy Jones Jr.

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Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will take on light heavyweight legend Roy Jones Jr. in an…
 

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MLB, Players’ Union Agree On Expanded Playoffs For 2020 Season

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Major League Baseball and its players’ union have agreed to a plan that will expand the postseason from 10 teams to 16 in the 2020 season. 

Under the plan, the second-place teams in each of the six divisions will qualify for the postseason.The seventh and eighth teams in the National League and American League will be chosen by best record among other teams.

The new playoff format will feature a best-of-three series in the first round instead of the traditional sudden-death wild-card game. The opening round will have four three-game series with all games played at the higher seed’s home stadium.

The rest of the rounds will remain the same in length. The two Division Series in each league will be five-game series, while the AL and NL Championship Series and World Series will remain best-of-seven.

MLB, players agree to expanded 2020 playoffs with 16 teams

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Major League Baseball’s strange 2020 season will now have 16 teams reach the playoffs instead of…
 

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Brothers Osborne Will Drop Their Third Studio Album, “Skeletons,” This October

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Brothers Osborne — the duo of John and TJ Osborne — announced they will release their third studio album, Skeletons, on October 9. The upcoming project follows the release of their 2016 debut album, Pawn Shop, and 2018 sophomore album, Port Saint Joe.

John and TJ Osborne had a hand in writing all 12 tracks on Skeletons, including lead single, “All Night,” which is currently No. 40 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart after nine weeks.

Skeletons also features tracks co-penned by a number of top songwriters, including Lee Miller, Craig Wiseman, Hayes Carll, Natalie Hemby, Casey Beathard and more.

Brothers Osborne Set To Release ’Skeletons’ On October 9

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Maryland natives the Brothers Osborne are preparing the release of their third studio album,…
 

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Hardy To Release New Album Titled “A Rock” This September

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Michael Hardy, known professionally as Hardy, will release his new album, A Rock, on Sept. 4. Hardy co-wrote all the tracks on the 12-song offering. The album’s lead single, “One Beer,” featuring Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson, is currently No. 24 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart after 24 weeks.

Hardy released a collaborative album, Hixtape Vol. 1, in September 2019. The album featured 17 guest artists, including Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Dustin Lynch, Lauren Alaina, Tracy Lawrence, Trace Adkins and more.

Hardy earned a rep as one of Nashville’s hottest songwriters, having co-written the No. 1 singles “God’s Country” by Blake Shelton, “Simple” from Florida Georgia Line, and “Up Down” by Morgan Wallen.

Hit songwriter Hardy is ‘A Rock’ on debut album

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Hardy is setting his sights on his debut album. The sought-after songwriter behind such hits as…
 

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Taylor Swift Drops Surprise New Album ‘Folklore’

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Taylor Swift just dropped a surprise new album titled Folklore. Swift had shared the news to her fans in an Instagram post, writing, “folklore will have 16 songs on the standard edition, but the physical deluxe editions will include a bonus track called “the lakes.” Because this is my 8th studio album, I made 8 deluxe CD editions and 8 deluxe vinyl editions that are available for one week. Each deluxe edition has unique covers, photos, and artwork. Available exclusively at taylorswift.com”.  

Folklore comes less than a year after Taylor released her album Lover, which featured the hit single “Me!” and “You Need To Calm Down.” 

Taylor also released the music video for “Cardigan,” her first single from Folklore.  The video, which kicked off her album release at midnight, was directed by Swift – who also wrote the track. You can view the video at Taylor’s YouTube channel: here

You can order Folklore at the link here:  https://store.taylorswift.com

Taylor Swift will drop a surprise new album tonight

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Surprise! Taylor Swift is releasing a new album this week, one she wrote and recorded entirely…
 

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Disney Postpones Next Star Wars And Avatar Sequels; Delays ‘Mulan’ Indefinitely

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Disney took Mulan off its release schedule and pushed back the release dates of new films in the Avatar and Star Wars franchises due to the coronavirus pandemic. The move comes as theater owners are being forced to stay closed due to the rise in cases.

Mulan was originally scheduled for release in March and even had its world premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on March 9. Disney scheduled release dates in July and August before leaving it un-dated Thursday. Disney also left Searchlight Pictures’ The French Dispatch undated. The highly anticipated comedy was directed by Wes Anderson and was scheduled to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival before a wide release on July 24. 

James Cameron’s Avatar sequels have all been pushed back a year due to the coronavirus pandemic causing delays in production. Avatar 2 is scheduled for Dec. 16, 2022 now, while Avatar 3 opens on Dec. 20, 2024. Avatar 4 opens on Dec. 18, 2026, and Avatar 5 opens on Dec.22, 2028.

Lucasfilm also received more time to work on the new Star Wars movies, which have all remained a mystery. The first film opens on Dec 22, 2023 now, with a second opening on Dec. 19, 2025. The third untitled movie opens on Dec. 17, 2027.

Disney delays premiere of ‘Mulan’ indefinitely, pushes release of ‘Avatar,’ ‘Star Wars’ movies

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The move comes three days after Warner Bros. pulled the mind-bending espionage thriller “Tenet”…
 

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Lenny Kravitz Performs NPR Tiny Desk Concert From Home

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Lenny Kravitz performs tracks from his extensive catalog on a home edition of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. Kravitz performed from him home in Eleuthera in the Bahamas for this Tiny Desk concert.

Joining Kravitz was his longtime collaborator, co-writer and guitarist Craig Ross, and young mentee Yianni Giannakopoulos. Kravitz opens with a rendition of “Thinking Of You,” a song Kravitz wrote in 1998 about his late mother, actress Roxie Roker, and also delivers “What Did I Do With My Life?” from his 2004 album, “Baptism”, before closing with “We Can Get It All Together”, the opening track on his latest release, 2018’s “Raise Vibration.”

According to NPR, The Tiny Desk series is working from home for the foreseeable future; currently billed as Tiny Desk (home) concerts. 

Watch Kravitz’s concert from home at the link: here.

Watch Lenny Kravitz Perform a Three-Song Set in The Bahamas for His Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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Bon Jovi Reveals Release Date For ‘Bon Jovi 2020′ And Share New Single ‘Do What You Can’

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Bon Jovi has announced the new release date for their upcoming new album ‘Bon Jovi 2020,’ the follow-up to 2016’s ‘This House Is Not for Sale.’ Due to be released on October 2, you can see the new ‘Bon Jovi 2020’ tracklisting at the link below.

In April, the band revealed that their new single, ‘Do What You Can’ had been written by Jon Bon Jovi with submissions and lyric suggestions from fans.

Take a listen to “Do What You Can” at the link: here

        

Bon Jovi Release ‘Do What You Can’ Single, Announce Revised Album

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‘2020’ gets a makeover, while a new single arrives. Continue reading…
 

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The Weeknd Drops New Animated Video For “Snowchild”

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The Weeknd is back with a new video for his single “Snowchild,” off his After Hours album.

The clip was done by Japan’s D’ART Shtajio studio, and it features The Weednd — aka Abel Tesfaye — in his many personas over the years, from being in a house of balloons, to transforming into a starboy to being among black panthers.

You can check out the nostalgic clip for “Snowchild” at the link: here

New Video: The Weeknd – ‘Snowchild’

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Back in March, The Weeknd was the first big artist to release an album with…
 

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