Miranda Lambert is following-up her recent No. 1 single, “Bluebird,” with her latest single, “Settling Down,” which is featured on Miranda’s 2019 album, Wildcard.
Listen to “Settling Down” at the link: here.
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Miranda Lambert is following-up her recent No. 1 single, “Bluebird,” with her latest single, “Settling Down,” which is the third single off Miranda’s 2019 album, Wildcard.
Listen to “Settling Down” at the link: here.
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New York City public schools, the largest school system in the United States, has postponed the start of school for more than 1 million students amid pressure from a teachers union, which said there was not enough time to ready educators and school buildings to teach students safely during the pandemic.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he had reached a deal with the unions representing teachers, principals and food workers to delay reopening for nearly a week, beginning virtual classes for all students on Sept. 16 and in-person classes for some students five days later. School was originally slated to start Sep. 10. Students were given the option of full-time remote classes or a hybrid model – returning to school part-time but taking classes virtually the rest of the time. About 37 percent of students have opted for the all-virtual classes. de Blasio’s decision came after increasing pressure from the United Federation of Teachers, whose members threatened to strike or take the city to court if the mayor fell short of meeting their health and safety demands.
The city’s school system faces a number of challenges, including ensuring that classrooms have adequate ventilation and staggering attendance to allow for social distancing. The city was also still working through how teachers would provide both in-person and virtual instruction.
NYC was once the nation’s epicenter of the pandemic, and has lost more than 19,000 people to Covid-19.
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On Tuesday, a federal appeals court blocked a New York prosecutor from obtaining Donald Trump’s tax returns while his lawyers continue to fight a subpoena seeking the records. The three-judge panel ruled after hearing brief arguments from both sides.
Trump’s lawyers had asked for a temporary stay while they appeal a lower-court ruling that granted Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office access to Trump’s tax returns. A lawyer for Vance’s office had argued that further delays would only impede their investigation.
Trump’s lawyers appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month. Judge John M. Walker Jr. said at Tuesday’s hearing that the subpoenas cover 11 entities engaged in business dealings as far away as Europe and Dubai.
A hearing on the merits of Trump’s latest appeal will be held on Sept. 25 after both sides agreed to an expedited schedule.
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Serena Williams began her quest to win a 24th Grand Slam singles title with a win over Kristie Ahn in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.
Williams and Ahn split the first 10 games before the third-seeded Williams took control to earn a 7-5, 6-3 win. With the victory, Williams passed Chris Evert with her 102nd singles win at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows — the most by a woman at the tournament
Williams, who turns 39 this month, has won the U.S. Open six times and has been the runner-up in each of the last two years at the event. She can tie Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam singles trophies with a win in New York.
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The Boston Celtics defeated the Toronto Raptors 102-99 on Tuesday, putting the reigning NBA champions in a 2-0 deficit in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 34 points and had eight rebounds and six assists for the Celtics, who are now 3-0 against the Raptors. Boston holds a 5-1 overall record against Toronto this season. Marcus Smart finished with 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting from 3-point range. He sank five 3-pointers in a span of 3:04, turning the last of those shots into a four-point play as the Celtics rallied from a 12-point deficit late in the third frame.
Game 3 of theEastern Conference semifinals is set for Thursday.
Eric Church has dropped his latet song, “Crazyland,” co-written by Eric, Luke Laird and Michael Heeney.
Crazyland is the follow-up to Eric’s recent releases “Bad Mother Trucker” and his current single, “Stick That in Your Country Song,” and the new track features backup vocals from his longtime collaborator, Joanna Cotten.
Listen to “Crazyland” at the link: here.
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Miranda Lambert led the nominations for the 2020 Country Music Association Awards, including her first entertainer of the year nomination in five years. The CMAs announced Tuesday that Lambert earned seven nominations.
Additionally, Luke Combs earned six nominations, including his first for entertainer of the year. Combs earned his first all-genre No. 1 album last year with “What You See Is What You Get.” Dan + Shay’s Dan Smyers has six nominations, including four he shares with bandmate Shay Mooney and three with pop star Justin Bieber for their crossover hit “10,000 Hours.” Smyers earned individual nominations for his work as a producer on the song.
Carrie Underwood join Lambert and Combs in the entertainer of the year category, along with Keith Urban and Eric Church. Other top nominees include Maren Morris, who scored five nominations.
The CMA Awards are normally held in November in Nashville, although details on this year’s awards show have not yet been released.
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September marks the 30th anniversary of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and now HBO Max has announced the cast will come together to film a reunion special to air in September. Most of the show’s regulars, includimg Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Joseph Marcell, Karyn Parsons, and DJ Jazzy Jeff, will return for the special. According to the network, the reunion will feature music, dancing, and some surprise guests.
The news of the reunion special comes on the heels of Will Smith announcing he’d be executive producing Bel-Air, a dramatic reimagining of the hit series created by Morgan Cooper, who produced a trailer for the series in 2019. Cooper and Chris Collins (writer for shows The Wire and Sons of Anarchy) will co-write the series.
You can stream all six seasons of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air on HBO Max.
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Ed Sheeran, 29, and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, 28, have announced the birth of their baby girl on Instagram.
“Ello! A quick message from me as I have some personal news that I wanted to share with you… Last week, with the help of an amazing delivery team, Cherry gave birth to our beautiful and healthy daughter – Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran,” Sheeran wrote alongside a photo of a pair of baby socks on top of a blue and green blanket. He added, “We are completely in love with her. Both mum and baby are doing amazing and we are on cloud nine over here. We hope that you can respect our privacy at this time. Lots of love and I’ll see you when it’s time to come back, Ed x.”
Sheeran and Seaborn tied the knot in December 2018 at their home in Suffolk, England, in front of 40 friends and family members. Sheeran first met Seaborn at school when he was 11, but their relationship didn’t turn romantic until the summer of 2015 when they shared their first date at Taylor Swift’s annual Fourth of July party. The couple starred in their first music video together for his single, “Put It All on Me,” back in December 2019.
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