Month: December 2020

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Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, And More To Appear Virtually At Cyndi Lauper’s “Home for the Holidays” Benefit Concert

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Cyndi Lauper has revealed the lineup for her annual Home for the Holidays benefit concert. The virtual show will feature appearances and performances from Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Dolly Parton, Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell, Cher, Henry Rollins, and more. 

Home the Holidays premieres on TikTok on Friday, December 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern. The concert will also broadcast on YouTube and Facebook on Sunday, December 13 at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Cyndi Lauper’s concert supports True Colors United, which works to prevent homelessness in the LGBTQ+ youth community. 

Cyndi Lauper Announces Holiday Concert with Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, and Phoebe Bridgers

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Dolly Parton, Cher, Brittany Howard, and King Princess will also participate in Lauper’s “Home…
 

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90-year-old woman in the U.K. Is First To Receive Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

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A 90-year-old grandmother became Patient A on Tuesday morning as she was the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside a clinical trial.

Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, received the shot — the first of 800,000 doses — at University Hospital Coventry in central England at 6:31 a.m., as part of a mass immunization program rolled out across the United Kingdom, according to a press release from the country’s publicly-funded health care system, the National Health Service (NHS), 

Keenan said she feels “so privileged to be the first person.” She will receive a booster injection — re-exposure to the immunizing antigen after initial vaccination — in 21 days “to ensure she has the best chance of being protected against the virus,” according to the press release.

Last week, the U.K. became the first country in the world to authorize emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. The potentially life-saving vaccine was shown in late-stage clinical trials to be more than 95% effective in preventing COVID-19.

U.K. grandmother, 90, gets the 1st dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine

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First mass-inoculation program in the West launches with U.K. declaring “V-Day” after a grueling…
 

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As New COVID-19 Restrictions Begin In California, New York Prepares For Potential Shutdowns

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that New York is just days away from a second lockdown if coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to surge upward during the holiday season. Cuomo said during a Monday press conference in New York City, “If you overwhelm the hospital capacity, you will have to go back to shutdown. There are no options.”

Hospitalizations across New York are rising over the last month, as New Yorkers gathered for the holidays despite warnings from health officials. To combat the new wave, Cuomo revealed a series of new restrictive mandates that could go into effect as soon as Friday. Cuomo said if hospitalization rates do not stabilize in the next five days, indoor dining will have a 25 percent occupancy limit across the state—and will shut down entirely in New York City. 

The plan is similar to that of California, where a new stay-at-home order took effect on Sunday for Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley, after ICU  capacity dipped below 15 percent. San Francisco has also gone into lockdown, with the mayor imposing a separate set of orders. California’s new stay-at-home order affects around 85% of the state’s 40 million people, and will be in place for at least three weeks.

Many Californians under new pandemic curbs; New York readies fresh restrictions

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Much of California on Monday faced a raft of new restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of…
 

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Sports Daypop

Breakdancing To Become An Olympic Sport At 2024 Paris Games

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The International Olympic Committee announced on Monday that breakdancing is set to debut as an Olympic sport in 2024. Breakdancing, which the organization referred to as breaking, was confirmed as a sport for the 2024 Paris Games after being proposed by the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee. Skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing were also confirmed. The move to add breakdancing for 2024 fit with the committee’s “pursuit of urban events to lure a younger audience” for the Olympics.

Previously, breakdancing was added for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, and Monday’s announcement said this will be “building on the success of the sport” there. In total, there will be 329 medal events at the 2024 Paris Games, down from 339 in Tokyo next year, and the International Olympic Committee said it’s looking to make the 2024 games “fit for a post-corona world.” 

The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to begin in July 2021 following a year delay due to COVID-19. 

Olympics to give break-dancing a spin in 2024

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All 30 NBA Teams Will Receive $30M In Assistance Due To Coronavirus Pandemic

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All 30 NBA teams will receive up to $30 million each to help with finances and protect against any liquidity issues due to the pandemic. 

According to a report in the Sports Business Journal, the money comes from $900 million the league raised from notes issued by the NBA in the private placement market.  SBJ said that market generally includes insurance companies and institutional investors.

The notes are for three or four years, and will be paid back with interest from “general collective league sources,” SBJ reported, citing multiple sources in its report. SBJ said this is the first time the NBA has turned to the private placement market to fund league initiatives. 

The NBA gets about 40% of its revenues from game-day revenues, including ticket sales, concessions and other in-arena income.

Report: NBA Teams to Receive $30M Each to Help with Finances Amid COVID-19

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Chris Lane and Wife Lauren Bushnell Expecting Their First Child

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Chris Lane and his wife, Lauren Bushnell have announced they are expecting their first child together. Bushnell, who was a contestant on Season 20 of The Bachelor, married Lane in October of 2019. Bushnell shared the happy news on her Instagram page. 

Lane launched his Big, Big Plans Tour in October of 2019, which wrapped up February 2020. Lane’s headlining tour followed-up his support of Brad Paisley on his international tour. The video for Lane’s single “Big, Big Plans” features footage from his and Bushnell’s real-life wedding in Tennessee.

‘Bachelor’ alum Lauren Bushnell and country singer Chris Lane expecting 1st child

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Chris Lane and Lauren Bushnell Lane are expecting their first child! The proud parents-to-be…
 

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Carly Pearce Honors Her Late Friend And Producer Busbee With New Song, “Show Me Around”

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Carly Pearce is paying tribute to her longtime friend, songwriting partner and producer, busbee, with the release of a new song, “Show Me Around.” 

Michael James Ryan—known professionally as busbee—died in 2019 at the age of 43 from an aggressive form of brain cancer. Not only did busbee produce Carly’s debut and sophomore albums, but he also co-wrote many of her songs, including “Every Little Thing,” “Catch Fire,” “Call Me” and more.

Listen to “Show Me Around” at the link: here.

Carly Pearce tributes her late friend busbee in “Show Me Around”: “He holds such a sweet place in my heart”

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In 2019, the country community mourned the loss of producer and songwriter busbee, who died of a…
 

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Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant Join Netflix Comedy Event ‘Death to 2020’

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On Monday, Netflix announced on social media that Samuel L. Jackson and Hugh Grant have joined the Netflix comedy event Death to 2020.  Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, Leslie Jones, Diane Morgan, Cristin Milioti and Joe Keery will also appear in the special from the creators of Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.  Black Mirror moved to Netflix in Season 3 and released its fifth season in 2019.

Death to 2020 is a documentary-style special that will combine footage of real-life events from this year with commentary from fictitious “renowned” experts. Netflix said in an official synopsis: “Death to 2020 is a comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is?” 

Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow to Feature in Netflix Comedy Event ‘Death to 2020’

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Stars including (“Pulp Fiction”), Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”) and Lisa…
 

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Rock Daypop

Members Of Metallica And ZZ Top Featured On Fleetwood Mac Tribute Cover

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons are featured on a cover of the 1970 Fleetwood Mac classic, “The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)”, as part of a newly-issued video from a 2020 tribute concert for Fleetwood Mac’s Peter Green. Green passed away in his sleep on July 25 at the age of 73.

Organized by Mick Fleetwood, the February 25 event at London’s Palladium will be screened in cinemas worldwide on March 23 and March 28, 2021, before being released on multiple formats on April 30, 2021.

The tribute also featured an all-star lineup including Christine McVie, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman, John Mayll, Zak Starkey, Noel Gallagher and original Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy Spencer, among others.

Watch the video for The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) at the link: here.

Watch All-Star Group Perform Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Green Manalishi’

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Mick Fleetwood … featuring Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons….
 

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The Strokes Share New Video “The Adults Are Talking”

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The Strokes are back with a new music video for ‘The Adults Are Talking’ featured on their album The New Abnormal, released earlier this year.

The baseball-themed video is directed by Roman Coppola, who directed several videos for The Strokes’ Is This It, including ‘Last Nite’, ‘Someday’, ‘Hard To Explain’ and ‘The Modern Age’.

Take a look at the video for ‘The Adults Are Talking’ at the link: here.

The Strokes Debut New “The Adults Are Talking” Video

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Today, The Strokes debut a new music video for The Adults Are Talking directed by Roman Coppola—watch it via Top40-Charts.com. Set in a future populated by superhuman androids, the video finds the band struggling to hold their own in a baseball…
 

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