Greta Van Fleet have announced their upcoming sophomore album, titled “The Battle At Garden’s Gate,” and debuted their new single, “Age of Machine.”
The Battle at Garden’s Gate is the follow-up to their full-length debut, Anthem of the Peaceful Army, and is set for release April 16, 2021.
You can take your first listen to Age of Machine at the link: here.
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Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have recorded a new version of “The Christmas Song,” releasing it as part of the holiday deluxe version of Shawn’s new album Wonder, which is available now.
Shawn and Camila will be donating all of the money they make from the song to Feeding America, kicking it off with a $100,000 donation to the organization from the couple themselves. Shawn wrote on his Instagram account, “Wanted to give you guys a few surprise songs for the holidays. #WONDER holiday deluxe is out now, including ‘The Christmas Song’ with Camila. Proceeds from the song will benefit Feeding America & we’re starting by donating $100k to support those in need in the holidays.”
Camila added, “This has been such a crazy year with so many challenges. This holiday season, it is more important than ever to spread love and kindness to everyone! Shawn and I wanted to send all our love to you amazing humans so we put together something special for you, our rendition of #TheChristmasSong. All streams will support those in need right now, and to kick this off, we are donating $100K to Feeding America!”
Take a listen to The Christmas Song at the link: here.
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Dua Lipa has officially made her NPR Tiny Desk debut, performing a “Home” edition of the concert series featuring stripped-back versions of songs from her Grammy-nominated 2020 album Future Nostalgia .
Lipa was joined by a six-person backing band for renditions of her hits “Levitating”, “Pretty Please”, “Love Again”, and “Don’t Start Now.” In between songs, the 25-year-old expressed how excited she was to be back with her band for the first time in months.
Lipa released a new standalone single called “Fever” in October, in addition to guesting on Miley Cyrus’ new full-length Plastic Hearts. You can check out her “Tiny Desk (Home)” concert on YouTube.
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Former star of The Good Wife Julianna Margulies has joined the Season 2 cast of Apple TV’s The Morning Show.
Margulies will play Laura Peterson, an anchor at UBA News. She’ll join returning stars Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Bel Powley, Karen Pittman and Desean Terry and new series regulars Greta Lee and Ruairi O’Connor. Hasan Minhaj will recur in Season 2.
The series, executive produced by Aniston and Witherspoon, is currently in production on its second season following a production hiatus due to the pandemic. Margulies is a 10-time Emmy-nominated actress, winning three for her work on ER and The Good Wife. She most recently appeared on Showtime’s Billions.
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On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a new regional stay-at-home order, this coming just days after he said that most of the state’s intensive care beds could be over capacity within weeks amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
The order will be applied regionally, and will require bars, wineries, hair salons and other nonessential businesses across five areas to close for three weeks once the region’s intensive care capacity falls below 15 percent. Statewide travel will also be temporarily halted, but schools will remain open and the Governor encouraged people to visit parks and exercise. Restaurants can continue to serve takeout and delivery, he said.
Newsom said the effects of Thanksgiving travel and celebrations still haven’t been felt, and that residents should expect a “surge on top of a surge” in cases within weeks. “We really need to step up,” he said. “We need to do everything we can to stem the tide.”
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A wind-driven brush fire in Orange County, CA forced mandatory evacuations in the area as it burned through 7,200 acres by Thursday afternoon– and officials expect the fires to continue to burn through the weekend.
Dubbed the ‘Bond Fire,’ the wildfire began Wednesday night as a structure fire in the 29000 block of Silverado Canyon Drive, before strong winds pushed the blaze into nearby brush, which spread into the hills. Orange County Fire Authority tweeted video footage of firefighters battling the blaze from the air with an update showing it had grown from 3,643 acres in the morning to 7,200 acres with 0% contained.
The Bond Fire has prompted mandatory evacuations in Silverado Canyon, Williams Canyon, Modjeska Canyon, Foothill Ranch and Portola Hills.
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Anthony Davis has agreed to a five-year, $190 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. The deal also includes an early termination option ahead of the 2024-25 season, the fifth year of the deal. With four guaranteed seasons Davis is committed to the Lakers at least through his 31st birthday. The agreement comes only a day after LeBron James agreed to a two-year, $85 million extension of his own deal.
James and Davis may be the NBA’s two best players entering the 2020-21 season, and the Lakers added Dennis Schroder, Wes Matthews, Marc Gasol and Montrezl Harrell this offseason. With those players in place, the Lakers are positioned to contend as long as James remains playing.
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Gary Allan has dropped his new video for “Waste of a Whiskey Drink.”
The video, directed by Peter Zavadil, features Gary as a bartender at The Crying Wolf, a favorite dive bar in East Nashville.
Watch Gary’s new video for Waste of a Whiskey Drink on YouTube.
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Cody Johnson has released an acoustic cover of Reba McEntire‘s chart-topping hit, “Whoever’s In New England.” Johnson recorded his version of the song at Orb Recording Studio in Austin.
Johnson teamed up with McEntire for a duet of his song, “Dear Rodeo,” which highlights the highs and lows of rodeo life. Upon its release the song has raked in over 45 million global streams to date. “Dear Rodeo” is featured on Johnson’s major-label debut album Ain’t Nothin’ To It.
Check out Johnson’s version of Reba’s “Whoever’s in New England” on YouTube.
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Just one month after Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne filed for divorce from husband Tom Girardi, the couple has been sued for allegedly using their split to embezzle money.
According to a complaint filed in an Illinois federal court Wednesday, Erika and Tom are being sued by law firm Edelson PC on behalf of several families who lost loved ones in a Boeing plane crash. The documents detail how Tom and Erika allegedly embezzled settlement funds meant to help the families of victims on Lion Air Flight 610. The documents state: “Tom has resorted to embezzling the proceeds of settlements that should have been directed to his clients — including, as the basis for this Complaint, the widows and orphans who lost loved ones in the tragic crash of Lion Air Flight 610 — in order to continue funding his and Erika’s lavish Beverly Hills lifestyles.”
Tom’s law firm, Girardi & Keese (GK), is also named in the suit, which claims both Tom, 81, and the firm “are on the verge of financial collapse and locked in a downward spiral of mounting debts and dwindling funds.”
Erika filed for divorce from Tom, her husband of 21 years, on Nov. 3, saying in a statement: “After much consideration, I have decided to end my marriage to Tom Girardi. This is not a step taken lightly or easily. I have great love and respect for Tom and for our years and the lives we built together. It is my absolute wish to proceed through this process with respect and with the privacy that both Tom and I deserved,” she added. “I request others give us that privacy as well.”
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