Month: February 2021

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Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous’ earns the No. 1 spot on Billboard 200 for sixth week

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Morgan Wallen Dangerous: The Double Album is No. 1 for a sixth week on the Billboard 200 as of Sunday (February 21). The run marks the most weeks atop the list for a male artist since Drake’s Views spent 13 nonconsecutive weeks at the top in 2016. Only three albums have spent at least six weeks at No. 1 in the last five years: Dangerous, Taylor Swift’s Folklore (eight nonconsecutive weeks, 2020) and Drake’s Views (13).

Earlier in the month, video footage surfaced of the 27-year-old Wallen using a racial slur, which resulted in him being suspended from his record label and ineligible for some music awards.

Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous’ Hits Sixth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Most for a Male Artist Since Drake’s ‘Views’

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NASA successfully lands Mars rover Perseverance on the red planet

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NASA successfully landed its fifth robotic rover on Mars on Thursday, confirming that Perseverance touched down safely on the red planet’s surface after its six-month voyage from Earth.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory mission control said at 3:55 p.m. ET: “Touchdown confirmed. Perseverance safely on the surface of Mars, ready to begin seeking the sands of past life.” Perseverance is a car-size robotic explorer that will search for traces of ancient life on the planet and collect what could be the first rocky samples from Mars that are sent back to Earth. The rover is the most technologically advanced robot NASA has ever sent to Mars; it is equipped with a drill, a 7-foot-long robotic arm and seven different science instruments. Perseverance is also carrying a small helicopter named Ingenuity, which NASA plans to use to attempt the first flight on another planet.

                

NASA’s Perseverance rover nails Mars landing, ready to search for life

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Touchdown confirmed! NASA lands its most ambitious, advanced robotic rover on the red planet….
 

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Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole reveals Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis

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Former U.S. senator Bob Dole announced Thursday that he’s been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. The 97-year-old Dole represented Kansas in the Senate for 27 years, the last 11 as the Republican leader.  Dole said he will undergo treatment on Monday.

In a statement posted to Twitter. Dole said: “While I certainly have some hurdles ahead, I also know that I join millions of Americans who have faced significant health challenges of their own.”

Before his election to the Senate, Dole served in the House as a representative from Kansas between 1961 and 1969. Dole was elected to the Senate in 1968 and won re-election four times. In 1976, Dole was the vice presidential nominee on the Republican ticket with incumbent President Gerald Ford; however they ultimately lost in the general election to Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale. In 1996, Dole ran for president, winning the Republican nomination but losing the election to incumbent President Bill Clinton.

Former Sen. Bob Dole announces he has stage 4 lung cancer

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The 97-year-old former Kansas senator announced in a tweet that he will begin treatment for…
 

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Saturday’s Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Dallas Stars game postponed due to power outages in Dallas

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The NHL announced Thursday that Saturday’s game between Tampa Bay and Dallas has been postponed, marking four straight home games for the Stars to be called off because of frigid conditions and power outages in Texas.The first two postponements were Monday and Tuesday against Nashville. The NHL said the decision to postpone was made after consultation with city and state officials. 

The defending champion Lightning and Stars were supposed to play twice in the first week of the season before COVID-19 issues with the Stars forced them to postpone their first four games. Two meetings in Dallas were called off by the weather.

Dallas now has eight games that need to be rescheduled. The next scheduled game for the Stars is Monday at Florida, the start of five road games in eight days. 

NHL postpones Saturday’s Stars-Lightning game due to Dallas’ continuing weather, outages issues

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The winter weather and power outages across North Texas have caused another postponement for the…
 

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Philadelphia Eagles to trade QB Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts.

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The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to trade quarterback Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts. In exchange for the quarterback, the Colts will send a third-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft to the Eagles.

The 28-year-old Wentz completed a career-low 57.4% of his passes for 2,620 yards, 16 touchdowns and an NFL-high 15 interceptions in 12 starts last season. The Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2017 but were quarterbacked by backup Nick Foles throughout the playoffs after Wentz sustained a season-ending injury.

The Eagles gave Wentz a four-year, $128 million contract extension in 2019 which includes $107 million guaranteed. The team will take a $33.8 million dead salary cap hit this season because of Wentz’s extension, and Indianapolis will pay the remainder of Wentz’s contract. He is owed a $10 million roster bonus in March.

The Eagles will play Jalen Hurts at quarterback in 2021. Hurts, a second-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, took over as the Eagles’ starter in Week 13 of the 2020 season.

Sources: Eagles trade Wentz to Colts for 2 picks

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The Eagles have traded Carson Wentz to the Colts for a third-round draft pick this year and a…
 

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“Hole In The Bottle” earns Kelsea Ballerini her sixth No. 1 song on country radio

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Kelsea Ballerini’s “hole in the bottle” moved up three places to reach #1 on this week’s Mediabase country radio singles chart.

“hole in the bottle” follows Ballerini’s “Love Me Like You Mean It,” “Dibs,” “Peter Pan,” “Legends,” and “Miss Me More” to become her sixth country radio #1.

Luke Combs’ “Better Together,” last week’s #1, dropped to #2 on this week’s chart. Darius Rucker’ “Beers and Sunshine” holds at #3, Parmalee’s “Just The Way (featuring Blanco Brown)” rises two spots to #4, and Luke Bryan’s “Down To One” holds at #5.

Kelsea Ballerini Earns Sixth No.1 Single With ‘Hole in the Bottle’

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Kelsea Ballerini’s “Hole in the Bottle” is No.1!  The song made its way…
 

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Luke Combs shares new song ‘Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old’

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Luke Combs posted a video of himself playing an acoustic version “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old,” which he wrote with Channing Wilson and Rob Snyder. In the new song, Combs sings that these days, “I spend most my happy hours here at home…I’m in the middle of growin’ up and gettin’ old.”

Combs was also just named to the TIME100 Next list, which included a tribute written by Garth Brooks. Brooks wrote, “In this age of self-promotion, Luke Combs is letting everybody else do the talking for him. That’s big in country music, which is all about sincerity and humility. And—despite his achievements, including winning Best Album at the 2020 Country Music Awards—Luke has both of those in spades. He realizes that being a star is not up to him: the people will confirm it.”

See Luke’s performance of “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old” – here.

Luke Combs Shares New Song ‘Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old’ [Watch]

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The singer is wasting no time while stranded in Florida. Continue reading…
 

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Netflix announces live-action Wednesday Addams ‘Addams Family’ spinoff series from director Tim Burton

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Director Tim Burton and streaming service Netflix have announced plans for a live-action series centered on Wednesday Addams, which was played by Christina Ricci in the The Addams Family movie franchise from the 90s. The new eight-episode comedy, titled Wednesday, would focus on the daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams.

The official plot description reads: “The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.”

The Addams Family was originally a live action television series in the 1970s before the movies from the 90s were released. This series will mark Burton‘s first television series directorial debut.

‘Addams Family’ Live-Action Wednesday Addams Spinoff Series From Tim Burton Ordered at Netflix

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Netflix has put in an eight-episode order for Tim Burton’s live-action Addams Family series…
 

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Michael B. Jordan to produce Muhammad Ali series with Jay-Z for Amazon

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Michael B. Jordan announced that his production company has signed an expanded deal with Amazon Studios to produce films and TV. Jordan’s company Outlier Society will develop a new Muhammad Ali limited series, to be executive produced by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation.

Jordan said, “It’s an incredible honor and I bring tons of respect to it. It’s a healthy weight to carry, to be able to tell the story of Muhammad Ali. It’s called The Greatest right now and we’re partnered with Roc Nation on the music side of things. It’s a project where we’ve partnered with the estate and we’ll be able to tell this story with no red tape. It’s a limited series that will really dive into the life of Muhammad Ali.”

Jordan added that he will not be acting in the project, and will instead will be working behind the scenes: “People know Muhammad Ali from his boxing days, but this is an opportunity to go beyond the ring, and more into the man. It’s going to give more of a 360 degree view of who he was. And no, I’m not playing that guy, I can say that for sure, and we are still in early stages here and can’t say too much. We are still putting the pieces together, but it feels like something to look forward to in the future.”

 

Michael B. Jordan and Jay-Z to Produce TV Series About Muhammad Ali

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Lil Nas X details his battle with depression and hypochondria in TikTok video posts

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Lil Nas X opened up about his mental health struggles in a series of candid TikTok posts, revealing that he feared he would die as he battled depression and hypochondria. The 21-year-old rapper said he had “no friends” during college and struggled to cope after his grandmother passed away.

Lil Nas posted his first video, saying: “Hey I’m Lil Nas X, and this is my story. In 2017, I became the first of all my family to get into college. During college I was depressed, had no friends… and my grandmother passed.”  The artist said that he only started to feel better when he started making music, saying: “I started going to the doctor a lot in fear that I would die soon… hypochondria. In May 2018 I started making music. I was happy again!!!”

Lil Nas – whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill – broke records when his smash hit ‘Old Town Road’ topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for 19 weeks. You can view the series of videos chronicling his ‘life story’ on his TikTok page.

Lil Nas X Chronicles His Turbulent Road to Fame in Revealing ‘Life Story’ TikTok Series

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Lil Nas X pulled back the curtain on his battle with depression and suicidal thoughts during his…
 

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