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Timothée Chalamet and Billie Eilish to serve as co-chairs of the 2021 Met Gala

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Vogue confirmed on Monday that singer Billie Eilish, 19, and actor Timothée Chalamet, 25, will co-chair the 2021 Met Gala event in September, along with tennis star Naomi Osaka and poet Amanda Gorman, both 23. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, fashion designer Tom Ford and Instagram head Adam Mosseri will serve as honorary chairs.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute announced in April that the Met Gala will return this year with a two-part exhibition on American fashion planned for September 2021 and May 2022.

Eilish, Chalamet, Osaka and Gorman will co-chair the Sept. 13 event, a smaller gala heralding the launch of the “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” exhibit on Sept. 18. The dress code for the event will be “American Independence.”

Billie Eilish to Celebrate ‘American Independence’ Theme as 2021 Met Gala Co-Host

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The Black Keys share video for “Going Down South” R.L. Burnside cover

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The Black Keys have shared the classic blues cover, showcasing R.L. Burnside’s “Going Down South” in a brand new music video. The track comes off the band’s forthcoming covers album Delta Kream, which is set to drop on May 14.

Delta Kream will mark the duo’s first release since their 2019 effort Let’s Rock.  You can take a look at the video for “Going Down South” – here.

The Black Keys Share “Going Down South” Cover From ‘Delta Kream’ Tribute Album [Watch]

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The Black Keys have shared “Going Down South”, the second single from the band’s upcoming cover…
 

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AC/DC’s Brian Johnson teams up with Foo Fighters for “Back in Black” performance

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AC/DC’s Brian Johnson joined Foo Fighters onstage for a collaborative rendition of “Back in Black.” The rock legends teamed up at Global Citizen’s “Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World” at Inglewood, Calif.’s SoFi Stadium, an event is to “[call] on world leaders to step up to make sure vaccines are accessible for all so we can end the pandemic for everyone, everywhere,” according to the Global Citizen website.

Vax Live: the Concert to Reunite the World will air at 8PM ET on May 8 on YouTube, ABC, ABC News Live, CBS, AXS TV. Selena Gomez serves as host of the show, which also features performances from Eddie Vedder, Jennifer Lopez, J Balvin and H.E.R.

Grohl has shared his love of AC/DC in the past, telling Forbes that his “dream person” to play drums for was “AC/DC. That’s my last one, that’s it. Phil Rudd is back, though. If you dive back into their back catalog, that early shit, there was a little bit more dynamic, then they settled into the groove. That’s the thing. And it’s because of Phil Rudd. It’s AC/DC, but that guy holds the key.”

AC/DC’s Brian Johnson Joins FOO FIGHTERS For “Back In Black” Cover

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Pop Daypop

Nick Jonas will host this year’s 2021 Billboard Music Awards

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The 2021 Billboard Music Awards will be hosted by Nick Jonas. The ceremony will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, May 23 at 8 PM ET/ 5 PM PT on NBC. Jonas currently serves as a coach on NBC’s The Voice; his fellow coach on The Voice, Kelly Clarkson, previously hosted the Billboard Awards for the last three years.  Jonas tweeted about the hosting gig, posting a video saying “Truly an honor to have already received the first preemptive 2021 #BBMAs award. Best host ever?! Wow!”

This year’s Billboard Music Awards are based on the chart period of March 21, 2020 through April 3, 2021. Billboard Music Awards’ finalists and winners are based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital song sales, streaming, radio airplay, and social engagement, tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including MRC Data. Fan-voted categories include Top Social Artist and Top Collaboration.

Nick Jonas to host 2021 Billboard Awards

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The Weeknd & Ariana Grande’s ‘Save Your Tears’ remix hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

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The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s newly-remixed version of “Save Your Tears” has hit No. 1 on the Hot 100. The track, which serves as the latest single from The Weeknd’s After Hours album, first broke into the top 10 after he performed it during his Super Bowl halftime show.  

“Save Your Tears” is the sixth Hot 100 No. 1 hit for both The Weeknd and Grande. The Weeknd has topped the Hot 100 on his own with “The Hills,” “Can’t Feel My Face,” “Heartless” and “Blinding Lights.” Grande’s solo No. 1 hits include “Thank U, Next,” “7 Rings” and “Positions” and her collaborative hits include “Stuck With U” with Justin Bieber, “Rain on Me” with Lady Gaga and now “Save Your Tears” with The Weeknd.

“Save Your Tears” marks the third time The Weeknd and Grande have teamed up. Their track “Love Me Harder” peaked at No. 7, and last year they joined together for Positions album cut “Off the Table,” which broke into the top 40.

The Weeknd & Ariana Grande’s ‘Save Your Tears’ Soars to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

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The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears” bounds from No. 6 to No. 1 for its first week…
 

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3 dead, 27 injured after boat capsizes in San Diego

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Three people are dead and 27 more were injured after a boat believed to be a “smuggling vessel” overturned off the coast of San Diego on Sunday. Rick Romero, San Diego Fire Rescue lifeguard lieutenant, said during a press conference that the agency received a call around 10 a.m. from a commercial assistance vessel reporting a vessel offshore near the surf line that appeared to be in trouble.

A total of about 30 people were on the boat at the time of the incident, exceeding its capacity, and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent Jeff Stephenson said there was “every indication” the boat was being used to smuggle migrants into the United States illegally. Romero said that injuries ranged from hypothermia to damage related to the boat breaking apart.

Three dead, 27 injured as suspected smuggling boat capsizes

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The 40-foot cabin cruiser “broke apart” on a reef west of San Diego, an official said.
 

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Republicans Susan Wright and Jake Ellzey advance to runoff for House seat in special Texas election

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Republicans Susan Wright and state Rep. Jake Ellzey will advance to a runoff in the special election to fill a North Texas congressional seat. 

Wright, the widow of Rep. Ron Wright and a longtime activist in local GOP politics, emerged from the 23-person field as one of the top two candidates to represent the 6th Congressional District, winning more than 19 percent of the vote. She was first to advance to the runoff. Ellzey advanced after the third-place candidate, Jana Lynne Sanchez, conceded Sunday morning. A runoff will take place because none of the candidates met the 50 percent threshold required to win outright.

A Republican has represented the district, a suburban swath of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, for more than 30 years. The special election came about because of Ron Wright’s death after he contracted Covid-19. Trump endorsed his widow just days before the election, and after she advanced to the runoff, Trump said in a statement Sunday: “Congratulations to Susan Wright on her great surge yesterday which made her NUMBER ONE and assures her participation in the TX-06 runoff against another Republican.”

House runoff in Texas set between GOP’s Wright, Ellzey

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Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez was narrowly locked out of the runoff.
 

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Sports Daypop

Oakland A’s pitcher Jesus Luzardo breaks pinkie while playing video game

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Oakland Athletics left-hander Jesus Luzardo will be out indefinitely after breaking the pinkie on his throwing hand while playing a video game before his scheduled start Saturday.

Luzardo underwent an X-ray, which revealed a hairline fracture in his left hand. He was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday. A’s manager Bob Melvin told reporters he didn’t know how long Luzardo would be out or whether he would need a cast or splint on the finger. “Before [Saturday’s] game, he was playing a video game and accidentally bumped his hand on the desk as he was playing the game,” Melvin said. “He came in, was a little bit sore, training staff checked him out. We threw him in the cage before he went out there, watched him warm up. He was comfortable pitching, the training staff was comfortable with him pitching. After the game, we got an X-ray and there was a hairline in the pinkie finger.  It just depends on how it heals and how it responds. As you would expect, it was a little bit worse today, a little bit puffier today, but really have no idea on a timetable yet.”

The 23-year-old Luzardo has a 1-3 record and 5.79 ERA over six starts this season.

Athletics pitcher Jesùs Luzardo fractures pinky while playing video game

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Kyle Busch wins NASCAR Buschy McBusch Race 400 at Kansas on his birthday

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Kyle Busch celebrated his 36th birthday by winning a two-lap sprint to the finish at Kansas Speedway, becoming the 10th different winner through the first 11 races of the NASCAR Cup Series season.

“We ran up front all day,” Busch said. “Just trying to make adjustments all day long to get it where we wanted. The final adjustments were a positive for us. Didn’t necessarily take us from a third-place car to a winning car but the restarts did.”

This is Busch’s 17th straight season with a win, tying David Pearson for second on the all-time.

Kyle Busch marks birthday with 1st ’21 Cup win

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Chris Lane releases his new video for the single “Summer Job Money”

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Chris Lane has just released his latest track “Summer Job Money,” where he looks back on a summer job he had when he was 17 and where all of his money would have gone had he met a girl back then.

The release of “Summer Job Money” comes just one week after the release of Lane’s other new song, “Fill Them Boots,” an upbeat love song.

Lane has also released the video for “Summer Job Money” which can be viewed at the link – here.

Premiere: Chris Lane Spends It All on Love in “Summer Job Money”

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