Month: August 2021

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Charlotte Hornets and Terry Rozier agree to four-year, $97M extension

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The Charlotte Hornets and guard Terry Rozier agreed to a four-year, $97 million contract extension on Thursday. Rozier is slated to be in Charlotte through the 2025-26 season

The 27-year-old Rozier averaged a career-high 20.4 points and 4.2 assists per game in 2020-21, his second season with the Hornets. He spent the first four years of his career in Boston after being selected with the No. 16 pick in the 2015 draft.

The Hornets enter 2021-22 seeking their first playoff appearance since 2016. James Borrego’s squad finished No. 10 in the East last season at 33–39.

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Country Daypop

Mitchell Tenpenny to launch headlining ‘To Us It Did’ tour this fall

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Mitchell Tenpenny will launch his headlining ‘To Us It Did’ tour this fall, kicking-off Sept. 23 in Wantagh, N.Y. The tour comes shortly after the release of his new EP “Midtown Diaries,” due out Sept. 10. The eight-song EP contains his new radio single, “Truth About You.”  Drew Green will serve as the opening act on the tour.

The ‘To Us It Did’ tour will coincide with Tenpenny’s appearance as a special guest on Chris Young’s “Famous Friends 2021 Tour” and his appearance at two dates on Dierks Bentley’s “Beers On Me Tour.”  For more information and tickets, visit Tenpenny’s website at www.mitchell10penny.com.

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Country Daypop

Rapper Nelly to headline ‘CMT Crossroads’ with Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown and more

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Nelly is set to headline ‘CMT Crossroads,’ becoming the first artist in rap to host the music series on CMT. Nelly has embraced country music for years; back in 2004, he made history with Tim McGraw on the track ‘Over and Over,’ which charted across multiple music genres.

‘CMT Crossroads: Nelly & Friends’ will find Nelly joined by Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, and Blanco Brown. Nelly said about the upcoming show: “I’m excited to celebrate my music with my friends and fellow artists on [CMT] Crossroads! When people talk about me crossing lines and genres, I think about it more that music brings folks together.”

Nelly is set to release his 8th studio album later this month, a new country-rap LP titled ‘Heartland’. The first two songs off the album to be released are ‘High Horse’ featuring BRELAND and Blanco Brown, as well as ‘Lil Bit’ featuring Florida Georgia Line.

‘CMT Crossroads: Nelly & Friends’ will air on September 1st at 10 PM EST.

CMT Crossroads: Nelly & Friends Premieres September 1st

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Entertainment Daypop

Take your first look at Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West as Princess Diana and Prince Charles in trailer for upcoming season of ‘The Crown’

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Netflix is giving fans first look at Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West as the new Princess Diana and Prince Charles in “The Crown.” Debicki and West are taking over from Emma Corrin and Josh O’Connor for the upcoming fifth series of the hit royal drama.

The official “Crown” Twitter account released the first pictures of the newcomers in their roles; they are just two of the new cast members for fifth series of “The Crown,” which jumps ahead in time from the events of the fourth season. Imelda Staunton stars as Queen Elizabeth, with Sir Jonathan Pryce taking over from Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip. Lesley Manville will be portraying Princess Margaret, while Jonny Lee Miller will play former prime minister John Major.

The fifth series of “The Crown” is set to debut on Netflix next year. Series 1-4 are currently available for streaming.

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Marvel unveils final trailer for ‘Eternals’ ahead of its November release

Marvel has released the final trailer for ‘Eternals’ ahead of its November release. The new trailer answers many questions many fans have been asking since the introduction of the film. Viewers see the return of another cosmic species known as Celestials who may prove to be a threat to Earth, and are introduced to an apocalyptic event they call “the emergence” which spurs the Eternals to finally interfere with the events of mankind.

Marvel also shared a new poster of the upcoming film on Twitter (which you can view here).  ‘Eternals’ will officially hit theaters November 5; you take a look at the final trailer for the film on YouTube- here.

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Rock Daypop

Foo Fighters to receive first-ever U.S. Global Icon Award at 2021 MTV Video Music Awards

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MTV has announced that the first recipients of their new award, the U.S. Global Icon Award, will be Foo Fighters. The distinction has its roots in the annual MTV Europe Music Award for Global Icon, and is being awarded to Foo Fighters due to their “unparalleled career and continued impact and influence has maintained a unique level of global success in music and beyond.”

Foo Fighters are also set to perform at this year’s VMAs ceremony, to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on September 12. The band is also nominated for three other awards this year: Best Rock, Best Choreography, and Best Cinematography, all for their video for “Shame Shame,” from their latest album ‘Medicine at Midnight.’

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Nine Inch Nails cancels all 2021 shows due to COVID-19 concerns

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Out of health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nine Inch Nails announced they are cancelling all 2021 shows until next year. Cases of the coronavirus have begun to surge again in the United States due to the highly contagious Delta variant, and aside from NIN, numerous acts have been canceling upcoming shows and tours — among them Garth Brooks, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Tony Bennett and more.

In a statement released on their website and social media accounts, Nine Inch Nails wrote, “It is with great regret that we are cancelling all NIN appearances for the remainder of the year. When originally planned, these shows were intended to be a cathartic and celebratory return to live music. However, with each passing day it’s becoming more apparent we’re not at that place yet. We are sorry for any inconvenience or disappointment and look forward to seeing you again when the time is right.”

The band will no longer headline the Riot Fest or Louder Than Life festivals in September. NIN were also scheduled to headline Rockville Fest in November.  As of press time, Nine Inch Nails’ website only has one upcoming show posted on their schedule — Hellfest, set for June 24, 2022.

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Pop Daypop

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” breaks record for the most weeks on Billboard Hot 100

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The Weeknd‘s 2019 single ‘Blinding Lights’ has broken the record for the most weeks spent on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track, which appeared on his ‘After Hours’ album, has now spent 88 weeks on the chart, breaking the previous record set by Imagine Dragons with ‘Radioactive’.

The new record comes after ‘Blinding Lights’ became the first song ever to spend an entire year in the top 10 of the US Hot 100 singles chart. Originally released as a single in November 2019, ‘Blinding Lights’ went to number one in the US on April 4 last year.

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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak delay the release of Silk Sonic’s debut album until 2022

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Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s debut album as ‘Silk Sonic’ has been pushed back to January 2022; previously the project was scheduled to drop this fall.  The duo revealed in a new interview with Rolling Stone that an exact release date for ‘An Evening With Silk Sonic’ has not been determined.

“We’re really in touch-up mode now,” Mars said in the interview. “We’ve got the bones of most of the album, so it’s really about touching up parts that need a little more… Grease.” Mars said elsewhere in the story that more singles will be released in the lead-up to the album: “I don’t want to be binge-watched.”

After debuting with “Leave the Door Open” this past spring, Mars and .Paak waited a few months before releasing the follow-up single “Skate” at the end of July.

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White House prepared to begin rolling out COVID booster shots by the week of Sept. 20

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The nation’s top health officials announced Wednesday that the Biden administration is prepared to begin rolling out booster shots for many Americans the week of Sept. 20th. Citing data that show the effectiveness of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against COVID-19 diminishes over time, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said at a White House briefing: “Having reviewed the most current data, it is now our clinical judgment that the time to lay out a plan for COVID-19 boosters is now.” A final plan was still contingent upon the official sign-off by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The recommendation will be that anyone who received Pfizer or Moderna vaccines should get a booster shot eight months after their second shot, with health care workers, nursing home residents and seniors first in line.  CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at the briefing that Wednesday’s decision was largely based on data showing that vaccines are still working and are the best assurances against severe illness or death — but according to CDC data, key metric could also wane in a few months.  Walensky added: “Even though our vaccines are currently working well to prevent hospitalizations, we are seeing concerning evidence of waning vaccine effectiveness over time and against the delta variant. Given this body of evidence, we are concerned that the current strong protection against severe infection, hospitalization and death could decrease in the months ahead, especially among those who are at higher risk or who were vaccinated earlier during the phase of our vaccination rollout.”