Month: April 2022

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LA Angels’ Mike Trout ‘day-to-day’ after getting hit by pitch on hand in Sunday’s win vs. the Texas Rangers

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The Los Angeles Angels said on Sunday that star player Mike Trout is ‘day-to-day’ after he was hit in the left hand by a pitch in Sunday’s 8-3 win over the Texas Rangers. Luckily, x-rays on Trout’s hand were negative. The 30-year-old Trout played only 36 games last season due to a calf injury.

Trout was hit in the left hand by an 81 mph slider thrown by Rangers pitcher Spencer Patton in the fifth inning. After he was examined by trainers before leaving, he was replaced by Brandon Marsh for the remainder of the game. Trout is batting .267 so far this season with two home runs; before leaving Sunday’s game, he was 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.

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Jayson Tatum leads Boston Celtics to victory vs. Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of playoff series

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Jayson Tatum scored the game-winning point at the buzzer, bringing the Boston Celtics to a 115-114 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. Tatum led the Celtics in scoring with 31 points. Tatum said postgame: “It doesn’t get any better than that — a buzzer-beater in a playoff game in front of our fans.” Tatum’s ‘buzzer-beater’ is the first of his career, and also the first Celtics buzzer-beater in the playoffs since Paul Pierce did so against the Miami Heat in 2010.

The Nets’ Kyrie Irving earned a game-high 39 points, and Kevin Durant joined the 30,000 career total points club (regular season and playoffs) during Sunday’s game, recording 23 points.

The Celtics lead their first-round series 1-0. Game 2 will be held on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET.

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Country Daypop

Morgan Wallen’s ‘More Than My Hometown Foundation’ donates $25K to wildfire relief efforts

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Morgan Wallen and his More Than My Hometown Foundation has donated $25,000 to aid in the Smoky Mountain wildfires, specifically providing aid to the Sevier County wildfires disaster relief efforts in the form of hot meals for relief workers, mobile food pantries, clothing, and supplies for the communities in the affected wildfire areas near Wallen’s hometown of Sneedville, Tenn. Sneedville is located about 70 miles from the area of the two wildfires in Sevier County that impacted at least 300 structures and burned more than 3,000 acres. The fires also caused more than 11,000 homes to be evacuated from the area; hundreds of personnel including firefighters, hot shot crews, state and local incident commanders as well as volunteers have worked the fires.

Greater Good Music is an organization that brings music artists and volunteers working on the ground together in order to help communities in need on concert tours and in disaster zones around the United States.  Sheila Jones, executive director of Greater Good Music, said:  “We are so grateful to Morgan for helping us provide hot meals to firefighters and first responders in the fire zone, as well as assist families that have been displaced and in need of food, clothing, and supplies.”

Wallen’s More Than My Hometown Foundation was established by the country artist in 2021. According to More Than My Hometown Foundation, $3 from every ticket sold in Wallen’s current 58-show “The Dangerous Tour” benefits the foundation for continued community service.

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Country Daypop

Garth Brooks’ Stadium Tour returning to Salt Lake City for additional date in June

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Garth Brooks announced his return to Salt Lake City’s Rice-Eccles Stadium this summer on June 18th as part of his The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour.   The date marks the tour’s only return date for any city in North America.

Tickets for the June 18 concert go on sale Friday, April 22, at 10 a.m.  Tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com/garthbrooks, or by phone at 1-877-654-2784, the Garth Brooks line at Ticketmaster
The Ticketmaster App on your phone or mobile device.

Seating will be in-the-round and there is an eight-ticket limit per purchase. Tickets will cost $94.95, all-inclusive.

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Entertainment Daypop

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ is No. 1 at weekend box office with a franchise-low $43M in earnings

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“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore”, the third installment in the “Harry Potter” spinoff series, opened to $43 million in North America. According to studio estimates Sunday it was enough to secure the film the top spot on the box-office charts, but it’s also a franchise-low. The first film in the “Fantastic Beasts” series had a $74.4 million debut in 2016, and the second film “The Crimes of Grindelwald,” opened to $62.2 million in 2018. “The Secrets of Dumbledore,” which opened in 4,208 locations in North America, cost approximately $200 million in production.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore stars Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller and Mikkelsen, who replaced Johnny Depp as Grindelwald.  As did the previous “Fantastic Beasts” films, “Dumbledore” will most likely earn more internationally. Both of the previous films made more than 70% of their global totals from international showings.

Also at the box office, in its second weekend “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” fell to second place with an estimated $30 million in earnings.  Rounding out the rest of the top five: Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s “The Lost City” came in at No. 3, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” took the No. 4 spot, and “Father Stu” starring Mark Wahlberg finished fifth, earning an estimated $8 million in its first five days in theaters.

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Rock Daypop

Take a look at the Ohio State Athletic Band’s tribute to Van Halen

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The Ohio State Athletic Band performed a tribute to Van Halen during their annual halftime show at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, April 16. The eight-minute drill display included the band’s versions of “Runnin’ With the Devil,” “Dreams,” “Panama” and “Jump.”

The Ohio State band consists of between 250 and 300 members every semester and rehearses twice a week, while smaller groups of its musicians are selected for different types of performance.  Its website reads: “Unlike the Marching Band, the Athletic Band includes all brass, woodwind and percussion instruments. Athletic Band is an open-enrollment ensemble, meaning anyone is welcome to participate. … Among the highlights of the Athletic Band are marching full pregame and halftime shows at the annual Spring Game, performing Script Ohio on Ice at one hockey game per semester and performing Script Ohio on court during a spring-semester basketball game.”

The Van Halen tribute from the Ohio State band can be viewed – here.

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Rock Daypop

New David Bowie documentary ‘Moonage Daydream’ set for release

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The estate of David Bowie has announced details of a brand new documentary about the music icon entitled “Moonage Daydream.”  The project, directed by Brett Morgan, is billed as “a new feature film, concert documentary and experiential cinematic odyssey” that follows Bowie’s life and musical career.  Moonage Daydream will ‘explore how Bowie worked across several disciplines, not just music and film but also dance, painting, sculpture, video and audio collage, screenwriting, acting, and live theatre; the film will feature Bowie through his own voice and feature 48 musical tracks, mixed from their original stems.’

The film is the first sanctioned by Bowie’s estate.  The title of the documentary comes from the song off the singer’s 1972 album classic album, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,” which introduced the world to Bowie’s iconic, gender-bending, and groundbreaking stage persona Ziggy Stardust.

Moonage Daydream will premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival next month, ahead of its international release in cinemas and select IMAX theaters.  HBO has secured the North American rights to stream the film in 2023.

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Netflix’s Jennifer Lopez documentary ‘Halftime’ to premiere opening night at the Tribeca Film Festival

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The Tribeca Film Festival will feature the Jennifer Lopez Netflix documentary Halftime on its opening night. The premiere is set to take place on Wednesday June 8 at the United Palace in Washington Heights.

Halftime, which will debut on Netflix on June 14, follows Lopez as she reflects on her milestones and evolution as an artist and navigates the second half of her career.  Directed by Tribeca alum Amanda Micheli, the documentary ‘focuses on Lopez’s hard work and creative and cultural contributions as an artist and performer as well as her evolution as a Latina, a mother and a woman taking more agency in her career and using her voice for a greater purpose.’  Micheli said in a statement:  “It’s an honor to be selected for the opening night of Tribeca, and so fitting to be celebrating this critical milestone in Jennifer’s life and career just miles from where she grew up! To have the opportunity to share this film on the big screen with a New York audience is a dream come true.”

Tribeca Festival co-founder Robert De Niro added, “Powerful storytelling — whether in music, film, or games — encourages us to fight for universal values that bind humanity together. Halftime, featuring Jennifer Lopez, reminds us of that. The Tribeca Festival is eager to bring audiences from all over the world together to honor the importance of purpose-driven creative expression.”

The Tribeca Film Festival is set to run from June 8-19 throughout New York City.

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Netflix’s Jennifer Lopez documentary ‘Halftime’ to premiere opening night at the Tribeca Film Festival

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The Tribeca Film Festival will feature the Jennifer Lopez Netflix documentary Halftime on its opening night. The premiere is set to take place on Wednesday June 8 at the United Palace in Washington Heights.

Halftime, which will debut on Netflix on June 14, follows Lopez as she reflects on her milestones and evolution as an artist and navigates the second half of her career.  Directed by Tribeca alum Amanda Micheli, the documentary ‘focuses on Lopez’s hard work and creative and cultural contributions as an artist and performer as well as her evolution as a Latina, a mother and a woman taking more agency in her career and using her voice for a greater purpose.’  Micheli said in a statement:  “It’s an honor to be selected for the opening night of Tribeca, and so fitting to be celebrating this critical milestone in Jennifer’s life and career just miles from where she grew up! To have the opportunity to share this film on the big screen with a New York audience is a dream come true.”

Tribeca Festival co-founder Robert De Niro added, “Powerful storytelling — whether in music, film, or games — encourages us to fight for universal values that bind humanity together. Halftime, featuring Jennifer Lopez, reminds us of that. The Tribeca Festival is eager to bring audiences from all over the world together to honor the importance of purpose-driven creative expression.”

The Tribeca Film Festival is set to run from June 8-19 throughout New York City.

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J Balvin postpones 2022 tour due to COVID-19 ‘production challenges’

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J Balvin has postponed his 2022 José tour – named after his latest album — citing COVID-19 related production challenges. The José tour was set to kick off in San Antonio before wrapping up on June 4 at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Balvin said on Instagram tickets will be honored on dates to be announced in the future.  Said Balvin:  “Throughout the past year, we have been working tirelessly to bring you an exciting and immersive José Tour USA experience where everyone feels welcome to the party. Covid has caused so unforeseen production challenges, and I wouldn’t be able to keep my promise of giving you the best show possible. Because I believe you deserve that, I’ve made the difficult decision to reschedule the tour. I’m continuously in awe of all your love and support and I can’t wait to see you on the road where we will celebrate together and keep the good vibes rolling.”

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