Month: May 2022

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Tampa Bay Lightning sweep the Florida Panthers to advance to third round of Stanley Cup playoffs

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The Tampa Bay Lightning swept the Florida Panthers to advance to the third round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Tampa Bay defeated Florida with a score of 2-0 in Game 4 on Monday night at Amalie Arena. The Lightning are seeking a historic three-peat, after winning back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2020 and 2021.

Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded an impressive 49 saves in the shutout, while forward Pat Maroon put Tampa Bay up 1-0, and Ondrej Palat added an empty-netter with 23 seconds left in the game.

Next up, Tampa Bay will face the winner of the Carolina Hurricanes-New York Rangers series in the Eastern Conference final.

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Namoi Osaka eliminated from French Open by Amanda Anisimova in straight-sets victory

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American Amanda Anisimova eliminated four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka from the 2022 French Open on Monday in Paris, with a straight-sets victory in the first round. Anisimova, the No. 27 seed, needed just one hour and 30 minutes to win her match 7-5, 6-4 on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, totaling five aces, converted four of 10 break points and fired 27 winners in her win over Osaka. The unseeded Osaka totaled four aces, 13 winners and converted two of five break points.

Anisimova said in her on-court interview: “When you see Naomi Osaka in the first round, you don’t think it’s going to be easy. It was a very tough match. I went out there and knew I had to play good tennis, especially because the conditions weren’t easy. I’m just happy to be back here and through the first round.”

Osaka said in her post-match news conference:  “I thought I tried really hard. It was unfortunate because I wasn’t able to play as many matches leading into this tournament. There were probably some really bad decisions I made on certain points. Overall, it wasn’t too bad.”

Anisimova will face Croatian Donna Vekic in the second round. Vekic beat Sweden’s Mirjam Bjorklund in her opener Sunday at Roland Garros. The 2022 French Open runs through June 5, airing daily on NBC, Tennis Channel and Peacock.

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Country Daypop

NBC announces the holiday film ‘Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas’

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NBC revealed that Dolly Parton will return to television with “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas,” a new Christmas special this holiday season. A statement from NBC describes the new show as “the frenetic backstage story and delightful on-camera results of Dolly’s desire to uplift an exhausted world’s spirits by sharing the unique ’mountain magic’ she has always found in and around Dollywood at Christmas.”

The made-for-television musical is set at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and will according to NBC is will document Parton in the making of a special-within-a-special as she becomes engulfed in “a private journey into her past, guided by the mysterious appearances of her personal Three Wise Men.  Parton has an epiphany when it’s time to broadcast her fictional television special. She diverts from the plan and shows the world that the real magic of Christmas lies in the hearts of the children we all once were, the realization that Christmas is about the people we share it with, and how her faith remains the common thread between Christmases past, present, and future.”

In 2015, Parton signed a development deal with NBC to create movies based on her songs, stories and life. Her first two films were Coat of Many Colors in 2015, and Christmas of Many Colors the following year.

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Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard announces new solo single ‘5 Foot 9’

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Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard announced earlier this month that he has signed as a solo artist to EMI Nashville and now he’s sharing news about his solo project, which he’s been working on for over a year.

The first single off that project is called “5 Foot 9,” set to drop on May 20. Hubbard wrote the song with Jaren Johnston — of The Cadillac Three — and Nashville songwriter Chase McGill. Hubbard shared in a statement: “Songwriting is central to everything I do as an artist. It has allowed me to connect with fans for many years, and I’m excited for everyone to hear new music for a new chapter in my career.”

Florida Georgia Line announced that they were going on hiatus in February, but Hubbard has been keeping busy. He co-wrote Little Big Town’s current single, “Hell Yeah,” and wrote and sang on the Thomas Rhett-led “Death Row,” along with Russell Dickerson. Meanwhile, FGL will still be hitting the stage together this year, with seven festival dates booked including the upcoming Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam in Panama City Beach, Florida next month.

You can pre-save Hubbard’s song 5 Foot 9 here.

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Entertainment Daypop

Take a look at the Season 3 trailer for Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’

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The trailer for Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ season three has finally been released. In the clip, The Umbrella Academy — played by stars Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan and Aidan Gallagher — find themselves in the exact spot where season two left off.

The superhero show is based on the comic book series by My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way. The new season finds the Umbrella Academy facing off against the mysterious Sparrow Academy via a paradox that loops together multiple timelines. In the alternate reality, the siblings were never adopted by millionaire Reginald Hargreeves, and instead, he took in seven different individuals, dubbed the Sparrow Academy. Netflix said of Season 3 in a synopsis: “Back at the Academy, the Umbrellas clash with a new squad of Hargreeves siblings as a mysterious force begins to wreak havoc on the city.”

The new season of “The Umbrella Academy’ debuts on June 22, 2022; you can check out the Season 3 trailer – here.

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Discovery+ announces new series starring Robert Downey Jr. on eco-friendly classic cars

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Discovery+ announced a new series featuring Robert Downey Jr. under the working title Downey’s Dream Cars. It will be the second collaboration between Downey and the streaming service. Downey produced The Bond for discovery+, a four part nature series about people who have formed unique bonds with animals.

Downey’s Dream Cars will show Downey restore six of the classic cars he owns to make them eco-friendly. While Downey and a team of experts work on his cars, Downey will also speak to experts about the future of transportation.  Downey said in a statement:  “My goal is to showcase that it’s possible to keep the integrity of classic cars while leveraging new tech and innovation to make them more eco-friendly.”

Downey and his wife, producer Susan Downey, produce both shows for discovery+ through their company, Team Downey, which they founded together.  Downey’s Dream Cars is expected to premiere this year.

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Rock Daypop

Metallica announce 5 new colored vinyl pressings exclusive at Walmart

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Metal legends Metallica have announced a new round of colored vinyl pressings, set to drop on June 17th. They’ll be exclusive to Walmart and will be made available as a five-album bundle, as well as individually. Among those set for new pressings are “Garage Inc.“, “Load“, “ReLoad“, “St. Anger” and “Death Magnetic“. Pre-orders can be found here.

Metallica posted the news on social media with the caption: “New & exclusive colored vinyl will be hitting @ Walmart shelves on June 17!  Pre-Order the Five Album Bundle Now – https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/414902269  All albums are also available separately.”

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Gorillaz set to launch 2022 North American tour this fall

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Gorillaz have announced details of a North American tour in September and October, which will be the group’s first US and Canadian live dates since 2018. Gorillaz ongoing world tour is currently in South America,  and will perform throughout Europe this summer before making their way to the U.S.

The band will perform across 21 arena shows in the US and Canada, kicking off in Vancouver on September 11, and visiting such cities as Seattle, Salt Lake City, LA, Austin, Chicago and Boston before wrapping up in Miami on October 23.  EARTHGANG will support Gorillaz on all dates except Orlando and Miami, where Jungle will be special guests.

For more information, head to Gorillaz’ website or Live Nation.  Tickets for Gorillaz’s North American tour are on sale now. For ticket information, head here.

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Pop Daypop

Post Malone and Roddy Ricch share the video for their song ‘Cooped Up’

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Post Malone has released the music video for his brand new single, “Cooped Up”, directed by Andre Bato directed and featuring a guest appearance from Roddy Ricch.

“Cooped Up” is the second collaboration between Malon and Ricch, following their Roddy’s appearance on the 2019 remix of Post’s quintuple-platinum track “wow.” The new single comes from Post Malone’s forthcoming album, “Twelve Carat Toothache”, that is set to be released on June 3rd.

Take a look at the vide for “Cooped Up” – here.

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Doja Cat cancels upcoming all summer tour dates due to tonsil surgery

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Doja Cat has cancelled her upcoming festival appearances, as well as pulling out of The Weeknd’s summer After Hours Til Dawn tour, due to tonsil surgery.

Doja wrote on her Instagram Story: “Hi guys. I wanted you to hear it from me first. Unfortunately I have to have surgery on my tonsils ASAP. The surgery is routine but the recovery is going to take awhile due to swelling. That means I have to cancel my festival run this summer as well as The Weeknd tour. I feel horrible about this but can’t wait for this to heal and get back to making music and create an experience for y’all.”

Last week, Doja Cat took to Twitter to tell fans about her procedure in detail and warned that she “might have some bad news for y’all coming soon.” She said her tonsils got infected before Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards.  She wrote in part: “Dr. just had to cut into my left tonsil. I had an abscess in it. My whole throat is [expletive]. … My tonsils got infected before BBMAs and I was taking [expletive] antibiotics but forgot that I was taking them and then I drank wine and was vaping all day long. Then I started getting a nasty [expletive] growth on my tonsil so they had to do surgery on it [Thursday].”

Doja Cat was scheduled to appear at multiple summer music festivals, including a planned set Saturday at the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Ala. She also was lined up for the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival on June 22.

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