Month: July 2022

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Meta to host Post Malone ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ virtual reality concert

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Meta has announced that it is set to host an exclusive concert by Post Malone, titled “Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache: A VR Experience.”  The 40-minute concert film and visual album will premiere on Venues within Horizon Worlds on July 15 at 6pm PT/9pm ET.

The 180-degree experience, created specifically for VR, coincides with the recent release of Post Malone’s new album Twelve Carat Toothache. The immersive performance will feature special appearances by The Kid Laroi, Fleet Foxes, and Roddy Ricch.

“Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache: A VR Experience” will air in Venues within Horizon Worlds and Oculus TV on Meta Quest 2. For fans who don’t own a Meta Quest 2 VR headset, the experience will also be available on Post Malone’s Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as Watch Together on Messenger and Instagram video calls.

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Beyoncé ties Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney’s Billboard Hot 100 record

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Beyoncé has tied Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney’s Billboard record for 20 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as a solo artist and 10 as a member of a group. The superstar achieved the honor with her latest single, “Break My Soul,” ranking at No. 7 on the chart ending June 30th. She has 10 hits with Destiny’s Child, the group the launched her career.

“Break My Soul” is Beyoncé’s first solo Top 10 since 2016’s “Formation.” It’s also marks her first top 10 on the chart in two years after the “Savage” remix with Magan Thee Stallion reached No. 1 in May 2020.

McCartney has 23 solo top 10 hits and 34 with The Beatles, while Jackson has 30 top 10 solo songs and 11 with The Jackson 5 and The Jacksons.

“Break My Soul” is the first single from Beyoncé’s forthcoming Act 1: Renaissance album, due July 29th. The 16 song LP is her first album since 2016’s Lemonade.

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Former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone to testify before Jan. 6 committee

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Former President Donald Trump’s White House counsel, Pat Cipollone, will testify before the Jan. 6 committee during a closed-door session on Friday. Cipollone will give testimony before the panel investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, sitting for a videotaped, transcribed interview. The committee subpoenaed Cipollone last week; they have been eager to hear testimony from the former White House counsel, primarily due to his access to Trump and his objecting to Trump’s efforts to overturn Biden’s victory.

Panel Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Rep. Liz Chaney said in a joint statement last month: “The Select Committee’s investigation has revealed evidence that Mr. Cipollone repeatedly raised legal and other concerns about President Trump’s activities on Jan. 6th and in the days that preceded. The committee needs to hear from him on the record, as other former White House counsels have done in other congressional investigations.”

According to witnesses, Cipollone voiced objections to Trump floating the idea of seizing of voting machines after he lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. Other witnesses have testified that Cipollone constantly clashed with Trump and others in his administration over the efforts to nullify Biden’s electoral win, which directly led to the attack at the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.

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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signs executive order protecting abortion access

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order on Wednesday, protecting out-of-state abortion patients from extradition, and prohibiting state agencies from assisting other states’ prosecutions of those who travel for the procedure. Upon announcing the executive order, Cooper said he would use his authority over extradition warrants to protect providers and their patients from states that could punish residents who cross state lines to seek abortions. His executive order instructs Cabinet agencies not to comply with law enforcement agencies from other states pursuing information about abortion patients in North Carolina.

At a news conference on Wednesday, Gov. Cooper stood alongside Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson, saying in part: “This order will help protect North Carolina doctors and nurses and their patients from cruel, right-wing, criminal laws passed by other states.”  Johnson added: “People throughout the Southeast rely on North Carolina as an access point. Without Gov. Cooper’s help, without his veto, access for people in North Carolina and South Carolina, Tennessee and the entire region would be devastated.”

Cooper joined a growing number of Democratic governors seeking to offer sanctuary in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning abortion protections. Abortions are legal in North Carolina until fetal viability, which typically falls between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. An abortion can be still performed after fetal viability when there is a medical emergency that could result in the pregnant person’s likely death.

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Los Angeles Dodgers lose Chris Taylor indefinitely due to fractured left foot

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The Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Chris Taylor will be out indefinitely due to a fractured left foot. Taylor underwent a CT scan, revealing a small fracture in his left foot. Taylor was put on the injured list on Wednesday, and the organization is not sure how long he’ll be sidelined. Taylor becomes the sixth Dodgers position player to land on the IL this season.

Taylor sustained the injury on Saturday against the Padres.  X-rays at the time didn’t reveal any damage, so Taylor was back in the Dodgers’ lineup on Monday against the Rockies. However after playing five innings, Taylor’s pain around his left ankle intensified, and he was removed from the game before the top of the sixth inning.

Taylor said on the SportsNet LA pregame show: “Not what I was hoping for, obviously. It was definitely a surprise to me, but it showed a small fracture there and it’s going to be a little longer than initially expected.”

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts added: “Very disappointing, obviously, to lose a player like CT. But hopefully it’s not too long-term. Once we get this swelling out, it’s going to be more per his tolerance. So hopefully it’s not more than a couple of weeks.”

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Cleveland Browns to trade quarterback Baker Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers

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The Cleveland Browns agreed to trade quarterback Baker Mayfield to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, pending a physical.  The 27-year-old Mayfield is entering the final year of his rookie contract, appearing in 60 games over his four-year tenure with the Browns franchise.

Mayfield went 29-30 as a starter in four seasons with the Browns. He completed 61.6% of his throws for 14,125 yards, 92 touchdowns and 56 interceptions.  He completed 60.5% of his throws for 3,010 yards, 17 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 14 starts last season, playing through a shoulder injury throughout the 2021-22 campaign and undergoing surgery in January.

Mayfield requested a trade during the off-season, amid reports that the Browns were looking to acquire Deshaun Watson from the Houston Texans. Watson joined the Browns in March.

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Dustin Lynch shares the video for his single ‘Fish in the Sea’

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Dustin Lynch has dropped his new summertime single, “Fish In The Sea.”  Said Lynch: “It’s that time of the year! Time to keep the Blue in the Sky and bring a little bit of that feel-good energy into the holiday weekend. This song takes me on a vacation – living life on the water and in a ‘Party Mode’ state of mind. I hope it does that for you, too! Crank it up!”

Lynch also shared the music video video for the track, directed by Brad Hersh and Jack Owens. In the clip, Lynch boards the Nashville Party Barge for a cruise on wheels down Music City’s Lower Broadway plus a parking lot stop at Little Chill Beach, while welcoming real-life friends Cornbread and Corbin Wilson along for the trip.  Take a look at the video – here.

Lynch is also on the road with his Party Mode Tour through fall; for a complete list of dates and tickets on sale now, head to DustinLynchMusic.com.

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Luke Bryan shares patriotic new song ‘Country On’

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Luke Bryan has released the new song “Country On,” with the singer sharing how it represents “a different sound for me.”

Bryan shared: “I’m going to go the whole summer playing amphitheaters and arenas, and [I don’t] have anything excitingly new to play.  So, I started spreading it around and letting some tastemakers hear it and we realized the song has a very patriotic ‘Let’s all get together and country on’ kind of thing. I felt like it really works around 4th of July…With ‘Country On,’ I’ve never heard me sing on something in that baritone deal. This is a different sound for me and that’s what you have to start kind of trying to look for and attempt.”

Bryan will be performing “Country On” and more fan favorites on his Raised Up Right amphitheater tour of 30+ cities across the U.S., running through October and featuring special guests Riley Green, Mitchell Tenpenny, and DJ Rock. After the tour wraps, Bryan with resume his residency at The Theatre at Resorts World in Las Vegas.

Take a listen to Country On – here.

Luke Bryan releases ‘Country On’

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Chris Evans to co-star with Emily Blunt in Netflix’s ‘Pain Hustlers’

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Chris Evans is set to co-star opposite Emily Blunt in Netflix’s Pain Hustlers.  According to the Hollywood Reporter, David Yates will direct the film.

Blunt will portray ‘high-school dropout Liza, who lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a strip mall in Central Florida. Liza’s charm, guts and drive catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.’

Pain Hustlers is being produced by Lawrence Grey through his Grey Matter Productions banner, along with Yates and Yvonne Walcott’s Wychwood Pictures. Filming is set to start in August.

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Janai Norman named co-anchor at ABC’s Weekend Edition of ‘Good Morning America’

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ABC News president Kim Godwin told staff that Janai Norman will join the weekend edition of Good Morning America as its new co-anchor, working alongside anchors Whit Johnson and Eva Pilgrim. Norman succeeds Dan Harris, who left the weekend edition of GMA last summer to focus on his meditation company.

Godwin wrote in her memo:  “Janai is a versatile and talented journalist, whether she is anchoring at the desk, conducting a one-on-one interview with a newsmaker of the day or reporting in the field on breaking news. She puts her heart into her work and makes it a priority to cover the most important underreported issues of our time, including the maternal mortality crisis facing Black women and the stigma of mental health.”

Norman started at ABC News as an intern at News One in 2011, and has worked as a correspondent and anchor at ABC News. As a host and anchor, she led Pop News on the weekend, and was the overnight anchor for World News Now and America This Morning.

Janai Norman Named New Co-Anchor For ‘Good Morning America’ On Saturday And Sunday

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