Month: February 2023

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SZA named Billboard’s 2023 Woman Of The Year

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Billboard announced that SZA will be honored at the Billboard Women in Music Awards on March 1 as their ‘2023 Woman Of The Year.’ Award-winning actress Quinta Brunson will host the Billboard Women in Music Awards at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.

In an official press release, Billboard said that SZA has “defied genres and continually released raw, powerful songs which have landed her music on the Billboard chart.  The release of her latest album, SOS has solidified her as a distinct force in contemporary R&B, and catapulted her into superstardom. We can’t wait to honor her as Woman of the Year.”

Becky G will receive the Impact Award; Doechii will receive the Rising Star Award; Ivy Queen will receive the Icon Award; Kim Petras will receive the Chartbreaker Award; Latto will receive the Powerhouse Award; Lainey Wilson will receive the Rulebreaker Award; Lana Del Rey will receive the Visionary Award; and Twice will receive the Breakthrough Award.

Tickets to attend the Women in Music Awards are on sale to the public now at billboardwomeninmusic.com.

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See J-Hope performing in the trailer for ‘J-Hope in the Box’ documentary

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Disney+ has shared a trailer for the new documentary film ‘J-Hope in the Box,’ featuring South Korean singer and rapper J-Hope.  ‘J-Hope in the Box’ explores the making of J-Hope’s debut solo album, ‘Jack in the Box,’ the private listening party for the album, and J-Hope’s 2022 Lollapalooza performance.

The trailer for J-Hope in the Box shows J-Hope, a member of the K-pop boy band BTS, recording his solo album and performing. He says in the trailer: “It’s the first time I’m doing everything myself, starting from one to ten. Maybe you can feel my excitement and worries through my music … The fire I’ve lit on my passion was actually arson. No one expected it to be out of control.”

J-Hope, the first member of BTS to release a solo album, dropped ‘Jack in the Box’ and a music video for the song “Arson” in July. J-Hope in the Box debuts Feb. 17 on Disney+ and Weverse.  Take a look at the documentary trailer – here.

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U.S. shoots downs object over Lake Huron in Michigan

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U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets shot down an object flying over Lake Huron on Sunday. It is the fourth aerial object to be shot down over North America, and the third object over the United States in nine days, begining on Feb. 4 when a U.S. fighter jet downed a high-altitude surveillance balloon believed to be part of a near-global China spying campaign. China maintains that the balloon shot down on Feb. 4 was an unmanned civilian airship that veered off course into U.S. airspace.

In a statement Sunday evening, Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed the shoot down, saying the unidentified object was flying at about 20,000 feet over Lake Huron in Michigan when it was felled by a Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile at 2:42 p.m. EST.

Though only the first object shot down has been publicly identified as a spy balloon deployed by China, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that two other objects downed over Alaska on Friday and Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory on Saturday were likely similar balloons. Ryder said the path and altitude of the object downed Sunday posed a threat to civil aviation and it was shot over Lake Michigan in an effort to avoid debris hitting civilians and structures. Said Ryder: “There are no indications of any civilians hurt or otherwise affected.”

NORAD  had first detected the object Saturday. A “radar anomaly” had been picked it up, with officials stating the object had flown in proximity to sensitive Defense Department sites.  The Pentagon said Sunday: “We did not assess it to be a kinetic military threat to anything on the ground, but assess it was a safety hazard and a threat due to its potential surveillance capabilities. Our team will now work to recover the object in an effort to learn more.”

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Scottie Scheffler wins WM Phoenix Open; regains world No. 1 spot

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Scottie Scheffler regained the top spot in the world rankings, successfully defending his WM Phoenix Open title. Scheffler carded a closing 65 at TPC Scottsdale to finish on 19 under par and two shots ahead of Canada’s Nick Taylor, who also shot 65 playing alongside Scheffler and world number three Jon Rahm. Rahm finished three shots behind Taylor in outright third place after a final round of 68. Scheffler’s win meant Rory McIlroy needed to finish third or better to remain top of the rankings, but but instead McIlroy settled for a tie for 32nd following a final round of 70.

Scheffler started the day with a two-shot lead and immediately saw that halved as playing partners Taylor and Rahm birdied the first, but he responded with birdies on the second and third. Taylor and Rahm both birdied the sixth to close the gap again and although Rahm bogeyed the eighth, Taylor’s birdies on the ninth and 10th gave the world number 223 a share of the lead. Scheffler reclaimed top spot with an eagle on the par-five 13th. Said Scheffler: “I’m just proud how I fought today. I didn’t have my best stuff, I grinded it out. I wasn’t hitting it good off the tee, my irons didn’t feel as sharp but I played a great round of golf.” Asked about the par save on the 16th, Scheffler added: “It was a big putt. That almost looked like it was going to be short for a while but that putt was really fast and just kept going. It was definitely a lot of fun to see that one go in.”

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Chiefs defeat Eagles 38–35 to win Super Bowl LVII; QB Patrick Mahomes crowned MVP

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The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in a 38–35 victory, with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes crowned as the MVP of Super Bowl LVII on Sunday night.

The 27-year-old Mahomes claimed his second career Super Bowl MVP after finishing 21-of-27 for 182 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions. After trailing most of the game, Mahomes led Kansas City to a comeback victory.

The stellar performance from Mahomes came despite appearing to re-aggravate a right ankle injury he previously sustained in the divisional round; he hobbled off to the Chiefs’ sideline in noticeable pain and grimaced as he sat on the bench and spoke to the training staff. In the second half, K.C. outscored Philly following four scores on all four of their drives. The two-time MVP tossed two more down the stretch to keep even with the Eagles with a 35-35 score before kicker Harrison Butker followed a big Eagles holding penalty with a 27-yard field goal with eight seconds left to clinch the franchise’s third ever Vince Lombardi Trophy.

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Chiefs defeat Eagles 38–35 to win Super Bowl LVII; QB Patrick Mahomes crowned MVP

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The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in a 38–35 victory, with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes crowned as the MVP of Super Bowl LVII on Sunday night.

The 27-year-old Mahomes claimed his second career Super Bowl MVP after finishing 21-of-27 for 182 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions. After trailing most of the game, Mahomes led Kansas City to a comeback victory.

The stellar performance from Mahomes came despite appearing to re-aggravate a right ankle injury he previously sustained in the divisional round; he hobbled off to the Chiefs’ sideline in noticeable pain and grimaced as he sat on the bench and spoke to the training staff. In the second half, K.C. outscored Philly following four scores on all four of their drives. The two-time MVP tossed two more down the stretch to keep even with the Eagles with a 35-35 score before kicker Harrison Butker followed a big Eagles holding penalty with a 27-yard field goal with eight seconds left to clinch the franchise’s third ever Vince Lombardi Trophy.

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Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown’s ‘Thank God’ hits #1 on country radio

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Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown’s “Thank God” has hit #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, marking Kane’s 9th career chart-topper and Katelyn’s first.

“Thank God,” released in September as part of Brown’s album, Different Man., was written by Josh Hoge, Jaxson Free, Kyle Fishman, Christian Davis, and Jared Mullins. Kane previously shared how the song ultimately became a duet with his wife: “So me and Kate have been trying to release a song for like five years now. And we kept getting songs coming in, we thought that you know, each of them was the song for us but it never felt right. So my buddy Josh, that’s signed to my publishing deal, he sent me a song called Thank God and I listened to it and I fell in love with it. And then kept listened to it and kept listening to it. I was like, this could be a duet. So I asked Kate and Kate fell in love with the song and now it’s one of my favorite songs.”

The success of “Thank God” follows Brown’s latest No.1 hits, “Like I Love Country Music” and “One Mississippi.”

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Bailey Zimmerman releases his new song ‘Fix’n To Break’

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Bailey Zimmerman is sharing his latest release, “Fix’n To Break,” written by Zimmerman alongside Sergio Sanchez, Chandler Walters and frequent collaborators Gavin Lucas and Austin Shawn.

‘Fix’n To Break’ drops just as his current single “Rock And A Hard Place” landed in the Top 10 at country radio in just nine weeks. The track has spent five consecutive weeks as the No. 2 most-streamed country song of the year in the US and earned nearly 400 million global streams to date. It’s currently No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. “Rock And A Hard Place” is featured on Zimmerman’s 2022 debut EP, Leave The Light On, which made history as the most-streamed all-genre debut of the year, and also the biggest streaming country debut of all time.

Zimmerman will also be heading out on the road with Morgan Wallen for his 2023 One Night At A Time World Tour, kicking off overseas in New Zealand and Australia next month before returning to the U.S. in April.

Take a listen to ‘Fix’n To Break’ – here.

Bailey Zimmerman Battles A Fading Love Story In New Song, ‘Fix’n To Break’

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Watch Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Viola Davis in trailer for ‘Air’

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The upcoming film “Air,” which tells the story of the creation of one of the most iconic pieces of footwear in history — Nike’s Air Jordan — has shared it’s first trailer.

Inspired by true events, the film is directed by Ben Affleck, who also stars alongside Matt Damon. Damon takes on the role of sneaker company executive Sonny Vaccaro, who lobbies Nike co-founder Phil Knight (portrayed by Affleck), with an idea to put the company on the map: creating “the greatest basketball shoe that’s ever been made,” built around a then-unknown college basketball player named Michael Jordan.

The trailer shows Damon’s Vaccaro courting Jordan’s mom Deloris, played by Viola Davis, all while trying to convince the company he’s not out of his mind.  The trailer closes with Affleck’s Knight asking of the shoe, “Got a name for it?” and Damon’s character replying “Air Jordan,” to which Affleck replies, “I dunno. Maybe it’ll grow on me.”

“Air” also stars Jason Bateman, Chris Tucker and Marlon Wayans, and hits theaters April 5.  You can check out the trailer – here.

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Barbra Streisand to release her memoir this fall

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Barbra Streisand will release her first memoir this November 2023.   Viking Books announced that the 80-year-old singer/actress shares the details of her life and career in the upcoming book, My Name is Barbra.  The publisher tweeted: “We are thrilled to announce the long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television, @BarbraStreisand! 🌟✨ MY NAME IS BARBRA will be published on November 7, 2023. Learn more at: https://bit.ly/MyNameIsBarbra”

In ‘My Name is Barbra,’ Streisand recounts growing up in Brooklyn, her first appearances in New York nightclubs and her breakout performance in Funny Girl as well as her films Yentl and The Prince of Tides, her political advocacy, and her marriage to actor James Brolin.

My Name is Barbra is slated for release Nov. 7. To pre-order, head here.

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