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Jack Harlow shares the music video for “They Don’t Love It”

After releasing his third studio album, Jackman, last Friday, Jack Harlow is bringing fans to his hometown in the first official video from the project, “They Don’t Love It.” Harlow announced the new album on April 26, with no singles or press leading up to the release.

Directed by Eliel Ford, the visual for They Don’t Love It features Harlow taking viewers on a mini-tour through the streets of Louisville, Ky., visiting his old schools, playing soccer and barbecuing with his family and friends.

The 10-track Jackman is a major departure from Harlow’s mainstream album of 2022, Come Home The Kids Miss You, which included Harlow’s first Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper, “First Class.”  That album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and earned several Grammy nominations, including best rap album.

Take a look at the video for “They Don’t Love It” – here.

Jack Harlow gives Louisville tour in ‘They Don’t Love It’ video

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NHL Playoffs: NJ Devils defeat NY Rangers to advance to second round

The New Jersey Devils finalized their amazing comeback on Monday night, defeating the New York Rangers by a score of 4-0 in Game 7 and advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Devils Michael McLeod put New Jersey ahead with a goal midway through the second, with Tomas Tatar extending New Jersey’s lead to 2-0 with 4:21 left. Erik Haula scored with 5:33 remaining before Jesper Bratt added the fourth goal. Devils goalie Akira Schmid finished with 31 saves in the shutout, his second of the series.

The Devils will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round playoff series. Game 1 will take place at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on Wednesday, May 3, at 7 p.m.

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76ers defeat Celtics in Game 1; Nuggets take 2-0 series lead against Suns

* The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics 119-115 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup on Monday night. James Harden tied his playoff career high with 45 points and scored the go-ahead 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds left, Tyrese Maxey added 26 points and Tobias Harris finished with 18 for the Sixers, who made 17 3-pointers in the absence of Joel Embiid, who sat sat out with the sprained right knee he sustained in Game 3 of the first-round series. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 39 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 23 points and Malcolm Brogdon finished with 20.

Game 2 between the 76ers and Celtics will be held in Boston on Wednesday, May 3rd at 8:00 pm.

* The Denver Nuggets defeated the Phoenix Suns 97-87, to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Nuggets center Nikola Jokic scored a game-high 39 points and had 16 rebounds, with Aaron Gordon added 16 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 14 for the Nuggets in a game dominated by defense. For the Suns, Devin Booker scored 35 points and Kevin Durant 24, but Chris Paul had to leave the game in the third quarter due to a groin injury.

Game 3 between the Nuggets and Suns will take place Friday, May 5th in Phoenix at 10:00 pm.

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy vows support of Israel in speech to legislative body Knesset

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy delivered remarks before the Israeli Knesset, the national legislature of Israel. McCarthy led a bipartisan congressional delegation, consisting of 20 lawmakers, to the country to celebrate its 75th anniversary of independence. The trip is McCarthy’s first foreign trip as House speaker and marks the second time a sitting speaker traveled to Israel since Newt Gingrich did so in 1998.

Receiving a standing ovation for his remarks, McCarthy reinforced U.S.-Israeli relations and announced the formation of a House-Knesset parliamentary friendship group. He said the newly formed friendship group will allow the House to engage more directly with the Israeli Parliament, travel to Israel to strengthen existing relationships and host Knesset members traveling to the U.S: “This will be part of a new chapter of U.S.-Israel relations … If we remain united, then the forces of freedom and democracy will always prevail … This is the foundation of our special relationship.”

McCarthy emphasized Israel’s efforts to achieve independence in his speech to the parliament, calling the nation’s rebirth “nothing less than a modern miracle,” and said that the United States and Israel are the only two countries “conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all our equal.” Said McCarthy: “My greatest hope is that our special relationship can serve as a foundation for greater peace across the Middle East. The progress towards peace in the past few years have simply been remarkable.”

The House Speaker said the Iranian regime is the main threat to peace in the Middle East: “Most of the turmoil in this region, the violence and instability, can be traced back to that source,” and added that as long as he is House Speaker, the United States will continue to fully fund security assistance for Israel and ensure that Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon: “We cannot allow the Iranian regime’s evil campaign to succeed.”

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Judge denies Trump’s mistrial motion in E. Jean Carroll case

On Monday, a federal judge in New York denied former President Donald Trump’s bid for a mistrial in writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit alleging that Trump raped her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.

Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina filed an 18-page motion hours ahead of his second day of cross-examining Carroll, which accused U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of making “pervasive unfair and prejudicial rulings” against his client. Tacopina requested that Kaplan “correct the record for each and every instance in which the Court has mischaracterized the facts of this case to the jury” and allow Trump’s counsel to “have greater latitude” to cross-examine Carroll.  The motion added that Kaplan’s “one-sided rulings” demonstrate “a deeper leaning towards one party over another,” including comments that express “favoritism.”  It also stated: “Here, despite the fact trial testimony has been underway for only two days, the proceedings are already replete with numerous examples of Defendant’s unfair treatment by the Court, most of which have been witnessed by the Jury.”  Kaplan, however, denied the motion shortly before the jury was brought in to hear Carroll’s testimony on Monday.

Last week, Carroll took the witness stand for her lawsuit against Trump and told jurors: “I’m here because Trump raped me.” Carroll alleges Trump assaulted her in 1995 or 1996 at a Bergdorf Goodman department store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. In her testimony at the civil trial in federal court in lower Manhattan last week, Carroll said Trump “lied and shattered my reputation, and I’m trying to get my life back” after she came forward with her allegations in 2019.

Trump has repeatedly denied Carroll’s allegations during the trial.

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2023 ACM Awards: Dolly Parton, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen among those performing

The Academy of Country Music announced the first round of performers for the upcoming 58th ACM Awards set to take place on Thursday, May 11, streaming live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.  The lineup of performers include Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Jo Dee Messina, Ashley McBryde, Dolly Parton, Jelly Roll, Cole Swindell, Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen, The War And Treaty, Lainey Wilson, and Bailey Zimmerman. The Academy has also confirmed additional acts and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.

Parton will be performing the lead single from her forthcoming rock album, Rock Star. The 30-track album will be released in the Fall 2023, and feature a handful of collaborations with rock icons. Parton will also serve as co-host of the ACM Awards alongside Garth Brooks; it will be Garth’s first time hosting, and Parton’s second (she last co-hosted with Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett in 2022).

The 58th ACM Awards will take place May 11 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The commercial-free ceremony will stream live at 7 p.m. EDT on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch. It will also be available to stream for free the next day on Amazon Freevee.

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Tracy Lawrence to release ‘Live at Billy Bob’s Texas’ album

Tracy Lawrence will release the album ‘Live at Billy Bob’s Texas’ everywhere on May 12th.  The 18-track LP, recorded on October 8, 2022 inside the iconic Fort Worth, Texas venue, boasts a number of fan favorites and two encores including “Alibis,” “Find Out Who Your Friends Are,” “Paint Me A Birmingham” and “Time Marches On.” Lawrence also puts his twist on a couple of the country music’s famous songs including “In Color” and “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”

Shares Lawrence: “Billy Bob’s is a show that I’ve always looked forward to playing throughout the years. I have a lot of family and friends in Texas that come out and the history of this venue makes for a really fun show. I’m excited for fans to be able to hear the energy that my band helps me create while on the road.” 

Lawrence will celebrate the drop of ‘Live at Billy Bob’s Texas’ with a show back at Billy Bob’s on release day, May 12th. Lawrence has played over 30 shows at the Texan venue since the start of his career.

Tracy Lawrence Announces New Live Album From The Iconic Billy Bob’s Texas, Coming Next Month

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes first film of 2023 to gross $1 billion

The Super Mario Bros. Movie has become the first film released in 2023 to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. The film is now just the fifth movie (and first animated film) since before the COVID-19 pandemic to gross $1 billion worldwide. It is among the most successful animated films in history and only the third ‘non-Disney’ release to gross $1 billion (the others being 2015’s Minions and 2017’s Despicable Me 3).

The Super Mario Bros. Movie also had the biggest global debut for an animated film of all time, surpassing Frozen II. It’s easily the highest-grossing film ever based on a video game and the first video game movie to gross $1 billion.

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Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ officially canceled by Meta

Red Table Talk—the celebrity talk show co-hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow Smith, and her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris—has been canceled after five seasons. The cancellation of the series (which launched in 2018 on Meta’s streaming service Facebook Watch) comes amid Facebook’s shift away from original programming to Virtual Reality experiences.

The 51-year-old Pinkett Smith wrote in a statement on Instagram: “We are so grateful to have had such a beautiful partnership with Facebook Watch and we are sorry to see the entire team disband. We wish everyone well in their new journeys to come. We at Red Table are in talks of finding a new home and we’ll see you soon.”

Red Table Talk often hosted celebrities in the aftermath of a scandal. For instance, influencer Jordyn Woods appeared on the show when she was accused of cheating with Khloe Kardashian’s on-again, off-again boyfriend Tristan Thompson in 2019. Pinkett Smith even addressed her own personal scandals, including her extramarital “entanglement” with singer August Alsina, as well as a brief look at how “The Slap” (that involved her husband Will Smith and Chris Rock ) had negatively impacted her family.

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Aerosmith to launch ‘Peace Out’ farewell tour in September

Aerosmith will launch the the ‘Peace Out’ farewell tour performing across North America. Aerosmith said in a statement on social media: “It’s not goodbye it’s PEACE OUT! Get ready and walk this way, you’re going to get the best show of our lives.”  Aerosmith announced the tour with a video in a “breaking news” format. The clip featured Eminem, Slash, Dolly Parton, Kelly Clarkson, Ringo Starr and other celebrities reacting to news of the band’s farewell.

The band told the Associated Press that original and longtime drummer Joey Kramer will not take part in the current dates on the upcoming tour and will continue to “focus his attention on his family and health” since their Las Vegas residency last year. Drummer John Douglas will play in his place.

The group’s 40-date run of show will begin Sept. 2, 2023, in Philadelphia and end in Montreal on Jan. 26, 2024. The band will play its hometown of Boston this New Year’s Eve, and perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Jan. 19. The Black Crowes will join the tour as a special guest.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5 at 10 a.m. local time. For tickets, VIP upgrades and move visit the band’s website.

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