Month: September 2023

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Women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey and LSU agree to record $32M contract

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LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey has agreed to a 10-year, $32 million contract extension, pending final approval from the LSU Board of Supervisors, which meets Friday. Mulkey’s deal is the most-lucrative in women’s college basketball history — UConn coach Geno Auriemma, who makes $2.9 million annually, was previously the highest-paid women’s basketball coach.

The new deal carries an average annual value of more than $3 million, not including incentives and other perks. It will see Mulkey’s salary start $2.75 million and escalate to $3.65 million in its final year in 2033. She was previously set to make an average of $2.5 million annually through 2029. Mulkey can also earn up to $550,000, annually, in NCAA tournament-related incentives, including $230,000 for winning the title.

Mulkey, 61, engineered the first national title in LSU history, who entered the 2023 NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed. Mulkey lead the team to a 102-85 win in April over Iowa. She is 60-8 in two seasons at LSU.

From 2000 through 2020, Mulkey led Baylor to a 632-104 record. The three-time National Coach of the Year led the Bears to three national titles. Her 692 career wins rank 19th in women’s college basketball history.

The Tigers will start the 2023-24 campaign against East Texas Baptist on Oct. 26 in Baton Rouge, La.

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Pop Daypop

Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves’ ‘I Remember Everything’ debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

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“I Remember Everything,” the duet from Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves, has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is from Bryan’s self-titled LP, which also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart; and is the fourth straight country song to hold the top position on the all-genre song chart. It is also the first No. 1 single for both Bryan and Musgraves.

I Remember Everything reached the top with relatively little radio airplay, and has also being promoted as a rock song – which helped it to simultaneously debut at No. 1 on two different format charts, and the all-genre chart. The song has debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and Hot Rock Songs charts.

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Country Daypop

Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves’ ‘I Remember Everything’ debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

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“I Remember Everything,” the duet from Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves, has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is from Bryan’s self-titled LP, which also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart; and is the fourth straight country song to hold the top position on the all-genre song chart. It is also the first No. 1 single for both Bryan and Musgraves.

I Remember Everything reached the top with relatively little radio airplay, and has also being promoted as a rock song – which helped it to simultaneously debut at No. 1 on two different format charts, and the all-genre chart. The song has debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and Hot Rock Songs charts.

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Country Daypop

Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll lead the nominees for 2023 CMA Awards

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The Country Music Association has announced the nominations for the 2023 CMA Awards, with Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll leading the list of nominees.

Wilson earned nine nominations, including Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year (‘Bell Bottom Country’). The Entertainer for the Year category will see Wilson face-off against Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen and Carrie Underwood.

Jelly Roll – a first-time nominee – follows with five nominations, including New Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Single of the Year (“Need a Favor”). Luke Combs and Hardy both have four nominations, while Jordan Davis, Ashley McBryde, Chris Stapleton and Morgan Wallen each earned three nominations.

Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning will host the 57th annual CMA Awards, taking place Nov. 8 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and airing at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC.

Lainey Wilson leads 57th Annual CMA Awards nominations

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Entertainment Daypop

Take a look at Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz in the first trailer for ‘Ferrari’

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Neon shared a first look at the racing drama Ferrari, starring Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley.

Directed by Michael Mann and based on Brock Yates’ book Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machine, the follows Ferrari during the summer of 1957, as the ex-Formula 1 racer who built his own factory and established the Ferrari brand.  An official film synopsis reads: “Behind the spectacle of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy threatens the factory he and his wife, Laura (Cruz) built from nothing ten years earlier. Their volatile marriage has been battered by the loss of their son, Dino a year earlier. Ferrari struggles to acknowledge his son Piero with Lina Lardi (Woodley). Meanwhile, his drivers’ passion to win pushes them to the edge as they launch into the treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the Mille Miglia.”

Ferrari also stars Patrick Dempsey as driver Piero Taruffi, Jack O’Connell as driver Peter Collins; Sarah Gadon as Linda Christian and Gabriel Leone as Fon de Portago.

Ferrari opens in theaters Dec. 25. Take a look at the trailer for the film: here.

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‘That ’70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life for two rapes

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Former “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on Thursday after he was convicted of raping two women. Masterson will serve two 15-year sentences consecutively, one for each charge. He must also register as a sex offender.

A Los Angeles jury of seven women and five men found Masterson, 47, guilty of two counts of forcible rape on May 31 after seven days of deliberations. That verdict came in a second trial after a jury failed to reach verdicts on three counts of forcible rape in December and a mistrial was declared. Prosecutors alleged that Masterson used his prominence in the Church of Scientology − where all three women were also members at the time − to avoid consequences for decades after the attacks. The women blamed the church and said that when they reported him to Scientology officials, they were told they were not raped and were warned against going to law enforcement to report a member of such high standing.

Both attacks took place in Masterson’s California home in 2003, when he was at the height of his fame on the Fox sitcom “That ’70s Show.” The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on a third count, an allegation that Masterson also raped a longtime girlfriend.

LA Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo sentenced the actor after hearing statements from the women about the trauma they experienced and the suffering caused by the disturbing memories in the years since. Judge Olmedo said: “Mr Masterson, you are not the victim here. Your actions 20 years ago took away another person’s choice and voice. Your actions 20 years ago today were criminal, and that’s why you are here.”

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‘That ’70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life for two rapes

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Former “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on Thursday after he was convicted of raping two women. Masterson will serve two 15-year sentences consecutively, one for each charge. He must also register as a sex offender.

A Los Angeles jury of seven women and five men found Masterson, 47, guilty of two counts of forcible rape on May 31 after seven days of deliberations. That verdict came in a second trial after a jury failed to reach verdicts on three counts of forcible rape in December and a mistrial was declared. Prosecutors alleged that Masterson used his prominence in the Church of Scientology − where all three women were also members at the time − to avoid consequences for decades after the attacks. The women blamed the church and said that when they reported him to Scientology officials, they were told they were not raped and were warned against going to law enforcement to report a member of such high standing.

Both attacks took place in Masterson’s California home in 2003, when he was at the height of his fame on the Fox sitcom “That ’70s Show.” The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on a third count, an allegation that Masterson also raped a longtime girlfriend.

LA Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo sentenced the actor after hearing statements from the women about the trauma they experienced and the suffering caused by the disturbing memories in the years since. Judge Olmedo said: “Mr Masterson, you are not the victim here. Your actions 20 years ago took away another person’s choice and voice. Your actions 20 years ago today were criminal, and that’s why you are here.”

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Rock Daypop

Rolling Stones announce new album, release music video for ‘Angry’

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The Rolling Stones are back with new music, announcing their new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’, and releasing their latest song, ‘Angry.’

The accompanying music video for Angry stars actress Sydney Sweeney (‘Euphoria,’ ‘The White Lotus’) riding in the back of a red convertible, while footage of the Rolling Stones plays on billboards in the streets of Los Angeles. The 25-year-old Sweeney said at the event that she “freaked out” when the Rolling Stones asked her to star in the “Angry” video, calling it “the biggest thing ever … I didn’t know it was gonna be the first single, but I loved the song when I heard it. It’s been stuck in my head.”

Take a look at the video for Angry – here.
To pre-order Hackney Diamonds, head here.

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The Black Crowes announce ‘Southern Harmony’ deluxe box set

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The Black Crowes have announced a deluxe reissue of their second album, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, featuring unreleased studio recordings, rare B-sides and a live performance from 1993 at Houston’s Sam Houston Coliseum.

The band posted on Instagram: “We revisited the archives alongside our friend George Drakoulias and created an incredibly special, super deluxe edition of our sophomore album featuring unreleased studio recordings, rare B-sides, a live performance from Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, TX on February 6, 1993, and a newly remastered album from the original 1/4” production master. Super deluxe 4LP and 3CD box sets include a reproduction of the original 132-page promotional hymn book featuring insights on the record and a set of lithographs of classic images from the Southern Harmony photo sessions.”

The The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion collection is set for release on Dec. 1 and is available to preorder now in a variety of formats, including “super deluxe” four-LP and three-CD box sets. These editions will also include a reproduction of the album’s original 132-page promotional hymnal containing the band’s insights about the album and a set of lithographs of photos taken during the album sessions.

The new box set of The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is available to preorder – here.

The Black Crowes’ ‘The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion’ Flies High With Boxset Edition

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Pop Daypop

Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Nelly Furtado reunite on ‘Keep Going Up’

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Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado and Timbaland have reunited 16 years after their last collaboration for the new single, “Keep Going Up.” The song also marks producer Timbaland’s first official solo single in over eight years.

The trio first collaborated in 2007 on the smash hit “Give It To Me,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 and has generated nearly a billion streams. The track also featured on Timbaland’s platinum-certified album Shock Value, charting at No.5 on the Billboard 200.

“Keep Going Up” originated from Beatclub (the music creator platform founded by Timbaland) and its members, Last Trip To The Moon. Brandon Stewart and Brandon Cordoba (the production team members) created the beat, and Timbaland later added his production style to the track.

To take a look at behind the scenes footage of the making of the video for “Keep Going Up”, head here.
Buy or stream “Keep Going Up” – here.

Listen to Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado reunite on ‘Keep Going Up’

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