Month: October 2023

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Rock Daypop

Tina Turner solo career honored with ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ box set

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Tina Turner’s solo career is about to be celebrated with a major new boxset, titled Queen Of Rock ‘n’ Roll, marking 50 years since the start of Tina Turner’s solo career.

The box set collection is the first time Turner’s entire singles collection has been released as one set. The boxset features 55 tracks, beginning with Turner’s cover of Whole Lotta Love all the way up to the Kygo remix of What’s Love Got to Do With It in 2020. The collection also features a new version of Something Beautiful Remains. retitled to Something Beautiful, reworked by producer and long-time collaborator, Terry Britten.The Queen Of Rock ‘n’ Roll compilation comes as triple-CD and 5LP sets as well as digitally with a cut-back 12-track vinyl version. In addition, all sets come with a foreword from Bryan Adams, Turner’s longtime friend and collaborator.

The Queen Of Rock ‘n’ Roll box set will be released on November 24.  To preorder, head here.

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Pop Daypop

Selena Gomez to host ‘Selena + Chef’ holiday special on Food Network

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Selena Gomez is getting ready to celebrate the holidays with a new special at Food Network. “Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays” —a four-part spin-off from Gomez’s popular Max home cooking series, “Selena + Chef” — will debut on November 30 at 8:00 p.m. on Food Network. “Home for the Holidays” can also be streamed on Max (home to her “Selena + Chef” series.)

Gomez is inviting celebrity chefs into her home to show off their favorite holiday dishes in the new special for Food Network — Eric Adjepong, Alex Guarnaschelli, Michael Symon and Claudette Zepeda. In the four episodes, each celebrity chefs will show Gomez and her best friend, Raquelle Stevens, how they use food to make the holiday season memorable. Gomez’s Papa, Nana and sister Grace will also appear in “Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays”.

Gomez said in a statement to Variety: “The holidays have always meant so much to me. It was an honor to have these amazing chefs in my kitchen to introduce some of their favorite foods and what makes the holidays special for them.”  Betsy Ayala, head of content for food at Warner Bros. Discovery, added: “With an incredible festive programming slate all season long, Food Network is the holiday destination for viewers and their families. Offering special culinary moments is the way Food Network celebrates the holidays, so to have superstar Selena Gomez, who has more than 650 million fans on social media, open the door to her own home kitchen is a holiday dream come true for fans.”

“Home for the Holidays” is just one of two new series starring Gomez for Food Network. Her next series will debut in 2024, and features Gomez ‘visiting other chefs’ kitchens in a quest to cook their most popular dishes.’

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Entertainment Daypop

Selena Gomez to host ‘Selena + Chef’ holiday special on Food Network

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Selena Gomez is getting ready to celebrate the holidays with a new special at Food Network. “Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays” —a four-part spin-off from Gomez’s popular Max home cooking series, “Selena + Chef” — will debut on November 30 at 8:00 p.m. on Food Network. “Home for the Holidays” can also be streamed on Max (home to her “Selena + Chef” series.)

Gomez is inviting celebrity chefs into her home to show off their favorite holiday dishes in the new special for Food Network — Eric Adjepong, Alex Guarnaschelli, Michael Symon and Claudette Zepeda. In the four episodes, each celebrity chefs will show Gomez and her best friend, Raquelle Stevens, how they use food to make the holiday season memorable. Gomez’s Papa, Nana and sister Grace will also appear in “Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays”.

Gomez said in a statement to Variety: “The holidays have always meant so much to me. It was an honor to have these amazing chefs in my kitchen to introduce some of their favorite foods and what makes the holidays special for them.”  Betsy Ayala, head of content for food at Warner Bros. Discovery, added: “With an incredible festive programming slate all season long, Food Network is the holiday destination for viewers and their families. Offering special culinary moments is the way Food Network celebrates the holidays, so to have superstar Selena Gomez, who has more than 650 million fans on social media, open the door to her own home kitchen is a holiday dream come true for fans.”

“Home for the Holidays” is just one of two new series starring Gomez for Food Network. Her next series will debut in 2024, and features Gomez ‘visiting other chefs’ kitchens in a quest to cook their most popular dishes.’

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Pop Daypop

Record Store Day 2023 Black Friday releases are announced

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Record Store Day 2023 have revealed the list of special releases for their annual Black Friday celebration, which falls on November 24. Fans of various genres of music will once again be able to snag limited-edition vinyl titles sold exclusively at independent record shops throughout the U.S. and other countries.

Among the 175 releases that will be available are releases from Noah Kahan (a color marble vinyl version of his Cape Elizabeth EP), Post Malone (whose The Diamond Collection will be available on clear vinyl), Kim Petras, Jonas Brothers, All Time Low, Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, Dierks Bentley, and the Grateful Dead.

This year, the number of classic hip-hop titles has increased, in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the genre with reissues or collections being released as exclusives or “RSD First” items, including music from Prince, Dr. Dre, Lil Wayne, Nas, De La Soul, Madly, Schooly D, Three 6 Mafia, Digital Underground, Czarface, C-BO, Yungblud, Souls of Mischief, Spice 1, four Tuff City hip-hop compilations and the “Judgment Night” soundtrack.

Other 2023 Record Store Day Black Friday releases include music from The Beach Boys, Jeff Beck, late KISS drummer Eric Carr, The Doors, Justin Townes Earle, Faces, The Flaming Lips, Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, Goo Goo Dolls, Gov’t Mule, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Norah Jones, Noah Kahan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Feat, Los Lobos, Aimee Mann, The Monkees, Mötley Crüe, Gram Parsons, Margo Price, Keith Richards, Leon Russell, and Billy Strings.

The full list of titles can be found on the Record Store Day website here.

Here Is The Record Store Day Black Friday Vinyl Release List For 2023

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Pop Daypop

Drake drops new album ‘For All The Dogs,’ shares video for ‘8AM in Charlotte’

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Drake just dropped his surprise new track “8AM IN CHARLOTTE” along with a video featuring his son, Adonis Graham.  This is just the latest in a series of ‘timestamp’ songs that Drake released, along with the previously dropped “9AM In Dallas”, “5AM In Toronto”, “6PM In New York” and more.

Drake also just released his highly-anticipated eight studio album “For All The Dogs”. The 23-track record features guest appearances from Bad Bunny, 21 Savage, Teezo Touchdown, J. Cole, Yeat, SZA, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Chief Keef, Sexxy Red, Lil Yachty.

The music video for “8AM IN CHARLOTTE” begins with an introduction showing Drake having a conversation with his son, who showed him a drawing he made and explains the illustration to his father (which went on the become the artwork for rapper’s new album “For All The Dogs”, which was just released at 6AM on Friday).

Take a look at the video for “8AM IN CHARLOTTE” – here.
To stream “For All The Dogs” head here.

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News Daypop

George Santos’ former campaign treasurer pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charge

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The former treasurer for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., Nancy Marks,  pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge. Marks resigned from Santos’ team in January amid reports of multiple controversies revolving around his campaign finances. Santos pleaded not guilty in May to a 13-count indictment accusing him of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds.

Federal prosecutors said that Marks allegedly filed the names of false donors to Santos’ congressional campaign, in order to inflate the amount of campaign donations Santos appeared to have amassed so he could qualify for national party support. Prosecutors stated that the names of Marks’ and Santos’ family members were among those falsely reported to have lent his campaign $500,000, despite not having the financial means to do so. Federal prosecutors said Marks told them: “these reports were created to artificially inflate his funds to meet a threshold.”

United States Attorney Breon Peace said in a statement: “with today’s guilty plea, Marks has admitted that she conspired with a congressional candidate to lie to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of the candidate’s campaign for New York’s Third Congressional District, falsely inflating the campaign’s reported receipts with non-existent contributions and loans.” 

Marks has been prominent in Republican politics on Long Island for decades. She was a treasurer for Lee Zeldin’s unsuccessful campaign for governor and she worked for several political committees, including God, Guns, Life, Veterans for MAGA and Defend the Constitution. Marks’ attorney, Raymond Perini, said his client does not have a cooperation agreement with the government in place, but “if they subpoena her, she’ll do the right thing.” Marks is scheduled to be sentenced next April.

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Armed man seeking Wisconsin governor arrested at state capitol, returns with assault rifle

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A spokesperson for the state of Wisconsin said on Thursday that a man who illegally brought a handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol on Wednesday, with demands to see Gov. Tony Evers, later returned that night with an assault rifle after posting bail.

State Department of Administration spokesperson Tatyana Warrick said that the man approached the governor’s office on the first floor of the Capitol around 2 p.m. Wednesday, shirtless and carrying a holstered handgun. The man was demanding to see the governor, who was not in the building at the time. Warrick said that the man was taken into custody for openly carrying a firearm in the Capitol, which is against the law; weapons can be brought into the Capitol if they are concealed and the person has a valid permit. The man arrested did not have a concealed carry permit.

While the man was booked into the Dane Count Jail and posted bail, he later returned to the outside of the Capitol shortly before 9 p.m. with an assault-style rifle and demanded to see the governor (the building closes to the public at 6 p.m.). Madison police reported Thursday that the man was again taken into productive custody and brought to the hospital.

Warrick said no immediate changes to security in the Capitol or for the governor were planned. The public has free access to the Capitol daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. There are no metal detectors.

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Sports Daypop

WNBA, Golden State Warriors announce expansion team in Bay Area for 2025

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The Golden State Warriors has planned a new WNBA franchise to launch in 2025. On Thursday, the WNBA officially announced that a Bay Area expansion franchise will take the court for the 2025 season. The league posted on X: It’s official. We’re expanding. Tune in at 1pm EST/10am PST on X and the WNBA App to watch live remarks from @CathyEngelbert and @wnbagoldenstate”

Golden State chairman Joe Lacob said he intends for the Bay Area’s WNBA team to be as successful as the Warriors, who have won four NBA championships in the past nine seasons: “We’re coming in here, number one, to win. Number two, we want to see this league and women’s basketball grow, and we hope to be a big part of it. I believe we’ll have the No. 1 revenue of any WNBA team. And I think we can do very, very well as a business because we know how to do this. We have all the facilities, and we can bring sponsor dollars to the team and ultimately to the league that will help the league in a big way.”

The new WNBA franchise will likely be known as “Golden State” to represent the entire Bay Area, as is the case with the Warriors — but the team name is still to be determined. The team will train in Oakland, but games will be played at San Francisco’s Chase Center, where the Warriors play their home games.

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Sports Daypop

NY Mets GM Billy Eppler resigns after two seasons

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The New York Mets announced Thursday that GM Billy Eppler resigned from his position. The news comes just days after the organization fired manager Buck Showalter after missing the playoffs. Showalter, last year’s NL Manager of the Year, was with the Mets just two seasons. The Mets also hired former Milwaukee Brewers executive David Stearns as the team’s next president of baseball operations earlier this fall, who will now be tasked with hiring both a new manager and general manager.

Mets owner Steve Cohen said: “Billy Eppler led this team through a 101-win season and postseason berth last year and he iwll be missed. We accepted Billy’s resignation today as he decided it is in everyone’s best interest to fully hand over the leadership of baseball operations to David Stearns. on behalf of the Mets organization, we wish him all the best.” Eppler said in a statement: “I wanted David to have a clean slate and that meant me stepping down. I hope for nothing but the best for the entire Mets organization.”

Eppler spent time as the Angels general manager from 2015-20, and was hired as the team’s general manager in 2021.Eppler oversaw a team that went 176–148; the team went 101-61 last season and made their first playoff appearance in the past seven seasons. However this past season, the Mets finished with a 74-87 record, which put them 30 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East and 10 games away from the NL wild-card picture.

Among Eppler’s biggest moves as general manager included signing both Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, then trading both star pitchers at the 2023 trade deadline, and deciding to not re-sign Jacob deGrom. The Mets, who haven’t won a World Series since 1986, started the season with the largest payroll in the league at $331 million.

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Country Daypop

Performers revealed for ‘Christmas at the Opry’ hosted by Wynonna Judd

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The Grand Ole Opry’s Christmas at the Opry revealed the star-studded lineup of performers, including Lauren Alaina, Mickey Guyton and more. The show will be taped in front of a live audience, with the final product airing Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC before streaming the following day on Peacock.

Christmas at the Opry, hosted by Wynonna Judd, will also feature performances from country stars Adam Doleac, BRELAND, Brenda Lee, Chris Janson, Chrissy Metz, Kelly Clarkson, Meghan Patrick, Mitchell Tenpenny and Trace Adkins. NBC said in a statement that the lineup of artists will perform an array of Christmas favorites, holiday classics and today’s biggest hits, including iconic duets and collaborations.

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