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Florida Atlantic’s Dusty May hired as new men’s basketball coach at Michigan

University of Michigan Wolverines' logo Ann Arbor^ MI - May 27^ 2022

The University of Michigan announced Sunday that Florida Atlantic’s Dusty May has been hired as their next men’s basketball coach, agreeing to a five-year contract averaging $3.75 million annually. May replaces Juwan Howard, who was fired on March 15 after an 8-24 season.

University president Santa Ono had posted on social media: “I am thrilled to welcome Dusty May to the University of Michigan as our new head basketball coach,” while athletic director Warde Manuel said
that he was “thrilled” to welcome May: “May’s proven track record as a winner. With his ties to the Midwest, Dusty has a deep understanding of our community, recruiting landscape and basketball tradition. I am thrilled to bring in a coach who has a demonstrated ability to develop talent and build successful programs. I believe Dusty will be an exceptional leader for our student-athletes and a tremendous asset to our basketball program and university.”

May said in a statement: “The University of Michigan is among the elite institutions in the world and it is both an honor and privilege to be named its head men’s basketball coach… This was an incredibly difficult decision, however, I am deeply committed to reigniting the proud tradition of Michigan Basketball. I can’t wait to get started.”

The 47-year-old May came to FAU after serving as an assistant at Florida and Louisiana Tech. May has gone 126-69 in six years at FAU, including a 60-13 mark over the past two seasons — which only UConn and Houston have also done. May took the Owls to the Final Four and a 35-4 record in 2023, with Florida Atlantic earning a No. 8 seed this year before being eliminated in the First Round by Northwestern on Thursday. May’s team finished the season 25-9 but hadn’t lost a game by double figures until their 77-65 overtime loss to the Wildcats.

Meanwhile, Michigan has missed the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back years after reaching the Sweet 16 in five of the previous six seasons.

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Duke rallies from 16-point deficit to beat Ohio State 75-63 in women’s NCAA tournament

Duke University^ strong on athletics. Its teams are called the Blue Devils.

No. 2 seeded Ohio State was defeated by Duke in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday at the Schottenstein Center, falling 75-63 to the seventh-seeded Blue Devils. The defeat marked Ohio State’s second loss on their home court this season, with Duke advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2018.

Ohio State led by as many as 16 points in the first half, but Duke’s junior guard Reigan Richardson carried the team to victory with 28 points, shooting over 60% from the field. Richardson went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc and registered seven rebounds along with three steals.

Ohio state sophomore Cotie McMahon scored a team-high 27 points for the Buckeyes, but that effort was not enough to take the Buckeyes to a third consecutive Sweet 16.

The Blue Devils will head to Portland to take on the winner of the UConn vs. Syracuse matchup taking place on Monday

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Country Daypop

Miranda Lambert, Enrique Iglesias team for ‘Space in My Heart’

Miranda Lambert at the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7^ 2019 in Las Vegas^ NV

Country music star Miranda Lambert and Latin pop star Enrique Iglesias have teamed up for the collaboration “Space in My Heart.” written years ago by Iglesias along with Carlos Paucar, Simon Wilcox, Ross Golan and Nolan Lambroza.

Recorded in Nashville, “Space in My Heart” is the third single from Iglesias’s upcoming album Final Vol. 2. Lambert and Iglesias previously teased the collaboration via social media with Lambert saying, “Texas meets Spain! Can’t wait for y’all to hear this one.”

Take a listen to “Space in My Heart” – here.
To stream “Space in My Heart”, head here

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Country Daypop

Keith Urban drops his latest single ‘Messed Up As Me’

Keith Urban on August 9^ 2019 at Rumsey Playfield in New York City.

Keith Urban has dropped the second single for his upcoming 12th album, titled “Messed Up As Me”. The new track follows the upcoming album’s lead single “Straight Line.” Along with Urban, “Messed Up As Me” was produced by his longtime collaborator Dan Huff, who has produced most of Urban’s music starting with 2002′ Golden Road.

Urban said of the song: “Messed Up As Me” is about toxic relationships that aren’t easy to get out of. Most of us have been in dysfunctional relationships before, where there’s not a lot of compatibility, except for that one area where it’s so good you put up with all the rest. A phone call or a night out and you’re right back where you shouldn’t be.”

Urban’s last album, The Speed of Now Part 1, dropped 2020. The new album, expected to drop sometime later this year, is still unnamed. Urban said of the new LP that each song included “carries an energy and a life force that became a very strong through line. I hope you feel it. I’m so excited for everyone to hear the whole thing.”

Check out the track “Messed Up As Me”- here.

Keith Urban shares ‘Messed Up As Me’

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Entertainment Daypop

Cameron Diaz and husband Benji Madden announce birth of second child

Cameron Diaz at Barnes & Noble on January 16^ 2014 in Los Angeles^ CA

Actress Cameron Diaz and her husband, ‘Good Charlotte’ co-founder Benji Madden, have announced the birth of their second child, a son they named Cardinal.

The couple posted on Instagram a colorful illustration accompanying their announcement, reading, “A little bird whispered to me,” in a nod to Cardinal’s name.  The baby announcement stated: “We are blessed and excited to announce the birth of our Son, Cardinal Madden❤🙏He is awesome and We are all so happy he is here! For the kids safety and privacy we won’t be posting any pictures- but he’s a really cute ☺We are feeling so blessed and grateful 🍀Sending much love from our fam to yours 🙏❤Best wishes and Good Afternoon!! 🤘⚡”

Diaz, 51, and Madden, 45, have been married since 2015; they are also the parents to 5-year-old daughter, Raddix.

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Entertainment Daypop

‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ is No. 1 at the weekend box office with $45.2M in earnings

Standee of a movie called Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire display at the cinema to promote the movie; BANGKOK^ THAILAND^ 1 Feb 2024

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” was No. 1 at the box office, earning $45.2 million in ticket sales over the weekend.

The opening of “Frozen Empire” was nearly identical to the opening earnings for “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” in 2021, which rebooted the franchise with original cast members Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray returning in supporting roles. ‘Afterlife’ came in at the time with a $44 million opening weekend.

The No. 2 spot at the box office this weekend went to “Dune: Part Two,” starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, which added $17.6 million in its fourth weekend of release bringing its domestic total to $233.4 million. Universal’s “Kung Fu Panda 4” fell to third place with $16.8 million in its third weekend, bringing its domestic total to $133.2 million.

In fourth place was the weekend’s other new release, “Immaculate,” which debuted with $5.4 million on 2,354 screens. The horror film starring Sydney Sweeney as an American nun at a remote Italian convent premiered at SXSW, costing less than $10 million to make.

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Rock Daypop

The Black Crowes share their first music video in 16 years, ‘Wanting and Waiting’

The Black Crowes on stage at Sant Jordi Club on October 16^ 2022 in Barcelona^ Spain.

The Black Crowes have dropped a new music video for “Wanting and Waiting,” the first single from their new album, Happiness Bastards.

The clip, directed by Christopher Acosta, is the band’s first music video in 16 years, their last being 2008’s “Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution.” The video features brothers Chris and Rich Robinson and the rest of the band performing in front of a large video screen that flashes various words and images, including skulls and crows.

In celebration of the band’s new album, The Black Crowes will be returning to the road this spring with the 35-date Happiness Bastards Tour.. The tour kicks-off April 2 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. A complete list of dates can be found at theblackcrowes.com

Happiness Bastards, the band’s first album of new music in 15 years, is available to stream here.
Check out the video for ‘Wanting and Waiting’ – here.

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Rock Daypop

Bon Jovi to release new album ‘Forever’, drops the song ‘Legendary’

Jon Bon Jovi^ band members at the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring Jon Bon Jovi at the Convention Center on February 2^ 2024 in Los Angeles^ CA

Bon Jovi will release their new album Forever on June 7, marking the band’s 16th studio LP and their first since 2020. Forever features frontman Jon Bon Jovi once again working alongside his two remaining founding bandmates: keyboardist David Bryan and drummer Tico Torres, joined by bassist Hugh McDonald and guitarist Phil X.

Jon Bon Jovi revealed in an interview that he’s had to overcome serious vocal problems that plagued him on the band’s 2022 tour and ultimately required surgery. Said Jon: “The overarching sentiment of this album is that of joy. How did I get to joy? I had to work through a lot of dark misery. I’m thinking about where to go musically and I run into a problem physically, where now I have to seek out a specialist in the field to do a vocal surgery that is not often done.”. As a result of his vocal cord issues, there is no tour expected this year as Jon continues to recover, however, a record-release show is planed for this June.

Bon Jovi’s upcoming four-part documentary Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story will debut April 26 on Netflix, and will finally address founding lead guitarist Richie Sambora’s departure and continued estrangement from the band.

The band also debuted the video for the first single from the album, titled “Legendary”, which you can check out – here.
You can pre-order/pre-save Bon Jovi’s new album, “Forever”, out June 7th: here.

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Pop Daypop

5 Seconds of Summer teams w/ Galantis, David Guetta for the song ‘Lighter’

5 Seconds of Summer at the Summertime Ball 2019 at Wembley Arena^ London. June 08^ 2019:

DJ David Guetta and Galantis have teamed up with pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer to release ‘Lighter.’

Speaking about the track, Galantis’ Christian Karlsson said: “‘Lighter’ is a special song because the creative momentum between myself, David and 5SOS aligned so well – we let the collaboration flow into a piece of music that feels emotional and timeless. Michael (Clifford) is such a music lover very much like me, and working closely with him on producing the live elements like strings, guitar and drums was very inspiring. And it’s always great working with David, after the amazing response we had with ‘Heartbreak Anthem’ it’s exciting to be putting out another big record together.”

‘Lighter’ is the latest track from Galantis, following a busy 2023 in which Galantis and Guetta previously teamed up with artists including Little Mix and MNEK for collabs.

Take a listen to ‘Lighter’ – here.

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Charli XCX drops the video for “Von Dutch” from upcoming LP ‘BRAT’

Charli XCX attends the Brit Awards at the 02 Arena in London^ UK; February 18^ 2020

Charli XCX announced the title of her next album, ‘BRAT,’ posting on social media: ‘Brat – this summer. 15 songs. 41:23 minutes long’   The 15-song new album drops in the summer, with Charli calling the album “a club record … i was born to make dance music.. i came from the clubs.. xcx6 is the album i’ve always wanted to make.”

Charli released the first single from the upcoming album titled “Von Dutch”, along with an accompanying video that was shot at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport.  Take a look at the video for ‘Von Dutch’ – here. In addition, Charli just dropped “The Von Dutch Remix” with Addison Rae and AG Cook – you can that version out: here.

Charli XCX released her fifth album, Crash, in March 2022 featuring the singles “Good Ones,” “New Shapes,” “Beg for You,” and “Baby.” She released two songs in 2023, “Speed Drive” for the Barbie movie and “In the City” with Sam Smith. In addition to her new music, Charli XCX will produce original music for the upcoming Prime Video series Overcompensating, created by and starring Benito Skinner.

To pre-order ‘BRAT’, head here.

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