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FCC Commissioner Claims Kamala Harris’ appearance on ‘SNL’ violated equal time rule

Senior Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Brendan Carr is criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris’ “Saturday Night Live” debut, with the Republican calling her appearance a “clear and blatant effort” to evade the Equal Time rule. The FCC’s “equal-time rule” was established in 1934 and required radio and television broadcast stations to provide the same amount of time for competing political candidates. There are exceptions to the rule such as newscasts, documentaries and political debates.

Taking to social media, Carr stated that the FCC’s “equal time” requirements mandate opposing candidates to get the same air time, and alleged that NBC structured this appearance in a way that evades these requirements by timing it so close to Election Day. Carr wrote on X: “this is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule. The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct — a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election, unless the broadcaster offered Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns.”

Harris, 60, made a surprise appearance on this weekend’s ‘Saturday Night Live’, coming face-to-face with her impersonator Maya Rudolph in the show’s cold open where she urged sought to encourage voters to back her on Nov. 5. The segment lasted just under three minutes.

NBC is licensed by the FCC for broadcast television, which gives them access to a limited spectrum and means that they are subject to more stringent rules. SNL’s executive producer Lorne Michaels indicated in an interview published earlier this month that given the Equal Time rule, he was to planning to bring on either former President Donald Trump or Harris to the program. Michaels told The Hollywood Reporter: “You can’t bring the actual people who are running on because of election laws and the equal time provisions. You can’t have the main candidates without having all the candidates, and there are lots of minor candidates that are only on the ballot in, like, three states and that becomes really complicated.”

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4 dead, 17 injured after semitractor-trailer crash along I-96 in Michigan

Four people were killed and 17 were injured in a crash along I-96 near Webberville, Michigan late Saturday night.

The accident involved a semitractor-trailer which crashed into more than a dozen vehicles overnight, according to state police, where traffic on I-96  had been temporarily halted late Saturday as utility crews were completing work on power lines in the area.

The semitruck with a trailer was heading westbound around 11:45 p.m. and crashed into more than a dozen stalled vehicles, with Michigan State Police said in a statement on the social media platform X: “It appears the driver of the semi-truck did not see the backup and could not stop his vehicle in time.” The impact caused the semitruck and several vehicles to catch fire.

Police confirmed four deaths and said 17 people, including the driver of the truck, were injured and transported to hospitals.  On Sunday, Michigan State Police confirmed that the victims were a 29-year-old man from Carson City who was driving a Ford pickup and three relatives from Lansing who were in a Chevy Trax. They were identified as a 20-year-old female, a 43-year-old female and a 47-year-old male.

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Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott suffers hamstring injury during Cowboys’ loss to Falcons

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott suffered a hamstring injury late in the third quarter of their 27-21 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. Prescott was ruled out with 11:08 to play in the fourth, with the Cowboys trailing 27-13. Video footage show Prescott visibly in pain after a 10-yard completion to Jalen Brooks on the Cowboys’ final drive of the third quarter.

The quarterback completed 18 of 24 passes for 133 yards and a touchdown before he left the games with replays also showing the him with a swollen hand. Prescott had a season-high 30 yards rushing, including a 22-yard gain on a second-quarter scoring drive. Per reporters, Prescott said after the gam that he “felt something pull,” a feeling that he’d “never” felt.  An MRI is expected to confirm the injury on Monday.

Cooper Rush, who played in two games this season, replace Prescott and had 115 yards with one touchdown, and completing 9 of 14 passes for 52 yards and an interception.

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Abdi Nageeye wins men’s, Sheila Chepkirui tops women’s division of NYC Marathon

Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands won the 2024 New York City Marathon on Sunday, with Kenyan runner Sheila Chepkirui defeated reigning women’s champion Hellen Obiri to win the women’s division. Nageeye and Chepkirui collected a $100,000 prize for their victories.

The 35-year-old Nageeye, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, took the men’s title in 2:07:39, defeated 2022 champion Evans Chebet of Kenya by six seconds with a final push during the last quarter mile of the race. 2021 champ Albert Korir finished in third. Three American men placed in the Top 10 of the race: Connor Mantz, Clayton Young, and CJ Albertson.

Chepkirui finished the race with an official time of 2:24:35, nearly 15 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Obiri, also of Kenya. The top American woman finisher was Sara Vaughn, who was followed by Jessica McClain and Kellyn Taylor.

This year marked the first time that athletes from the United States swept both women’s and men’s wheelchair events — Daniel Romanchuk won the men’s division with a time of 1:36:31, while Susannah Scaroni won the women’s division with a time of 1:48:05.

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Morgan Wallen’s ‘Love Somebody’ debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Morgan Wallen‘s latest song “Love Somebody,” is the No. 1 song in the United States. Released Oct. 18, ‘Love Somebody” follows the success of Wallen and Post Malone’s hit track “I Had Some Help,” which opened at No. 1 in May, and led Billboard’s Hot 100 songs chart for six weeks. “Love Somebody” opens with 31 million streams and 15 million radio airplay audience impressions, per data from Luminate.

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” moves to No. 2, counting 72.2 million impressions in the latest tracking week. In addition, on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Yeat earns his first No. 1 album, “Lyfestyle,” logging 89,000 equivalent album units earned and 60,000 album sales. “Lyfestyle” is the American rapper and songwriter’s best opening-week in sales, exceeding the cumulative sales of his entire album catalog so far, as reported by Billboard.

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” moves up two slots to No. 2 with 79,000 equivalent album units earned, with Jelly Roll’s “Beautifully Broken,” slipping to No. 3 after its No. 1 debut last week.

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Morgan Wallen’s ‘Love Somebody’ debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Morgan Wallen‘s latest song “Love Somebody,” is the No. 1 song in the United States. Released Oct. 18, ‘Love Somebody” follows the success of Wallen and Post Malone’s hit track “I Had Some Help,” which opened at No. 1 in May, and led Billboard’s Hot 100 songs chart for six weeks. “Love Somebody” opens with 31 million streams and 15 million radio airplay audience impressions, per data from Luminate.

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” moves to No. 2, counting 72.2 million impressions in the latest tracking week. In addition, on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Yeat earns his first No. 1 album, “Lyfestyle,” logging 89,000 equivalent album units earned and 60,000 album sales. “Lyfestyle” is the American rapper and songwriter’s best opening-week in sales, exceeding the cumulative sales of his entire album catalog so far, as reported by Billboard.

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” moves up two slots to No. 2 with 79,000 equivalent album units earned, with Jelly Roll’s “Beautifully Broken,” slipping to No. 3 after its No. 1 debut last week.

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Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt star in trailer for Netflix’s ‘The Electric State’

Netflix released the teaser trailer for The Electric State, the Russo Brothers film starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. The film was inspired by the graphic novel written by Simon Stålenhag, and is set “in an alternate version of the ’90s.”

The retro-futuristic film follows Michelle (Brown) and her quest to find her younger brother after a robot uprising. An official description reads: “Michelle traverses the robot-ravaged US, accompanied by a mysterious toy robot and a roguish smuggler (Pratt).”

The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the brothers behind Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Also starring in the film are Ke Huy Quan,  Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito and Woody Norman; with Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox and Jenny Slate voicing the robots.

The Electric State premieres Mar. 14 on Netflix; see the trailer: HERE.

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“Dawson’s Creek” alum James Van Der Beek reveals colorectal cancer diagnosis

Former “Dawson’s Creek” star James Van Der Beek has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The actor announced his diagnosis in an interview with PEOPLE published Nov. 3, which read: “I have colorectal cancer. I’ve been privately dealing with this diagnosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the support of my incredible family. There’s reason for optimism, and I’m feeling good.”  The 47-year-old Van Der Beek did not provide any other details about his diagnosis.

According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer starts in the colon or the rectum. Symptoms include blood in the stool, changes in bowel habits, abdominal pain, bloated stomach, unexplained weight loss, vomiting and fatigue.

Van Der Beek is best known for his portraying Dawson Leery on “Dawson’s Creek” from 1998 to 2003.  He has been married to Kimberly Van Der Beek since 2010, and they share six children:  Olivia, 14; Joshua, 12; Annabel, 10; Emilia, 8; Gwendolyn, 6; and Jeremiah, 3.

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Listen to Jerry Cantrell’s new track ‘I Want Blood’

Jerry Cantrell’s highly-anticipated new album I Want Blood just dropped, and the artist shares of the new project: “there’s a confidence to this album. I think it’s some of my best writing and playing and certainly some of my best singing. There are large chunks of this record where I felt like my face was pressed to the ceiling of my abilities, operating at the top of my capacity.”

The title track features bassist Duff McKagan, accompanied by Mike Bordin on drums,  co-produced by Cantrell and Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins). Cantrell also previously shared two tracks from the album “Vilified,” and “Afterglow.”

I Want Blood was recorded at Barresi’s JHOC Studio in Pasadena, California, and features contributions from McKagan, Bordin, Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Greg Puciato (Better Lovers, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan), Gil Sharone (Team Sleep, Stolen Babies), and Lola Colette.

Take a listen to ‘I Want Blood’ – HERE.
Stream the album: HERE.

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Hurricane Helene benefit album features 100+ artists including R.E.M., Jason Isbell, Phish, and more

R.E.M., the War on Drugs, Angel Olsen, Fleet Foxes and Jason Isbell are among the dozens of artists contributing new, rare or live tracks to the 136-track digital download LP, Cardinals at the Window.

According to the Bandcamp website, all of the proceeds from Cardinals at the Window will be split evenly among Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Rural Organizing and Resilience (ROAR) and BeLoved Asheville.

The project also features new songs from Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, MJ Lenderman, the Go-Betweens, Sharon Van Etten, Little Brother, Sylvan Esso, the Mountain Goats, Hotline TNT, Six Organs of Admittance, Archers of Loaf, Flock of Dimes and Real Estate.

Libby Rodenbough, one of the compilation’s organizers, shared: “In the aftermath of a ‘natural disaster,’ it’s important to situate this manifestation of ecological collapse within a history of inequitable exploitation of land and people. This is a region that has suffered in the name of human progress for a long time. I hope we’re going to take this opportunity to start building a different kind of world in western North Carolina and beyond.”

Added North Carolina music industry veteran Rusty Sutton: “Give what you can. Hug your friends and family. Use our experience to illuminate what, unfortunately, this new future will be like for us all: always on the precipice of climate disaster. It’s a stark, cold reality, and we’ll only get through it together. A friend of mine who stayed behind to spearhead aid efforts in his neighborhood shared these words earlier, and I think they’ll live with me forever: ‘Our terrain wasn’t meant to handle this storm, but our community was built for the aftermath.’”

Cardinals debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Compilation Albums chart, and in the top 10 on both Top Album Sales (No. 5) and Americana/Folk Albums (No. 8).

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