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Free agent DH Joc Pederson agrees to 2-year, $37M deal with Texas Rangers

San Francisco Giants designated hitter Joc Pederson bats against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park. April 11^ 2023 - San Francisco

Sources tell The Athletic that free agent designated hitter Joc Pederson signed a two-year, $37 million deal with the Texas Rangers on Monday.

Pederson, 32, joined the Arizona Diamondbacks last offseason, signing a one-year, $9.5 million contract (which included a one-year, $14 million option, which Pederson declined). The DH hit a career-best .275 with 23 home runs and 64 RBIs over 132 appearances last season for the Diamondbacks.

Pederson made his debut in 2014 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and has also played for the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants.  In 2019 for the Dodgers, he hit a career-high 36 home runs, and has made the All-Star team twice — with the Dodgers in 2015 and the Giants in 2022. He also won World Series titles with Los Angeles in 2020 and Atlanta in 2021. In over his first 1,272 career appearances, the two-time All-Star and World Series champion hit .241 with 209 home runs and 549 RBIs

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Boston Red Sox sign pitcher Walker Buehler to 1-year, $21M deal

view of the historic architecture of the Famous Fenway Park Stadium in Boston^ MA^ USA showcasing its huge sign^ old brick walls^ and entrances on Lansdowne street. Boston^ MA^ USA - March 1^ 2023

Former Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Walker Buehler has signed a one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox. Per Russell Dorsey of Yahoo Sports, the free agent and Boston agreed to the one-year, $21.05 million contract on Monday.

Buehler, 30, signed a one-year deal worth $8.025 million last offseason to avoid arbitration. He went 1-6 with a 5.38 ERA over 16 starts last season for the Dodgers, but missed the 2023 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery that took place in August 2022 (per ESPN.)

Buehler has a 47-22 record with a 3.27 ERA over 131 career appearances, including 122 starts. The two-time All-Star went 16-4 with a career-best 2.47 ERA over 33 starts in 2021. He was 4-4 with a 3.04 ERA over 19 playoff appearances for the Dodgers, including his title-clinching save in Game 5 of the Dodgers’ win over the New York Yankees in the 2024 World Series.

The veteran righty joins a Red Sox starting rotation that includes Garrett Crochet, Brayan Bello, Tanner Houck, Lucas Giolito and Kutter Crawford.

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Country Daypop

‘Boots In The Park’ 2025 lineup to feature Brooks & Dunn, Old Dominion and more

Old Dominion perform at CBS Radio's Stars & Stripes event at the Chicago Theatre on November 9^ 2016 in Chicago^ Illinois.

Boots In The Park, the traveling festival produced by Activated Events, has revealed its first three 2025 event lineups.

Steve Thacher, CEO of Activated Events, shared: “Boots In The Park has become a signature event for country music fans that they look forward to year after year. We’re excited to kick off 2025 with Brooks & Dunn headlining in Bakersfield and Norco, and Old Dominion returning to the beautiful San Diego Waterfront. I couldn’t be prouder of how this brand has grown, and there’s much more in store for 2025!”

Boots In The Park will return to Bakersfield, Norco, and San Diego, CA in 2025, featuring  headline performances by country music legends, Brooks & Dunn, Old Dominion, Chris Young, Parker McCollum, Jackson Dean, and more.

  • Friday, March 7th sees Brooks & Dunn, Jackson Dean, Owen Riegling, Joe Peters, and Luwiss Lux perform at the Bakersfield Sports Village in Bakersfield.
  • Saturday, March 8th sees Brooks & Dunn, Parker McCollum, Jackson Dean, Rodney Atkins, Owen Riegling, Bryce Leatherwood, Joe Peters, and Luwiss Lux performing at Silveralakes in Norco.
  • Saturday, April 5th sees Old Dominion, Chris Young, Tyler Hubbard, Parmalee, Tayler Holder, Presley Tennant, and Luwiss Lux perform at Waterfront Park in San Diego.

Additional Boots in the Park festivals are scheduled for March 22nd in Gilbert, AZ; April 11-12 in Las Vegas; April 12th in Fresno; May 10th in Santa Clarita; and May 17-18 in Albuquerque. Details are forthcoming.

For more information, click here.

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Country Daypop

Tyler Childers to embark on 2025 headlining tour

Tyler Childers at Once In A Blue Moon Festival^ The Netherlands; August 24^ 2019.

Tyler Childers will embark on his 2025 Tyler Childers: On The Road headlining tour, with stops at Lexington’s Kroger Field, two nights at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium and Nashville’s GEODIS Stadium, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, Minneapolis’ Target Center, New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center, Boston’s Xfinity Center and London’s The O2 and more.

Joining Childers on the trek are guests Wynonna Judd, Charley Crockett, Robert Earl Keen, The Hold Steady, Medium Build, Deer Tick, Hayes Carll, S.G. Goodman, Cory Branan and SOMA.

$1 from every ticket sold will benefit both Hickman Holler Appalachian Relief Fund (HHARF) and Reverb. Established in 2020 by Childers and Senora May, HHARF brings awareness and financial support for philanthropic efforts in the Appalachian Region. Reverb’s efforts reduce environmental impact in live music, engage fans and fund carbon impact programs to address the impacts of the tour that cannot be eliminated.

Tickets are on sale, head HERE for more information.

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Javier Bardem to star in ‘Cape Fear’ series at Apple TV+

Javier Bardem attends the UK Premiere of "The Little Mermaid" at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London^ England - May 15^ 2023

The new Apple TV+ series Cape Fear will star Javier Bardem, who also joins Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg as executive producers on the project.

Apple TV+  gave a series order to a series adaptation of “Cape Fear,” created by Nick Antosca and based on both John D. MacDonald’s novel “The Executioners” (which inspired the 1962 feature of the same name directed by J. Lee Thompson from storyboards devised by original director Alfred Hitchcock); as well as the 1991 remake directed by Scorsese.

Per the official logline, “A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison. In Cape Fear, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (played by Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison. The 10-episode series is a tense, Hitchcockian thriller and an examination of America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century.”

Bardem recently portrayed José Menéndez in Ryan Muphy’s Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menéndez Story, and also appeared in the recent ‘Dune’ films.

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Lady Gaga joining Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’

Lady Gaga attends the UK Premiere of "Joker Folie à Deux" at the Cineworld Leicester Square in London^ England. London^ United Kingdom - September 25^ 2024

Lady Gaga is joining the Season 2 cast of Netflix’s hit series Wednesday, currently in production in Ireland.  Deadline confirmed that Gaga will share the screen series star Jenna Ortega, but no details about Gaga’s role were made immediately available.

Lady Gaga is coming off of her starring role in Joker: Folie a Deux. Her acting credits include A Star Is Born, House of Gucci and two seasons of FX’s American Horror Story.

New episodes of Wednesday are expected to premiere next year; the series also co-stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, with Season 2 additions to the cast including Billie Piper, Steve Buscemi, Noah Taylor and Joanna Lumley.

See the Season 2 teaser trailer of Wednesday: HERE.

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Lady Gaga joining Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’

Lady Gaga attends the UK Premiere of "Joker Folie à Deux" at the Cineworld Leicester Square in London^ England. London^ United Kingdom - September 25^ 2024

Lady Gaga is joining the Season 2 cast of Netflix’s hit series Wednesday, currently in production in Ireland.  Deadline confirmed that Gaga will share the screen series star Jenna Ortega, but no details about Gaga’s role were made immediately available.

Lady Gaga is coming off of her starring role in Joker: Folie a Deux. Her acting credits include A Star Is Born, House of Gucci and two seasons of FX’s American Horror Story.

New episodes of Wednesday are expected to premiere next year; the series also co-stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez and Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, with Season 2 additions to the cast including Billie Piper, Steve Buscemi, Noah Taylor and Joanna Lumley.

See the Season 2 teaser trailer of Wednesday: HERE.

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Rock Daypop

Staind + Breaking Benjamin to launch co-headlining 2025 U.S. Tour

Breaking Benjamin performs live at Van Andel Arena. GRAND RAPIDS^ MICHIGAN / USA - JANUARY 31^ 2020

Staind and Breaking Benjamin will launch their co-headlining  2025 Awaken the Fallen Tour, with special guests Wage War and Lakeview. The new run of shows is a reprise of the tour that took place this fall, which featured Daughtry and Lakeview as support.

This 20-city trek will kick off on April 26th at Brandon Amphitheater in Brandon, Mississippi, and wrap up in Kansas City, Missouri, at T-Mobile Center on June 1st.  Staind will be on the road supporting their 2023 album, Confessions of the Fallen, while Breaking Benjamin has a new album in the works set for release next year, which they previewed with the single “Awaken,” which dropped in October.

Tickets are on sale now; head to Ticketmaster for more information.

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Eagles expand Sphere Vegas residency through April 2025

MSG Sphere is light up in Las Vegas^ Nevada USA^ 25 August 2023

Due to overwhelming demand, The Eagles have announced four additional shows for their Sphere residency in Las Vegas, now featuring 32 shows over 16 weekends through Saturday, April 12, 2025. The Eagles’ residency offers fans “the ultimate connection to the band’s legendary catalog in an immersive experience that only Sphere can provide.”

A social media post reads: “The Eagles have announced four additional shows for the band’s residency at Sphere in Las Vegas on Friday, April 4, Saturday, April 5, Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12. The residency now features total of 32 shows over sixteen weekends from Friday, September 20, 2024, through Saturday, April 12, 2025.”

The Eagles initially announced an eight-date residency at the Sphere, which began in September. The band later added dates through March 2025, with the new dates of: April 4, 5, 11 and 12.

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Jack Harlow shares video for ‘Hello Miss Johnson’

Jack Harlow arrives for Variety 2021 Music Hitmakers Brunch on December 04^ 2021 in Los Angeles^ CA

Jack Harlow has released “Hello Miss Johnson,” produced by his brother Clay Harlow, Don Cannon and Aksel Arvid. The video is from Yulya Shadrinsky and Marita Gurcciani, who together are known as ‘Shadrinsky’. The duo are known for their distinctive, lo-fi, and voyeuristic style in the fashion world for designers like Marc Jacobs and Jean Paul Gaultier.

The visual for ‘Hello Miss Johnson’ was shot on CCTV cameras, documenting the courtship between Jack and Miss Johnson’s daughter.  Harlow tries to impress his girl and her mom (similar to the way OutKast did on “Ms. Jackson”) to prove how much he loves his girl, all while you see his girl’s neighbors doing some wild things in the background.

‘Hello Miss Johnson’ is Harlow’s first official single since his hit song “Lovin On Me” last year, which spent several weeks at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100, following the success of previous smash hit “First Class.”

See the video for Jack Harlow’s “Hello Miss Johnson” – HERE.

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