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Dallas Cowboys and head coach Mike McCarthy parting ways

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy before the game against Atlanta Falcons on November 3^ 2024 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium ATLANTA^ GA-NOV 3: (L-R)

A source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday that head coach Mike McCarthy will not returning to the Dallas Cowboys after five seasons with the organization. McCarthy’s contract with the Cowboys expired last Wednesday, but the team held an exclusive negotiating window with him until Tuesday at midnight.

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported that the two sides were unable to come to terms on the length of contract, and decided to part ways. According to sources, Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones refused to let the Chicago Bears interview McCarthy during the Cowboys’ exclusive window, despite reportedly not engaging with the coach in contract negotiations.

The move comes after McCarthy and the Cowboys missed the playoffs this year, for the first time since his inaugural season in 2020.  This season the Cowboys finished with a 7-10 record, and McCarthy helped turn things around midway through the season, winning four of five games after initially falling to 3-7 at the start.

McCarthy owns a career 174-112-2 overall record; he previously served as coach of the Green Bay Packers for 13 seasons, leading them to the Super Bowl in 2010.

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Pop Daypop

Carrie Underwood to perform at Donald Trump’s Presidential Inauguration Ceremony

Carrie Underwood performs onstage at the 4th ACM Party for a Cause Festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on April 1^ 2016 in Las Vegas^ Nevada.

Carrie Underwood is set to perform at Donald Trump‘s second inauguration. A Presidential Inaugural Committee spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE on Monday, Jan. 13 that Underwood is set to perform at the inauguration where Trump, 78, will be sworn in as the next president of the United States.

The eight-time Grammy winning singer will perform “America the Beautiful” between J.D. Vance and Trump’s Oaths of Office at the Jan. 20 swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, accompanied by The Armed Forces Chorus and the The United States Naval Academy Glee Club.

Underwood said in a statement: “I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event. I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.”

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Country Daypop

Carrie Underwood to perform at Donald Trump’s Presidential Inauguration Ceremony

Carrie Underwood performs onstage at the 4th ACM Party for a Cause Festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on April 1^ 2016 in Las Vegas^ Nevada.

Carrie Underwood is set to perform at Donald Trump‘s second inauguration. A Presidential Inaugural Committee spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE on Monday, Jan. 13 that Underwood is set to perform at the inauguration where Trump, 78, will be sworn in as the next president of the United States.

The eight-time Grammy winning singer will perform “America the Beautiful” between J.D. Vance and Trump’s Oaths of Office at the Jan. 20 swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, accompanied by The Armed Forces Chorus and the The United States Naval Academy Glee Club.

Underwood said in a statement: “I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event. I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.”

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Entertainment Daypop

Carrie Underwood to perform at Donald Trump’s Presidential Inauguration Ceremony

Carrie Underwood performs onstage at the 4th ACM Party for a Cause Festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on April 1^ 2016 in Las Vegas^ Nevada.

Carrie Underwood is set to perform at Donald Trump‘s second inauguration. A Presidential Inaugural Committee spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE on Monday, Jan. 13 that Underwood is set to perform at the inauguration where Trump, 78, will be sworn in as the next president of the United States.

The eight-time Grammy winning singer will perform “America the Beautiful” between J.D. Vance and Trump’s Oaths of Office at the Jan. 20 swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, accompanied by The Armed Forces Chorus and the The United States Naval Academy Glee Club.

Underwood said in a statement: “I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event. I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.”

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Country Daypop

Kane Brown shares tracklist for new album ‘The High Road’

Kane Brown at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1^ 2019 in Las Vegas^ NV

Kane Brown has revealed the tracklist for his upcoming new album, The High Road, dropping on January 24.

The High Road is comprised of 18 tracks and five guest vocalists, including wife Katelyn Brown, appearing twice on the album (Body Talk and Do Us Apart). Brown’s chart-topping collaboration with Marshmello Miles On It also appears on the album, as does Haunted with Jelly Roll, Rescue with R&B star Khalid, and Things We Quit with Brad Paisley.

Brown announced the impending release of The High Road last year, as the follow-up to 2022’s Different Man.  He shared in an interview with AP News: “This is by far my favorite album, from the sequencing to the songwriting to the different sounds. There’s definitely a song for everybody. My other albums, I always kind of, you know, cared what people thought about. And this album, we don’t… we gave our everything into the songs.”

Pre-order The High Road – HERE.

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Pop Daypop

Beyoncé donates $2.5 million to Los Angeles fire relief and aid

Beyonce at the World premiere of 'The Lion King' held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood^ USA on July 9^ 2019.

Beyoncé has pledged $2.5 million through her BeyGOOD nonprofit to support families who have lost their homes in the towns of Altadena and Pasadena, which have both been damaged by the Eaton Fire.

Th BeyGOOD foundation announced via Instagram that she was giving $2.5 million toward an L.A. Fire Relief Fund started by her charity. The caption read: “Los Angeles we stand with you. 🫶🏽. BeyGOOD is taking action by announcing the LA Fire Relief Fund with a donation of 2.5 million dollars. The fund is earmarked to aid families in the Altadena/Pasadena area who lost their homes, and to churches and community centers to address the immediate needs of those affected by the wildfires. To show your support for the impacted families and to learn more about BeyGOOD’s mission, please visit https://beygood.org”

Per Deadline, the BeyGOOD LA Fire Relief Fund will also go to churches and community centers to address the immediate needs of displaced residents. According to the press release, the foundation has worked with volunteer service organizations and churches to identify homeowners and area residents most in need since the fire’s inception Jan. 7.

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Entertainment Daypop

Beyoncé donates $2.5 million to Los Angeles fire relief and aid

Beyonce at the World premiere of 'The Lion King' held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood^ USA on July 9^ 2019.

Beyoncé has pledged $2.5 million through her BeyGOOD nonprofit to support families who have lost their homes in the towns of Altadena and Pasadena, which have both been damaged by the Eaton Fire.

Th BeyGOOD foundation announced via Instagram that she was giving $2.5 million toward an L.A. Fire Relief Fund started by her charity. The caption read: “Los Angeles we stand with you. 🫶🏽. BeyGOOD is taking action by announcing the LA Fire Relief Fund with a donation of 2.5 million dollars. The fund is earmarked to aid families in the Altadena/Pasadena area who lost their homes, and to churches and community centers to address the immediate needs of those affected by the wildfires. To show your support for the impacted families and to learn more about BeyGOOD’s mission, please visit https://beygood.org”

Per Deadline, the BeyGOOD LA Fire Relief Fund will also go to churches and community centers to address the immediate needs of displaced residents. According to the press release, the foundation has worked with volunteer service organizations and churches to identify homeowners and area residents most in need since the fire’s inception Jan. 7.

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Rock Daypop

Hollywood Undead and Tech N9ne to embark on co-headlining North American Tour

Hollywood Undead performing at festival Rock for People in Hradec Kralove^ Czech republic^ June 5^ 2015.

Hollywood Undead and Tech N9ne have announced a 2025 North American co-headlining tour, kicking-off April 6th in Reno, Nevada.

The “Hollywood & N9Ne Returns” will feature Set It Off and Zero 9:36 as support for the outing, and will include a handful of stops in Canada, including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Quebec before wrapping up on May 9 in Sayreville, New Jersey.

Said Johnny 3 Tears of Hollywood Undead: “The first leg of this tour was something special, and we’re just getting started. Heading back to Canada after so many years makes this next run even more meaningful. Get ready for an unforgettable show every night.”  Tech N9ne added: “AW MAAAAN that tour with HU was MASSIVE and I can’t WAIT to show Canada! Let’s move y’all! L9VE.”

Tickets are available now via Ticketmaster.

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Rock Daypop

Carlos Santana postpones 2025 residency launch after fall at home

Guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana performs at the 50th Anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Friday^ April 26^ 2019.

Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana has postponed the next run of his Las Vegas residency shows because of an “accidental fall” at his home in Hawaii.

Santana’s management confirmed in a statement: “I am sorry to say that Carlos was out taking a walk at his vacation home in Kauai. He took a hard fall, and he broke his little finger on his left hand. He had to have pins inserted in the finger. Unfortunately, he won’t be able to play guitar for approximately six weeks. Doctors do say that he will recuperate fully. Carlos is doing well and is anxious to be back on stage soon. He just needs to heal. Santana profoundly regrets these postponements of his upcoming performances, but accidents happen, and his health is our number one concern. He is looking forward to seeing all of his fans very soon.”

Santana had dates scheduled for An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live in January, February, and May 2025. It remains unclear if Santana’s 2025 Oneness Tour will be affected, which is slated to kick off in Highland, CA on April 16th with stops in Phoenix, AZ; Albuquerque, NM; San Antonio, TX; Sugar Land, TX; Thackerville, OK; Tulsa, OK; and Nashville, TN before heading to Europe and the UK in June.

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LA Wildfires: Death toll rises to 24 as winds intensify in area

A firefighter watches as the Bobcat Fire burns in Juniper Hills^ California^ Saturday^ Sept. 19^ 2020.

(Per ABC NEWS): Thousands of firefighters are continuing to battle several wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong Santa Ana winds. About 105,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation orders and another 87,000 are under evacuation warnings.

The wildfires have killed at least 24 people with dozen others remain unaccounted for, as the fires swept through 40,000 acres in the greater Los Angeles area, destroying entire communities and more than 12,300 structures.

Evacuation orders for the largest blaze, the Palisades Fire, expanded. It is 13% contained and threatens Brentwood, Encino and Westwood.  Los Angeles County declared a public health emergency, warning that smoke and particulate matter could pose immediate and long-term threats (via NBC News).

The National Weather Service Los Angeles office posted “particularly dangerous situation” (PDS) red flag winds warnings for 4 a.m. Tuesday (local time) through noon Wednesday, saying winds could be strong enough to cause “explosive fire growth.”

For the latest, up-to-date information on the Los Angeles wildfires, check news outlets: ABC News, NBC News, CBS News and CNN.

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