Month: April 2025

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See Penn Badgley in the Season 5 preview of Netflix’s ‘You’

Penn Badgley at the 2018 PaleyFest Fall TV Previews - "You" at the Paley Center for Media on September 10^ 2018 in Beverly Hills^ CA

Netflix is teasing the Season 5 of You, which premieres on the streaming service April 24 — which will also be the show’s final season.

In the preview for Season 5 of You, viewers hear the voice of Penn Badgley’s character, Joe, seemingly addressing his wife, Kate (portrayed by Charlotte Richie). Season 5 picks up three years after the couple relocated to New York City, and finds Joe saying as he looks in a bathroom mirror: “Love tests us. I’ve been tested more than most. This is the last time. I came from nothing. A true rags-to-riches story. I’ve been through it all. Unlucky in life and in love, until I met you.  Kate, you opened doors for me I could have never imagined…Who knew I’d become the luckiest guy in New York?”

According to an official synopsis: “on the surface, it seems like Joe wants to turn a new leaf, but when he meets Bronte (Madeline Brewer), he begins to feel “a nostalgia for his former self.” Griffin Matthews, Anna Camp, Natasha Behnam, Pete Ploszek, Tom Francis and Nava Mau also star.

Netflix later released the full Season 5 trailer for YOU. The fifth and final season premieres April 24th on Netflix; watch HERE.

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Kate Hudson’s ‘Running Point’ to return for Season 2 on Netflix

Kate Hudson at the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on January 15^ 2023 in Los Angeles^ CA.

Just weeks after its debut, Netflix has renewed Kate Hudson’s sports comedy, “Running Point” for Season 2.

The streamer made the announcement on Netflix’s official X account, in which series star Hudson said, “A good basketball team owner knows when to listen to the fans. So we hear you, and so did Netflix. ‘Running Point’ is officially coming back for Season 2!” Thank you so much everyone who watched the show so far! I’m just beyond thrilled because you’re really the reason why we’re able to come back and do another season. So thank you and we’ll see you next season!”

Hudson stars in Running Point as Isla Gordon, the prodigal daughter of the owner of the legendary pro basketball franchise the Los Angeles Waves. But after her brother, the president of the team, is forced to resign after a major scandal, Isla is named president. Per the official logline, “Ambitious and often overlooked, Isla will have to prove to her skeptical brothers, the board, and the larger sports community that she was the right choice for the job.” The show co-stars Brenda Song, Justin Theroux, Chet Hanks, Jay Ellis and Max Greenfield, along with Fabrizio Guido, Toby Sandeman,  Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Roberto Sanchez, Uche Agada, and Dane DiLiegro.

“Running Point” hails from writers Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen, with Hudson also executive producing. Jeanie Buss, president of the Los Angeles Lakers, also executive produces along with Lakers manager of special projects Linda Rambis.

Kaling said in a press release: “We are so thrilled to be able to deliver a Season 2 of Running Point to the fans of the show. We still cannot believe the response from audiences — thank you to everyone who has watched!  Thank you to our partners at Netflix, Warner Brothers, our star who brought this show to life, Kate Hudson, and of course Executive Producers Jeanie Buss and Linda Rambis, without whom there would be no ‘Running Point’.”

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Pop Daypop

Kendrick Lamar and SZA share video for “Luther”

Kendrick Lamar performs onstage at the 2016 Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival. Okeechobee^ Florida - March 5^ 2016

Kendrick Lamar and SZA have dropped the video for their fan-favorite track “Luther.” The new video precedes Kendrick and SZA’s upcoming Grand National Tour, set to kick off April 19th in Minneapolis before hitting 18 more North American cities. Mustard will serve as support on tour.

The visual for Luther, directed by Karena Evans, finds both musicians in ‘separate realities’ that exist in the same setting; with the video ending with Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn’s cover of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “If This World Were Mine,” which is sampled on the chart-topping duet.  Ironically, video director Karena Evans has also previously shot the visuals for several hit Drake tracks (including “Nice For What,” “God’s Plan” and “In My Feelings.”)

“Luther” is Lamar’s sixth No. 1 and SZA’s third,  and currently sits at No. 1 on the Billboard 100 charts for its seventh week.

See the video for ‘Luther’ – HERE.

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Rock Daypop

Grateful Dead celebrates 60th anniversary with 60-CD live box set

Bill Kreutzmann^ an original member of the Grateful Dead and Dead and Company^ performs at the Saenger Theatre New Orleans^ Louisiana - April 27^ 2023

Grateful Dead will celebrate their 60th anniversary and is set to release a 60-CD collection, ‘Enjoying the Ride,’ featuring recordings from 25 years of live shows, spanning 1969 – 1994, with recordings from 20 different venues.

The collection includes 450 tracks, most of them previously unreleased, which translates into more than 60 hours of music. Of the 20 shows, 17 are presented in full, with the other three containing songs curated from multiple performances at San Francisco’s Fillmore West, New York’s Fillmore East and Boston Music Hall.

Grateful Dead is previewing the box set by sharing three previously unreleased live performances – “Scarlet Begonias,” “Touch of Grey” and “Fire on the Mountain” – recorded July 13, 1984 at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California. Check them out via digital outlets.

Dead archivist David Lemieux shares: “Going to see the Grateful Dead, following them from city to city, was likened to the modern equivalent of running away and joining the circus. These 20 venues are where the circus took us, and the show was something we never wanted to miss.”

Enjoying the Ride will be released May 30, limited to 6,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively to pre-order on Dead.net.  The set comes in a custom keepsake box “inspired by the experience of traveling from city to city to see the Dead at legendary venues across America.”

In addition, Rhino is also set to release a smaller compilation, The Music Never Stopped, on May 30. The 3-CD or 6-LP set is described as a “shorter route through the band’s diamond anniversary celebration.” It is also available for preorder here.

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Lamb Of God, Knocked Loosen to headline Denver’s Unhinged Festival

The crowd in a fan zone in a concert hall. Raised hands during a music show

Lamb of God and Knocked Loose are set to headline the inaugural UNHINGED Festival in Denver, Colorado, a two-day heavy music fest taking place July 26th-27th at Denver’s National Western Stockyards.

A social post reads: “UNHINGED invades National Western Stockyards in Denver July 26th + 27th with headlining performances from KNOCKED LOOSE & LAMB OF GOD. Two stages • No overlapping sets • Craft beer tasting. ⛰ • UnhingedFest.com”

A press release confirms that up to 30 acts will perform, with the Saturday lineup headlined by Knocked Loose, joined by the reunited Dillinger Escape Plan, the Garden, HEALTH, Converge, Terror, Sanguisugabogg, Jesus Piece, the Callous Daoboys and more.

Lamb of God will headline on Sunday roster, with additional performance from Ice-T’s Body Count, In This Moment, Power Trip, Gatecreeper, Sunami, Angel Du$t, Castle Rat, Candy and more.

The fest is being produced as a joint production by Brew Ha Ha Productions and AEG Rocky Mountain, and will likewise feature a craft beer component, with tasting sessions for various national craft beers, hard seltzers and ciders being made available on-site as well.

Head here for info: www.unhingedfest.com.

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Benson Boone announces new album ‘American Heart’ during Coachella performance

Benson Boone at the premiere for Twisters at the Regency Village Theatre. LOS ANGELES^ USA. July 11^ 2024

Benson Boone brought his famous backflips to his performance at Coachella in Indio, California over the weekend with the singer also announcing his new album American Heart is due out June 20.

Boone also shared news of the album release on his Instagram, writing: “American Heart.
06.20.2025. 🇺🇸❤”

Boone also debuted his new single “Mystical Magical” live at Coachella, and joined forces with Brian May for a cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Check it out HERE.

Pre-order American Heart – HERE.

See the lyric video for Benson’s current hit song “Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else” – HERE.

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News Daypop

House GOP adopts budget blueprint for President Trump’s agenda

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the Republican National Convention. Milwaukee^ Wisconsin - July 15^ 2024

On Thursday, the House adopted a revised budget blueprint for President Trump’s agenda after Republican leaders and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., muscled conservative holdouts who had threatened to sink the measure. Johnson told reporters after the vote: “It’s a good day in the House. I told you not to doubt us. We’re really grateful to have had the big victory on the floor just now. It was a big one, a very important one.”

The resolution passed in a slim 216-214 vote, with just two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Victoria Spartz, R-Ind. — joining all Democrats in opposition.  Trump had endorsed the budget plan, which the Senate adopted last weekend on a narrow 51-48 vote.

Shortly before the vote, Johnson appeared alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., at a joint news conference. Johnson said “our two chambers are directly aligned and committed to finding at least $1.5 trillion in savings for the American people. Our first big, beautiful reconciliation package here involves a number of commitments, and one of those is that we are committed to finding at least $1.5 trillion in savings for the American people while also preserving our essential programs.”

Thune added that the Senate is “aligned with the House in terms of what their budget resolution outlined in terms of savings. We have got to do something to get the country on a more sustainable fiscal path, and that entails us taking a hard scrub of our government figuring out where we can find those savings. The speaker’s talked about one and a half trillion dollars. We have a lot of United States senators who believe that is a minimum, and we’re certainly going to do everything we can to be as aggressive as possible to see that we are serious about the matter.”

Approving the budget plan in both chambers allows Congress to bypass the 60-vote threshold required to advance most legislation in the Senate and pass Mr. Trump’s agenda (that would open the door to implementing his border security, defense, energy priorities and extending expiring tax cuts) with a simple majority. Republican leaders in the House worked to unite their divided party behind the budget plan this week before Congress leaves town for a two-week recess.

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6 killed after tour helicopter plunges into NYC’s Hudson River

new york city manhattan helicopter tour aerial cityscape panorama

Story updated: An executive of the European technology company Siemens, as well as his wife and young children, were identified as those on board the tourist helicopter that plunged into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday, leaving no survivors.

Law enforcement sources told ABC News that Agustin Escobar, his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, and their children — aged 4, 5 and 11 years old — have been identified as victims in the crash along with the pilot, aged 36.

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Six people, including three children, were killed after a tour helicopter crashed into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront on Thursday afternoon. The helicopter was carrying the pilot and five passengers when it crashed into the river at about 3:15 p.m. EDT (per ABC News).

The New York Post reported that witnesses saw the Bell 206 chopper “split in half” before it went down near Pier 40 on West Houston Street and West Street around 3:15 p.m., per the New York City Fire Department

Mayor Eric Adams later said at a press conference that all six were pronounced dead, adding that “our hearts go out to the family and those on board.”  NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters that divers with NYPD and FDNY recovered all the victims who were on board the helicopter; four people were pronounced dead at the scene, and two others were taken to the hospital, where they “succumbed to their injuries.” Tisch said that the helicopter lost control shortly after turning at the George Washington Bridge to move along the New Jersey shoreline.

Local NY affiliate WNBC shared that reports of the downed aircraft near the West Side Highway and Spring Street came in shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday. Three law enforcement sources say the helicopter is believed to have been a tour charter flying along the Hudson at the time of the crash.

According to the communications team at the Spanish Foreign Ministry, the Spanish Consulate of New York City is in touch with authorities to gather and confirm information and identification of the people involved in the helicopter crash. In addition, authorities in Spain are aware of the crash as well.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board says the crash remains under investigation.

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Wife of Weezer bassist shot by police, arrested for attempted murder after allegedly pointing gun at LAPD

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Headquarters at Ronald F. Deaton Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles^ CA^ USA. Los Angeles^ CA^ USA - July 11^ 2022

Best-selling author Jillian Lauren, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was shot and injured by the police in Los Angeles, and later was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after pointing a gun at LAPD officers from her front yard.

Authorities said that the 51-year-old Lauren (identified by police as Jillian Shriner and listed as Jillian Lauren Shriner in jail records) pointed a gun at officers who were searching for hit-and-run suspects in a residential Los Angeles neighborhood. The LAPD said in a statement that Lauren Shriner sustained injuries that were not life-threatening after the shooting in the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock on Thursday.

Police said they were assisting California Highway Patrol officers in their search for three suspects from a misdemeanor hit-and-run; while pursuing one of the suspects who had been running through a backyard. The LAPD said in a press release: “As the officers were in the rear yard of that residence, they observed a female, later identified as 51-year-old Jillian Shriner, in the yard of a neighboring residence armed with a handgun. The officers ordered Shriner to drop the handgun numerous times; however, she refused.” Police fired at Shriner after she allegedly pointed her handgun at the officers, striking her. LAPD Detective Meghan Aguilar told reporters it is unclear at this time if she fired at the officers: “We have looked at some of the body-worn video. There is not a clear view of what she did with that firearm. We still have multiple interviews to do in this as well as look at any other personal surveillance video that some of these homes may have.”

Shriner went into her home but later emerged with another woman and a child, and was taken into custody and transported to an area hospital for treatment. A 9 mm handgun was recovered from her home, according to police. Officers subsequently determined Shriner was not involved in the earlier hit-and-run; one of the male suspects sought in that incident was detained by California Highway Patrol, while the other two were not found.

Shriner was released on bail on Wednesday and is scheduled to appear in court on April 30. Weezer is scheduled to play the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, with multiple sources confirming to The Hollywood Reporter that the band is still slated to perform at Coachella this weekend as of press time.

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Sports Daypop

2025 Masters: Justin Rose takes early lead, Scottie Scheffler closely behind in first round

Scottie Scheffler of United States in action during Round 4 of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on May 18^ 2024 in Louisville^ Kentucky.

The 89th playing of the Masters began on Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, which kicked-off with the annual ceremonial tee shot from Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson.

As the quest for the iconic green jacket began, England veteran Justin Rose took an early lead finished with 65 in the first round of the Masters — tying his career low on the course. Rose hit eight birdies to go seven-under par.

World No. 1 and reigning Masters champion Scottie Scheffler seeking to become just the fourth player to successfully defend his title, and the youngest player since Jack Nicklaus with three green jackets. Scheffler played his first nine in 3 under to match the tournament record for a defending champion, highlighted by a 60-footer for birdie at the par-3 fourth. Scheffler finished the 1st round 4-under.

Rory McIlroy, the sentimental choice with only a Masters title keeping him from the career Grand Slam, arrived at the par-5 15th hole at 4-under par.  However, a pair of double bogeys on No. 15 and No. 17 brought him to par, and erased his lead over the rest of the field — ending the day at an even 0.

The first two rounds of the Masters will be shown by ESPN, while CBS will pick up coverage for the final two rounds this weekend. Tournament coverage is also simulcast on Masters.com, the Masters app, ESPN+ and Paramount+ each day.

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