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Fenway Bowl, Military Bowl are both canceled amid COVID-19 outbreaks

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Two more college football bowl games were canceled Sunday due to COVID-19 complications among the teams set to participate in the events. The 2021 Military Bowl was canceled after Boston College was forced to pull out of the game against East Carolina as it was short on available players due to a combination of COVID-19 cases and injuries; and the Fenway bowl between SMU and Virginia was canceled after Virginia was unable to travel after players on the team tested positive for the virus.

Boston College said it did not have enough players to field a team with more than 40 players sidelined due to COVID-19 cases, season-ending injuries opt-outs and transfers. Said Boston College coach Jeff Hafley: “This is not the way we wanted to see this season come to an end,” We just do not have enough players to safely play a game. My heart goes out to our seniors who will not have one final opportunity to wear a BC jersey and I can’t thank them enough for all the contributions they made to our program.”

Virginia said the entire team was tested Christmas morning after some players had tested positive ahead of the team’s departure, with additional positives revealed Sunday keeping the team from being able to participate in the bowl game. Virginia athletic director Carla Williams said:  “We are extremely disappointed the team will not be able to participate in the inaugural Fenway Bowl. Playing this game was something our team very much looked forward to and it is unfortunate Coach Mendenhall will not have one last opportunity to coach this group.”

In addition to the Military Bowl and Fenway Bowl, the Hawaii Bowl between Hawaii and Memphis on Christmas Eve had already been canceled after the former backed out; and Texas A&M was forced to pull out of the Gator Bowl due to COVID-19 issues — however, Rutgers stepped in as a replacement to allow the Bowl to take place.

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NHL to bring back taxi squads when regular season resumes

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The National Hockey League is tentatively set to resume its regular season on Tuesday, after COVID outbreaks throughout the league forced an extended holiday break to be taken. Some adjustments to minimize schedule disruptions and keep the 2021-22 season going will be instituted, specifically, the re-introduction of taxi squads that teams will be able to draw from to keep their numbers up.

The NHL will now permit its teams to use a reserve squad consisting of up to six players when the regular season resumes, re-introducing the taxi squads that were featured during the league’s shortened 2021 season. Taxi squad players will count as being in the minors for NHL salary cap purposes, and they will be able to be on the taxi squad for a maximum of 20 days. The new taxi squads are set to be in effect through at least the NHL All-Star break in early February.

In addition to the taxi squads, the NHL will now also permit teams to make emergency recalls from the minor leagues should COVID-related absences prevent them from fielding a full lineup of players. Any team that is unable to have at least 12 forwards, six defensemen, and two goalies available will be able to bring up a player from the American Hockey League to prevent playing a game with less than 18 skaters.

The changes were prompted after the NHL was forced to begin its annual Christmas break early due to the spread of COVID throughout the league, which forced a total of 64 games to be postponed.

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Walker Hayes to perform on ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’

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Walker Hayes will appear on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022.” Hayes is set to perform his No. 1 hit, “Fancy Like,” and his new single, “AA,” on the show which airs live on ABC on Dec. 31st.  “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” will include celebrations in New York City, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Puerto Rico. Seacrest will oversee the proceedings from Times Square.

Hayes is on the “LA Party” lineup, along with OneRepublic, Ciara, D-Nice, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with Windser, AJR and Daisy The Great, Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker, Big Boi with Sleepy Brown, Maneskin, Masked Wolf, French Montana and more.

The New York festivities will include performances by LL Cool J, Journey and Karol G. Billy Porter of “Pose” fame is set to perform in New Orleans, on the Louis Armstrong riverboat as it travels along the Mississippi River. Daddy Yankee is scheduled to perform in Puerto Rico.

Hayes recently dropped two more singles, “U Gurl” and “AA.” Monument Records also announced a release date for his “Country Stuff The Album,” due out Jan. 21, and including “Fancy Like,” the two new singles and 10 other tracks.

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Miranda Lambert teams up with reality TV series ‘Queer Eye’ for new song

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Miranda Lambert revealed on Sunday (Dec. 26) that her new track, “Y’all Means All,” will debut on the Season 6 premiere episode of the hit reality TV series Queer Eye, airing Dec. 31 on Netflix.  This season of Queer Eye was filmed in Lambert’s home state of Texas, with the show’s ‘Fab 5’ heading to the streets of Austin, Texas for a new round of lifestyle and fashion makeovers.

Both Lambert and the show shared news of the song on social media. Queer Eye’s Twitter page read: “OMG. We partnered with THE country music queen,” which also added that fans can get a taste of “Y’all Means All” in the Season 6 trailer, dropping Monday, Dec. 27.  Lambert tweeted: Here’s one last surprise for y’all this year! A new song “Y’all Means All” will be out on 12/31 to celebrate the new season of @QueerEye that filmed all in Texas!

Lambert has been an ally for the LGBTQ+ community, thanks in part to help and advice from her brother, Luke Lambert, and his husband Marc. Lambert said: “Being in a family where I am surrounded by LGBTQ people, it has me learning and me figuring out how I can be a part of the change and be part of the community and still be the same person I have been as an artist for 20 years.” In the Telemitry Remix video of her “Tequila Does,” Lambert also invited Luke and Marc to co-star, along with a group of other members of the LGBTQ+ community.

You can pre-save “Y’all Means All” at the link – here.

Miranda Lambert Announces New Song, “Y’all Means All” In Collaboration With ‘Queer Eye’ Season Premiere

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Take a look at Zendaya in the trailer for Season 2 of ‘Euphoria’

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HBO has unveiled the first official trailer for season 2 of Euphoria.  Zendaya returns as Rue Bennett, and is joined by other familiar faces as she “must find hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction,” per a series synopsis.

The return of the drama—which was supposed to be filmed in March 2020 before the pandemic shut down production —will also include cast memebers Hunter Schafer, Nika King, Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Jacob Elordi, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow, Javon Walton, Dominic Fike, Storm Reid, and Austin Abrams.

Season 2 premieres on Jan. 9 on HBO, with new episodes dropping weekly. Check out the Euphoria season 2 trailer – here.

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ tops North American box office for second weekend

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Spider-Man: No Way Home is the No. 1 movie in North America for a second weekend, earning an additional $83 million in ticket sales as of Sunday night.   The film, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, has earned about $467 million domestically. Last weekend it brought in $253 million of the total $283 million gross of films.

Spider-Man: No Way Home also earned a total of around $1 billion worldwide, making it the only film since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to reach the milestone. Globally, it earned $587.2 million last weekend, ranking as the third largest worldwide opening weekend in history behind only Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War, both of which also featured Holland as Spider-Man.

Coming in at No. 2 this weekend is Sing 2 with $23.8 million, followed by The Matrix Resurrections at No. 3 with $12 million, The King’s Man at No. 4 with $6.4 million and American Underdog at No. 5 with $6.2 million. Rounding out the top 10 were West Side Story at No. 6 with $2.8 million, Licorice Pizza at No. 7 with $2.3 million, A Journal for Jordan at No. 8 with $2.2 million, Encanto at No. 9 with $2 million and ’83 at No. 10 with $1.8 million.

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Third-Best Christmas Ever With $31.7M US; Domestic At $467M+ & $1.05B WW – Sunday Update

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Carole King and James Taylor to star in an upcoming documentary film

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Carole King and James Taylor will star in an upcoming documentary film that chronicles their decades-long friendship and musical collaboration.Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name will premiere on Jan. 2 on CNN and will be livestreamed on CNNgo. The movie will then be available on demand from Jan. 3 through Jan. 9 on various cable and satellite providers, CNNgo and   mobile apps.

King says of Taylor in a trailer for the film, “I love every experience we have had together.”  The trailer also features archival photographs of King and Taylor’s first live performance together in 1970 at the Troubadour in Hollywood, as well as footage from the pair’s 2007 and 2010 Troubadour reunion tour.

The movie was directed by Frank Marshall, who also helmed 2020’s The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart and 2019’s The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash.

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Former Motley Crue singer John Corabi to release memoir “Horseshoes and Hand Grenades”

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Former Motley Crue singer John Corabi will release an autobiography titled Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, set for release on June 14, 2022.  In its official description, the book promises to chronicle the rocker’s “life from the mean streets of Philadelphia to the Sunset Strip.” The memoir will feature stories from Corabi’s time in Motley Crue, Union, Ratt and the Dead Daisies, as well as personal tales including “his parents difficult divorce, his family’s dark history of abuse, (and) his run-in with a serial killer.”

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades had originally been planned for release in April before having the date pushed back to June. The memoir will also come with an accompanying vinyl album, featuring exclusive music.

Corabi was hired in 1992 to replace Motley Crue’s original singer, Vince Neil. The band’s 1994 self-titled LP was the only studio album with Corabi, and it failed commercially. The group reunited with Neil in 1997.

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Singer/actress JoJo and actor Dexter Darden announce their engagement

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Singer/actress Jojo announced her engagement to Saved by the Bell star Dexter Darden.

Jojo shared the happy news on Instagram: “Forever with YOU? Sign me UP. Celebrating Christmas a whole fiancé!!! the most thoughtful, creative, positive, handsome, strong, loving, uplifting human being asked me to marry him. so obviously I said YESSS!!! thank you for the most epic birthday surprise ever. and for flying out my mom, your mom, and both of our best friends to share in that incredible moment with us. you are one of one.”

Jojo turned 31 on Dec. 20.  Her social-media post included photos and video of 30-year-old Darden’s proposal at La Concha Resort in Puerto Rico and the couple’s subsequent celebration with their loved ones.

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Three members of K-pop supergroup BTS test positive for COVID-19

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Vocalist Jin and rapper RM of the South Korean pop supergroup BTS have tested positive for COVID-19. The news comes just one day after vocalist Suga was diagnosed with COVID-19.

Big Hit Music made the announcement on Twitter, saying that RM initially tested negative eight days ago upon returning to South Korea following a vacation in the United States. After completing a government-mandated quarantine for overseas travel, he was tested again and showed a positive result, it said.  RM is not exhibiting any symptoms as of press time.  Jin tested negative twice earlier this month, once when he returned from a U.S. trip and again when he left quarantine. After experiencing symptoms on Saturday, he was again tested and showed a positive result for COVID-19.  Big Hit said Jin is experiencing mild symptoms including a light fever and is undergoing self-treatment at home.

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