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Luke Bryan To Perform During 2020 NFL Draft

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Luke Bryan will perform during the 2020 NFL Draft on April 25, featuring his tune “Play It Again” as part of Verizon’s #PayItForwardLive, a live-stream concert series that supports small businesses affected by COVID-19. Luke’s performance will air during the Draft broadcast at 12 p.m. ET.

The 2020 NFL Draft will be fully virtual and will be held remotely with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, league personnel and club staff working from their individual locations due to COVID-19. ESPN, NFL Network and ABC are joining forces to present the NFL Draft across their broadcast networks. It will also be live streamed on the ESPN app and NFL app, as well as streaming on Sling TV and YouTube TV.

Luke Bryan to Perform During NFL Draft

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Venom 2 Sequel ‘Let There Be Carnage’ Delays Release To Summer 2021

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A sequel to the 2018 Tom Hardy vehicle Venom, will no longer be arriving this October.The sequel—which now boasts the official title Venom: Let There Be Carnage—has been moved to June 25, 2021.

While no specific reason for the delay was given, Let There Be Carnage is the latest project to have its release delayed amid continued COVID-19 social distancing in the U.S. 

Hardy’s Eddie Brock is joined by Woody Harrelson as Carnage, Michelle Williams as Anne Weying, Naomie Harris as Shriek, and Reid Scott as Dan Lewis. The sequel is helmed by Andy Serkis, whose directorial debut Breathe starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy dropped back in 2017.

Venom 2 Gets a New Title and a Summer 2021 Release Date

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“Hunger Games” Prequel In The Works

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The “Hunger Games” story will continue as author Suzann Collins plans to release a prequel book — which a movie will be based on —-titled “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”  The book is scheduled for release on May 19 and will explores the origin of the series’ dystopian society.

“Lionsgate has always been the cinematic home of ‘The Hunger Games,’ and I’m delighted to be returning to them with this new book,” Collins said in a statement.  For the new movie, Collins will serve as executive producer. Francis Lawrence returns as director after making the three previous “Hunger Games” movies. Nina Jacobson will again produce, along with Brad Simpson.  Collins’ series — including “The Hunger Games,” “Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay” — has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and is the basis for four Lionsgate movies that earned nearly $3 billion and starred Jennifer Lawrence as the heroine Katniss Everdeen.

The new film will take place in Collins’ fictional Panem and center on 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow, the future president, played in the earlier movies by Donald Sutherland.

‘The Hunger Games’ Prequel Movie Is Officially Moving Forward With A Familiar Director Attached

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Joan Jett Auctioning Signature Gibson Guitar For COVID-19 Relief

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Joan Jett is auctioning off a limited-edition, autographed signature Gibson guitar to raise funds for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.  The music industry charity offers immediate financial assistance to musicians, production crews and music industry creators.

Fans can bid on the Gibson Joan Jett ES 339 electric guitar in Wine Red – of which only 150 were made worldwide and has an estimated value of $2,500 – at CharityBuzz.com in sync with Jett’s April 24 appearance on Rolling Stone’s in-home performance series, “In My Room.”

Bidding for the Jett guitar is now open and will close on Friday, May 8 at 3:00 PM ET at CharityBuzz.com.

 

Joan Jett To Perform On “In My Room” & Auction Signed Guitar To Benefit MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund

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Chris Cornell’s Daughter Toni Performs Temple Of The Dog Classic For COVID-19 Relief

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Chris Cornell’s daughter, Toni, performed a stripped-down version of the 1991 Temple Of The Dog classic, “Hunger Strike”, as part of a COVID-19 relief benefit hosted by video streaming service LiveXLive. You can view it on Toni’s Instagram page at the link here.

The 15-year-old delivered the lead single from the family’s home in the city. “Sitting in my dad’s home studio during this crazy time makes me miss him even more,” shared Toni on Instagram alongside video of the performance. “Music is the greatest healer and the most powerful way to bring people together, especially during tragedy. f my dad were here, I know he would have been the first to donate his time and effort. Thank you for including me, I am honored to be part of this and to help spread love through music.

On behalf of the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation we are donating $50,000 to @MusiCares for its Covid relief efforts. This is for you daddy, and all your fans who have helped lift us up and who continue to keep the music alive. I love you daddy.”

Watch Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni cover a Temple Of The Dog classic

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Trump Administration Offers Plan To Cover COVID-19 Care For Uninsured

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The Trump administration announced a plan on Wednesday to start paying hospitals and doctors who care for uninsured patients with COVID-19. Under the approach detailed by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, hospitals and doctors would submit their bills directly to the government and they would get paid at Medicare rates. Uninsured people would not be liable for costs, and health care providers would not have to ask any questions about a patient’s immigration status. COVID-19 treatment for the uninsured could cost from $14 billion to $48 billion, according to a recent estimate from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation.

Azar said the administration is not providing an estimate on what its plan will cost, but he is confident it will fit within the $100 billion allocated by Congress. Lawmakers are finalizing another coronavirus relief bill, expected to add $75 billion more for the health care system.

About 28 million people were uninsured before the pandemic hit, and that number is expected to rise sharply. Consultants at Health Management Associates estimate that 12 million to 35 million people could lose workplace coverage in the economic shutdown aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus.

Administration offers plan to cover COVID care for uninsured

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Two Cats Are First U.S. Pets to Test Positive for Coronavirus

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Two cats from New York state are the first pets in the United States to have tested positive for the virus that is causing the worldwide pandemic, the Agriculture Department and the Centers for Disease Control announced Wednesday.

The cats, from different parts of the state, are showing only mild symptoms and are expected to be fine. Testing positive does not mean the cats have the same illness that people have, and doesn’t mean that the cats can pass on the illness to people. Veterinarians took samples from both cats that were tested at a private lab, then confirmed at a national veterinary lab. The owners brought both cats to veterinarians because they showed symptoms of a respiratory infection. One owner had tested positive for the virus. No human in the other cat’s household tested positive.

The Agriculture Department and the C.D.C. emphasized that “there is no evidence that pets play a role in spreading the virus in the United States.”  The Agriculture Department will post any confirmed tests of animals with SARS-CoV-2 on its website. It does not recommend routine testing for pets.

2 cats in NY become first US pets to test positive for virus

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Muffet McGraw Retires As Notre Dame Women’s Basketball Coach

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Notre Dame Coach Muffet McGraw retired on Wednesday, after a Hall of Fame coaching career that included two national championships in 33 seasons. McGraw, 64, became the 13th woman inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. She won 936 games, ranking sixth among Division I coaches, with 842 coming at Notre Dame.

“It has been my great honor to represent the University of Notre Dame these past 33 years, but the time has come for me to step down as your head basketball coach,” McGraw said in a statement. McGraw is one of five Division I men’s or women’s basketball coaches with at least 930 wins, nine Final Fours and multiple titles. Her national championships were in 2001 and 2018.

The Irish reached nine Final Fours and won 67 NCAA Tournament games under McGraw. Notre Dame’s string of 24 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances remains intact, per the NCAA’s ruling following the cancellation of this year’s NCAA Tournament.

Irish’s McGraw retires after Hall of Fame career

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Boston Red Sox Stripped Of Draft Pick; Alex Cora Suspended For 2020

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The Boston Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year’s amateur draft by Major League Baseball for sign stealing in 2018.  In addition, former manager Alex Cora was suspended through the 2020 postseason for his previous conduct as bench coach with the Houston Astros.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced his decision Wednesday, concluding Red Sox replay system operator J.T. Watkins broke rules by using in-game video to revise sign sequences provided to players. Watkins was suspended without pay through this year’s postseason and prohibited from serving as the replay room operator through 2021. Manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended through the 2020 postseason on Jan. 13 and Houston was fined $5 million, the maximum under the Major League Constitution. The Astros were penalized their next two first- and second-round amateur draft picks.

Baseball’s season is on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, and this year’s draft may be cut to as few as five rounds.

Red Sox stripped of pick; Cora, staffer suspended

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Dixie Chicks Postpone Release Of Upcoming Album “Gaslighter”

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The Dixie Chicks upcoming eighth studio album, Gaslighter — which was slated to drop on May 1 — has been postponed. No new release date has been announced.

The Dixie Chicks most recent album was 2006’s Taking the Long Way, which earned the trio three Grammy Awards. Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks dropped their first single in 13 years with the release of “Gaslighter” on March 4. The new tune, which was co-penned and co-produced by the Dixie Chicks and Jack Antonoff, debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, marking the highest debut on the chart for the Dixie Chicks since their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” in September 2002, which debuted at No. 32.

Dixie Chicks Postpone ‘Gaslighter’ Album Release

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The Dixie Chicks have indefinitely postponed the release of their new album,…
 

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