Eric Church has dropped his latet song, “Crazyland,” co-written by Eric, Luke Laird and Michael Heeney.
Crazyland is the follow-up to Eric’s recent releases “Bad Mother Trucker” and his current single, “Stick That in Your Country Song,” and the new track features backup vocals from his longtime collaborator, Joanna Cotten.
Listen to “Crazyland” at the link: here.
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Miranda Lambert led the nominations for the 2020 Country Music Association Awards, including her first entertainer of the year nomination in five years. The CMAs announced Tuesday that Lambert earned seven nominations.
Additionally, Luke Combs earned six nominations, including his first for entertainer of the year. Combs earned his first all-genre No. 1 album last year with “What You See Is What You Get.” Dan + Shay’s Dan Smyers has six nominations, including four he shares with bandmate Shay Mooney and three with pop star Justin Bieber for their crossover hit “10,000 Hours.” Smyers earned individual nominations for his work as a producer on the song.
Carrie Underwood join Lambert and Combs in the entertainer of the year category, along with Keith Urban and Eric Church. Other top nominees include Maren Morris, who scored five nominations.
The CMA Awards are normally held in November in Nashville, although details on this year’s awards show have not yet been released.
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September marks the 30th anniversary of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and now HBO Max has announced the cast will come together to film a reunion special to air in September. Most of the show’s regulars, includimg Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Joseph Marcell, Karyn Parsons, and DJ Jazzy Jeff, will return for the special. According to the network, the reunion will feature music, dancing, and some surprise guests.
The news of the reunion special comes on the heels of Will Smith announcing he’d be executive producing Bel-Air, a dramatic reimagining of the hit series created by Morgan Cooper, who produced a trailer for the series in 2019. Cooper and Chris Collins (writer for shows The Wire and Sons of Anarchy) will co-write the series.
You can stream all six seasons of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air on HBO Max.
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Ed Sheeran, 29, and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, 28, have announced the birth of their baby girl on Instagram.
“Ello! A quick message from me as I have some personal news that I wanted to share with you… Last week, with the help of an amazing delivery team, Cherry gave birth to our beautiful and healthy daughter – Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran,” Sheeran wrote alongside a photo of a pair of baby socks on top of a blue and green blanket. He added, “We are completely in love with her. Both mum and baby are doing amazing and we are on cloud nine over here. We hope that you can respect our privacy at this time. Lots of love and I’ll see you when it’s time to come back, Ed x.”
Sheeran and Seaborn tied the knot in December 2018 at their home in Suffolk, England, in front of 40 friends and family members. Sheeran first met Seaborn at school when he was 11, but their relationship didn’t turn romantic until the summer of 2015 when they shared their first date at Taylor Swift’s annual Fourth of July party. The couple starred in their first music video together for his single, “Put It All on Me,” back in December 2019.
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State police and law enforcement from neighboring suburbs in Oregon were sent to Portland on Monday as tensions mounted following a fatal weekend shooting in the midst of clashes between supporters of President Donald Trump and counter-protesters.
Governor Kate Brown announced a plan that she said would allow for peaceful protest while cracking down on law breakig that has often accompanied demonstrations. In addition to temporarily sending in state police troopers and officers from neighboring jurisdictions, the FBI and federal prosecutors will add resources to prosecute criminal offenses stemming from protests, Brown said.
The Trump administration in July deployed federal forces to Portland to protect a U.S. courthouse that has been the focus of violent protests and other federal property. The federal agents were later withdrawn.
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On Monday, a federal appeals court rejected an effort by Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, and the Justice Department to force a lower district judge to throw out Flynn’s criminal case. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-2 that D.C. District Judge Emmet Sullivan did not act improperly by not immediately accepting the Justice Department’s push to dismiss Flynn’s case. The court also said that Sullivan’s appointment of an outside former judge to argue against the department was not improper, reversing the judgment of previous three-judge panel from the court which had argued Sullivan was overstepping his authorities.
Flynn pleaded guilty in late 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the former Russian ambassador before seeking to withdraw his plea early this year, alleging misconduct against the agents who investigated him.
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Carrie Underwood will release her first-ever Christmas album, My Gift, on Sept. 25 and has released the new song, “Let There Be Peace” from the album. “Let There Be Peace” features background vocals from The McCrary Sisters and Brett James.
Carrie’s upcoming album will feature a combination of beloved traditional favorites and original material. Carrie revealed the album’s 11-song track list and special guests via Instagram, stating: “The songs on #MyGift are a mix of Christmas classics that are close to my heart and new songs that I hope will become close to yours. The album also includes a couple of very special guests…I can’t wait for you all to hear ‘Hallelujah’ written by and sung with the incredible @JohnLegend, and a very special version of “Little Drummer Boy” featuring my own little drummer boy, Isaiah. September 25 can’t come soon enough! #MyGift.”
My Gift will follow the release of Carrie’s sixth studio album, Cry Pretty, which dropped in September 2018. Listen to “Let There Be Peace” at the link: here.
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Keith Urban has released another new song, “Tumbleweed,” from his upcoming album, The Speed of Now: Part 1, which is set to drop on Sept. 18. The new tune follows the release of the album’s “We Were,” “Polaroid,” “Superman,” “Change Your Mind” and current single, “God Whispered Your Name.” The Speed of Now: Part I is the follow-up to Keith’s 2018 album, Graffiti U, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.
Keith’s upcoming album contains collaborations including “Out of the Cage” featuring guitarist Nile Rodgers, as well as duet “One Too Many” with pop star Pink. The album also includes Keith’s 2019 single, “We Were,” featurig vocals from one of the tune’s songwriters, Eric Church.
Listen to “Tumbleweed” at the link: here.
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New Mutants , starring Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy and Charlie Heaton, was the No. 1 movie in North America over the weekend with $7 million in ticket sales.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, most new movie debuts have been delayed, with some theatrical releases skipped altogether in favor of streaming-service premieres. Theaters throughout the United States and Canada were closed for months in keeping with social-distancing practices intended to slow the spread of the virus, and just recently began re-opening. However those in high-population states such as New York, New Jersey and California remain closed.
Coming in at No. 2 is Unhinged with $2.6 million, followed by The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run at No. 3 with $604,000, The Personal History of David Copperfield at No. 4 with $520,000 and Words on Bathroom Walls at No. 5 with $454,000.
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Back in June there were reports that Emma Roberts was expecting her first child with boyfriend Garrett Hedlund, and now the actress herself has confirmed her pregnancy in a post on Instagram on Sunday in which she also revealed the sex of her baby – a boy.
Roberts and Hedlund have been dating for a little over a year. Shortly before she was first seen with Hedlund, Roberts and longtime partner Evan Peters ended their relationship in February 2019, according to reports. Prior to his relationship with Roberts, Hedlund dated Kirsten Dunst for over four years.
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