Devin Dawson has dropped his new EP, The Pink Slip, the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed debut album, Dark Horse.
To celebrate the release, Dawson hosted a free livestream event tonight which you can view on YouTube (here) and Facebook (here) featuring performances of all six tracks, behind the scenes commentary and a fan Q&A. He will also appear on the Saturday Night Opry lineup next Saturday (1/23) alongside fellow artists including Keb’ Mo’, Maggie Rose and more.
Parker McCollum has shared the new video for his single, “To Be Loved By You.” The track follows McCollum’s hit single “Pretty Heart,” and marks his first new music since his Hollywood Gold EP.
McCollum partnered with director Peter Zavadil for the video, who has worked with everyone from Billy Ray Cyrus and Kenny Rogers to Keith Urban and Darius Rucker. McCollum released Hollywood Gold back in October, which debuted at No.10 on Billboard’s Country chart, and featured writing contributions from Chris Stapleton and Randy Montana. The release also marked the highest-selling debut EP of the year. McCollum also scored his first No.1 single, “Pretty Heart,” which topped the Country Airplay chart in December, and was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Take a look at the video for “To Be Loved By You” – here.
Liam Neeson’s The Marksman takes the number one spot at this weekend’s box office after taking in $3.2 million. The action thriller, directed by Robert Lorenz, follows a rancher and former Marine (Neeson) living in an Arizona border town who must help a young boy (Jacob Perez) escape a Mexican drug cartel. Katheryn Winnick, Juan Pablo Raba, and Teresa Ruiz also star.
Wonder Woman 1984 took the second spot at the box office during the Martin Luther King weekend after earning $2.6 million. The Croods: A New Age fell to the third spot, taking in just over $2 million, which brings its global grand total to $133.9 million after eight weeks in theaters. The Tom Hanks-starring News of the World came in at number four after bringing in $1 million. Monster Hunter starring Hilary Swank and Michael Ealy, fell to number five this weekend after earning $920K.
Pop artists Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga will perform at the 59th Inaugural Ceremonies on Wednesday, January 20th, when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States.
Actor Tom Hanks will host a 90-minute primetime TV specialcelebrating Biden’s inauguration, Gaga will sing the national anthem and Lopez will give a musical performance on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, where the ceremony will be taking place. Additional performers include Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato and more.
President-elect Joe Biden introduced a $1.9 trillion spending package Thursday, aiming to speed distribution of the coronavirus vaccines and provide economic relief caused by the pandemic. The package proposal includes investing $20 billion in a national vaccination program, $1,400 stimulus checks and expanding unemployment insurance supplements to $400 per week.
Biden noted that this was the first of a two-part plan to in the road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden said that he would introduce a recovery plan next month during his address to a joint session of Congress. Biden’s proposed relief package comes several weeks after Congress passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package in December. Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan will build off the bipartisan relief legislation passed in December.
Biden is suggesting $1,400 stimulus checks in addition to the $600 direct payments passed in December, and his relief package also lays out his vaccine distribution plan. “The vaccine rollout in the United States has been a dismal failure thus far,” he said, adding that he “will have to move heaven and earth to get more people vaccinated.” Biden’s goal is to provide 100 million vaccinations during the first 100 days of his administration starting Jan. 20. But the pace has been slower than that so far, with 22 million doses distributed and 6.7 million administered by Friday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Lee Brice, Jake Owen and LoCash are confirmed to play during this year’s Island Time Music Festival. The event will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Other performing artists include Runaway June, A Thousand Horses, Vince Gill, Blackberry Smoke, Levi Hummon and many more. Kellie Pickler is set to host alongside her husband, songwriter Kyle Jacobs. The four-night festival, which is in its 12th year, will return in February 2021.
The Island Time Music Festival benefits the children of Isla Mujeres, a Mexican island off the coast from Cancun. It supports The Little Yellow Schoolhouse, a school for special needs children, enabling kids to enroll in the school free of charge. The event also helps raise money for The Little Yellow Schoolhouse through an annual auction. Past auction items have included a variety of vacation packages, trips to sports events and more.
General admission tickets for the Island Time Music Festival are available now. The four-night event will take place Feb. 24-27, 2021.
Garth Brooks has been named as one of the honorees for the 43rd Kennedy Center Honors. Along with Garth, The Kennedy Center Honors will celebrate the lifetime achievements of Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Midori and Dick Van Dyke.
Garth shared, “I’m humble. I’m proud. I’m all the good things. Probably most excited and most proud for country music. Any chance you get to ‘wave that flag’ among the many other flags of entertainment – not only in this country, but around the world – that’s always an honor.”
Garth has been to the honors ceremony before to pay tribute to such artists as Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Billy Joel and James Taylor. Garth said about the Kennedy Center Honors, “President John F. Kennedy was a childhood hero of mine, and he has continued to be through every stage of my life. He knew that a nation is defined by its culture and a culture is defined by its arts. I have watched many of my heroes sit in that booth during their ceremony, I have even had the joyous honor of singing for some of them on their special night. The hope is to have contributed to humanity like my heroes have, to inspire us to be the most we can be as individuals, global citizens, and a part of human history. But most of all, to simply laugh, cry, love, and dream through music… I have been blessed to do just that as a fan and as an artist.”
The Kennedy Center Honors will air June 6 at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.
Cardi B has landed her first leading big-screen role in the Paramount comedy Assisted Living. The script will be penned byThis Is Uswriter Kay Oyegun, and Temple Hill and Stephen Love will produce for Paramount.
The story follows Amber (Cardi B), a small time crook, who finds herself in over her head when a heist goes wrong. On the run from both the cops and her former crew, she struggles to find anyone to take her in. Running out of options, Amber disguises herself as an elderly woman and hides out in the one place no one will look — her estranged grandmother’s nursing home.
Cardihad a small role inJennifer Lopez’s 2019 hit Hustlers, and also served as a judge on Netflix’s unscripted music competition seriesRhythm + Flow.Before rising up the charts, Cardi B got her start as a reality TV personality on the VH1 seriesLove and Hip-Hop.
Siegfried Fischbacher, the world-known illusionist who worked alongside stage partner Roy Horn, has died. He was 81. Fischbacher died of pancreatic cancer on Wednesday at his home in Las Vegas, according to a statement from his representative. Fischbacher’s long-time show business partner, Roy Horn, died last year of complications from COVID-19 at a Las Vegas hospital. He was 75.
The German native found fame as part of Siegfried & Roy, which combined illusions and rare animals in shows at The Mirage in Las Vegas. The $30-million production regularly sold out the then-largest theater in Las Vegas history, with the pair performing six shows a week, 44 weeks per year. Their run ended in 2003 after Horn’s spine was severed in an incident on stage with a 380-pound white tiger named Mantecore.
Siegfried & Roy gained international recognition for helping to save rare white tigers and white lions from extinction, and their $10 million compound was home to dozens of rare animals over the years. A street on the Las Vegas strip was named after them last year, shortly after Horn’s death.
Citing the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday the city will cut ties with the Trump Organization and will ending its contracts to operate several public venues. The Trump Organization had agreements with the city to operate the Central Park Carousel, Wollman and Lasker skating rinks and Ferry Point Golf Course. De Blasio blamed Trump for provoking the U.S. Capitol attack by radical Trump supporters on Jan. 6, and said the violence made it impossible for the city to continue its relationship with the organization.
De Blasio said the city has started the process to end those ties, per their contracts. The Carousel’s termination will be effective 25 days after the city’s termination notice is delivered, and the agreement for the Wollman and Lasker rinks ends after 30 days.
The Trump Organization responded by threatening legal action if the city proceeds, with a spokesman for the company stating: “Yet another example of Mayor de Blasio’s blatant disregard for the facts. The city of New York has no legal right to end our contracts and if they elect to proceed, they will owe The Trump Organization over $30 million dollars. This is nothing more than political discrimination, an attempt to infringe on the First Amendment and we plan to fight vigorously.”
