Month: February 2021

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Country Daypop

Kenny Chesney releases new single, ‘Knowing You’

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Kenny Chesney is releasing his new radio single, “Knowing You,” which appears on his 2020 album, Here & Now. 

“Knowing You” is reminiscent of some of Chesney’s earlier releases, and the singer said: “It sounds like coming home in a lot of ways. This is the essence of all the music that country is. When you hear this, something inside tingles, because it’s more than production tricks, the guitars, or how hard the drums hit, it’s just so pure… Country at its very best is true, it’s from the heart. ‘Knowing You’ is just that, it’s all heart.”

“Knowing You” was co-written by Brett James,  Adam James and Kat Higgins. You can take a listen at the link here.

Kenny Chesney Reminisces in New Single ‘Knowing You’ [LISTEN]

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It’s another track from Chesney’s ‘Here and Now’ album. Continue reading…
 

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Darius Rucker Earns 10th No.1 with ‘Beers And Sunshine’

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Darius Rucker is topping the country radio charts and has earned his 10th country career No. 1 with “Beers And Sunshine.”  The song was written via a Zoom session with producer Ross Copperman and fellow songwriters Josh Osborne and TJ Harding at the onset of the global pandemic.

Rucker is currently at work on a forthcoming studio album; he will perform Beers And Sunshine when he appears live on NBC News’ TODAY this Friday, February 25th.

Darius Rucker Earns 10th Career No.1 with ‘Beers And Sunshine’

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Darius Rucker notched his 10th No.1 single as a solo artist this week with his latest release,…
 

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James Franco reaches settlement with former students sexual misconduct case

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Two women who accused James Franco of sexual misconduct at his defunct film school have dropped their charges in light of a new settlement agreement. 

In 2019, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal filed a class action lawsuit against the actor and his Studio 4 school. The acting and film school was open from 2014 to 2017, during which time the accusers said Franco and his fellow teachers “engaged in widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior towards female students by sexualizing their power as a teacher and an employer by dangling the opportunity for roles in their projects.”

Over a year later, the two sides have reached a settlement agreement. The financial terms of the agreement are not yet public, though they must be submitted for court approval by March 15th. The agreement finds Tither-Kaplan and Gaal agreeing to drop their suit against Franco; his partners, Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis; and his Rabbit Bandini production company.

Allegations of Franco’s misconduct began to surface at the height of the #MeToo movement in 2018 after he won the Golden Globe for his role as Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist. Since then, Franco has kept a low profile, sticking to self-directed projects like Zeroville or minor voice roles in Arctic Dogs. 

Sexual misconduct lawsuit against James Franco reaches settlement

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James Franco was sued in 2019 for sexual misconduct at his acting school, shortly after…
 

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Starz acquires Watergate drama ‘Gaslit’ starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn

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Starz has picked up Watergate anthology series Gaslit starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn. Gaslit will follow the untold story of Martha Mitchell, a celebrity Arkansan socialite who was married to Attorney General John Mitchell.

Roberts will portray Martha Mitchell, the first person to publicly sound the alarm on President Richard Nixon’s involvement in Watergate. Penn will star as John Mitchell, who will be forced to choose between Martha and the president.

Gaslit is based on Slate podcast Slow Burn, and production will begin later this spring.

Proof Julia Roberts and Sean Penn’s Watergate Drama Gaslit Is Coming Sooner Than You Thought

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Check out the latest update for the highly-anticipated TV adaptation of Slate’s Slow Burn…
 

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United Airlines grounding Boeing 777 planes after engine explosion over Denver

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Federal aviation regulators have ordered United Airlines to step up inspections of all Boeing 777s equipped with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver on Saturday. The announcement comes a day after United Airlines Flight 328 had to make an emergency landing at Denver International Airport after its right engine blew apart just after takeoff. The plane with 231 passengers and 10 crew on board landed safely, and nobody aboard or on the ground was reported hurt, United said it is temporarily removing those aircrafts from service.

The Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Steve Dickson said in a statement Sunday that based on an initial review of safety data, inspectors “concluded that the inspection interval should be stepped up for the hollow fan blades that are unique to this model of engine, used solely on Boeing 777 airplanes. In a separate statement, The National Transportation Safety Board said that two of the engine’s fan blades were fractured and the remainder of the fan blades “exhibited damage.” The NTSB did caution that it was too early to draw conclusions about how the incident happened.

United said it currently has 24 of the 777s in service, and also said it will work closely with the FAA and the NTSB “to determine any additional steps that are needed to ensure these aircraft meet our rigorous safety standards and can return to service.”

FAA orders ‘stepped-up’ inspections of Boeing 777 aircraft after engine failure on United flight

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Federal regulators said the inspections apply to aircraft with certain Pratt & Whitney engines.

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United Airlines grounding Boeing 777 planes after engine explosion over Denver

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Federal aviation regulators have ordered United Airlines to step up inspections of all Boeing 777s equipped with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver on Saturday. The announcement comes a day after United Airlines Flight 328 had to make an emergency landing at Denver International Airport after its right engine blew apart just after takeoff. The plane with 231 passengers and 10 crew on board landed safely, and nobody aboard or on the ground was reported hurt, United said it is temporarily removing those aircrafts from service.

The Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Steve Dickson said in a statement Sunday that based on an initial review of safety data, inspectors “concluded that the inspection interval should be stepped up for the hollow fan blades that are unique to this model of engine, used solely on Boeing 777 airplanes. In a separate statement, The National Transportation Safety Board said that two of the engine’s fan blades were fractured and the remainder of the fan blades “exhibited damage.” The NTSB did caution that it was too early to draw conclusions about how the incident happened.

United said it currently has 24 of the 777s in service, and also said it will work closely with the FAA and the NTSB “to determine any additional steps that are needed to ensure these aircraft meet our rigorous safety standards and can return to service.”

FAA orders ‘stepped-up’ inspections of Boeing 777 aircraft after engine failure on United flight

Via www.nbcnews.com
Federal regulators said the inspections apply to aircraft with certain Pratt & Whitney engines.
 

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White House to ship 6 million vaccines that were delayed by winter storm

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The White House said on Sunday that it expects to deliver 6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week, that had been delayed by the winter storm that swept across the nation. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told ABC News’ This Week that President Biden’s administration plans to “rapidly catch up this week” and that 2 million doses have already been delivered.

The United States has administered 63,090,634 vaccine doses including 43,628,092 people who have received one or more doses and 18,865,319 who have received two doses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The United States has recorded 498,514 deaths and 28,119,533 cases, leading the world in both totals, after reporting 70,646 new cases and 1,793 fatalities through Saturday, according to data gathered by Johns Hopkins University.

White House expects to finish shipping millions of Covid vaccines this week delayed by winter storm

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The White House said that it expects to catch up this week on coronavirus vaccine distribution…
 

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Carly Pearce releases new album titled ’29’

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Carly Pearce‘s highly-anticipated album, 29, has officially been released. On each of the 7 tracks included on the album, Carly reflects on her difficult 29th year, in which she experienced major loss & a divorce.

 29 is Carly’s first full body of work since the loss of her producer, busbee, Carly wrote the song “Show Me Around” for this album last March, just three months before announcing her divorce from country singer Michael Ray after eight months of marriage. While Carly has never openly spoken out about what happened to her marriage, through her songs she expresses the heartbreak she experienced.

29 is available on all streaming platforms.

How Carly Pearce Worked Through Heartbreak and Grief on Her New EP

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When she was a teenager in Kentucky, Carly Pearce liked to pore over the liner notes of her…
 

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‘The Muppet Show’ to air with a content disclaimer warning on Disney+

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Jim Henson’s classic series “The Muppet Show” began streaming on Disney+ on Friday, but now will come prefaced with an offensive content disclaimer, saying, “This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversations to create a more inclusive future together.” 

The show, which ran for five seasons between 1976 and 1981, features the new content warning on 18 episodes, including those guest-hosted by Steve Martin, Peter Sellers, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Debbie Harry and Marty Feldman, among others.

Each episode bears the 12-second disclaimer for a different reason; Cash’s appearance had him singing in front of a Confederate flag, and other episodes had negative depictions of Native Americans, Middle Easterners and people from other cultures. Two episodes from the final season, featuring guest stars Brooke Shields and staff writer Chris Langham, are left out entirely.

‘The Muppet Show’ Now Comes With A ‘Harmful Content’ Warning Ahead of Episodes on Disney+

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Disney+ has opted to include a warning ahead of certain episodes of The Muppet Show, which is…
 

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‘Croods’ tops the North American box office with $1.7M in earnings

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 The Croods: A New Age is the No. 1 movie in North America this weekend, earning an additional $1.7 million in receipts.

Coming in at No. 2 is The Little Things with $1.2 million, followed by Judas and the Black Messiah at No. 3 with $905,000, Wonder Woman 1984 at No. 4 with $805,000 and The Marksman at No. 5 with $775,000.

Several of the films in the Top 10 are also available on streaming or pay-per-view, home-theater platforms as part of a strategy to appeal to wider audiences during the coronavirus pandemic.

‘Croods 2’ Leads the Box Office, Again, on the Lowest-Grossing Weekend of 2021

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Searchlight didn’t report grosses, but theater data shows “Nomadland” placed in the top 10…
 

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