Month: December 2022

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Diddy shares first look at his new baby girl in family Christmas photos

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Diddy is showing off his newborn daughter in his latest Instagram post. The 53-year-old welcomed his youngest child, Love, earlier this month, and on Christmas Day shared photos of the baby along with his six children (minus his 28-year-old son Justin Dior).

The photo showed the family posing in matching green and red striped pajamas and Santa hats. Diddy held his newborn daughter in his arms surrounded by other children: Quincy, 31, King, 24, Chance, 16, and twins, D’Lila Star and Jessie James, 16, along with the caption: “Merry Christmas from my family to yours! LOVE ❤”

Diddy’s Christmas photos come shortly after he announced the birth of Love in a Twitter post earlier this month, where he wrote: “I’m so blessed to welcome my baby girl Love Sean Combs to the world. Mama Combs, Quincy, Justin, Christian, Chance, D’Lila, Jessie and myself all love you so much! God is the Greatest!”

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Mariah Carey breaks single-day Spotify streaming record with “All I Want For Christmas Is You”

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Mariah Carey has made history again with her Christmas classic, “All I Want For Christmas Is You”.  The song, which was originally released back in 1994, now ranks the all-time records for the biggest single-day streams in Spotify chart history. According to the platform, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was streamed 21.27 million times a day before Christmas, the biggest peak in Spotify history. The song also recently earned a milestone 10th week at #1 on Billboard Hot 100, making her the first woman with three songs that have led the chart for double-digit weeks.

“All I Want For Christmas Is You” was released as part of Carey’s first-holiday album “Merry Christmas” back in 1994. The song was produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, and released through Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings. It is estimated that “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has sold over 14 million copies worldwide, and is the best-selling holiday song by a female artist, as well as one of the best-selling physical singles in music history.

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Apparent murder-suicide leaves 2 dead at Jehovah’s Witness hall in Colorado

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Two adults were found dead at Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Thornton, Colo., after an alleged murder-suicide incident on Christmas morning. Police shared that an unidentified adult male is believed to have shot his wife before killing himself at about 9 a.m.on Sunday, Christmas Day. Police say the two adults were former members of the congregation, which is located in the suburb of Denver.

Thornton Police Department said in its press release posted on Twitter:  “On a day that is historically associated with joy, family and fun, we’re saddened to inform you of the following. The investigation is still active, witnesses being interviewed, scene being examined. Still no known threats to the Thornton community.”

The Thornton Police Department said the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Hazardous Material Unit is investigating a suspicious device found at the scene. Witnesses say that a gun was fired in the parking lot of the hall Sunday morning. The suspect also threw a molotov cocktail, starting a fire inside the building.

Kingdom Hall holds three services on Sundays. An internal message to the congregation said: “Dear friends, today’s meeting will be held on Zoom due to a tragic incident that occurred at the Kingdom Hall this morning. Various reports are in the news however we don’t have all the information at this time. Please be assured that the local Bodies of Elders will be caring for the needs of the affected Congregations.”

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Death toll rises to 37 due to severe winter storm conditions across the U.S.

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The death toll from the winter storm sweeping across large parts of the continental United States has risen to at least 37.   Many of those deaths were due to weather-related traffic accidents or from the cold, while some were the result of first responders not being able to treat medical conditions quickly enough because of the hazardous weather conditions. The storm also caused hundreds of thousands to lose power in more than a dozen states and delayed and canceled thousands of flights

Buffalo, N.Y., has been one of the hardest-hit location in the United States, with at least 12 people confirmed dead amid the storm. The National Weather Service said that 43 inches of snow had fallen at Buffalo’s airport as of 7 a.m. Sunday. The storm brought hurricane-force winds and created whiteout conditions as it battered the area. A bomb cyclone, which happens when atmospheric pressure drops sharply in a strong storm, developed over the Great Lakes and sent temperatures well below freezing throughout much of the country.

CNN also reported that eight people died from weather-related car crashes in Ohio, including four who were killed in a 46-car pileup on the Ohio Turnpike on Saturday. Police in Colorado Springs, Colo., reported that two people have died from the cold since Thursday, and three people died in weather-related traffic accidents in Kansas, three died in Kentucky and Missouri, and Tennessee and Wisconsin have each reported one traffic-related death.

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Sam Hunt set to headline NHL Breakaway fan experience

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Sam Hunt is set to kick-off the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic at Boston’s Fenway Park on Monday, Jan. 2, by headlining a free show before the game.  Hunt wrote on Twitter: “We’ll be kicking off the @NHL_On_TNT Winter Classic with a free show, open to the public, at the NHL @BR_OpenIce ‘Breakaway’ pregame in Boston on Jan 2nd. See you there”

The NHL on TNT and B/R Open Ice’s first-ever Breakaway fan experience is set for Monday, January 2nd from 10 am until 2 pm at the Brookline Lot, directly across from Fenway Park.  This event is free and open to the public. . The game will begin at 2PM ET and will air on TNT in the U.S. and on Sportsnet, CBC and TVA Sports in Canada. The fan festival leading up to the game will begin on Friday, Dec. 30 at the NHL Winter Classic Plaza.

Hunt recently earned his 10th career No. 1 with “Wishful Drinking” with Ingrid Andress.  His multi-Platinum-selling sophomore album Southside debuted to critical acclaim and was one of the top country albums of 2020 landing at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, and included the No. 1 hits “Kinfolks,” “Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90’s,” “Hard To Forget,” and “Body Like A Back Road.”

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Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley and more to perform at George Jones Tribute concert

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Dierks Bentley, Tanya Tucker, and Brad Paisley will perform at the tribute concert for country great George Jones next spring, dubbed ‘Still Playing Possum: Music and Memories of George Jones.’  The tribute concert, which will be filmed for television, will mark the tenth anniversary of Jones’ death and will take place on April 25 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

George’s widow Nancy said: “George Jones died on April 26, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee. It will be ten years since he left us with just his songs, so to produce this night of music to honor his legacy is perfectly fitting. George made history and influenced artists from all genres and many of them will celebrate with us in April. The night will bring lots of emotion for the fans, our family, and anyone who just loved country music.”

The concert will also include performances by Jamey Johnson, Justin Moore, Lorrie Morgan, Mark Chesnutt, Michael Ray, Sam Moore, Trace Adkins, Tracy Byrd, and Tracy Lawrence, with more artists expected to be added.

Tickets for the event are available now at Ticketmaster.

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Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Taylor Swift nominated for Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards

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Grammy-winning musicians Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Taylor Swift are all nominated for songs from movies that have are expected to also earn them Oscar nominations.

Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” from Wakanda Forever, and Swift’s “Carolina” from Where the Crawdads Sing are up for the Outstanding Song from a Drama/Documentary award from the Society of Composers & Lyricists. Actor Darren Criss will host the awards which take place at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 15.

The women will be competing against songwriter Diane Warren for her song “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for “You Made It Feel Like (Home)” from the movie Bones and All.

For the full list of nominees, head here.

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Meghan Trainor, along with Joshua Bassett and Chris Olsen, celebrate their birthdays together

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Real-life besties Meghan Trainor, Joshua Bassett and Chris Olsen celebrated their shared birthday together, marking the occasion with a group birthday party.

Trainor turned 29 years old, while Bassett and Olsen turned 22 and 25, respectively. Trainor shared photos on Instagram that showed herself, Bassett and Olsen wearing matching pink hoodies and posing in front of a wall of pink balloons.  Trainor captioned the post: “Loved sharing a womb with these two! Happy birthday @chrisolsen and @joshuatbassett and meee.”  Olsen responded in the comments, writing, “I’ve never loved sharing a bday more.”

Olsen also shared a video of himself, Trainor and Bassett on Instagram, singing and dancing to a remix of “Birthday” by Katy Perry and writing in the caption: “Just one of the best birthdays I’ve had in years.”

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Nashville notes: Dolly Parton makes her latest TV appearance, a farm builds her a hay statue

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In case you missed it, Dolly Parton was a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show this week, and she and host Kelly Clarkson even sang a short, impromptu duet during the TV spot. You can watch it now.

In other Dolly news, a farm in Virginia has created a monument to the country legend made entirely out of hay. They shared video of the process on TikTok.

On Twitter, Luke Combs recently shared a list of country albums that changed his life. Records by Miranda Lambert, Randy Travis, Garth Brooks and Jon Pardi all made the cut.

 

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Jackson Dean's car broke down right after he found out “Don't Come Lookin'” was a number-one hit

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Jackson Dean earned his first chart-topping hit with “Don't Come Lookin'” – but the very same day he found out the song had gone to number one, he wound up having to ask friends to “Come Lookin'” for him: his car broke down during a road trip.

“The irony of it all is not lost on me,” Jackson told People. “Celebrating a song about getting lost and not coming back, and then immediately having my truck break down and needing someone to come lookin' for me?”

The singer's breakdown happened in Kentucky while he was on his way back home from a Thanksgiving trip. Though he was initially frustrated, he quickly remembered to keep perspective.

“I had the No. 1 song in the country, and really, what could I possibly be upset about?” he recalls thinking.

Plus, as he waited around for help to arrive, he accomplished a very important task. “I spent that time making phone calls to all of the people on my team, and thanking them for their hard work and belief in me,” the singer continues.

“Don't Come Lookin'” comes off of Jackson's Greenbroke album.

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