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3 people shot, 1 stabbed after Christmas Day incident at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport

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Authorities are investigating a shooting on Christmas Day in what they believe was a family dispute at a restaurant in Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, that left three people injured by gunfire and another person stabbed.

Phoenix police spokesperson Mayra Reeson said at a news conference that the the evening shooting happened at around 9:45 p.m. at an airport restaurant that is outside the security checkpoints in Terminal 4. An adult female and two adult males were shot, leaving the female with injuries police describe as life-threatening. The two men were in stable condition and expected to survive, with the man hospitalized with at least one stab wound listed in stable condition.

Sgt. Reeson told reporters that the group of people all knew each other and had a physical fight that led to one of them pulling a gun: “I do believe that this was a family dispute that escalated.”  After the gunfire, a man and a girl were detained in an airport parking garage nearby. The gunfire led to the temporary closure of a security checkpoint at the terminal, the closure of some restaurants and a pause in service at the terminal’s PHX Sky Train station; police said they were still investigating why the group was at the airport, and whether they were traveling or were there for some other reason.

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The Year in Music 2024: Dasha moves into the house that 'Austin' built

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In 2024, a newcomer named Dasha metaphorically took both the country and pop worlds to “Austin.” 

“I believed in the song so much, but obviously it had like 3,000 streams, and now we’re sitting at a billion overall, which is insane,” she remarked on the one-year anniversary of the track’s release in November.

And while Dasha created the viral TikTok line dance that propelled the song forward, she’s quick to share credit with her youngest listeners.

“The kids have carried this song this year,” she told ABC Audio. “So many young fans at the shows just riding the rail in their cowboy hats with their dads behind them. It’s so cute. It’s so cool to see, like, this new generation, like, falling in love with country music.”

Quite literally, this was the year Dasha finally got invited to the party.

“Things I didn’t even think that could happen have happened this year,” she reminisces. “[Jimmy] Kimmel [Live!], my Opry debut, playing at the CMT Awards, playing the CCMAs, attending the CMA Awards.”

“I snuck in last year,” she reveals. “I was not supposed to be at the awards show last year, and I finessed my way into the WME after-party, and I got a free tattoo and now they’re my agency.”

Just days after wrapping her headlining tour, Dasha was ready to head home and reflect. 

“I just bought a place. I’m, like, moving in and, like, got a couch two days ago, finally,” she said. “And it’s been a whirlwind to say the least. But I’m really grateful to even, like, have – I mean, sold-out headline tour. That’s not normal. It’s really cool. I’m really, really grateful.”  

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Parker McCollum added to lineup of ‘New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash’ watch party

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Parker McCollum will help ring in 2025 from Brooklyn Bowl Nashville as part of the New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash watch party on Dec. 31.

McCollum shared: “This past year has been one for the books and it’s all because of the incredible country music fans. I’m excited to be a part of Nashville’s Big Bash to kick in the doors on 2025 with all the fans who have carried me through the year. Can’t wait to party with y’all!”

Previously announced performers include Keith Urban, Kane Brown and Jelly Roll, with Urban also serving as co-host of the event alongside Entertainment Tonight’s Rachel Smith..  In addition to musical performances, New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash features a traditional countdown at midnight EST and the renowned Nashville Music Note Drop and fireworks at midnight CST.

New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash will air live on Dec. 31 through CBS and stream on Paramount +.

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Thomas Rhett celebrates 23rd career No 1 hit with ‘Beautiful As You’

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Thomas Rhett has celebrated his 23rd career No. 1 on country radio with “Beautiful As You”, which was also recently certified as RIAA Gold.

“Beautiful As You” – co-written by Thomas Rhett and Bunetta alongside Jacob Hindlin, Alexander Izquierdo, Joshua Emanuel Coleman, and Zaire Kelsey and produced by Julian Bunetta, Dann Huff, John Ryan and Ammo – is featured on Rhett’s seventh studio album ABOUT A WOMAN.

Rhett shared of the track: “‘Beautiful as You’ just sort of reminded me of how I used to kind of start my records, sort of with a big swing, different sound, sonically different, melodically different, and a song that my kids just really, really enjoyed and danced to. So it seemed like the right first choice to us.”

Rhett is also gearing up to hit the road on his 2025 Better In Boots Tour, kicking-off on June 5 in Rogers, Arkansas. For tickets, visit thomasrhett.com.

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‘Wicked’ to make its streaming debut on New Year’s Eve

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Jon M. Chu’s Wicked, the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, will be available for purchase on Prime Video and other streamers beginning on New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31st.)

Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande shared a clip promoting the release, with Erivo (who plays Elphaba) saying: “It’s time to relive the experience together,” while Grande, who portrays Galinda, adding: “Let’s watch Wicked at home”

The release will contain three extra hours of footage comprised of cast commentary, and additional scenes. The film will be available to both purchase and rent, with fans able to get a bonus Sing-Along version and three hours of bonus content, including deleted and extended scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes and more.  In addition to Prime Video, viewers will be able to buy or rent the film on Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Comcast Xfinity, Cox and Microsoft Movies & TV.  Fans will also be able to get a hard copy shortly thereafter, with “Wicked” debuting on 4K UHD, Blu-ray

“Wicked” is in theaters now; with Part 2 – titled “Wicked: For Good” — hitting theaters on November 21, 2025.

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Netflix to air documentary, last concert of the late DJ Avicii on Dec. 31

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Netflix will release Avicii – I’m Tim, a documentary on the life and legacy of Tim Bergling, the DJ and music producer known as Avicii. With Tim as the narrator, the film presents a look into his life, featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews.  Bergling died by suicide in 2018.

Netflix shared on its social channels: “AVICII – I’M TIM is coming to Netflix on December 31. The new documentary will explore the life and legacy of Tim Bergling, the renowned Swedish DJ and music producer also known as Avicii. AVICII – MY LAST SHOW, showcasing Avicii’s final performance at Ibiza’s Ushuaïa, also premieres December 31.”

An official synopsis for the documentary states it is “the story of Tim Bergling, a shy and insecure boy who, without realizing it, suddenly created one of the world’s most loved artists – Avicii. Through unique home movies and a huge private archive, we get to follow Tim on a winding journey through life – from the very first breath at the maternity ward in Stockholm in 1989 to the tragic end in Oman in 2018. This is a film where Tim himself is the narrator and he shares his inner self in a way we haven’t heard before. Through himself and everyone close to him – family, artist colleagues and best friends – we get to know Tim – the boy behind Avicii – for the first time.”

In addition to the documentary, Netflix will also premiere Avicii’s last show from Ibiza’s Ushuaïa.  The documentary Avicii – I’m Tim, as well as Avicii – My Last Show will both premiere globally on December 31st.

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A real-life ho-ho-hoedown: Beyoncé slays Christmas Day halftime show with Post Malone, Shaboozey + more

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Beyoncé, or should we say Cowboy Carter, took the stage at NRG Stadium on Christmas Day performing the halftime show at the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game, live on Netflix.

The 32-time Grammy-winning artist began the performance by singing “16 Carriages” while riding a white horse into the stadium. She was joined by the four Black female country artists — Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts and — who harmonized on her cover of The Beatles‘ 1968 classic, “Blackbird.”

Beyoncé also “had some help” from Post Malone for their hit song, “LEVII’S JEANS.” Posty matched her white ensemble with his own white bedazzled blazer and blue jeans.

The halftime show in Beyoncé’s hometown wrapped with her first live performance of “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” while line dancing alongside her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. Blue Ivy had previously joined her mom onstage during her Renaissance Tour in 2023.

Shaboozey also joined the halftime show; he appeared twice on the Cowboy Carter album. So did nearly 200 members of Texas Southern University’s Ocean of Soul Marching Band.

Other songs Bey performed included “AMERIICAN REQUIEM,” “YA YA” and her reworking of Dolly Parton‘s “Jolene.”

Beyoncé is no stranger to NFL halftime performances. In 2013, she headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans, and in 2016, she took the Super Bowl halftime stage again alongside Bruno Mars and Coldplay in Santa Clara, California.

Wednesday’s Christmas Day halftime show marked the first time Beyoncé performed songs from her Cowboy Carter album, which was released in March and has received 11 Grammy nominations. With those nominations, Beyoncé became the artist with the most Grammy nominations of all time, with 99 in total.

The performance will stream on Netflix as a standalone show later this week.

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Dead body found in wheel well of United Airlines plane from Chicago to Maui

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Authorities in Maui, Hawaii are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Maui.

The airline and police department said in statements on Wednesday that the body was found in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears on flight 202, which arrived at Kahului Airport from Chicago on Tuesday, Christmas Eve. The airline said the wheel well of the Boeing 787-10 was only accessible from the outside of the aircraft, and that it was unclear how or when the person accessed it. The Maui Police Department said it was “actively investigating” the discovery of the dead body: “the Maui Police Department is currently conducting an active investigation regarding a deceased individual discovered on an incoming flight from the mainland this afternoon.”

In a statement to ABC News, United Airlines confirmed that “a body was found in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears.” United said the wheel well is only accessible from the outside of the aircraft and it’s not clear at this time how and when the unidentified individual accessed it.

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Dozens killed after Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan

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Dozens were killed Wednesday after an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger flight from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed in Kazakhstan while attempting to make an emergency landing.

Kazakhstan’s Emergencies Ministry said in a post on Telegram that the plane had been carrying 67 people, 62 of them passengers, from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Chechnya, when it crashed Wednesday morning near Aktau, Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s Emergencies Ministry said in a post on Telegram. The Kazakh Health Ministry later published a list of 29 survivors, including two children.

Russia’s state aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said in a statement that the plane had been attempting to make an emergency landing in Aktau after colliding with a flock of birds in the air, with Azerbaijan Airlines confirmed the plane had crashed 1.8 miles outside of Aktau. The Kazakh Emergency Situations Ministry said flames had erupted at the crash site, but were quickly extinguished.

According to the Kazakh news outlet Tengrinews, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said 38 people were killed in the crash. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared Thursday a day of mourning for the victims of the crash. The Russian state news agency Ria Novosti reported that the passengers were 37 Azerbaijani citizens, 16 Russians, 6 Kazakh citizens and 3 Kyrgyz citizens, citing the Kazakh Transport Ministry (per NBC NEWS).

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The Year in Music 2024: With a 'World on Fire,' Nate Smith couldn't be more grateful

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“World on Fire” spent 10 weeks at #1 in 2024, leaving Nate Smith in utter disbelief. 

“It went to like two weeks #1,” he recalls. “I’m like, ‘Wow, that’s insane. Oh my gosh. Two weeks.’ Then it went three, then went four, then it went five. It went to seven weeks, and my team surprised me with a plaque.”

“‘Seven weeks, number one!’ I’m like, ‘That’s so awesome!'” he continues. “The next week it went eight. I was like, ‘OK, I don’t know now. I have no idea.’ And then it went to 10. Like, I literally can’t even believe that. I don’t know how it happened. It’s insane.”

A 10-week number one was just the beginning of the highlights 2024 had in store for Nate.

“[Touring] Australia was amazing,” he tells ABC Audio. “I mean, the tour with Morgan Wallen was crazy, winning the ACM Award, New Artist of the Year, getting [the equivalent] nomination for CMAs. I got to do Jimmy Kimmel [Live!]. I did TODAY show. I did [Live with Kelly and Mark].” 

“This is actually insane,” Nate reflects. “Like my family’s so proud and excited. There’s just too many things. So this holiday season, I’m going to do some real sitting down, and just spending some time in gratefulness and really processing what the hell just happened, you know?”

Nate heads into 2025 with “Fix What You Didn’t Break” climbing the chart. It’s from his sophomore album, California Gold.

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