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Luke Combs Sets Record On Billboard Top Country Albums Chart

Luke Combs has set an unprecedented record on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, with the singer’s sophomore album, “What You See Is What You Get,” claiming the No. 1 spot again this week. This marks the album’s 25th week in the top slot, which makes Combs the first artist in the chart’s 56-year history to have his first two studio albums spend more than 25 weeks at No. 1. His debut album, “This One’s For You,” released in 2017, spent 50 weeks at No. 1.

Taylor Swift previously held the chart record, with her 2006 self-titled debut sitting at No. 1 for 24 weeks, while her Grammy-winning follow-up, "Fearless," spent 35 weeks at the top of the chart.” data-reactid=”22″ type=”text”>Taylor Swift previously held the chart record, with her 2006 self-titled debut sitting at No. 1 for 24 weeks, while her Grammy-winning follow-up, “Fearless,” spent 35 weeks at the top of the chart. Garth Brooks, Shania Twain and Alabama are the only other artists in the history of the Top Country Albums chart who have spent 25 or more weeks at No. 1 with two albums.

Combs has also tied Twain’s record for “Come on Over” with “This One’s For You” for the longest run at No. 1, both logging 50 weeks.

Luke Combs Breaks Billboard Record Set by Taylor Swift

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Nick Cannon Issues Apology To The Jewish Community For His Anti-Semitic Comments

Nick Cannon issued an official apology over his controversial podcast that has since been deleted. Cannon shared a lengthy message on social media on Wednesday, July 15, apologizing to the Jewish community for his “hurtful and divisive words.”

In a message on his Facebook page, Cannon wrote: “First and foremost I extend my deepest and most sincere apologies to my Jewish sisters and brothers for the hurtful and divisive words that came out of my mouth during my interview with Richard Griffin. They reinforced the worst stereotypes of a proud and magnificent people and I feel ashamed of the uninformed and naïve place that these words came from. The video of this interview has since been removed.

“While the Jewish experience encompasses more than 5,000 years and there is so much I have yet to learn, I have had at least a minor history lesson over the past few days and to say that it is eye-opening would be a vast understatement. I want to express my gratitude to the Rabbis, community leaders and institutions who reached out to me to help enlighten me, instead of chastising me. I want to assure my Jewish friends, new and old, that this is only the beginning of my education—I am committed to deeper connections, more profound learning and strengthening the bond between our two cultures today and every day going forward.”

Earlier in the day, Cannon posted a message stating that he was “deeply disappointed” in ViacomCBS, who cut ties with Cannot after the controversial remarks from the podcast were criticized. 

Nick Cannon Apologizes For Anti-Semitic Comments & Fox Lets Him Stay As ‘Masked Singer’ Host

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‘Survivor’ Production Halted For Season 41 Due To Pandemic

Survivor has been delayed again due to the coronavirus pandemic. Variety reports that the season 41 premiere of the reality competition series will be delayed, and production has been halted. The show was first delayed in March.

Survivor‘s producers are currently working with officials in Fiji, where the show films, on when production can safely start up again as “health and safety matters the top priority for everyone involved.” The show will be replaced on the Fall 2020-2021 schedule at CBS on The Amazing Race, which already has a full season ready to air. Filming on The Amazing Race was finished before the pandemic hit.

The Amazing Race will air Wednesdays at 9/8c on the network.

‘Survivor’ Will Not Air This Fall

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President Trump Signs Executive Order Holding China Accountable For Hong Kong Actions

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, which would impose sanctions on businesses and individuals that assisted China in implementing a security law that criminalizes secession, sedition, subversion, terrorism and working with foreign agencies to undermine the national security of China in Hong Kong. Trump also announced the signing of an executive order that would end preferential treatment for Hong Kong.

“This law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing Hong Kong’s freedom,” Trump said, adding, .”Hong Kong will now be treated the same as mainland China. No special privileges, no special economic treatment and no export of sensitive technologies.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the measure when the security law went into effect at the end of June, declaring that the United States “will not stand idly by while China swallows Hong Kong into its authoritarian maw.”

Trump signs Hong Kong sanctions bill, announces executive order in escalation with China

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized on Tuesday for treatment of a possible infection, the court announced. Ginsburg was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., on Monday night after experiencing fever and chills and was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Tuesday morning, according to a statement.

The Supreme Court said, “She underwent an endoscopic procedure at Johns Hopkins this afternoon to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August The justice is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment.”

The 87-year-old Ginsburg was hospitalized for a benign gallbladder condition in May. She was also hospitalized in November after being admitted for chills and a fever. She was previously treated for a tumor on her pancreas in August and has been treated for colon and pancreatic cancer in the past.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized for Possible Infection

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Morgan Wallen Surprises Fans With Announcement Of His New Son, Indigo Wilder

Country singer Morgan Wallen is a dad.  Wallen, 27, announced on Instagram he has welcomed a baby boy. Son Indigo “Indie” Wilder was born to Wallen and his ex, Katie Smith, on Friday, July 10 in Nashville, Tennessee. Smith and Wallen were at one point engaged, according to her past Instagram Stories.

Wallen wrote on Instagram alongside a photo holding his son, “Since you came into the world Friday, I see mine differently now. It’s not just me anymore, and I’m glad it’s not. This year has been the hardest of my life in so many ways, but that’s not what I will remember it by. You are. You are a gift and this tough year just made sense.” Wallen promised the baby that he will be “the Dad you deserve as well as the co-parent your mother deserves.”

Wallen said that he is “glad” to share the news of his son’s arrival, admitting he was “a little scared” to learn what parenthood feels like. “But it’s the coolest damn feeling,” he said, “and I’m ready for whatever God has planned for me and my little guy.”

Surprise! Morgan Wallen Is a Dad

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Take A Look At Miranda Lambert’s Lyric Video For “Dark Bars”

Miranda Lambert released a new lyric video for her song, “Dark Bars.”  The song is featured on Miranda’s seventh studio album, Wildcard, which dropped in 2019.

Nashville natives and tourists may recognize a number of the bars featured in the new lyric video, including The Stage, Skull’s Rainbow Room, Robert’s Western World, Loser’s Bar & Grill and more.

Watch Miranda’s new lyric video for “Dark Bars” at the link: here

Miranda Lambert’s ‘Dark Bars’ Lyric Video Captures Nashville’s Desolate Bars in Pandemic

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Tyra Banks Named New Host of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ After Tom Bergeron And Erin Andrews Departure

Just a day after ABC dropped Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews from “Dancing With The Stars” leading into season 29, TMZ has learned Tyra Banks will be named new host. Tyra will also be an Executive Producer of the show. 

On Monday, Bergeron announced the show would be continuing without him, and said his 15 years hosting were the “most unexpected gift of my career.” ABC and BBC released their own statement about Tom and Erin’s departures, saying the show is embarking “on a new creative direction.”  Sources say that the news came as quite a shock to Bergeron, and he was only informed of his departure this week.

Tyra Banks to Replace Tom Bergeron & Erin Andrews as New ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Host (Report)

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HBO Max Commits To Spin-Off Series From Matt Reeves Upcoming ‘The Batman’

Matt Reeves has announced a TV spin-off of his upcoming film The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne. Reeves is partnering with writer Terence Winters and channel HBO Max for the new series, which has the intention of ‘launching a new Batman universe’ connected with the upcoming cinematic relaunch.

 The Batman is set to be a separate take on the iconic superhero, away from the DC Extended Universe. It will star Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader, alongside Westworld’s Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner Gordon and Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman. The new spin-off will be set within the same Gotham as The Batman, and focus on its police force fighting against the city’s wide-spread corruption. 

Announcing the series, Reeves said: ‘This is an amazing opportunity, not only to expand the vision of the world I am creating in the film but to explore it in the kind of depth and detail that only a longform format can afford.”

HBO Max Announces Batman Spin-Off Series from Matt Reeves

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U.S. Health Officials Say Coronavirus Vaccine Production To Begin By Late Summer

U.S. health officials and drugmakers are expecting to start producing potential coronavirus vaccine doses by the end of the summer, a senior administration official said Monday. The U.S. is aiming to deliver 300 million doses of a vaccine for Covid-19 by early 2021. The manufacturing process is already underway even though they aren’t sure which vaccine, if any, will work.

U.S. health officials and researchers have been accelerating the development of vaccine candidates by investing in multiple stages of research, even though doing so could backfire if the vaccine ends up not being effective or safe. Health officials have previously said they are ramping up the manufacturing process to ensure they can immediately get a vaccine to market once they identify one that works.

President Donald Trump has praised the “tremendous progress” of vaccine development, calling the project “Operation Warp Speed” as coronavirus cases across the U.S. continue to surge. 

U.S. official says Operation Warp Speed on track to start making COVID-19 vaccine by end of summer

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