Month: May 2021

Gunman dead, 8 others killed in mass shooting at San Jose, CA rail yard

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Post date May 27, 2021

At least eight people were killed during a shooting at the VTA light rail yard in San Jose, California. Police spokesman Russell Davis said the gunman, an employee at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail hub. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said the gunman took his own life. The suspect was identified as Samuel J. Cassidy, 57, who has been licensed with the Bureau of Automotive Repair as a smog check repair technician since 2003. He previously worked for a car dealership in the city. Around the same time of the shooting, the San Jose Fire Department responded to a large structure fire at an address listed to Cassidy.

The VTA runs three light rail lines covering more than 40 miles, and also operates 70 bus lines in the region. The incident also marks the Santa Clara County’s second mass shooting in less than two years. In 2019, a gunman opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, killing three people and wounding 17 others. California Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted: “We are in close contact with local law enforcement and monitoring this situation closely.”

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Florida Georgia Line announce “I Love My Country” Fall 2021 tour

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Post date May 27, 2021

Florida Georgia Line have announced their 2021 I Love My Country Tour, set to kick off on Sept. 24 in Atlanta, Ga. FGL – comprised of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley – will play 29 shows in total before wrapping up on Nov. 20 in Seattle, Wash. The tour is named after FGL’s recent single “I Love My Country” which appears on their newest album, Life Rolls On, which dropped back in February.

Opening acts include Russell Dickerson, Lauren Alaina and up-and-coming singer Redferrin. Hubbard and Kelley say in a press release: “Touring is back, y’all! This is the longest we’ve gone without being on the road, and we’ve been counting down the days until we can finally say — we’re going on tour! Thank you to our fans for all of your support with our new music over the past year. We truly can’t wait to bring these tunes to the stage. We’re excited to see your faces, feel the energy and bring some good vibes to your city this fall. Let’s make some new memories!”

Tickets for the 2021 I Love My Country Tour will go on sale on June 4 at 10AM local time. The band’s fan club, “FGL Lifers”, will have pre-sale access beginning on Friday, May 28 at 10AM local time, and Citi cardholders will be able to get pre-sale tickets starting June 1 at 10AM local time.

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Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett and more to perform at CMT Music Awards

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Post date May 27, 2021

On Wednesday, CMT announced a second round of performers for the 2021 CMT Music Awards, featuring performances by Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown and Thomas Rhett, among others. Brown and Ballerini will co-host the awards show, which airs June 9 at 8 p.m. EDT on CMT.

Ballerini will perform with LANY’s Paul Klein, while Brown will take the stage with Chris Young. Breland and Mickey Guyton, Lady A, Carly Pearce and Gabby Barrett, Lauren Alaina and Jon Pardi, NEEDTOBREATHE and Carrie Underwood, and Luke Bryan will also perform. CMT previously announced that Guyton and Gladys Knight, Brothers Osbourne and Dierks Bentley, Chris Stapleton and Luke Combs, Maren Morris and JP Saxe, and Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall will perform.

Maren Morris and Miranda Lambert lead the 2021 nominees with four nominations each, followed by Ballerini, Brown, Little Big Town and Guyton with three.

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Emmy Rossum welcomes baby girl with husband Sam Esmail

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Post date May 27, 2021

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Brad Pitt granted joint custody of his children with ex-wife Angelina Jolie

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Post date May 27, 2021

Brad Pitt has been granted joint custody of the 6 children he shares with ex-wife Angelina Jolie. The news comes after a years-long legal battle between the former couple, who share Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shilo, 14, Vivienne, 12, and Knox, 12.

Judge John Ouderkirk’s ruling found that Jolie’s testimony lacked credibility in many important areas and that the existing custody order must be modified in the best interest of the children. Jolie, who filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016, initially wanted primary custody, while Pitt requested joint custody. Jolie, in a Monday court filing, said that she would appeal such a decision from Judge Ouderkirk, whom she previously requested be removed from the case. That request was denied in November. In Jolie’s Monday filing, she criticized Judge Ouderkirk for, she claimed, denying her “a fair trial, improperly excluding her evidence relevant to the children’s health, safety, and welfare, evidence critical to making her case.” The actress also claimed the judge “has failed to adequately consider” a section of the California courts code, which says it is detrimental to the best interest of the child if custody is awarded to a person with a history of domestic violence.

In a March court filing, Jolie claimed to have “proof” of alleged domestic violence against Pitt. Pitt was cleared of allegations of child abuse by both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Child and Family Services back in 2016.

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Half of all U.S. adults have received COVID-19 vaccination as of this week

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Post date May 26, 2021

Half of all adults in the United States are expected to have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 this week, it was announced at a briefing of the White House COVID-19 Response Team. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says almost 130 million U.S. adults are now fully vaccinated — or about 49.8% of the adult population. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden announced a goal of 70% of Americans having at least one dose by July 4.

CDC data shows that at least 25 states and Washington, D.C., have fully vaccinated at least half of their adult residents. Early on Tuesday, Moderna announced that its vaccine is safe and effective in children between the ages of 12 and 17. If approved by regulators next month, it would be the second coronavirus vaccine available in the United States to children.

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Kristen Clarke confirmed as first black woman to lead Justice Department Civil Rights division

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Post date May 26, 2021

The Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke as the first Black woman to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights division on Tuesday with a 51-48 vote following an additional procedural step as Republicans objected to her nomination.

Clarke is a first-generation American whose parents immigrated from Jamaica West Indies, and she earned degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University School of Law before working as a trial attorney for the Civil Rights division’s criminal and voting sections during the George W. Bush administration. She also served as co-director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s voting rights group and most recently as president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

During her confirmation hearing, Clarke said she does not support defunding the police but does support “finding strategies to ensure that law enforcement can carry out their jobs more safely and effectively and channeling resources to emotional health treatment and other severely under-resourced areas.” Clarke’s nomination comes one year after George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Biden pushed for Clarke’s confirmation last month when Chauvin was convicted on murder charges in Floyd’s death, saying she and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta would “root out the unconstitutional policing and reform our criminal justice system.”

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Eric Church earns his 10th Country Airplay No. 1 with ‘Hell Of A View’

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Post date May 26, 2021

Eric Church earned his tenth No.1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “Hell of a View.” The song is from the country star’s Soul, part of his three-part Heart & Soul release, from which the first single was “Stick That In Your Country Song.”

Church wrote “Hell of a View” with Casey Beathard and Monty Criswell, and the success of the track extends Church’s airplay No. 1 songs to over nine years running.

You can buy/stream Heart & Soul at the link here.

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Craig Campbell releases his new single ‘Never Mine’

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Post date May 26, 2021

Craig Campbell has just released his new single, “Never Mine,” written by Craig with Jim McCormick and Jacob Rice. “Never Mine” is Campbell’s first new music in over three years, and an accompanying music video is scheduled to be shot in Florida later this month.

Craig’s most recent music release, “Good Things Come To Those Who Drink,” has gone viral by a line dance and the TikTok BottlePop Challenge. Campbell and western wear model/social media influencer Holly Stocks introduced the challenge, where fans hold two beer bottles in one hand and skillfully pop one open with the heel of their boot, and then post the video on TikTok. You can check out the challenge here and on Campbell’s TikTok.

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Kevin Spacey cast in first film since sexual assault allegations

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Post date May 26, 2021

Kevin Spacey has been cast in his first film role since sexual misconduct allegations against him emerged in late 2017. Spacey is set to star opposite Vanessa Redgrave in “L’uomo Che Disegno Dio” (translated to “The Man Who Drew God” in English), directed by her husband Franco Nero. Nero is best known as an actor in films like “Django Unchained,” “Die Hard 2,” and “John Wick: Chapter 2.” The film is reportedly about a blind artist who acquires a godlike ability to draw portraits of people based on only hearing their voices, skyrocketing him to fame. Spacey will appear in a small role in the movie as a police detective, while Redgrave will be making a cameo as a piano teacher.

“The Man Who Drew God” will mark Spacey’s first big-screen role in nearly four years since Anthony Rapp alleged that Spacey made an inappropriate sexual advance on him when he was 14. More than a dozen more alleged victims came forward, including filmmaker Tony Montana, as well as Richard Dreyfuss’ son Harry. The allegations cost Spacey his role as President Frank Underwood in Netflix’s “House of Cards.” In 2018, Spacey was charged with indecent assault involving an alleged 2016 incident with a teenager on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. He pled not guilty, and the charges were later dropped. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office declined to file charges against Spacey for two other alleged incidents.

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