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George Strait to return to Las Vegas in August

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Post date May 20, 2021

George Strait will return to Las Vegas this year, playing two shows at the T-Mobile Arena in Vegas on Friday, Aug. 13, and Saturday, Aug. 14. Strait wrote on social media: “The Ace in the Hole Band and I have been looking forward to this day for a year and a half. I cannot wait to see Vegas and all of my great fans once again. It’s been way too long. We will finally ride again. See you soon.” For a full list of Strait’s upcoming tour dates, visit here.

The Las Vegas announcement comes after Strait’s concert at Notre Dame Stadium in Indiana, with special guests Brothers Osborne and Chris Stapleton, was canceled. A statement on the school’s website had read: “With spectator safety the highest priority, a concert featuring country music star George Strait on Aug. 7 at Notre Dame Stadium has been canceled.” Fans who already purchased tickets should receive a refund at the point of purchase.

Tickets for Strait’s Las Vegas show are available at the link- here. Tickets purchased for Strait’s canceled August 2020 Vegas shows will be honored.

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HBO Max drops ‘Friends’ reunion trailer

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Post date May 20, 2021

HBO Max has dropped the first trailer for the upcoming and unscripted Friends: The Reunion special. Cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer return to the show’s iconic New York apartment and fountain in the video clip released on Wednesday. The cast also have a table read with James Corden to discuss topics — such as whether or not Aniston’s Rachel Green and Schwimmer’s Ross Geller were ‘on a break.’

Friends: The Reunion will premiere on HBO Max Thursday, May 27. The special was shot at the show’s original soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot.

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Demi Lovato comes out as non-binary, announces pronoun change to they/them

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Post date May 20, 2021

28-year-old Demi Lovato has come out as non-binary and is changing their pronouns to they/them. Lovato wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday that they identify as non-binary, or a person whose gender identity does not fit into the binary of male or female. Wrote Lovato: “I am proud to let you know that I identify as non-binary and will officially be changing my pronouns to they/them moving forward. This has come after a lot of healing and self-reflective work. I’m still learning and coming into myself, and I don’t claim to be an expert or a spokesperson. Sharing this with you now opens another level of vulnerability for me. I’m doing this for those out there that haven’t been able to share who they truly are with their loved ones.” Lovato also posted a video, saying in part: “I feel this best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression and allows me to feel most authentic and true to the person I both know I am and am still discovering.”

Lovato’s coming out as non-binary follows their discussion about “fluidity” with attraction on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast back in March, where Lovato confirmed at the time they identify as pansexual, or someone who is attracted to all genders. Lovato previously said on Radio Andy that they were still figuring out their sexuality but had told their parents in 2017 that they saw themselves “ending up possibly with a woman.”

Lovato released their seventh studio album, Dancing with the Devil… the Art of Starting Over, in April.

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Demi Lovato comes out as non-binary, announces pronoun change to they/them

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Post date May 20, 2021

Lovato released their seventh studio album, Dancing with the Devil… the Art of Starting Over, in April.

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House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy won’t back bipartisan deal to form January 6 commission

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Post date May 19, 2021

On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced his opposition to legislation that would establish a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson and Republican Congressman John Katko, respectively the chair and ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, reached a deal late last week on legislation to create a bipartisan commission. The panel would be evenly divided between members appointed by Democrats and Republicans and give the GOP-appointed commissioners veto power over any subpoena.

In a statement announcing his opposition to the bill, McCarthy claimed that it “is drafted in such a way that could interfere with and ultimately undermine” other congressional investigations and federal prosecutions of the alleged rioters, adding,“Given the political misdirections that have marred this process, given the now duplicative and potentially counterproductive nature of this effort, and given the speaker’s shortsighted scope that does not examine interrelated forms of political violence in America, I cannot support this legislation.”

The White House said President Biden supports the legislation, noting in a statement that the country “deserves such a full and fair accounting to prevent future violence and strengthen the security and resilience of our democratic institutions.” The president also came out in favor of a $1.5 billion supplemental spending bill to bolster security at the Capitol.

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District Attorney says North Carolina sheriff’s deputies were ‘justified’ in fatal shooting Andrew Brown Jr.

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Post date May 19, 2021

Prosecutors said Tuesday that North Carolina sheriff’s deputies were justified in fatally shooting 42-year-old Andrew Brown Jr., a black man, during an attempted arrest last month, and added that no charges will be filed against law enforcement. Brown Jr. was shot while behind the wheel of his car on April 21 in Elizabeth City as Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies were serving a warrant for his arrest on felony drug charges.

District Attorney Andrew Womble said Brown’s shooting death was “justified due to his actions,” adding that “no officers will be criminally charged. The officers’ actions were consistent with their training and fully supported under law.” An autopsy commissioned by Brown’s family found he was shot five times, once in the back of the head. That report added to the findings of a state death certificate that showed that he was shot five times and that Brown’s immediate cause of death was a “penetrating gunshot wound of the head.” The district attorney has said officers fired only after Brown struck deputies twice with his vehicle. But Brown’s relatives have questioned why deputies used deadly force when he was surrounded by law enforcement, and have also expressed frustration that body-worn camera footage of the incident has not been released to the public.

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Jordan Davis and wife Kristen expecting second baby, a boy

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Post date May 19, 2021

Jordan Davis announced on social media that he and his wife, Kristen O’Connor, are expecting their second child. Davis wrote in the caption of his post: “Add a few more limbs to the family tree. Add me to the list of artists putting out new music and having kids during quarantine.” Davis also included a family photo in his announcement, including the couple’s 18-month-old daughter, Eloise Larken, and He shared the sex of the new baby in his post by holding up a card that reads “Welcome baby … it’s a boy!” Davis and his wife welcomed daughter Eloise in November 2019.

On the music front, Davis is also set to release his Buy Dirt EP on Friday, May 21. The project features his previously-released “Almost Maybes” and “Need to Not,” plus six more new songs, including a title track that features Luke Bryan and an homage to John Prine, “Blow Up Your TV.” Davis is also joining Kane Brown on his Blessed & Free Tour, which kicks off Oct. 1.

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Old Dominion announce 2021 Ballpark Tour

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Post date May 19, 2021

Old Dominion announced the upcoming “We Are Old Dominion: Live at the Ballpark Tour,” their first full-scale headline run since 2019. The tour will kick off July 17 at The Ballpark at Jackson in Jackson, Tennessee and will make stops at minor-league baseball stadiums across the country. Seven shows have been revealed so far, with more on the way. The “Ballpark Tour” lineup includes support from Scotty McCreery, Randy Houser, Matt Stell, Blanco Brown, Caitlyn Smith and Walker County.

The band said in a statement: “This is literally the moment we’ve all been waiting for! We’ve all gone through it the last year. Now, it’s time to get back together, forget everything for a few hours, and have a great time.”

Ticket presales for most of the shows begin today, May 19 at 10 a.m. local time, and general ticket sales start on Friday, May 21 at 10 am local. Old Dominion will also release a new single Friday, sharing the previously unheard “I Was On a Boat That Day.”

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Netflix drops first trailer for upcoming DC Comic series “Sweet Tooth”

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Post date May 19, 2021

Netflix has dropped the first trailer for Sweet Tooth, its upcoming drama series adaptation based on characters created for DC Vertigo by Jeff Lemire. The series comes from Robert Downey Jr. and wife Susan Downey’s Team Downey and stars Christian Convery, Nonso Anozie, Adeel Akhtar and Will Forte, with James Brolin as the voice of the narrator.

Sweet Tooth follows the adventures of Gus (Convery) — part deer, part boy — who leaves his home in the forest to find the outside world ravaged by a cataclysmic event. He joins a ragtag family of humans and animal-children hybrids like himself in search of answers about this new world and the mystery behind his hybrid origins. Brolin says as the trailer begins: “No one knew which came first, the hybrids or the virus. But that question would become the biggest mystery of our lifetime.” Gus is then seen on the run from hunters determined to stamp out hybrids, and is told: “Some bad people are still out there. They don’t like you because you’re different.”

Sweet Tooth is set to premiere June 4. Check out the trailer – here.

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Naomi Campbell welcomes first baby

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Post date May 19, 2021

In an Instagram post on Tuesday, supermodel Naomi Campbell shared new that she is a mother, posting a photo of her hand holding a newborn baby’s tiny feet. Campbell wrote: “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother. So honoured to have this gentle soul in my life there are no words to describe the lifelong bond that I now share with you my angel. There is no greater love.” Campbell will celebrate her 51st birthday on Saturday, May 22nd.

In May 2017, Campbell spoke in an interview about becoming a mother, saying at the time that she wasn’t in a rush to make it happen. “I think about having children all the time,” she said. “But now with the way science is I think I can do it when I want.”

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