Month: June 2021

Lil Baby & Lil Durk’s ‘The Voice of the Heroes’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart – Billboard
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Lil Baby & Lil Durk’s ‘The Voice of the Heroes’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart – Billboard

Of Voice’s 150,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending June 10, SEA units comprise 144,000 (equaling 197.71 million on-demand streams of the album’s 18 tracks), album sales comprise slightly more than 4,000 and TEA units comprise a little over 1,000. Lil Durk is the sixth act to get their first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 in 2021, following Olivia Rodrigo, Moneybagg Yo, Rod Wave, Morgan Wallen and Playboi Carti. (The lattermost debuted at No. 1 on the Jan. 9-dated chart with his Dec. 25, 2020 release, Whole Lotta Red.) Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour is steady at No. 2 for a second week, earning 143,000 equivalent album units (down 23%). Two more former leaders are next, as Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album rises 4-3 with 50,000 units (down 4%) and J. Cole’s The ...
Exclusive photos show Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton may have secretly wed – Page Six
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Exclusive photos show Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton may have secretly wed – Page Six

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton may have just secretly tied the knot, according to exclusive new photos obtained by The Post.   The former No Doubt frontwoman was spotted Saturday wearing what appeared to be a sparkling diamond wedding band next to her massive engagement ring — after posting a photo of herself online just the day before captioned, “SHE’S GETTING MARRIIIEEEED.” Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton may have secretly gotten married.Clint Brewer Photography / A.I.MStefani was caught wearing the sparkler during a trip out with her country-crooner-star fiancé and her 7-year-old son Apollo in Santa Monica, Calif.  Stefani, 51, and Shelton, 44, had just gotten back from Oklahoma, where he owns a sprawling ranch — and wore matching outfits of navy-blue shirts, b...
Legendary actor Ned Beatty, Network and Deliverance star, Superman henchman Otis, dead at 83 – USA TODAY
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Legendary actor Ned Beatty, Network and Deliverance star, Superman henchman Otis, dead at 83 – USA TODAY

Ned Beatty, who had memorable roles in classic dramas "Network," "Nashville,"  "Deliverance" and 1978's "Superman," has died. The legendary character actor was 83. Beatty died early Sunday, in his Los Angeles home, surrounded by his family and loved ones, his manager Deborah Miller said in a statement to USA TODAY. Beatty's family decided to keep further details of his death private at this time, according to the statement. "Ned is an iconic, legendary talent, as well as a dear friend, and he will be missed by us all," the statement read. The Kentucky native broke into movies playing the genial vacationer Bobby Trippe, brutally raped by a backwoodsman in 1972′s "Deliverance," starring Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight. The scene in which Trippe is brutalized became the most memorable in the mo...
Gottlieb says Delta virus variant likely to become dominant U.S. strain – CBS News
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Gottlieb says Delta virus variant likely to become dominant U.S. strain – CBS News

Washington — Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, said Sunday that a coronavirus strain known as the Delta variant is likely to become the dominant source of new infections in the U.S. and could lead to new outbreaks in the fall, with unvaccinated Americans being most at risk. "Right now, in the United States, it's about 10% of infections. It's doubling every two weeks," Gottlieb said on "Face the Nation." "That doesn't mean that we're going to see a sharp uptick in infections, but it does mean that this is going to take over. And I think the risk is really to the fall that this could spike a new epidemic heading into the fall." The Delta variant, also known as B.1.617.2, was first discovered in India and is one of three related strains. ...
Network & Superman Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 – TMZ
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Network & Superman Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 – TMZ

3:28 PM PT -- Ned's manager tells us ... her client died around 7:30 AM this morning of natural causes, surrounded by friends and loved ones. Ned Beatty -- a veteran character actor, famous for his work in "Superman," "Network" and several other iconic films -- has died ... TMZ has learned. A family member tells TMZ ... Ned passed away in his sleep Sunday while surrounded by family at his home. No other details surrounding the exact circumstances of his death were immediately available -- however, we've been told his passing is NOT COVID-related. The guy has appeared in a variety of different movies and an even bigger variety of roles over his five-decade-plus career ... giving us memorable characters and even better performances. He'll perhaps be...
Network & Superman Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 – TMZ
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Network & Superman Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 – TMZ

3:28 PM PT -- Ned's manager tells us ... her client died around 7:30 AM this morning of natural causes, surrounded by friends and loved ones. Ned Beatty -- a veteran character actor, famous for his work in "Superman," "Network" and several other iconic films -- has died ... TMZ has learned. A family member tells TMZ ... Ned passed away in his sleep Sunday while surrounded by family at his home. No other details surrounding the exact circumstances of his death were immediately available -- however, we've been told his passing is NOT COVID-related. The guy has appeared in a variety of different movies and an even bigger variety of roles over his five-decade-plus career ... giving us memorable characters and even better performances. He'll perhaps be...
Network & Superman Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 – TMZ
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Network & Superman Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 – TMZ

3:28 PM PT -- Ned's manager tells us ... her client died around 7:30 AM this morning of natural causes, surrounded by friends and loved ones. Ned Beatty -- a veteran character actor, famous for his work in "Superman," "Network" and several other iconic films -- has died ... TMZ has learned. A family member tells TMZ ... Ned passed away in his sleep Sunday while surrounded by family at his home. No other details surrounding the exact circumstances of his death were immediately available -- however, we've been told his passing is NOT COVID-related. The guy has appeared in a variety of different movies and an even bigger variety of roles over his five-decade-plus career ... giving us memorable characters and even better performances. He'll perhaps be...
Network & Superman Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 – TMZ
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Network & Superman Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 – TMZ

3:28 PM PT -- Ned's manager tells us ... her client died around 7:30 AM this morning of natural causes, surrounded by friends and loved ones. Ned Beatty -- a veteran character actor, famous for his work in "Superman," "Network" and several other iconic films -- has died ... TMZ has learned. A family member tells TMZ ... Ned passed away in his sleep Sunday while surrounded by family at his home. No other details surrounding the exact circumstances of his death were immediately available -- however, we've been told his passing is NOT COVID-related. The guy has appeared in a variety of different movies and an even bigger variety of roles over his five-decade-plus career ... giving us memorable characters and even better performances. He'll perhaps be...
Network & Superman Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 – TMZ
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Network & Superman Actor Ned Beatty Dead at 83 – TMZ

3:28 PM PT -- Ned's manager tells us ... her client died around 7:30 AM this morning of natural causes, surrounded by friends and loved ones. Ned Beatty -- a veteran character actor, famous for his work in "Superman," "Network" and several other iconic films -- has died ... TMZ has learned. A family member tells TMZ ... Ned passed away in his sleep Sunday while surrounded by family at his home. No other details surrounding the exact circumstances of his death were immediately available -- however, we've been told his passing is NOT COVID-related. The guy has appeared in a variety of different movies and an even bigger variety of roles over his five-decade-plus career ... giving us memorable characters and even better performances. He'll perhaps be...
Sheryl Crow talks about alleged sexual harassment on Michael Jackson’s tour: Come a long way – Fox News
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Sheryl Crow talks about alleged sexual harassment on Michael Jackson’s tour: Come a long way – Fox News

When Sheryl Crow toured with Michael Jackson in 1987, she reportedly experienced harassment from the pop star’s manager. Crow was only 25-year-old at the time when she took on the backup singing gig, according to The Independent – a British online newspaper. The singer and songwriter told the news outlet she experienced sexual harassment from Jackson’s manager Frank DiLeo, who would have been 39-years-old at the start of the "Bad World Tour" in September 1987. SHERYL CROW ADDRESSES MICHAEL JACKSON SEX ABUSE ALLEGATIONS: 'I'M MAD AT A LOT OF PEOPLE'  Crow’s allegation comes nearly a decade after DiLeo passed away at age 63, and nearly 12 years after Jackson passed away at age 50. "Naiveté is such a beautiful thing. It was incredible in every way, shape and form for a young person fro...