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Reba drops ‘The Hammer’ this weekend

January 4, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Reba McEntire‘s ready to drop The Hammer this Saturday.

That’s the name of the new Lifetime movie she both stars in and executive produced. In it, Reba plays colorful lawyer Kim Wheeler, who becomes a traveling judge in Nevada after the previous one died under suspicious circumstances.

Reba also reunites with her sitcom co-star Melissa Peterman, who plays her sister and the prime suspect in the former judge’s death. Reba’s real-life boyfriend, Rex Linn, is also in the film.

Check out the trailer to see why Reba’s character is nicknamed The Hammer. You can watch the full movie Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on Lifetime.

That’s not Reba’s only TV venture these days, of course: She continues to star in the latest season of Big Sky. You can check out a new episode Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

Jax reveals “attainable” goals for 2023, says “hopefully” she’ll release an album

January 4, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Jax certainly started off 2023 on a high note: Not only did she perform on ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest on December 31, her boyfriend popped the question and now they’re engaged. But the “Victoria’s Secret” singer has a few other goals for 2023 — though none of them, as she puts it, are “too grandiose.”

“An attainable one would be to hydrate, and I think I’m gonna try to sleep better and sleep through the night,” Jax told ABC Audio. “That’s it. I only set realistic ones these days, because the ones that I’ve tried to set that were too grandiose, I’ve always screwed up … halfway through January.”

On the professional side, though, might we expect an album from the TikTok star in 2023?

“I hope so. I’d love to release an album,” Jax told ABC Audio. She laughed, “I have enough songs for an album and then some, because I can’t decide on what I want to put out, just ’cause every time I’m in a mood, I just write songs, so hopefully.”

While we wait for that, “Victoria’s Secret” is still going strong and Jax has released several other singles that you can check out, like “Ring Pop,” “Like My Father” and “U Love U,” which features JVKE.

True Colors: Cyndi Lauper learns about her ancestors in new season of PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’

January 4, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Yes, girls just wanna have fun, but sometimes they just wanna learn about their family’s history. Cyndi Lauper is one of the celebrities featured on the new season of the PBS series Finding Your Roots.

The show’s ninth season premiered Tuesday night; Cyndi’s episode airs January 24 at 8 p.m. ET. In the episode, Cyndi shares the story of how her mother’s own dreams of music stardom were shattered by her stubborn Sicilian grandfather. Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. then uses historical records to give Cyndi a more complete picture of her Sicilian relatives, all the way back to the 1700s.

Gates also reveals information about one of Cyndi’s Swiss relatives on her father’s side, who took part in an important rebellion in the 1600s.

The same episode also features actors Danny Trejo and Jamie Chung exploring their backgrounds in, respectively, Mexico and Korea.

Other guests on Finding Your Roots this season include Carol Burnett, Niecy Nash, Viola Davis, David Duchovny, Joe Manganiello and Claire Danes.

Phoebe Bridgers announces her father has died: ‘rest in peace dad’

January 4, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Phoebe Bridgers‘ dad has died, the singer-songwriter announced Tuesday.

Bridgers revealed the news in an Instagram post, sharing a throwback picture of herself with pink hair alongside her late father.

“Rest in peace dad,” she captioned the snapshot.

The cause of death was not shared.

Bridgers, 28, has been open about her difficult relationship with her father in the past. In a 2019 GQ profile, she said her father had a “drug thing.” She also touched on her paternal relationship in 2020’s “Kyoto” from her Punisher album.

“You called me from a payphone / They still got payphones / It cost a dollar a minute / To tell me you’re getting sober / And you wrote me a letter / But I don’t have to read it,” she sings in the opening verse, later singing, “I don’t forgive you / But please don’t hold me to it / Born under Scorpio skies / I wanted to see the world / Through your eyes until it happened.”

Former assistant explains how John Lennon “used” Yoko Ono to break up the Beatles

January 4, 2023 by WDNY Radio

For years Beatles fans have blamed John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono for breaking up the band, but a source close to the couple believes she was a scapegoat and Lennon is to blame for it.

Dan Richter, an 83-year-old artist and mime who lived with John and Yoko, working as their personal assistant from 1969 to 1973, reveals in a new interview with The Telegraph that he thinks John “used Yoko to help him break up The Beatles.”

“At that point John wanted The Beatles over with … It was a big problem for him: how do you break up The Beatles?” he shares. “They were worth millions of dollars [and] Paul was going to go on forever.”

Richter first shared his thoughts on the subject in the new podcast British Scandal – The Ballad of Yoko and John, but elaborates on it in The Telegraph interview, giving a prime example of how Lennon allegedly used his wife. He says that during the recording of Abbey Road, while Yoko was recovering from a car crash, John placed her “in this gigantic brass bed, all covered in white in a white night dress, right in the middle of the studio” in order to anger his bandmates.

“So sitting at the [mixing] board all you’re looking at is Yoko in a bed. The rest of the band were just appalled,” Richter shares. “John had decided he wasn’t going anywhere or doing anything without Yoko. So there she was, in bed in the studio.”

Bruce Springsteen releases early E Street Band reunion show as part of Live Archive series

January 3, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Bruce Springsteen fans can now relive his 1999 reunion with the E Street Band. The Boss just released a Reunion Tour performance from July 18, 1999, to nugs.net.

Bruce writes that the concert is “the earliest Reunion tour performance yet to appear in the Live Archive series,” noting it “captures Bruce and the E Street Band recommitting to their mission at the second show of a 15-night homecoming run.”

The night’s set opens with the outtake “I Wanna Be With You” and features such songs as “Sherry Darling,” “Jungleland,” “Trapped,” “Murder Incorporated” and “The River,” as well as hits like “Born To Run,” “Thunder Road” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out.” It also features “Loose End” and “Stand On It,” from Tracks, as well the song “Freehold,” described as Bruce’s “hilariously candid confessional about growing up in New Jersey.”

The Reunion Tour was the first set of regular dates by Bruce and the E Street Band in 11 years. After launching it in Europe in April 1999, he brought it to the U.S. that July, opening with the 15-night stand at New Jersey’s Continental Airlines Arena.

Music notes: Michael Bublé, Paula Abdul, Wham!, Jennifer Lopez, Lewis Capaldi, Madonna and more

January 3, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Michael Bublé‘s 2011 Christmas album is #1 in Germany and the United Kingdom — on top of his album Higher hitting #1 earlier in 2022. He took to TikTok to say he “basically cried” after getting two #1 albums in the same year.

Wham!‘s “Last Christmas” is again the U.K.’s #1 song, reports Billboard. The song finally hit #1 in 2021, 36 years after it was released.

Paula Abdul pulled a fast one on TikTok by pretending she can spin a basketball on a finger. She revealed influencer Crissa Jackson, who was hiding behind her, was actually performing the stunt.

Jennifer Lopez shared her favorite moments of 2022 on Instagram — including some never-before-seen looks at her engagement ring and wedding to Ben Affleck.

Lewis Capaldi had a fantastic response to a fan who said their father mistook him for Susan Boyle. He joked, “i dreamed a dream that ppl stopped telling me i looked like women in their 60s.”

Lewis also released a clip of a never-before-heard demo and joked his label will be fine with the leak. The singer hinted he’ll be sharing more demos “that will probably never see the light of day.”

Madonna revealed she visited Kibera, Kenya, with her children, and they created a mural of broken glass to honor entrepreneur Kennedy Odede and Shining Hope for Communities, the organization he launched to help young girls in his community.

Meghan Trainor is unhappy that a TikTok filter didn’t predict she’ll get pregnant in 2023. She shot the video with husband Daryl Sabara, who teased her for not getting her desired answer.

Kelly Clarkson stripped down Katy Perry‘s “The One That Got Away” for her daytime talk show, turning it into an acoustic heartbreak anthem.

‘The Office’ fanatic Billie Eilish re-enacts season 1 scene on ’Office Ladies’ podcast

January 3, 2023 by WDNY Radio

As an arena-headlining, Grammy-winning global music superstar, Billie Eilish has accomplished a whole lot in her young career. Now, she can cross another dream off her list: re-enacting a scene from The Office.

The “bad guy” artist — and well-known The Office fanatic — guests on the upcoming episode of the Office Ladies podcast, hosted by cast members Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, who played the characters Pam Beesly and Angela Martin, respectively.

In a clip from the episode, Fischer and Kinsey ask Eilish if she’d like to recreate dialogue from the season 1 episode “The Alliance,” to which she enthusiastically agrees. Eilish reads for the character Phyllis while Fischer and Kinsey reprise their roles for a scene in which the three of them are planning an office birthday party.

Eilish previously guested on the An Oral History of The Office podcast, during which she revealed she’d watched the entire series 14 times. She also sampled dialogue from the show on her debut album and tested her The Office knowledge with Dwight Schrute himself, Rainn Wilson.

In other news, Eilish has shared a video of her covering the Ben Folds song “Still,” which you can watch now via her TikTok.

Angela Simmons reveals she’s “happier than she’s ever been” days after seeming to confirm Yo Gotti relationship

January 3, 2023 by WDNY Radio

(Note Language) Angela Simmons is starting off 2023 in great spirits. In a recent post on her Instagram Story, the entrepreneur said she’s “happier than she’s ever been.” She failed to disclose the source/sources of her joy, but many believe Yo Gotti may have something to do with it.

The rapper and Simmons ended 2022 sharing photos that seemingly confirmed they’re in a relationship. The announcement was met with a slew of comments from many who suggested Yo Gotti manifested the bond.

In his 2015 single “Down in the DM,” he rapped, “And I just followed Angela (Simmons) / Boy, I got a crush on Angela Simmons / They like, ‘Damn Gotti, you bold’ / F*** it, I’m gon’ let the world know (goals).”

He also expressed his interest in his 2017 song “Save It For Me,” which he dropped after she announced her engagement to the late father of her son, Sutton Joseph Tennyson.

“Passed my number to Angela / I thought I had her / Her n***a cuffed her, married, it made me madder,” he rapped. “I respect it, I’m moving on, but the truth is I want her badder / Maybe me sayin’ her name made him move faster.”

In September 2022, the two were spotted celebrating Simmons’ 35th birthday; now they’re making things official on Instagram.

“You are all I need and more,” Simmons captioned their New Year’s Eve photos. “Ain loss a crush since High School,” Yo Gotti wrote.

Nashville notes: Ingrid & Sam visit Kelly, Danielle Bradbery headlines

January 3, 2023 by WDNY Radio

You can check out Ingrid Andress and Sam Hunt performing their latest #1, “Wishful Drinking,” on The Kelly Clarkson Show here.

Danielle Bradbery kicks off her headlining A Special Place Tour February 23 in Indianapolis. It shares its name with her new single.

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