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Jason Kelce to host limited late-night show for ESPN

November 22, 2024 by WDNY Radio

While Jason Kelce can already be seen on ESPN as the host of Monday Night Countdown, the now-retired former Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro center will be testing out his game as a late-night host.

They Call It Late Night With Jason Kelce will kick off a five-episode run on Jan. 4 at 1 a.m. ET on ESPN, with the fifth episode, on Feb. 1, beginning at 1:30 a.m.

The sports network teases “an immersive experience … showcasing the Super Bowl champion’s oversized personality and infectious humor mixed with celebrity guests from the football world and beyond, in front of a live audience of NFL fans.”

“The show’s format will position Kelce and his guests to dissect NFL topics and storylines, mainly focused on that weekend’s games” and will include “active participation from the fans in attendance.”

The show will be available on ESPN+, ESPN YouTube and the Jason Kelce channel on YouTube presented by ESPN following its initial ESPN airing.

Jason and his younger brother, Travis Kelce, have been making their mark off the field for some time: Travis can be seen in the FX series Grotesquerie and also hosts the Prime Video series Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?

Jason has appeared in numerous commercials, in addition to hosting the sibling NFL stars’ podcast New Heights, and making a headline-grabbing entry in the ring in the most recent WrestleMania.

Lil Wayne, GloRilla and Muni Long tapped to perform at College Football Playoff concert series

November 22, 2024 by WDNY Radio

AT&T has unveiled the lineup for Playoff List Live!, the concert series accompanying the College Football Playoff, and among those taking the stage are Lil Wayne, GloRilla and Muni Long.

Wayne and Glo were tapped to perform on the first night of the event, Jan. 18, alongside Camila Cabello. Muni’s on the bill for the following day, as are Myles Smith and Knox.

“The incredible lineup at this year’s AT&T Playoff Playlist Live! will create unforgettable experiences in Atlanta, where sports and music thrive together,” Mark Wright, vice president of media services and sponsorships at AT&T, said, per Billboard. “It’s the perfect way to kick off the championship weekend and keep the exhilaration alive for fans, no matter which team they’re rooting for.”

Tickets for Playoff Playlist Live! go on sale Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. ET, with access to the show guaranteed for ticket holders of the championship games.

On This Day, Nov. 22, 1950: E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt was born

November 22, 2024 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, Nov. 22, 1950 …

E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. Born Steven Lento, he took the name Van Zandt after his mother remarried. The family then moved to New Jersey, where his musical career began.

While performing with his bands on the Jersey Shore he met Bruce Springsteen, which would lead to a musical partnership that continues to this day.

Prior to joining the E Street band, Van Zandt, who’s gone by the nicknames Little Steven and Miami Steve, co-founded Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. He also produced Southside Johnny’s first three records.

Although he’d worked with Springsteen for years, Van Zandt officially joined the E Street Band on guitar in 1975 and remained with the group until 1984, when he left to pursue a solo career. He rejoined the band in 1995, has been with them ever since and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the group in 2014.

A solo artist and songwriter in his own right, Van Zandt wrote the all-star anti-apartheid song “Sun City.” He also penned the track “I Am A Patriot,” which has been covered by Jackson Brown, Pearl Jam and more.

In 1999 Van Zandt launched an acting career, starring as Silvio Dante in HBO’s The Sopranos, and then in 2011 starred in Lilyhammer, Netflix’s first original series.

Van Zandt was recently the subject of an HBO documentary, Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple, which just earned a Grammy nomination.

Judge delays Trump’s Nov. 26 sentencing date in his hush money case

November 22, 2024 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Judge Juan Merchan has delayed President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 26 sentencing date in his criminal hush money case, according to a brief order issued Friday.

The judge is allowing the defense to file a motion to dismiss the case and he laid out a briefing schedule. The defense motion is due Dec. 2.

Trump was scheduled to be sentenced next week after he was found guilty in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.

U2 releases ‘Luckiest Man In The World’ from ‘How to Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb’

November 22, 2024 by WDNY Radio

U2 has released another previously unheard track.

The latest is “Luckiest Man in the World,” which appears on the How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb shadow album, How to Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb, which is now available on digital outlets.

The shadow album contains 10 previously unreleased tracks from the band’s archive, with the songs all coming from the original recording sessions for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, the Irish rockers’ 11th studio album. They previously released three of those tracks: “Happiness,” “Country Mile” and “Picture of You (X+Y).”

Physical copies of How to Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb will be released Nov. 29 as an exclusive for Record Store Day Black Friday.

Also out Nov. 22 is a special 20th anniversary remastered edition of How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, as well as a package with the remaster and the shadow album together, dubbed How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Re-Assemble Edition), plus various box sets on vinyl and CD.

Twenty One Pilots premiere ’Arcane’ song ‘The Line’

November 22, 2024 by WDNY Radio

Twenty One Pilots have premiered a new song called “The Line,” recorded for the Netflix animated series Arcane.

You can listen to “The Line” now via digital outlets. Its accompanying video will premiere Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. ET.

“The Line” is included on the Arcane season 2 soundtrack, which also features contributions from Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello, FEVER 333, Imagine Dragons and Royal & the Serpent, as well as an alternate version of Linkin Park‘s “Heavy Is the Crown.”

Arcane is set in the universe of the League of Legends video game. Its second and final season is split into three acts, the first two of which are streaming now. The third will premiere on Saturday.

Twenty One Pilots had a busy 2024 with the release of and the tour behind their new album, Clancy, which has spawned the singles “Overcompensate,” “The Craving” and “Routines in the Night.”

Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend drops defamation and assault lawsuit

November 22, 2024 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Actor Jonathan Majors and his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari have agreed to resolve her civil claims that followed his misdemeanor assault conviction in New York, according to a court filing.

Majors and Jabbari stipulated to a dismissal of her lawsuit for defamation and assault that she brought against him in March, the filing said. A reason was not given.

Jabbari sued Majors about the same time he was sentenced to domestic violence intervention classes in April. She alleged he physically abused her and then defamed her by denying the assault in an interview with ABC News.

Majors was found guilty of one count of misdemeanor third-degree assault and one count of second-degree harassment, but acquitted of two other counts of assault and aggravated harassment in a split verdict.

Since the verdict, Majors has been dropped from his management and PR firms. In addition, he was cut from future Marvel films and his role as Kang in “Avengers: Kang Dynasty.”

As part of his sentencing, Majors was ordered to complete 52-week in-person batterers intervention program in Los Angeles, continue mental health counseling and stay away from Jabbari.

‘Gladiator II’ star Paul Mescal, director Ridley Scott and more talk revisiting Rome 2 decades later

November 22, 2024 by WDNY Radio

Nearly two and a half decades after the monumental film Gladiator hit theaters, acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott is returning the iconic Roman-era epic to the big screen with Gladiator II.

The film, starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen and more, is a Roman warrior story of redemption, family and nation, told on a scale big enough to match its preceding legacy.

In an interview with Good Morning America, the cast opened up about making the second installment of a classic, carrying on the Gladiator legacy and how Scott “built” Rome for the new film.

“We thought about it for 24 years — not every day, it was always there in the back of my mind,” Scott said of making the sequel. “But in that time, I did 17 other movies. Big ones. So, it really wasn’t an incredible challenge other than saying ‘It would be nice to get to it,’ And we finally got to it by sitting down at a table and saying, ‘Whatever happened to Lucius?'”

Enter: Mescal as Lucius, the son of Maximus — the main character from Gladiator, played by Russell Crowe.

Mescal undoubtedly had big boots to fill, succeeding Crowe as the leading man in the sequel. According to two-time Oscar winner Washington, who plays Macrinus in the new film, Mescal was more than able to carry the staggering legacy of Crowe’s character.

“First of all, he pulls it off,” said Washington. “I can only imagine the pressure he must have felt coming behind Russell 25 years later.”

Despite that pressure, Mescal made clear his dominant feeling was one of excitement. “Obviously there was a nervousness attached to it and concern because you care about the work that you do,” he said. “But the predominant thing was one of getting ready to go — and excited about it, to be honest.”

Scott’s Rome, which he built with production designer Arthur Max, featured more than 500 extras filling rows in a replica Colosseum that reached a third of the original structure’s actual size.

“I’d never been on sets like that,” said Washington, explaining the scope of the production. “They built Rome, basically.”

Mescal said actors on Scott’s set are immersed in the world of Gladiator — barring the cameras of course, though he was sure to note that Scott even dresses up the camera operators in costume.

“It is a total, total gift,” said Mescal of the elaborate set design. “You walk onto set, and if you can’t act in that environment, I don’t think this job is for you.”

Gladiator II premieres in the U.S. on Nov. 22.

Scoreboard roundup — 11/21/24

November 22, 2024 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Pistons 121, Hornets 123
Timberwolves 105, Raptors 110
Jazz 118, Spurs 126
Magic 119, Lakers 118

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Steelers 19, Browns 24

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Utah Hockey Club 0, Bruins 1
Golden Knights 3, Senators 2
Islanders 1, Red Wings 2
Hurricanes 2, Devils 4
Avalanche 2, Capitals 1
Lightning 6, Blue Jackets 7
Sharks 2, Blues 3
Panthers 1, Blackhawks 3
Rangers 2, Flames 3
Wild 5, Oilers 3

In brief: ‘XO, Kitty’ gets season 2 premiere date, and more

November 22, 2024 by WDNY Radio

Netflix has announced Jan. 16 as the premiere date for season 2 of its To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before spinoff, XO, Kitty. The new season, filmed in Seoul, South Korea, “will follow Kitty — played by Anna Cathcart — as she returns to high school for a new semester at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS),” according to the streaming service. Season 2 will also introduce three new characters: Stella, Praveena and Jin — played respectively by Audrey Huynh, Sasha Bhasin and Joshua Lee…

Starz has revealed Jan. 17 as the premiere date for its steamy, seductive thriller The Couple Next Door, along with a teaser trailer. The series follows a couple, played by The Illusionist‘s Eleanor Tomlinson and How to Get Away with Murder‘s Alfred Enoch, who move into the upscale neighborhood and strike up a friendship with the couple next door, portrayed by Outlander‘s Sam Heughan and Pennyworth‘s Jessica De Gouw, per Starz. The two couples grow increasingly close to each other and become sexually entangled in a way that will change their lives forever. The Couple Next Door will be available to stream weekly on Fridays on the STARZ app and all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms …

The Social Network‘s Jesse Eisenberg has lined up his next film, an untitled musical comedy starring The Room Next Door‘s Julianne Moore and The Holdovers‘ Paul Giamatti, according to Deadline. The feature, directed by Eisenberg from his own script, “follows a shy woman who is unexpectedly cast in a local production of an original musical. Under the spell of the strong-willed and enigmatic director, she loses herself in the role and the high-stakes world of this community theater production,” per the outlet …

Disney+ has greenlit a second season of the Korean sci-fi fantasy series Moving, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the popular webtoon created by Kang Full, Moving centers on three teenagers with genetic superhuman abilities and their parents who protect them from a group of South Korean spies. The series features some of the biggest names in Korean film and television, including Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo and Zo In-sung. Disney is the parent company of ABC News …

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