(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Thunder 91, Spurs 118
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Angels 7, Tigers 1
Twins 2, White Sox 6
Braves 10, Red Sox 2
Blue Jays 2, Orioles 1
Cubs 7, Pirates 2
Astros 5, Rangers 1
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The animated film Hoppers has set its Disney+ release date. Pixar’s latest feature will be available on the streaming service starting on June 3. The movie follows a young woman named Mabel who uses groundbreaking technology to put her consciousness inside of a lifelike robotic beaver. She then uncovers a hidden animal world and the rules that shape it …
See Oscar Isaac star in the new trailer for In the Hand of Dante. The Netflix film features a star-studded cast. Along with Isaac, it includes Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler, John Malkovich, Sabrina Impacciatore, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino and Jason Momoa. Julian Schnabel directed the film, which arrives to the streaming service on June 24 …
The upcoming Rambo prequel now has a release date. Lionsgate is set to release John Rambo in theaters on June 4, 2027. The film is an origin story that takes place before the events of the 1982 film First Blood. Noah Centineo stars as the titular United States Army Special Forces veteran, taking over the role from Sylvester Stallone …
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(NEW YORK) — Tucker Wetmore’s career momentum continues to intensify, as his third single becomes his third #1 on the Mediabase chart: “Brunette” is sitting atop the radio ranking, following “3,2,1” and “Wind Up Missin’ You.”
“Brunette” also becomes his first #1 on the comparable Billboard Country Airplay tally.
His mom surprised him with the news he’d won the Academy of Country Music’s new male artist of the year trophy while he was in London on April 30, a revelation significant enough to trigger his disbelief.
“Overwhelmed, excited — I don’t think this is real,” he summed it up, following the May 17 ACMs in Las Vegas. “If I wake up tomorrow and it’s all fake, I wouldn’t be surprised.”
“I’m just blessed, honestly,” he added. “It’s all God. It’s all it is, is God and his blessing towards me. So, I’m just happy to be a vessel to enjoy it, you know?”
What’s next? For now, Tucker’s on HARDY’s COUNTRY! COUNTRY! Tour, before he plays the main stage during CMA Fest at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on June 4.
He’ll kick off the second leg of The Brunette World Tour later this summer.
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Corinne Bailey Rae launches a tour Friday in celebration of the 20th anniversary of her 2006 self-titled debut album, which spawned the hit “Put Your Records On” and earned her four Grammy nominations. As Corinne told ABC Audio, she wanted to mark the milestone because that album everything for her.
“Going from playing in a bar to a hundred people to sort of getting a phone call from Stevie Wonder, or Prince coming to our show, or Elton John sending me champagne,” she recalls. “Those things — really that song in particular, ‘Put Your Records On’ — and the popularity of that record, it really changed my life and my work.”
“And so I knew the anniversary was coming but I wanted to do something special for it,” she adds.
As for the set list, Corrine says she plans to play the album in its entirety, adding, “We’ll maybe do like a catch-up on the end, and I’ll probably say, ‘If you have to leave for your babysitter, that’s fine. But we’re also gonna play a what you might have missed kind of thing.'”
Some parents, however, won’t have to worry about babysitters because they’re bringing their children along. According to Corrine, “Put Your Records On” has found a whole new generation of listeners.
“I’m so grateful for that,” she says, adding that she’s “so moved” that there are 7- and 9-year olds in the audience even if they don’t always make it through the whole show.
“You definitely have a lot of lovely sweet kids on the front row who are just nodding off by the time you get to ‘Put Your Records On,'” she says. “And their mum’s, like, poking them: ‘This is why you came!’ And sometimes they wake up and sometimes they don’t.”
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Mr. “Gone Till November” is now “Mr. October,” according to his new song. Wyclef Jean has released the lead single to his upcoming album, Clef Notes. The track features G Herbo and finds Clef returning to his hip-hop roots, a genre that once served as a means of survival for him.
“G Herbo represents the voice of a generation. We’re living in an era where we must amplify reform over violence and believe in the possibility of a better future for underserved communities,” Wyclef said in a statement.
In his own statement, G Herbo reflected on collaborating with one of his longtime inspirations.
“Working with Wyclef who I call ‘Unk’ now inspired me to focus on delivery. I can’t just get on a song with him and not focus on bars and punch lines,” he said. “It’s always been a dream of mine to work with him, and now we’re on song # 2, so I must be doing something right.”
Wyclef previously appeared on G Herbo’s “Emergency,” which reworked his song with Mary J. Blige, “911.”
“Mr. October” is the first of seven tracks on the hip-hop-focused Clef Notes, which kicks off Wyclef’s ambitious Quantum Leap series. Over the next year, he plans to release a total of seven albums with seven tracks each, with every project centered on a different genre that helped shape him as an artist.
“Mr. October” is now available on streaming services.
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As Brent Smith sings on Shinedown’s song “Three Six Five,” a lot can happen in a year. Well, a lot can also happen on 18 songs.
So you’ll discover on EI8HT, the aptly titled eighth studio effort from the “Second Chance” outfit. The de facto double album takes many twists and turns along the way to proving, as Smith sees it, that “Shinedown is everyone’s band.”
“I really do believe that there is something for everyone on this record,” Smith tells ABC Audio.
Unlike Shinedown’s previous two records, 2018’s ATTENTION ATTENTION and 2022’s Planet Zero, Smith says that EI8HT is not a concept album.
“These songs all belong on the same body of work, but … they don’t relate to one another,” Smith says. “Every song is its own story.”
While EI8HT might not adhere to a specific narrative, it does weave a number of related themes together throughout, including fatherhood, family, growing up and, ultimately, taking control of your own destiny.
Different sounds are used to evoke certain themes: the theatrical opener “At the Bottom” reflects the Broadway background of bassist Eric Bass’ family, while the closer “The Pilot” is a sonic representation of Shinedown’s long-running relationship with songwriter and producer Dave Bassett.
Meanwhile, the country-ish “Searchlight” soundtracks Smith’s advice to his son, and the gothic “Deep End” brings him back to being a teenager watching The Crow in theaters.
In naming such a sprawling work, Smith says he and his bandmates kept a notebook full of “ethereal” and “highbrow” potential titles, but were struck by inspiration upon seeing a piece created by art director Mark Obriski featuring the Shinedown logo combined with the word “eight.”
“I was like, ‘Let’s just call it EI8HT, ’cause that’s what it wants to be,'” Smith says.
EI8HT is out now.
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It’s been four years since Def Leppard released their last album of new material, Diamond Star Halos, but it sounds like fans won’t have to wait much longer for a new record. Frontman Joe Elliott tells ABC Audio the band has recorded several songs for a new album, with plans to have it out by the end of 2026/early 2027.
“We’ve got a game plan, but it is kind of loose and we like it that way,” he says. “It’s not like we’re being told by management and labels it has to be delivered on this day.”
The band’s been touring constantly, but thanks to new technology, recording an album has been a lot easier than in the past. Elliott says the days of them all having to be in the studio together are over, which is something they learned during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
“That’s the beauty of the technology is that you never get a period where, OK, here’s the start of a recording of an album and it’s going to run for three months,” he says. “It’s just an ongoing process.”
Def Leppard wrapped their Las Vegas residency in February and will launch a European tour on June 13 in Sweden, and it doesn’t sound like they’re ready to slow down. But Elliott says the end isn’t something completely out of their minds.
“Sometimes you do think that maybe this could be the last tour, but there’s no reason for that,” he says. “I think because we like each other so much, and we like what we do, and like being on tour and playing the songs.”
He adds, “The little guy on your shoulder that keeps going, ‘You know what, it’s going to come to an end at some point,’ it’s not based in logic.”
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We all know bad weather has the power to wreck plans, but it’s a little different when those plans involve the most pivotal operation in World War II.
The new film Pressure, out Friday, recounts this little-known piece of WWII history.
Andrew Scott stars as Capt. James Stagg, the meteorologist tasked with forecasting the weather for D-Day. When he realizes that a storm is on its way to derail the Allied Forces’ plans for the massive seaborne invasion, he must deliver the bad news to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, played by Oscar winner Brendan Fraser. Together, they need to find a way forward or risk losing the war — and with just 72 hours to make a crucial decision, the pressure is a lot more than barometric.
“Who doesn’t want Brendan Fraser yelling in your face?” Scott jokes of their tense scenes together.
“I love the fact that they’re two quite formidable characters, but in very, very different ways, from very, very different cultures, who ultimately have a great deal of respect for each other, and a great deal of humility about their position in the world and what their duty is,” he tells ABC Audio.
Scott adds that it’s moving to see two people who wanted to do the right thing by the world rather than peacock their own achievements.
It was a quality Fraser came to admire about future U.S. president Eisenhower and how he ultimately humanized such an imposing historical figure for the film.
“The things that were important to me that I grew to admire about Eisenhower were his ability to listen to people rather than just hear them and also that he took accountability for the choices that he made,” Fraser says.
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Here’s how you can hear Evanescence’s new album, Sanctuary, a bit early.
The “Bring Me to Life” rockers have announced a virtual album listening party via the platform Volume. It will take place June 3 at 2 p.m. ET, two days before Sanctuary officially drops on June 5.
The playback will be followed by a live Q&A with the band.
You can now claim a free ticket to take part via Volume.com.
Sanctuary is the follow-up to 2021’s The Bitter Truth. It includes the singles “Afterlife” and “Who Will You Follow.”
Evanescence will launch a U.S. tour on June 11 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Spiritbox and Nova Twins will also be on the bill.
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People who you’d assume would be invited to Taylor Swift’s wedding have been cagey about whether or not they’re actually attending. Talk show host Graham Norton has joked that he had to sign an NDA, for example, and Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said he’d “probably” been invited and would go “if I don’t outgrow my tuxedo.” But now we’ve got our first case of a celebrity confirming that she’s actually attending the nuptials.
Model, actress and singer Suki Waterhouse, who opened for Taylor during the Eras Tour in London, tells Variety, “I’m gonna go to Taylor’s wedding, and maybe I’ll get some inspiration. It will be amazing.” Suki was talking about her own wedding to her partner, Robert Pattinson. The two share a 2-year-old daughter.
Sadly, Suki didn’t reveal where and when the wedding is taking place. But she did say of Taylor, “Knowing her as a friend, she’s actually been through so much. And I think the thing I always see in her is how she pulls herself through every time, and how everything that’s ever happened to her becomes another piece of art that becomes part of the legacy. That’s so inspiring — that’s the artist that you want to be.”
Suki’s third album, Loveland, comes out July 10. Her collaborators include Taylor’s frequent collaborator Aaron Dessner and legendary Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood. Suki starred in Daisy Jones & the Six, the Prime Video series about a band loosely based on Fleetwood Mac.
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