Cole’s second album was released on May 6, 2016, and would go on to be certified Platinum, spawning three number ones in a row: the title track, “Middle of a Memory” and “Flatliner” with Dierks Bentley.
“You Should Be Here,” which was inspired by the passing of his father, became Cole’s fifth consecutive chart-topper, spending a month atop Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart.
The news release announcing the vinyl teases that the follow-up “Conversation” is coming soon. Stay tuned to find out exactly what that means.
Cole’s second album was released on May 6, 2016, and would go on to be certified Platinum, spawning three number ones in a row: the title track, “Middle of a Memory” and “Flatliner” with Dierks Bentley.
“You Should Be Here,” which was inspired by the passing of his father, became Cole’s fifth consecutive chart-topper, spending a month atop Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart.
The news release announcing the vinyl teases that the follow-up “Conversation” is coming soon. Stay tuned to find out exactly what that means.
E. Jean Carroll arrives for her civil defamation trial against President Donald Trump at Manhattan Federal Court on January 22, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court in New York to pause its ruling rejecting his challenge to the writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit so he can pursue an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A jury awarded Carroll $83 million in damages in 2024 after she successfully argued that Trump defamed her with comments he made disputing her claim that he sexually abused her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined last week to re-hear Trump’s claim of immunity and his attempt to substitute the United States as a defendant in Carroll’s case.
Trump on Wednesday asked the 2nd Circuit to stay its ruling in order to allow him “to present important questions relating to, without limitation, Presidential immunity and the Westfall Act to the Supreme Court.”
If the stay is not granted, Trump’s attorneys said he would suffer irreparable harm.
The jury in 2024 found that, as a result of Trump’s comments, Carroll was harassed and humiliated, subjected to death threats, and feared for her physical safety for years. Trump has denied all wrongdoing.
A separate jury in an earlier trial awarded Carroll $5 million in damages after holding Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse.
Bebe Rexha is one of Arena One at AMC’s ‘Girls Night Live’ performers (Nate Guenther)
If you don’t want to spend hours online trying to buy concert tickets just to end up paying $400 or more for a seat with a lousy view, AMC Theatres just may have a solution.
Starting in June, the theater chain is launching Arena One at AMC, a new concert concept that has artists perform exclusive live concerts that will be viewable in real time in more than 300 AMC locations nationwide. Not only will fans have a great view of the action, but the tickets will be considerably less expensive.
The new program launches in June with a series of concerts billed as “Girls Night Live“: Bebe Rexha performs June 17; Paris Hilton performs June 18; Kim Petras performs June 19; and Maren Morris takes the stage June 20. Each concert has a host and opening acts, and when you buy your tickets, you can even order food at the same time.
But the main thing is, how much does it cost? Prices vary by theater and city, but the shows that are on sale now seem to range from roughly $66 to $77 each. Additional artists and performances will be announced soon.
Adam Aron, chairman and CEO of AMC Entertainment, says in a statement, “Thanks to Arena One at AMC, music fans across the country will be able to come together for the same live concert, at the same time, all with the accessible premium experience of huge screens, powerful sound, and comfortable seats that AMC guests know and expect.”
Bebe Rexha is one of Arena One at AMC’s ‘Girls Night Live’ performers (Nate Guenther)
If you don’t want to spend hours online trying to buy concert tickets just to end up paying $400 or more for a seat with a lousy view, AMC Theatres just may have a solution.
Starting in June, the theater chain is launching Arena One at AMC, a new concert concept that has artists perform exclusive live concerts that will be viewable in real time in more than 300 AMC locations nationwide. Not only will fans have a great view of the action, but the tickets will be considerably less expensive.
The new program launches in June with a series of concerts billed as “Girls Night Live“: Bebe Rexha performs June 17; Paris Hilton performs June 18; Kim Petras performs June 19; and Maren Morris takes the stage June 20. Each concert has a host and opening acts, and when you buy your tickets, you can even order food at the same time.
But the main thing is, how much does it cost? Prices vary by theater and city, but the shows that are on sale now seem to range from roughly $66 to $77 each. Additional artists and performances will be announced soon.
Adam Aron, chairman and CEO of AMC Entertainment, says in a statement, “Thanks to Arena One at AMC, music fans across the country will be able to come together for the same live concert, at the same time, all with the accessible premium experience of huge screens, powerful sound, and comfortable seats that AMC guests know and expect.”
The power metal band DragonForce has announced Alissa White-Gluz, formerly of the bands Arch Enemy and The Agonist, as their new vocalist.
“Alissa joining the band is an expansion of everything we’ve done up to this point,” says DragonForce guitarist Herman Li in a statement. “Having Alissa in the room changes everything. She doesn’t just sing, she makes all aspects of our music better. And she sounds incredible live! I can’t wait for the fans to see her and hear what we have been working on.”
“I am beyond excited to be bringing such iconic music to life with these amazingly skilled musicians in such a fun and inspiring environment,” White-Gluz adds. “It feels great to showcase all the colours of my voice and utilize all my singing styles in technically challenging, deeply energizing, highly addictive songs.”
White-Gluz will make her live debut with DragonForce on Saturday at the Welcome to Rockville festival. The show will kick off DragonForce’s 20th anniversary celebration of their album Inhuman Rampage, which spawned the band’s signature single, “Through the Fire and Flames.”
Along with White-Gluz, the DragonForce lineup still includes vocalist Marc Hudson, who joined the band in 2011.
The power metal band DragonForce has announced Alissa White-Gluz, formerly of the bands Arch Enemy and The Agonist, as their new vocalist.
“Alissa joining the band is an expansion of everything we’ve done up to this point,” says DragonForce guitarist Herman Li in a statement. “Having Alissa in the room changes everything. She doesn’t just sing, she makes all aspects of our music better. And she sounds incredible live! I can’t wait for the fans to see her and hear what we have been working on.”
“I am beyond excited to be bringing such iconic music to life with these amazingly skilled musicians in such a fun and inspiring environment,” White-Gluz adds. “It feels great to showcase all the colours of my voice and utilize all my singing styles in technically challenging, deeply energizing, highly addictive songs.”
White-Gluz will make her live debut with DragonForce on Saturday at the Welcome to Rockville festival. The show will kick off DragonForce’s 20th anniversary celebration of their album Inhuman Rampage, which spawned the band’s signature single, “Through the Fire and Flames.”
Along with White-Gluz, the DragonForce lineup still includes vocalist Marc Hudson, who joined the band in 2011.
Tom Morello, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band perform at UBS Arena on May 5, 2026 in Elmont, New York. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Is Bruce Springsteen America’s greatest protest singer? He made a decent case for it Tuesday night, when he brought his Land of Hope and Dreams American tour to Belmont, New York.
“The E Street Band was built for hard times,” Springsteen remarked, as he cherry-picked his massive catalog to spotlight tales of crumbling cities, death and powerlessness, punctuated by the message that hope is possible if we work together. As Springsteen put it in one of several speeches on Tuesday night railing against the current administration, “This American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people.”
Kicking off with the one-two punch of Edwin Starr’s “War” and his own “Born in the U.S.A.,” Springsteen led the band and guest guitarist/vocalist Tom Morello through songs whose titles alone conjured the story he’s telling with this tour: a cover of The Clash’s “Clampdown,” “Death to My Hometown,” “No Surrender,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “My City of Ruins,” “Wrecking Ball,” “Badlands,” “Murder Incorporated” and what Springsteen called “our immigrant song,” “American Land.”
The setlist also highlighted how songs Springsteen wrote years ago — most notably “American Skin (41 Shots)” and “The Ghost of Tom Joad” — are scarily relevant again. They sat comfortably next to his recent song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” which details the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Springsteen led the crowd in chants of “ICE out now!” during that number.
But the show wasn’t all despair and anger: Springsteen lightened the mood periodically with songs like “The Promised Land,” “Two Hearts,” “Land of Hope and Dreams” and “Hungry Heart,” while the encore featured the joyous singalongs “Born to Run,” “Dancing in the Dark” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.” With it being Cinco de Mayo, he even accepted and downed a shot offered by some women in the crowd.
The show ended on a hopeful note with a song by another great American protest singer, Bob Dylan. Springsteen sang “Chimes of Freedom” and then closed the circle with his walk-off music: Dylan’s mentor Woody Guthrie singing “This Land Is Your Land.”
Turner Enterprises CEO Ted Turner address the Newsmaker Luncheon on renewable and alternative energy at the National Press Club April 19, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — Ted Turner, the television and media mogul who launched CNN — the first 24-hour cable news network — and a roster of successful TV and entertainment brands, died on Wednesday, according to the network. He was 87.
“Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgement,” according to a statement from Mark Thompson, the chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide. “He was and always will be the presiding spirit of CNN. Ted is the giant on whose shoulders we stand, and we will all take a moment today to recognize him and his impact on our lives and our world.”
Turner announced in 2018 he was suffering from Lewy body dementia.
Born in Cincinnati, Robert Edward Turner III was raised in Savannah, Georgia. He attended Brown University briefly before leaving the university and joining the U.S. Coastal Guard Reserve during the Vietnam War.
Turner began his career as an executive at his father’s advertising business, Turner Advertising Company. Following the death of his father, he became president and chief executive of the company and turned the firm into a global enterprise.
He entered the television business in the early 1970s when he acquired an Atlanta UHF station, WJRJ, and renamed it WTCG. The station originated the “superstation” concept, transmitting via satellite to cable systems across the country. Later renamed TBS, the station became a precedent for the modern basic cable station.
On June 1, 1980, Turner Broadcasting System launched CNN, the first 24-hour cable news network. In his launch speech at the network’s Atlanta headquarters in June 1980, he expressed hope that CNN’s national and international coverage would “bring together in brotherhood and kindness and friendship and in peace the people of this nation and this world.”
CNN quickly made its mark covering major news events such as the 1982 Lebanon War and the 1986 Challenger explosion as they happened.
A chain of successful cable television brands followed for Turner, including CNN International, Cartoon Network, TNT and Turner Classic Movies. Turner Broadcasting later acquired the film studios Castle Rock Entertainment and New Line Cinema.
Turner’s company also expanded into sports starting in the late 1970s, acquiring Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves and the National Basketball Association’s Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks won three division titles under the company’s ownership. The Braves won the 1995 World Series.
In 1988, Turner ventured into the professional wrestling business, purchasing Jim Crockett Promotions and renaming it as World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The company served as the main competitor to Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Federation (WWF) over the next decade. WCW was purchased by McMahon’s company in 2001.
In October 1996, Turner Broadcasting merged with Time Warner Inc., and in 2001, Time Warner merged with AOL to create AOL Time Warner.
Turner also made his mark as a philanthropist. In 1990, he founded Turner Foundation which supports efforts for improving air and water quality, developing initiatives to protect the climate and maintaining wildlife habitat protection, among other initiatives. The Turner Foundation says it has given more than $380 million to hundreds of organizations since its founding.
In 1997, Turner announced a historic pledge of up to $1 billion to the United Nations and the following year, he created the United Nations Foundation (UNF). The organization supports the goals and objectives of the United Nations to promote “a more peaceful, prosperous and just world.”
Speaking to ABC News’ “This Week” in 2012, he described his interest in supporting U.N. efforts.
“Everybody needs help sometime, no matter how rich and powerful you are,” he said. “I did not know for sure when I started that it was going to work…there were a lot of things that weren’t getting done, that are getting done now, done a lot more quickly.”
He added, “Saving the world is a hard job.”
Turner also launched the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a think tank he co-chaired with former Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia that seeks to reduce “nuclear and biological threats imperiling humanity.”
He was the recipient of numerous awards, including Time Magazine’s 1991 “Man of the Year,” the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Lifetime Achievement Award, the Audubon Medal from the Audubon Society, and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Communication. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
Turner was married three times, including to actress Jane Fonda from 1991 to 2001. He is survived by five children.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield and Joni Mitchell were among the artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the first-ever induction ceremony held in Cleveland, where the Hall of Fame is located. Previous induction ceremonies were held in New York City.
James Taylor handled the induction for Crosby Stills & Nash, who performed “Teach Your Children” and “49 Bye-Byes.” Tom Petty inducted Buffalo Springfield, who were honored with an all-star jam of the band’s classic “For What It’s Worth.” Mitchell’s induction was handled by Shawn Colvin, who performed “Free Man in Paris,” while James Taylor performed “Woodstock.”
The night’s other inductees included The Jackson 5, The Bee Gees, The Young Rascals, Parliament-Funkadelic and Stephen Stills, who was actually inducted into the Rock Hall twice that evening as a member of both Crosby, Stills & Nash and Buffalo Springfield.
Crosby, Stills & Nash went on to become the first band to have all its members inducted into the Rock Hall twice; Nash was inducted as a member of The Hollies in 2010, and Crosby was inducted with The Byrds in 1991.
