Bruce Springsteen has more energy than most 73-year-olds, but even he shows his age now and again.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is currently touring Europe with TheE Street Band and, in case you missed it, a now viral video on TikTok shows him taking a stumble onstage at Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam over the weekend.
The Boss was performing the Letters To You track “Ghosts” when he missed a step coming back from the audience, but he wasn’t down for long. While he laid on his back for a few seconds, guitarist Nils Lofgren took his guitar away while members of the crew helped him back on his feet.
Bruce was quick to joke “Good night, everybody,” although the show did go on. In fact, he treated the crowd to a 29-song set that featured such hits as “Born to Run,” “Glory Days,” “Dancing in the Dark,” “Thunder Road” and more.
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s tour continues in June, with the next show scheduled for June 11 in Landgraaf, Netherlands. A complete list of tour dates can be found at brucespringsteen.net.
Neill in ‘Jurassic Park’ – Murray Close/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images
Sam Neill, the actor beloved for his role as paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World films, is digging into his archives for a good cause.
Going on the block are the aforementioned Timberland boots, estimated to fetch anywhere from $6,000 to $12,000. “These boots were made for kicking dinosaurs, in the words of the old song. And indeed they did, in the first Jurassic Park. I ran for miles in them,” Neill comments.
The shirt could fetch between $4,000 and $8,000, while Grant’s handkerchief, which he wore around his neck onscreen, is estimated to sell for $2,000 to $4,000. However, in any Hollywood memorabilia auction, these and other items often sell for more than they’re estimated when the hammer finally falls.
Neill explains, “These items are utterly unique, possibly even iconic if you’re a fan. Most importantly, the full proceeds will go towards helping support refugee children through the vital and incredible work of UNICEF UK.”
Neill’s charitable contributions aside, the auction will feature a treasure trove of other props, wardrobe pieces, scripts, and signage from iconic films like Alien and Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, to newer classics like 300 and 3:10 to Yuma.
Tupac Shakur‘s legacy holds strong — so much so that he’s being honored by the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Announced Wednesday, the late rapper will posthumously receive his own star in the category of Recording. His star will be unveiled with help from emcee Big Boy and Dear Mama director Allen Hughes. His sister Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur is slated to accept the award on his behalf.
“Tupac Shakur was a rapper, actor, activist, poet, and revolutionary. This iconic artist has continued to be part of the zeitgeist for decades after his passing and will continue to be an important cultural figure for many years to come,” Walk of Fame producer Ana Martinez said in a statement. “Surely, as one of L.A.’s own, Tupac’s star will be added to the list of most visited stars.”
Tupac will receive the 2,758th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony is scheduled for June 7 at 10:30 a.m. PT.
Extreme is set to drop their sixth studio album, aptly titled Six, on June 9, and now they’ve just shared another track from the record.
The latest single is “Other Side of the Rainbow,” the fourth song they’ve released from the album, following “Rise,” “Banshee” and “#REBEL.”
“Every once in a while, we’ll harness some kind of magic, and I think we did on this one,” frontman Gary Cherone says. “It’s a universal theme. It’s about restoring someone’s faith in love…we feel that it’s the perfect marriage of lyrics and melody.”
Extreme is set to launch a U.S. tour in support of Six beginning August 2 in Portland, Maine. Living Colour will also be on the bill. A complete list of dates can be found at extreme-band.com.
(NEW YORK) — Wildfires burning in Canada continue to create hazardous air quality conditions in several states in the northern U.S.
Plumes of smoke from the fires blazing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, began drifting over New York City and the tri-state area on Tuesday, leading to a decrease in air quality, according to the National Weather Service.
Patchy low-level smoke is expected to linger and expand through the region on Wednesday, creating a cloudy haze that will block much of the sunlight, the NWS announced. The smell of smoke will also be present in some areas.
The jet stream, a high-speed, constantly shifting river of air about 30,000 feet into the atmosphere, is carrying the smoke from Nova Scotia through New England and further south in the U.S.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued a “code orange” air quality alert through Wednesday night for several counties, signifying unhealthy air pollution concentrations.
At-risk populations, such as young children, the elderly or those with lung and heart disease, should avoid the outdoors through Wednesday, according to the advisory.
The smoke is also affecting northern states such as Rhode Island, Maine, Vermont and Connecticut and is expected to travel as far south as Washington, D.C.
The weather is expected to remain hot and dry on Wednesday, with no rain forecast until Friday at the earliest.
Travel and activity in wooded areas have been banned to prevent the chances of reburn in some of the evacuated neighborhoods due to heavy winds.
Air quality alerts are in effect in the Northeast until midnight Thursday.
Staind just dropped a video for “Lowest In Me,” the debut track off their upcoming album, Confessions of the Fallen, which is due out this fall.
The video, directed by DJay Brawner, follows a young man trying to escape a mental institution.
“Lowest in Me” is Staind’s first new song in 12 years. Frontman Aaron Lewis previously said his goal with the record was to “modernize the sound and bring us up to date,” but added, “You can certainly recognize the band.”
Staind, which reunited in 2019, is set to hit the road this summer with Godsmack. The tour kicks off July 18 in St. Louis, Missouri. A complete list of dates can be found at staindofficial.com.
Branden Colvin, one of the residents still missing after a building collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, is shown in this undated photo. — Obtained by ABC News
(DAVENPORT, Iowa) — It’s been nearly 72 hours since a Davenport, Iowa, apartment building partially collapsed, possibly trapping two men inside, including resident Branden Colvin.
Colvin’s son, Branden Colvin Jr., said he feels helpless as he waits for answers.
“I know my dad’s in there and there’s nothing I can do … wishing I could just run in there,” Colvin Jr. told ABC News on Wednesday.
Colvin Jr. said he’s not an emotional person, but when he was alone, he said he broke down crying.
“I just want to talk to him, give him a hug, hear his voice, anything,” he said.
The six-story building partially collapsed on Sunday afternoon for unknown reasons.
More than a dozen people evacuated the building at the time and eight people were rescued in the 24 hours that followed.
On Monday, officials said there was no credible information that anyone was missing and the city was moving forward with plans for staging a demolition beginning Tuesday.
Then, on Monday night, a ninth victim, Lisa Brooks, was found alive inside and pulled out of a fourth-story window.
On Tuesday, demolition plans were put on hold as officials announced that five people were unaccounted for, including two men, Branden Colvin and Ryan Hitchcock, who may be inside.
Colvin Jr. said Brooks’ rescue “gave me hope.”
“I’m just trying to stick it out and keep having hope,” he said.
But Colvin Jr. is frustrated with city officials, saying he wants responders to “just go in there and look for these people.”
Officials said Tuesday they were working to determine the best ways to search as the building’s condition worsens.
In a Tuesday afternoon search, several animals were rescued, but no human activity was detected, city officials said.
“The stability of the building continues to degrade,” the city of Davenport said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “The recovery of any unaccounted for individuals remains the priority of the City as operational planning progresses.”
An apology note The Beatles wrote to a schoolgirl back in 1963 has sold at auction in London.
According to The Mail, the band wrote the letter to a young girl named Diana after canceling a visit to see her on the Isle of Wight.
Diana’s aunt worked for Paul McCartney’s cousin Bette Robbins; the band had planned to visit Robbins after their April 1963 show in Southsea, Portsmouth, and Diana was supposed to get to meet them. Unfortunately, the band had to cancel to return to London for some TV and radio appearances.
But The Beatles made it up to her with an apology note signed by all four members on a Parlophone publicity card, with Paul adding, “To Diana, lots of love, from The Beatles. Sorry we couldn’t be there to see you!”
And that apology proved profitable. After holding onto it for almost 60 years, it was recently sold at auction at London’s Bonhams auction house, where it went for over $14,000.
(NEW YORK) — Nearly 2,000 Amazon workers plan to walk out on Wednesday as the company weathers layoffs and a mandate that corporate employees return to the office.
“Employees need a say in decisions that affect our lives,” said a petition from worker groups Amazon Employees for Climate Justice and Amazon’s Remote Advocacy.
The employee activism follows a series of layoffs in recent months. In early January, Amazon announced plans to eliminate just over 18,000 roles, including impending layoffs announced in November. In all, the company has slashed 27,000 jobs since last fall.
At the outset of this month the company mandated corporate employees return to the office at least three days per week.
The employee petition cited the return-to-work policy and Amazon’s ongoing climate impact as evidence that company leadership is “taking us in the wrong direction.”
As of Wednesday afternoon, the petition had been signed by 1,922 Amazon employees, including 913 in Seattle, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice and Amazon’s Remote Advocacy said. The company employs more than 1.5 million people worldwide, according to an annual report released last week.
In a statement to ABC News, Amazon spokesperson Brad Glasser said the company stands by its decision to bring corporate employees back to the office.
“We’re always listening and will continue to do so, but we’re happy with how the first month of having more people back in the office has been. There’s more energy, collaboration, and connections happening, and we’ve heard this from lots of employees and the businesses that surround our offices,” Glasser said.
“We understand that it’s going to take time to adjust back to being in the office more and there are a lot of teams at the company working hard to make this transition as smooth as possible for employees,” he added.
As for employees’ concerns over the company’s climate impact, Glasser said: “We continue to push hard on getting to net carbon zero by 2040, and we have over 400 companies who’ve joined us in our Climate Pledge. While we all would like to get there tomorrow, for companies like ours who consume a lot of power, and have very substantial transportation, packaging, and physical building assets, it’ll take time to accomplish.”
Sales at top tech firms have retreated from the blistering pace attained during the pandemic, when billions across the world were forced into isolation.
Customers stuck at home came to rely on delivery services like e-commerce and virtual connections formed through social media and videoconferencing.
Many tech stocks have surged in recent months, however, due in part to optimism about the potential benefits of artificial intelligence.
Shares of Amazon have climbed almost 30% since March 1.
The walkout among Amazon employees, which appears to be made up predominantly of corporate workers, comes more than a year after warehouse workers at a Staten Island facility established the company’s first-ever union in the U.S.
Warehouse workers, however, have faced difficulty sustaining the momentum. In the months following the victory, labor campaigns were defeated overwhelmingly in elections at two other Amazon warehouses in New York.
Meanwhile, sharp divisions emerged within the Amazon Labor Union, the worker-led union behind the victory, according to previous interviews with four current and former workers at the Staten Island facility.
The walkout petition on Wednesday called for policy changes that would improve conditions for employees throughout the company.
“Our goal is to change Amazon’s cost/benefit analysis on making harmful, unilateral decisions that are having an outsized impact on people of color, women, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable people,” the petition said.
Calling on employees to sign on to the walkout, the petition added: “The more pledges, the stronger our voice.”
(NOTE LANGUAGE) In a wide-ranging interview with GQ,Ryan Gosling talks about his career, his family life and the hype around playing Ken in Barbie.
The 42-year-old actor says of the famously insignificant other to the titular doll, “Ken, his job is beach.”
He adds, “For 60 years, his job has been beach. What the f*** does that even mean?”
Still, the dad to two doll-playing daughters with Eva Mendes brought some real-world experience to the role. “I did see him [a Ken], like, face down in the mud outside one day, next to a squished lemon,” the actor recalls, “and it was like, this guy’s story does need to be told, you know?”
Gosling said he “touched base” with his kid performer self to bring the plastic himbo to life. “There’s something about this Ken that really, I think, relates to that version of myself,” he admits.
“Just, like, the guy that was putting on [MC] Hammer pants and dancing at the mall and smelling like Drakkar Noir and Aqua Net-ing bangs. I owe that kid a lot.”
Like Ken, The New Mickey Mouse Club version of Gosling “didn’t know what he was doing or why he was doing it, he was just doing it.”
He also says it’s “funny” that online snarkers complained of his casting. “This kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken. Like you ever thought about Ken before this?” he asks.
“But suddenly, it’s like, ‘No, we’ve cared about Ken this whole time.’ No, you didn’t. You never did … If you ever really cared about Ken, you would know that nobody cared about Ken. So your hypocrisy is exposed.”
