While it was never properly released, “Say Yes to Heaven” was leaked online and eventually became a viral TikTok song. Now, 11 years after it was first written in 2012, Del Rey has made “Say Yes to Heaven” officially available via digital outlets, along with a “sped up” version, as is seemingly required for all TikTok sensations.
The release of “Say Yes to Heaven” follows Del Rey’s new album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, which dropped in March.
You can catch Del Rey live at a number of festivals this summer, including Lollapalooza and Outside Lands.
(WASHINGTON) — A D.C. police lieutenant was arrested and charged Friday with obstruction of justice and making false statements over allegations that he leaked information to then-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy last month for his role in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
The Justice Department announced Friday that Shane Lamond, 47, was indicted by a grand jury in D.C. with one count of obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements.
Lamond was repeatedly mentioned throughout the course of the nearly four month seditious conspiracy trial over his ties to Tarrio.
The indictment unsealed Friday alleges he obstructed the government’s investigation into Tarrio for his burning of a Black Lives Matter flag in December 2020 by telling the Proud Boys leader law enforcement had a warrant out for his arrest.
Lamond is further alleged to have given confidential law enforcement information to Tarrio that in turn was passed along to other Proud Boys members.
When Lamond was interviewed in June of 2021 by law enforcement, he allegedly lied about his contacts with Tarrio multiple times, the indictment alleges.
On their 2020 holiday album, Goo Goo Dolls covered Tom Petty‘s “Christmas All Over Again,” and during their summer tour last year, they covered another Petty song, “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” at nearly every show. Ahead of this summer’s tour, they’ve released yet another Petty cover, this time as a collaboration with the singer from the band they’re touring with.
The band has covered Petty’s classic “I Won’t Back Down,” and they’re joined on it by Marc Roberge [roe-BAIRGE] of O.A.R. They’ll hit the road on their Big Night Out summer tour starting July 24 in Clearwater, Florida.
There’s also a video for the song that shows the two acts recording the track together back in March.
Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik says in a statement, “We decided we wanted to give our audience the best night of their summer, and we are so proud to have teamed up not only for the tour, but to record one of our favorite songs together.”
“It has been so great working with Johnny and the band on ‘I Won’t Back Down,'” adds Marc. “Tom Petty’s music has been such an inspiration for us and a meaningful part of our musical journey. We’re looking forward to playing it out on the road for what will be a very special summer of music.”
(NEW YORK) — An Illinois mom is opening up about how she advocated for her teenage daughter to get the correct diagnosis and treatment she needed after she started experiencing life-changing symptoms over a year ago.
Lindsey Sutherland told Good Morning America her daughter Ayli started having unusual symptoms, such as a stiff hand, trouble walking and hallucinations, after she underwent jaw surgery.
“She did not know us. She was seeing things,” Sutherland recalled.
The symptoms were aggressive, according to Sutherland, and kept getting worse, leading to seizures, tics and parts of her 14-year-old daughter’s body freezing in place.
For months, doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong.
At times, Sutherland said her daughter’s behavior was psychotic.
“This was not my child anymore. It was like she wasn’t even in there,” Sutherland said.
Eventually, a friend of Sutherland’s told her Ayli’s symptoms reminded them of a movie called Brain on Fire, which recounts the true story of a young woman with psychotic episodes and seizures who was diagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis, a condition where the immune system attacks the brain.
“It was that story almost to a T. And so I thought, ‘OK, what do I have to lose? I’m calling those doctors from that movie,'” Sutherland said. “I begged and I said, ‘Please just see my child.'”
Doctors eventually diagnosed Ayli with both autoimmune encephalitis and stiff person syndrome, another rare debilitating disorder that iconic singer Celine Dion revealed she had last December. They think stress from Ayli’s jaw surgery may have set off her autoimmune encephalitis.
At Northwell Health’s Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, pediatric neurologist Dr. Juliann Paolicchi started treating Ayli with a couple medications, including steroids.
“The effect was miraculous,” Paolicchi told GMA.
“Our child was starting to come back to us. She could walk down the hall by herself,” Sutherland added.
Paolicchi said the right treatment for Ayli was like night and day.
“It was so striking that it was almost challenging to believe from a medical perspective,” Paolicchi said.
Although there is currently no cure for either autoimmune encephalitis or stiff person syndrome, Ayli’s symptoms are now under better control with the appropriate medications.
Ayli has now also returned to school and is looking ahead to her future.
“I’ve always wanted to work in the medical field but I think now, I’m leaning more towards helping patients that have this,” the 14-year-old said, referring to her conditions.
Sutherland said she encourages other parents to fight for and advocate for their kids’ care.
“If something’s not right in your gut, keep fighting,” Sutherland said. “Don’t stop.”
Ludacriswas honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday — supported by his Fast X co-stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, as well as Cody Walker, brother of the late Paul Walker.
Diesel took to the podium and touted Ludacris’ strong “curiosity” in life, as well as his “loyalty” and “gratitude.”
“If you take anything from this star, if you take anything from this king, if you take anything from his life, know that with every step he’s maintained a beautiful loyalty. And that loyalty will drive you far,” Diesel shared. “That loyalty will make your brothers and your family feel supported at all times. That loyalty is imperative. Maintain that.”
Ludacris described the honor as “mind-blowing,” adding that during Diesel’s tribute he “was trying hard not to cry.”
“Getting a star is a statement. But be clear about this statement: The even bigger statement to me is that we are all interconnected,” added Ludacris. “And I am a culmination of the people who showed up for me today believing in me and pushing me, to inspire me. I am a reflection of you … I’m nothing without you. Thank you.”
A three-song EP honoring the late Jeff Beck is out digitally today.
Jeff Beck Tribute features two live tracks, plus a song that combines one of Beck’s 2022 instrumentals — “Midnight Walker,” from his 2022 album 18 — with a spoken-word poem by his frequent collaborator Imelda May. May first recited the poem live at Beck’s memorial service on February 3.
“Is it really you?/like a ghost, calling my name/Each time I lean closer/and from the shadows, I hear your voice,” says May on the track, which is titled “Midnight Walker Lament.”
The second track is a live version of “Elegy for Dunkirk,” which Beck recorded on his album Emotion & Commotion. The EP version features vocals from opera singer Olivia Safe. At Beck’s memorial service, she performed a classical piece in his honor.
Rounding out the collection is a live version of the Freddie King blues song “Going Down,” recorded in Paris.
“Imelda’s poem on ‘Midnight Walker Lament’ on top of Jeff’s beautiful guitar work brings tears to my eyes,” Beck’s widow Sandra says in a statement. “‘Elegy for Dunkirk’ featuring Olivia Safe is a reminder of how Jeff’s playing, and opera interact.”
She also notes that “Going Down” was performed live at Beck’s memorial with vocals by Jimmy Hall.
As previously reported, Beck will be celebrated this weekend at London’s Royal Albert Hall with a two-night tribute concert featuring Eric Clapton, Kirk Hammett, Billy Gibbons, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Gary Clark Jr. and many more.
Jill Smokler, left, is shown during an interview with ABC News’ Janai Norman. — ABC News
(NEW YORK) — A year after “soft swinging” allegations embroiled a group of Mormon TikTok influencers in Utah, one of them is opening up about the aftermath of being unwittingly swept into the ensuing scandal, and the effect it had on her mental health.
“I experienced my first real panic attack, which I had never had before, just like rocking back and forth hyperventilating,” Miranda McWhorter said in a recent “Impact x Nightline” interview on Hulu. McWhorter denied participating in the alleged swinging.
The episode explores the industry known as “mom-fluencing” — where mothers amassing huge social media followings by sharing an often curated version of their families’ lives, posting everything from their kids’ hair routines to back to school hacks, while monetizing their content with lucrative brand deals.
Influencing is a multi-billion dollar industry, and moms are said to make up about 30% of that total, according to data from the Center on Digital Culture and Society at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication.
“When you have a mom influencer who has over a million followers, who is incredibly dedicated to her content creation, that’s when you can really start seeing the big money and the million dollar a year contracts. They’re essentially running media empires,” Piazza told “Impact.”
But there’s more than meets the eye with some of these seemingly perfect lives. The big business of influencing also goes hand in hand with the scandals and controversies going on behind the screen — something McWhorter knows firsthand.
When fellow mom-fluencer Taylor Frankie Paul announced she was getting divorced last May, Paul claimed she and her husband had a non-monogamous lifestyle and seemed to implicate other Mormon “MomTok” influencers in her group.
“I don’t know what you would call it, if it’s like soft swinging, but you don’t fully switch if that makes sense and go all the way, and to be honest, I did. We had an agreement, like all of us, and I did step out of that agreement, and that’s where I messed up,” Paul said during a livestream. She added, “No one was innocent, everyone has hooked up with like everyone in this situation.”
All members of the group targeted by the speculation quickly denied their involvement, including McWhorter, who posted that she had “nothing to do with [Paul’s] divorce” and “never soft swapped” with anybody.
McWhorter now tells “Impact” she has since moved away from Utah back to her hometown in Idaho.
“I’ve seen so many people say, ‘Miranda just moved out of Utah to get away from everything and everyone in Utah.’ And though that wasn’t the sole reason, I’m like, ‘I have no shame admitting that I was, like, ‘See ya. This is toxic for me and my mental health,'” McWhorter said.
Paul did not respond to a request for comment.
“Impact” also explored the controversy surrounding 31-year-old mom-fluencer Kathleen Sorenson, who was found guilty after falsely accusing a Latino couple of attempting to kidnap her children in 2020.
Meanwhile, a growing movement of mothers on social media seem to be ditching the idea of posting pristine images of their “flawless” family. Breaking out of that picture-perfect mold are mom influencers like Rosie Nguyen, who’s creating content about the “invisible labor” some moms take on, cracking jokes and writing skits about the messy side of motherhood.
“What blew my mind was that brands started reaching out. And they were like, ‘We want you to be just you.’ And I was like, ‘Stop. And you’re gonna pay me?'” Nguyen told “Impact.”
But when Nguyen first entered the mom-fluencing world, she says she didn’t see many moms who looked like her.
“Being an Asian creator, and an Asian mom content creator, I definitely see that we’re not represented well. There are brands who, you can scroll through their feed and it’s like, not a single diverse person is on there,” Nguyen said.
ABC News’ correspondent Janai Norman spoke to attendees at a conference called “Mom 2.0,” including Jill Smokler, who founded the popular site “Scary Mommy” in 2008.
Smokler, a mom of three, said she created the blog with the goal of documenting “the real side of parenthood.” She sold the blog to a major media company in 2015. Now that her children are older, she’s working to create a new brand called “She’s Got Issues.”
“It’s sort of where Scary Mommy left off, with where we are, where I am now, with older kids, with aging parents, with physical changes,” Smokler said.
But the rules have changed and Smokler is just trying to get back in the game.
“I felt like it shifted from natural, organic content into more calculated content. And my life is not that way. So I couldn’t even — even if I tried — could not portray that type of image. And I wouldn’t want to,” Smokler said.
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On Thursday, Harrison Ford was presented with an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes International Film Festival, ahead of his Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny screening there for the first time.
A montage of Ford’s films played before he was called to the podium, about which a “very touched” 80-year-old Hollywood icon said, “They say before you die, you see your life flash before your eyes, and I just saw my life flash before my eyes. A great part of my life, but not all of my life.”
Ford continued, honoring his “lovely wife” Calista Flockhart, who has “supported my passion and my dreams, and I’m grateful.” He adding of the crowd, “You know: I love you, too. You’ve given my life purpose and meaning, and I’m so grateful for that.”
After shouting out his Dial of Destiny director James Mangold, and co-stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen, Ford said, “I’m deeply honored, and humbled, but I got a movie you gotta see, it’s right behind me.”
The final Indy film also received a standing ovation, which lasted five minutes long, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Attorneys for Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed filed a motion Thursday to dismiss her case in the fatal on-set shooting of the film’s cinematographer.
Gutierrez-Reed was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Halyna Hutchins, 42, on the New Mexico set of the Western in October 2021.
Actor Alec Baldwin was practicing a cross-draw when the gun fired, striking the cinematographer and director Joel Souza, who suffered a non-life-threatening injury.
Baldwin also faced two counts of involuntary manslaughter over the shooting death, though the charges were dropped last month.
In the motion to dismiss, attorneys for the armorer criticized former prosecutors in the case, state Rep. Andrea Reeb and Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies — who have since stepped down — of running a “sloppy” and “unconstitutional” case against Ms. Gutierrez-Reed, and making “prejudicial” statements against her in the media.
Her attorneys also claim their prosecution of their client was amplified to benefit both prosecutors’ “personal brands.”
Investigators have said they found “a mix” of hundreds of rounds of ammunition on the movie’s set, including inert “dummy” rounds, firing blanks, and actual live ammunition, one round of which found its way into Baldwin’s gun, and discharged, killing Hutchins, and injuring Souza.
Gun enhancement charges filed in the case against both Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed were dropped in late February.
Gutierrez-Reed’s preliminary hearing was pushed back to the week of Aug. 9. It had initially been scheduled to start earlier this month, though both state and defense attorneys asked for more time.
Original version of “Cool for the Summer”; Hollywood/Island/Safehouse
The rock version of Demi Lovato‘s “Cool for the Summer” is closer than you think.
On Thursday, the Grammy nominee shared a black-and-white snippet of herself in the studio recording the new track alongside the caption, “Go tell your mother Cool For the Summer (Rock Version) 5/25.”
Demi, 30, first announced the new version of the song on March 30, dropping a link for fans to pre-save or pre-add the song.
The original “Cool for the Summer” was released in 2015 as the lead single off her fifth studio album Confident. The song had a resurgence earlier this year, largely due to it being mashed up with Ginuwine‘s “Pony” on TikTok.
