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Jeremy Renner says he refuses to be “haunted” by memory of snowplow accident

April 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

(NOTE LANGUAGE) Jeremy Renner is refusing to be “haunted” by the memory of his life-threatening snowplow accident.

In his first interview since the accident, Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview — A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph, airing Thursday, April 6, at 10 p.m. ET on ABC, the Avengers star reflects on the accident and shares how he wants to move forward.

“I shifted the narrative of it being victimized or making a mistake or anything else,” he said. “I refuse to be f****** haunted by that memory that way.”

On New Year’s Day of 2023, firefighters and paramedics responded to a 911 call regarding Renner. The caller, Renner’s neighbor, Rich Kovach, told the 911 dispatcher on the phone that Renner had been “run over by a snowcat” and asked them to send help.

“It was blood, the amount of blood, and then he was — he was just in such pain,” Kovach told Sawyer. “And the sounds that were coming out of him — and there was so much blood in the snow. And then when I looked at his head it appeared to me to be cracked wide open. And I could see white, I don’t know if that was his skull, if it — maybe it was just my imagination but that’s what I thought I saw.”

Also on the scene with Renner was his nephew Alex Fries, 27, who said he was holding onto Renner’s arm in an attempt to help him breathe.

Renner said that he “was awake through every moment.”

“I started moving my legs,” he said. “I said, ‘Oh, that one — that one’s really messed up. Oh yeah…that’s gonna be a problem.'”

“And I’m thinkin’ like, ‘What’s my body look like? Am I just gonna be like a spine in a brain like a science experiment?'” Renner recalled.

Mick Mars alleges Nikki Sixx “did not play a single note of bass” on Mötley Crüe tour in new lawsuit

April 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Guitarist Mick Mars is suing Mötley Crüe.

In docs seen by ABC Audio, Mars alleges that his share of the Crüe’s profits were decreased following his retirement from touring last October, and that the other band members — Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and Vince Neil — played to pre-recorded tapes during last summer’s Stadium Tour.

As previously reported, the “Kickstart My Heart” outfit announced that Mars, 71, was getting off the road due to his ongoing battle his ongoing battle with the inflammatory disease ankylosing spondylitis, or AS. Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 was named Mars’ replacement. A rep for Mars told Variety a day before the announcement that the guitarist “will continue as a member of the band, but can no longer handle the rigors of the road.”

In his suit, however, Mars alleges that, following the retirement announcement, Mötley reduced his share of the profits from 25% to 5%.

The suit also states that bassist Sixx “gaslighted” Mars by telling him his “guitar playing was sub par,” while Sixx himself “did not play a single note on bass” live.

“A significant portion of Neil’s vocals were also pre-recorded,” the suit reads. “Even some of Lee’s drum parts were recordings.”

Mötley Crüe reunited in 2019 with original members Mars, Sixx, Lee and Neil, after playing what was advertised as their “final” show on New Year’s Eve 2015. They announced the Stadium Tour with Def Leppard for 2020, which was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

News of the lawsuit follows a recent interview Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice gave to Ultimate Guitar, in which he claimed that Mars was “not happy” on the Stadium Tour because “everything was on tape.” Sixx responded to Appice by calling him a “washed up drummer.”

See photos from the star-studded Breland & Friends concert

April 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Missed the Breland & Friends concert in person in Nashville or on livestream? Don’t worry, Breland’s got you covered with photos from the electrifying night.

Returning for a second year, the sold-out Breland & Friends concert took place at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on April 4 and featured performances from artists such as Keith Urban, Sam Hunt, Tyler Hubbard, Ingrid Andress, Nate Smith and Tenille Townes. Proceeds from the event benefitted Nashville’s Oasis Center and its mission to help local at-risk youth.

“The second annual Breland & Friends was a night I’ll never forget,” Breland says on Instagram. Thank you to all of the artists that showed up, everyone who donated to @oasiscenternashville and all of the fans and members of my team who helped us sell out @theryman for the second straight year. And much love to @johnnie.izquierdo for all of these incredible photos. I’m gonna have to frame these.”

View photos from the Breland & Friends show on Breland’s Instagram.

Breland is currently climbing the country charts with his single, “For What It’s Worth.”

John Lydon’s wife Nora dies after battle with Alzheimer’s Disease

April 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon is mourning the loss of his wife Nora Forster, who passed away at age 80, after suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. The news was revealed on the Twitter account of Lydon’s band Public Image Ltd.

“It is with a heavy heart that we share the sad news that Nora Forster – John Lydon’s wife of nearly 5 decades – has passed away,” read the post. “Nora had been living with Alzheimer’s for several years. In which time John had become her full time carer.” The statement continued, “Please respect John’s grief and allow him space. Rest in Peace Nora.”

Lydon and Forster married in 1979. In 2018, Lydon revealed his wife’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and in 2020 shared that he had become her full-time caregiver.

In February, Lydon and PiL competed to represent Ireland in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, performing the tune “Hawaii,” which Lydon wrote about Nora’s battle with the disease. At the time he noted the song was “dedicated to everyone going through tough times on the journey of life, with the person they care for the most.”

Mom goes viral after telling teacher her daughter is skipping class for Taylor Swift concert

April 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

A Taylor Swift fan and mom has gone viral after sharing a letter she wrote to her daughter’s teacher, asking that her daughter be excused from class so she can attend Taylor’s Eras Tour.

Karen Vladek, a lawyer and legal recruiter, shared the note she wrote to her daughter Maddie‘s teacher on Twitter with the caption, “Here’s hoping my daughter’s 1st grade teacher is a Swiftie.” The note incorporated as many references to Taylor’s songs as possible, with such lines as, “I hope missing school doesn’t ruin her otherwise stellar Reputation but she begged me to go and maybe I Should Have Said No but I didn’t want to be Mean. So It Goes.”

She also wrote, “I know I did Something Bad and I promise this will be The Last Time she has an unexcused absence before the Cruel Summer starts.” She signed it “Forever and Always” and the subject line was, “It’s Me, Hi, I’m the Problem It’s Me.”

Vladek’s plan worked: She posted a follow-up captioned, “MS PARKS” — the teacher — “GETS IT.” It was a screenshot of the teacher’s reaction: “THIS MADE MY ENTIRE DAY.”

Vladek and Maddie are going to see the Eras tour on April 24 in Houston.

Diddy gifts DJ Khaled with golf cart

April 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

DJ Khaled‘s hard work on the golf course has earned a special gift from his friend Diddy. Taking to the Instagram Wednesday, the Bad Boy CEO revealed he purchased a golf cart that would help Khaled achieve his golf goals.

“I’m so proud of my brother @DJKhaled for all the work he’s putting in on the golf course,” he writes. “Enjoy my gift to you! I had to find the flyest of the fly for my brother! This ain’t no regular degular golf cart!” The caption accompanied a reel in which Diddy and Khaled posed and jammed to music.

Khaled sporadically posts clips from his time on the golf course. He previously narrated a funny advertisement for the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) and is reportedly filming a show about the sport.

“‘Let’s Go Golfing’ TV show [is] in the works,” he wrote on Instagram. My team said, ‘Khaled, it’s [a] bidding war for the show.’ I will take you [into] the world of golf from my view and how we do, and then [it] gets even more amazing [when you] see what happens after we play golf! Be ready!”

Tennessee expulsion vote: State House could oust Democratic lawmakers after gun violence protest

April 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The Republican-controlled Tennessee state House of Representatives convened on Thursday to vote on ousting three Democratic lawmakers, which, if successful, would mark the first partisan expulsion in the state’s modern history.

The legislative session was underway as of Thursday afternoon but the expulsion vote hadn’t yet started.

Protesters gathered both inside — in the gallery, where they were told to remain silent — and in large groups outside, in apparent support of the three Democratic lawmakers.

Reps. Justin Jones, Gloria Johnson and Justin J. Pearson are the three facing expulsion resolutions for allegedly violating the chamber’s rules of decorum by participating in a gun control protest at the state Capitol last week. The demonstration came in the wake of the deadly Covenant School shooting in Nashville on March 27, where a former student fatally shot three children and three adults, police have said.

When protesters crowded the state House and gallery hallways last week, calling for stricter gun laws, only one Democratic lawmaker was granted permission to address them.

Others, particularly young progressives like freshman Reps. Pearson and Jones, also wanted to speak but were prohibited by Republican leadership.

So, during a recess, the duo, along with Johnson, used the well of the House chambers to demand action. With their mics shut off, they brought a megaphone, leading chants.

Days later, Tennessee’s Republican Reps. Bud Hulsey, Gino Bulso and Andrew Farmer sponsored the expulsion resolutions Monday. They argued the Democratic lawmakers “did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives through their individual and collective actions.”

Hulsey, Bulso and Farmer did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment.

Republican state lawmakers including Speaker Cameron Sexton have accused the trio of attempting to incite an insurrection, even likening their actions to the violent Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to ABC affiliate WKRN.

Since the Civil War, the Tennessee state House has voted only twice to expel a member.

As of Thursday, the trio of Democrats said they have already lost ID access to the state Capitol and been stripped of any committee assignments.

But Pearson and Johnson told ABC News, no matter the results of the expulsion vote, they will remain undeterred in fighting for their constituents.

“If we are expelled on Thursday, you can expect the protest to continue the resistance to build, and the advocacy for our communities and for the people that we care about,” said Pearson.

“This is not going to stop me in the least,” Johnson added.

ABC News’ Sarah Beth Guevara contributed to this report.

Officials credit vigilant Ohio high school student for preventing potential shooting

April 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

(CHESTERLAND, Ohio) — Local officials in Ohio are commending the quick thinking of a high school student who they say potentially averted a school shooting.

After the 17-year-old student alerted a school resource officer on Monday morning about a bullet found in one of the school’s bathrooms, police were able to locate and arrest a student who had brought a 9mm handgun and three fully-loaded magazines into the school, school officials said.

“The fact that we were able to do so rests in large part on the actions of a student who did what he knew was right; he reported a suspicious finding to his school resource officer,” West Geauga Local Schools Superintendent Richard Markwardt said at a press conference on Wednesday.

Police charged 18-year-old Brandon Morrissette with attempted aggravated murder, inducing panic and illegal possession of a deadly weapon in a school, according to court records obtained by ABC affiliate WEWS in Cleveland.

Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz said that Morrissette will be taken into custody and arraigned once he clears medical and psychological evaluations at a mental health facility, which could be as early as Friday.

It was not immediately known if Morrissette has an attorney.

Chester Township Police Chief Craig Young said that once authorities learned about the bullet, they sorted through nearly two dozen individuals captured on video entering the school’s bathroom, eventually narrowing it down to Morrissette who was arrested Monday morning.

Flaiz also credited the school’s resource officer for the successful response.

“This was handled, in my opinion, absolutely correctly and properly from beginning to end,” he said.

The school went into lockdown while the investigation took place, and students were later dismissed for the entire day due to an associated threat on social media, according to Markwardt. Officials defended the delay in waiting until the school’s third period to issue a lockdown, despite finding the bullet during the first period, calling any earlier lockdown based on the information available at the time “premature.”

“I am deeply grateful for the fact that no students and staff were injured or killed in this recent incident,” Markwardt said at the press conference.

Rihanna says “motherhood is the bomb

April 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Rihanna is enjoying her new role as a mother.

TMZ reports the singer, her son, mother and boyfriend A$AP Rocky went out for a family dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica Wednesday. When asked how motherhood has changed her life, she responded, “Motherhood is the bomb! It’s the greatest.”

Rihanna and Rocky welcomed their first child together, a boy, in May of 2022. The baby has since been on Rih’s socials and on the March cover of British Vogue, but his name has never been revealed. He’ll soon be an older brother, as the singer is currently expecting.

Biden administration will share reports on Afghanistan withdrawal with Congress, official says

April 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon and State Department are set to share with Congress their after-action reports on the 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the White House will soon announce, according to a U.S. official.

The reports will be provided to lawmakers via a secure portal so members can access them electronically.

The White House will also publicly release a 10-page unclassified summary on the withdrawal, which has long drawn sharp criticism from Republicans.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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