Red Hot Chili Peppers are headlining the 2023 Sound On Sound festival, taking place September 30 and October 1 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The bill also includes Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Alanis Morissette, Hozier, Lord Huron, Dispatch, Mt. Joy and John Mayer, among others.
Tickets go on sale Thursday, March 9, at noon ET. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit SoundonSoundCT.com.
Before playing Sound On Sound, Red Hot Chili Peppers will launch a U.S. headlining tour in April in support of their two 2022 albums, Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen.
When Peter Gabriel recently announced his new album, i/o, he said he’d be dropping a new song with each full moon. For March’s full moon he’s shared the new track “Playing for Time,” which he wrote and produced.
“’Playing for Time’ is a song that I have been working on for a long time and have performed live, without lyrics, so some people may be familiar with it,” Gabriel shares. “It’s been an important song for me. It’s about time, mortality and memories and the idea that each of us has a planet full of memories which get stashed inside the brain.”
This is the third track Gabriel has released from i/o, his first new album in 20 years. He’s already shared “The Court (Dark-Side remix)” and “Panopticom.”
So far the album does not have an exact release date but it is expected to come out this year.
And now fans in the U.S. and Canada are going to get to see Gabriel perform his new music this fall. He’s added 12 new North American dates to his i/o – The Tour, kicking off September 8 in Quebec City, Canada. The first U.S. date scheduled is September 14 in Boston, with the tour hitting Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco before wrapping October 13 in Los Angeles. More U.S. dates are expected to be announced.
Tickets for the North American leg go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. You can find a complete list of dates at petergabriel.com.
(NEW YORK) — As information from the Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox News reveals more about what allegedly occurred behind the scenes at the cable network in the wake of the 2020 election, below is a look at what some the biggest Fox stars were privately saying about election fraud claims — versus what they said on-air to their viewers around the same time.
The voting machine company, which is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion for allegedly defaming the company in the aftermath of the 2020 election, has filed court documents containing emails, texts, testimony, and other private communications from Fox News personnel appearing to cast doubt on claims that Dominion’s voting machines had somehow rigged the presidential election in Joe Biden’s favor.
The material suggest a stark contrast between concerns the hosts privately raised about fraud claims and the claims that they aired to their viewers, sometimes within the same day.
Fox News has said that Dominion in its filings has “mischaracterized the record” and “cherry-picked quotes stripped of key context.”
“Dominion’s lawsuit has always been more about what will generate headlines than what can withstand legal and factual scrutiny,” network officials said in a statement. “Their efforts to publicly smear FOX for covering and commenting on allegations by a sitting President of the United States should be recognized for what it is: a blatant violation of the First Amendment.”
Dominion, in its filings, claims that it sent more than 3,600 separate communications to Fox News with fact checks intended to correct false information. In one of the entries included in Dominion’s filing, a Fox executive wrote to a colleague that he had received so many of Dominion’s fact checks that “I have it tattooed on my body at this point.”
Below are some examples of Fox hosts’ private communications, as cited in the filing, versus what they said on their broadcasts at around the same time.
Tucker Carlson: ‘The software s–t is absurd’
IN PRIVATE: On Nov. 8, Carlson privately texted his producer that the allegations about Dominion were “absurd,” according to the Dominion filing. Also that day, Carlson’s producer texted him about his own doubts.
“I don’t think there is evidence of voter fraud that swung the election,” producer Alex Pfeiffer texted to Carlson, per the lawsuit. “The software s–t is absurd,” Carlson allegedly responded. “Half our viewers have seen the Maria clip.”
ON-AIR: On his show just one night later, Carlson pushed more suggestions of fraud, though he said “we don’t know anything about the software.”
“We don’t know how many votes were stolen on Tuesday night. We don’t know anything about the software that many say was rigged. We don’t know. We ought to find out,” he said. “But here’s what we do know. On a larger level, at the highest levels, actually, our system isn’t what we thought it was. It’s not as fair as it should be. Not even close.”
Carlson during this show also said that “false claims of fraud can be every bit as destructive as the fraud itself,” according to the filing, and that “[T]he fraud that we can confirm does not seem to be enough to alter the election results. We should be honest and tell you that…”
Maria Bartiromo: Powell’s ‘kooky’ email
IN PRIVATE: On Nov. 7, host Maria Bartiromo scoffed at an email she received from attorney Sidney Powell forwarding her evidence of fraud, calling it “kooky,” the filing said.
ON AIR: Just one day later, Bartiromo had Powell on her show where she invited her to discuss her claims, saying “I know there were voting irregularities.”
“Sidney, we talked about the Dominion software. I know that there were voting irregularities. Tell me about that,” she said, according to Dominions filing.
Sean Hannity: “Rudy is acting like an insane person”
IN PRIVATE: On Nov. 11, according to the filing, Hannity privately commented on Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani.
“Rudy is acting like an insane person,” Hannity said, per the filing.
IN PUBLIC: That same day on his show, Hannity told his viewers that the lawsuits and affidavits being filed allege “serious election misconduct.”
“Investigations continue in multiple key states where hundreds, now, of sworn affidavits are being filed, lawsuits are being filed, alleging serious election misconduct,” he said. “And let’s not forget the software error — we’re going to be focused on this a lot — wrongfully awarded Joe Biden thousands of ballots that were cast for President Trump, until the problem was amazingly fixed. And according to a report, that very same software — it’s called Dominion Voting Systems — that was used in 28 states.”
Tucker Carlson: Allegations against Dominion ‘shockingly reckless’
IN PRIVATE: On Nov. 21, Carlson privately texted that claims about Dominion were “shockingly reckless,” according to the filing.
It’s “shockingly reckless” to claim Dominion rigged election “[i]f there’s no one inside the company willing to talk, or internal Dominion documents or copies of the software showing that they did it” — “as you know there isn’t,” he wrote, according to the lawsuit.
ON-AIR: Two nights later, on Nov. 23, Carlson told his viewers during his show that security surrounding electronic voting machines was a “real issue.”
“You’ve heard a lot over the past few days about the security of our electronic voting machines. This is a real issue, no matter who raises it or who tries to dismiss it out of hand as a conspiracy theory. Electronic voting is not as secure as traditional hand counting. Period. It never will be as secure,” he said.
Laura Ingraham: ‘No serious lawyer could believe what they were saying’
IN PRIVATE: On Nov. 22, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham privately discussed Sidney Powell, according to the filing, with Tucker calling her a “nut.”
“It totally wrecked my weekend. Wow… I had to try to make the WH disavow her, which they obviously should have done long before,” Carlson told Ingraham, per the filing. “No serious lawyer could believe what they were saying,” she allegedly replied. “But they said nothing in public,” replied Carlson. “Pretty disgusting.”
ON AIR: Just one night later, Ingraham, speaking to her viewers, said that she believed the election was “rife with problems and potential fraud” but that Biden would be nonetheless inaugurated on Jan. 20.
“Now legal challenges continue in a number of states, serious questions about vote counting, poll watcher access, are outstanding — but unless the legal situation changes in a dramatic and frankly an unlikely manner, Joe Biden will be inaugurated on Jan. 20,” she said. “Now, to say this, does not mean I don’t think that this election was rife with problems and potential fraud … and it does not mean that I disagree with the president’s right and obligation at all to pursue legitimate legal challenges to this outcome.”
Tucker Carlson: ‘There wasn’t enough fraud to change the outcome’
PRIVATE: On Nov. 13, Carlson wrote privately that Trump needed to concede, and agreed that “there wasn’t enough fraud to change the outcome” of the election, according to the filing.
PUBLIC: Three nights later, Carlson said on air that there are “legitimate concerns” about election integrity.
“Millions of Americans understandably are asking the questions and questions like it. Those are real questions. Our current system does not inspire confidence,” he said. “People have legitimate concerns about the integrity of our elections and right now a lot of those concerns center on the software that many states use to keep track of ballots.” And while Carlson added that he would not “endorse” Powell’s claims until he saw evidence, he said they were “shocking” and that he didn’t “dismiss it out of hand.”
Laura Ingraham: ‘Sidney is a complete nut’
IN PRIVATE: On Nov. 18, Carlson said privately to Ingraham that he caught Powell “lying” and it was “unbelievably offensive,” according to the filing.
“Sidney Powell is lying by the way. I caught her. It’s insane,” Carlson allegedly said. “Sidney is a complete nut. No one will work with her. Ditto with Rudy,” replied Ingraham. “It’s unbelievably offensive to me,” said Carlson. “Our viewers are good people and they believe it.”
ON-AIR: On the air that night, Ingraham criticized those who dismissed Trump’s challenges as conspiracy theories and praised another “great show” that had reviewed affidavits that “cited really disturbing things they had seen.”
Now the third highest-grossing movie of all time — just ahead of his Titanic and below the number-one film of all time, the original Avatar — James Cameron‘s Avatar: The Way of Water will be available for purchase on digital March 28.
The Oscar-nominated sequel will be available on all the major digital platforms, including Prime Video, Vudu and Apple TV+, along with more than three hours of bonus content.
The digital release comes packed with nearly 20 behind-the-scenes featurettes about the making of the $2.2 billion-grossing epic, including deep dives into its bleeding-edge digital effects, casting videos, and a special feature showing how its cast learned to live off the land to prepare for their roles as Pandora’s native Na’vi.
The film — starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Edie Falco, Kate Winslet, and Sigourney Weaver — is up for four Academy Awards this coming Sunday, including Best Picture.
Avatar: The Way of Water was produced by 20th Century Studios, which is owned by Disney, parent company of ABC News.
(NEW YORK) — The trial of a Texas fitness influencer accused of scamming thousands of customers and misleading those with eating disorders begins Tuesday.
Brittany Dawn Davis, better known as Brittany Dawn, was sued by the state Attorney General’s Office in February 2022, accused of deceptive business practices by not delivering personalized fitness and nutrition plans.
According to the lawsuit, Davis charged customers $92 to $300 for her allegedly tailored plans and then failed to connect with them for their one-on-one coaching and check-ins, as promised.
Davis began her career in 2014 when she founded the company Brittany Dawn Fitness and quickly gained traction, the lawsuit said. She currently boasts 1.3 million followers on TikTok and about 467,000 on Instagram.
The lawsuit alleges that depending on the plan a customer purchased, they could receive daily or weekly training by email and one-on-one individualized coaching.
“However, the online nutrition and fitness plans delivered to consumers were not individualized,” the lawsuit states.
Neither Davis not her attorney returned ABC News’ request for comment.
However, in court filings, Davis said she denies “generally every allegation” made by the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
According to the lawsuit, one customer only received a single email from Davis with no adjustments made to her plan. Another customer allegedly stopped receiving communication from Davis after two weeks.
Other customers received no responses or, if they did, they were generic, including phrases like “THAT’S MY GIRL! You’re killing it!” or “You’ve got this babe!” according to the lawsuit.
In addition to Davis’ alleged failure to provide coaching and check-ins, the lawsuit also states that she and her company “largely ignored consumer complaints.”
When complaints were addressed, only partial refunds were offered, according to the lawsuit.
A 2019 report from ABC News’ Good Morning America found that customers received anywhere from $50 refunds to full refunds if they signed an NDA.
Kenzie Andino told local ABC affiliate WFAA-TV that she paid $300 for one of Davis’ plans in 2017 but says she quickly learned she wasn’t getting what she was promised.
“I knew what customized meant and that was not at all what I received,” she said. “In fact, the first document I received didn’t even have the right name on it. It was someone else’s name.”
Andino’s customized plan was a diet that had her eating just 900 calories a day. She told WFAA she sent Davis a long message addressing her concerns with her eating plan.
“I made sure to let her know that I was concerned,” she told WFAA. “My response that I got within — no lie — 45 seconds of sending it was ‘nice work babe’ and after that, I told her that I was done.”
The lawsuit also accuses Davis of misleading customers with eating disorders.
Davis posted videos on YouTube claiming she overcame her eating disorder with healthy eating and exercise, according to the lawsuit.
Although Davis claims she never accepted customers with eating disorders, at least 14 allege asking for refunds and specifically mention disorders, the lawsuit states.
One customer reported suffering from a restrictive eating disorder and that she was looking to increase her calorie intake only to receive an eating plan that was “significantly lower than what the consumer, who needed to gain weight, had reported,” according to the lawsuit.
After complaints of Davis’ business practices started circulating on social media in 2019, Davis posted a video to YouTube apologizing, but the video was “promptly” taken down, according to the lawsuit.
Davis appeared on Good Morning America in 2019 to address the criticism.
“I have such a heart for what I do and being in this industry,” Davis said. “I jumped into an industry that had no instruction manual. I’m basically going through uncharted territory and I’m doing the best that I can to the best of my ability.”
She continued, “I’m using this is a tool to learn and to grow as a professional and to move forward.”
The state is seeking damages between $250,000 and more than $1 million to cover civil penalties, attorneys’ fees and other costs.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office did not immediately return ABC News’ request for comment.
There have been rumors for a while that Avril Lavigne, who split last month with her fiance Mod Sun, was involved with rapper Tyga, but now there appears to be evidence that they’re more than friends.
While Avril and Tyga have been spotted together several times over the past month in Los Angeles, TMZ now has photos of the two kissing at a party during Paris Fashion Week on Monday. The two also walked into the party hand-in-hand.
In the past, Tyga has been in relationships with Blac Chyna and Kylie Jenner. Avril, who got engaged to Mod Sun in Paris in March of 2022, was previously married to Sum-41‘s Deryck Whibley and Nickelback‘s Chad Kroeger.
Avril and Mod first met in 2021 and put out a collaboration called “Flames.” He subsequently appeared on her 2022 album, Love Sux. Mod released his latest album, God Save the Teen, on February 3, featuring a track called “Avril’s Song,” as well as a duet with Avril called “Shelter.” But a few days after he launched a new tour, Avril’s rep confirmed to E! News that the two had ended their engagement.
Mod, apparently blindsided, later wrote on Instagram post, “In 1 week my entire life completely changed…I just know there’s a plan for it all. I’ll keep my head up + always listen to my heart, even when it feels broken.”
(NEW YORK) — More rain and snow are headed to hard-hit California, where some residents are still digging out from the massive snowfall that’s been pounding the region.
The next major storm is expected Thursday and Friday when the atmospheric river slams the San Francisco area with heavy rain and brings about 5 more feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Major flooding is possible in some areas.
In the areas with deep piles of snow, the snow could absorb the rain, and prevent extreme flooding. But that will make the snow even heavier and could cause roofs to collapse.
This comes after the Sierra Nevada mountain region was buried by 16 feet of snow in just the last two weeks.
The Sierra’s snowfall total for the season now stands at 48.33 feet, marking the snowiest season since the winter of 2010-2011. But this year isn’t the snowiest season on record; the winter of 1951-1952 holds the record at 67.65 feet of snow.
In Southern California’s San Bernardino County, crews have removed more than 7.2 million cubic yards of snow from highways, which equals nearly 2,270 Olympic-size swimming pools, according to the governor’s office.
Halle Bailey‘s version of Ariel in The Little Mermaid will be seen in theaters — and possibly stores, too. In an Instagram post Monday, the singer revealed her character has its own doll, which even has a mole just like hers.
“I have something really exciting to reveal to you all. I am gonna cry,” she said in a video. “This is the new Little Mermaid doll! I am literally choking up because this means so much to me.”
“And to have one that looks like me, that’s my favorite Disney character, is very surreal,” the singer continued. “And look, she even has my mole! See? And the hair, and the tail … I’m just stunned, so I don’t quite know what to do with it, but I’m gonna steal this and take it home.”
She wrote in the post’s caption, “Omg…the little girl in me is pinching herself right now ..I have my own Little Mermaid Ariel doll !!! I can’t believe how much she captures my version of this iconic character…brb gonna go cry now.”
Halle stars as Ariel in the upcoming live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, set to premiere May 23 in theaters nationwide. It’s not clear when or if her new doll will be released.
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(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s second child, a daughter named Kim Ju Ae, who has been exposed to the public lately, has an older brother and another sibling, according to lawmakers who were briefed by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) in a closed-door meeting Tuesday.
Lawmakers Youn Kun-young and Yoo Sang-bum shared new tidbits about the Kim family with reporters after a closed-door briefing with the spy agency.
“Kim Ju Ae appears to be homeschooled in Pyongyang and her hobbies include horseback riding, swimming, and skiing. In particular, there is information that Kim Jong Un is quite satisfied with her excellent horseback riding skills,” Yoo told reporters.
But news that people with the same name as Kim Ju Ae were forced to change their names in North Korea appears to be false, according to the spy agency.
Questions have been raised whether Kim’s 9-year-old daughter may become the future leader of the isolated regime after she had been spotted at official events since last November when Kim Jong Un took her to the ICBM test launch site.
She received spotlight as she accompanied her father hand in hand during the military parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the country’s army. North Korea’s state media described her as the “respected” and “beloved” daughter of Kim Jong Un in a report about the parade.
“The intention behind the second born Kim Joo Ae’s frequent appearance in public seems like an effort to imprint the legitimacy of the hereditary succession of the Kim bloodline,” Yoo said.
The NIS explained that Kim Jong Un is still too young and healthy to designate a successor so early.
Little is known about the other two siblings. Yoo told reporters that the first child is a son citing international intel, although there is no specific physical evidence. The existence of the third child has been confirmed, but the gender is still unknown according to intelligence.
Lawmaker Yun also told the press that North Korea could engage in large-scale, military drills in March or April, and test its new solid fuel Intercontinental ballistic missile soon.
Amazon Prime Video on Monday dropped the trailer for Citadel, the new spy series from Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo, starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The plot, according to the streamer: “Eight years ago, Citadel fell. The independent global spy agency—tasked to uphold the safety and security of all people—was destroyed by operatives of Manticore, a powerful syndicate manipulating the world from the shadows. With Citadel’s fall, elite agents Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh — played respectively by Madden and Chopra Jonas — had their memories wiped as they narrowly escaped with their lives.” Citadel launches April 28 with two new episodes, followed by a new episode released weekly every Friday through May 26… (Trailer contains uncensored profanity.)
Scarlett Johansson is circling the lead role in Private Benjamin filmmaker Nancy Meyers‘ upcoming feature for Netflix, with the working title Paris Paramount, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Penélope Cruz, Owen Wilson and Michael Fassbender are also reportedly eying the project, which Meyers will write, produce and direct. The film, insiders tell THR, will follow “a talented young writer-director who falls in love with a producer, with the pair making several successful films before calling it quits romantically and professionally. The two are forced back together, however, when a great new project arises, and they find themselves teamed up again and having to deal with high stakes and volatile stars”…
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt alum Ellie Kemper is in talks to star in Motherland, a comedy pilot for ABC based on the British series, according to Deadline. Karan Soni, best known for playing Dopinder in the Deadpool movies, has been tapped for a lead role in the project co-produced by Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment. The Big Sick helmer Michael Showalter is set to direct. Motherland, per the outlet, would star Kemper as Julia, “a working mom for whom nothing is working so she goes looking for her village. With the help of new friends Calvin, played by Soni, and Liz, Julia discovers she just might succeed at balancing work and parenting from time to time…”
