Lucky Daye fans are in for a treat, as the singer’s unveiled his latest merch, a magazine and a new video.
The Grammy winner’s online store now consists of hoodies, T-shirts, trucker hats, bucket hats, socks, fine art print and Candydrip vinyls. Also available is Lucky’s new CANDYDRIP Zine, which features never-before-seen photographs. His new video, an alternate visual for his single “NWA” featuring Lil Durk, gives fans an inside look at each page in the magazine.
Daye’s new merch and accompanying video come days after he released the deluxe version of his Grammy-nominated album Candydrip, which is up for Best R&B Album. He also received nods in the categories of Best R&B Performance, Album of the Year and Best R&B Song.
(NEW YORK) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, open up in the final episode of their Netflix docuseries about their pregnancy loss, which they say happened in July 2020, as they settled into their new home in California.
“I was pregnant,” Meghan says in the six-part series, titled “Harry & Meghan.” “I really wasn’t sleeping and the first morning that we woke up in our new home is when I miscarried.”
At the time of the miscarriage, Meghan and Harry were embroiled in a lawsuit against a U.K. tabloid publisher over the publication of a handwritten letter Meghan sent in 2018 to her estranged father, Thomas Markle.
Harry says in the docuseries that he believes the stress of the lawsuit contributed to Meghan’s miscarriage.
“I believe my wife suffered a miscarriage because of what the Mail did,” Harry said, referring to the U.K. tabloid that first published the letter. “I watched the whole thing.”
He continued, “Now, do we absolutely know that the miscarriage was caused by that? Of course we don’t. But bearing in mind the stress that that caused, the lack of sleep and the timing of the pregnancy, how many weeks in she was, I can say from what I saw, that miscarriage was created by what they were trying to do to her.”
Home footage aired in the episode shows Meghan writing on her laptop and poring over documents related to the case.
Harry and Meghan’s lawyer, Jenny Afia, identified onscreen as a partner at Schillings, a London-based law firm, says she also saw the stress Meghan was under.
“Meghan and I would be texting at 1 a.m. or 3 a.m., her time. She’d be awake, unable to sleep thinking about this case and the wider issues and the toll it was taking,” she said. “I knew the stress the latest development was having on Meghan, and that was that the Mail were going to argue that Meghan’s friends had already spoken about the letter to People magazine, and that Meghan had authorized that article, which she hadn’t.”
Meghan’s friend and former “Suits” co-star Abigail Spencer says she was coming to help Meghan unpack her new home when she saw her fall to the ground.
“I’m driving up just like, ‘Alright, we’re going to unpack. We’re going to get settled,’ and Meg is standing outside waiting for me and I can tell something is off,” Spencer said. “She’s like, ‘I’m having a lot of pain.’ She was holding Archie and she just fell to the ground.”
Meghan herself described the experience in a New York Times opinion piece about pregnancy loss, which was published in November 2020.
“I felt a sharp cramp. I dropped to the floor…I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second,” she wrote. “Hours later, I lay in a hospital bed, holding my husband’s hand. I felt the clamminess of his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet from both our tears. Staring at the cold white walls, my eyes glazed over. I tried to imagine how we’d heal.”
It is not known how many weeks Meghan was into her pregnancy when the loss occurred.
Meghan and Harry were the parents of a son, Archie, at the time of the miscarriage. They went onto have another child, a daughter they named Lili, in June 2021.
Later in the docuseries, Meghan describes the length of her court battle against the tabloid publisher, saying, “When all of this started, I had no children. And now I have birthed two and lost one and it’s still going on.”
A U.K. judge ruled in Meghan’s favor in the case last year.
What to know about early miscarriage and stress
Early pregnancy loss, or miscarriage, occurs during the first 13 weeks of pregnancy, known as the first trimester. Statistics can vary, but it happens in at least 10% of known pregnancies, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
That number is likely considerably higher, as many women miscarry before they realize that they’re expecting. Additionally, one recent study indicated that 43% of women who had at least one successful birth reported having had one or more first trimester losses.
As many as half of early miscarriages happen when the embryo does not develop properly, often because it has an abnormal number of chromosomes, which is a result of an egg or sperm that fertilized with fewer chromosomes than normal, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
The group says miscarriage is usually a “random event,” and not the result of external factors, such as stress.
“Working, exercising, stress, arguments, having sex, or having used birth control pills before getting pregnant do not cause miscarriage. Few medications can cause miscarriage,” the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists states on its website. “Morning sickness — the nausea and vomiting that is common in early pregnancy — also does not cause miscarriage.”
The group notes that “some women who have had a miscarriage believe that it was caused by a recent fall, blow, fright, or stress,” but “in most cases, this is not true. It may simply be that these things happened to occur around the same time and are fresh in the memory.”
One factor that can impact pregnancy loss is age, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The frequency of early pregnancy loss doubles for women between 35 and 40 years old from 20% to 40%.
“Most end because of a chromosome abnormality,” the group states. “There also is some evidence that chromosome abnormalities in the embryo increase as men get older. But it is not clear at what age this begins for men.”
Meghan, now 41, was 37-years-old when she announced her pregnancy with Archie, and 39-years-old when she announced her pregnancy with Lili.
Other potential risk factors for miscarriages include having had two or more previous miscarriages, having problems with the uterus and cervix, including fibroids and scars, and infections like sexually transmitted infections, according to the March of Dimes.
Avatar: The Way of Water makes a splash in theaters Friday, and Oscar-winning director James Cameron said he was eager to delve “deeper” into the characters we met in the original.
At a recent press event, he noted, “I think it’s important for a sequel to honor what the audience loved about the experience the first time, but also to … get them off balance, you know, do things that they don’t expect.”
He adds, “There are a lot of surprises in terms of where the story goes in this film that we’re not putting into the trailers and the TV spots and all that … It also goes a lot deeper in terms of the heart and the emotions. It was a much simpler story, and the characters were simpler, the first time.”
Part of that is exploring the family dynamic between Sam Worthington‘s Sully and Zoe Saldaña‘s Neytiri, who are now parents having to protect their children, as well as their way of life, when a new threat emerges on the planet Pandora.
Worthington explains Cameron had unique way of filling in the cast about what happened on the planet in the decade between the two films. “Jim gave me a script that was Avatar 1.5 that … unto itself is amazing and detailed and full of what they’ve kind of gone through over that gap.”
“But … [Cameron] wanted to explore what this family dynamic is, the natural extension of this love story,” Worthington says, noting the extra script, which they didn’t use, didn’t detail that. “But it gave us a good jumping off point to understand how to fill in that gap that’s missing.”
“To be honest, most people would have stuck on that [script]. But not this guy,” Sam said with a laugh of the writer-director.
We are getting our first real look at the upcoming movie about music producer Neil Bogart and Casablanca Records. The film, Spinning Gold, hits theaters March 31 and tells the story of the producer credited with launching the careers of such artists as Donna Summer, Gladys Knight, Parliament Funkadelic, The Village People and even KISS.
The movie stars Tony winner Jeremy Jordan as Bogart, with a cast that also includes Michelle Monaghan, DanFogler, Jay Pharoah, Chris Redd, Michael Ian Black and Sebastian Maniscalco.
In addition, X Ambassadors vocalist Sam Harris plays KISS’ Paul Stanley, with Casey Likes as Gene Simmons and All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth as Peter Criss. Other artists portrayed in the film include George Clinton, played by Wiz Khalifa; Ron Isley, played by Jason Derulo; Gladys Knight, played by Ledisi; Bill Withers, played by Pink Sweat$; and Donna Summer, played by Tayla Parx.
The bank of Mill Creak in Washington County, Kansas, following a rupture of the Keystone Pipeline on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in this handout published Dec. 9 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. – U.S. EPA
(NEW YORK) — For the first time in a week, crude oil is flowing again through most of the 2,687-mile Keystone Pipeline, but a section of the conduit in Kansas that leaked nearly 600,000 gallons remained shut off as an investigation of what caused the damage continues, officials said.
TC Energy, the Canadian operator of the aboveground pipeline, announced Wednesday evening it is resuming operations of the system that was unaffected by the spill last week in Washington County, Kansas.
“The affected segment of the Keystone Pipeline System remains safely isolated as investigation, recovery, repair and remediation continue to advance,” the company said in a statement Thursday morning.
The company said it is “safely restarting” the section of the pipeline running from Canada to Patoka, Illinois.
“This restart facilitates safe transportation of the energy that customers and North Americans rely on,” TC Energy said in its statement.
At full operation, the pipeline normally pumps about 622,000 barrels, or more than 26 million gallons of oil per day from Alberta, Canada, to refineries in Texas, Illinois and Oklahoma. A barrel of oil is equivalent to 42 gallons, or about the size of a typical bathtub, according to industry standards.
The pipeline’s damaged “Cushing Extension” which runs from Washington County to Cushing, Oklahoma, remained closed Thursday as the investigation and cleanup goes on, the company said.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, must grant regulatory approval before the Cushing Extension can reopen, according to the company.
The Kansas oil leak is now the biggest in the United States in more than a decade and the largest in the 12-year history of the Keystone Pipeline.
The leak in Kansas was first detected just after 9 p.m. on Dec. 7, about 20 miles south of a pipeline’s Steele City, Nebraska, terminal. The leak in the 36-inch diameter pipeline spilled down a hill and into Mill Creek in Washington County, prompting TC Energy to shut down the entire line.
The spill was “contained” by about 300 people working at the site, according to TC Energy.
It remains unclear what caused the leak or when the repairs to the section of the pipeline will be completed. TC Energy officials said no timeline has been established for restarting the flow of crude oil through the area.
Third-party environmental specialists were among the hundreds of people who responded to clean up the mess using multiple vacuum trucks, booms, and additional resources, the company said. As of Wednesday evening, the company said it had recovered about 127,470 gallons of oil from Mill Creek and rescued wildlife, including a beaver affected by the spill.
The company said air quality monitoring has found “no indication of adverse health or public concerns.”
The leak was the latest in a series of accidents on the pipeline. A federal report released last year showed the conduit recorded 22 accidents between 2010 and 2020 and found the severity of spills has “worsened” in recent years. The report conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office showed the previous incidents leaked a total of 11,975 barrels of crude oil, or a little over 500,000 gallons.
The report found that four of the biggest Keystone Pipeline oil spills between 2010 and 2020 were caused by issues related to the original design, manufacturing of the pipe or construction of the pipeline.
Mariah Carey was floored by a fourth-grader’s impassioned performance of her 1994 hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
The video, shared by mom Jen White-Johnson on Twitter, shows her son belting out the hit while bouncing happily to the music. “Timeline cleanse if you need one! Knox tonight at his 4th grade school winter concert singing @MariahCarey ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You,'” she wrote, adding, “#AutisticJoy on full display!”
White-Johnson expressed her love for her child before closing, “I hope Mariah sees this!!”
Mariah did, in fact, see the video and heaped praise on young Knox when retweeting the video. “Your kid IS everything!!!!!! Knox, you made my day,” the singer raved. “Your JOY gives me and everyone watching JOY. THANK YOU for reminding me why I wake up in the morning and do what I do. I love you.”
White-Johnson was overjoyed by Mariah’s response and wrote back, “We thank you Mariah for giving us the best Christmas ever. We appreciate you showing us your amazing love and light this holiday season and for amplifying Knox’s #AutisticJoy #BlackBoyJoy This made our world!”
This isn’t the only Christmas Mariah helped make more special. The other day she upgraded a fan’s tickets to front row seats after learning she was flying over 5,000 miles from Uruguay to see her show, Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas To All, at Madison Square Garden.
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — For Ember Zelch, an 18-year-old softball player and senior in high school, the anti-trans sports bill that failed to get enough support in the Ohio legislature hits too close to home.
The bill would have banned transgender athletes like Ember from sports that correspond with their gender identity.
“I was the only trans high school female athlete that had been approved to play at that time [when the bill was introduced], so it just felt very much like a personal attack,” Zelch told ABC News.
The bill, which also included an overhaul of the State Board of Education’s powers, failed Thursday in the Ohio legislature. The Senate amended and passed the bill but House representatives voted against it.
“I’m incredibly relieved that Ohio’s transgender athlete ban did not pass,” Ember said. “I’m just happy other trans kids will have access to an experience that has been so affirming for me if that’s what they choose. To all the transgender and nonbinary kids out there, keep being the amazing people I know you are.”
Under the current rules, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has transgender athletes undergo a year of hormone treatment or demonstrate they have no other physical advantages in order to compete.
HB 151 would have required students to play on the sports teams that correlate to the gender listed on their birth certificate. A previous version of the bill would have required examinations of “internal and external reproductive anatomy” for anyone whose gender was questioned.
Gov. Mike DeWine had previously expressed opposition against anti-trans sports bans, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. It was unlikely to pass on DeWine’s watch. Similar bills have been vetoed by Republican governors in Utah and Indiana.
Lawmakers who supported the bill say it protects against any potential advantages a trans athlete may have.
Republican state Rep. Jena Powell has claimed that “female athletes are currently losing championships, scholarship opportunities, medals, education and training opportunities and more to discriminatory policies that allow biological males to compete in girls sports,” according to ABC affiliate News 5 Cleveland.
Others say the bill unnecessarily shuts out trans people from participating in sports.
“They … are prevent[ing] exactly what they claim to be trying to prevent, which is a boy deciding tomorrow that they think that they’ll try playing on the girls team – that’s not possible under the current policy,” Maria Bruno, public policy director of Equality Ohio, told ABC News.
Ember said she didn’t get to join the girl’s softball team until the spring of her sophomore year due to the current hormone policy. When she found out she was eligible to play, it was an emotional experience for her entire family.
“It was one of the most amazing days of her life when she finally received that approval,” Minna Zelch, Ember’s mother, told ABC News.
Minna said she knocked on Zelch’s door in tears and showed her the email.
“We both burst into tears, sobbing and holding one another,” she said.
Sports have always been a safe space for Ember.
“It’s not about winning, it’s not about scholarships. It’s about being able to have that community and sense of belonging and being able to have a place to go after school and not think about homework, not think about life for a little while,” Zelch said.
Several prominent athletes, including Olympic gold medalist and former US soccer player Lori Lindsey and WNBA player Brianna Turner, have expressed their support in allowing trans women to play alongside cisgender women.
“What does it say about you, about Ohio, that you would rather openly target and harass a vulnerable group of young people instead of actually listening to women athletes? This is not the Ohio I know and love,” said Lindsey in a statement.
Ohio has moved forward several anti-LGBTQ efforts. The Ohio Board of Education passed a resolution to oppose protections for LGBTQ+ students on Tuesday and Ohio Republicans backed a bill to restrict gender affirming care for trans youth.
Looks like a lot of David Bowie fans went to the movies this year. BMG reports that BoxOfficeMojo figures show the Bowie doc Moonage Daydream is 2022’s highest-grossing documentary, grossing more than $12.2 million.
Just how big is that? Well, to put it in perspective, the doc at #2, 2000 Mules, brought in just $1.4 mil — and it came out in May, while the Bowie doc was released in September.
Moonage Daydream, directed by documentary filmmaker Brett Morgen, focused on Bowie’s catalog from 1970 to 1977. It was described as “a sublime kaleidoscopic experiential cinematic odyssey that explores Bowie’s creative, spiritual, and philosophical journey.”
Trevor Noah is pulling a hat trick and will return to the Grammy’s stage as host. This will mark his third consecutive hosting stint.
Noah will act as master of ceremonies at the 65th annual Grammy Awards and induct a new class of Grammy winners on Sunday, February 5. He confirmed his appointment on Instagram and said he is “super excited” to return as host.
Noah previously held down the fort for the pandemic-delayed 64th Grammy Awards on April 3, 2022, and the 63rd Grammy Awards on March 14, 2021.
Noah’s return to the Grammys continues a streak started by LL Cool J in 2012, where every host returned for a consecutive stint. James Corden hosted both the 2017 and 2018 ceremonies, followed by Alicia Keys‘ back-to-back appearances in 2019 and 2020.
Beyoncé heads into the ceremony with a leading nine nominations. Kendrick Lamar is next with eight nods, followed by Adele and Brandi Carlile with seven.
Next year’s awards show will be held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, February 5. The ceremony will begin airing at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and on demand on Paramount+.
L-Andy Grammer R- Allison Holker, wife of Stephen “tWitch” Boss; David Livingston/Getty Images
When Andy Grammer appeared on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars in 2015, his pro partner was Allison Holker. He and his wife, Aijia, became good friends with Allison and her husband, Stephen “tWitch” Boss. Following the devastating news Wednesday that Boss died by suicide, Andy took to Instagram to post a heartfelt tribute to his friend.
Struggling to hold back tears, Andy said he was “feeling rocked” by the news and wanted to sing something for “anyone that is going through it … and specifically Allison, I just love you so much.” He then sang his hit “Don’t Give Up on Me,” which carries the message to keep going because people will be there to support you.
Andy barely got through the song without crying and ended it by saying, “tWitch, we love you, buddy! We miss you already and you were such a light, my dude. I love you desperately.”
Emotionally drained, he concluded, “That’s all I got.”
He captioned the video, “A true light left this world. Thank you for all the goodness you brought into the world through your unique movement and insanely huge heart. I love you my friend.“
Aijia posted a series of photos and videos of tWitch and wrote that the late dancer, DJ and Ellen DeGeneres Show executive producer was “a GEM of a human,” sharing, “We reconnected post COVID at his birthday party just a few months ago. It was a blast and he was smiling ear to ear all night.”
She added, “I am sending all my love to his beautiful family … Plus all his friends and family that we met celebrating his life so recently. I hope the pain he was in is over now.”
