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Music notes: Taylor Swift, Michael Bublé and Jewel

October 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Taylor Swift not only swept the top 10 in the Billboard Hot 100, all 20 songs off her Midnights album and its “3am Edition” have landed on the chart. This means Taylor has sent 188 songs onto the Hot 100 and is now the artist with the third-most charting songs. The cast of Glee is in second place, while Drake is the act to beat with 278 charting singles.

Taylor also reacted to sweeping the Hot 100’s top 10 and tweeted out on Monday, “10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES.”

Michael Bublé revealed how he spent his weekend: at Disneyland with his family. He posted on TikTok alongside a video of him posing with Mickey Mouse, “Loved this place as a kid and feel so special bringing my own little ones to @disneyparks.. and not only that, I’m also so incredibly inspired. Thank you for the magic.” Disney is the parent company of ABC News.

Jewel showed off her yodeling skills on TikTok and made sure to stress the point that she is a nature lover by flexing her impressive vocals near a roaring waterfall. “This intermission brought to you by the yodeling cowgirl,” she joked.

Music notes: BTS, Taylor Swift and Post Malone

October 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

BTS’ Jin announced he is postponing his Stationhead Listening Party, as well as the lyric video release of his new song “The Astronaut.” The news comes after over 150 people were killed in a crowd surge in Seoul, South Korea. The K-pop industry has called off multiple events as the nation mourns the tragedy.

Taylor Swift not only swept the top 10 in the Billboard Hot 100, all 20 songs off her Midnights album and its “3am Edition” have landed on the charts. This means Taylor has sent 188 songs onto the Hot 100 and is now the artist with the third-most charting songs. The cast of Glee is in second place, while Drake is the act to beat with 278 charting singles.

Taylor also reacted to sweeping the Hot 100’s top 10 and tweeted out on Monday, “10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES.”

It’s a girl! Post Malone helped a fan with a gender reveal at this show in Tulsa. The sweet moment was recorded by TikTok user @peachyp_, who claims their brother asked Post to sign one of his posters, which also had the gender reveal in a sealed envelope. Post’s expression was priceless as he opened the envelope and excitedly revealed to the crowd that they need to paint the nursery pink.

‘Crystal Lake’: ‘Friday the 13th’ getting a prequel series

October 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Peacock chose Halloween to announce it is crafting one of most famous scary movies of all time into series form. Crystal Lake will be a prequel series set around the titular stalking grounds of that hockey mask-wearing killer, Jason Voorhees.

Bryan Fuller, who produced NBC’s Hannibal prequel series, is calling the shots on the show. In a statement, he enthused, “I discovered Friday the 13th in the pages of Famous Monsters magazine when I was 10 years old and I have been thinking about this story ever since.” He said he’s “thrilled to be exploring the camp grounds of Crystal Lake.”

Susan Rovner, chairman of entertainment content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, noted, “Friday the 13th is one of the most iconic horror franchises in movie history and we were dying to revisit this story.”

Måneskin announces new album, ‘Rush!’

October 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Måneskin will kick off 2023 with a new album.

The upcoming record is titled Rush! and will be released January 20. Preorders will begin this Thursday, November 3.

Rush! will be the first album from Måneskin after they broke out in 2021 with their win at the Eurovision Song Context and their viral cover of The Four Seasons‘ “Beggin.'” The Italian rockers released their most recent record, Teatro d’ira: Vol. I, in 2021, as well, which features the single “I Wanna Be Your Slave.”

Since then, Måneskin has released a number of one-off singles, including “MAMMAMIA,” “Supermodel” and “The Loneliest.”

The new album news comes as Måneskin is set to launch the band’s first U.S. headlining tour Monday night in Seattle.

Officer charged in fatal shooting of unarmed Black man will go to trial

October 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — A Grand Rapids police officer charged with second-degree murder of Patrick Lyoya will go to trial.

Christopher Schurr, a seven-year veteran of the Grand Rapids Police Department, has pleaded not guilty.

Judge Nicholas Ayoub reviewed evidence presented in Schurr’s preliminary hearing last week.

Lyoya, a 26-year-old native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was shot in the head on April 4 after Schurr pulled him over for a faulty license plate. His death prompted protests throughout Grand Rapids.

Body camera video showed Schurr shouting at Lyoya to “get in the car.” The footage was released nine days after the shooting.

Schurr can be heard asking Lyoya if he spoke English and then demanding that Lyoya show his driver’s license. Lyoya turned to a passenger in the car, closed the door and started to walk away from Schurr, according to the video.

Lyoya started to run. Schurr grabbed Lyoya and struggled with him before eventually forcing him to the ground, shouting “Stop resisting,” “Let go” and “Drop the Taser,” according to the video. The body camera was deactivated during the struggle, according to police.

Police said Lyoya grabbed at Schurr’s stun gun during the altercation. Schurr then shot Lyoya while he was on the ground, according to cellphone footage of the incident.

Cellphone footage from Lyoya’s friend Aime Tuiishme showed the moment Schurr shot Lyoya in the back of the head. The fatal shot was confirmed by both an independent autopsy report as well as the Kent County medical examiner.

Neighborhood resident Wayne Butler spoke to the court on Thursday, describing the altercation as “wrestling” and noted that Lyoya was not “on the offensive.”

Schurr was fired from the Grand Rapids Police Department in June after waiving his right to a discharge hearing.

Two dead in Chattanooga shooting that erupted at post office, ended in vehicle crash: Police

October 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) — Two people are dead after a shooting erupted at a post office in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sunday night and ended when the suspect died crashing into a strip mall business while attempting to flee, police said.

The shooting unfolded about 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Police officers responded to a report of shots fired at a post office in a neighborhood southeast of downtown Chattanooga, police Chief Celeste Murphy said at a news conference early Monday.

“Right now, all we know is that we have two people who are shot and the investigation is ongoing,” Murphy told reporters.

Murphy confirmed the post office shooting and a vehicle crash six miles away were connected to the same incident.

“The situation is contained. There is no further threat to the public,” Murphy said.

She said a motive for the shooting is under investigation. The names of the two people killed were not immediately released.

It was not immediately clear if the two people killed were employees of the post office. The postal facility was closed to the public at the time of the shooting.

The suspect, who was also shot in the incident, fled in a pickup truck, police said. The suspect drove about six miles before losing control of the vehicle and crashing into a business at the Northgate Mall.

The truck plowed through the front door of the Apple Nail Bar and continued through a wall into an adjacent FedEx office.

Alex Nguyen, who owns the Apple Nail Bar, told ABC affiliate station WTVC-TV in Chattanooga that he was scheduled to take over the business on Tuesday.

“I don’t know where to start to clean up because there’s so much work to do,” Nguyen said.

Murphy said the incident was contained to the post office and the mall where the crash occurred.

Nashville notes: Maren Morris on ’ACL’, Jerry Lee Lewis’ funeral arrangements & more

October 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Maren Morris‘ performance on Austin City Limits streams Monday at 9 p.m. ET.

Shania Twain, Steve Wariner, Hillary Lindsey, Gary Nicholson, David Malloy and the late Chips Moman were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Sunday night. Carrie Underwood,Keith Urban, Garth Brooks and Vince Gill performed in honor of the inductees.

Jerry Lee Lewis‘ public memorial services will take place this weekend in Hernando, Mississippi, and the town where he was born, Ferriday, Louisiana. Fans will be able to livestream the services on Lewis’ Facebook page.

Justin Timberlake was originally in the running to star as Mr. Schuester on ‘Glee’

October 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Matthew Morrison is known for playing Mr. Schuester on Glee — but another famous curly-haired singer almost got the role.

Showrunner Ryan Murphy revealed on the That’s What You REALLY Missed podcast that Justin Timberlake was originally sought out for the role.

In the show, Mr. Schuester, who is affectionately called Mr. Schue, is a Spanish teacher who forms a show choir club in an attempt to relive his glory days from when he was a star in the glee club.

Said Murphy, “When we were writing the pilot, I’ve never really talked about this, that pilot was written for Justin Timberlake. Mr Schue was written for Justin.”

Unfortunately, show hosts Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz, who respectively starred as Artie and Tina on the series, ended the episode after the big reveal. We’ll learn more about Justin’s involvement in the series when the second half of the interview airs next week.

Glee ran for six seasons on the Fox network between 2009 and 2015.

Cardi B “can’t wait” for baby number three

October 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After celebrating the first birthday of her second child, Wave, in September, Cardi B can’t wait to have another baby.

The “Please Me” rapper tweeted three photos of her 13-month-old son Sunday with the comment, “My son so [fire emoji] …. I can’t wait to get business finished and have my third.” In the photos, Wave adorably sits on a bed in what appears to be a furniture store while wearing a gray bubble jacket, matching hat, denim pants and a pair of white boots.

The “business” Cardi referred to may be releasing the followup to her 2018 triple-Platinum debut album, Invasion of Privacy. In the Instagram comments, some fans wrote they wanted new music.

“Nah sis, we need that album first,” one follower wrote. The Hustlers star has only dropped one new single this year — “Hot S***” in July, featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk. Fans are anxiously waiting for her second album.

Three months after she released Invasion of Privacy, Cardi and her husband, Offset, had their first child together, daughter Kulture, who is now 4 years old. Since then, the 30-year-old entertainer has focused on being a mother..

For Wave’s first birthday, the power couple made the Labor Day holiday weekend very special with a lavish, car-themed party.

Cardi shared several photos from the celebration, displaying food stations, elaborate desserts, a DJ, arcade games and more. “Words can’t describe how this boy came into my life and stole my heart,” she wrote. “Name fits you perfectly… You the Wave!”

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to take the lead in Marvel Studios’ ‘Wonder Man’ series

October 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Aquaman baddie Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is swimming over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The acclaimed actor has been tapped to star in Wonder Man, the upcoming small-screen MCU project bound for Disney+, according to Deadline.

This will be the first MCU project for the star, who played the villain Black Manta opposite Jason Momoa in the DC Comics-based Aquaman films.

As previously reported, Wonder Man is based on the character of the same name who was first seen in Marvel Comics in 1964. The character’s alter ego, weapons manufacturer Simon Williams, is a competitor with fellow iron monger Tony Stark, who Williams blames for his father’s company going under. He eventually gets superpowers after a run-in with Baron Helmut Zemo, the baddie played by Daniel Brühl in the MCU, and takes on the wondrous moniker.

Oscar winner Ben Kingsley will reprise as hack actor Trevor Slattery in the project, which is being produced by his Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

Marvel Studios is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.

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