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Not such a Full House: John Stamos “trying not to cry” as son goes off to school for the first time

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

John Stamos posted an emotional picture to Instagram Wednesday, just as his 4-year-old son, Billy, was about to leave for his first day of school.

Stamos was pictured sitting on the steps in front of his young lookalike, who has apparently inherited his dad’s flowing locks. The pair is wearing adorably matching white button-down shirts.

“One of us is starting his first day at school. And the other is doing everything in his power not to cry,” the 59-year-old Big Shots and Full House star captioned the sweet photo.

Billy is Stamos’ only child with his 36-year-old model/actress wife, Caitlin McHugh, who posted her own first day of school photo to the social media platform. McHugh also matched her son in a white button-down. “Nervousness and excitement all around,” she captioned the picture, in which they admired Lilo, their small black mutt.

Arctic Monkeys announce one-off NYC headlining show

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Arctic Monkeys have announced a one-off headlining show in New York City.

The concert will take place September 22 at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, September 1 at 10 a.m. ET.

If you’re lucky enough to snag tickets, be warned that the show will be a “phone-free” event, meaning you’ll have to lock up your cell in one of those pouches, Jack White-style. The venue’s website also notes that AM’s performance will be “professionally filmed and recorded.”

Arctic Monkeys just announced the details of their new album, The Car, last week. The follow-up to 2018’s Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino will arrive October 21. The first single, “There’d Better Be a Mirrorball,” is out now.

Jon Pardi explains the story behind ‘Mr. Saturday Night’’s most NSFW song title

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

When Jon Pardi drops his Mr. Saturday Night album on Friday, he’ll likely turn some heads with one song on the album: There’s a track on the project called “Reverse Cowgirl.”

According to CMT, however, Jon says that the song’s subject matter isn’t what some fans might think.

“It’s the best, dirtiest, cleanest thing you can have,” the singer describes. “It’s got a funny, humorous twist to it, but it’s also really pretty and really romantic in a way.”

The song’s also a big favorite with other country artists, Jon continues. “Jake Owen made sure he called every three months until he knew I recorded that song,” he remembers. “He’s like, ‘Well, if you don’t want it, you know I want that song!’”

Jake’s not the only one. “Chase Rice texts me like, ‘Dude, did you record ‘Reverse Cowgirl’ yet? I cannot wait!’” Jon goes on to say.

Mr. Saturday Night also contains Jon’s latest chart-topping hit, “Last Night Lonely.”

Metallica, Ace Frehley, Anthrax items included in Jon & Marsha Zazula estate auction

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Items from the personal collection of late Megaforce Records co-founders Jon and Marsha Zazula are going on sale in an upcoming auction.

Among the pieces available are various concert tickets and flyers from early Metallica shows, the key to a truck stolen from Metallica in 1983; photos, a poster and other memorabilia from founding KISS guitarist Ace Frehley; and the original headpiece for the Anthrax Not Man mascot.

Also up for bid will be several Grateful Dead memorabilia items the Zazulas collected, including a Gold record award for the band’s 1989 album Built to Last and various posters.

The auction, which is being put on by Backstage Auctions, will run from September 2 to September 11. For more info, visit BackstageAuctions.com.

The Zazulas founded Megaforce Records in 1982 and soon signed a then-unknown Metallica to their first-ever record deal. Marsha passed away in January 2021, followed by Jon in February 2022.

Taylor Swift seemingly confirms fan theory about the “Lover” house

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Taylor Swift has responded to a creative fan theory about the house featured in her 2019 “Lover” music video.

The Grammy winner hit the like button on a fan’s TikTok video that shared a theory that every room featured in the “Lover” house symbolized a different album of hers. Each of the nine rooms offers a different color and motif, which the fan thinks are clues about what album they embody.

For example, the dimly lit attic symbolized the 2017 album Reputation, while the red entertaining space is — of course — Red. The fan also suggested that the black-and-white staircase represented folklore, the sepia-toned closet was evermore and, finally, the starry night sky symbolizes Taylor’s forthcoming album Midnights.

Midnights will be her 10th studio album.

While the “Shake It Off” singer did not confirm the theory outright, fans are taking her small interaction as her way of confirming the fan’s theory. They also say this means Taylor’s “Lover” house is now complete.

Taylor also liked another fan theory that Dylan O’Brien, who starred in the 14-minute music video for “All Too Well,” may have enjoyed a sneak peek of the upcoming album.

Speaking of Midnights, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara poked fun at the album art by making their own parody on Twitter. It shows them Photoshopped onto the album cover, both chomping on the same cracker, with the title “Midnightsnacks.”

Taylor announced Midnights, which arrives October 21, at the VMAs on Sunday.

Mariah Carey tells Meghan Markle being labeled a diva is both a compliment and a criticism

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Mariah Carey is a guest on the latest episode of Archetypes, Meghan Markle’s podcast. The two women bond over being biracial, but also discuss a word that’s been used to describe both of them over the years: diva. Mariah says she doesn’t mind being called that, but she also doesn’t like its negative connotations.

The word originally meant a very talented women, usually in the arts, like an opera singer. Mariah tells Meghan, “People take it as a compliment now, some people, and then some people take it as, ‘Oh, she’s such a diva.'” When Meghan asks her if it’s a compliment or a criticism, Mariah says, “I think it’s both. For me, it’s both.”

Mariah says growing up, she used to hear her mom, who was an opera singer, describe friends as “very much the diva,” so she wasn’t entirely sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing. Of course, she now knows the origin of “diva,” but notes that it’s become an insult in the past 20 years or so.

“It became, like … they mean you’re a successful woman, usually,” she tells Meghan. “But also … a b***h. Like, it’s not O.K. for you to be a boss. It’s not O.K. for you to be a strong woman.” Mariah admits that most of the time, her super-extra diva behavior is “for laughs,” and her fans know it.

When asked by Meghan to describe herself in three words, Mariah doesn’t choose diva. Instead, she says, “Exhausted, angry…yet hopeful … But if I have to describe the whole thing, it’s faith, honestly.”

You can listen to the entire discussion now wherever you get your podcasts.

Kandi Burruss joins ‘Real Housewives’ stars in protesting bullying of their children

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Kandi Burruss is the latest star of the Real Housewives franchise to say one of her children is a victim of online bullying.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member says her daughter Riley, 20, has been unfairly ridiculed on social media.

“I despise it. It bothers me so much,” Burruss tells People. “Everybody already knows that Riley dealt with her weight issues growing up in the public eye. People would make comments on her body, and say things about her personal look and it really boils my blood.”

“You can deal with anything for yourself, but you don’t want your kids to be bullied online,” the 46-year-old entertainer adds. “It’s just really terrible.”

Several Real Housewives stars, including Garcelle Beauvais from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, have condemned online hate against their kids.

Kandi say she’s reached out to Garcelle as Jax, one of her 14-year-old twins, has faced racist online comments.

“The people who watch our show and who are on our show, sometimes they take things too far, and it’s not cool. It’s crazy,” Burruss continues. “This is a TV show at the end of the day.”

“Words definitely matter,” she says. “I’ve seen one of my kids definitely get bullied multiple times.”

Burruss says last week “somebody was posting that [Riley] was pregnant and she was so upset about it.” Riley responded on TikTok that the rumor was false.

Bravo, the network behind the Real Housewives shows, issued a statement blasting the online harassment Jax was receiving.

“We are shocked and appalled at the social comments directed at Garcelle’s son,” the statement read. “We urge our viewers and social followers alike to refrain from targeting our cast and their families with hateful rhetoric.”

Kate Bush, Harry Styles hits are Spotify’s Top Songs of Summer 2022

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The numbers have been crunched and the Songs of Summer 2022 have been revealed — at least on Spotify. The digital music platform unveiled its annual lists of the most-streamed songs in the U.S. and globally this summer.

The most-streamed song of Summer 2022 in the U.S. was a 37-year-old track by a 64-year-old British singer: Kate Bush‘s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” absolutely ruled Spotify.

Thanks to its inclusion in the latest season of Stranger Things, people couldn’t get enough of the song, which originally appeared on Bush’s 1985 album Hounds of Love. In fact, first-time streams from listeners aged 24 and under increased more than 7800% this summer, Spotify says.

The second-most streamed song of Summer 2022 was, unsurprisingly, “As It Was” by Harry Styles — after all, it’s also spent 11 non-consecutive weeks at number one on Billboard over the past few months. Harry also had the ninth most-streamed song: “Late Night Talking.”

The rest of the top 10 includes two Bad Bunny tracks — “Me Porto Bonito” and “Tití Me Preguntó” — as well as Joji‘s “Glimpse of Us,” Steve Lacy‘s “Bad Habit,” Drake’s “Jimmy Cooks,” Post Malone and Doja Cat‘s “I Like You (A Happier Song)” and Lizzo’s “About Damn Time.”

Globally, Harry and Kate flipped positions, with “As It Was” topping the Song of Summer 2022 chart and “Running Up that Hill” taking the number two spot. The rest of the Global top 10 includes five songs by Bad Bunny plus Glass Animals‘ deathless track “Heat Waves,” “Glimpse of Us” and “Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” by Bizarrap and Quevedo.

Rush’s Alex Lifeson to be presented with special award at charity golf event

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson will receive a special honor at the 24th Annual Ann Liguori Foundation Charity Golf Classic event, which will take place September 22 at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, New York.

The annual fundraiser, organized by veteran sports broadcaster and talk-show host Ann Liguori, benefits various cancer-related charities, including the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and East End Hospice.

Lifeson, who in addition to his well-known career as a rock musician is an avid golfer, will be presented with the 2022 ALF Music Honoree Award at the charity event’s Award’s Dinner following the golf tournament. The benefit will also feature a silent auction.

“[Cancer] is a disease we are all too familiar with,” says Liguori in a statement. “We are all directly or indirectly affected by this dreadful disease and anything we can do to fight cancer has been a mission of mine for decades since our family lost my Dad to cancer in 1981. We also lost my brother to leukemia when he was 22. My sister Jean, brother Dan and I, are committed to this cause forever.”

Lifeson, along with his Rush bandmate Geddy Lee, is also scheduled to take part in the two star-studded tribute concerts the Foo Fighters have organized in honor of their late drummer Taylor Hawkins. The shows will take place on September 3 at Wembley Stadium in London and on September 27 at the Kia Forum near Los Angeles.

Ana de Armas “didn’t understand” Netflix’s NC-17 rating for Marilyn Monroe movie ‘Blonde’

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Netflix raised eyebrows when it announced its upcoming Marilyn Monroe film Blonde would be branded with a rare NC-17 rating, and apparently, a pair of them belonged to its star Ana de Armas.

Gracing the cover of the French magazine L’Officiel, de Armas noted, “I didn’t understand why that happened.”

She explained further, “I can tell you a number of shows or movies that are way more explicit with a lot more sexual content than Blonde. But to tell this story, it is important to show all these moments in Marilyn’s life that made her end up the way that she did. It needed to be explained.”

She added, “Everyone knew we had to go to uncomfortable places. I wasn’t the only one.”

The film was based on Joyce Carol Oates’ bestselling novel of the same name, which detailed the sexual abuse and mental illness Monroe suffered.

de Armas admired the blonde bombshell, noting, “She wanted to have control of the material she was going to work on. No one was thinking like that [back then].”

Ana also expressed she related to Marilyn in another way, when her former relationship with Ben Affleck made her a tabloid fixture: “Something from this interview is going to be taken [out of context] and become something else,” the actress lamented.

“It’s terrifying because there is nothing you can really do,” she continued. “That’s why having family and people who love you is so important. And [Marilyn] didn’t have that. When you think about that, it’s easy to understand how you can break.”

Ana added, “People can be so cavalier about commenting on someone’s life or body or sexuality or relationships. It can really do damage.”

Blonde debuts September 8 on Netflix.

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