August 1 marks Luke Combs and wife Nicole‘s second wedding anniversary, and Luke is celebrating with a sentimental Instagram post.
The country superstar shared a candid photo from their wedding day that shows the couple laughing on the beach just after saying “I do.”
“Can’t believe it’s been 2 years since I got to marry this angel. @nicolejcombs you make everyday of my life better than the one before,” the groom shares alongside the photo with the sunset and ocean visible in the background. “I love you so much and I can’t wait for all the good times still to come with you and our little family.”
Luke and Nicole married in a private ceremony with close family and friends at their home in Florida in 2020. They welcomed their first child, son Tex Lawrence, on June 19.
Nicole serves as inspiration for several of the hitmaker’s songs, including “Forever After All,” which shot to the top of the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 and claimed the #1 slot on the Billboard Country Airplay chart after its release in 2020.
The Trinity of Terror tour is certainly living up to its name.
The triple-headlining bill of Black Veil Brides, Motionless in White and Ice Nine Kills has announced a third round of dates together. The newly added run, which will also feature Atreyu, kicks off Halloween night in El Paso, Texas, and will conclude December 12 in Seattle.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 5, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit TrinityofTerrorTour.com.
The Trinity of Terror tour, which features each of the three bands alternating who plays the closing set, first launched in March. The second leg is scheduled to begin August 30 in Denver.
The film, which includes footage of CCR’s entire April 14, 1970, concert at the Royal Albert Hall and is narrated by Jeff Bridges, will premiere internationally on September 14. The album will be released in multiple formats that same day.
Titled Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall, the album features renditions of all 12 songs performed by CCR at the show, including such classic as “Travelin’ Band,” “Fortunate Son,” “Bad Moon Rising” and “Proud Mary.”
The version of “Bad Moon Rising” is available now as an advance digital track.
The album, which can be preordered now, will be available on CD, cassette, 180-gram vinyl and via various digital formats. Select retailers, including Walmart and Target, are offering limited-edition colored-vinyl variants of the record.
Meanwhile, a super deluxe box set will be released on November 14 that features a Blu-ray of the Travelin’ Band film, two-LP 45-rpm versions of the live album and a bonus CD containing music that’s featured in the movie.
The Blu-ray also includes high-res digital audio versions of the album. In addition, the package boasts a reproduction of CCR’s 1970 tour program, a poster and a 16-page booklet that includes an excerpt from Bridges’ voice-over script for the flick.
As previously reported, Travelin’ Band features a treasure trove of rare and unseen footage, including recently rediscovered 16-mm film of the concert and behind-the-scenes clips of the band.
Here’s the album’s full track list:
“Born on the Bayou”
“Green River”
“Tombstone Shadow”
“Travelin’ Band”
“Fortunate Son”
“Commotion”
“Midnight Special”
“Bad Moon Rising”
“Proud Mary”
“The Night Time Is the Right Time”
“Good Golly Miss Molly”
“Keep On Chooglin'”
(BIRMINGHAM, England) — Prince William and Kate attended the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, bringing along Princess Charlotte on the royal outing.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were photographed alongside their daughter enjoying the festivities while sitting in the stands of Sandwell Aquatics Centre. The trio watched the swimming heats at the facility in Birmingham, England.
The Commonwealth Games are an international, multi-sport event featuring athletes from various nations in the Commonwealth — former territories of the British Empire which recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state — and held every four years, much like the Olympics.
For the family outing, William, 40, wore a pair of off-white pants, a light blue button-up shirt and a dark blue jacket; Kate, 40, wore an all-white pantsuit. Seven-year-old Charlotte opted for a black-and-white horizontal striped dress with a white collar and pigtails.
This year’s 22nd Commonwealth Games kicked off July 28 and run through Aug. 8.
This is the third time England has hosted the event. Previous years include the 1934 London games and the 2002 Manchester festivities.
The U.K. has hosted the Commonwealth Games seven times total.
Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus says “there’s no news to share” amid speculation that Tom DeLonge could be rejoining the band.
“There’s no announcement,” Hoppus writes in a post on his Discord page, as seen by Rolling Stone.
Blink fans began speculating about a lineup change after current guitarist/vocalist Matt Skiba commented on his Instagram about his current status with the group, sharing, “Your guess is as good as mine.” Further fuel was added to that fire after DeLonge shared a throwback photo of him, Hoppus and Travis Barker, and updated his Instagram bio to include Blink-182 along with his Angels & Airwaves project.
In his Discord, Hoppus assures fans that any official announcement regarding Blink will be made on “the official Blink-182 outlets.”
“Not teased on a radio station like ‘tune in for a major announcement…Tom tagged Mark in a photo from two decades ago,'” Hoppus says.
Meanwhile, Blink-182 just launched a new collection of merch to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary. Hoppus and DeLonge co-founded Blink in August 1992 alongside drummer Scott Raynor, who was later replaced by Barker. DeLonge left the group in 2015 and was replaced Skiba.
Taylor Armstrong is trading in her diamond for an orange.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum is returning to the beloved reality series, only this time as a cast member on The Real Housewives of Orange County. The move makes her the first Real Housewives franchise star in history to switch shows.
In an Instagram post, Bravo explained that Taylor will be joining as a friend on the show, writing, “We’ve had ENOUGH of not having Taylor Armstrong on our screens… she is officially joining the cast of #RHOC for Season 17 as a friend-of!”
Taylor was first introduced to audiences in 2010 when she appeared as a main cast member on seasons 1-3 of RHOBH and as a guest on some seasons thereafter. She made her official return to the Housewives franchise this year when she became a main cast member on season two of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club.
Taylor joins RHUGT co-star and RHOC alum Tamra Judge, who is also returning to the series for season 17. Rounding out the cast will be returning season 16 cast members Heather Dubrow, Shannon Storms Beador, Gina Kirschenheiter and Emily Simpson.
Season two of the drug, sex, and financial dramaIndustry debuted Monday night on HBO, with the junior investment bankers at Pierpoint & Co. back for their second year of deals and debauchery.
Despite what’s shown on-screen, Myha’la Herrold, who plays Harper, admits that behind the scenes, it can get “a little bit messy.”
“Especially when you’re snorting things and then also doing intimacy,” she tells ABC Audio. “In between takes, you’re, like, blowing your nose and then going and kissing.”
Explaining one particular scene, Marisa Abela, who plays Yasmin, adds that it’s more awkward when you’re fully clothed and someone else is naked.
“There was a scene where…we were doing some drugs and a guy came in and took all clothes off complete and was like stark naked,” she explains. “So I kept being like, ‘do you want a snack? Do you need anything?'”
Nakedness aside, the most challenging part of the gig was understanding the financial jargon.
“It’s like another language. It is so difficult,” Herrold admits. “You really have to know the words by heart in your sleep, so that once you get [on set], you can let the words fall out and you can play the intention.”
And when it comes to getting things right, Herrold says that she’s had “a lot of particularly Black people in finance reach out and say how seen they felt by every character.”
What Herrold loves most about the show though is that none of the characters are “stereotypical” or “archetypal.”
“For Harper particularly, she goes left every time you assume a young Black American woman would go right,” says Herrold. “And whether or not you like it or it’s morally correct is beyond the point. It’s that she’s a human being and she’s multifaceted and she is different.”
The Marilyn Monroe estate has come to the defense of Ana de Armas.
After the trailer dropped for Blonde, the upcoming drama in which de Armas is cast as Monroe, many viewers took issue with the actress’ accent and criticized her for not sounding more like the Hollywood legend.
Despite what some people think,Variety reports that Marc Rosen, president of entertainment at Authentic Brands Group, which owns the Marilyn Monroe Estate, applauded the casting decision.
“Marilyn Monroe is a singular Hollywood and pop culture icon that transcends generations and history,” he said. “Any actor that steps into that role knows they have big shoes to fill. Based on the trailer alone, it looks like Ana was a great casting choice as she captures Marilyn’s glamour, humanity and vulnerability. We can’t wait to see the film in its entirety!”
Based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates and also starring Oscar winner Adrien Brody and Emmy winner Julianne Nicholson, Blonde debuts September 28 on Netflix.
(NEW YORK) — American basketball star Brittney Griner was back in court for her drug possession trial in Russia on Tuesday, as the United States floats a proposal to secure her release.
Griner, a 31-year-old Houston native who plays professional basketball for the Phoenix Mercury, was returning to Russia for the WNBA’s offseason when she was detained at Sheremetyevo International Airport in the Moscow suburb of Khimki on Feb. 17, after being accused of having vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in the country. She pleaded guilty to drug charges in court last month, saying the cartridges were in her luggage by mistake and that she had no “intention” of breaking Russian law. If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in prison and also has a right to an appeal.
Griner, who had last appeared in court on July 27, again held up photographs of her loved ones as she was escorted into the defendant’s cage where she remained behind bars for Tuesday’s proceedings at a Khimki courthouse. An employee who works at the Russian state lab where Griner’s vape cartridges were tested took the stand, while defense attorneys called into question the testing methods and the competency of the staff conducting the tests.
Last week, in a sharp reversal, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that he will hold a call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov “in the coming days” to discuss securing the freedom of Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who has been detained in Russia since late 2018.
“[They] have been wrongly detained and must be allowed to come home,” Blinken told reporters in Washington, D.C, on July 27. “We put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago to facilitate their release. Our governments have communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal, and I’ll use the conversation to follow up personally and I hope [to] move us toward a resolution.”
Two days later, Blinken told reporters that he had a “frank and direct conversation” with Lavrov about a U.S. proposal to exchange convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout in return for Griner and Whelan’s freedom.
“I pressed the Kremlin to accept the substantial proposal that we put forth on the release of Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner,” Blinken said. “I’m not going to characterize his responses and I can’t give you an assessment of whether I think things are more or less likely, but it was important that [he] hear directly from me on that.”
During a press conference in Moscow on July 28, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova confirmed that “the issue of mutual exchange of Russian and American citizens, staying in places of detention on the territory of the two countries, was discussed at one time by the presidents of Russia and the United States,” but “a concrete result has not yet been achieved.”
Calls to free Griner and Whelan escalated following the release of U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed, who was imprisoned in Russia for nearly three years and was freed on April 27 as part of a prisoner swap.
The U.S. Department of State has classified both Whelan and Griner as “wrongfully detained.”
Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine began one week after Griner was detained, and some officials have expressed concern that Americans jailed in Russia could be used as leverage in the ongoing war.
Last month, Griner’s legal team told ABC News in a statement that her guilty plea was recommended by her Russian attorneys.
Griner took the stand on July 27, telling the court she did not mean to violate Russian law when bringing vape cartridges into the country.
She testified that she has permission to use medical cannabis and used a certificate to buy it in the U.S. Two weeks earlier, one of Griner’s attorneys presented a letter from an American doctor in court, giving her permission to use cannabis to reduce chronic pain.
Griner also said she did not mean to leave the cartridges in her bag, but that she was in a hurry and was stressed after recovering from COVID-19 that month. The WNBA star said she was aware that the U.S. had warned Americans about traveling to Russia, but she didn’t want to let her team down in the playoffs.
(NEW YORK) — At least 37 people have been killed in Kentucky’s devastating flooding, which Gov. Andy Beshear has called the most “devastating and deadly” of his lifetime.
Among those killed are four siblings — ages 8, 6, 4 and 2 — who were swept away in the water, according to family members.
The number of deaths “will grow,” the governor said.
Over 1,300 people have been rescued from flooded areas, the governor said Tuesday.
Kentucky was bracing overnight for new storms moving through the already flood-ravaged areas. But Beshear said Tuesday morning that the ground stayed “pretty much dry” overnight.
A few passing showers are possible on Tuesday but the state should stay dry through Sunday, when residents may get hit with more rain.
Beshear said he’ll visit more areas impacted by flooding on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration.
