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“I almost lost my life”: ‘The Terminal List”s Constance Wu reveals she attempted suicide after Twitter backlash

July 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Crazy Rich Asians star Constance Wu revealed on Twitter Thursday that backlash from a series of tweets she’d sent back in 2019 led her to attempt suicide.

Wu, who also starred in Hustlers with Jennifer Lopez, caught flak online when she replied to news of her former ABC sitcom, Fresh Off the Boat, being renewed by saying, “So upset right now I’m literally crying,” and “Ugh F***ing hell,” among other responses.

Her comments were flamed online by fans of the show and others, who called her ungrateful for the show’s success and worse.

In a lengthy statement posted to the social media platform Thursday, Wu revealed, “I was afraid of coming back on social media because I almost lost my life from it.”

“3 years ago, when I made careless tweets about the renewal of my TV show, it ignited outrage and internet shaming that got pretty severe. I felt awful about what I’d said, and when a few DMs from a fellow Asian actress told me I’d become a blight on the Asian American community, I started feeling like I didn’t even deserve to live anymore,” she continued.

Some of these DMs accused her of being “a disgrace to AsAms [Asian Americans],” and said that, “they’d be better off without me,” she said.

“Looking back, it’s surreal that a few DMs convinced me to end my own life, but that’s what happened. Luckily, a friend found me and rushed me to the ER,” Wu wrote.

The actress added, “For the next few years, I put my career aside to focus on my mental health. AsAms don’t talk about mental health enough…there’s a lot of avoidance around the more uncomfortable issues within our community.”

“After a little break from Hollywood and a lot of therapy I feel OK enough to venture back on here,” Wu said of Twitter, adding she’s scared, but “I’ve decided that I owe it to the me-of-3-years-ago to be brave and share my story so that it might help someone with theirs.”

If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, or worried about a friend or loved one, help is available. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 [TALK] for free confidential emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even if it feels like it, you are not alone.

Billie Eilish reveals she’s not sure what her natural hair color is

July 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Billie Eilish revealed she has no idea what her natural hair color is anymore — because she’s been dyeing her hair for over a decade.

The singer shared her beauty routine with Vogue and opened up about her chameleon-like appearance. “My hair, it has randomly in my life been a thing that I change a lot and I’ve had many, many, many different hair colors since I was, like, 10,” Billie said.

“I didn’t even know that was a part of me. I just did it,” the Oscar winner continued. “I never thought, ‘Oh, I want hair to be the thing that I do.'”

Billie said her parents encouraged her self-expression and were “down for me being 9 and grab a Manic Panic blue from CVS and throw it on my hair!”

“They didn’t care,” she shrugged, which she said allowed her to feel “really comfortable” with changing up her look from time to time. Because of that, it’s one of her favorite things to do.

“I dyed it blue first when I was 9, I think, and then when I was 13, I got it bleached for the first time. I got it white. I had white hair for years,” Billie recalled, but said her current color — black — is “what feels the most like me, weirdly.”

She adds having black hair is “kind of a life-changer” because it makes it “much easier to go out in the world and be a normal person,” as opposed to the signature green hair she rocked for two years. “I couldn’t go anywhere,” she recalled.

As for what her natural hair color is, Billie’s guess is as good as ours. “I think I’m naturally blond,” she suggested. “I haven’t had natural hair color in a long time.”

Alicia Keys drops “Come For Me” music video, announces deluxe album, ‘Keys II’

July 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Alicia Keys dropped off the music video for “Come For Me,” featuring Lucky Daye and Khalid. The song is one of two new singles included on the deluxe double album Keys II, expected August 12.

Daye also makes a guest appearance on “Stay,” which shows up on the Originals side of the two-part album, while the new track “Trillions” featuring Brent Faiyaz will be part of the Unlocked side of the album.

Other special guests include Lil Wayne, Pusha T, Swae Lee and Brandi Carlile.

Inspired by the original KEYS collection, the 15 tracks on the Original side of the album contains songs similar to Alicia’s sound and vibe throughout her career. The 15 tracks on the Unlocked side, produced by Mike Will Made It, features a new take on some of her hits with samples of old songs weaved throughout.

Along with the announcement of the video and forthcoming project is the release of the vinyl version of the original KEYS album, available for purchase now.

After performing throughout Europe recently, the 15-time Grammy winner is bringing her Alicia + Keys world tour to the U.S. starting Aug. 2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. For tickets and more information, visit aliciakeys.com.

“Surpriiiise ! I’ve been feeling all the love lately, the tour is going soooo crazy!!,” she said via Instagram, sharing the album’s cover art. “So I decided – why not give them a deluxe?? KEYS 2 Pre-Order goes live tomorrow! AND I Added some extra special NEW vibes for you.”

Nashville notes: Carly Pearce, CMA Fest 2023 and more

July 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Carly Pearce is the headliner for Jenny Tolman’s inaugural Cowgirls at the Cowboy Festival. Also on the bill are Natalie Hemby, RaeLynn and, of course, Jenny.

It seems hard to believe, but it’s already time to start getting ready for CMA Fest 2023. Four-night stadium passes for next summer’s event go on sale August 3. The next CMA Fest will take place June 8-11, 2023.

Trisha Yearwood is helping the Country Music Hall of Fame kick off its new membership campaign. The country star — who worked as a tour guide at the museum before her rise to fame — recently visited the Hall, where she offered a message to country fans, urging them to become members.

Breland and Keith Urban just picked up some new hardware for their song “Throw it Back.” The collaboration is now RIAA certified Gold.

Ivana Trump, ex-wife of former President Trump, dies at age 73

July 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK, NY) — Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, has died at age 73, the family told ABC News.

The former president said she died at her home in New York City.

Ivana Trump was Donald Trump’s first wife. They had three children together: Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump.

“Our mother was an incredible woman — a force in business, a world-class athlete, a radiant beauty, and caring mother and friend,” the Trump family said in a statement.

“Ivana Trump was a survivor. She fled from communism and embraced this country. She taught her children about grit and toughness, compassion and determination,” the family said. “She will be dearly missed by her mother, her three children and ten grandchildren.”

Manhattan paramedics, responding to a call for cardiac arrest, found a 73-year-old woman in the Upper East Side apartment where Ivana Trump lived just after 12:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the FDNY. She was pronounced dead at the scene, the NYPD said.

In a statement on his platform Truth Social, the former president remembered Ivana as a “wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life.”

“Her pride and joy were her three children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric,” he wrote. “She was so proud of them, as we were all so proud of her.”

Ivana Trump, born Ivana Marie Zelníčková, grew up under communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia. She left in the 1970s and married Donald Trump in 1977.

She worked for years in Trump’s business empire as a senior executive. She was appointed CEO of Trump’s Castle, one of his hotel casinos in Atlantic City, and helped design interiors for the Grand Hyatt Hotel and Trump Tower. She also authored multiple bestselling books and created her own clothing line.

“No matter how busy I was, I had breakfast with my children every day. I sat with them at dinner every night and helped them with their homework (I loved algebra) before going out in a Versace gown to a rubber-chicken charity event,” Ivana Trump wrote in her memoir, “Raising Trump.” “The kids and I celebrated, traveled, and grieved together. Our bond was, and is, our most valuable possession.”

Ivana and Trump divorced in 1992. Their marriage dissolved amid revelations that the former president was having an affair with Marla Maples, who would become his second wife.

In a 2017 interview with ABC News’ Amy Robach, Ivana Trump said she had forgiven her former husband. She also described the formative years of raising her children with Donald Trump.

“He was a loving father, don’t get me wrong, and he was a good provider, but he was not the father which would take a stroll and go to the Central Park or go play to baseball with them or something,” she said. She added, when they “were about 18-years-old,” “he could communicate with them, because he could start to talk business with them.”

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Hey, Wisconsinites! You can buy a Luke Combs scratch-off ticket with a top prize of $500,000

July 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Hey, Wisconsinites! You can buy a Luke Combs scratch-off ticket with a top prize of 0,000

Luke Combs may have won $100 on a scratch-off ticket in the lyrics of his song, “When it Rains it Pours,” but Luke’s fans in Wisconsin have the chance to win a whole lot more. The state now has a special Living Lucky With Luke Combs ticket available.

The ticket offers instant-win cash prizes, plus a bonus drawing for a VIP trip to Nashville to see Luke in concert at the Ryman Auditorium.

While the lucky concertgoers are in Music City, they’ll get an additional chance to win the top prize. Their names will be entered, along with winners from other participating lotteries, into a final drawing for a $500,000 prize.

The grand prize winner will be announced during the Luke Combs show.

Rihanna surprises fans at London art gallery in one of her first public outings since giving birth

July 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Rihanna is out and about after welcoming her first child with boyfriend A$AP Rocky in May.

British publication Daily Mail reports the “Umbrella” singer made one of her first public appearances since giving birth to her baby boy, crashing an art exhibit in London. Rihanna, who wore her hair loose, donned an all-black ensemble: a bell-sleeved shirt with lace frills on the edges and baggy jeans. She accessorized with metallic eyeliner and green and white shoes.

Rihanna had visited the Mexican Geniuses Exhibition at Dock X in Canada Water, which highlighted works by artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera by digitally projecting them on the walls and allowing fans to enjoy them via a VR experience.

She posed for fan photos and was spotted sitting on a bench for the immersive exhibit.

The Grammy winner was in the area to support her boyfriend, who was a performer at last weekend’s Wireless Festival.

The two welcomed their firstborn on May 13 and have spent the past few weeks staying largely out of the limelight. They have yet to reveal their child’s name.

Miranda Lambert, Eric Church + more sign on for ‘They Called Us Outlaws’ documentary

July 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Miranda Lambert, Eric Church and Willie Nelson are just a few of the stars who’ll offer insight into the outlaw country movement in a new, six-part documentary called They Called Us Outlaws.

Executive produced by Jessi Colter, an outlaw singer-songwriter and wife of Waylon Jennings, They Called Us Outlaws arrives in partnership with the Country Music Hall of Fame. It will include over 75 interviews and 12 hours of footage, offering a comprehensive look into the outlaw world from the perspective of those who love it and those who lived it.

Other legends interviewed for the project include Kris Kristofferson and Emmylou Harris, as well as Margo Price, a younger star carrying the outlaw torch into a new generation. Matthew McConaughey will also offer commentary.

The project features some of the last on-camera interviews from late country legends, including Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, Tom T. Hall and Jerry Jeff Walker.

Interviews for They Called Us Outlaws have taken place over the past decade. Eric Geadelmann directed the project, along with his Shadowbrook Studios.

Yes! ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ returns to TV on August 4

July 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Just weeks after their new movie, Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, dropped on the platform, Paramount+ has announced new Beavis and Butt-Head episodes will debut on August 4.

The streaming service promises the pair will be “back and stupider than ever” in new episodes — their first foray back into episodic TV since an eighth season aired on MTV in 2011.

Creator Mike Judge‘s initial seven seasons ran on MTV from March 8, 1993, to November 28, 1997, spawning the hit theatrical movie Beavis and Butt-Head Do America in 1996. That film can also be seen on Paramount+, which will be home to the entire original series soon.

Uber sued by more than 500 women over assault claims

July 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK, NY) — Uber is being sued by approximately 550 female passengers who claim they were attacked by their drivers, according to the law firm Slater, Slater, Schulman, LLP, which filed a legal complaint against Uber in a San Francisco court on Wednesday.

The women, who live in multiple states, “were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers with whom they had been paired through the Uber application,” according to allegations in a statement from Slater, Slater, Schulman, LLP.

The abuse at issue took place between 2015 and this year, Adam Slater, founding partner of Slater, Slater, Schulman, LLP, told ABC News. The firm has filed roughly 25 lawsuits so far and plans to file the remainder within the next several months, he added.

The legal complaint comes about two weeks after Uber released a safety report that revealed at least 3,824 incidences of sexual assault in 2019 and 2020, ranging from “non-consensual kissing of a non-sexual body part” to “non-consensual sexual penetration.”

The company said in a prior report that the number of such sexual assault reports had declined 38% for the years 2017 and 2018.

The new safety report acknowledged that the number of sexual assault claims may have been impacted by a shift in overall usage of the platform amid the COVID pandemic. For instance, bookings on Uber’s core ride-sharing service declined 73% over a three-month period ending in June 2020 compared to the same period a year prior, according to a company earnings report.

“Uber’s whole business model is predicated on giving people a safe ride home, but rider safety was never their concern – growth was at the expense of their passengers’ safety,” Slater, the founding partner of Slater, Slater, Schulman, LLP, said in a statement.

“While the company has acknowledged this crisis of sexual assault in recent years, its actual response has been slow and inadequate, with horrific consequences,” he added.

In a statement, Uber told ABC News that safety is its top priority.

“Sexual assault is a horrific crime and we take every single report seriously,” the company said. “There is nothing more important than safety, which is why Uber has built new safety features, established survivor-centric policies, and been more transparent about serious incidents. While we can’t comment on pending litigation, we will continue to keep safety at the heart of our work.”

Uber’s report points to a set of safety measures that include background checks for prospective drivers, tools for passengers in the app and emergency response from the company.

A feature that allows drivers and passengers to record audio of their trips is available in 14 countries, including Mexico and Brazil, Uber said in December. A pilot program of that safety feature was set to begin in three U.S. cities the following month, the company added.

In the complaint, Slater, Slater, Schulman, LLP allege that Uber first became aware of assault allegations from female Uber passengers as early as 2014.

In 2018, Uber acknowledged that it is not “immune to this deeply rooted problem” of sexual assault.

Travis Kalanick, the founder and former CEO of Uber, resigned in 2017 after a former Uber employee Susan Fowler said she had been sexually harassed while working there and a passenger in India brought a lawsuit against the company tied to her rape by an Uber driver. The case was later settled.

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