(TAMPA, Fla.) — The Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 Sunday night in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Tampa, Fla. The Avalanche took the series 4 games to 2, and will bring Lord Stanley’s Cup back to the Centennial State for the first time since 2001.
This is the third Cup for the Avalanche, whose first Cup victory came in 1996, followed by another win in 2001. Colorado stopped Tampa from winning its third title in a row.
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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2
Milwaukee 10, Toronto 3
Minnesota 6, Colorado 3
Washington 6, Texas 4
Arizona 11 Detroit 7
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chi White Sox 4, Baltimore 3
Oakland 5, Kansas City 3
Boston 8, Cleveland 3
NY Yankees 6, Houston 3
LA Angels 2, Seattle 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Miami 3 N.Y. Mets 2
Chi Cubs 6, St. Louis 5
Final Cincinnati 10 San Francisco 3
Philadelphia 8, San Diego 5
LA Dodgers 5 Atlanta 3
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Colorado 2, Tampa Bay 1 (Colorado wins 4-2)
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Connecticut 72, Atlanta 61
Chicago 88, Minnesota 85
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Los Angeles FC, 2 New York 0
Philadelphia 2, New York City FC 1
New England 0, Vancouver 0 (Tie)
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Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are celebrating their sweet 16!
On June 25, the beloved couple commemorated their 16th wedding anniversary with a pair of adoring Instagram posts that show then vs. now.
Keith shared a photo of the two out celebrating the special day, both flashing a smile as Nicole waves to the camera. “HAPPY SWEET 16 BABY,” Keith captions the moment.
Meanwhile, Keith’s Academy Award winning wife shared a throwback photo from their wedding day in 2006 that shows them lighting a ceremonial candle together at the chapel where they married in Sydney, Australia, Nicole wearing her ravishing wedding gown and veil while the country star looks sleek in a black tuxedo and white flower lapel.
“Sweet XVI. Remember this like it was yesterday. Forever,” Nicole writes alongside the memory with a series of heart emojis.
The loving couple also shares two daughters, 14-year-old Sunday Rose and 12-year-old Faith Margaret.
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As you can probably guess by its title, Motionless in White‘s new album, Scoring the End of the World, deals with a lot of contemporary themes. But the record takes a quick detour into the ’80s with the song “Werewolf.”
In the song, frontman Chris “Motionless” Cerulli makes a references to the 1984 Rockwell hit “Somebody’s Watching Me,” singing along to its immediately recognizable chorus, which featured vocals from Michael Jackson. Overall, though, “Werewolf” was mainly inspired by the King of Pop’s classic single “Thriller.”
“We felt like we wanted to have our iconic song, our theatrical moment,” Cerulli says of his band’s approach to “Werewolf.” “We’ve never fully embraced it at that level before.”
He adds, “Whether people love it our hate it, we love it because we made that venture into that world.”
Along with the retro influence of MJ and Rockwell, Cerulli wanted “Werewolf” to still feel modern, which Motionless brought in thanks to some inspiration from Muse.
“It felt so cool to explore that side of stuff for us and have it go so well that everybody’s favorite song in the band is ‘Werewolf,'” Cerulli says.
Of course, part of what made “Thriller” so iconic was its legendary video, and Cerulli hopes that “Werewolf” will get a fitting visual, as well.
“I feel like it needs a video that’s, like, a modern-day ‘Thriller,'” Cerulli says. “Something that feels fun, spooky, feels like Motionless, but has a little bit of a serious thing on the side.”
Scoring the End of the World is out now. It also includes the single “Masterpiece.”
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Over the weekend, Olivia Rodrigo performed at the U.K.’s prestigious Glastonbury festival and used her time on stage to denounce the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday that overturned Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile other stars continued to weigh in on Twitter and pledge to take action.
The British paper The Guardian reports that on Saturday, Olivia told the crowd, “I’m devastated and terrified. So many women and so many girls are going to die because of this.”
She continued, “I wanted to dedicate this next song to the five members of the Supreme Court who have showed us that at the end of the day, they truly don’t give a s*** about freedom. The song is for the justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh. We hate you! We hate you.”
She then brought out guest star Lily Allen to perform Allen’s song “F**k You,” whose lyrics go, “Your point of view is medieval/F**k you, f**k you very, very much/’Cause we hate what you do.”
Meanwhile, Harry Styles took to Twitter to write, “I’m absolutely devastated for the people of America today. Check on your friends. Look after each other. We’re all in this together, and the fight is just beginning. A truly dark day for America.”
Mariah Carey wrote, “It is truly unfathomable and disheartening to have to try to explain to my 11 year old daughter why we live in a world where women’s rights are disintegrating in front of our eyes.”
And Lizzo announced that she was pledging $500,000 from her upcoming tour to Planned Parenthood, and that concert promoter Live Nation agreed to the match the donation for a total of $1 million.
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Doobie Brothers co-founders members Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston teamed up to write a new memoir about their famous band titled Long Train Runnin’: Our Story of The Doobie Brothers that’s available now.
Simmons tells ABC Audio that having the book co-written by him and Tom gives fans the chance to learn about the band’s history from the different perspectives of two guys who were there from the beginning.
“[I]t was kind of unique, because it’s both Tom and myself telling a story,” Simmons notes. “[I think that’s] a little bit better all the way around, since…it’s hard to remember…what was going on through the years. And it was nice to kind of reflect on aspects that somebody else might have seen a little differently from your own [recollection].”
Simmons says parts of the book that he thinks fans will find particularly interesting include how the band came together, details about how The Doobies made their records, and the successful period in the group’s history when Michael McDonald became the frontman at a time that Johnston was experiencing serious health issues.
Regarding the making of The Doobies’ music, Simmons notes, “[H]ow we put those songs together, how we wrote them, how we built them is kind of an interesting aspect that…I thought…was kind of unique in terms of the wide variety of ways that we approached songwriting and how songs were created.”
As for McDonald joining the band and the resulting change in the sound of the group’s music, Pat says, “[I]t was an arduous process. And it worked out, luckily.”
Long Train Runnin’ also features commentary from various other Doobie Brothers members, alums and associates, including McDonald, former bassist Tiran Porter, longtime multi-instrumentalist John McFee and producer Ted Templeman.
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In a video circulating online over the weekend, Full House star Jodie Sweetin was seen being pushed to the ground by Los Angeles police during a protest over the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The clip shows Sweetin being grabbed and shoved by LAPD officers at the Saturday rally. She’s quickly helped to her feet by fellow protestors.
On Sunday, the actress reshared a posting of the video, commenting, “Thank you for posting. Love everyone out there in the streets fighting for what’s right…”
She also released a statement through her publicist, saying, “I’m extremely proud of the hundreds of people who showed up yesterday to exercise their First Amendment rights and take immediate action to peacefully protest the giant injustices that have been delivered from our Supreme Court.”
The statement continued, “Our activism will continue until our voices are heard and action is taken. This will not deter us, we will continue fighting for our rights. We are not free until ALL of us are free.”
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After Sean “Diddy” Combs delivered a show-stopping performance of some of his greatest hits at the 2022 BET Awards on Sunday, he accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by legendary producer Babyface and the night’s special guest, Kanye West.
Ye’s entrance onto the stage of “culture’s biggest night” shocked the crowd, as he walked out sporting his famous face mask, which covered his mouth for the duration of the moving speech to his “favorite artist,” Diddy.
“How do we crown our kings? How do we appreciate our kings?,” Ye began. “To think how far we could just make if off of inspiration, to hear the way somebody chopped a sample in. Me and [friend] rushin’ to see who could get the Bad Boy mixtape and play back the original version of “Benjamins,” over and over, thinkin’ I was one of the Hit Men.”
“I was signed to Puff without him knowing,” he joked before adding, “That statement is not legally binding!”
Ye went on for a few minutes, reminiscing on his early music years inspired by Puff and reiterating the his admiration for the 52-year-old music mogul.
“Puff if I never told you, I love you. You my brother.”
Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Lil Kim, Bryson Tiller, Faith Evans and others, made cameos in the elaborate tribute performance that spanned Diddy’s career. It also featured a moving tribute to Kim Porter, Diddy’s former partner who died in 2018.
“Stay connected to God, and he’ll bring you out,” he said. “I just want to say thank you to Kim.”
Diddy wrapped his speech by recalling a “dream” he says, of Black people “being free” and “controlling our own destiny.” He then pledged $1 million to Howard University, his alma mater.
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It was a star-studded night at the BET Awards 2022, which aired live from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater Sunday, with Taraji P. Henson hosting for the second year in a row.
Lizzo got the celebration started with an energetic performance of “About Damn Time.” Later, Jack Harlow, was joined by Lil Wayne to perform their track “Poison” and Brandy, who rapped her freestyle to “First Class.”
Ella Mai brought out Roddy Ricch and singer-songwriter extraordinaire Babyface during her turn on stage while Latto, who snagged the Best New Artist award, had the iconic Mariah Carey join her to perform the “Big Energy” remix.
Not many awards were given out during the ceremony, but the ones that were included Mary J. Blige who took home the BET Her Award, Tems who won for Best International Act and Best Collaboration where she featured on Wizkid‘s “Essence,” and Album of the Year for Silk Sonic‘s An Evening with Silk Sonic.
As if it wasn’t already an A-list event, R&B legends Blige and Jodeci kicked off a nostalgic tribute for Diddy before he took over and guided fans through a medley of hits he’s credited for, including “Bad boyz,” “It’s All About the Benjamins (Remix),” “I Need a Girl (Pt. 2),” “Pass the Courvoisier,” “I’ll Be Missing You,” and his latest release “Gotta Move On.” Shyne, The Lox, Lil Kim, Busta Rhymes, Faith Hill, and Bryson Tiller joined Diddy for the medley, which also included an emotional video of Kim Porter, Diddy’s former partner who died in 2018.
Afterwards, Babyface and Ye, stepped to the mic to share a few words about the man of the hour, before presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award. During his acceptance speech, Diddy handed out a laundry list of thank-you’s, including one to his ex, Cassie.
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The BET Awards, known as “culture’s biggest night,” honored notable names in music, film, sports and entertainment on Sunday night.
Here is the list of awards announced during the broadcast:
Album of the year
An Evening with Silk Sonic, Silk Sonic
Best female R&B/pop artist
Jazmine Sullivan
Best new artist
Latto
Best collaboration
“Essence,” Wizkid Feat. Justin Bieber & Tems
Dr. Bobby Jones best gospel/inspirational award
“We Win,” Lil Baby X Kirk Franklin
BET Her
“Good Morning Gorgeous,” Mary J. Blige
Best international act
Tems (Nigeria)
Best male R&B/pop artist
The Weeknd
YoungStars award
Marsai Martin
Best actress
Zendaya, Euphoria | Spider-man: No Way Home
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