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Lori Harvey reportedly wasn’t “ready to commit” to Michael B. Jordan

June 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The news of Lori Harvey and Michael B. Jordan‘s split shocked the entertainment world over the weekend after People reported that the pair had called it quits after a year and a half of dating. New developments by the magazine say that the 25-year-old beauty entrepreneur “wasn’t ready to commit” to Jordan.

According to an update shared by People on Monday, a source close to Harvey says that while she and Jordan “were making plans for their future,” Harvey “realized that they weren’t on the same page.”

The source says “she is very focused on her career” and that she “still wants to have fun and be free.”

“Michael is a great guy. She is sad that their relationship didn’t work out, but she is moving on,” says the source.

Harvey, who is the daughter of Steve and Marjorie Harvey, recently cleared her Instagram page of photos of her and Jordan. The two celebrated their one-year anniversary in November 2021 after making their relationship Instagram official in January.

Jordan has yet to comment about the breakup and as of Monday morning still had photos of them on his Instagram. The Creed actor was spotted out at the Celtics vs. Warriors NBA Finals game in San Francisco on Sunday night.

When initial rumors broke on Saturday, an insider told People of the split, “Michael and Lori are both completely heartbroken,” adding that “they still love each other.”

Bruce Springsteen performed with Coldplay at band’s show in New Jersey on Sunday

June 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

New Jersey’s favorite son joined Coldplay during the British band’s concert at East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium on Sunday night.

The one and only Bruce Springsteen took the stage alongside Chris Martin and company for performances of the Boss’s 2009 song “Working on a Dream” and his 1984 smash “Dancing in the Dark.”

“Working on a Dream” is a particularly meaningful song for Martin, who has the song’s title tattooed on his arm.

“Like Chris said, he’s had this song tattooed on his arm for a while, so I guess I’ve got to sing it,” Springsteen told the cheering crowd before launching into the tune.

You can watch fan-shot footage of the collaboration streaming now on YouTube.

Coldplay is currently on tour supporting its latest album Music of the Spheres, which was released in October. The trek continues Wednesday in Philadelphia. As for Springsteen, he kicks off a recently announced 2023 European tour with his E Street Band on April 28 in Barcelona, Spain.

The return of Jack Sparrow? Former Disney exec says company could bring Johnny Depp back to ‘Pirates’ franchise

June 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

With his defamation case victory over ex-wife Amber Heard in the rearview mirror — despite the Aquaman actress’s vow to appeal — the movie industry is speculating about what’s on the horizon for Johnny Depp.

One former Disney executive tells People a pirate ship might just break through the fog with Depp’s beloved Jack Sparrow at the helm once again.

“There is just too much potential box-office treasure” to be had, the unnamed executive explains to the magazine.

“With [Pirates of the Caribbean series producer] Jerry Bruckheimer riding high on the massive success of Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick, there is huge appetite for bringing back bankable Hollywood stars in massively popular franchises.”

Box Office Mojo says the movie series has snagged nearly $4.5 billion in box office booty since it launched in 2003, with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl making more than $654 million worldwide.

Its sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, became the series biggest earner, making over a billion bucks.

So what’s next for the franchise after 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales?

As viewers of the recent trial witnessed, plans for a sixth film with Depp at the helm were scuttled after Depp’s messy divorce from Heard, and the English trial that brought to light accusations of abuse from both stars.

Officially, there are a pair of films set in the Pirates universe in the works, according to Bruckheimer.

The blockbuster-minting producer tells the U.K.’s Sunday Times, “We’re talking to Margot Robbie. We are developing two Pirates scripts — one with her, one without.”

So will Jack Sparrow return? “Not at this point,” Bruckheimer says, but allows, “The future is yet to be decided.”

Disney is the parent company of ABC News.

Suspected name for Megan Thee Stallion’s upcoming album revealed

June 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

It’s no secret Megan Thee Stallion is gearing up to release her second studio album soon. According to multiple reports that surfaced over the weekend, the title of the new project could be “Traumazine.”

As revealed in documents shared on Twitter by trademark attorney Josh Gerben, the 27-year-old rapper filed the trademark application for the word “Traumazine” on May 27, using the Hot Girl Trademark Holdings, LLC as the owner of the mark.

Gerben said in a tweet, “The trademark application, filed on May 27th, is drafted in such a way that this could (emphasis on COULD) be the name of @theestallion’s next album.”

As previously reported, Megan shared details about the forthcoming album in an interview after her Webby Awards win for Artist of the Year last month.

“I’m probably, like, 95% done with my new album,” the rapper said during a chat backstage. “I wanna tease that for the Hotties. I haven’t even told them nothing about my album, but yeah.”

The Houston Hottie’s sophomore project will follow her hit debut album, Good News, which debuted at #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Billboard chart.

“Saving lives is not a partisan issue”: Matthew McConaughey on “epidemic” of mass shootings

June 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey, who recently witnessed his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, become the latest site of a school shooting, has had enough.

In an op-ed to the Austin American-Stateman, McConaughey opens by calling himself “a father and a gun owner, the son of a kindergarten teacher, and a Texan from Uvalde.”

He says, “I believe that responsible, law-abiding Americans have a Second Amendment right, enshrined by our founders, to bear arms. I also believe we have a cultural obligation to take steps toward slowing down the senseless killing of our children.”

The actor argues, “The debate about gun control has delivered nothing but status quo. It’s time we talk about gun responsibility.”

“There is a difference between control and responsibility,” McConaughey says.

“The first is a mandate that can infringe on our right; the second is a duty that will preserve it. There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility. Keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people is not only the responsible thing to do, it is the best way to protect the Second Amendment. We can do both.”

The actor and activist says, “Depraved acts of violence, with guns as the weapon of choice, are ripping apart families, testing people’s faith, and tearing at the fabric of society.”

There is an “epidemic…of deranged individuals killing indiscriminately, parents burying their children, of inaction and buck-passing,” the actor says.

He adds, “Saving lives is not a partisan issue. Responsible Americans must step up.”

McConaughey says he and his wife, Camila Alves McConaughey, “have seen it with our own eyes in my hometown…where parents are attending their own children’s funerals. We are all mourning.”

The celebrity couple recently created the Uvalde Relief Fund through their Just Keep Livin’ nonprofit.

The Doobie Brothers postpone five shows after touring party members catch COVID

June 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Doobie Brothers recently postponed five U.S. concerts that were part of their ongoing 50th anniversary tour because several members of the band’s touring party tested positive for COVID-19.

The affected dates, which have already been rescheduled, were originally scheduled for June 2 in West Palm Beach, Florida; June 3 in Tampa, Florida; June 5 in Jacksonville, Florida; June 7 in Alpharetta, Georgia; and June 8 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Those shows now are scheduled for the tail end of the band’s current summer U.S. leg. The new dates are as follows: Alpharetta on July 17, Jacksonville on July 18, Tampa on July 20, West Palm Beach on July 21 and Charlotte on July 25.

The Doobies are scheduled to return to the road for a June 10 concert in Bristow, Virginia. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers also have another U.S. leg lined up for later this year that’s plotted out from a September 2 show in Pelham, Alabama, through an October 12 performance in Nashville.

Check out the band’s full schedule at TheDoobieBrothers.com.

Last September, The Doobie Brothers also postponed a series of concerts after a member of the group’s touring personnel came down with COVID.

Mariah Carey faces copyright lawsuit over “All I Want For Christmas Is You”

June 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Can artists copyright a song title? We’ll find out when Mariah Carey heads to court over a lawsuit that claims someone else had dibs on the title “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

The Washington Post reports songwriter Andy Stone — who is better known by his stage name Vince Vance — is suing Mariah and her co-writer, Walter Afanasieff, for $20 million in damages. He is arguing they infringed on his copyright because he wrote a song with the same exact title in 1989 — five years before Mariah unleashed her Christmas classic.

Vance alleges the track was released as part of his band Vince Vance & The Valiants and received “extensive airplay during the 1993 Christmas season.” He also said it appeared on the Billboard charts. While these songs do share a title, there are no similarities in their respective melodies or song lyrics.

Vance argues neither Mariah nor Afanasieff “sought or obtained permission” to repurpose his song title and that he reached out to both in April 2021 for them to make it right. He later followed up in December 2021 and claimed, “Even after communicating the concerns with Defendants, Plaintiff was unable to come to any agreement over usage of the ‘All I Want for Christmas is You.'”

It should be noted that while Mariah does have the most popular version of “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” there are dozens of others songs using the same exact title registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.

Mariah has not responded to the suit.

Speaking of Vance, Kelly Clarkson recorded a cover of Vance’s version of the song for her holiday album When Christmas Comes Around.

Jennifer Lopez delivers emotional speech thanking “disappointment” and “failure” at ‘2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards’

June 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Jennifer Lopez delivered a powerful speech while accepting the Generation Award at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday.

The actress and singer, 52, was honored with the award that “celebrates beloved actors whose diverse contributions to both film and television have turned them into household names.”

During her acceptance speech, Lopez acknowledged how much her roles have meant to her and the impact of those who have helped her — or attempted to hold her back — along the way.

Reflecting on her previous roles, she said: “I look at those movies and I see all the wonderful people that I’ve been blessed to know and to work with. You’re only as good as the people that you work with, and if you’re lucky, they may make you better. And I have been very lucky in that regard.”

“As an actor, I’m not any of the women that I’ve played, but there is a part of what is deeply true to me in each one of those characters,” she continued.

“I want to thank all the people who gave me this life,” she said. “I want to thank the people who gave me joy and the ones who broke my heart. The ones who were true and the ones who lied to me. I want to thank true love and I want to thank the way that I lied to myself because that’s how I knew that I had to grow.”

“I want to thank disappointment and failure for teaching me to be strong and my children for teaching me to love,” she continued. “I want to thank all the people who told me, to my face or when I wasn’t in the room, that I couldn’t do this. I really don’t think I could have done it without you.”

Serj Tankian premieres new Armenian-sung solo song, “Amber”

June 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian has premiered a new song song called “Amber.”

The track is sung in Armenian, and its title, which is pronounced ‘ahm-be’r,’ is the Armenian word for “clouds.” Armenian vocalist Sevak Amroyan also guests on the song.

Tankian first wrote “Amber” in 2017 in response to that year’s Armenian parliamentary election.

“I was so distraught by the slick theft of the elections before ever reaching the ballot box that I wrote this song as a response,” Tankian shares. “The lyrics however seem to be more poignant today when Armenians are divided politically and socially following the devastating attack on Nagorno-Karabagh and Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey in 2020 and the continuous fallout over negotiations with those two dictatorial regimes.”

“‘Amber’s’ message is that of unity and harmony,” he adds. “Those are the only truly powerful weapons of the Armenian nation.”

You can watch the “Amber” video streaming now on YouTube. It will be released on digital outlets this Wednesday, June 8.

Humble Quest: Maren Morris is taking fans’ requests on tour

June 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Maren Morris has something special planned for fans on her upcoming Humble Quest Tour.

The superstar singer revealed on social media that she’ll be diving into her vault of past songs, as she plans to play acoustic versions of deep cuts off her previous albums as requested by fans.

“There is a moment of this tour set that I’m gonna try to sing older, random album songs that weren’t singles. Just me & my guitar if you shout it or write it on a poster,” she explains in a Twitter thread, adding with a crying laughing emoji, “seriously having to learn some archival sh**…”

In the comments, several fans requested numbers off her chart-topping debut album, Hero, including “Bummin’ Cigarettes” “Company You Keep,” “Once” and “Space.”

“That one is always in my back pocket,” Maren said in response to requests for “Bummin’ Cigarettes,” while assuring another fan who asked her to sing “Space” during her show in Asheville, North Carolina, next week that she “will learn it!”

The tour is named after Maren’s new album, Humble Quest, which includes her current top 10 single, “Circles Around This Town.” It kicks off on June 9 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and runs until December 2, when it wraps at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

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