Fans can catch quite a few celebrity appearances in the music video for “Cold Beer Truth,” the latest new song to be released from Chris Janson.
Kid Rock is just one of the stars to make an appearance in the clip, playing the role of a buddy showing up to have a good time in a honky tonk alongside the singer and several other pals.
But it’s not just country music that gets the all-star treatment: Chris tips his hat to his love of NASCAR, too. The video includes footage from the RCR Racing Museum that features Richard Childress, the famed NASCAR driver and partner of late racing legend Dale Earnhardt. Former Alabama football player John Cassimus and legendary fisherman Bill Dance also turn up in the video.
“Cold Beer Truth” is the newest song to arrive off of Chris’ forthcoming studio album, All In. “This video pays tribute to all the good buddies out there in America who have made some great memories while sharing some cold beer truth,” Chris explained when he released the song and music video.
Also featured in the video are the singer’s wife, Kelly, and their children, plus some other family members and loved ones.
Chris has already shared two songs off of All In: The album’s title track and its lead single, “Bye Mom.”
(LOS ANGELES) — Not all the Super Bowl action on Sunday will be on the field at Sofi Stadium — it might be outside in the search for bombs and suspicious packages.
More than 30 bomb-sniffing dogs from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) K-9 unit — come to Los Angeles from as far as Savannah, Georgia.
“ATF K-9 Division is out here with K-9 from all over the country, making sure that this is one of the safest cities in America,” Ginger Colbrun, an ATF spokeswoman told ABC News. “We are making sure that any bags that are left are taken care of and they don’t have any explosives or firearms or ammunition in them.”
ABC News watched a demonstration of ATF dogs sniffing backpacks outside of the Super Bowl Experience, an interactive three-day event at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
ATF’s bomb-sniffing dogs work other large-scale events as well, including various pro sports all-star games, and the G-9 summit, Colburn said.
“These dogs work on a food reward basis, so every time they smell an explosive, they receive food and so they train all day, all week, all year,” she explained.
Belle, Wolfgang and Jerry — three of the ATF bomb sniffing dogs that ABC News watched train — are part of the 12 K-9 teams from around the U.S. at the Super Bowl.
Overall, ATF has more than 80 people in Los Angeles at various locations around the city.
Alex Guerrero, a career bomb technician with ATF said that if the dog does get a hit on a suspicious package, it’s trained to sit right by it.
“We do quite a bit of training and this is what this is, what we train for,” Guerrero, who is based in Houston, Texas, said. “We’re all trained well and have great equipment to do our job.”
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Courtney Love‘s study in demonology has a new student.
Rapper and pop star Doja Cat has recorded a cover of the Hole song “Celebrity Skin” for a new Taco Bell commercial.
The ad, which is streaming now on YouTube ahead of its TV premiere during the Super Bowl this Sunday, finds Doja stuck in a school for clowns that’s constantly bombarded by an announcement that “the ice cream machine is still broken” — surely a shot at Taco Bell’s fast food competition, McDonald’s. Doja and her fellow clowns soon find an escape from the monotony, which is soundtracked by her version of “Celebrity Skin.”
You may also notice Doja singing some different lyrics from the original ’90s alt classic, which a press release says were “reworked in partnership” with Love.
The cover will be officially released this Friday. You can check out a behind-the-scenes video from the recording session now on YouTube.
Want to watch Questlove‘s Oscar-nominated documentary Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), but don’t have Hulu or Disney+? You’re in luck.
The acclaimed film, which documents the six-week-long, star-studded 1969 event The Harlem Cultural Festival, will have its broadcast television premiere on Sunday, February 20 at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.
The festival, the tapes of which sat on a shelf for decades, featured huge stars of soul, blues, Latin, jazz and R&B. Among the artists you’ll see performing in the film are Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Sly and the Family Stone, The 5th Dimension, The Staple Singers, B.B. King and more.
In related news, while a digital and CD version of the movie’s soundtrack is out now, an expanded two-LP version of the soundtrack will be out June 17. It includes 17 songs selected by Questlove. Target will offer a single LP version pressed on red vinyl. You can pre-order both now.
The LP’s track listing gives you an idea of how varied the lineup was at the festival, which was all but forgotten because it was overshadowed by Woodstock, which took place around the same time:
The Chambers Brothers — “Uptown”
B.B. King — “Why I Sing The Blues”
The 5th Dimension — “Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ To Ya”
The 5th Dimension — “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)”
David Ruffin — “My Girl”
The Edwin Hawkins Singers — “Oh Happy Day”
The Staple Singers — “It’s Been A Change”
The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir Featuring Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples — “Precious Lord Take My Hand”
Gladys Knight & The Pips — “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
Mongo Santamaria — “Watermelon Man”
Ray Barretto — “Together”
Herbie Mann — “Hold On, I’m Comin’”
Sly & The Family Stone — “Sing A Simple Song”
Sly & The Family Stone — “Everyday People”
Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach — “Africa”
Nina Simone — “Backlash Blues”
Nina Simone — “Are You Ready”
Britney Spears appears poised to restart her music career now that her conservatorship is a thing of the past.
The singer shared a new Instagram video of her dancing in a tight, red bathing suit and black strappy heels to one of her favorite songs she’s recorded.
“This is a tease [devil smile emoji] of what’s to come !!!! My song ‘Get Naked’ [headphone emoji] !!!” Britney cryptically captioned. “Just PLAYING around folks !!!!” The video depicts the Grammy winner using ballet barres to spin her head and gyrate her hips before she seductively struts toward the camera and busts out her signature full body twirl.
“Get Naked” was a single Britney recorded for her 2007 album, Blackout, which was released a few months before she was placed in her controversial 13-year conservatorship.
Among those praising the singer’s new post was pal Paris Hilton, actress Lily James, Queer Eye star Bobby Berk and many others.
It is unknown what exactly Britney is teasing here, but some fans are hoping we’re about to get Blackout 2.0.
All six members of New Edition will join Tamron Hall next week for an hour-long interview.
Ricky Bell, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant and Michael Bivins will appear on the syndicated daytime talk show on Tuesday, February 15. They’ll chat about their history, their personal and professional struggles, and reveal “stories they’ve never shared,” according to ABC.
Most exciting for fans, though, will be a special performance and a sneak peek of the group’s upcoming 30-city The Culture Tour with Charlie Wilson and special guest Jodeci. It kicks off February 16 in Columbia, Georgia and is set to wrap up April 10 in Miami.
(WASHINGTON) — A bill that would eliminate forced arbitration agreements for sexual assault and harassment survivors in the workplace was approved in the Senate in a voice vote Thursday, and it now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
The legislation ushers in some of the most significant workplace reforms in decades.
New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has long championed the bill and is one if its lead authors, said the bill “will give survivors their day in court, allow them to discuss their cases publicly and end the days of institutional protection for harassers.”
“It will help us fix a broken system that protects perpetrators and corporations and end the days of silencing survivors,” Gillibrand said on the Senate floor Thursday.
An aide to the senator told ABC News that the bill will go into effect immediately after Biden signs it into law.
The bill’s passage comes a few years after the #MeToo movement launched cases of sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace into the public sphere, revealing just how often men in positions of power settle cases and silence victims by using secretive processes.
These practices have allowed some men to move on to new jobs without having to reveal to the public that claims had ever been filed against them.
This bill would for the first time ensure that survivors of sexual harassment and assault have the option of suing their abusers in state, tribal or federal court.
The House voted on the bill in a bipartisan 335-97 vote earlier in the week. All the votes against it came from Republicans.
“Today, the House took a key step toward ending the shameful practice of forced arbitration of sexual assault and harassment in the workplace. This landmark legislation will void agreements currently silencing more than 60 million workers as well as countless more consumers, who have been denied the freedom to pursue recourse for sexual assault and harassment by nursing home contracts, property leases and other legal agreements,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement.
“With today’s strong, bipartisan vote, the House sent a clear signal to survivors across our nation that they deserve the freedom to seek justice and to make their voices heard,” she added.
According to a summary of the bill, H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act “would allow sexual harassment and sexual assault survivors to elect to file a case in a court of law rather than be subject to mandatory, forced arbitration provisions in cases involving sexual harassment or sexual assault disputes.”
By voiding forced arbitration clauses in the case of sexual assault and harassment, “survivors are provided the freedom to decide what legal path works best for them — that can include bringing a claim in court, discussing their case publicly, or seeking another kind of legal remedy. It will eliminate institutional protection for harassers and abusers and give survivors the chance to pursue justice,” according to the bill summary.
Proponents of the bill say the point of the legislation is to get cases of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace out in the open so that predators are punished and unable to repeat their offenses. Typically, in arbitration cases, the facts of a case don’t become public, and the accused can often move on to their next place of employment without any public recourse.
Just before the bill passed, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said it was “long overdue.”
“It is an outrage that women and men who are abused can not seek justice are forced to be quiet are forced to keep the agony inside themselves, it is outrageous,” Schumer said. “For decades, this forced arbitration has deprived millions of people form the basic right to justice.”
Republicans who have opposed the bill say it’s an overreach by the federal government in workplace matters.
One of the most prominent advocates for ending forced arbitration in sexual misconduct cases, however, is Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News host who filed a lawsuit against the late Roger Ailes, the former head of the cable network.
“Yes we will make history and have all women’s voices lifted up!” Carlson tweeted ahead of Monday’s vote.
In a statement earlier this month, the White House’s budget backed the bill.
“This bipartisan, bicameral legislation empowers survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment by giving them a choice to go to court instead of being forced into arbitration,” the White House’s budget office, the Office of Management and Budget, said.
(WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack has found sparse call records and gaps in the White House telephone logs from Jan. 6, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.
One source indicated to ABC News that the logs do not reflect all the calls they understand former President Donald Trump was making that day.
Investigators have not uncovered any evidence that records were deleted or changed.
It’s public knowledge that Trump used not only his personal cell phone to make calls but also the phones of his aides.
The apparent gaps in the calls records is the latest challenge for the committee as they try to paint a complete picture of what Trump was doing and who he was talking to that day.
The call logs obtained by the committee detail incoming and outgoing calls through the White House switchboard.
A spokesperson for the select committee declined to comment.
You can watch now Foo Fighters‘ trip to Fraggle Rock without an Apple TV+ subscription.
As previously reported, Dave Grohl and company appear on an episode of the new Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock series, which brings back the beloved music-loving puppets created by the late Jim Henson. The series premiered on Apple TV+ in January, but the streamer has now released a clip of the Foos’ performance.
The video, which you can watch now on YouTube, finds the “Everlong” outfit playing an original song, fittingly titled “Fraggle Rock Rock.” The tune also appears on the Back to the Rock soundtrack, which is out now.
By the way, Fraggle Rock isn’t Grohl’s first foray into the wacky world of Henson’s creations. He also had a cameo in the 2011 The Muppets movie, and guested on a 2015 episode of the ABC sitcom The Muppets.
Chris Young is a frontrunner after the 2022 ACM Awards nominees were announced Thursday morning. He earned the most nominations of any artist, thanks largely to his mega-hit duet with Kane Brown, “Famous Friends.”
Chris earned seven mentions in total over four categories. He’s double-nominated in three of those, due to his role as both a producer and artist on the single and its album, also titled Famous Friends. He’s a bit of a dark horse at the awards show, having never won an ACM trophy in the past.
Behind Chris, the most-nominated artists are Walker Hayes, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton, who are tied for second place, with five mentions apiece. Carrie Underwood, Carly Pearce and Jordan Davis also made a splash on the nominees list, coming in with four nods each.
Also scoring four nods was Morgan Wallen, who returns to the awards show pool after having been disqualified at the ACMs in 2021. His removal from consideration came after video footage emerged showing Morgan yelling a racist slur; he was also barred from all the other major awards shows that year.
But in 2022, the ACMs seem to be welcoming Morgan back. He’s nominated for Male Artist of the Year, also scoring a mention in the Album of the Year category, and two nods for Song of the Year, as both an artist and songwriter on his nominated “7 Summers.”
The 2022 ACMs will stream on Amazon Prime Video on March 7 at 8 p.m. EST.
