Billie Eilish and Rainn Wilson are reuniting in an effort for climate change action.
The “bad guy” star and The Office actor have each recorded a video message addressing world leaders ahead of the upcoming 2021 UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, aka COP26.
“We must stand together and speak up to save our planet, not just for us, but for our future generations,” Eilish says. “We need urgent, urgent action now and to work together as one.”
Wilson adds, “The decisions that [world leaders] make about the climate crisis in the next decade are the most important decisions in our planet’s history.”
COP26 takes place from October 31 to November 12 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Eilish, of course, is a giant fan of The Office, and even sampled dialogue from the show on her song “my strange addiction.” In 2019, Wilson surprised her with an Office trivia contest.
“We must stand together and speak up to save our planet, not just for us, but for our future generations and we need urgent, urgent action now and to work together as one”- the amazing @billieeilish gives an important message to world leaders ahead of #COP26@ArcticBasecamppic.twitter.com/sK1T1l8NUM
All That Remains has announced a U.S. tour celebrating the 15th anniversary of the band’s 2006 album, The Fall of Ideals.
The 2022 outing is set to kick off March 12 with a home-state show in Worcester, Massachusetts, and will make its way throughout the country before wrapping up back on the East Coast on May 20 in Hartford, Connecticut.
“We have some really cool things planned,” frontman Phil Labonte says of the tour. “We hope you’ll come out and celebrate with us.”
Tickets go on sale this Friday, October 29, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit AllThatRemainsOnline.com.
The Fall of Ideals, All That Remains’ third album, was produced by Killswitch Engage‘s Adam Dutkiewicz. The record saw the group continue to shift from their early death metal sound to more of a metalcore style.
As previously reported, a 15th anniversary vinyl reissue of The Fall of Ideals is due out November 12.
(SANTA FE, N.M.) — Law enforcement officials in New Mexico said Wednesday that they suspect a real bullet was loaded in the antique revolver used in a movie-set shooting by actor Alec Baldwin that killed the film’s cinematography and wounded its director.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said a lead slug taken from wounded film director Joel Souza’s shoulder came from the F.LLI Pieata Colt revolver that Baldwin fired during a dress rehearsal Thursday afternoon for the western “Rust” at the Bonanza Creek Ranch studio near Santa Fe.
Mendoza said the same shot mortally wounded cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who later died at a hospital.
Mendoza declined to say whether negligence was involved in the incident or who was responsible for putting the live round into the Colt revolver Baldwin fired.
The sheriff said three guns were seized from the scene, including the Colt revolver. He described the other guns as a non-functioning .45 caliber revolver and a plastic non-functioning prop gun.
He also said 500 rounds of ammunition were also seized that included a mix of blanks, dummy rounds and live rounds.
“We believe that we have in our possession the firearm that was fired by Mr. Baldwin. This is the firearm we believe discharged the bullet,” Mendoza said. “We also believe we have the spent shell casing from the bullet that was fired from the gun. We regard this specific spent casing and recovered projectile to be the live round that was fired from the revolver by Mr. Baldwin.”
Mendoza said investigators have interviewed the two people who “handled and or inspected the loaded firearm prior to Baldwin firing the weapon.” He identified them as the film armorer Hannah Guitierrez-Reed and assistant director David Halls.
He said investigators have collected what they believe to be additional live rounds from the set.
Mendoza said the evidence will be analyzed by the FBI at the bureau’s crime lab in Quantico, Virginia.
“I want to ensure the victims, their families and the public that we are conducting a thorough and objective investigation,” Mendoza said. “In reference to possible charges, it’s too early right now in the investigation to comment on charges at this point.”
Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said no decision has been made on whether charges will be filed and that she will wait until the investigation is complete.
“I must emphasize that a complete and thorough investigation is critical to DA review. We take the corroborated facts and evidence and connect it to New Mexico law and we are not at that juncture yet,” Carmack-Altwies said. “I am a prosecutor that was elected in part because I do not make rash decisions and I do not rush to judgment.”
Ask by a reporter whether Baldwin could face criminal charges, Carmack-Altwies said, “All options are on the table at this point.”
“I’m not commenting on charges whether they will be filed or not on whom,” she said. “We cannot answer that question yet until we complete a more thorough investigation. No one has been ruled out at this point.”
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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In a press conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, investigators addressed the latest news concerning the fatal Rust set shooting.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendozaconfirmed that “it was a bullet” that struck and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza, not a mishap with a blank round.
Sheriff Mendoza stated that a bullet from a .45 Long Colt was recovered from the shoulder of Souza; that was believed to be the same round that fatally struck Hutchins, but it needs to be forensically confirmed.
That projectile was removed from Souza by doctors, and handed over to investigators for analysis, he explained.
Mendoza also mentioned “approximately 500 rounds of ammunition” were recovered from the New Mexico set, including, “a mix of blanks, dummy roundsand what we are suspecting were live rounds.”
Blank rounds contain no lead bullet, but emit a muzzle flash when fired, and can still be harmful without proper precautions.
Dummy rounds are just empty cartridges that are meant to look like functioning bullets.
Live rounds are actual bullets — and have no place on a movie set.
The District Attorney on the case, Mary Carmack Altwies, told journalists that while it’s too early in the investigation to say, charges against Alec Baldwin have not been ruled out.
“If the facts and evidence and law support charges, then I will initiate charges at that time,” she said of anyone involved.
Investigators have already spoken to Baldwin, as well as the movie’s armorer Hannah Gutierrez, as well as the movie’s assistant director Dave Halls, who handed the pistol to Baldwin, after declaring it a “cold” — that is an empty — gun.
Baldwin not only fired the fatal shot, but he was also a producer on the Western.
Olivia Rodrigo is dishing on the behind-the-scenes of her White House visit earlier this year.
During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tuesday night, the 18-year-old revealed that she left the visit with some pretty unusual gifts from President Joe Biden himself, including a pair of aviator sunglasses that they both wore in a photo op together.
“He gave me those, he gave me some M&Ms and he also gave me a shoehorn, which was strange…it had the presidential emblem on it, I’m serious,” she said. “It’s in my house.”
Kimmel laughed and joked, “Well if you ever thought Joe Biden was too old to be president, now we know he is. He’s giving out shoehorns.”
Olivia had been invited to the White House back in July to meet with President Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci to support the administration’s COVID-19 vaccine initiative.
“The White House is just the coolest place,” she told Kimmel. “I was so nervous to go, but I walked in here and there were all these plates that George Washington used to eat his dinner on. All of this crazy stuff, and I was scared I was going to sneeze and break such a priceless artifact, but I walked out and didn’t break anything.”
Dierks Bentley’s been out on the road for his 2021 Beers on Me Tour for the past few months, and he’s having too much fun to quit now. The singer just announced a winter leg of the tour, set to kick off in January.
The fun will start with a string of dates in Canada, before Dierks and the gang head south for a batch of shows in the U.S. Among them is a marquee show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena in late February. The tour is now set to wrap in early March in Toledo, Ohio.
This time around, Dierks’ opening acts will be Jordan Davis, Tenille Arts and Lainey Wilson.
Dierks’ new tour plans arrive on the same day he’s dropping his new music video for “Beers on Me,” the song that lends its name to the tour. The clip — featuring collaborators Hardy and Breland, the latter of whom joined Dierks for the last leg of the Beers on Me tour — follows the singer and his pals as they pass out free beer to random passersby in Nashville.
Tickets for the next stretch of Dierks’ tour go on sale on Friday, Nov. 5 at 10AM local time.
The 15-time Grammy winner announced Tuesday she is dropping a two-album set which she says is “coming soon.”
“My new album, Keys, will have two types of songs,” she commented with an Instagram video. The first album named, Originals, which Alicia produced, features “laid back piano vibes.’ The second disc, named Unlocked, which she produced with Mike WiLL Made-it, is described as “upbeat, drums, level up vibes.”
In September, the former Voice coach released “LALA” featuring Swae Lee from Rae Sremmurd, which is the first single from Unlocked. They performed the song for the first time last month at the MTV VMAs.
Alicia recently posted a video from their recording session and wrote, “The writing process….It’s always so different. Sometimes it’s instant. Sometimes it takes days, weeks, even months. This was such an easy vibe tho. It just flowed @swaelee @mikewillmadeit.”
“My favorite line is ‘love out of this world, out of this nebula,'” she continued. “I’ve never used nebula in a song before. But I have used Medulla oblongata. I’m that fresh!!”
Last week, the 40-year-old singer performed at the Robin Hood Foundation’s annual charity gala in New York City which raises funds for poverty-fighting programs in the New York area.
Her Noted: Alicia Keys The Untold Stories docu-series, which premiered September 30, is currently available on her YouTube Channel. Keys has also written a young adult graphic novel named after her 2012, five-times platinum hit, Girl on Fire, which will be published March 1, 2022.
(HOUSTON) — An 8-year-old boy whose skeletal remains were left in his Houston home died from “multiple blunt-force injuries,” authorities said Wednesday.
The remains of the boy, who died around November 2020, were left in the apartment along with his three malnourished and abandoned siblings: a 15-year-old boy and two younger brothers, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.
The three surviving brothers were found home alone on Sunday when the 15-year-old called authorities. The teen reported that his 8-year-old brother had been dead for one year and his body was in the room next to his, the sheriff’s office said.
The teen also said his parents hadn’t been in the apartment for several months, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez described the home as “unspeakable living conditions,” with soiled carpets, roaches and flies.
“It seemed too horrific to be real,” Gonzalez said at a news conference Wednesday.
The boyfriend of the 8-year-old’s mother, 31-year-old Brian Coulter, was charged Tuesday with the boy’s murder, authorities said. The boys’ mother, 35-year-old Gloria Williams, was charged with injury to a child by omission and tampering with evidence, according to the sheriff’s office.
The children were taken to a hospital and the Texas Department of Family and Protective services received emergency custody of them, Gonzalez said.
Authorities said Wednesday that one of the boys had a jaw injury, allegedly caused by Coulter several weeks ago, and will need surgery.
The boys all were very thin, officials added.
“The mother, we believe, was providing some food by delivery service or having food dropped off on a fairly routine basis,” though it only appeared to be junk food, Gonzalez said.
The children had apparently not been in school for more than one year, the sheriff added.
“My prayer is that the remaining children find the love, support and protection that they so desperately need and deserve,” Gonzalez said Wednesday.
Coulter did not appear at his initial court hearing Wednesday. His bond was set at $1 million, and he was ordered to have no contact with Williams or the minor witnesses in the case, according to ABC Houston station KTRK. Williams is expected to appear in court Wednesday.
Miranda Lambert has a new accolade under her belt: She was recently inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Houston, Texas.
The country star was among a class of 2021 inductees that also includes Lavonna “Shorty” Koger, a former rodeo contestant and leading industry cowboy hat-maker, Olympic equestrian Kathryn Kusner and more.
The National Cowgirl Hall of Fame recognizes women who exemplify the Western spirit of resilience and independence. Though it focuses on women pursuing cowboy-centric careers, the Hall recognizes a wide variety of women who bring the cowgirl spirit to whatever it is they do.
It’s a timely honor for Miranda, as she just released her newest single, “If I Was a Cowboy.”
You can also catch her performing at the upcoming 2021 CMA Awards show, which airs on ABC on Wednesday, November 10.
Herbie Herbert in 2008; Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images
Herbie Herbert, the veteran music-industry figure who managed Journey from the band’s 1973 inception until 1993, died of natural causes Monday, October 25, at his home in Orinda, California, Variety reports. He was 73.
Early in his career, Herbert worked for famed concert promoter Bill Graham as a roadie for Santana, which is how he met co-founding Journey members Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie.
During the late 1960s, Herbert managed Frumious Bandsnatch, a psychedelic group that featured future Journey members Ross Valory and George Tickner.
Herbert helped put together Journey in 1973 and guided the band for the next two decades. According to Variety, he was involved in all aspects of their career, including overseeing recordings, the design of their logo and album covers, concerts and more.
In a 2017 interview with ABC Audio, ex-Journey frontman Steve Perry credited Herbert for bringing him into the band.
“Herbie…really is a legend,” Perry said, “and I’m actually in the band because he heard my demo tape and believed in me and told the band, ‘You gotta listen to this tape, I think this is the guy that should be the singer.'”
Interestingly, a reported personality conflict with Perry led to Herbert exiting Journey. He also managed the Steve Miller Band and co-managed acts like Roxette, Europe, Mr. Big and Enuff Z’Nuff.
In a lengthy tribute to Herbert, Schon wrote on his Facebook page, “I’ll cherish all the incredible times and trials and tribulations we experienced together. Herbie was an incredible hands on Manager and fought like a mother f***** for all of us every step of the way.”
Variety reports that a documentary about Herbert’s life is in production, and plans for a memorial celebration will be announced soon.
