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In brief: ‘The Chosen’ season 6 gets premiere date and more

April 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

We now know when season 6 of The Chosen will make its debut. Prime Video has announced that the sixth season of the series will premiere on Nov. 15. The season covers the events of the final day of Jesus’ life through following the people who loved and condemned him …

Dakota Mortensen is not going to be part of the upcoming new season of Vanderpump Villa. Variety reports that The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast member and ex-partner of Taylor Frankie Paul will have his storyline edited out of season 3 of the reality TV show, which is set to make its debut on April 16 …

It seems that Ryan Gosling will no longer star in the next film from directors Daniels. Entertainment Weekly reports that Gosling has dropped out of the upcoming event film from Everything Everywhere All at Once directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The currently untitled movie is set to begin shooting in Los Angeles this summer. The outlet reports Gosling dropped out due to scheduling reasons …

Scoreboard roundup — 4/5/26

April 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Raptors 101, Celtics 115
Wizards 115, Nets 121
Suns 120, Bulls 110
Grizzlies 115, Bucks 131
Pacers 108, Cavaliers 117
Hornets 122, Timberwolves 108
Magic 112, Pelicans 108
Jazz 111, Thunder 146
Lakers 128, Mavericks 134
Clippers 138, Kings 109
Rockets 117, Warriors 116

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Wild 5, Red Wings 4
Panthers 2, Penguins 5
Bruins 1, Flyers 2
Hurricanes 3, Senators 6
Devils 3, Canadiens 0
Capitals 1, Rangers 8
Blues 3, Avalanche 2

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Cubs 1, Guardians 0 (Doubleheader, game 1)
Orioles 2, Pirates 8
Dodgers 8, Nationals 6
Marlins 7, Yankees 6
Padres 8, Red Sox 6
Brewers 8, Royals 5
Rays 4, Twins 1
Blue Jays 0, White Sox 3
Reds 2, Rangers 1
Phillies 1, Rockies 4
Astros 10, Athletics 12
Mets 5, Giants 2
Mariners 7, Angels 8
Braves 5, Diamondbacks 6
Cubs 5, Guardians 6 (Doubleheader, game 2)
Cardinals 5, Tigers 3

NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship
South Carolina 51, UCLA 79

NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship – Final Four (Saturday, April 4)
Michigan 91, Arizona 73
Illinois 62, UConn 71

Rep. Turner says he doesn’t think ground troops necessary to reopen Strait of Hormuz

April 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Mike Turner defended the U.S. war with Iran on Sunday and said that he doesn’t believe an American ground force would be required to restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

“I don’t think U.S. ground troops are going to be necessary in any direct conflict,” Turner told ABC News’ “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos after being pressed on whether troops on the ground would be needed to reopen the strait.

“The straits are going to be open,” Turner told Stephanopoulos, but said that the U.S. cannot allow Iran to continue developing missile technology or nuclear weapons that could threaten the American homeland and Europe.

“You have to be able to address this … great sponsor of terrorism, this … global power ambition that Iran has,” he said.

Turner’s comments come as President Donald Trump has repeatedly indicated that the Strait of Hormuz is not the U.S.’s problem.

“The United States imports almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait and won’t be taking any in the future. We don’t need it. We haven’t needed it and we don’t need it,” Trump said Wednesday in a prime-time address to the nation, adding that it was the responsibility of other countries to secure the strait.

“We will be helpful, but they should take the lead in protecting the oil that they so desperately depend on,” he said.

Turner said that despite the impact of the war on global oil markets, the consequences of inaction from the U.S. against Iran would have been greater.

“Certainly, you know, Iran is going to have some things that they’re going to be able to do during the conflict,” Turner said. “But if you don’t undertake the conflict, if you just step back and watch, as the Obama administration was going to do while Iran became a nuclear power and they became North Korea, we wouldn’t be looking at the Strait of Hormuz,” he added, claiming that if Iran had developed nuclear weapons the world would be “held hostage by a terrorist state.”

“They still are being significantly diminished,” Turner said, “and their ability to be able to be marching toward a nuclear state is being eliminated.”

Leon Thomas gives update on ‘Mutt’ follow-up

April 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Leon Thomas has been cooking in the studio, but he hasn’t yet reached the point of putting together the follow-up to his Grammy-winning album, Mutt. Speaking to Rolling Stone, he reveals he has about 30 songs written, with a goal to complete between 60 and 100 before starting a new body of work.

“I’ve got a long laundry list of songs I gotta finish,” he says. “Some of them have been easy to finish while I’m on the road, but I’m doing my best to stay creative because I know this is such a momentous time in my life and it needs to be documented not just through visuals, but also through music.”

He notes he’s been working with a few big-name collaborators who approached him after he took home Grammys for best R&B album and best traditional R&B performance at the 2026 show. One of them is Pharrell, whom he was photographed in a Paris studio.

“I was doing my best not to geek out the whole time,” Leon says. “And also it’s important to be a real creative and be like, ‘Hey man, let’s try this idea. Let’s do that.’ You can’t be a ‘yes man’ in the studio with Pharrell. You got to be real, you know? It was nice creating with him, and he’s just like me, man — he’s a fellow alien in the recording studio. He spoke my language.”

Leon is set to tour with Bruno Mars starting April 10.

Cody Johnson hopes ‘The Fall’ will find you when you need it

April 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

When Cody Johnson recorded his current top-10 hit for Leather Deluxe Edition, it was a decision he made quite intentionally, because he connected so much with the message of “The Fall.”

“I was in the mode of cutting an album and saying, ‘This is what I want people to hear,'” he recalls. “I want people to know that the ride is worth the fall.”

“The hardships, yeah, it feels like hell when you’re going through the hardships, but when you look back at them, without those hardships, you wouldn’t have the successes that you have and you wouldn’t appreciate ’em as much,” he adds.

Cody was on a career high last year when faced his own fall: He suffered a burst eardrum, which forced him to have surgery and cancel the rest of his shows for the year.

When he returned to the stage in mid-February, however, he was welcomed back with a string of sold-out shows, including his March RodeoHouston date, which now holds the record as the largest concert in the history of Houston’s NRG Stadium.

Bruce Springsteen to release 2024 Asbury Park concert on CD

April 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band are set to release their historic 2024 Sea.Hear.Now festival performance in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on CD.

Live From Asbury Park 2024 is already being released as a five-LP set on Record Store Day, April 18, but it will now also be released as a three-CD set on May 29.

Recorded during Springsteen and the band’s September 2024 Jersey Shore homecoming, the release features more than three hours of music. It includes performances of classic Springsteen tunes like “Born to Run,” “Thunder Road,” “Dancing in the Dark,” “Hungry Heart” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.”

There are also performances of early Springsteen tracks like “Blinded by the Light,” “Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?,” “The E Street Shuffle” and “Meeting Across the River.”

Live From Asbury Park 2024 is available for preorder now.

Springsteen and The E Street Band are currently on their Land of Hope and Dreams American tour. The trek hits Inglewood, California, on Tuesday and Thursday. A complete list of dates can be found at BruceSpringsteen.net.

Billy Joel tribute concert performer Matt Nathanson releasing Billy Joel covers EP

April 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

At the Billy Joel charity tribute concert at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in March, many fans felt that one of the standout performers on the bill was Matt Nathanson, best known for his 2008 hit “Come On Get Higher.” It turns out Matt was so inspired by performing Billy’s songs at the event that he’s recorded an EP of the Piano Man’s songs.

Called Songs in the (M)Attic — a twist on the title of Billy’s 1981 live album, Songs in Attic — the six-track EP, which arrives April 17, features cover art identical to Billy’s 1982 album, The Nylon Curtain.

On Instagram, Matt calls Billy “one of the greatest songwriters of our (and any) time,” adding that he’s “so proud” of the EP and “so fired up and inspired by it.”

The track list includes the two songs Matt performed at Carnegie Hall — “I Go to Extremes” and “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)” — as well as “Pressure,” “The Longest Time,” “Uptown Girl” and “Only the Good Die Young.” “Uptown Girl” and “Only the Good Die Young” are both available on digital platforms now.

Leading up to the announcement of the EP, Matt documented his fall into what he calls the “Joel Hole,” doing deep dives on Billy’s songs to highlight the brilliance of his writing.

The EP is also available to preorder on vinyl. Meanwhile, Matt will spend the summer opening for Train, whose lead singer, Pat Monahan, also performed at the Carnegie Hall tribute.

Despite Billy’s popularity, not many people have recorded cover versions of his songs. A few of the notable artists who have include Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Barry White and Beyoncé.

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ powers up the box office with the year’s biggest debut

April 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Nintendo? More like Ninten-dough. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has taken over the top spot at the box office in the year’s biggest global film debut.

The animated sequel to 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie took in just under $131 million domestically in its first weekend, and worldwide, it earned $372.5 million, according to Box Office Mojo. As per Variety, that’s the biggest debut of the year, smashing the record previously set by Project Hail Mary. The Ryan Gosling sci-fi film took in just over $97 million worldwide when it debuted in March.

The Super Mario franchise is now the only animated franchise to have two installments each open with over $350 million globally, notes Variety.

Project Hail Mary slipped to #2 this weekend with $30.6 million, while A24’s new Robert Pattinson/Zendaya dark comedy, The Drama, debuted at #3 with just under $14.4 million.

The only other new debut in the top 10 was A Great Awakening, a historical drama about the real-life friendship between Benjamin Franklin and English priest and preacher George Whitefield. It came in at #6 with $2.1 million.

Here are the top 10 films at the box office:

1. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie — $130.9 million
2. Project Hail Mary — $30.65 million
3. The Drama — $14.38 million
4. Hoppers — $5.8 million
5. Reminders of Him –– $2.2 million
6. The Great Awakening — $2.11 million
7. They Will Kill You — $1.9 million
8. Dhurandhar The Revenge — $1.82 million
9. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come —$1.8 million
10. Undertone — $1.07 million

Goo Goo Dolls cancel tour due to singer John Rzeznik’s illness

April 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Goo Goo Dolls have been forced to cancel the rest of their current Canadian tour, because singer John Rzeznik has contracted pneumonia.

A statement on Instagram says that the singer “has not fully recovered,” adding, “We are very disappointed and can’t wait to get back to Canada as soon as possible.” All tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase.

The tour, which launched March 19 with Dashboard Confessional sharing the bill, was set to wrap up April 11 in Moncton, New Brunswick. Goo Goo Dolls are next set to play five shows at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas starting May 15.

Meanwhile, the band’s summer tour with Neon Trees is scheduled to launch July 24 in Lincoln, California.

We’ll be White Black: Watch Jack White crash Jack Black’s monologue and perform on ‘SNL’

April 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The latest episode of Saturday Night Live was definitely jacked.

Jack White was the musical guest, officially joining SNL’s musical guest Five-Timers Club as solo artist, while making his sixth appearance overall; he’d also performed with The White Stripes in 2002. Meanwhile, the similarly named Jack Black hosted the episode, which marked his induction into the Five-Timers Club as a host.

In Black’s opening monologue, the Tenacious D frontman was brought into the Five-Timers Club lounge, which had fallen into a state of disrepair. Black then declared he was going to fix the lounge by “singing the most rocking song,” before launching into the Stripes’ signature hit “Seven Nation Army,” as White joined in on guitar.

“We’ll be White Black!” Black quipped as the monologue ended.

White later returned to stage for the live debut of his two new singles, “G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs” and “Derecho Demonico.” The songs, which dropped Friday, mark White’s first new material since his 2024 album, No Name.

White also appeared in a sketch called “Words to Live By,” in which Black and cast members Andrew Dismukes and James Austin Johnson sang a country song about being told something important and significant, but they can’t remember exactly what they were told. It’s basically like how Tenacious D’s “Tribute” doesn’t sound anything like the greatest song in the world — it’s just a tribute.

White showed up towards the end of the sketch to perform a guitar solo, but in keeping with the theme of the song, he couldn’t remember how it went.

If that wasn’t enough Jack White for you, you can catch him performing Monday on CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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