Jessie J is sharing more about her healing journey after losing her pregnancy last month. The “Domino” singer took to Instagram and shared her hopes for the future.
Accompanied by a video reel of her goofing off with a friend in New York City, Jessie admitted, “Still not myself. Still cry myself to sleep some nights. Still working it all out. Still fighting.”
“Not quitting on my happiness or myself. This year was phew,” she continued. “But I will keep climbing out of the sadness, my happiness is my responsibility, not anyone else’s. I will not be putting bandaids on the problems and heavy feelings but really feeling them and healing them.”
The singer also noted that she has to “practice what I tell everyone else to do in these damn songs” before shouting out one of her friends for being right by her side through the worst of it.
“Thank you @ohhalx for 24 hours of crying, laughing, eating and finding inspiration in the little things in life. The support is needed more than you know,” she closed, before proving that she is starting to return to her old self. She signed off by joking that, even though the two are no more than friends, fans are “free to imagine” otherwise because “it would be hot.”
The British singer first revealed her miscarriage in late November.
Coheed and Cambria has announced a U.S. headlining tour for 2022.
The outing, dubbed The Great Destroyer tour, will kick off February 16 in Pioneertown, California, and will wrap up March 19 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 17, at 10 a.m. local time.
Meanwhile, Coheed has been working on a new album, the follow-up to 2018’s Vaxis — Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures. Claudio Sanchez and company released two new songs this year: “Shoulders,” which became the “Welcome Home” outfit’s highest-charting radio single, and “Rise, Naianasha (Cut the Cord).”
Meek Mill believes in giving for the holidays, especially to the needy in his Philadelphia hometown.
The “All Eyes on You” rapper announced Monday he’s donating Christmas gifts worth $500,000 on Sunday, December 19. The presents will include MacBook Air laptops, Amazon Fire HD tablets, video game gift cards, board games, bikes and helmets, winter coats, dolls, play sets, and more.
Meek commented on Instagram, “We blessed so we bless.” Earlier this month on social media, he teased the event, writing, “Really doing something big for the city. Computers, bikes, and more for the kids.”
The 34-year-old entertainer is partnering with Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Roc Nation to bring the holiday spirit to the City of Brotherly Love with “Meek Mill’s Holiday Giveaway Event.”
Meek will also make an additional $30,000 donation to the Philadelphia chapter of Twelve Days of Christmas, a volunteer organization that donates to families in need during the holiday season.
Camila Cabello is opening up more about her mental health struggles, which she previously admitted had gotten much worse when the pandemic sidelined her career. In a new interview, the “Havana” singer revealed how working on Cinderella helped her through that “really hard time” in her life.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the Grammy nominee explained that she was able to fully process her internal struggles after writing the movie’s original track, “Million to One.”
“I don’t think I know how to write in any way that isn’tpersonal to me,” said Camila. “I was going through a really hard time with my mental health. It was just a period of a lot of anxiety and sadness for me, and that song had me feeling like, ‘I can overcome this. I know that I can make my life better.'”
She continued, “I feel like I channeled my personal journey into [Ella]. The character was super confident –everybody was telling her no, but she knew.”
Cinderella is streaming now on Amazon Prime Video.
Camila also revealed how Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran helped her early on in her career. She said she “fell in love with songwriting” when she was still in Fifth Harmony and approached Taylor to ask, “Hey, what do you do when you’re in a writing slump?”
Camila said Ed and Taylor “showed me a lot of kindness” when she asked for their guidance, declaring, “These were my songwriting heroes, so I was stoked that they were even talking to me.”
(NEW YORK) — Scientists have long predicted that sea level rise will be one of the most disastrous consequences of global warming — and now, they’re discovering that the northernmost region, the biggest contributor to sea level rise, is warming at unprecedented rates.
Climate change is transforming the Arctic into a “dramatically different state,” with the region warming at a rate more than twice as fast as the rest of the world due to the melting of white and sea ice, according to the 2021 Arctic Report Card released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tuesday morning.
The substantial decline in Arctic sea ice extent since 1979 is one of the most iconic indicators of climate change, according to the report. Summer 2021 saw the second-lowest amount of older, multi-year ice since 1985, and the post-winter sea ice volume in April 2021 was the lowest since records began in 2010.
In addition, the period between October and December in 2020 was the warmest Arctic autumn on record, dating back to 1900, according to the report.
The average surface air temperature over the Arctic in the past year, October 2020 through September 2021, was the seventh-warmest on record, and this is the eighth consecutive year since 2014 that air temperatures were at least 1 degree Celsius above the long-term average.
Recent studies on ocean acidification, the process in which the water’s pH levels are lowered as a result of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, show that the Arctic Ocean is acidifying faster than the global ocean, but with high spatial variability, the report states.
Since ocean water is typically neutral, the acidification could have implications on the ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean, including effects on algae, zooplankton and fish, according to the report.
In the Eurasian Arctic, terrestrial snow cover in June 2021 was the third-lowest since records began in 1967, the report states. In the North American Arctic, snow cover has been below average for 15 consecutive years.
Beavers are also colonizing the Arctic tundra of western Alaska, transforming lowland tundra ecosystems and degrading permafrost by increasing the amount of unfrozen water on the landscape during the winter, according to the report.
The number of beaver ponds in Alaska has doubled since 2000, likely due to the warming trend that has resulted in widespread greening in what was previously tundra, scientists and local observers have both noted, the report states.
The Greenland Ice Sheet, the largest contributor to sea level rise in the world, experienced three melt episodes in late July and August, according to the report. Satellite imagery provides “unequivocal evidence” of widespread tundra greening. A melt episode on a glacier can include melting, evaporation, erosion and calving in a short period of time.
Retreating glaciers and thawing permafrost are causing local to regional-scale hazards as well, the scientists wrote.
The Arctic Report Card documents how climate change continues to alter the once “reliably-froze” region as increasing heat and the loss of ice drive its transformation into an uncertain future, according to NOAA.
“This year’s Arctic Report Card continues to show how the impacts of human-caused climate change are propelling the Arctic region into a dramatically different state than it was in just a few decades ago,” said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. “The trends are alarming and undeniable. We face a decisive moment. We must take action to confront the climate crisis.”
(BOSTON) — A former NFL player who police said gunned down six people in April had CTE — a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head trauma — at the time of the mass shooting, the Concussion Legacy Foundation said Tuesday, citing neuropathologists at the Boston University CTE Center.
Phillip Adams died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he allegedly carried out the mass shooting at a house in his hometown of Rock Hill, South Carolina. The victims included a doctor, his wife, and two grandchildren, ages 9 and 5.
Adams spent 21 years playing tackle football, starting when he was 7 years old, the Concussion Legacy Foundation said. Adams was drafted by San Francisco in the seventh round out of South Carolina State in 2010 and played as a defensive back for five NFL teams in six years.
Adams had stage 2 CTE at the time of his death at the age of 32, the Concussion Legacy Foundation said.
“Most football players diagnosed with CTE in their 30s have stage 2 CTE. Stage 4 is the most severe stage and is usually associated with dementia,” the Concussion Legacy Foundation said in a statement. “CTE has been associated with behavioral symptoms like aggression, impulsivity, explosivity, depression, anxiety, paranoia, and suicidal ideation, along with progressive cognitive symptoms.”
Adams “had an extraordinary amount of CTE pathology in the frontal lobe,” which “is associated with violent, impulsive or explosive behavior, a ‘short fuse,’ and lack of self-control,” said Dr. Ann McKee, director of the BU CTE Center and chief of neuropathology for the VA Boston Healthcare System.
“His CTE pathology might have contributed to his abnormal behaviors, in addition to other physical, psychiatric and psychosocial factors,” she said in a statement.
Adams’ frontal lobe CTE pathology was similar in severity to Aaron Hernandez’s, McKee said. Hernandez, a former star tight end for New England Patriots, died by suicide in 2017 after he was convicted of murder.
The York County Coroner’s Office said in April that Adams would be tested for CTE.
Adams’ family said in a statement released by the Concussion Legacy Foundation, “We are pleased to have a better understanding of the mental turmoil that Phillip was dealing with during the last moments of his life. We cannot say that we are surprised by these results, however, it is shocking to hear how severe his condition was.”
The family said Adams desperately sought help but had trouble remembering things and was unable to “handle seemingly simple tasks such as traveling hours away to see doctors and going through extensive evaluations. We now know that these deficits were most likely caused by the disease.”
“We hope to bring awareness to this condition so that players young and old can understand the risks,” the family said. “We will continue to advocate for any research that can prevent any other families from having to endure this type of tragedy.”
ABC News’ Katie Conway contributed to this report.
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Foo Fighters, Machine Gun Kelly and The Strokes will play the 2022 edition of Lollapalooza Chile, taking place March 18-20.
The bill also includes Jane’s Addiction, Phoebe Bridgers, A Day to Remember, Turnstile, jxdn and The Wombats. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit LollapaloozaCL.com.
The Foos are also set to headline the other two South American Lollas next year, taking place in Argentina and Brazil.
In related international Foo news, Dave Grohl and company canceled their scheduled performance at last weekend’s Formula 1 Grand Prix race in Abu Dhabi due to “unforeseen medical circumstances.”
Kesha is calling all her animals to see her live in concert when she hits the road in 2022.
The “TiK ToK” singer relished the fact she’s finally going on tour again and unveiled a slew of upcoming dates. “SURPRISE!!!,” she announced on Instagram. “2022 is going to be it. For all the reasons. Bout damn time. AND I’m taking the party back out on the road!!”
The tour kicks off March 21 with a stop in Milwaukee, WI and will run for seven dates before wrapping in Hollywood, Florida on March 30. Tickets are now available for pre-sale on Kesha’s official website and will go on general sale this Friday, December 17.
Kesha, who says she “cannot WAIT to get wild N WEIRD with y’all,” will then launch her second Kesha’s Weird + Wonderful Rainbow Ride cruise. The four-day trip departs from Miami, FL, on April 1 and will sail to Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.
Not only will fans be able to hang out with Kesha on the boat, they’ll also be spoiled with lavish amenities, high-octane performances and some “gag-worthy activities,” per the press release.
“Due to popular demand I am returning to incite the party and enhance the boogie yet again this coming spring,” Kesha said of her upcoming plans. “Secure your tickets to ensure a night full of letting your demons run wild.”
You can reserve their spot by visiting the official Sixthman website.
Cardi B says several times in the Grammy-nominated hit “I Like It” that she likes her diamonds. Now, thanks to that very song, she just added another precious gem to her collection.
The 2018 smash, which features Latin artists Bad Bunny and J Balvin, officially sold over 10 million copies as of Monday and is now RIAA-certified Diamond. The honor comes shortly after her Maroon 5 collab “Girls Like You” earned the prestigious title. When that happened last month, Cardi became the first female rapper to boast two Diamond-certified tracks — and now she has three.
Cardi’s breakout single, “Bodak Yellow,” was her first song to achieve Diamond certification.
“My album came out in 2018 and it’s still breaking records. I have a solo [diamond emoji] record, a feature [diamond emoji] record and now ANOTHER [diamond emoji] record from a collab with 2 people that I look up to and love so much,” Cardi wrote on Instagram. “I remember like it was yesterday when this song went #1 and now it’s Diamond. I honestly just can’t believe this is happening! I’m so proud to have two songs off my debut album go Diamond.”
The 29-year-old is already setting her sights to breaking even more records, and told her fans, “I hope I can achieve the same or even better on my next one.”
“I Like It” was the fourth single off of Cardi’s debut album, Invasion of Privacy. The rapper promised she’s working on its follow-up, which is coming out “next year.” The album’s title and release date are unknown at this time.
Primus is bringing back the band’s A Tribute to Kings Rush tribute tour for another go-round.
The “My Name Is Mud” outfit has announced a 2022 leg of the run, set to kick off April 15 in Oklahoma City. The 46-date outing will come to a close June 25 in Las Vegas.
As with the first leg, which took finally launched this past summer after a pandemic delay, the A Tribute to Kings tour finds Primus performing Rush’s 1977 album A Farewell to Kings in full, as well as a selection of their own songs.
Tickets to the 2022 shows go on sale this Friday, December 17, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Primusville.com.
