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‘The Chi’ gets season five renewal; Jacob Latimore replaces Jorge Lendeborg Jr. in ‘House Party’ reboot; and more

August 2, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Lena Waithe had some pretty big news to share during her after-show for the season four finale of The Chi. The series creator revealed to fans that Showtime had officially picked up her Chicago-set drama for a fifth season.

“#TheChi is coming back for Season 5!,” Waithe wrote, captioning a video of her chat with some of The Chi stars, including Luke James, Shamon Brown Jr. and Yolanda Ross. “Thank you to all the special guests for joining me on the Season 4 Finale After Show!” Deadline reports that the renewal “comes amid strong ratings for the series, which is averaging 4.2 million weekly viewers and is on pace to become the most-streamed Showtime series ever.” Season five of The Chi is set to premiere in 2022.

In other news, The Chi star Jacob Latimore has found his next major role. Deadline has learned that Latimore will replace Jorge Lendeborg Jr. in New Line’s reimagining of the 1990 cult comedy House Party. Sources tell Deadline that Lendeborg Jr. recently left the project to focus on his mental well-being, which was supported by the studio and filmmakers. As previously reported, the original 1990 movie, written and directed by Reginald Hudlin, starred Kid ‘n Play‘s Christopher “Kid” Reid and Christopher “Play” Martin as two high school students who decide to throw an epic house party. A release date for the new House Party has not been disclosed.

Finally, Insecure showrunner Prentice Penny has inked a multi-year overall deal with Disney General Entertainment’s Onyx Collective. Under the new pact, Penny’s A Penny for Your Thoughts Entertainment company will develop and produce projects for all Disney platforms, including Hulu, which serves as the hub to Onyx projects.

Some Democrats call on McCarthy to resign after comment ‘hard not to hit’ Pelosi with speaker’s gavel

August 2, 2021 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — Some Democratic lawmakers are calling on House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to resign after he said over the weekend it would be “hard not to hit” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the speaker’s gavel he hopes to win if Republicans take back the House chamber in next year’s midterm elections.

“I want you to watch Nancy Pelosi hand me that gavel. It will be hard not to hit her with it,” McCarthy said at a GOP fundraiser in Nashville Saturday, after Tennessee’s Republican members of Congress gifted him with an oversized gavel.

McCarthy’s comment was met by laughter among the audience of 1,400, according to audio posted to Twitter by a Main Street Nashville reporter and not disputed by McCarthy’s office.

It comes nearly seven months after the attack on Jan 6. when a pro-Trump mob invaded the Capitol with some rioters taunting, “Where’s Nancy?” while they scouted her out, and one man, armed with a taser, kicked up his feet on a desk in her office.

Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill responded on Twitter Saturday, saying “a threat of violence to someone who was a target of a #January6th assassination attempt from your fellow Trump supporters is irresponsible and disgusting.”

While McCarthy’s office hasn’t commented publicly on the growing backlash to his comments, an aide to McCarthy said “he was obviously joking” without commenting further.

The speaker herself has not weighed in.

But some of her Democratic colleagues have rushed to her defense with California Reps. Eric Swalwell and Ted Lieu calling on McCarthy to resign.

“America has suffered enough violence around politics. @GOPLeader McCarthy is now a would-be assailant of @SpeakerPelosi,” Swalwell wrote on Twitter.

Lieu posed a question to McCarthy: “Don’t you think America has had enough political violence?”

“You should never be encouraging or threatening or joking about causing violence to anyone, including the Speaker of the House. You need to apologize for your statement, or resign,” he said.

Other Democrats have put pressure on McCarthy to apologize. Republicans have largely stayed silent.

“Violence against women is no laughing matter,” New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the No. 5 House Democrat, said on Twitter.

Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., a former police chief who is challenging GOP Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for his Senate seat, also weighed in.

“Speaker Pelosi used her courage and moral compass to lead us to pass the Violence Against Woman Act. Kevin McCarthy thinks joking about hitting a woman is funny. When someone shows you who they are, believe them,” she said.

Some activists on Twitter — amplifying the hashtag “#ResignMcCarthy” over the weekend — raised how the GOP leader voted against the reapproval of the Violence Against Women Act in April 2019.

His comment and its backlash come after weeks of growing bitterness between lawmakers in Washington on issues such as mask mandates order by the Capitol physician and how to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the building they work inside.

ABC News’ Katherine Faulders and Benjamin Siegel contributed to this report.

BTS’ “Butter” logs ninth week atop ‘Billboard’ Hot 100; Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby” at number two

August 2, 2021 by WDNY Radio

BTS’ “Butter” continues to be on a roll as it logs its ninth week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

According to Billboard, it’s now officially the longest-running number-one single of 2021, beating the eight-week reign of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License.”

BTS also managed to keep Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow at bay; their collab “Industry Baby” landed at number two on the chart this week.

“Industry Baby” may have settled for a second place debut on the Hot 100, but it’s number one on the Streaming Songs chart, as well as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

DaBaby apologizes for “hurtful and triggering” remarks about people with HIV/AIDS

August 2, 2021 by WDNY Radio

After the back-to-back cancellations of DaBaby‘s scheduled performances at Lollapalooza and New York’s Governors Ball, the rapper took to Instagram Monday to share a second apology for his controversial remarks about people with HIV/AIDS, which he made at a Miami show last week.

“Social media moves so fast the people want to demolish you before you even have the opportunity to grow, educate and learn from your mistakes,” the statement reads. “As a man who has had to make his own way from very difficult circumstances, having people I know publicly working against me — Knowing that what I needed was education on these topics and guidance — has been challenging.”

The post, which is closed to comments, adds that DaBaby is grateful to those who kindly reached out to him “privately to offer wisdom, education, and resources.”

“That’s what I need, and it was received,” he continues. “I want to apologize to the LGBTQ+ community for the hurtful and triggering comments I made. Again, I apologize for my misinformed comments about HIV/Aids, and I know education on this is important. Love to all. God bless. DaBaby.”

DaBaby initially tweeted an apology for the “insensitive” comments he made during his Rolling Loud performance, during which he said onstage, “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that’ll make you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone light in the air.”

Despite his second apology, DaBaby has also been replaced by Roddy Ricch on the Day N Vegas festival lineup, which takes place this November.

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Sammy Hagar says before he died, Eddie Van Halen wanted to make music with him

August 2, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Sammy Hagar has spoke previously about how he and Eddie Van Halen made peace with each other prior to Eddie’s death in October 2020. But now, in a new interview, Hagar says his former Van Halen band mate told him that he wanted the two to “make some noise” together.

Speaking to The Washington Post a few days ago, Hagar said that when he reconnected with Eddie “four or five months before he died,” the late guitar legend “had elevated his whole thing.”

Hagar explains, “He had come to peace with everything. He knew he was sick. And it was so great to contact the guy when he was in that state of mind…And man, I’m so glad that that happened at that time, because if it wouldn’t have, if we had never made peace and he would have passed the way he did, I would feel terrible.”

Hagar goes on to say that in that conversation, Eddie told him that he’d been fighting cancer for 15 years and that he had to get “this big thing on my neck and my throat…all straightened out.” Then, Hagar says Eddie told him, “Next year, you and I have gotta make some noise. We made some great music together, and I wanna do it again.’ I was just, like, ‘Yes.'”

Hagar adds, “Hearing those things really made me able to handle his death. ‘Cause it’s still tough as hell. I miss the guy.”

Hagar joined Van Halen in 1985, replacing original frontman David Lee Roth, and recorded four number-one albums with the group. The band’s “Van Hagar” lineup — Hagar, Eddie, bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Alex Van Halen — last toured together in 2004.

Keith Urban to play ACM Party for a Cause

August 2, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Keith Urban is ready to “Party for a Cause.”

The country superstar has joined the lineup for the upcoming ACM Party for a Cause event. Keith is one of the many acts who will take the stage at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville on August 24 in benefit of ACM Lifting Lives.

“I can’t wait to play live and I’ll see you there,” Keith shares in a video announcing his performance, adding in the caption, “I am soooo looking forward to it!”

Sam Hunt, Old Dominion, Mickey Guyton, Lee Brice, Brett Eldredge, Trisha Yearwood and Tenille Townes are also slated to appear at the event.

Party for a Cause precedes the 14th annual ACM Honors that will be hosted on August 25 at the Ryman Auditorium. Honorees include Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Lady A, Rascal Flatts, Loretta Lynn and more.

More wildfires possible in the West as fire conditions worsen

August 2, 2021 by WDNY Radio

(SAN FRANCISCO) — Fire conditions in the West are worsening this week, increasing the possibility of more blazes.

Currently, 90 large wildfires are burning in 12 states in the West — at least 35 of which ignited over the weekend due to lightning strikes.

Another heat wave is blanketing the region as moisture from the monsoons in the Southwest move away, leaving behind a dry atmosphere and tinderbox conditions. Heat advisories and excessive heat watches have been issued from Oregon to Arizona, with temperatures expected to surpass 100 degrees again.

The McFarland Fire in Wildwood, California, has prompted evacuations in the area after it grew to more than 2,100 acres and remains just 5% contained.

The Dixie Fire near the Feather River Canyon in Northern California, the largest in the state so far this year, is now at 248,000 acres. Firefighters were able to halt the blaze’s progression, which is now 33% contained, but some evacuation orders remain in place.

Firefighters in Oregon have made progress against the Bootleg Fire, the largest in the country, with 84% containment after it grew to nearly 414,000 acres, the third-largest wildfire in state history.

However, red flag warnings have been issued in Southern Oregon over the possibility that more fires will spark due to dry lightning. Hot, breezy conditions are expected to persist this week.

Above-normal significant fire potential is expected to continue in the Northwest, northern Rockies and northern portions of the Great Basin, according to the National Interagency Coordination Center’s National Fire Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook for August through November.

Despite monsoon conditions in the Southwest last week, “exceptional drought” conditions are persisting across Northern California and the Northwest, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

ABC News’ Melissa Griffin and Max Golembo contributed to this report.

Andy Grammer debuts new camp song with fan-submitted lyrics and daughter’s help

August 2, 2021 by WDNY Radio

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Andy Grammer has debuted a new summer camp anthem with the help of fans and his four-year-old daughter, Louisiana.

The song, called “C.A.M.P.,” is the result of a campaign in partnership with Quaker Chewy that asked fans to submit their own camp-themed lyrics. For every lyric submitted, Quaker Chewy donated a dollar to the American Camp Association.

Andy compiled the best lyrics into a song, which he performed at a campsite with little Louie by his side.

The chorus goes, “Wanna see my friends/ I wanna feel A-OK/ I wanna say ‘Mmmm’ with a piece of marshmallow in my face/ I wanna sing too loud/ I wanna stay up late/ Well camp is where my heart it comes to play.”

You can listen to the track now on ChewyCampTrack.com and on Quaker’s YouTube channel.

Bob Dylan releasing vinyl single featuring two versions of Infidels outtake “Blind Willie McTell”

August 2, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Bob Dylan will issue a special seven-inch vinyl single on August 20, featuring two previously unreleased versions of his 1983 song “Blind Willie McTell.”

Both versions of the song, which Dylan recorded during the sessions for his 1983 album, Infidels, feature Dire Straits‘ Mark Knopfler and ex-Rolling Stones member Mick Taylor on guitars, and legendary reggae session musicians Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare on drums and bass, respectively.

The single’s A-side will feature the first take of the track, which will be available exclusively on the single and can be pre-ordered at ThirdManStore.com. The B-side will feature the fifth take of the tune, which also will be included on the recently announced Dylan archival collection Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 16 (1980-1985) that’s due out September 17.

As previously reported, Springtime in New York is a five-CD, 57-track set that focuses on the sessions for three of the lauded singer/songwriter’s early-1980s albums — 1981’s Shot of Love, Infidels and 1985’s Empire Burlesque.

“Blind Willie McTell” was an outtake from Infidels. The only studio version of the song that’s been released so far is a take featuring just Dylan on piano and Knopfler on guitar that appeared on 1991’s The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 compilation.

Springtime in New York can be pre-ordered now. For full details about the release, visit BobDylan.com.

Beyoncé drops new music videos from ‘Black Is King’

August 2, 2021 by WDNY Radio

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of her Grammy-nominated film, Black Is King, Beyoncé shared the official music video for her songs “Mood 4 Eva” and “OTHERSIDE.”

Black Is King premiered July 31, 2020, on Disney+, and was the visual soundtrack album to the 2019 film The Lion King: The Gift. It features cameos from her husband, Jay-Z, their daughter, Blue Ivy, Naomi Campbell, Kelly Rowland, Bey’s mother, Tina Lawson, and more.

The theme is animal print in the “Mood 4 Eva” visual. Beyoncé can be seen in a sparkling cheetah-print hat and gown with a slit up to her right thigh. There are also scenes of Bey sitting on the hood of a cheetah-print vehicle dressed in a cheetah-print jumpsuit and kids in zebra-print suits. The over-seven-minute video ends with Bey fabulously wearing a robe with dollar bills printed all over it and sipping champagne while sitting next to her unbothered husband.

Bey and Jay-Z’s twins, Rumi and Sir, appear in the “OTHERSIDE” visual to symbolically explain Simba’s journey back to the Pride Lands in The Lion King story.

The “Mood 4 Eva” and “OTHERSIDE” videos are available on Beyoncé’s YouTube channel.

On another note, Beyoncé has received one of the highest honors from Rolling Stone, which ranked her 2016 “Formation” visual #1 on its “100 Greatest Music Videos” list.

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