Day in Pop Report for 12/04/2014
The Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Fred Wapner, who ruled on Tuesday, also ordered the 48-year-old to register as a sex offender for life. News of McNeal's trial first surfaced last year in March when jurors found him guilty of one count of oral copulation of a child 10 years old or younger, after an earlier trial that resulted in a hung jury. The incident occurred during a Thanksgiving party McNeal attended, where he allegedly molested a 3-year-old girl. And it wasn't McNeal's first molestation charge. Read more here.
The rocker called in to CBS Radio station KROQ's Kevin & Bean Show Wednesday morning (Dec. 3) to discuss the incident, as well as the tour. 'He managed to come out of it with what you could only describe as injuries from a car crash, literally, multiple fractures of bones in his elbow and in his back," The Edge said. "But he's doing OK." Don't worry--though his injuries, which included multiple fractures (chiefly a facial fracture affecting the orbit of his eye and a humerus bone fracture in his left arm that tore through the skin), may have been severe, at least he was wearing a helmet. 'We're kind of lucky he was wearing a helmet so he didn't actually break Central Park," the guitarist said. "But he's made of tough stuff and he's bouncing back. He's so upset about the fact that, unfortunately we're about to announce, we're not going to be able to do the Acoustic Christmas because he's been told by his doctors that he's got to stay put. He's back in Dublin right now and basically he can't move for the next couple of months."� He's referring to KROQ's annual Almost Acoustic Christmas show, at which U2 was scheduled to headline. 'It was a Sunday, a lot of people in the park and he just wasn't paying enough attention," he continued, referencing the accident. "He was going fast down a bit of a hill and somebody came out onto the cycle way, he swerved to avoid them and just went straight over the bars." Read more here.
Brooks & Dunn and Reba will join forces for select concert dates in Las Vegas next year, it was announced today. Titled "Reba, Brooks & Dunn: Together in Vegas," the show opens on June 24, 2015 and includes dates in June, July and December. The shows take place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Reba tweeted, "JUST ANNOUNCED - Reba, @RonnieDunn & @KixBrooks join forces for residency at @CaesarsPalace! rebabrooksanddunn.com. http://t.co/OZcGHDgufh"�December 03, 2014 Read more here.
The EP, his first release since his summer album PARTYNEXTDOOR TWO, contains four new tracks, including 'Let's Get Married," 'Girl From Oakland," 'Juss Know" with Travi$ Scott, and 'Still Got It," featuring the Detroit-based Ca$h Out. The release has not come without a measure of controversy--an underground producer by the name of Mister Lies accused the Canadian crooner on Twitter of lifting production without credit. Listen to all four of PND's tracks, and compare his "Girl From Oakland" to Mister Lies' "I Walk"; see if you think the producer has a point here.
Blunt has been on the receiving end of scathing criticism and straight up snark for nearly a decade. But when he first joined Twitter, at the urging of his record label, he got a crash course in just how much people hated him. So the former soldier returned fire. "My record label wanted me to be on it to market myself and my album," he told British publication Radio Times. "Then I went on there I saw how people could be quite abusive, not just to me but to everyone online, and I was amazed that I even considered taking it seriously. "What happens on Twitter makes the news, you see articles about what people say on Twitter and that is a madness. And [that is] someone's opinion voiced in their bedroom, feeling confident in their bedroom, probably with their trousers round their ankles while they write five nasty words to someone and yet we give that person the time of day." And so Blunt has happily responded to some of his nastiest critics in kind. See a few of his funniest retorts here.
The song is "All I Want for Christmas Is You," performed by all-female pop group Fifth Harmony. The song, of course, is better known as the Mariah Carey Christmas anthem or the song from movie Love, Actually. The video is simple enough, with the girl singing their merry hearts out, and ending by holding blocks spelling out the song's lyrics. Check out the clip above. The Epic Records-released EP also features Christmas tracks from Meghan Trainor, Fiona Apple, and A Great Big World, among others. Fifth Harmony gets a staring role in the collection, though, with two songs on the EP. The other track is "Noche De Paz." Watch the video here.
Bryan's presence, though, was felt throughout the evening. And in one of the show's highlights, the superstar singer was additionally honored with Lady Antebellum performed a moving version of Bryan's recent No. 1 hit "Drink a Beer." The three Lady A bandmates were joined for the song by Chris Stapleton, a powerful vocalist himself ("one of the best singers in the entire universe," Charles Kelley said when introducing him) who cowrote "Drink a Beer" and sang on Bryan's hit version of the song. Kelley sang the first verse, then Hillary Scott joined in. Stapleton's dusty voice blended beautifully with Scott's, too, and the combination turning an already powerful song about the loss of a good friend into something deeply personal that Bryan, his family and his fans won't soon forget. Watch it here.
Country duo Florida Georgia Line will perform a medley of their hits including "Cruise," "This Is How We Roll" and "Sun Daze." Meanwhile, Menzel will sing the popular "Let It Go" from Frozen and MAGIC! will perform "Rude" and "Let Your Hair Down." Previously announced performers in New York include Taylor Swift while Gavin DeGraw and Lady Antebellum will perform live from Nashville. Read more here.
But the issue wasn't the model--it was her cumbersome pink feathered wings. Grande took to Twitter to clear up the confusion, explaining, contrary to how the photo looks: "a Victoria's Secret angel accidentally smacked me in the face with her wings and it was awesome #goals #bangbangintomyface" and "was so nervous / excited at dress rehearsal i almost walked face first into an Angel's wings and died�" Her photo mishap might soon be forgotten though because now it seem like another musician had a potentially more controversial Victoria's Secret experience: Taylor Swift. Read about that and see the photo of the near miss here.
They will perform holiday favorites and current hits, has added these two performers in different capacities. Smith will perform on his own, while Sean has been added to Grande's performance. Additionally, the Grammys announced its plans for revealing the nominees this year. The first four categories will be announced starting at on CBS This Morning. Read more here.
Brooks will perform on Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. and two shows on Feb. 7 at 6:30 and 10:30 p.m., respectively. Earlier this week, Brooks announced that he'll also be returning to Buffalo, N.Y., in March. Brooks' world tour kicked off this past September in Chicago. Past dates included concerts in Minneapolis, Minn., and Greensboro, N.C. He will be in Little Rock, Ark., and St. Louis, Mo., this month. Read more here.
'It has been such a rewarding experience working with DICK'S Sporting Goods on all aspects of the design process for CALIA, from choosing fabrics to making sure the look, feel and fit is right for active women,"� Underwood said in a press release. She further explained that the inspiration behind her new line is from her desire to have clothes that "seamlessly take me from workouts, to errands, to rehearsals and beyond." Read more here.
They are priced at $18 per package. Additionally, and just in time for the holidays, Queen Bey dropped a special look for the fans. If you'd like to get your ugly holiday sweater on, for parties and Christmas cheer, she's got you covered. The new nail art and Christmas sweater combo comes at a time that's ripe for more and more of the R&B icon--she just re-released her self-titled surprise 2013 album as a deluxe version, featuring two brand new songs. See photos of the new sweater and nail art here.
Well, guess what? This doesn't just happen on TV. It happens in real life, too. Complex points to a video from a man that finished last in his FF league and was forced to recreate Sia's "Chandelier" video, and put the resulting clip on YouTube. If you are unfamiliar with the video, they've created a split screen for this so you can see how this dude's move compare to the original music video. It's actually pretty impressive. Watch it here.
The series is also an excellent way to see what sonic trends emerged over the year. This year's installment might sound a little more dislocated than the previous ones, which could hold up as dance singles on their own, and that's because EDM wasn't as dominant on the charts. 'The thing that has been most notable in the past two or three years is the decline of EDM," he told Billboard. 'The 'United State of Pop' became this dance track from '09 to '12, and then starting last year, there just wasn't enough in that genre to fully support it, so I went down-tempo. And this year, 'Timber,' which was popular in January, is the only popular dance track I'm dealing with. It's definitely down-tempo, so you have to decide, how is this going to go? How am I going to maintain the energy levels while being true to the sound of the year?"� Instead, Earworm's 2014 mix is, in his words, 'dominated by these slow, ponderous songs like 'Say Something' and 'All Of Me,' and then swaggering hip-hop songs like 'Turn Down For What,' 'Talk Dirty,' and 'Black Widow.' Then you have totally uptempo songs like 'Happy' and 'Shake It Off,' too. It's a little bit more diverse, and definitely softer than it's been."� This year's mashup includes songs from Taylor Swift, John Legend, Meghan Trainor and many more. Listen here.
P!nk scores the trophy after a highly successful tour across the world around her 2012 album The Truth About Love, which shot to the top of the Billboard albums chart upon its release. The tour was comprised of nearly 150 dates spread out across Australia, Europe and North America. In a YouTube message, P!nk thanked her fans who helped her snag the title. Read more here.
For the mash-up of the Mike Will Made It tracks, brothers Slim Jimmy and Swae Lee knew better than to not show off their slick dance moves. Seriously, if you're looking for ways to impress your friends at the upcoming holiday parties, you're in for a treat. And for anyone else who loves orange fur coats, you're also going to be excited. Seriously, they like what they like, they don't got no type. Both singles will appear on Rae Sremmurd's debut EP, SremmLife, set to drop on January 6. The guys' next single, 'Throw Sum Mo" featuring Young Thug is headed to iTunes on December 9. Watch the guys turn Fallon's stage into a "No Flex Zone" here.
And while it remains to be seen if the film Suicide Squad will have a chart-topping soundtrack as Guardians of the Galaxy did, the film does have some prestigious names from the world of music. Here's a rundown. Jared Leto - In recent years, Leto has spent more time with his band 30 Seconds to Mars than on film sets. That may have changed in the wake of his Oscar win for his role as the transgender, drug-addicted character Rayon in last year's Dallas Buyers Club. That Academy Award may bolster his confidence for his role as one as perhaps the most recognizable supervillain of all time: the Joker, a role which has been played over the years by, notably, Jack Nicholson (1989's Batman), Heath Ledger (2008's The Dark Knight, for which he won an Academy Award) and Cesar Romero (the '60s TV series). Will Smith - The former Fresh Prince spent the early part of his film career playing good-guy roles (Bad Boys, Men in Black, Independence Day), but this time around he's playing Deadshot, an assassin with a disturbingly good success record (he never misses his shots, hence the name). Like Marvel's Spider-Man, Deadshot's entire face is covered by his mask, so don't be surprised to see some adjustments to his comic book costume so that we can see less mask and more Will. Read more including debate if these are good fits are not here.
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