J. Cole Will Reportedly Drop New Album Next Week: "4 Your Eyez Only"

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J. Cole is reportedly releasing a follow-up to his impressive 2014 album Forest Hills Drive. The album, 4 Your Eyez Only, is set to be released next week, but you can pre-order it on iTunes now.

Rapper J. Cole has been surprisingly silent in the music world this last year. After his five-part HBO miniseries J. ColeForest Hills Drive: Homecoming premiered at the end of last year, the rapper stepped back from the spotlight to focus on his next upcoming album.

Billboard reported that J. Coles album 4 Your Eyez Only will be out December 9. This will be the rappers first new solo material in two years.

At NYCs Meadows Festival in October, J. Cole told the audience that he wouldnt be performing for a very long time.

Before I get out of here, listen,

this is my last show for a very long time.

Last night, a mysterious pre-sale appeared on iTunes for a 10-song release called 4 Your Eyez Only. The pre-sale has since been removed from iTunes, but plenty of Twitter users caught it while it was still up.

Is J. Cole trying to pull a Beyonce and release his new album sans-promotion?

New J Cole album, December 9th pic.twitter.com/G7vy0Zes6F

Dan (@DanFifa98) December 1, 2016

A rep for J. Cole could not confirm the albums release date, title, or even its existence. A rep for Apple declined to comment.

In the past two years since the release of Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole has collaborated on his Dreamville Records label compilation of Revenge of the Dreamers II, which was released on December 8, 2015.

Cole last released a surprise live album in January for his 31st birthday. The release included some live performances of hit songs from Forest Hills Drive and three of his previous hit singles Lights Please, In The Morning, and Nobodys Perfect.

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Forest Hills Drive debut at the top of Billboard 200, earning a 2x platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America earlier this year, according to Complex.

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Will J. Coles new album 4 Your Eyez Only include any features or singles? If not, does the album have a chance to go platinum?

It looks like J. Cole has decided his fans will need to wait until next week to find out.

It has been rumored over the past few weeks that Cole had an album coming out with Kendrick Lamar after ScHoolboy Qs Twitter was hacked which teased the album release.

ScHoolboy Q confirmed that his account was hacked shortly after.

Just got a pHone call from @retOne Im Hacked yall kno d**n well I dont talk like dat lol.

For those who are unfamiliar with the rapper, J. Cole, he began his career as a producer and MC. He was the first artist signed to Jay-Zs Roc Nation label. Cole stood outside of Jay-Zs office for days in hopes of getting him to listen to a demo and his persistence paid off.

J. Cole was shocked to hear that a few weeks after listening to his demo, Jay-Z asked him to contribute to his 2009 album, The Blueprint 3. That same year, Cole released his first mixtape The Warm Up.

His first official album was released in 2011 by Roc nation called Cole World: The Sideline Story. The album Born Sinner followed up in 2013 with guest appearances from Miquel, TLC, and Kendrick Lamar.

Check out J. Coles full biography and discography on iTunes.

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5 Reasons It"s Your Duty To Watch Dolly Parton"s Christmas Movie

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Dolly Parton, for many reasons weve laid out here, is on par with Dwayne The Rock Johnson when it comes to people we all wish would run for president. In a tough week for her, she has still given gifts to the American people, including a Christmas movie airing on NBC Wednesday at 9 p.m. Give back to Dolly. The national news doesnt bring you a ton of information about Tennessee, but Dolly does.

1. Dolly Partons Home Is Burning

Almost literally. Parton was raised in East Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains in a tiny cabin. After her astronomical success, she continued to make her home there, investing in an amusement park, rebranded as Dollywood at the height of her popularity in 1986.

I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area, she said as the theme park celebrated its 25th anniversary. It is the largest employer in the county.

This week, devastating wildfires are savaging much of her native Sevier County, taking out an estimated 15,000 acres and killing at least four. Dollywood has remained mostly untouched, but beloved Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge attractions like tiny wedding chapels and getaway cabins have been destroyed.

Parton responded with characteristic class and faith while Dollywood staff evacuated guests and assisted the community:

I have been watching the terrible fires in the Great Smoky Mountains and I am heartbroken. I am praying for all the families affected by the fire and the firefighters who are working so hard to keep everyone safe. It is a blessing that my Dollywood theme park, the DreamMore Resort and so many businesses in Pigeon Forge have been spared.

2. All That And She Made Jolene Viral This Week

You cant confine Dolly to any genre or demographic. The 70-year-old CMA Lifetime Achievement award winner went on The Voice with her goddaughter Miley Cyrus (who could use some guidance, so Im glad theyre collaborating) and a cappella group Pentatonix Tuesday to perform this beautiful rendition of Jolene.

3. Dolly Loves Christmas

Who wouldnt want to watch a Christmas movie made by someone who loves Christmas this much?

Everyone always stays over at my house during Christmas. And I have an elevator at my house, painted like a chimney, and I come down with presents, dressed up as Santa Claus. I love Christmas. Im a kid myself during Christmas.

4. Its Based on a True Homespun Tennessee Tale

Like Christmas of Many Colors, last years ratings hit, Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love draws on Partons impoverished upbringing and the family and faith that brought them happiness through it. In this movie, the 11 siblings band together to buy Mama, played by country artist Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland fame, the wedding ring she never had. Theres also a snowstorm, prayer, a miracle, and a cameo by Parton herself, who despite her wholesome values loves to play a hooker with a heart of gold.

It was in another such role, in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, that she brought us a modern classic Christmas song, Hard Candy Christmas.

The whole thing is sure to be schlocky and more saccharine than your failed attempt at homemade gingerbread. Rick Schroeder plays her father! The Washington Post review suggests the sequel has doubled down on the stuff that made it a success last year, and thats a lot of sugar. But that may be a reason it succeeds.

Saddle up, coastal elites, and ride into the placesNew Yorker and NPR keep stroking their chins about without ever leaving your mid-century modern couch.

5. Dolly Made Sure She Got Paid to Make This Movie

This was the first one and it just got such great ratings they thought, well, if I was willing, wed do another one. And I said Im willing with enough money."

G*d, I love this woman.

Source: http://thefederalist.com/2016/11/30/5-reasons-its-basically-your-patriotic-duty-to-watch-dolly-partons-tv-christmas-movie/

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Austin Carlile On Marfan Syndrome: �I"ll Never Be Better�

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Of Mice & Men"s Austin Carlile has commented on his ongoing health problems.

In a series of tweets, he responded to fans asking him to "hurry up and get better": stating that "I"ll never be better".

"I live EACH DAY as it comes,", he added. "Each day is a battle".

You can see his tweets below.

He also went into detail on the reasons why recent Of Mice & Men tours have been cancelled.

Lots of "what injuries caused the cancelling of recent tours?" I"ve written about them & most recent here: @MarfanFdn #MarfanAwareness pic.twitter.com/WJxwFtU7tO

Austin Carlile (@austincarlile) December 1, 2016

Source: http://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/austin-carlile-on-marfan-syndrome-ill-never-be-better

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Sherri Papini Had "Message" Branded on Her Skin by a "Very Sick Person," Sheriff Says

UPDATED: Sherri Papini found alive, abductors not yet caught

Sherri Papini, the stay-at-home mom who went missing during a jog in Redding, California, November 2, was branded by her captors, authorities say.

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Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko released some new details to Good Morning AmericaWednesday, November 30, about the markings found on her body, which you can watch in the video above. I would think that was some sort of either an exertion of power and control and/or maybe some type of message that the brand contained, Bosenko said. It is not a symbol, but it was a message.

Sherri Papini Shasta County Sheriff"s Office

As previously reported, the 34-year-old mother of two was missing for 22 days before she was found on the side of a road 150 miles from her hometown on Thanksgiving Day. Although she was chained, she was able to flag down help and has since been reunited with her family.

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Sherris husband, Keith Papini, released a statement to GMA on November 29 with horrific details about her condition, including the intense physical agony and severe mental torture his wife suffered during the abduction. Her now emaciated body of 87 pounds was covered in multicolored bruises, severe burns, red rashes and chain markings, he said. "Her signature long blonde hair had been chopped off. She has been branded."

Bosenko also talked to GMA about the type of person who would have committed such terrible acts. Obviously, a very sick person who may have wanted to not only cut [her hair] off to change her physical appearance, but also as to humiliate them, wear her down, he said.

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Authorities are searching for two armed Hispanic women driving an SUV. Investigators met with Sherri for a third time yesterday in hopes that she can offer more clues about her abductors.

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Source: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sherri-papini-had-message-branded-on-her-skin-from-abduction-w452919

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Exclusive: How Putin, Khamenei and Saudi prince got OPEC deal done

Oil prices surge as OPEC reaches production deal

VIENNA Russian President Vladimir Putin played a crucial role in helping OPEC rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia set aside differences to forge the cartel"s first deal with non-OPEC Russia in 15 years.

Interventions ahead of Wednesday"s OPEC meeting came at key moments from Putin, Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iran"s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani, OPEC and non-OPEC sources said.

Putins role as intermediary between Riyadh and Tehran was pivotal, testament to the rising influence of Russia in the Middle East since its military intervention in the Syrian civil war just over a year ago.

It started when Putin met Saudi Prince Mohammed in September on the sidelines of a G20 gathering in China.

The two agreed to cooperate to help world oil markets clear a glut that had more than halved oil prices since 2014, pummeling Russian and Saudi government revenues. Oil prices are up 10 pct this week topping $53 a barrel.

The financial pain made a deal possible despite the huge political differences between Russia and Saudi over the civil war in Syria.

"Putin wants the deal. Full stop. Russian companies will have to cut production," said a Russian energy source briefed on the discussions.

In September, OPEC agreed in principle at a meeting in Algiers to reduce output for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.

But the individual country commitments required to finalize a deal at Wednesday"s Vienna meeting still required much diplomacy.

Recent OPEC meetings have failed because of arguments between de facto leader Saudi Arabia and third-largest producer Iran. Tehran has long argued OPEC should not prevent it restoring output lost during years of Western sanctions.

Proxy wars in Syria and Yemen have exacerbated decades of tensions between the Saudi Sunni kingdom and the Iranian Shi"ite Islamic republic.

BRINKMANSHIP

Heading into the meeting, the signs were not good. Oil markets went into reverse. Saudi Prince Mohammed had repeatedly demanded Iran participate in supply cuts. Saudi and Iranian OPEC negotiators had argued in circles in the run-up to the meeting.

And, then, just a few days beforehand, Riyadh appeared back away from a deal, threatening to boost production if Iran failed to contribute cuts.

But Putin established that the Saudis would shoulder the lion"s share of cuts, as long as Riyadh wasn"t seen to be making too large a concession to Iran. A deal was possible if Iran didn"t celebrate victory over the Saudis.

A phone call between Putin and Iranian President Rouhani smoothed the way. After the call, Rouhani and oil minister Bijan Zanganeh went to their supreme leader for approval, a source close to the Ayatollah said.

"During the meeting, the leader Khamenei underlined the importance of sticking to Iran"s red line, which was not yielding to political pressures and not to accept any cut in Vienna," the source said.

"Zanganeh thoroughly explained his strategy ... and got the leader"s approval. Also it was agreed that political lobbying was important, especially with Mr. Putin, and again the Leader approved it," said the source.

On Wednesday, the Saudis agreed to cut production heavily, taking "a big hit" in the words of energy minister Khalid al-Falih - while Iran was allowed to slightly boost output.

Iran"s Zanganeh kept a low profile during the meeting, OPEC delegates said. Zanganeh had already agreed the deal the night before, with Algeria helping mediate, and he was careful not to make a fuss about it.

After the meeting, the usually combative Zanganeh avoided any comment that might be read as claiming victory over Riyadh.

"We were firm," he told state television. "The call between Rouhani and Putin played a major role ... After the call, Russia backed the cut."

IRAQ LAST-MINUTE HITCH

But OPEC would not be OPEC without a last-minute quarrel threatening to derail the deal. Iraq became a problem.

As ministerial talks got underway, OPEC"s second-largest producer insisted it could not afford to cut output, given the cost of its war against Islamic State.

But, facing pressure from the rest of OPEC to contribute a cut, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi picked up the phone in front of his peers to call his prime minister, Haider al-Abadi.

"Abadi said: "Get the deal done". And that was it," one OPEC source said.

(additional reporting Alex Lawler and Ahmad Ghaddar; editing by Dmitry Zhdannikov and Richard Mably)

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-opec-meeting-idUSKBN13Q4WG

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California Mom Sherri Papini Reveals Details of Her Alleged Female Kidnappers to Police

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Sherri Papini, the California mom who mysteriously vanished in early November before being found allegedly beaten but alive along a rural road on Thanksgiving Day, is offering new details about the two Hispanic women who allegedly abducted her.

During a series of interviews this week with investigators, Papini told them that one of the women had long curly hair, thin eyebrows and pierced ears. The other woman, who was older, had straight black hair with gray and thick eyebrows. Both of the women allegedly spoke in Spanish the majority of the time.

There is a lot still unknown about her assailants, said Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko at a Wednesday afternoon press conference. Bosenko said Papinis alleged abductors had sometimes covered her face and had concealed their faces as well during her three-week ordeal.

Sherry did her best in providing the descriptions but was not able to provide a detailed description because of the assailants covering their faces, Bosenko said.

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Papini, he said, was cooperative and courageous during the intense interviews with investigators. Police also showed Papini video surveillance footage of SUVs seen in the area around the time of her abduction, but none of the vehicles were a match, said Bosenko.

Papini was allegedly kidnapped while out for a jog on Nov. 2. She was found around 4:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day in Yolo County about 150 miles south of her Redding home, where she was last seen.

Papinis husband, Keith, described the horrific condition she was in the first time he saw her after her release by her captors.

My first sight was my wife in a hospital bed. Her face covered in bruises ranging from yellow to black because of her repeated beatings. The bridge of her nose broken, Keith Papini wrote in a statement obtained by PEOPLE. She has been branded and I could feel the rise of her scabs under my fingers.

He added that Papini weighed only 87 lbs. and her long, blonde hair had been chopped off. He wrote that Sherri had been thrown from a vehicle with a chain around her waist which was also attached to her wrists and a bag over her head.

On Wednesday, Bosenko confirmed that Papini was branded but would not provide any details about what the brand looked like or where it was placed on her body.

Bosenko told PEOPLE that the motive behind the alleged kidnapping is still unclear.

We dont know what the motive or the reason for the abduction was, he says. We dont know if this was a targeted abduction or a random abduction or [if] she was the specific target. We dont have the reason as of yet of why she was abducted. We dont have details on where she was being held during this period of time.

Source: http://people.com/crime/california-mom-sherri-papini-reveals-details-of-her-alleged-female-kidnappers-to-police/

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Neil Diamond Announces Massive 50th Anniversary World Tour

Password with Natalie Portman, Neil Diamond and J.J. Abrams

Neil Diamond will embark on his 50 Year Anniversary World Tour in 2017, beginning with 39 concerts in North American arenas.

Diamond, whose first hit single "Solitary Man" was released in 1966, kicks off the U.S. leg of his world tour on April 7th in Fresno, California. Tickets for the 50 Year Anniversary World Tour go on sale December 9th via Live Nation.

"Neil Diamond is more than just a music icon. His singular artistry and talent has left an indelible mark on American culture and has helped shape the sound of popular music for five decades," Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino said in a statement.

After the massive tour announcement andhis upcoming seasonal LP Acoustic Christmas, Diamond appeared on The Tonight Show Wednesday to serve as Jimmy Fallon"s partner in a Password showdown against Natalie Portman and J.J. Abrams. Watch the clip below.

Neil Diamond Tour Dates

April 7 - Fresno, CA @ SaveMart CenterApril 9 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home ArenaApril 12 - St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade CenterApril 14 - Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink CenterApril 16 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy CenterApril 19 - Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone ArenaApril 21 - Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! CenterApril 23 - Tampa, FL @ Amalie ArenaApril 26 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T CenterApril 28 - Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum CenterApril 30 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips ArenaMay 2 - New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King CenterMay 21 - Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo ArenaMay 24 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy CenterMay 26 - Indianapolis, IN @ Banker"s Life FieldhouseMay 28 - Chicago, IL @ United CenterMay 30 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans ArenaJune 2 - Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn HillsJune 4 - Rochester, NY @ Blue Cross ArenaJune 7 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada CentreJune 9 - Baltimore, MD @ Royal Farms ArenaJune 11 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun ArenaJune 15 & 17 - New York, NY @ Madison Square GardenJune 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo CenterJune 22 - Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the ArtsJuly 14 - Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank ArenaJuly 16 - Houston, TX @ Toyota CenterJuly 18 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines CenterJuly 21 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi CenterJuly 24 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers ArenaJuly 26 - Seattle, WA @ Key ArenaJuly 28 - Portland, OR @ Moda CenterJuly 30 - San Jose, CA @ SAP CenterAugust 2 - Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 CenterAugust 4 - Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort ArenaAugust 8 - San Diego, CA @ Valley View Casino CenterAugust 10 & 12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum

Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-diamond-announces-massive-50th-anniversary-world-tour-w452901

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