Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton: "Dream On" - The Voice 2016 by CMT.com Staff 8/18/2016
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and producer Alicia Keys will make her CMT debut with a new episode of CMT Crossroads with acclaimed newcomer Maren Morris.
CMT Crossroads: Alicia Keys and Maren Morris will be taped in Nashville to air Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Alicia Keys is a 15-time Grammy winner, an accomplished actress, a New York Times best-selling author, an entrepreneur and a powerful force in the world of activism. In May, she released In Common, a song from her sixth studio album, due out later this year on RCA Records.
Keys will join Blake Shelton, Miley Cyrus and Adam Levine on the judges panel of NBCs The Voice when the shows 11th season premieres on Sept. 19.
In September 2014, Keys launched We Are Here, a movement empowering the global community around a host of issues and initiatives to build a better world where all people are heard, respected, equal and treated with dignity. Keys also co-founded Keep a Child Alive and serves as global ambassador for the organization.
At age 26, Maren Morris has quickly established her career through vocal stylings that reflect her country, soul and pop influences. The Arlington, Texas, native was named as one of CMTs Next Women of Country as well as a CMT Listen Up Artist of 2016, a VEVO Discover Artist, a SiriusXM Artist to Watch in 2016 and one of Rolling Stones 10 New Country Artists You Need To Know.
After Columbia Nashville released Morris major label debut, Hero, in June, it debuted at No. 1 on Billboards country albums chart and at No. 5 on Billboards all-genres Top 200 chart. The albums debut single, My Church, set a record at country radio by having the most chart reporting stations to play a debut single by a country artist and was certified platinum by the RIAA.
Continuing her success with the latest single, 80s Mercedes, Morris is currently on Keith Urbans Ripcord World Tour in addition to her own headlining dates.
Finn Balor "Demon King" Attacks Seth Rollins WWE Monday Night Raw 15 August 2016 HD
CFO$ revealed on the bands twitter account that Bobby Roodes NXT theme song, Glorious Domination, has topped the iTunes Soundtrack charts following Roodes appearance at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II. You can check out the tweet below.
WWE released a clip on Twitter, showing Finn Balor joking with some fans that hes going to beat up Seth Rollins tonight at Summerslam. You can check out the tweet below.
Vince McMahon and John Cena both posted some tweets hyping tonights Summerslam PPV event.
Five years after his landmark album Channel Orange and a protracted gestation, Frank Ocean released his latest album on Saturday night. Called Blond, it was released as an exclusive to Apple Music.
Fans in New York, Chicago, London and Los Angeles meanwhile, could pick up physical copies of the record at pop-up stores. Queues snaked around the block in New York where there were reports of free copies being handed out.
At the stores, the album came packaged with a Frank Ocean-edited, 360-page glossy magazine called Boys Dont Cry, long expected to be the title of the record itself. The magazine features photographs taken by Ocean, an interview with his mother, horoscopes and the lyrics of a rap called The MacDonalds Man written by Kanye West.
The album itself has 17 tracks; some reported that the physical copy has a slightly different tracklisting to the version streaming on Apple Music.
There is also some ambiguity about the albums title. Listed as Blonde on Apple Music, the sleeve artwork spells it Blond. The sleeve features a picture of Ocean with green hair, photographed last year by the Turner prize-winning artist Wolfgang Tillmans.
On first listen, Blond is boundary-pushing and introspective soul on which Oceans voice is often distorted; long stretches of songs dont have drums and obvious hits are far from immediately apparent. A list of collaborators includes Andre 3000, Beyonc, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams, Radioheads Jonny Greenwood, Arca, Fish, Gang of Four and even David Bowie and the Beatles.
The albums long-awaited release was first heralded at the start of this month, when Ocean posted online a video of himself cutting up wood in a studio to snippets of music. On Friday, Ocean released another longform piece of music called Endless, a 45-minute, 18-track visual album which takes a freeform approach to songwriting, and which the Guardian described as brilliantly confounding.
On Saturday morning, Ocean debuted the first single from Blonde, Nikes. The song pays tribute to Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old shot by George Zimmerman. His voice eerily speeded up, Ocean sings that Martin looked just like me. The video, meanwhile, is a torrent of surreal imagery including a rapping chihuahua, a man clambering over theatre seats while dressed as Satan, n***d backsides covered in glitter and Ocean rolling around a stage dressed in white.
Oceans reputation as a fearless and agenda-setting artist has not diminished in his years away from the limelight; Blond is sure to be endlessly dissected over the coming days. On his Tumblr, Ocean posted a piece of writing about an experience of riding in a car while high on magic mushrooms, and also a note which was more straightforward: I had the time of my life making all of this. Thank you all. Especially those of you who never let me forget I had to finish. Which is basically every one of yall. Haha. Love you.
Hillary Clinton has seizure / convulsions - tries to play it off making fun of seizures CLOSER LOOK
With Hillary Clinton ahead in most polls, opponents have questioned whether the Democratic nominee is hiding an illness.
Former Mayor of New York City and Trump Adviser Rudy Giuliani claims that online videos prove Hillary Clinton has an illness and is unfit to serve as President.
Giuliani also defended Trump alluding to the media having a bias against the Republican nominee. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Mr. Giuliani said that Hillary Clinton has an entire media that constantly demonizes Donald Trump.
Trump has also made this claim and has frequently attacked CNN and The Washington Post on Twitter.
During his Fox News appearance, Giuliani encouraged viewers to go online to see that Hillary Clinton has an illness.
Giuliani: Hillary Should Apologize to the American People https://t.co/0ziXJ8pcjl
Maynie Kuo (@chattymaynie) August 21, 2016
The host responded to the former Mayor citing that there is no proof that there is something wrong with Hillary Clintons health.
Go online and put down Hillary Clinton illness, take a look at the videos for yourself, he said.
Earlier this month, fake medical records of Hillary Clinton were posted on Twitter. Snopes found that the health record was designed to impersonate Hillary Clintons real doctor. However, there were formatting issues and other errors that revealed the medical record to be fake.
The leaked document claims Hillary Clintons illnesses include Dementia and complex partial seizures.
There was also rumors that Hillary Clinton suffered a seizure on camera back in June this year. However, another angle of the video shows that Hillary Clinton was reacting to a reporter asking her questions about Elizabeth Warren from her blindside.
Last week, Sean Hannity questioned Hillary Clintons health and whether she has an illness she is hiding. While he did not present any conclusive evidence, Hannity cited a few photograph and videos of Hillary Clinton falling over the years as proof.
Hannity also stated that he thinks Hillary should release her medical records.
Donald Trump himself has alluded to Hillary Clinton not having the stamina at a Fox News town hall interview hosted by Sean Hannity and Trump supporter. The Republican nominee said, She doesnt really do that much. Shell give a speech on a teleprompter and then shell disappear. I dont know if she goes home [and] goes to sleep. I think she sleeps. I guess she takes a lot of weekends off. She takes a lot of time off. And you know thats, frankly frankly, its really not fair.
Giuliani questions Clinton"s mental health. This from a man who"s desperate for relevance & loonier by the day. https://t.co/aZU2tAGqFD
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According to Politico, Clintons campaign responded to Trumps criticism.
The Clinton campaign responded to Donald Trumps jabs about Hillary Clintons ability to be President with the following.
While it is dismaying to see the Republican nominee for president push deranged conspiracy theories in a foreign policy speech, its no longer surprising, wrote Jennifer Palmieri, Clintons communications director.
Some Republicans fear a Democratic landslide with Hillary Clinton winning the battleground states in most polls.
Donald Trump has radically shifted his campaign structure for the second time during the 2016 Presidential election race.
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Cory Lewandowski was replaced by Paul Manafort, who recently resigned possibly due to his ties to Russia and the Ukraine.
Trump has started to show some change to his strategy when he admitted to having some regret over some of the things he has said in the past. He hired Breitbart. chief Stephen K. Bannon to be his campaign CEO.
Giuliani doesnt believe that Trump is far behind Hillary Clinton. He believes that Donald Trump can win states where Republicans struggled in the past.
Some political analysts claim that Hillary Clinton illness conspiracies are an act of desperation by Republicans who feel Trump is losing the election.
There are no reports that Hillary Clinton is going to release her medical records and her campaign continues to remind the public that Donald Trump has not released his tax returns.
Both candidates struggle with trustworthiness among voters.
Will Hillary Clinton prove she doesnt have an illness that will prevent her from becoming President, and does she really need to?
CFO$ revealed on the bands twitter account that Bobby Roodes NXT theme song, Glorious Domination, has topped the iTunes Soundtrack charts following Roodes appearance at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II. You can check out the tweet below.
WWE released a clip on Twitter, showing Finn Balor joking with some fans that hes going to beat up Seth Rollins tonight at Summerslam. You can check out the tweet below.
Vince McMahon and John Cena both posted some tweets hyping tonights Summerslam PPV event.
NEYMAR NOSSO HERĂ“I Brazil finally earned the Olympic gold medal the host nation most desperately wanted as the men"s soccer team beat Germany 5-4 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 game on Saturday.
Neymar -- far and away Brazil"s biggest sports star -- scored the winning penalty after Weverton saved Nils Petersen"s attempt in the fifth round of penalties to bring home the gold.
The Olympic tournament was the only major soccer tournament that Brazil had failed to win, and they finally accomplished it in front of an apoplectic Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
"That"s it," Neymar said. "We made history."
Neymar also had scored Brazil"s goal in the first half from a spectacular free kick as the Brazilians earned a measure of revenge for the 7-1 thrashing that Germany gave them en route to winning the 2014 World Cup.
"This restores our self-esteem," Brazil coach Rogerio Micale said. "We see that not all was lost, our football is still alive. There are some things that need to be fixed, but today we were able to make our people happy."
Germany started confidently, and in the 11th minute Julian Brandt bent a long shot from outside the box that struck the crossbar.
But Neymar took the pressure off of the nervous Maracana crowd when he delivered a perfectly placed free kick past Germany keeper Timo Horn to open the scoring in the 27th minute.
Germany hit the woodwork twice more before the end of the first half, but Brazil was able to take the slim lead into the dressing room.
But Germany came out looking to attack after the break and silenced the crowd with a goal in the 59th minute as Jeremy Toljan"s cross from the wing was turned in by Max Meyer in the center of the box.
Brazil immediately went on the attack again as Renato Augusto, who missed two chances in front of goal in the first half, fired wide once again.
Germany midfielder Lars Bender then had to leave the game with an apparent injury and was replaced byGrischa Promel.
In the 77th minute, Neymar played Felipe Anderson in on goal with a through pass but the substitute was caught from behind by Germany defenders.
And moments later, Neymar came close to restoring Brazil"s lead himself when his long shot flashed inches wide of the far post.
Neymar again played in Anderson in the second period of extra time, butHorn made the save.
In the shootout, the first eight penalty takers were on target --Matthias Ginter, Serge Gnabry, Brandt and Niklas Sule for Germany; Augusto, Marquinhos, Rafinha and Luan for Brazil.
ButWeverton seemed to be getting closer to stopping a Germany shot and got down to save fromPetersen in the fifth round.
Neymar then took a halted run-up and blasted the ball into the back of the net before falling to his knees in joyous tears.
"I don"t have words to say anything," Neymar said later, sobbing. "I can"t describe my feelings right now. I just want to thank my teammates, my friends and my family, who have been by my side during the most difficult moments.
"It wasn"t easy. I don"t know what else to say, I"m just really happy.""
Germany settled for the silver medal and was denied gold in the first Olympics for which it qualified since the country"s reunification in 1990. East Germany won the 1976 tournament in Montreal.
Earlier on Saturday, Nigeria held off a late rally to defeat Honduras 3-2 and win the bronze.
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UFC 203"s Mickey Gall spoke with b****y Elbow"s Eddie Mercado about his upcoming match with WWE superstar CM Punk on September 10, 2016.
The man selected to welcome the professional wrestler turned professional fighter CM Punk to the octagon at UFC 203 is the 2-0 New Jersey native Mickey Gall. Gall was discovered on the show Dana White: Lookin" for a Fight as he won by first round Rear-n***d-Choke and immediately put his name in the hat to face the WWE superstar in Punk. Mickey Gall vs. Phil Brooks, or CM Punk, will take place at UFC 203 on September 10, 2016 and air live on PPV. b****y Elbow"s Eddie Mercado caught up with Mickey Gall to discuss his UFC career and his thoughts on opponent CM Punk.
Interview: Mickey Gall on CM Punk UFC 203
Mickey Gall provided his earnest opinion on fighting a professional debuting CM Punk in a UFC Pay-Per-View:
"It"s a big jump. We"re probably not deserving of being on the Pay-Per-View. It"s hard to say because he"s a superstar, made himself a superstar in his sport. Between us, he has no fights, I have two professional fights and three amateur fights. There"s not going to be anyone else on any Pay-Per-View probably this year with 5 fights or less combined. So it"s a little funky but I"m grateful for the opportunity and I"m very excited to fight in front of the big crowd under the lights. I can"t wait man. That"s why I got into this sport."
The New Jersey native Gall gave his thoughts on the added media obligations:
"I"m talking to people who love fighting just like I do. They want to talk to me about stuff that I love to do. It"s all good man. I really enjoy it. Some people complain and this and that; I truly enjoy it. I like talking about it."
Gall spoke to the stigma associated with being the guy that is fighting CM Punk:
"Right now I"m that CM Punk guy and that"s cool. That"s helping me get to where I want to be but I guarantee in my next fights after this, I won"t be known as that anymore. That"ll just be just like a footnote. I have big plans in fighting so it"s just a launching pad."
Tune in to UFC 203 to catch Mickey Gall welcoming CM Punk to the world of professional mixed martial arts, live on Pay-Per-View on September 10, 2016. Stay tuned to b****y Elbow for all of your event coverage including interviews, results, highlights, and more! The full interview can be seen at the top of the page.
