By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — ‘Tis the season to unpack Spotify Wrapped. And it should come as no surprise that for a second year in a row, Taylor Swift has been named its most-played artist. On Wednesday, the streaming giant unveiled its annual overview of …
Read More »Jake Paul beats 58-year-old Mike Tyson as the hits don’t match the hype
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports WriterARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jake Paul won a unanimous decision over Mike Tyson as the hits didn’t match the hype in a fight between a young YouTuber-turned-boxer and the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Friday night.All the hate from the pre-fight buildup was gone, with Paul …
Read More »Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dies at 31 in Argentina hotel fall
By ISABEL DEBRE and KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, was found dead after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, local officials said. Buenos Aires police said in a statement that Payne fell from the third …
Read More »Yik Yak; The Anonymous Campus Social Media App Used Positively at UTC
By Delaney Holman Yik Yak is an app commonly used by college students to connect with other students at their university. The app allows students to anonymously post messages within a radius that is often college campuses. “05-08-essay” by meadowsaffron is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. This social media is …
Read More »Country Music Takes On Chattanooga
By: Jordyn Swilley CHATTANOOGA (mocsnews.com)- Chattanooga is offering several country music concerts in the next few coming months for country music lovers. Some of the major performers include: Brantley Gilbert, Ella Langley, and Zach Top. These artists will perform in many different venues across Chattanooga, including the University of Tennessee …
Read More »Kris Kristofferson was ‘a walking contradiction,’ a renegade and pilgrim surrounded by friends
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Kris Kristofferson’s life were fiction, it would feel a little implausible.He was a Texas-born Golden Gloves boxer and star football player, a Rhodes Scholar and a helicopter-flying U.S. Army captain who walked away from a West Point faculty gig …
Read More »Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been indicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs presided over a sordid empire of sexual crimes, coercing and abusing women for years, threatening them to keep them in line and enlisting a cast of aides to cover it up, according …
Read More »INVESTIGATION: Suppliers sold $55,000 in ketamine to Matthew Perry in the months before his death. “I wonder how much this moron will pay”.
By ANDREW DALTON and KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 10 months after the death of Matthew Perry, the long-simmering investigation into the ketamine that killed him came dramatically into public view with the announcement that five people had been charged with having roles in the overdose …
Read More »Gena Rowlands, acting powerhouse and star of movies by her director-husband, John Cassavetes, dies
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and who later charmed audiences in her son’s tear-jerker “The Notebook,” …
Read More »Aerosmith retires from touring, citing permanent damage to Steven Tyler’s voice last year
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aerosmith says Steven Tyler’s voice has been permanently damaged by a vocal cord injury last year and the band will no longer tour. The iconic band behind hits like “Love in an Elevator” and “Livin’ on the Edge” posted a statement Friday announcing the cancellation of …
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