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Lindsay Ell introduces her new rescue pup, Hendrix, after breakup from boyfriend Adam Roa

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ABC/Image Group LALate last year, Lindsay Ell parted ways with her boyfriend, motivational speaker and poet Adam Roa. The pair had started dating during 2020, and made their relationship Instagram official in October.

By the holiday season, though, they agreed to call it quits. “We just realized that we wanted different things, but I wish him all the best,” Lindsay tells People, but adds that the timing made the split especially tough. “Going through a breakup over the holidays and not being able to go home to see my family, I just knew that waking up Christmas morning was going to be so hard,” she explains.

On top of that, being around Adam’s dog, Serendipity, had re-awakened her inner dog lover. “[It] reminded me how much I loved having a dog; waking up to a dog and their sweet little face,” Lindsay adds.

Though she grew up with dogs, Lindsay hadn’t had one in a while, mostly because of all the time she typically spends on tour. After quarantine and her relationship, though, she decided to take the plunge, and started seeking out adoptable dogs. Ultimately, she found a perfect match in a one-year-old Pomeranian from a Louisiana shelter, who Lindsay named Hendrix.

These days, Lindsay says, she and her new pup are keeping busy together, and hanging out with friends like Carly Pearce and her Shih Tzu, June.

“She loves everyone she meets, but if I take her on the road with me, she has to at least know how to come and sit and stay and be able to listen to me. We have a lot to learn!” says Lindsay.

Lindsay’s most recent album, heart theory, came out last August.

By Carena Liptak
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Gwyneth Paltrow reveals what it would take for her to return to acting

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ABC(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) It’s been almost three years since Gwyneth Paltrow announced she would be taking a break from acting and now she’s revealing what it would take to get her back on a set. 

“I would have to be f****** a writer,” she joked while speaking with supermodel Naomi Campbell on her YouTube show No Filter with Naomi.

“But that’s sort of it. If my husband writes something and wants me to do it, I’ll do it,” said Paltrow, who is currently married to Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk. “But right now… I can never say never.”

The 48-year-old Oscar-Award winning actress added that she wouldn’t mind getting back on the theatre stage some day. 

“I really loved doing theatre,” she shared. “It’s really the actor’s medium, right? You’re on stage, you’re in control of your performance.”

In June 2017, Paltrow, who is the founder and CEO of the lifestyle brand Goop, explained that her business played a role in her decision to take a step back from acting. 

“I’m still going to do a little bit here and there, but this really requires almost all of my time,” Paltrow admitted during an appearance on the Today show. “I’m in the office all day, every day. I have a pretty big team — we’re almost 85 people — so I kind of need to be at work.”

By Danielle Long
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HBO again delays 'Sopranos' prequel 'The Many Saints of Newark'

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HBO Max(NEW JERSEY) — The premiere of The Many Saints of Newark, an upcoming film that serves as a prequel to HBO’s long-running series The Sopranos, has once again been delayed, according to Variety. 

The film, which will simultaneously debut on HBO Max, was originally scheduled to open in September of 2020, and later rescheduled for March, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been delayed until September 24. Sources tell the trade that the latest change was made in hopes it’ll premiere on the festival circuit and better position itself as an awards contender.

The Many Saints of Newark, set amid the clash between the African-Americans and Italians of Newark, New Jersey, which touched off the 1960s Newark riots, stars Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Ray Liotta, and Michael Gandolfini, the latter of whom is reprising the Tony Soprano role originated by his late father, James Gandolfini. 

By George Costantino
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Garth Brooks on being selected as a Kennedy Center Honoree: It’s “extremely humbling”

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ABC/Image Group LAAs a Country Music Hall of Famer and seven-time CMA Entertainer of the Year, Garth Brooks is no stranger to recognition and awards shows. But the singer says it’ll be “extremely humbling” to become a Kennedy Center Honors recipient in May, during a postponed ceremony that was scheduled to air last December.

Garth’s fellow honorees include actor Dick Van Dyke, choreographer and actress Debbie Allen, singer-songwriter Joan Baez and violinist Midori.

“Like any award, the names that are already on it makes the award that award,” Garth reflects. “And to think of the names that have been presented this in the past — and the names that will be there that night — is…extremely humbling.”

In the country genre alone, the list of past Kennedy Center Honors recipients is formidable. Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson are just a few, while Garth himself took part in on-stage tributes to 2003 recipient Loretta Lynn and 2008 recipient George Jones, among others.

Garth adds that he’s particularly honored to receive the award in the name of the genre closest to his heart.

“…[I’m] probably most excited and most proud for country music. Any chance you get to ‘wave that flag’ among the many other flags of entertainment — not only in this country, but around the world — that’s always an honor,” he adds.

The Kennedy Center Honors ceremony was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In keeping with safety protocols, the May event will be formatted differently than usual, with a heavy trend toward virtual and small, socially distanced events.

By Carena Liptak
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Siegfried Fischbacher, of Siegfried and Roy fame, dead at 81

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L-R: Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn in 2015 — Denise Truscello/WireImage(LAS VEGAS) — Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of famed entertainment duo Siegfried and Roy, has died in Las Vegas from pancreatic cancer, a rep for the legendary illusionist confirmed to ABC News.  Fischbacher was 81.

His sister, a nun who lives in Munich, told the German news agency dpa that she was able to talk to him on the phone before he died and they prayed together.

“I could pray with him and tell him that I will always be with him in my heart,” she said.

Fischbacher’s long-time partner, Roy Horn, died in May of complications from COVID-19 at age 75.

The legendary performers changed the face of the Las Vegas Strip with their impressive illusions and white tiger-taming acts in a career that spanned 50 years.

Fischbacher was born in Rosenheim, Germany, on June 13, 1939, and met Horn in 1957. Siegfried and Roy began performing in Las Vegas in 1967. Before they opened an extravagant show at The Mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas in 1990, the German duo had built a successful brand as entertainers around the world, performing everywhere from cruise ships to casinos.

After thousands of performances together, Fischbacher and Horn’s show at The Mirage came to an unexpected close in 2003 following an onstage incident involving Horn and his white Bengal tiger, Mantecore, which seriously injured Horn.

The duo stepped back onstage for one final performance on March 1, 2009, when they held a benefit show for the Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas. They said it raised $14 million.

The duo sat down with 20/20 in 2019 for “Siegfried & Roy: Behind the Magic,” a two-hour special on their storied career. In May, the duo shared the following message of love and support for those affected by COVID-19:

“Everyone in the United States and around the world impacted by this health crisis remain in our prayers. We know the real magic in all of us caring, cheering, loving and thanking one another will return everyone to good health and happiness. We can’t wait until it is possible for all of us to hug each other safely again. Love to all, Siegfried & Roy.”

Funeral services will be private with plans for a public memorial in the future, according to a statement from Fishbacher’s rep.

By Lauren Effron
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