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Scotty McCreery, Little Big Town & more join auction for COVID-19 relief

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ABCCrew Nation, which works to provide aid and funding to road crew members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, has launched the One for the Roadies (Part 2) auction in partnership with Yeti that sees artists from across genres customizing and autographing the new Roadie 24 Cooler for fans to bid on. 

Scotty McCreery is among the artists.  He worked with his wife Gabi to paint a picture of their dog Moose overlooking the ocean on the side of the cooler, which is filled with Scotty merchandise. 

Cam‘s personalized cooler honors her latest album, The Otherside, with sketch drawings of a redwood tree. She filled the cooler with swag including two autographed vinyl albums, T-shirts and more. 

Little Big Town opted for a galactic approach for their cooler, signed by Phillip Sweet, which boasts an image of the moon and a shooting star, while Midland‘s pool-themed cooler displays multi-colored billiard balls.  

Tanya Tucker, Martina McBride, Wynonna, Brandi Carlile and Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes are also participating in the auction, which ends January 12 at 11 a.m. ET.    

All of the proceeds go to the Crew Nation Global Relief Fund for Live Music Crews.

By Cillea Houghton
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Browns' head coach tests positive for COVID-19

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Julio Aguilar/Getty ImagesBy MORGAN WINSOR and ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News

(CLEVELAND) — The head coach for the Cleveland Browns, Kevin Stefanski, has tested positive for COVID-19, the Browns announced in a Twitter statement Tuesday.

The football team’s contingency plan is to have special teams coordinator Mike Priefer serve as acting head coach. The news comes just before the Browns’ first NFL playoff game in 18 years on Sunday.

In addition to Stefanski, two coaching staff members and two players tested positive. The team’s facility is currently closed for contact tracing purposes.

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"Wear a mask!" 'The Walking Dead' star Samantha Morton tweets fans from COVID-19 hospital ward

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Jace Downs/AMC(LONDON) — The Walking Dead baddie Samantha Morton implored fans to “wear a mask” as she apparently tweeted from inside of a U.K. COVID-19 ward. 

The British actress, who plays the villain Alpha on the post-apocalyptic series, didn’t specifically say she tested positive for the virus. However, in her posts, in which she’s pictured wearing a mask and face shield, she thanked the medical staff at Essex’s Conquest Hospital who working in a COVID zone.

“I’m so grateful for our NHS [National Health Service], to see the red zone first hand and the nurses and doctors being so kind and wonderful to us all was humbling,” Morton tweeted. “I’m ok tonight because of them.”

Fans were quick to send their support to Morton, who responded, “I’m on the mend. I’ll get there and thank you so much for the well wishes,” adding the hashtag “WearAMask,” complete with a mask-wearing emoji.

England currently has the second-highest COVID-19 infection rate in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University, prompting U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday to declare a mandatory lockdown in England into February.

By Stephen Iervolino
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Morgan Wallen 'leaks' tracks from 'Dangerous: The Double Album' after Walmart early release

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Big Loud Records/Republic RecordsMorgan Wallen is taking matters into his own hands after Walmart made his new album available ahead of its scheduled release. 

After some fans posted on Twitter that they’d managed to get their hands on physical copies of Morgan’s Dangerous: The Double Album at Walmart days ahead of its Friday release, the singer turned to Instagram to set the record straight. 

“Hey y’all, it’s been brought to my attention that some of my music, well my album, has leaked at some Walmarts around the country. I don’t know how that’s possible, but it has, also that some of y’all are posting and trying to spread the new music, which I’m super thankful for. I’m glad you’re eager to do that,” Morgan shares in a video.

“But man I’ve been working on this album for three years. I’ll be damned if I’m going to let Walmart do the leaking like that,” Morgan adds, encouraging fans to keep up to date with him on social media and to purchase the album through Target instead, as he’s given the retailer two additional bonus tracks.

“I’m going to start doing the leaking of the songs myself,” he vows. 

On TikTok, Morgan has since released a series of the album’s 30 tracks, including the title track, “Warning,” and “Rednecks, Red Letters, Red Dirt.”

By Cillea Houghton
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'Dancing With the Stars' pro Witney Carson welcomes son after 24-hour labor

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ABC/Kelsey McNeal(LOS ANGELES) — Dancing With the Stars pro Witney Carson is a new mom.

Carson announced on Instagram Monday that she’d given birth to a baby boy after a “really hard 24-hour labor” and “an unexpected C-section.”

Both she and the baby are “healthy and well,” she added.

“We are so grateful & we’ve been soaking up every moment with our perfect angel boy,” Carson concluded. “Thank you for all the prayers!”

Carson, 27, announced in July that she and her husband, Carson McAllister, were expecting their first child. Carson and McAllister wed in 2015.

“We love this little bean so much already and we can’t wait to start this beautiful chapter in our lives!” she wrote at the time.

This is the second baby to be born to a “Dancing With the Stars” pro in recent months; Lindsay Arnold welcomed a daughter in November.

By Megan Stone
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