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What it's like to spend "10,000 Hours" on Christmas morning with Dan + Shay

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ABCDan + Shay treated fans to a special holiday gift recently: Two brand-new Christmas songs, “Take Me Home for Christmas” and “Christmas Isn’t Christmas.”  But when it comes to their own Christmas celebrations, the “10,000 Hours” duo says it involves a lot of dogs — and a lot of boxes.

“Christmas morning…it’s the best, it’s just always has been and still is,” says the duo’s Dan Smyers. “With four dogs, it’s a lot.”

“[My wife and I] get the dogs lots of presents, and they’re running around getting all their toys, getting all their treats,” he explains. “We usually spend [Christmas] out at our farm and it’s the best time ever. This year, I’m hoping for a little snow on Christmas.”

As for Shay Mooney, he’s got his hands full with two young sons — Asher and Ames — and he’s hoping Asher will be left “Speechless” by his presents for a change.

“This’ll be my youngest’s first Christmas: Ames, this’ll be his first one and Asher, I think this’ll be the first that he knows kinda what’s going on,” Shay laughs. “He usually plays with the boxes, so maybe he’ll actually look at the gifts this year!”

By Andrea Dresdale
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Dan + Shay tuck another present under fans’ trees with cozy, acoustic “Take Me Home for Christmas” video

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John Russell/CMAJust in time for Christmas, Dan + Shay have one more musical offering to share. The duo released an acoustic performance video of “Take Me Home for Christmas,” one of a two-pack of holiday originals they shared earlier this year.

The acoustic version of “Take Me Home for Christmas” finds Dan + Shay singing the song holidays-style, cozied up in a festively decorated living room with a couple of good old friends accompanying them on keyboard and acoustic guitar.

“We wanna spend the night before singing ‘Take Me Home for Christmas’ acoustic at the farm with our ‘friends from the emo days’ friends,” the band shared on social media, along with a clip of the new performance. “Merry Christmas Eve, y’all!” they added.

Dan + Shay closed out 2020 with a festive one-two punch. Along with “Take Me Home for Christmas,” they also released a heartstring-tugging second original song, “Christmas Isn’t Christmas.”


By Carena Liptak
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'S.W.A.T.' star Shemar Moore reveals he has COVID-19

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Bill Inoshita / CBS 2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — S.W.A.T. star Shemar Moore got something he surely didn’t want this Christmas: a COVID-19 diagnosis.

The actor confirmed he tested positive with a message on Instagram.

“I HAVE COVID!!!! Just found out moments ago…. I am gonna stay wrapping presents… Yes… I have been tested and told that I HAVE COVID!!!” he wrote.

He added that at first he thought he had food poisoning because he experienced “chills and aches.” He said he didn’t lose his sense of smell and taste and has “no cough, no runny nose.”

“I have to accept test results… I feel fine now… but I have to be responsible!!!!” Moore continued. “My Xmas n New Years is clearly not gonna be the best… my last year and a half has not been the best… but I WILL BE OKAY!!!!”

The former Criminal Minds star concluded, “This is a hard time for ALL OF US… the WORLD!!! But… I BELIEVE in the sun shining through the rain!!! Stay safe and appreciate everything and everybody you have and had!! MUCH LOVE!!!!”

Moore ended with the hashtag #wearamask.

It’s been a tough year for Moore. In February, he revealed the loss of his mom, Marylin Joan Wilson-Moore.

By Andrea Tuccillo
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Carrie Underwood and John Legend’s “Hallelujah” tops 'Billboard'’s Hot Christian Songs chart

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Randee St. NicholasCarrie Underwood and pop star John Legend are claiming a new Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart hit this week courtesy of their duet, “Hallelujah,” an original Christmas tune that appears on Carrie’s My Gift album.

The song ascended to the top spot on the chart dated December 26, marking John’s first-ever number-one on the Hot Christian Songs ranking. That’s an extra-special milestone, since he co-wrote “Hallelujah.”

Meanwhile, it’s Carrie’s third time topping the chart, and with her newest success, she’s replacing another song of hers. As “Hallelujah” ascends to the top, it’s succeeding the singer’s 2020 holiday release, “Favorite Time of Year,” which spent two weeks at the top of the Hot Christian Songs chart and is a bonus track on My Gift.

Carrie’s hot streak on the chart marks the first time a female artist has ever replaced herself at the top of the Hot Christian Songs tally. In fact, besides Carrie, only one other artist has ever accomplished that feat in the chart’s 17-year history. Singer-songwriter and The Voice alum Jordan Smith first pulled it off when he swapped out his “Great is Thy Faithfulness” for “Hallelujah” — no relation to Carrie’s current hit — in December of 2015.


By Carena Liptak
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Budweiser celebrates soccer star Lionel Messi's record-setting goal with custom beer bottles for every goalie he scored on

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Photo by Rodrigo Varela / ESPN ImagesBY LOUIS MILMAN

(SAINT LOUIS, Mo.) — For countless fans around the world, beer is the perfect way to celebrate their team scoring a goal. For 160 professional goalkeepers around the world, getting a customized beer bottle will serve as a reminder of the scores they’ve allowed.

 

Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company is celebrating Argentinian soccer superstar Lionel Messi’s record 644th goal for his club, FC Barcelona, by sending a bottle of Budweiser to each of the 160 goalies against whom Messi has scored. Messi’s 644th goal, scored against Real Valladolid on Tuesday, put him atop the list of goals scored for a single club — ahead of Pele, Cristiano Ronaldo, and every other player to step on a pitch.

 

 

The 33-year-old had tried to leave Barcelona over the summer, before deciding to stay for the final year of his contract just a week later.

Already, Messi held the most goals in the history of Spain’s La Liga, the most hat tricks in Spain’s top league, and the most goals scored for his club and country in a single year.

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