Paul Archuleta/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Tamera Mowry says Sister, Sister is the gift that keeps on giving.
The 42-year-old mom of two revealed to E!’s Daily Pop that her children, eight-year-old Aden and five-year-old Ariah are big fans of the show. Not only that, she says her kids have been inspired to walk in their mother’s footsteps.
“They love Sister, Sister,” said Mowry. “Ariah watches it on her own. She loves it so much, Aiden loves it so much that now both of them want to be actors.”
Mowry, who was 16 when the Emmy Award-winning show catapulted her and sister Tia Mowry into fame had mixed feelings about her children’s announcement.
“I was like, ‘Oh lord. Oh lord,'” she laughed.
The television personality went onto explain that Hollywood would be in a lot of trouble if her children kickstarted an acting career.
Mowry admits her son can “get away with everything” while her daughter, Ariah is so self-certain, “She will even be confidently wrong!”
“Doesn’t matter where she is, what she’s doing, how she’s dressed, wherever she is, she is confidently grounded,” she continued.
Sister, Sister ran for six seasons between 1994 and 1999.
Blackbird Presents / Caroline Records A dazzling list of country stars take the stage in tribute to Merle Haggard in Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard, a new concert film celebrating the singer’s legacy.
Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Loretta Lynn, Kacey Musgraves and Hank Williams Jr. are just a few of the stars who appear in the special to perform some of their favorite selections from Merle’s discography.
Toby Keith and Willie Nelson join forces on stage for “Ramblin’ Fever,” while Dierks Bentley performs “If We Make it Through December” and Keith Richards appears for a powerful rendition of “Sing Me Back Home.” The event also includes an ensemble performance of “Okie from Muskogee” to honor Merle’s lasting mark on country music.
The film was taped at a special concert event that took place in Nashville on April 6, 2017. The night marked the one-year anniversary of Merle’s death.
Sing Me Back Home is out in both audio and video formats, including a CD/DVD combo that’s available for purchase now.
Curb RecordsIt’s been a landmark year for Lee Brice, and he’s got the hardware to prove it. “One of Them Girls,” the chart-topping first single off of his new album, Hey World, was just certified Platinum by the RIAA.
The success of “One of Them Girls” comes on the heels of another milestone the singer celebrated with “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” his duet with Carly Pearce. That song was certified platinum back in July.
The singer will try and keep that hot streak going with his new single, “Memory I Don’t Mess With,” which is currently inside country radio’s Top 40.
In addition to his dozen new commemorative plaques, 2020 also brought Lee his first-ever CMA Award. That trophy also came courtesy of “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” in the category of Musical Event of the Year.
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News
(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 69.8 million people and killed over 1.5 million worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Here’s how the news is developing Friday. All times Eastern: Dec 11, 1:11 pm US sets records for new cases, deaths, hospitalizations
The U.S. has set new records for the most deaths in one week, the highest number of new cases in a week and the most Americans hospitalized in one week, according to ABC News’ analysis of COVID Tracking Project data.
In the past seven days, the U.S. has reported more than 1.4 million COVID-19 cases — roughly equivalent to 142 Americans testing positive for the virus every minute.
Daily case numbers have been on the rise for nearly three months, increasing nationally by 480% since mid-September.
The U.S. broke a hospitalization record again on Thursday, surpassing 107,000 patients, a 6.5% rise from a week earlier. Fifteen states have reported record numbers since Sunday.
With the U.S. is now averaging over 2,300 new coronavirus related deaths a day, more Americans are dying from COVID-19 every day than ever before.
“We are in the timeframe now that probably for the next 60 to 90 days we’re going to have more deaths per day than we had at 9/11 or we had at Pearl Harbor,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said Thursday at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations.
In the 9/ll attacks, almost 3,000 Americans died, and more than 2,400 were killed when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. ABC News’ Arielle Mitropoulos contributed to this report. Dec 11, 12:30 pm New York City ending indoor dining
Indoor dining will end Monday in New York City to help stem the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced.
Outdoor dining and takeout will continue.
Indoor dining accounted for 1.43% of recent spread, said Cuomo, adding that a 74% spike in infections is linked to indoor gatherings at private homes.
Indoor dining capacity could be reduced elsewhere in New York depending on the numbers, the governor said.
Before the governor’s announcement, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he felt “tremendous empathy for restaurant owners.”
“I feel for them,” the mayor added, “but sometimes it’s smart to say, ‘Look, if you take an action now, you can stop much worse things from happening later.'” ABC News’ Aaron Katersky contributed to this report. Dec 11, 10:56 am Snow leopard at Louisville Zoo has virus
A snow leopard at the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky has SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
Testing is ongoing for two other snow leopards.
“Samples from three snow leopards were taken after they showed signs of respiratory illness,” the Department of Agriculture said. “It is suspected that they acquired the infection from an asymptomatic staff member, despite precautions taken by the zoo.”
All three animals are expected to fully recover.
This is the first snow leopard in the U.S. to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, though there have been confirmed cases in other big cats in zoos and conservations centers. ABC News’ Stephanie Ebbs contributed to this report.
Dec 11, 7:59 am HHS secretary says Pfizer vaccine will be approved, vaccinations could start next week
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on ABC News’ Good Morning America Friday morning that COVID-19 vaccinations could come Monday or Tuesday.
He said the Pfizer vaccine will be approved, they are just working out the details and finalizing the fact sheet on allergy warnings.
“We weren’t counting on it in terms of getting to the projections that you and I have talked about about having enough vaccine for the second quarter,” he told George Stephanopoulos. “The Sanofi vaccine could be an important additional technology for later rounds of vaccination as one goes forward later in 2021.”
Azar also said the Food and Drug Administration will proceed with the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
He said 20 million Americans will be vaccinated this month, up to 50 million total in January and the U.S. believes “we could have 100 million vaccinations in arm by the end of February.”
Paul Mann/Legacy RecordingsWillie Nelson’s next studio album, That’s Life, is coming out in early 2021, and it’ll be a tribute project to his old friend and touring partner, Frank Sinatra.
It’s Willie’s second full album of Sinatra’s material, following 2018’s My Way, a project that won the country star a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Solo Album the year it came out.
Over his career, Willie has dabbled in the late, great crooner’s catalogue many times. His 1978 album, Stardust, features material from the Great American Songbook, including crossovers with Sinatra’s own discography. The two artists became close friends and frequent colleagues over the years.
“I learned a lot about phrasing listening to Frank,” Willie told AARP Magazine in 2018 about his friendship with Sinatra. “He didn’t worry about behind the beat or in front of the beat, or whatever — he could sing it either way, and that’s the feel you have to have.”
When he announced his new project this week, Willie gave fans a first look into That’s Life with the release of its third track, “Cottage for Sale.”
Elsewhere, the 11-track project features some of the best-loved songs of Sinatra’s lengthy catalogue, including classics like “Luck Be a Lady” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.”
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Tamera Mowry says Sister, Sister is the gift that keeps on giving. 
