Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicKaneBrown’s latest single, “Worship You,” is a tribute to his family. In its lyrics, he sings about how his wife Katelyn and the couple’s one-year-old daughter, Kingsley, elevate his faith, bringing him closer to God and spirituality.
In the music video for the song, Kane takes that premise to ethereal new heights, bringing his girls to the Jackson Hole, Wyoming set for a dreamy, forested visual treatment.
“Worship You” gets set against breathtaking outdoor shots of Katelyn dressed in a floor-length, gauzy green gown, holding a matching, tulle-clad Kingsley in her arms.
Ahead of the video’s premiere, Kane told People that a trip to Wyoming had long been on his family’s to-do list. After getting a taste of the state’s natural beauty while shooting the “Worship You” video, he and Katelyn are even more eager to return someday soon.
“Jackson Hole has been a place that we wanted to go for some time,” he says. “It was so beautiful and remote and we plan to go back again for a family vacation after this experience.”
Kane and Katelyn had their two-year wedding anniversary on October 12, and just earlier this week, they also celebrated their daughter’s first birthday. Though she may be only one year old, Kingsley has already made appearances in not one but two of her country star dad’s music videos. In addition to starring in “Worship You,” she also appears in the video for Kane’s “Worldwide Beautiful.”
Anthony Harvey/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — After revealing his cancer diagnosis last week, Jeff Bridges is thanking fans for all the love they’ve been sending his way.
The Big Lebowski actor tweeted a photo of himself undergoing his treatment for lymphoma and wrote, “I want to thank you all for reaching out during this time, it feels good getting all the well wishes and love!”
Bridges also posted a longer message on his website, where he’ll be giving updates on his treatment and how he’s feeling.
“This cancer thing is bringing on feelings of preciousness, & gratitude & good old fashioned love, & lots of it, big time,” he writes. “I’m feeling so much of it comin’ my way, & man, I appreciate it.”
Bridges adds, “It’s contagious, all this love, like some kind of positive virus.”
The 70-year-old Oscar winner is staying positive and assured his fans last week, “Although it is a serious disease, I feel fortunate that I have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good.”
Jeremy Cowart/BBR Music GroupLast month, Granger Smith unleashed his Country Things Vol. 1, the first half of his tenth studio album. But the singer’s not done: He announced plans on Friday to drop the second leg of the double album on November 27.
Like the first half of the project, Country Things Vol. 2 will consist of eight tracks, rounding out a body of work that Granger says scales the highs and lows of a life spent doing — well, country things.
As for what those “country things” are? A handful of lucky fans will get the chance to find out up-close and in-person, as Granger launched a contest this week offering five listeners a chance to visit his Yee Yee Farm in Texas. Of those five, one big winner will walk away with the prize of Granger’s own personal truck.
The contest runs through December 4 at 11:59 PM CT, and every $1 spent at the singer’s lifestyle brand, Yee Yee Apparel, will count as an entry. For more information, and to learn what the phrase “Yee Yee” really means, visit Granger’s website.
Here’s the full track list of Country Things Vol. 2, including two cameos from Granger’s alter-ego, Earl Dibbles Jr.:
“Man Made” “Buy a Boy a Baseball” “Anything Like Me” “That’s What Love Looks Like” “Where I Get it From” “6 String Stories” “Workaholic” (feat. Earl Dibbles Jr.) “Diesel” (feat. Earl Dibbles Jr.)
ABC/Image Group LALuke Combs will be taking the virtual stage next week for a conversation with his fans and a livestream performance of some of the songs off his new deluxe album, What You See Ain’t Always What You Get.
The stripped-down show comes courtesy of Amazon Music, and will kick off Friday, November 6 at 1PM ET. You can tune in via Amazon Live.
“This album means a lot to me and I’m excited to be teaming up with Amazon Music to sing some of the new songs and hang out with my fans,” says Luke. “Should be a really fun time!”
Luke’s livestream performance comes at the end of yet another banner year for the rising superstar. This month, the deluxe edition of his 2019 album took the singer to the number-one spot on Apple Music’s U.S. Top Albums chart. That’s a feat he achieved last November, too, when the album’s first iteration dropped.
What You See Ain’t Always What You Get had a big opening day at Spotify, too, racing up the streaming charts and pulling in the highest number of first-day streams for a country track by a solo artist for the project’s “Forever After All.”
The project is up for Album of the Year at next month’s CMA Awards show, where it’s responsible for one of Luke’s six nominations. One of those is his first-ever mention in the coveted Entertainer of the Year category.
(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.18 million people worldwide.
Over 45 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some national governments are hiding or downplaying the scope of their outbreaks. The criteria for diagnosis — through clinical means or a lab test — has also varied from country to country.
The United States is the worst-affected nation, with more than 8.9 million diagnosed cases and at least 228,668 deaths.
Nearly 200 vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are being tracked by the World Health Organization, at least 10 of which are in crucial phase three studies. Of those 10 potential vaccines in late-stage trials, there are currently five that will be available in the United States if approved.
Here’s how the news is developing Friday. All times Eastern:
Oct 30, 11:36 am California reports case of flu, COVID-19 co-infection
A resident of Solano County, California, has a co-infection of COVID-19 and the flu, the county’s health department said.
The resident was not identified, but the health department said he or she is under the age of 65 and is the first person in the county with a confirmed co-infection.
“With the likelihood of both COVID-19 and seasonal flu activity this winter, contracting either disease may weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to the other disease,” Solano County Health Officer Bela Matyas said in a statement. “Getting a flu vaccine this year is more important than ever.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone at least 6 months old get a flu shot each year by the end of October.
Oct 30, 10:33 am 29 states reported record number of new cases in October
These 29 states, as well as Puerto Rico, hit a record number of new cases in October, according to the COVID Tracking Project: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Forty-one states, as well as Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico are seeing an uptick in hospitalizations, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
The only states seeing a decrease in hospitalizations are Delaware, Hawaii and Kansas.
In six states, hospitalization rates are flat: Alaska, California, Maine, Oregon, South Carolina and Vermont.
Oct 30, 7:23 am ICU beds are 80% filled in quarter of US hospitals
With COVID-19 cases spiking across the U.S., hospitals are once again filling up. At least 25% of hospitals across the country have more than 80% of their ICU beds filled, according to an internal Health and Human Services memo obtained by ABC News.
The percentage of hospitals at that number was 17-18% during the summertime peak.
Two of the hardest-hit states include Idaho and Wisconsin.
Hospitals in Idaho are so constrained that the governor is moving the state back to Stage 3 of reopening plans.
Death rates in Idaho doubled from 22 to 44 between Oct. 19-25, as the statewide test positivity rate rose from 16.7% to 18.7%. That rate is more than triple the national rate. Hospitalizations have climbed sharply since the beginning of October and now the state has reported a new four-month peak of 14.7 hospitalizations per 100,000 people during the week ending Oct 25.
In the southern town of Twin Falls, one out of every four hospitalized patients is infected with COVID-19 and regional hospitals have postponed non-emergency surgeries. At St. Luke Magic Valley, the COVID unit is 97% full, ICU units are running at least 125% above normal and adequate staffing is an issue, HHS said in its memo.
In Wisconsin, the state reported 5,262 new cases and a record 64 new deaths on Oct, 27, both of which were the highest for the state since the beginning of the pandemic.
The seven-day case average in the Badger State is 3,975 while the test-positivity rate is 25.7%.
Officials, according to the HHS memo, anticipate the situation will get worse in the coming weeks. At least 84% of all beds in the state are occupied with 447 patients on ventilators but Wisconsin does have 2,324 ventilators available.
Oct 30, 5:28 am Global cases top 45 million, US nears nine million
As the number of new cases of COVID-19 surge across Europe and the United States, the global total of diagnosed coronavirus cases is now over 45 million, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
There are at least 8,945,891 cases as of 4 a.m. Friday in the U.S. and the country will likely hit nine million cases before the end of the day as cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the virus are increasing.
The U.S. on Thursday saw a record single-day high of coronavirus cases with more than 88,000 reported, according to the COVID Tracking Project. Deaths are up 3.6% week-over-week, while new cases are up 24.8% and the test-positivity rate increased to 6.2% from 6% over the same seven-day period, according to an internal Health and Human Service memo obtained by ABC News.
Forty-three states and territories are in an upward trajectory of new cases, while eight jurisdictions are at a plateau and five are going down, the HHS memo said.
Meanwhile, Europe now accounts for 46% of global coronavirus cases.
This month, many countries in the continent, such as France and Spain, have declared states of emergency, while many others are imposing more restrictions so that ICUs do not become overwhelmed.
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicKane Brown’s latest single, “Worship You,” is a tribute to his family. In its lyrics, he sings about how his wife Katelyn and the couple’s one-year-old daughter, Kingsley, elevate his faith, bringing him closer to God and spirituality. 
