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Taylor Swift drops melancholy "You All Over Me (From The Vault)" featuring Maren Morris

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Beth GarrabrantTaylor Swift tapped country superstar Maren Morris to breathe new life into a song she recorded over a decade ago but never released, which she renamed “You All Over Me (From The Vault).”  The song dropped Friday at the stroke of midnight.

The melancholy single details the haze that follows a devastating breakup and the struggle of rediscovering one’s independence, especially when everything is a reminder of the lost love.

The gentle acoustic guitar and banjo-led single is reminiscent of The Chicks‘ “Landslide,” which highlights the emotional lyrics that were penned by a then-teenage Swift.

While the Grammy winner’s songwriting has gained strength since her Fearless era in 2008, Swift’s mastery of conveying emotions through imagery rings clear in this previously unreleased single, making “You All Over Me” a truly devastating breakup single.

Releasing the song’s lyric video, the 31-year-old singer opted to showcase the words against a backdrop of rain hitting the wet pavement.

“I lived, and I learned / Had you, got burned / Held out, and held on / God knows, too long and wasted time / Lost tears, swore that I’d get out of here/ But no amount of freedom gets you clean / I still got you all over me,” Swift and Morris harmonize in the chorus.

In the end, Swift realizes that she cannot separate herself from the relationship just yet and acknowledges that it has permanently changed her — so, in the end, she will always carry a piece of her ex with her.

“You All Over Me (From The Vault)” is one of the bonus tracks that will be featured on the hotly anticipated Fearless (Taylor’s Version) album, due out April 9.  The album features 20 singles and six bonus tracks, which fans can pre order now for $13 on Swift’s website.

 

By Megan Stone
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Rutgers University in New Jersey will require students to receive COVID-19 vaccine this fall

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(NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.) — Rutgers University, New Jersey’s flagship state institution, said Thursday it will require COVID-19 vaccination for students before they arrive on campus this fall, possibly the first school in the country to announce a vaccine requirement.

The school plans to welcome back all students to its three campuses this fall. The requirement will apply to all residential and commuter students, though there will be limited case-by-case exemptions for religious or medical reasons. Students enrolled in fully remote programs will not be required to be vaccinated.

School officials said they were encouraged to require the vaccine for the fall after President Joe Biden declared earlier this month that all adults should be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations by the end of May.

New Jersey’s vaccination rates so far have also been promising, Tony Calcado, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Rutgers, told ABC News. More than 3.8 million total vaccines have been administered in the state, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The vast majority of students who attend Rutgers are from the state. With over 71,000 students, it’s the largest university in New Jersey.

Vaccination will help play a key part in continuing to operate a safe campus and help return operations to a “pre-pandemic normal,” officials said.

“They need to get some sense of normalcy back in their lives,” Calcado said. “They need to experience the college experience. We really firmly believe that.”

The school wanted to announce the requirement now “so that we give all of our students and their families the opportunity to be able to make the right decision for themselves,” Calcado said.

School officials believe Rutgers is the first university in the U.S. to require that students receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

“I suspect that others will look at this and do the same thing,” Calcado said. “That’s just speculation on my part.”

Students will be able to submit proof of vaccination in a school portal, where other vaccine records and medical information are already uploaded. Students under the age of 18 will be advised to receive the Pfizer vaccine, as it is approved for those ages 16 and up.

University faculty and staff are not required to get the vaccine, though they have been strongly encouraged to receive it during the rollout.

Rutgers has received approval from the state to administer the vaccine across its campuses as well, though is awaiting sufficient supply to start.

The state is looking to ramp up distribution, as New Jersey has the highest rate of new COVID-19 cases per capita in the country. More contagious variants are likely to be a factor in the spread, health officials said.

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Brantley Gilbert is leading fans in a trail ride to benefit ACM Lifting Lives’ COVID-19 response

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Jeff NelsonNext month, Brantley Gilbert is putting his passion for vehicles and the great outdoors to good use with a fan trail ride, set to take place in the Huntsville, Tennessee area.

The “What Happens in a Small Town” star will host 500 fans on three separate trail rides through Brimstone Recreation, an ATV park located on nearly 20,000 acres in the northeast wilds of the state.

That event will be followed by a live show. Tickets are available now, and all proceeds benefit the ACM Lifting Lives’ COVID-19 Response Fund.

“I wanted to come up with a way to give back during this difficult time in our industry, and I also wanted to give folks something safe and fun to look forward to,” the singer explains. “All my fans know I’m a bit of an enthusiast when it comes to cars, bikes and off-road vehicles, so a trail ride in the great outdoors is the perfect adventure.”

Brantley’s trail ride will take place on Saturday, April 17.

By Carena Liptak
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'John Wick' director Chad Stahelski to adapt best-selling PlayStation game 'Ghost of Tsushima' for the big screen

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Sony PlayStation(LOS ANGELES) — Stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski has signed on to adapt the hit Sony PlayStation game Ghost of Tsushima into a movie, ABC News has confirmed.

The game, which sold more than 6.5 million copies since its July 2020 debut, centers on samurai warrior Jin Sakai, who fights to free his homeland, Tsushima, from the grip of an evil warlord. 

The game’s sword-swinging action should be a perfect match for Stahelski, an accomplished martial artist and stuntman, and former stunt double for Keanu Reeves who went on to become a stunt coordinator on action films like Ninja Assassin and direct Keanu in the John Wick franchise.

In a press release, Asad Qizilbash, the Head of PlayStation Productions enthused, “We’re excited to be partnering with Chad and [his production company] 87Eleven Entertainment, to bring their vision of Jin’s story to the big screen. We love working with creative partners like Chad, who have a passion for our games, ensuring we can create rich adaptations that will excite our fans and new audiences.”

 

By Stephen Iervolino
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Marvel Studios gives a deeper look at 'The Falcon and The Winter Soldier'

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Marvel Studios/Disney+(LOS ANGELES) — Marvel Studios has just released a new featurette from the hit Disney+ show The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, the second episode of which debuts tomorrow. 

The clip features commentary from director Kari Skogland, producer Nate Moore and writer Malcolm Spellman, in addition to the two leads: Anthony Mackie, who plays Sam Wilson/Falcon and Sebastian Stan, who plays Bucky Barnes, the formerly brainwashed assassin known as The Winter Soldier.

“For Bucky, it’s the legacy of The Winter Soldier, Moore explains. “His anchor point to the person that knew him before he was a murder machine [Captain America] no longer exists. So Bucky feels unmoored in this series, and looking for his purpose. And Sam Wilson is very much doing the same thing.”

For his part, Mackie says the six-episode show is able to show a new “level of sincerity and humanity” to Sam that was impossible in a two-hour movie. 

Spellman discusses Wilson’s hesitancy to accept the mantle and shield of Captain America that Steve Rogers gave him at the end of Avengers: Endgame. “I felt like we would be dishonest just on a human level if we had this Black man just accept this symbol without having real ambivalence about it.”

Moore agrees: “The notion of what Blackness means in America ties very much into Sam’s journey…in the show.”

Says Stan, “I think fans will definitely get a kick out of the continuation of that kind of filmmaking that those [Marvel] movies had.”

Mackie adds, “The scope of these six episodes is really amazing.”

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is ranked as the most-watched series premiere ever on Disney+ during its opening weekend last week.

Marvel Studios is owned by Disney, parent company of ABC News.

By Stephen Iervolino
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