White House & Senate Leaders Strike Deal On Historic $2T Coronavirus Bailout

Notorious B.I.G. has unveiled details of a 25th anniversary release of ‘Life After Death’.The release will take the form of a new boxset that will contain the original album plus 12″ releases of hits ‘Hypnotize’, ‘Mo Money Mo Problems’, ‘Sky’s The Limit’ and ‘Nasty Boy’ (via Complex).It will also include a commemorative booklet with rare photos, new linear notes and and commentary from team members who worked on the original release.The box set is part of a year of celebrations in memory of Biggie Smalls, who would have turned 50 this year.The year-long campaign – “Sky’s the Limit: A Year Celebrating the Legacy of the Notorious B.I.G.” – will also see the release of an ‘enhanced digital version’ of ‘Life After Death’, a number of online events, upgrades of his entire video back-catalogue on YouTube plus some “additional surprises” (via Pitchfork).Last September, the Brooklyn apartment where B.I.G.

Pokémon Unite character has been revealed as a possibly surprising choice in the form of Hoopa.The official Pokémon Unite YouTube channel released a trailer showing off Hoopa’s abilities. Hyperspace Hole is an ability where “Hoopa creates a large ring at the designated location, and after a set amount of time, Hoopa and any ally Pokémon in the area of effect will return to their base.”Once the Hyperspace Hole is in effect, Hoopa and ally Pokémon can also warp back to where the ring was created.

"Pawn Stars" celebrity Rick Harrison is being sued by his mother in a dispute over family assets and ownership of the Las Vegas business featured on the long-running reality TV show, according to court records. The civil lawsuit was filed Thursday in Nevada state court by attorneys for Harrison’s mother, Joanne Harrison, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

We’re about to enter into March, which means that people have now spent almost two months trying to keep up with their new year’s resolutions.

Rangers' sensational win over Borussia Dortmund brought a further boost to the Scottish coefficient - and they can all-but secure a top 10 place against Red Star.

The children of a woman who vanished a week ago are “extremely upset” and want her back home, police officers have said.

A vital lifesaving device has been installed in an Airdrie village in lasting tribute to a much-loved community stalwart known as “the gentleman of Greengairs”.

David Turnbull is nearing a return from injury at Celtic and could be training soon, according to Hoops boss Ange Postecoglou.

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) have announced details of a new album – hear first single ‘Storm Around The World’ below.The new record, which will land on May 6 via Warp, follows the band’s 2019 record ‘Wallop’.Discussing ‘Storm Around The World’, which features Sink Ya Teeth’s Maria Uzor, the band said: “’Storm Around the World’ is a song we’ve had since the last album that didn’t really come into focus until Maria Uzor from Sink Ya Teeth added her part and we turned it into a duet. Originally an acid workout about parents who leave on tour it became much more than that with her vocal, which is equal parts sing-song and spoken word and who’s lyrics helped add both a familiarity and a mystery to the song.”The band added that, on ‘Let It Be Blue’, they were “looking for basic minimal arrangements – sub-bass, drums and vocals mostly – and that approach is what finally let us support the vocal parts in a way that worked.“The final piece was the beat that our producer Patrick Ford made that felt somewhere between programmed, sampled and played, a blurriness that is another feature of this album, ‘Let It Be Blue’, which was mostly built on computers but doesn’t always sound or feel that way.”Listen to ‘Storm Around The World’ below and pre-order the new album here.!!! are set to support the new album with a US tour that begins in late May and runs through to mid-June.

TOM Hardy has candidly told how he "f***** up" his privileged life "with crime and drugs" before becoming sober for good. The Peaky Blinders actor, 44, who plays Alfie Solomons in the hit drama, checked himself into rehab in 2003.

Dr Alex George allegedly cheated on his girlfriend Ellie Hecht at least four times before their split.The former Love Island star's sudden split from the stunning barrister after a year of dating was revealed earlier this month. However, it has now been claimed that the 31 year old "sexted a number of women during their relationship" before "ending their relationship and leaving her homeless with their dog".The Sun has gone on to claim that Alex "cheated on Ellie early on in their relationship, but she chose to forgive him and move on" – but things ultimately did not work out for the pair.

Victoria Beckham may have just dropped the biggest hint yet that she will be joining the other Spice Girls to perform at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Concert this summer. The iconic band have reportedly been asked to perform at the momentous occasion on June 4th. All five members, Melanie Brown aka Mel B, 46, Melanie Chisholm aka Mel C, 48, Victoria Beckham, 47, Emma Bunton, 46, and Geri Horner, 49, have all said to be asked to reunite for the special occasion.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Twitter May 17, delivering commencement address to Smith college

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has urged Congress to include as many families as possible under the food assistance program called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the kids are going hungry. Angelina Jolie in her letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that more number of parents need to come under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to make sure that kids do not go to bed hungry.

By Ted Johnson

A $483 billion coronavirus aid package flew through the Senate on Tuesday after Congress and the White House reached a deal to replenish a small-business payroll fund and provide new money for hospitals and testing. Passage was swift and unanimous, despite opposition from conservative Republicans, and President Donald Trump tweeted his support, pledging to sign it into law.

By J. Kim Murphy

Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers revived their "Really!?!" segment on Thursday's episode of Meyers'Late Night to criticize Mitch McConnell for stating that the Trump administration was too distracted by the impeachment hearings to properly address the coronavirus pandemic. The two used to perform the bit on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update," while Meyers still does the segment on his NBC late-night show.

Sometimes events in the news just make you go, “Really!?!”

The Senate late Wednesday passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the new coronavirus pandemic. The unanimous vote came despite misgivings on both sides about whether it goes too far or not far enough and capped days of difficult negotiations as Washington confronted a national challenge unlike it has ever faced.

Senate leaders have reached a deal on a $2 trillion stimulus package, which includes a large increase in unemployment insurance and hundreds of billions of dollars to aid companies harmed by the coronavirus pandemic.

In a series of actions taken today – featuring a live broadcast on Twitter — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter outlining his requests for assistance from the federal government in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic including a request to President Donald Trump asking him to order the immediate deployment of the USNS Mercy Hospital Ship to the Port of Los Angeles through Sept. 1, 2020, to help decompress the state’s health care system which experts fear will be completely overwhelmed.

As the U.S. Congress considers a multibillion-dollar emergency aid package to offset the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the Recording Academy is urging members of Congress to consider music gig workers in relief plans.

As the music industry reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Recording Academy today appealed to Congress to “protect our nation’s musicians, performers, songwriters, and studio professionals,” particularly “self-employed gig workers,” who are impacted by the loss of income due to concert cancelations and other hardships.