Jimmy Johnson (1928–2022), legendary Chicago blues guitarist

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian comedy Son of a Critch is returning for a second season.

The cast of Netflix’s Sex/Life is expanding for Season 2 with the addition of 5 new actors in recurring roles, they include Dylan Bruce (Midnight Texas, Orphan Black), Craig Bierko (UnREAL, Music Man), Darius Homayoun (Tehran, Succession), Cleo Anthony (She’s Gotta Have It, Seasons of Love), and Wallis Day (Infinite, Batwoman). Their roles are as yet unknown.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken the unprecedented step of calling on sporting organizations across the world to ban Russia and Belarus from competing, as the sport and media world continues to react to the Ukraine conflict.

HBO has set an April premiere date for horror comedy series The Baby, a co-production with Sky. The eight-episode series will debut Sunday, April 24 at 10:30 PM on HBO and will stream on HBO Max.

More than 20 international media groups have heeded calls from Ukrainian news organizations to turn off Russian news channels.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWhere do you go after “The Dark Knight”? Ben Affleck blew it, and even Christopher Nolan, who brought unprecedented levels of realism and gravitas to that franchise-best Batman saga, couldn’t improve on what he’d created in his 2012 sequel. So what is “Cloverfield” director Matt Reeves’ strategy? Answer: Go darker than “The Dark Knight,” deadlier than “No Time to Die” and longer than “Dune” with a serious-minded Batman stand-alone of his own.

Japanese Breakfast has rescheduled her upcoming UK tour due to “lingering uncertainty” over COVID-related “travel protocols”.The Michelle Zauner-led project had been due to tour in the UK and Europe next month in support of her June 2021 album ‘Jubilee’.Zauner has now confirmed that she has had to move her upcoming UK live dates to later this year, while also cancelling a number of her scheduled European shows.“Due to lingering uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 travel protocols, we have decided to reschedule our UK and European dates from March to October 2022,” she said in a statement this afternoon (February 28).Zauner added that her planned gigs in Cologne, Hamburg, Antwerp, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona and Copenhagen had been cancelled: “I am truly devastated we can not make it work at this time but I promise we will be back as soon as possible.”A post shared by Japanese Breakfast (@jbrekkie)All tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled shows, though refunds are also available from the point of purchase.You can see Japanese Breakfast’s rescheduled UK and European tour dates below, and find more ticket information here.October20 – Marble Factory, Bristol21 – Brudenell, Leeds22 – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow24 – Albert Hall, Manchester25 – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London26 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands27 – Gretchen, Berlin, Germany Japanese Breakfast recently performed the track ‘Be Sweet’ live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in the US, which followed on from a performance of ‘Slide Tackle’ on The Late Late Show last month.Japanese Breakfast’s cover of Yoko Ono’s ‘Nobody Sees Me Like You Do’, meanwhile, recently featured on the tribute album ‘Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono’.

Tears For Fears are heading for their third UK Number 1 album this Friday with The Tipping Point.

Eastenders star, Joe Swash was "free and easy" and living the high life. Now, however, he's assured the world that wife-to-be Stacey Solomon and their children are his future - and he's abandoned the party lifestyle altogether.The 40-year-old TV star has matured significantly since he started his Eastenders role as Mickey Miller aged just 21.He now has two children with Loose Women and X-Factor star Stacey - son Rex and baby daughter Rose.He also has another son, Harry, from a previous relationship, and he is stepdad to Stacey's two eldest sons, Leighton and Zachary - so it's safe to say much of his current lifestyle involves family.Looking back at the party-fuelled lifestyle of his younger years, Joe seemed to barely recognise himself."When I first got on EastEnders I was like the ginger kid who could suddenly get into nightclubs, and I was free and easy, and I really enjoyed that period of time," he told The Sun."And then you grow up, and I had Harry, met Stacey, we’ve got Rex and Rose, and Zach and Leighton."When I look back it feels like a different person.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock over the past week, you’ve probably heard that Russia invaded Ukraine in an unprovoked violent manner. All over social media, you’ve likely seen just about everyone from A-list celebrities to your crazy Uncle talk about the potential for another catastrophic World War III scenario.

Reddit for some advice after receiving some backlash from the rest of her husband’s family.She explained: “She had come for a visit and brought food with her. She had made my husband's favourite dish and one other dish.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThe team behind Disney Animation’s “Encanto” gave themselves a high degree of difficulty: In a development/production process that took five years of constant rewrites, they insisted on a film with a family of 12 principals, while most animated films center on half that number.The film is about 15-year-old Mirabel Madrigal (voiced by Stephanie Beatriz) and her family; the breakout star for fans and social media is Bruno, the exiled uncle voiced by John Leguizamo. “Encanto” was written by Jared Bush and Charise Castro Smith from a story credited to six writers, including those two.

Fats Domino song, “Ain’t That a Shame.” The now 87-year-old followed that up with covers of “Tutti Frutti” and “Long Tall Sally,” by Little Richard.Debby, 65, admits that some may view her beliefs as “a very naive perspective — but I do know he and Little Richard had conversations. Little Richard had some sort of resentment over it and he and my dad came to a real acceptance together that it had been the way that it needed to be.”She had her own huge success at age 21 with the No.

invasion of Ukraine. Several kinky content creators spoke out on Sunday saying that they were unable to share new videos and access money earned via their OnlyFans accounts.

The exciting new trailer for “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore ” has arrived and features faces both new and familiar to the wizarding world.

January 2022 ObituariesRevisit last month’s video:

battled COVID-19 in late 2020. His case was very severe, landing him in the ICU and leaving him with long-term side effects. Jeremih spent a good portion of the last year getting himself back to peak health in the wake of the illness“That was life-changing for me last year.

Syl Johnson was a soul and blues singer and guitarist known for songs including “Different Strokes,” “Is it Because I’m Black,” and “Take Me to the River.”Johnson grew up in a musical family that included his brother, blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson (1928–2022). In his early career, he played with blues legends including Junior Wells (1934–1998) and Howlin’ Wolf (1910–1976). Johnson began his own recording career in the late 1950s, and he began charting singles in 1967 with “Come on Sock it to Me” and “Different Strokes.” A top-15 R&B hit, “Different Strokes” became one of the most heavily sampled songs, heard in tracks by artists including Public Enemy and the Wu-Tang Clan.

Pitchfork, writing: “It is with extreme sadness that our family announces the passing of Soul & Blues Hall of Fame Legend, Syl Johnson (born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, MS). “Dad, Brother, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Uncle, Friend & Artist, he lived his life as a singer, musician, and entrepreneur who loved black music.”Describing him as “fiery, fierce, fighter, always standing for the pursuit of justice as it related to his music and sound”, Johnson’s family continued: “He will truly be missed by all who crossed his path.

Sam Lay, a Chicago blues drummer and vocalist who played with Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, has died at age 86. Lay died Saturday of natural causes in Chicago, Alligator Records said Monday. Sam Lay, a Chicago blues drummer and vocalist who played with Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, has died at age 86.

Sam Lay was a legendary Chicago blues drummer who played with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.  Sam Lay started drumming for the Original Thunderbirds and then became the drummer for blues harmonica legend Little Walter. He was the regular drummer for Chicago Blues icon Muddy Waters band in the early 1960s.