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Carson Burton Mickey Rooney Jr., an original Mouseketeer, musician and actor who was the first child of Mickey Rooney, has died. He was 77.Rooney Jr. died Saturday at his home in Glendale, Arizona, according to a Facebook post from friend and actor Paul Petersen.

confirmed the news to the Hollywood Reporter. She noted that the musician died from unknown causes at his home in Glendale, Arizona.Rooney Jr. was an original Mouseketeer who appeared on Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Club” in 1955 alongside his brother Tim.He also was a born-again Christian, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise, and performed in bands with singer Willie Nelson.The Birmingham, Alabama, native appeared alongside Nelson on the silver screen in 1980’s “Honeysuckle Rose” and 1984’s “Songwriter.” His first film role was in the 1966 movie “Hot Rods to Hell.”His former “Mickey Mouse Club” castmate Paul Peterson penned a tribute to Rooney Jr. on Facebook over the weekend.“I first met Mickey, the oldest of nine siblings sired by his famous father when he and Timmy were hired by Disney to be Mouseketeers in 1955,” Peterson began.

EXCLUSIVE: Dina Meyer (All American), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Julia Tolchin (Loveland), Colin Bates (Broadway’s Girl from the North Country) and Jason Wiles (Third Watch) will star in the comedy Katie’s Mom (formerly The Dropout), marking the feature directorial debut of Tyrrell Shaffner.

Sunny Day Real Estate have confirmed a headline tour of North America across September, October and December of 2022.The tour, announced yesterday (May 16), will serve as the band’s first headlining tour since 2010. Three of the band’s four founding members – frontman Jeremy Enigk, guitarist Dan Hoerner and drummer William Goldsmith – were all confirmed to be part of the band’s 2022 reunion earlier this year.Prior to the tour’s announcement, the band had announced two festival dates – Chicago’s Riot Fest and Furnace Fest in Birmingham, Alabama.

EXCLUSIVE: Garrett Hedlund, Noah Schnapp, Victoria Justice and Jonny Weston are set to headline the mystery thriller The Tutor. Jordan Ross is directing with Ryan King penning the script. The film is being produced by Joey Stanton, Robert Ogden Barnum, Eric Binns and Christopher Kopp. Ryan King, Ekaterina Baker, Greg Thompson, Luke Daniels, Allan Pao, Kyle Stroud, , Nadine De Barros, Ali Jazayeri and David Gendron are executive producing. Vertical Entertainment and Three Point Capital are financing the picture, with Fortitude International selling international rights.  Production is currently underway in Birmingham, Alabama.

The search for Cassie Carli has come to a heartbreaking end.

Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia are ready to hand out the roses! On Wednesday, ABC released the names, photos, ages and hometowns of 35 men who may appear on the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette”, which will feature two leading ladies for the entirety of their journey.

WWE wrestler Big E is recuperating in hospital after breaking his neck during a match aired during this week’s edition of “WWE Smackdown”.

Courteney Cox is the latest celeb to take on the “Hot Ones” wings of death gauntlet.

Off again. Sam Hunt‘s estranged wife, Hannah Lee Fowler, filed for divorce again after withdrawing her initial petition.

Sam Hunt and Hannah Lee Fowler have a tumultuous history. The married couple has been on-again, off-again for more than a decade, and they have the ups and downs to prove it.It's unclear exactly when Hunt met Fowler, an Alabama native, but many speculate that the two got acquainted when the country star was playing football at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.After an NFL career didn't pan out for Hunt, he made the move to Nashville.

Pressing pause. Sam Hunt and his pregnant wife, Hannah Lee Fowler, have put their divorce plans on hold — at least for the moment.

Sam Hunt’s muse has had enough.

NEW YORK -- When the Irish dance troupe Riverdance kicks off its 25th anniversary North American tour later this year, someone special will be in its high-stepping cast: the troupe's first Black female dancer.Virginia-born Morgan Bullock, who says she's been mesmerized by the dance style since she first saw it at age 10, will be making her professional U.S. stage debut in the production.

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.

CHICAGO -- 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.Lay, known for wearing a cape and carrying a walking stick, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 as part of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.“Words can’t describe it if you like blues like I do,” Lay told the South Bend Tribune that year, referring to the band. “I enjoyed the moment of it, and everybody that was in that band, I enjoyed.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former Alabama quarterback Jay Barker, who is married to country music singer Sara Evans, was arrested Saturday on a felony domestic violence charge, Tennessee authorities said.Barker, 49, was booked into a Nashville county jail early Saturday morning, according to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office website.

EXCLUSIVE: Having just wrapped the Gerard Butler thriller, The Plane, actor Oliver Trevena signed on to star in and Executive Produce the indie feature film, Wire Room, which began principal photography in Birmingham, Alabama last week.  

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Religion News Service.The approved language will now go before local church bodies, known as “presbyteries,” two-thirds of which must approve the overture before a second up-or-down vote is held at next year’s meeting, scheduled to take place in Birmingham, Alabama.

latest new movie releases out now in theaters!In a city as big and bountiful as Birmingham, AL, there are so many local movie theaters near you to choose from that it can be hard to know where to start.

Dan Sartain was an indie singer and songwriter whose music encompassed rockabilly, punk, blues, electronica, and more.Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Sartain began releasing self-produced albums in 2001 before releasing “Dan Sartain vs. the Serpientes” on Swami Records in 2005.

Angelique Jackson For more than two decades, Gareth Jones had spent late January and early February in snowy Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival. But on Thursday night, Jones didn’t have to get on a plane to attend the annual film festival.

confirmed to the New York Times that the actress lost her yearlong battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Luker, who was born in Birmingham, Alabama, was a mainstay of New York theater for more than 30 years, and her first Broadway show was “The Phantom of the Opera” in 1988.

A 94-year-old World War II veteran and prisoner of war rolled up his sleeves on Tuesday and became the first person in Birmingham, Ala., to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Lee Elm Creel told AL.com that the jab “felt about like a flu shot.” Creel wasn’t the first in the state to receive the shot, but Birmingham’s VA Medical Center was the first in the county to administer the vaccine, according to the news outlet.

Police in Birmingham, Ala., are asking for help to identify a white vehicle shown in dashcam footage in connection to a hit-and-run crash that killed a truck driver earlier this month. Footage of the four-vehicle accident on Interstate 59 was released Monday along with the request for help.The motorist behind the wheel is being sought for leaving the scene.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe Hideaway Entertainment, INDE Companies and Brooklyn Media is teaming with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump for the upcoming feature Freedom Ride. The film is set to begin production in summer 2021 with plans to shoot in Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.

Lil Baby's concert in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday night erupted in chaos when gunfire occurred off the side of the stage and sent the rapper — and much of the audience — running for safety. Lil Baby, aka Dominique Armani Jones, was in the midst of "My Dawg" at the Bill Harris Arena when a backstage altercation made its way to the stage during his performance, according to AL.com.

“American Idol” judge Katy Perry dubbed a student dentist the “most original contestant” of the series so far.

The rapper’s Alabama show was halted after gunfire erupted

Lil Baby’s performance at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Alabama last night (March 7) ended in chaos as one person was shot, The Birmingham News reports. Police have confirmed that one person was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries; there’s no suspect in custody.

Lil Baby's concert in Birmingham, Ala. erupted in chaos when gun fire popped off the side of the stage and sent the rapper -- and much of the audience -- running for safety.On Sunday night, Lil Baby, a.k.a.

Kim Kardashian West said her “heart and prayers” are with an Alabama death row inmate who was executed despite a high-profile campaign to save his life.

Jason Isbell was still mulling over his setlist two hours before the doors opened at the Lyric Theatre in Birmingham, Ala. on Tuesday night (March 3), but he knew one song was a given. 

Alternative rock band Grouplove has announced details for their fourth studio album, Healer, in addition to North American tour dates kicking off in March.The group will bring their new material across the country with stops beginning in New Mexico and running through Arizona, California, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Ohio and more.