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Disney will soon re-release a Beatles documentary that hasn't been available for four decades. "Let It Be" will debut on Disney-Plus on May 8th after being out of circulation since the 1980s. The film follows the band as they write and record what turned out to be their last released album and perform for the final time on the Apple Corps rooftop in 1969. It has been restored by the same team behind Peter Jackson's "The Beatles: Get Back" that hit Disney-Plus in 2021. Jackson said he's thrilled "Let It Be" will once again be available for fans to watch as he feels it completes the story told in "Get Back."
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-let-it-be-film-disney/
Basketball superstar Caitlin Clark keeps on putting up big numbers, this time in jersey sales. Fanatics sold out of most sizes in Clark's Indiana Fever jersey within an hour of her being selected by the team with the first overall pick in Monday night's WNBA draft. The retailer is currently offering pre-orders for Clark jerseys that it says will ship no later than October 31st. TMZ reports Clark's jersey became the top seller for a draft pick across all sports in Fanatics' history. Clark will make her debut with the Fever next month.
A man is facing charges after he allegedly tried to rob a convenience store with a five-foot snake around his neck. Police in Memphis, Tennessee, say Reginald Cook initially went into the store around 2:00a.m. and demanded money from the register. The cashier refused and Cook left. He returned again about an hour later, this time, with the snake wrapped around his neck and again demanded money. Cook also reportedly reached into his backpack and that's when the clerk grabbed his own gun in self-defense. Police showed up before any shots were fired and Cook was arrested.
https://www.kctv5.com/2024/04/16/man-used-5-foot-snake-try-rob-shell-convenience-store-police-say/
Monday was the final day of voting for the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Fan Ballot. Leading the way, Dave Matthews Band. DMB is followed close behind by Foreigner and Peter Frampton; each of the top three nominees receiving more than a half-million votes. Ozzy Osbourne was fourth and Cher fifth, just ahead of Lenny Kravitz and Kool & The Gang The top five vote-getters get placed on a Fan Ballot that will be counted with all of the other ballots to determine this year's inductees. By the way, the inductees will be announced this weekend. Ryan Seacrest and Hall of Famer Lionel Richie will announce the winners during Sunday's episode of "American Idol."
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/hall-of-fame-inductees-2024-announcement/
Shakira's tour dates are out. She announced her World Tour during a surprise Coachella appearance. She'll begin the trek in November in Palm Desert, California and play a total of 14 dates across North America. There is one Florida show: November 20th in Miami at the Kaseya Center. This is Shakira's first tour since 2018. She told Billboard she's been "taking notes" watching Beyonce's "Renaissance" tour.
Following her gut instinct. A toll collector in New Jersey says doing just that may have saved her life. Jessica Daley usually works as a toll collector on the Garden State Parkway, but not last Friday. Jessica said bad feelings kept waking her up, including a sense she was going to be in a car accident, so, she called out of work - something she says she doesn't do often. A few hours later, a garbage truck slammed into the Barnegat Toll Plaza - and into a collector's booth. That collector was hospitalized with serious injuries. Jessica says she wept when she heard, praying for those involved - and thanking God she had that gut instinct.Â