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Riley Green was left bleeding and forced to seek medical attention after a concertgoer threw a phone at him during a recent concert in Australia.
A video posted to social media over the weekend captures the moment the incident occurred while Green was performing at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne. In the clip, a cell phone can be seen flying toward the stage from the crowd and striking the singer on the side of his head.
Seemingly stunned by what had just happened, the “Change My Mind” singer stopped the show. As the crowd began booing the perpetrator, Green asked for the house lights to be turned on and had security remove the individual from the venue.
“This one right here? Get his fat a** out of here. Go on,” Green shouted.
Blood was dripping down the side of his face as he thanked everyone for coming out to the show and joked with the crowd about what had just happened.
“I’d like to take a moment while I’ve got everybody’s attention to thank each and every one of you for coming out tonight.,” the Alabama native said. “Hang on, am I bleeding? Y’all see how tough I am? Thank God he didn’t have an iPhone 12, that would have really hurt.”
After the show, Green sought out medical attention and wound up getting a few stitches in his ear.
“5 stitches later… sewed up,” he shared on Instagram stories alongside a photo of his injury.
Later, he seemed to laugh off the incident by sharing a meme featuring phone belt holders.
“Passin these out at the door tonight….” Green wrote over the image.
Unfortunately, incidents involving fans throwing objects at artists have become increasingly common. In 2024, an unruly fan threw a hat at Megan Moroney while she was performing. Before that, Kelsea Ballerini was struck in the eye by a beaded bracelet during a show. She paused the performance as her crew checked on her before addressing the situation and continuing the concert.
Moments like these serve as a reminder that throwing objects on stage can be dangerous for performers and crew.
Riley Green kept the show going and will continue his run of headlining dates across Australia before returning to the U.S. for his highly anticipated Cowboy As It Gets Tour, featuring special guest Justin Moore and a rotating lineup of opening acts. The tour is set to kick off in April.
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HOCHUL’S AD CAMPAIGN: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office is using taxpayer money to fund an advertising blitz promoting her agenda, brushing up against a ban on governors appearing in promotional material.
State law prohibits elected officials from appearing in ads paid for with state funds.
Hochul doesn’t directly appear in any of the ads. Instead, they encourage people to visit a state-run website where she’s prominently featured talking about wanting to cut red tape to build affordable housing.
“They’re skirting the very intent of what that law was meant to do, and that’s using taxpayer dollars to promote the image or likeness of the governor,” Republican Assemblymember Matt Slater said. “It’s clearly something that needs to be looked into so we can figure out what consequences she should be facing if she is in fact violating the law.”
The ads have appeared over the past week on Facebook, YouTube, and at least one billboard. The governor’s office said a FOIL request would be required to see the full scope.
One example is a YouTube commercial that simply states “Let Them Build” and directs people to the state’s website. The Executive Chamber has spent between $10,000 and $15,000 on that ad — one of 21 to air on YouTube or Google over the past week. The ad has been viewed one million times.
“The state routinely engages in awareness and education campaigns on critical policy priorities and this campaign was designed in compliance with all ethics laws,” said Hochul spokesperson Jen Goodman.
Reinvent Albany’s Rachael Fauss said that if the 20-year-old law had been written today, “it probably would take into consideration” campaigns like this.
“From a technical perspective, she may not be violating the law,” she said. “But I think the spirit of the law is to not have the governor’s likeness be promoted through the use of taxpayer funds. That was the intent of it. Unfortunately, this is an area where the law hasn’t kept up with the way people consume media and ads these days.”
The ban on advertising came about after former Gov. George Pataki ran state-funded commercials during an election year in which he encouraged people to register in a new healthcare program. Ethics reforms passed as part of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s inaugural agenda included language prohibiting the practice.
Hochul isn’t the first elected official to brush up against the intent of the law in recent months. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s likeness has appeared on WiFi kiosks, a practice that’s permitted since the city is given the screentime for free. And Mamdani, unlike Hochul, isn’t up for reelection anytime soon.
“She’s got plenty of campaign funds that she could be using to pay for these things,” Slater said. “What she’s doing right now is spending taxpayer money to enhance her image when she’s on the ballot this year.” — Bill Mahoney
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PRICING POLITICS: Democratic state Attorney General Letitia James is throwing her support behind a bill meant to crack down on retailers’ use of algorithmic pricing.
James was in Albany this morning to back legislation meant to halt the practice, which uses a consumer’s personal data to set individually tailored prices.
The bill, backed by Assemblymember Michaelle Solages and Deputy Senate Majority Leader Mike Gianaris, is part of a broader push being made by elected officials to address peoples’ pocketbook concerns.
“This online pricing model hits hardest where it hurts the most — food, medicine, diapers and other essentials,” James said at a news conference. “We all have all been focused on the issue of affordability across this state.” — Nick Reisman
FROM CITY HALL
EVIDENCE HUNT: The former NYPD sergeant accusing former mayoral aide Tim Pearson of sexual harassment wants to get her hands on the evidence that prompted the Mamdani administration to stop paying for Pearson’s legal bills.
In 2024, the former sergeant, Roxanne Ludemann, sued Pearson, a confidant and top adviser to former Mayor Eric Adams, accusing him of sexually harassing her at work and then professionally retaliating against her when she rejected his overtures.
Thanks to an unusual arrangement greenlit by Adams’ Law Department, Pearson received taxpayer-funded private lawyers to defend him against Ludemann’s suit. But Mamdani’s corporation counsel, Steve Banks, announced last week that he had rescinded Pearson’s arrangement, citing unspecified “new evidence” that warranted terminating it.
In a court filing late Friday, John Scola, an attorney representing Ludemann, demanded that the Law Department provide his client with access to the evidence in question, arguing it’s relevant to her ongoing case.
“Produce all documents, records, evidence, reports, memoranda, and materials of any kind that constitute, refer to, or relate to the ‘new evidence’ relied upon, reviewed, considered, or referenced by corp counsel in making its determination to decline or withdraw representation of Defendant Timothy Pearson in this matter,” Scola wrote in the filing.
Also last week, Banks terminated a similar arrangement that allowed Jeffrey Maddrey, an Adams ally and former NYPD chief of department, to receive taxpayer-funded attorneys in the Pearson matter, too. Maddrey is accused by Ludemann of helping Pearson retaliate against her.
Scola’s filing demanded access to the information that prompted Banks to slash Maddrey’s arrangement as well.
Pearson and Maddrey, who resigned from city government in late 2024 after being ensnared in unrelated corruption investigations, have denied any wrongdoing.
A Law Department spokesperson did not comment when asked today about Scola’s demand.
New York City taxpayers have already paid more than $620,000 to cover Pearson’s legal tab alone. — Chris Sommerfeldt
FINANCE SHUFFLE: Mamdani is zeroing in on a pick to run the Department of Finance, a normally under-the-radar agency that has taken on new prominence amid the mayor’s push to raise property taxes.
Mamdani’s administration is in talks to hire Richard Lee for the job, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions who were granted anonymity to discuss an internal personnel matter.
Lee currently serves as director of the City Council’s Division of Finance. That means his move to Mamdani’s finance department would leave Council Speaker Julie Menin without her top budget adviser amid increasingly tense negotiations over the city’s $127 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year.
The Council is conducting budget oversight hearings throughout the month to better ascertain how city agencies are planning to operate amid a precarious fiscal situation. The city is facing a projected multi-billion dollar deficit over the next fiscal year, and Mamdani’s administration is relying on cash reserves, optimistic revenue projections and an increase in property taxes to bridge that gap and balance the spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
Increasing levies on property owners would require approval from the Council, and Menin has dismissed the idea as a nonstarter. She has argued the city needs to look for other ways to cut costs beforehand. The mayor, by contrast, says drastic steps like property levy hikes can be avoided if Albany gives the city the authority to raise local taxes on millionaires and corporations — proposals Menin has declined to support.
Lee, should he ultimately join Mamdani’s administration, would be working for the finance department as it tabulates a key variable — the assessed value of property in New York City — which helps determine how much revenue the city collects from owners each year.
Read the story from Joe Anuta and Chris Sommerfeldt in POLITICO Pro.
AROUND NEW YORK
— MACHIAVELLIAN MAMDANI: The mayor forced his political will on fellow lefty lawmakers, including by squashing Tiffany Cabán’s congressional prospects and threatening Chi Ossé. (The New York Times)
— ADAMS OFFICIAL UNDER PROBE: The former commissioner of the city’s probation department under Mayor Eric Adams is being investigated by the Manhattan district attorney. (Gothamist)
— MAYOR DINES WITH KNICKS: Mamdani broke his Saturday Ramadan fast with Senegalese Knicks player Mo Diawara. (GQ)
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Back in September of 2025, Robert Redford passed away at the age of 89.
And as expected, he was prominently in the “In Memoriam” segment of Sunday night’s Academy Awards.
But while most viewers had nothing but praise for the tribute — during which Barbra Streisand crooned a few bars from the title song of her and Redford’s 1973 film The Way We Were — a third Hollywood legend is crying foul.
Jane Fonda starred with Redford in four films: The Chase, Barefoot in the Park, The Electric Horseman, and Our Souls at Night.
And she’s openly miffed about the fact that the Academy invited Streisand to pay tribute to Redford, despite the fact that the two of them only made one film together.
“I wanna know how come Streisand was up there doing that for Redford?” Fonda said at the Vanity Fair after party (via Parade magazine). “She only made one movie with him. I made four. I have more to say.”
“I was always in love with him,” Fonda continued, adding:
“The most gorgeous human being and such great values and he did a lot for movies. He really changed movies, lifted up independent movies.”
“I miss him now more than ever, even how he loved teasing me. He’d call me, ‘Babs.’ And I’d say, ‘Bob, you know, do I look like a Babs?’ But the way he said it made me laugh,” Streisand said on stage at the Oscars, adding:
“Many years later, we were chatting on the phone about the usual, politics, art, [Amedeo] Modigliani—our favorite. And as we were hanging up, he said, ‘Babs, I love you dearly, and I always will.’”
Needless to say, it was a moving tribute. But clearly, Fonda felt that it would have meant more coming from a frequent collaborator of Redford’s — such as herself.
She did pen a tribute that appeared on social media and in numerous news articles in the wake of Redford’s passing.
“It hit me hard this morning when I read that Bob was gone. I can’t stop crying. He meant a lot to me and was a beautiful person in every way,” she wrote at the time.
Fonda concluded her tribute by acknowledging the political contributions of her fellow activist:
“He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for,” she wrote.
We may never know why Jane Fonda was not invited to pay tribute to her dear friend. But at least fans will always be able to revisit the films they made together.
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This apple crisp is a fall fan favorite over at Bojangles, but you can make your own version any time of the year with this copycat recipe.
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From empanadas and peanut butter hamburgers to soda shops and vegan Reubens, these Indiana restaurants serve up food beloved by customers and Guy Fieri alike.
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LOS ANGELES – FOX Sports today announced that Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen will call the inaugural Fanatics Flag Football Classic, a first-of-its-kind global competition from Fanatics Studios, on Saturday, March 21 from 4:00-8:30 PM ET / 1:00-5:30 PM PT on FOX, FOX One and Tubi. As previously announced, actor and comedian Kevin Hart will serve as the event’s host alongside actor and comedian Druski. Burkhardt, an award-winning veteran broadcaster, serves as FOX Sports’ lead NFL play-by-play announcer, bringing viewers the network’s top games each week during the season. In addition to four NFC Championships, he has called two Super Bowls (LVII and LIX) – including one alongside three-time Pro Bowl tight end and two-time Sports Emmy winner Olsen. The pair reunite in the booth to present the Fanatics Flag Football Classic from BMO Stadium, the same venue that will host flag football at the LA28 Olympic Games. The first-of-its-kind competition includes three 12-player teams: two comprised of an incredible mix of current and former NFL stars as well as world-class athletes, and the third represented by USA Football’s reigning IFAF Flag Football World Champion U.S. Men’s National Team, setting up a can’t-miss showdown between some of the biggest names in sports and the most accomplished flag players in the world. Founders FFC will be captained by Tom Brady and Jalen Hurts and coached by Sean Payton while Wildcats FFC will be captained by Jayden Daniels and Joe Burrow and coached by Kyle Shanahan. The U.S. Men’s National Team will be captained by Aamir Brown and Darrell “Housh” Doucette and coached by Jorge Cascudo. TUNE IN The Fanatics Flag Football Classic airs live on FOX, FOX One and Tubi from 4:00-8:30 PM ET / 1:00-5:30 PM PT. The event will also be streamed internationally on the Fanatics YouTube channel.Latest Sports News from FOX Sports
Stephen Wilson Jr. has unveiled the official music video for his latest single “Gary,” starring award-winning actor Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13). The clip arrived Sunday, March 15, on the anniversary of the passing of a real-life teenager named Gary, whose roadside memorial inspired Wilson Jr. to write the song.
It all began when the Indiana-born singer/songwriter caught a glimpse of a young boy’s memorial one day. He started to imagine what the boy would have been like before he died and about 30 minutes later, the song had just fallen out.
Released last November, “Gary” finds Wilson Jr. putting his grungy vocals on full display as he depicts a character who often exists in the background of life, someone people don’t always notice until they stop and take a closer look. Although he doesn’t know the real Gary, he strives to put himself in his shoes and ends up taking listeners on a rollercoaster of emotions as a result.
Directed by Tim Cofield, the cinematic video brings the unique narrative to life in a real and emotional way. It opens with the singer/songwriter, dressed as a security guard, walking into a bank with his guitar in hand. The scene then shifts to the inside of a well-lived-in home, where Gary, a veteran whose full government name is “Gary Buchanan III,” resides. We see him quietly going about his life, fixing cars, helping neighbors with plumbing, and refusing payment for his work, despite the fact that he is clearly not well off financially.
Frustrated by the way things have turned out for him, Gary later returns to the bank intending to rob it. He threatens the teller, but Wilson Jr. keeps playing through it all, even unfazed by the lighter Gary flashes in his face. After taking the cash, Gary makes a surprising stop to fill Wilson Jr.’s gas tank. This becomes the first glimpse into the true reason behind his crime. We quickly learn that it wasn’t a selfish act to rob the bank, but instead a chance to give back to those struggling around him.
The video reveals his true motive as he drives through his under-resourced neighborhood, with a big smile on his face while throwing money out the window for members of his community to collect. Back home he appears proud of his actions, but the emotions really set in from the viewers’ perspective when he collapses on the floor just as police arrive.
This powerful portrayal of the song taps into the true emotion that Wilson Jr. was trying to convey when the idea for the story first came to him. As a former scientist, he started to envision “Gary” as an “endangered species,” noting how people of his kind nature don’t exist much in today’s world. He paired this idea with a melody that evokes sadness and tragedy, resulting in an incredibly powerful and well-thought-out delivery.
Along with the arrival of the new video, Wilson Jr. also offered a taxonomic analysis of this type of person, saying, “(Garis mechanicus) Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata…- a dying breed, endangered species of fixer. dwelling naturally in a habitat of grease, oil & stereo static. drawn to the roar of 8 cylinders firing in perfect unison or the sound of restricted PVC stably flowing once again. a fixer by nature – born into a broken world. may he run once again.”
The star of the video, Gary Sinise added a statement, revealing why he felt drawn to be a part of sharing the story in this raw format.
“I heard Stephen’s song and loved it. Two weeks later he reached out to me to be in the video. He’s got a great team, a great song and it was a blast to work with them all on the video. And you know….there aint a lotta boys named Gary these days,” he shared.
“Gary” marks the Nashville-based rising star’s first single at County Radio and is currently at No.40 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart and it served as a follow-up to debut double album søn of dad.
Arriving on the heels of the music video drop, Stephen Wilson Jr. also announced the second leg of his Gary The Torch Tour. The completely sold-out run kicked off earlier this month and will now feature stops across the West Coast and Southeast, including a show in his hometown of Nashville TN at The Truth on December 11, 2026.
The extended tour will also take him on string of EU/UK dates that will kick off on October 15 in Belfast, Ireland and make stops in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Oslo and more.
Pre-sale signup for US the EU/UK tour is available now, with general on-sale beginning this Friday, March 20, at 10:00 am local time.
Additionally, Wilson Jr. will serve as support for Dave Matthews Band on September 4 at the Gorge Amphitheater and Brandi Carlile on September 11-13 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
2026 Tour Dates:
3/18 – Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues # SOLD OUT
3/21 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount # SOLD OUT
3/22 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre # SOLD OUT
3/25 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore # SOLD OUT
3/28 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore # SOLD OUT
4/11 – Bossier City, LA – The Paradise Theater at Margaritaville Bossier City # SOLD OUT
4/15 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant # SOLD OUT
4/17 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland Theatre # SOLD OUT
4/18 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom # SOLD OUT
4/22 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha # SOLD OUT
4/24 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee # SOLD OUT
4/25 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed # SOLD OUT
6/4 – Nashville, TN – CMA Fest (Chevy Riverfront Stage) *
6/6 – Lexington, KY – Railbird Music Festival *
6/7 – Nashville, TN – CMA Fest (LP Field) *
6/30 – Dublin, IE – Summer Series
7/10 – St. Paul, MN – Minnesota Yacht Club Festival *
7/11 – Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Folk Festival *
7/17 – Spokane, WA – BECU Live at Northern Quest #
7/18 – Whitefish, MT – Under the Big Sky Festival *
7/23 – Floyd, VA – FloydFest *
7/24 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome by Rutter Mills #
7/25 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion #
8/7 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre #
8/8 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater #
9/4 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre ^
9/6 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium #
9/11–9/13 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre %
9/18 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre #
9/19 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Grand Lodge (Concerts in the Grove) #
9/22 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater #
9/24 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic #
9/29 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre #
10/15 – Belfast, UK – SSE Arena #
10/17 – Sligo, IE – Sligo Live Festival *
10/19 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy Glasgow #
10/22 – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton #
10/23 – Bristol, UK – The Prospect Building #
10/25 – Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse #
10/27 – Paris, FR – Le Trianon #
10/29 – Zurich, CH – Volkshaus #
10/30 – Cologne, DE – Theater am Tanzbrunnen #
11/1 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg (Ronda) #
11/3 – Copenhagen, DK – VEGA #
11/4 – Stockholm, SE – Fållan #
11/5 – Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene #
11/20–11/22 – St. Petersburg, FL – St. Pete Country Fest *
11/21 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Company #
12/2 – Pittsburgh, PA – Citizens Live at The Wylie #
12/9 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy #
12/11 – Nashville, TN – The Truth #
* Festival
# Gary The Torch Tour
^ Supporting Dave Matthews Band
% Supporting Brandi Carlile
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This is a deeply upsetting story. Please be warned.
Earlier this month, authorities unearthed the bodies of two young girls.
Both children had been buried in suitcases.
Now, their mother is charged with aggravated murder. A community and a father are desperate for answers.
A tragedy struck in Cincinnati
On Monday, March 2, a man named Phillip Donaldson was walking his dog.
The area where he was walking has an unfortunate reputation for illegal dumping.
Donaldson discovered a half-buried suitcase during his walk. It’s clear that he immediately understood that something was awry.
Authorities uncovered the bodies of two children.
Cleveland Police Chief Annie Todd announced that she was coordinating with state and federal experts to identify the bodies.
Police have since determined that they were half-sisters: 8-year-old Mila Chatman and 10-year-old Amor Wilson.
That same week, on March 5, police detailed 28-year-old Aliyah Henderson.
She is now facing charges of aggravated murder and of child endangering, with both charges related to this case.
A third child was at Henderson’s home when authorities detained her.
That unnamed child is now in the custody of child protective services.
A years-long search ended in the worst way for one father
A man named Deshaun Chatman is working with police, and has submitted DNA samples to prove that he is 8-year-old Mila’s father.
He spoke to WOIO 19 News about his despair, and the years that he spent trying to find his daughter.
“I’ve been looking for my daughter for five years,” Chatman shared.
“I’ve been calling CPS, going to the courts, trying to get emergency custody, calling the police for welfare checks,” he lamented.
“But,” Chatman despaired, “they denied all access.”
According to Chatman, Henderson has been avoiding him for years.
She moved around.
There are also records indicating that she changed her name.
The last time that he saw his daughter, he reported, was when he helped to buy her clothes for kindergarten.
Obviously, this is a worst case scenario. Whatever happened to end his daughter’s life alongside her sister’s, it is an unthinkable horror.
There may be aspects of the case that are not yet public
The medical examiner’s office has performed an autopsy on both victims. Authorities have yet to divulge their causes of death.
At present, Henderson is being held on a colossal bond, given the seriousness of the charges against her.
Because authorities have shared so little, some on social media are speculating that they suspect Henderson of only being an accessory to the deaths or a participant.
But police and prosecutors have made no public mention of any search for a third party, such as a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend.
Our hearts are broken for 8-year-old Mila and 10-year-old Amor. They deserved better than the horrors that they knew in life.
Aliyah Henderson Arrested After Daughters Found Buried in Suitcases was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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