New this week: 'Better Call Saul,' Bonnie Raitt and 'Barry'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from Bonnie Raitt, Bob Odenkirk starts the long farewell season of โBetter Call Saulโ and โThe Batman,โ the biggest box-office hit so far this year, lands Monday on HBO Max.
NTSB report: Pilot felt pressure to fly Kobe Bryant to game
โHere is a case where a pilot who is well regarded apparently got into a very bad situation,โ Sumwalt said. AdThere were 184 aircraft crashes between 2010-2019 involving spatial disorientation, including 20 fatal helicopter crashes, the NTSB said. Vanessa Bryant has sued Island Express Helicopters Inc., which operated the aircraft, and its owner, Island Express Holding Corp. She said Zobayan was not properly trained or supervised and should have aborted the flight. Island Express Helicopters Inc. denied responsibility and said the crash was โan act of Godโ that it could not control. Lawyers for Berge Zobayan and Island Express declined to comment on the NTSB findings.
The Day the Music Died: February 3rd, 1959
1936: Singer-songwriter Buddy Holly is born under the birth name Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas. Holly would go on to become one of rock 'n' roll's pioneers despite a brief career cut short by his tragic death at age 22. Appropriately referred to as the โThe Day the Music Died,โ weather likely contributed to a commuter flight crash that killed rock nโ roll musicians Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper -- whose real name was J.P. Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, along with pilot Roger Peterson. (Repertoire Records)1936: Singer-songwriter Buddy Holly is born under the birth name Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas. Don McLean later famous addressed the plane crash in his 1971 song โAmerican Pieโ labeling it the โDay the Music Diedโ.
Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78
FILE - Musician Mac Davis performs at the Texas Film Awards in Austin, Texas on March 6, 2014. Davis, a country star and Elvis songwriter, died on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 after heart surgery. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ Country star Mac Davis, who launched his career crafting the Elvis hits โA Little Less Conversationโ and โIn the Ghetto,โ and whose own hits include โBaby Don't Get Hooked On Me,โ has died. He was named 1974โs entertainer of the year by the Academy of Country Music and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. โA small town boy whoโd achieved the greatest kinds of fame, he remained a good guy, a family man,โ said country star Kenny Chesney.