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‘Shawn Mendes: In Wonder’: Film Review
Shawn Mendes, the 22-year-old Canadian folk-pop singer with the velour trill, is a bard of puppy love. Throughout his prolific oeuvre — three studio albums since 2015 — the male ingénue guilelessly croons about budding romance and sweeping passion and blossoming youth like a modern-day Romeo hopping from muse to muse. “I can’t write one song that’s not about you!” he serenades in “If I Can’t Have You,” his infectiously percussive 2019 single. “Can’t drink without thinkin’ about you! Is it too late to tell you that everything means nothing if I can’t have you?” His songs are as peppy and mellifluous as his persona is honeyed and nonthreatening. Wunderkind Mendes rose to prominence in the post-Bieber era of democratized ...
BTS’ ‘BE’ Album Is This Week’s Fan Favorite New Music
BTS’ latest album, BE, has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Nov. 20) on Billboard, choosing the K-pop group’s new eight-track album as their favorite new music release of the past week. BE brought in nearly 47% of the vote, beating out new music by Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber (“Monster”), Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa (“Prisoner”), Megan Thee Stallion (“Good News”) and others. {“nid”:”9487831″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”BTS Reflect on Canceled World Tour Amid Coronavirus In 'Life Goes On' Music Video”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/news\/international\/9487831\/bts-life-goes-on-music-video\/”,&...
Hilary Duff in Quarantine Due to COVID-19 Exposure
Hilary Duff, who is currently pregnant, has revealed that she was exposed to COVID-19. On Saturday (Nov. 21), the actress and singer told her followers on social media that she was in quarantine. “Exposed to covid,” she wrote in an Instagram Story. “Quarantine day 2.” “Fml,” said Duff, who appears to be isolating herself in the basement, away from her family. {“nid”:”9472414″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Hilary Duff Is Pregnant With Her Third Child: 'We are growing! Mostly Me'”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/columns\/pop\/9472414\/hilary-duff-matthew-koma-pregnant-third-child\/”,”media”:{“width”:1548,”height”:1024,”e...
Justin Bieber Says He’s ‘Utterly Obsessed’ With Wife Hailey in Sweet Birthday Tribute
Justin Bieber penned a romantic message his wife, Hailey, in celebration of her birthday. “My eyes are 4 you. My heart is 4 you. My soul is 4 you. My love is 4 you. I am Home wherever you are. You are my safe place. I am completely and utterly obsessed with who you are. My biggest dream is growing old with you. I can’t believe you are mine forever,” Bieber wrote on Instagram, where he shared a slideshow of photos on Sunday (Nov. 22). “HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY,” he said. {“nid”:”9487143″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber Face the 'Monster' Inside In Powerful New Single: Watch”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/columns\/pop\/9487143\/shawn-mendes-justin-bieb...
BTS Cozies Up in New ‘On My Pillow’ Version of ‘Life Goes On’ Video: Watch
BTS has shared a new version of its music video for “Life Goes On.” On Friday (Nov. 20), the seven-member K-pop group shared the official video for “Life Goes On,” the lead single from the act’s latest album, BE. The Jungkook- directed clip takes fans through a sentimental visual journey, where the boy band grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic taking away its live shows. The new version of “Life Goes On,” dubbed “on my pillow,” stretches a scene from the original four-minute clip of the septet cozying up with each other in a bedroom. Watch the guys lounge around on a bed in their pajamas while singing the track below. {“nid”:”9487831″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”BTS Reflect on ...
Jeremih Transferred Out of ICU Amid COVID-19 Battle
Jeremih, who was hospitalized due to complications of COVID-19, has been moved from the ICU as he recovers. According to a statement obtained by Billboard on Saturday (Nov. 21) from a spokesperson for Jeremih’s family and team, “Jeremih has been transferred out of ICU. He will spend the rest of his recovery time in a regular hospital room. The true healing begins. Thank you all for your continued prayers and wishes.” The R&B singer had reportedly been on a ventilator in a Chicago hospital while battling the novel coronavirus. {“nid”:”9486568″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Jeremih's Family Releases Update on His COVID Condition: 'He's Not Out of the Woods Yet'”,”relative_pathR...
Paris Hilton Recalls That Time She & Britney Spears ‘Invented the Selfie’
Paris Hilton has unearthed a gem from 14 years ago and is sharing it with the world, to the delight of Britney Spears fans everywhere. Hilton posted an old selfie with Britney Spears on social media on Friday (Nov. 20). “14 years ago, @britneyspears and I invented the selfie,” she captioned the photo, which features the pair grinning at the camera. {“nid”:”9447049″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Paris Hilton Weighs in on Pal Britney Spears' Conservatorship: 'I Just Don't Think That's Fair'”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/columns\/pop\/9447049\/paris-hilton-britney-spears-conservatorship-interview\/”,”media”:{“width”:1548,”height”:102...
5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (November 21)
From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week. A sweet serenade by Luis Fonsi Nonprofit Musicians on Call and Gibson Gives partnered this week to bring live music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities. Launching the partnership, both organizations invited Luis Fonsi for a special virtual concert, where he crooned his younger fans with hits such as “Perfecta,” “Echame La Culpa,” Despacito,” and “No Me Doy Por Vencido.” The performance was broadcast directly to the rooms of pediatric patients at children’s hospitals across the country, according to a press statement. {“width”:1548,”height...
Bob Dylan Papers, Including Unpublished Lyrics, Sell for $495K at Auction
A long-lost trove of Bob Dylan documents including the singer-songwriter’s musings about anti-Semitism and unpublished song lyrics has sold at auction for a total of $495,000. Boston-based R.R. Auction said Friday (Nov. 20) the collection privately held by the late American blues artist Tony Glover, a longtime Dylan friend and confidante, was sold as individual lots Thursday, with a majority of the key pieces going to a bidder whose identity was not made public. The collection included transcripts of Glover’s 1971 interviews with Dylan and letters the pair exchanged. The interviews reveal that Dylan had anti-Semitism on his mind when he changed his name from Robert Zimmerman, and that he wrote “Lay Lady Lay” for Barbra Streisand. {“nid”:”9410660″,”type”:...
Carrie Underwood and John Legend Embrace Holiday Spirit in ‘Hallelujah’ Video: Watch
Carrie Underwood and John Legend are getting into the holiday spirit with the music video for their new duet “Hallelujah.” In the Randee St. Nicholas-directed clip, which premiered through Facebook on Thursday (Nov. 19), the country singer and R&B crooner join forces in a dimly lit, snow-filled room where they beautifully deliver the powerful track. “This song and its message is much needed right now and I’m honored to have it on my Christmas album, My Gift,” Underwood said on Instagram earlier in the week. “I hope you like it.” {“nid”:”9483848″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Did Carrie Underwood & Miranda Lambert Split the \u2018Female Vote\u2019 in CMA Entertainer of the Year Conte...
BTS Reflect on Canceled World Tour Amid Coronavirus In ‘Life Goes On’ Music Video
BTS grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic taking away live concerts, especially their own Map of the Soul world tour, in the “Life Goes On” music video, released Friday (Nov. 20) along with the group’s latest album BE. Jungkook, the youngest member of BTS at age 23, directed the nearly four-minute sentimental visual, which brings the ARMY along their favorites’ reflective journey about how the world around them has evolved. V peers out the window while driving in their native South Korea and longingly stares at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, which would’ve been the first stop for their Map of the Soul world tour in April. Like most people coming up with indoor quarantine activities, V and his bandmates throw themselves a pajama party replete with pizza, video games a...
SAINt JHN Hosts a Model-Filled Photoshoot in ‘Monica Lewinsky’ Video
SAINt JHN called on DaBaby and A Boogie wit da Hoodie for his melodic While the World Was Burning track “Monica Lewinsky,” and on Friday (Nov. 20) the trio unveiled a luxurious new video for the song. “She’s my Monica Lewinsky / She gon’ bust it right here, ’cause it’s risky / She got the code like DaVinci / Only gotta text one time that you miss me,” JHN flows in the chorus, as he has his collaborators saunter around a photoshoot surrounded by stunning models. {“nid”:”9466067″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Saint Jhn Delivers Electric Performance of 'Roses' at 2020 Billboard Music Awards”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/news\/bbmas\/9466067\/saint-jhn-ro...
