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Britney Spears Shares Throwback Photo From Pregnancy With First Child: ‘Still Have This Gown’
Britney Spears, who just revealed she’s expecting a baby with Sam Asghari, is looking back at her pregnancy with her first child, Sean Preston. After sharing in an Instagram post earlier this week announcing she found out she’s pregnant when she noticed some weight gain following her trip to Maui, Spears returned to social media on Saturday (April 16) with an image of her younger self. The photo, which Spears says is from her pregnancy with her eldest child, shows the pop star cradling her belly. “My first child Preston !!!” Spears captioned the picture, which can be seen here. “Oh time … what a beautiful mystery !!! I still have this gown in my closet 16 years later !!! Geez I’m getting old !!!” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “N...
Art Rupe, Pioneering Record Executive Who Helped Launch Little Richard’s Career, Dies at 104
Music executive Art Rupe, whose Specialty Records was a premier label during the formative years of rock ‘n’ roll and helped launch the careers of Little Richard, Sam Cooke and many others, has died. He was 104. Rupe, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, died Friday (April 15) at his home in Santa Barbara, California, according to the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation. The foundation did not release his cause of death. The Greensburg, Pennsylvania, native was a contemporary of Jerry Wexler, Leonard Chess and other white businessmen-producers who helped bring Black music to a general audience. He founded Specialty in Los Angeles in 1946 and gave early breaks to such artists as Cooke and his gospel group the Soul Stirrers, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, John Lee Hooker and C...
Jay Leno Shares ‘Most Disturbing’ Part of Will Smith Oscars Slap Incident For Him: ‘It Was the Yelling of Obscenities’
Jay Leno has weighed in on the incident at last month’s Academy Awards, where Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage after the comedian made a G.I. Jane joke about the appearance of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who is known to have alopecia. The comedian and former Tonight Show host, 71, called Smith a “good guy,” while explaining the most troubling part of the whole ordeal for him. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “To me, the thing that’s most disturbing wasn’t the slap, because he was kind of smirking after he slapped [Rock],” Leno told the Palm Beach Daily News on Friday (April 15), ahead of his standup show this weekend at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. “It was the yelling of the obscenities. Then you go, ‘Whoa. What’s going on h...
Lorde Postpones Two Shows Due to ‘Horrendous Laryngitis’
Lorde canceled two concerts on her Solar Power Tour this weekend due to laryngitis. The shows, originally scheduled to take place at Uncasville, Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday and Washington, D.C.’s The Anthem on Saturday, have been rescheduled for August. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In a statement from Lorde published on Mohegan Sun’s website, the singer said, “Connecticut — these past couple days I’ve been pushing through some horrendous laryngitis, and I regret to inform you that my voice hasn’t sufficiently recovered to be able to play the show for you tomorrow(4/15). I’m so, so sorry. I don’t take postponing a show lightly. I’ve tried everything, and unfortunately it’s physically impossible for me to sing much of the...
Japan’s UNISON SQUARE GARDEN Drops ‘TIGER & BUNNY 2’ Theme ‘kaleido proud fiesta’
J-pop band UNISON SQUARE GARDEN dropped its new single “kaleido proud fiesta,” currently being featured as the opener of the Netflix anime series TIGER & BUNNY 2. The three-man band’s songs have been linked to the popular series in the past, including the first season of the original TV series and the two feature film versions. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The group also shared an animated music video collaborating with TIGER & BUNNY 2. This video and the one created by “zono.sann,” a visual artist with 2.5 million followers on TikTok, will be included in the CD single’s limited first edition, along with the making-of video. The CD will also come with a clip of the live acoustic version of “Ohitoyoshi Chameleon” from the band...
Teyana Taylor & Iman Shumpert Address ‘Extremely Hurtful’ Marriage Rumors
Teyana Taylor and her husband Iman Shumpert grace the cover of Ebony’s April issue alongside their two daughters, Iman Tayla (affectionately called Junie) and Rue, and the happy couple addressed rumors that surfaced earlier this year regarding their marriage. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In February, a TikTok user alleged that an unnamed singer — who fans believed was Taylor — suffered a drug overdose after learning that her husband had cheated on her. Taylor initially slammed the rumors in since-deleted social media posts. The Shumperts both addressed the allegations as part of the cover story, which also discusses the importance of Black love, navigating the industry, raising their children, and Junie’s international fashion success. “Thes...
Hailey Bieber Begs Trolls to Leave Her Alone: ‘Be Miserable Somewhere Else’
Hailey Bieber has had enough. On Tuesday, the model shared a message with her online haters and didn’t hold anything back. “This is for you guys in my comments every single time I post,” she captioned the frank TikTok video, which finds her speaking directly to the camera. “Leave me alone at this point,” she says in the clip. “I’m minding my business, I don’t do anything, I don’t say anything. Leave me alone. Please. Enough time has gone by where it’s valid to leave me alone. I beg of you, truly. That’s my only request. Leave me alone. Be miserable somewhere else. Please.” The online harassment experienced by Bieber has been a near-constant in her life ever since she started dating now-husband Justin Bieber. In fact, back in December 2020, the pop star even publicly called out a fan of his...
Flume Takes us Out of This World In ‘Sirens’ Music Video: Watch
It’s full-speed ahead for Flume. The Australian electronic music master is about to hit the road, and he’s gearing up for Palaces, his third studio album. But first, he unveils the music video for “Sirens,” the second release from it. Directed by Daniel Askill (Sia, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney), the “Sirens” video reaches deep into dreamland. Askill keeps the camera trained on vocalist-turned-siren Caroline Polachek, who drops in from the heavens to check on Flume, who’s out of sorts on a fantasy island. Once again, the producer is kitted-out in his motorbike leathers and helmet, hanging in a space that could be Gollum’s cave if the Extreme Makeover team got involved. “This amazing track by Flume and Caroline inspired us to create a film that hovers at the intersection of nature and te...
Gwen Stefani Is a Spring Break Cowgirl in New Selfie: See the Pic
Gwen Stefani‘s latest transformation is nothing short of B-A-N-A-N-A-S. On Monday, the pop singer posted a photo of herself decked out in an ivory cowboy hat, bright-red bandana and flannel shirt as she gazes off into the distance. Never fear, though: She kept her signature California style in tact with her diamond jewelry, wearing a diamond cross and choker spelling out “GXVE,” the name of her cosmetics line GXVE Beauty. Stefani looks wistful in the snap, but captioned it simply using a smiling cowboy and a sparkle emoji, adding “#Oklahoma #Springbreak” before signing off with a “gx.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news While The Voice coach didn’t specify where, exactly, in Oklahoma she’d brought her three boys for spring break, her husba...
Japan’s BUMP OF CHICKEN Releases New ‘Detective Conan’ Movie Theme ‘Chronostasis’
Veteran J-pop band BUMP OF CHICKEN digitally dropped its new single “Chronostasis” on Monday (April 11). “Chronostasis” is the theme of this year’s Detective Conan (Case Closed) movie, subtitled The Bride of Halloween. Set in Tokyo’s Shibuya area during the busy Halloween season, the 25th installment in the long-running franchise depicts clashes with the perpetrator of past serial bombings and a mysterious figure in disguise, and an unprecedented crisis that confronts the protagonist and his peers. The digital jacket artwork was designed by VERDY, who has been responsible for much of the four-man band’s artwork in recent years. It depicts an abstract clock inspired by the music. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news [flexi-common-toolbar] [fl...
BTS’ RM Talks 2022 Grammys Loss During Permission to Dance Las Vegas: ‘Why Give a S— About It?’
BTS concluded the first pair of Permission to Dance concerts in Las Vegas on Saturday (April 9). Though the concerts served as a celebration of their achievements as a group, RM took a brief moment during one of their two-and-a-half hour set to talk about their recent loss at the 2022 Grammys and reminded ARMY members in attendance why they came to Las Vegas in the first place. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I know there’s a lot of noise out there about Grammys and the team itself. But why give a s–t about it?” the rapper started in videos captured by fans and shared on social media and YouTube. “Hating is their freedom, and they have their right to hate, but if it was me, I’d rather just talk with my friends in some cafe where I can ...
Chris Bailey, Frontman of Pioneering Punk Band The Saints, Dies at 65
Chris Bailey, frontman of the Saints, whose ‘70s single (“I’m) Stranded” was the one of the sparks that lit the punk scene, died Saturday (April 9) at the age of 65. “It is with great pain in our hearts that we have to inform you about the passing of Chris Bailey, singer and songwriter of The Saints, on April the 9th 2022,” reads a message posted by the band. “Chris lived a life of poetry and music and stranded on a Saturday night,” reads the post, referencing Bailey’s famous song. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Born in Kenya in 1957, and raised in Brisbane, Australia, Bailey formed the pioneering punk outfit in 1973 with guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper and drummer Ivor Hay. With energy to burn, and the songwriting talents to tell th...
