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Justin Bieber Launches Joint Venture For ‘Peaches’ Cannabis Line
If the pot is anything like the single, it’ll be a hit. Following its release in March, “Peaches” (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the Billboard Global 200, and No. 2 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart. Its parent album Justice also blasted to the summit of the Billboard 200 chart. With offices in California and Nevada, Palms targets the high-brow who like to get high, with an ambition to “elevate the stereotypical ‘stoner’” experience. “Our goal,” reads a statement, “is to make cannabis more approachable and help destigmatize its use.” The joint venture lights-up just days out from the singer’s documentary, Justin Bieber: Our World. Directed by Michael D. Ratner, the new doc is set for release this Friday (...
Lady Gaga Recalls Moment Tony Bennett Remembered Her Name Amid Alzheimer’s Battle
In her sit-down with Cooper, Lady Gaga said that during the rehearsals leading up to the shows, Bennett did not call her by her name. She explained, “For the first couple of weeks that I saw Tony since COVID, he called me ‘sweetheart,’ but I wasn’t sure he knew who I was.” The “Born This Way” singer explained that in rehearsals she found new ways to connect with Bennett by asking simple questions, as the singer’s brain disease impacts memory. She says she would ask him if he wanted to practice one of his songs and he would easily respond. “When that music comes on [snaps fingers], something happens to him,” she said. “He knows exactly what he’s doing and what’s important for me, actually, is to make sure that I don’t get in the way of that.” But on the day of the performance, Bennett surpr...
Kacey Musgraves Becomes First Artist to Perform Naked on SNL
This past weekend, Kacey Musgraves served as the musical guest for Saturday Night Live’s Season 47 premiere. For her first performance of the evening, she played “justified” armed with an acoustic guitar and nothing else. It turns out she wasn’t just faking being nude, as many actors do to abide by FCC regulations, but rather she was completely naked and strategically positioned her body to get away with it — making her the first artist to ever do so on SNL. First of all, it’s important to clarify that Musgraves wasn’t ditching her outfit for no reason to promote Star-Crossed. While she was fully clothed for her rendition of “camera roll” on SNL, she opted to strip down for “justified” as a reference to the infamous Forrest Gump scene in which Jenny (played by Robin Wright) takes the stage...
Arca Announces New Album KICK ii, Shares “Born Yesterday” Featuring Sia: Stream
A new album from Arca is on the horizon. Today, the Venezuelan musician announced the follow-up to her stunning fourth album KiCk i, titled KICK ii. It’s due out December 3rd via XL, and as a preview, Arca has shared the album’s lead single “Born Yesterday,” which features guest vocals from Sia. KICK ii is the latest entry in Arca’s KiCk series, which was “conceived to represent the multiple self-states that exist” within the subversive pop artist. Aside from Sia, the 12-track project will feature collaborations from Cardopusher, Boys Noize, Mica Levi, Jenius Level, Wondagurl, and Cubeatz. Preorders for KICK ii are ongoing. “Born Yesterday” is prime Arca, blending soaring pop melodies with distorted, often industrial-sounding production. The track’s lyrics evoke the emo...
Coldplay and Selena Gomez Tease Emotional Ballad, ‘Let Somebody Go’
Listen to a snippet of the duet from the band’s upcoming album. Coldplay has another superstar collaboration in the works for their upcoming album, this time teaming up with actress/singer Selena Gomez. The Only Murders in the Building star took to Twitter on Monday (Oct. 4) to announce that she and the English rock band have combined forces on the new song “Let Somebody Go.” Gomez posted a visual to share the news with her followers, which featured a re-imagined, technicolor version of planet Earth rotating in space, surrounded by dozens of stars. The brief video also gave fans a sneak peek of the track, on which the “Lose You to Love Me” singer and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin sing, “When I called the mathematicians and I asked them to explain/ ...
Emily Ratajkowski Alleges Robin Thicke Grabbed Her Breasts on ‘Blurred Lines’ Set
Ratajkowski, 30, continues, “(The director, Diane Martel’s) voice cracked as she yelled out to me, ‘Are you okay?'” According to the excerpt, Martel confirmed Ratajkowski’s version of events, saying, “I remember the moment that he grabbed her breasts. One in each hand. He was standing behind her as they were both in profile. I screamed in my very aggressive Brooklyn voice, ‘What the f–k are you doing, that’s it!! The shoot is over!!’” Martel said that Thicke “sheepishly” apologized for his alleged actions and that she didn’t believe he would have done it if he’d “been sober.” The song and the video were both heavily criticized at the time for what detractors said was its blatantly misogynistic, sexist tone and objectification...
Blake Shelton Wishes His ‘Better Half’ Gwen Stefani a Happy Birthday in Sweet Tribute
Stefani wasn’t just showered with love from Shelton: Friends, family members and fans all reached out to extend their best wishes to the singer on her special day. In response, Stefani thanked everyone who made her feel loved on her birthday. “Thank u for all the years of love and b day wishes today – love u gx ps to all my homies that texted me today thank u!! gx,” she wrote on Instagram with a GIF that featured her various looks throughout the many years of her music career. Stefani recently let her love for Shelton be known on their two duet tracks: 2020’s “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere.” The pair released the tracks via Warner, and they peaked at No. 18 and No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. See Shelton’s birthday post to...
‘Britney vs Spears’ Director on Why She Plans to Stay With Pop Star’s Story ‘For the Rest of My Life’
While she wasn’t in the courtroom during Wednesday’s conservatorship hearing, Carr tweeted live updates, signaling that she’s far from done with Spears’ story even as the film was among the most streamed Netflix titles in more than 20 countries following its release. On Friday, The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Carr before her deep sleep for a joint interview with fellow Britney vs Spears producer Sarah Gibson, with whom Carr worked on Heart of Gold. The duo opened up on their trusted collaboration (“We’re feminists and we stick up for women and vulnerable people”), their responses to Jamie Spears’ suspension, the range of feedback they fielded on the film — from adoration (“I cried at the end”) to personal attacks (“Why did you do your eyeliner like that”) — and a “shocking” new proje...
Emily Ratajkowski Says Robin Thicke Groped Her During “Blurred Lines” Video Shoot
Eight years ago, Emily Ratajkowski starred in the infamous video for Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.” Now, she’s speaking out about being subjected to unwanted touching from the singer while on set. The supermodel came forward with the allegation in her upcoming memoir My Body, an excerpt of which was published by The Sunday Times of London, the New York Post, and The Daily Beast. “Suddenly, out of nowhere, I felt the coolness and foreignness of a stranger’s hands cupping my bare breasts from behind. I instinctively moved away, looking back at Robin Thicke,” Ratajkowski wrote. Advertisement Related Video In the controversial video, which also starred Pharrell Williams and T.I., Ratajkowski appeared topless in her scenes alongside Thicke. (Elsewhere in the video, giant mylar balloons spell o...
Fans Choose BTS & Coldplay’s ‘My Universe’ Video as This Week’s Favorite New Release
In second place on the poll results was Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s Love for Sale collaborative album, which had 21.93% of the vote. Kane Brown and H.E.R.’s anthem “Blessed & Free,” Farruko’s La 167 album and more followed. BTS and Coldplay’s Dave Meyers-directed visual for “My Universe” was released on Sept. 30, following the global superstars as they explored a distant galaxy. Last week, before the music video premiered, their team-up for the English-and-Korean track itself was chosen as the fan-favorite new music release. See the final results of this week’s poll, and watch the “My Universe” video, below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should ...
Billie Eilish Protests Texas Abortion Law at Austin City Limits 2021: ‘My Body, My F—ing Choice’
“But then I remembered that it’s you guys that are the f—ing victims, and you deserve everything in the world. And we need to tell them to shut the f— up,” she told the crowd, reportedly putting up her middle finger. “My body, my f—ing choice!” Eilish, who celebrated her first arena show in over a year just a couple weeks ago, shouted. She urged the ACL crowd to join her. Eilish seemed very glad to have performed at Austin City Limits after all: “last night was f—ing crazy. one of my favorites,” she commented on Instagram, where she posted a series of photos from her set on Sunday. Barbra Streisand, P!nk and St. Vincent are among the many artists who have criticized the new Texas law. “Have we gone backwards in tim...
Kacey Musgraves Delivers Gorgeous ‘Star-Crossed’ Songs on ‘SNL’ Season Premiere
Later during the Owen Wilson-hosted episode of SNL, Musgraves wore a yellow plaid shirt with blue jeans for the bittersweet “Camera Roll,” one of her new album’s more literal songs about the memories associated with looking back on past photos in your cell phone. “I don’t wanna see ’em/ But I can’t delete ’em/ It just doesn’t feel right yet,” she emotionally sang. Musgraves’ fifth studio effort, star-crossed, dropped on Sept. 10 and launched at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums and Top Album Sales charts. The singer made her SNL debut in 2018 around the release of her highly acclaimed release Golden Hour. Kim Kardashian will host the following weekend of SNL on Oct. 9, accompanied by musical guest Halsey, who performed ...
