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Hilary Duff Reveals She Tested Positive for COVID-19: ‘Happy to Be Vaxxed’
Hilary Duff announced she has tested positive for the coronavirus. The actress and singer posted a picture of herself lying in bed on her Instagram Stories Friday (Aug. 20) with a caption calling the Delta variant a “little b—-.” She added, “Symptoms: bad headache. No taste or smell. Sinus Pressure. Brain fog. Happy to be vaxxed.” Duff is currently filming How I Met Your Father, the Hulu spinoff to How I Met Your Mother. Her diagnosis comes just days after Duff shared a picture of her on location alongside fellow cast members Chris Lowell, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran, Suraj Sharma, and Brandon Michael Hall. The caption teased, “Who’s ready for us??? We may or may not have been sitting in front of a certain someones apartment.” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are loo...
Kelsea Ballerini Covers Taylor Swift’s ‘Teardrops on My Guitar’ on Jonas Brothers Tour: Watch
In fan-filmed videos from the show, Ballerini seemed delighted to return to the stage as tours begin to resume, with safety precautions, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Following CDC guidance and Nevada state requirements, events at the Park Theater on the grounds of the Park MGM require masks for all attendees, regardless of vaccination status. “Is this anyone else’s first show back?” Ballerini asked the crowd. “Well how about this: How about I promise for the next 15 minutes I will give you 110% of everything have if you’ll do it back for me?” The week before the first show, a masked up and ready Ballerini tweeted, “I’m thankful to be back at it.” Before the concert began on Friday, she posted a series of rehearsal photos on Instagram, wr...
‘American Idol’ Singer Syesha Mercado Reunited With Infant Daughter — UPDATE
The post, captioned, “THEY TOOK OUR BABY AGAIN!” came more than six months after her toddler son was placed into foster care in February. The action was taken after the singer and her partner, Tyron Deener, took 1-year-old Amen’Ra to a hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., for treatment for dehydration as he struggled to gain weight while transitioning from breast milk to solid foods, according to a group supporting Mercado, We Have the Right to be Right. The Manatee Sheriff’s Office told Billboard that law enforcement “executed a pick-up order signed by a family court judge” on Aug. 10. The Herald-Tribune reported that authorities took the baby girl to the hospital after deputies gave the couple a court order to turn her over for a checkup even after they i...
Demi Lovato Drops “Melon Cake” Music Video for Their 29th Birthday: Watch
Demi Lovato rang in their 29th birthday today by dropping a special gift for fans: the music video for her song “Melon Cake.” Stream it below. In the Facebook-exclusive visual, the non-binary singer celebrates their big day surrounded by bright colors and wearing a giant smile. “And now I’m saying/ No more melon cakes on birthdays/ No more barricades in doorways/ Finally get to do things my way/ La la la la la la la/ You could find me/ Starving for attention most days/ Amongst others things, god help me/ Finally get to do things my way/ La la la la la la la,” they sing decked out in a cowboy hat, gold eyebrows, and a matching ensemble, referencing the annual watermelon “cake” their old management team presented each year in lieu of an actual sweet treat to control their eating disorder. Th...
Join the Stanning BTS Podcast’s Iconic ARMY with Our New Shirt
It’s time to enlist in the Iconic ARMY! Fans of the biweekly Consequence Podcast Network show Stanning BTS can now show their loyalty — and their fandom — by picking up the new Iconic ARMY T-shirt at the Consequence Shop. Stanning BTS hosts Bethany and Kayla love their Iconic ARMY followers as much as their favorite band loves their own ARMY, so we’ve created this exclusive design just for them. Printed on a comfortable heater purple tee, the shirt features the Iconic ARMY logo on the front, the Stanning BTS podcast logo on the left sleeve, and a trio of hearts on the back neck area. And because Stanning BTS is all about spreading that love around, a portion of proceeds from this shirt will be donated to UNICEF’s LOVE MYSELF campaign, which helps children and teens around th...
Justin Timberlake Was Filmed Working at Target & Lance Bass Has a Joke About It
Justin Timberlake is dishing out some top-notch service! The singer apparently got to work recently, and not in a suit and tie. No, Timberlake was filmed by a Target shopper not browsing the aisles, but seemingly working the cash register at the retailer. In a clip shared to TikTok Thursday (Aug. 19), Timberlake — dressed in a pullover jacket and Montana beanie — can be seen scanning a tin of Ice Breakers as the shopper tells him he got a drink and a speaker. JT then asks, “What else did you want?” The shopper responded that he’d like some gum too, so the pop superstar grabs the item from the shelf next to him, and scans that too before confusingly putting it back on the display. “Justin Timberlake said post this for the naysayers,” TikToker Dougla...
Every Song Ranked on Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’: Critic’s List
Below, Billboard ranks every track on Lorde’s third album: 12. “Dominoes” “Dominoes” is a pretty little song, it’s just not the one you go back to again and again after hearing it for the first time. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios with the doors open, one cool feature of this track is that some of the ambient noises from outside fill up the background. “You can hear a lot of sirens because there were a ton of protests that summer,” she wrote for Spotify. “I like that it sounds like how that summer sounded.” 11. “Leader of a New Regime” This track is a quick, just slightly confusing break from the world where most of the other songs on Solar Power take place. Lorde harmonizes with herself in stacked, crackling vocal lines — now a certified hallmark of ...
James Blake Unveils New Song “Life Is Not the Same”: Stream
James Blake has dropped the aching new song “Life Is Not the Same.” The track appears on his upcoming album, Friends That Break Your Heart, which is due out September 10th. WIth his customary mix of emotional directness and computer wizardry, Blake has sketched out a tale of long-distance longing. You know how it goes: Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder, or whatever that proverb says. Here, he layers his own voice into a vibrant chorus that then pulses with the heartbeat of a machine. “Life is not the same,” he sings, “If we’re miles away.” Check it out after the jump. Pre-orders for Friends That Break Your Heart are off and running. Also check out the lead single, “Say What You Will.” Late last year, Blake unveiled a six-track covers EP featuring songs by the likes of Beyoncé, Billie ...
Skrillex, Justin Bieber & Don Toliver Team Up for ‘Don’t Go’: Stream It Now
“Don’t Go” is the most recent Skrillex/Bieber collab since Skrillex co-wrote “2 Much” on Bieber’s March LP, Justice. That song followed “Sorry,” which Skrillex produced for Bieber’s 2015 album, Purpose. “To be honest,” Skrillex told Zane Lowe of first linking with Bieber, “before I even worked with Justin Bieber, in that era, I didn’t really pay attention to pop music that much and I wasn’t really paying attention to what was current and relevant, and I knew his music and I knew who he was…So for me, it’s similar to when Korn called me up earlier in my career and I was just honored to work with people who were great. “The thing about Justin,” Skrillex continued, &...
Lorde’s Unleashes New Album ‘Solar Power’: Stream It Now
The new LP, Lorde previously explained in a statement, is “a celebration of the natural world, an attempt at immortalizing the deep, transcendent feelings I have when I’m outdoors.” Speaking with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show in June, the Aucklander went a little deeper, explaining that her latest was a “joyful and big” recording, “and such a good thing to experience with a bunch of people.” From early next year, bunches of people will get the opportunity to experience the album in a live setting, when Lorde embarks on a global tour, kicking off March 1 in her homeland. Fans can check out what’s to come when Lorde headlines the GMA Summer Concert Series today (Aug. 20) in Central Park, followed by a weeklong residency on The Late Late Show with James Corden, starting next Mo...
Lorde Releases Long-Awaited New Album Solar Power: Stream
Begin your sun salutations because Lorde has finally unveiled her long-awaited third album, Solar Power. Stream it below. Arriving more than four years after the pop star’s 2017 sophomore studio offering Melodrama, the sun-drenched LP contains pre-release singles “Solar Power,” “Stoned at the Nail Salon,” and “Mood Ring.” In shaping the sound of the Jack Antonoff-produced album, the 24-year-old New Zealand native cited — in an interview with the New York Times — artists that represented “turn-of-the-century beachside optimism” as inspiration, including S Club 7, All Saints, Nelly Furtado, and Natalie Imbruglia. “I would almost value people not understanding it at first,” she said of her hopes for Solar Power upon first listen. “I think I’m still giving something that’s really digestible, b...
Britney Spears Basks in the ‘Fountain of Youth’ for Latest Topless Photo
The 39-year-old pop superstar, who’s been supporting the #FreeBritney movement in the midst of her ongoing battle to end the conservatorship that has controlled her life and career for the last 13 years, explained earlier this week why she’s been freeing her body more and posting racy pictures on social media. “I bet you’re wondering why I’d expose my body NOW,” she captioned a series of similar topless photos. “Well it’s because I was born into this world naked and I honestly feel like the weight of the would has been on my shoulders and it’s made me view myself that way !!!! I wanted to see myself in a lighter way … naked … like the way I was born and to me looking back at my pictures when I shoot it’s insane the psychology in seeing myself in my purest...
