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Jen Ash Makes “HELL” a Mirror of Modern Life

On January 23, 2026, Jen Ash released her single “HELL.”

“HELL” isn’t framed as a destination in Jen Ash’s world. It’s a condition — lived, witnessed, inherited. On her latest single, the Lebanese-born, France-raised artist flips the concept of damnation into something painfully present, exposing how fear, belief systems, and power structures shape everyday life. The track doesn’t plead for clarity or redemption. Instead, it laughs where others threaten, using satire to puncture ideas that once governed her silence.

For Jen Ash, that refusal to soften meaning marks a turning point. As she steps into 2026, “HELL” signals the beginning of what she calls her “Rebel with a Cause” era. Having grown up in Lebanon and later in a rigid religious environment, she internalized warnings about punishment long before understanding the systems behind them. With time, distance, and spiritual exploration, those narratives unraveled. What remained was a question worth confronting publicly.

Before music, Jen Ash spent fourteen years on the basketball court. The discipline never left her, but the hierarchy did. Sports taught her endurance, repetition, and sacrifice, and also how easily creativity and compassion disappear under control. When she walked away, she carried the work ethic with her, but claimed authorship over her own direction.

Early in her career, she tried to minimize herself. Growing up as a Middle Eastern immigrant in France, blending in felt like survival. Later, industry expectations in California pushed her towards a polished ballad mold that promised legitimacy but cost authenticity. The shift came when she stopped editing her identity and let contradiction lead.

Instead of outlining her influences, Jen Ash allows them to live side by side. Afro rhythms, French Caribbean textures, R&B phrasing, and Lebanese heritage surface naturally, driven by emotion. Her songwriting begins with subject matter — a memory, a wound, a truth — and unfolds as emotional processing.

That approach shaped Shining Bright, an EP written as a personal project that later found wider connection with audiences. It also extends to “Do You Ever,” where Jen Ash explores emotional vulnerability within an Afrobeat framework. With “HELL,” the scope widens again. Comedy replaces severity, not to dilute the message, but to expose its absurdity.

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‘Wednesday’ season two: Jenna Ortega reveals new details, including slasher-themed episode

Wednesday star Jenna Ortega has revealed new details about the show’s upcoming second season.

Speaking to Collider recently, Ortega – plays the titular Wednesday Addams – shared new information on season two of Netflix‘s hit show. Season two of Wednesday has yet to receive a release date, but is expected to premiere on Netflix this year. A reason for an unconfirmed premiere date, despite having wrapped filming late last year, stems from work being incomplete, Ortega said.

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She explained to Collider: “We’re still in the edit. I was doing ADR for it two weeks ago. That’s the funny thing about these jobs is you’re done, you wrap, but you’re not really done. So, I’ll probably be working on it until the end.”

Jenna Ortega as 'Wednesday' in season two.
Jenna Ortega as ‘Wednesday’ in season two. CREDIT: Netflix

While the wait for season two continues, Jenna Ortega’s shared more details about the upcoming show to tide fans over. Judging from her comments to Collider, season two is shaping up to be the show’s most explosive collection of episodes yet.

Ortega revealed: “Visually, I can say we have some of the most fun we’ve ever had. It’s crazy to talk about one frame like this, but there is a frame of Pugsley rolling his eyes back with this contraption around his head—that’s all I can say— and it reminds me so much of Full Metal Jacket. It’s insane. So bizarre.”

One particular episode in season two will offer fans a fresh feel: “I just feel like there are a lot of scenes and frames, and there’s a whole episode based off of slashers, and we make a lot of horror references. So, everything about it, I feel like we kind of had a little bit more trust, and therefore, we felt like we could do bigger, more elaborate sequences, which is nice.”

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Elsewhere, Ortega shared an update on a potential third season: “We haven’t gotten an official thumbs up or anything like that, but I know that the writers are… With a show like that, you kind of want to get ahead of the game. So, I think that they’re kind of messing around and throwing out ideas.”

Jenna Ortega as Wednesday
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in ‘Wednesday’. CREDIT: Netflix

The first season of Wednesday scored a four-star review with Alex Flood writing for NME: “Wednesday ends up a rare spin-off success story. It’s creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky – and an absolute treat.”

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‘Death Of A Unicorn’ trailer sees Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd crash into the mythical creature

The first trailer for A24’s Death Of A Unicorn, the upcoming black comedy, has dropped, and it shows Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega as a father and daughter who accidentally kill a unicorn. Watch it below.

In the trailer, we see the titular unicorn’s death, as well as the lengths Rudd’s Elliot and Ortega’s Ridley go to in order to cover up the accident. Eventually, the pair realize that the blood of the unicorn, as well as the shavings from its horn, can cure cancer.

The official synopsis of the film tells us: “A father (Rudd) and daughter (Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss (Richard E. Grant) seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.”

Joining Rudd, Ortega and Grant in the comedy, scheduled to be released early next year, are Téa Leoni, Will Poulter, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani, Jessica Hynes, and Steve Park. The movie is Alex Scharfman’s directorial debut too – he’s previously worked as a producer on Blow The Man Down and Resurrection.

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Meanwhile, Halloween‘s John Carpenter worked on the soundtrack alongside his son Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies.

Filming for the movie began in Hungary last July, and continued through the SAG-AFTRA strike after it was granted a waiver.

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As well as her turn in Death Of A Unicorn, Ortega is set to appear in Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist alongside Charli XCX, Natalie Portman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

The movie follows a desperate gallerist who conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami. It’s currently in pre-production, and is set to shoot at the end of this year.

Ortega also starred in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this autumn, and the movie received a four-star review from NME. It read: “This film has its flaws, not least some unnecessary CGI sandworms that clash with the kitsch practical effects elsewhere, but its sense of fun never lets up. It’s silly, giddy and a little bit disgusting – just what we want from Beetlejuice.”

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NCT’s Jeno to become the first K-pop star to open a New York Fashion Week runway show

Luxury fashion designer Peter Do has teamed up with stars from K-pop label SM Entertainment for his upcoming New York Fashion Week showcase.

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Set to take place on September 13 (local time), Do’s upcoming Spring/Summer 2023 New York Fashion Week show will be opened by NCT member Jeno, who is best known for being a part of its NCT Dream subunit. This will mark the first time a K-pop star has opened a NYFW runway show.

“It was a natural choice to have Jeno open the show. Jeno embodies the Peter Do man – multifaceted, confident, and a trailblazer,” said Do in a press release, sharing his motivation behind the decision.

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“Few realise the intensity of what is happening behind the scenes to achieve the end product; it’s very similar to fashion so I identify with that process very much,” he added.

Do’s new collection revolves around the theme of time, teased with personalised invitations that take the form of a memory box developed by the designer in collaboration with SM Entertainment.

Contained in a cookie tin, its contents comprise various items representative of Do’s life. These include a recipe from his late father, an old-school mix CD featuring music from SM artists Do listened to growing up and a SM-branded disposable camera, among other items.

“This memory box, filled with all these objects that are of a personal emotional significance to me, is a nod to SM’s presence in different stages of my life,” explained Do. “There’s the nostalgia of listening to Girls’ Generation songs on the bus on my way to school. When we started the brand, we were listening to Red Velvet on repeat while building studio furniture.”

In addition to Jeno, SM Entertainment trainees Shohei and Eunseok — part of the agency’s SMROOKIES team — will be making their NYFW debut by walking in the show. Red Velvet member Seulgi will also attend the event as a special guest, ahead of her upcoming solo debut next month.

While Do has previously worked with another NCT member, Johnny, who he styled for the 2022 Met Gala, this is SM Entertainment’s first foray into the annual fashion event.

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Fat Joe Says Ashanti Was Nearly Replaced By Jennifer Lopez For "What’s Luv?"


Fat Joe recalls how Jennifer Lopez nearly replaced Ashanti on the classic single, “What’s Luv?.”

Fat Joe joined R&B legend Ashanti on Instagram Live, Saturday, and revealed that Irv Gotti and Ja Rule originally wanted to swap out Ashanti for Jennifer Lopez, because they wanted “the Latinos on this.”

Fat Joe Says Ashanti Was Nearly Replaced By Jennifer Lopez For "What's Luv?"Theo Wargo / Getty Images

“Irv and Ja had called me, and they woke me up [at] like 3 in the morning, and they say, ‘Yo, come down, we made a song for you,” he recalls. “I go to the studio, it was like 4 in the morning. They played ‘What’s Luv?’ and you on it. And they was telling me, ‘Yo, this is for you and J. Lo. We want the Latinos on this.”

Joe says he was taken away by Ashanti’s vocals and said she deserved to be there: “I was like, yo, J. Lo? She [Ashanti] sound amazing on here. I was like, ‘Nah, we leaving her there.'”

The story was news to Ashanti as much as it was news to any of the listeners. She reacted with an emphatic “What?,” after Joe finished.

“What’s Luv?,” featuring Ashanti’s vocals, went to peak at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the charts for 20 weeks. It remains one of the most popular tracks on both artist’s discographies.

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Travis Scott & Kylie Jenner’s Daughter Stormi Crashes Her Dad’s IG Live


Travis Scott was joined by an unexpected guest during his Instagram live session on Thursday—his 2-year-old daughter with Kylie Jenner, Stormi.

Travis Scott brought his daughter, Stormi, onto his Instagram live on Thursday, and the father-daughter duo are too cute for words. The rapper was busy playing Fortnite on Thursday night—while his virtual ASTRONOMICAL concert was streaming in the video game universe—when the 2-year-old whom he shares with ex-girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, decided to make an appearance on his IG live. Travis proceeded to pick up his little girl to bring hr closer to the screen, and told her to “say hi” to the camera, which she did with pleasure. Stormi then looked down at the comments coming in on the live stream and asked her dad, “what’s that?”

“I don’t know,” he replied, laughing. “It’s live.” Travis then carried Stormi into another room while he asked her, “You seeing daddy?” 

Travis Scott & Kylie Jenner's Daughter Stormi Crashes Her Dad's IG LiveRich Fury/Getty Images

Travis also asked her if she wanted to play Fortnite with him and his friends while she repeated “look at daddy” over and over. Stormi decided she didn’t want to play, before saying “hello”again to Travis’ many viewers, and then goodbye. However, he later posted an Instagram story of Stormi eventually deciding to play Fortnite, captioning the video, “Stormi took over. Be back one sec.” Like father, like daughter. 

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DJ Khaled Flashes Stacks Of Cash Following Super Bowl Commercial With Jennifer Lopez


“For inspiration motivation use only.”

DJ Khaled made bank from the Super Bowl this year. The mega-producer filmed a commercial with Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez and performed ahead of the festivities leading us to believe that he acquired even more millions in his bank account. On top of his NFL pursuits, Khaled has been working with Michael Bay on an upcoming project as well as cookin’ something up with Drake that we assume will be arriving sooner than later. 

DJ Khaled Flashes Stacks Of Cash Following Super Bowl Commercial With Jennifer Lopez
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The father of two is clearly feeling accomplished and proud of his major moves that he’s taken to Instagram to show off his stacks of cash while the caption shows love to his recent collaborators. “@jlo catch me if u can ? Bless up @hardrockholly #WETHEBEST ! Had so much fun at the casino ALL I DO IS WIN !!!!!!!!!? ? @michaelbay you forgot to add this to the commercial . bless up my sis @jlo had so much fun making the super bowl commercial Now I’m at @daersouthfl come celebrate wit me ! ?For inspiration motivation use only,” he wrote. 

Khaled recently shared the name of his second son with his fans. “His name is Aalam. It means ‘the world’ in Arabic,” he wrote, proudly adding, “BROTHERS ! ASAHD ! And AALAM !” 

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Blac Chyna Lashes Out At Kylie Jenner For Taking Dream On Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter: Report


Blac Chyna’s upset.

Blac Chyna’s anger towards Kylie Jenner and the Kardashian/Jenner family overall seem to be never-ending. On top of the suit Blac has against the reality family, accusing them of tanking her reality show on E! and subsequently trying to ruin her career (allegedly) she’s now big mad that Kylie once took her daughter, Dream, on a helicopter ride – the same helicopter that killer Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven other individuals

According to new reports, Blac’s team of lawyers ripped Kylie a new one for taking Dream on a helicopter ride for her third birthday. “Chyna has become aware that Kylie Jenner is using the tragic deaths of Kobe Bryant, his beautiful daughter, and seven other precious souls to profess her ‘distress’ that she and Dream had ridden on the same helicopter with the same pilot prior to Sunday’s horrific crash,” Lynne Ciani, Blac’s lawyer wrote. “What Kylie failed to disclose was that Chyna never gave Kylie permission to take her precious daughter Dream on a helicopter ride and that Chyna never would have given Kylie that permission.”

When Kobe sadly passed, Kylie shared to Instagram that she was a frequent flyer on the same helicopter and grew to know the pilot very well. “Rest in peace..and prayers to these families,” she wrote. “I still can’t believe this. That was the helicopter I would fly on from time to time with that pilot, Ara. He was such a nice man. Hold your loved ones close.”

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Tinashe Was "Wasted For Months" After Finding Out Ben Simmons & Kendall Jenner Were Dating


“It may have been worst day of my life.”

Now that Tinashe is riding such a high, she is willing to openly discuss her lower points. In November, she released her fourth album, Songs For You, her first project released independently since splitting from RCA Records. It’s been greatly received by fans and critics, and Tinashe can enjoy knowing that she bet on herself and won big. On Saturday (Jan. 26), she attended the prestigious Roc Nation brunch – another sign that she is thriving. While there, Tinashe told reporters about her struggles following her breakup from Ben Simmons. Tinashe and the NBA player dated for about eight months before splitting in the spring of 2018. 

“It may have been worst day of my life, but it’s okay,” Tinashe said about the day she found out Simmons moved on to dating Kendall Jenner. “I drank for like six months after that! Are you kidding me? I was like wasted for months. But I’m okay now. It was terrible. It was bad. Like it was bad, but I’m good now.”

Tinashe Was "Wasted For Months" After Finding Out Ben Simmons & Kendall Jenner Were Dating              Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images

Tinashe found out that Jenner was in the picture “from reading a headline”, which was weird for the singer. “Beyond… I  mean it’s not normal. It’s not normal,” she laughed. Aside from her mother, Tinashe mentioned how friends helped her get through that dark phase and she has resolved to not go back down that road. “You’ll find out in real time. It goes live real. I think it’s important to always have people that got your back, but at the same time you can’t really ever take it too seriously. At the same time you’ve got to keep moving forward and through it. This year is such a big year in terms of like what I want to do. Just like even trying to give that energy is like I can’t. I can’t go there.”

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Kylie Jenner Reveals $1 Million Pledge To Australian Wildfire Relief Amid Mink Slipper Backlash

Okay but...you're a billionaire.

Kylie Jenner wanted to let everyone know that she is not taking the situation in Australia lightly. Over the weekend Kylie reposted her sister Kim Kardashian's Instagram story, which addressed the devastating wildfires spreading in Australia right now and spread awareness on the alarming number of animals lost as a result. “Over half a BILLION animals have been killed in Australia,” Kim's post read. “This breaks my heart …” While Kylie's repost was still up on her story, however, she followed it up by showing off her pink Louis Vuitton slippers, that are made of mink and worth $1,480.00.

Kylie received plenty of backlash for the side-by-side stories, many calling her out on her hypocrisy and lack of self-awareness for sharing Kim's mourning message while wearing animal fur and dropping almost $1500 on slippers. The billionaire wanted to clarify that she, in fact, has put her money towards helping Australia, by revealing that she pledged $1 million total to 5 different organizations.

Though she doesn't directly address the backlash she's received for her slippers story, Kylie says, "I wanted to talk about Australia and God bless you, Australia. I’m still praying for you.  I hope everyone is still spreading awareness. I pledged—right when this happened, I knew that I really wanted to help, so I pledged a million dollars to you guys over there. I wanted to help five different organizations and just cover the animals, the homes, and...the people and everyone affected. So God bless you, I’m thinking about you. I hope, even it's a little bit or at least you're just spreading awareness, I hope that we're still doing that." While it's certainly better than nothing, considering Kylie is a billionaire, $1 million still isn't all that much compared to her net worth.

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Mastodon pay tribute after former guitarist Brent Hinds dies in motorcycle crash

Brent Hinds, the former lead guitarist of Mastodon, has died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 51.

The news was confirmed by a medical examiner’s report in Fulton County, Georgia on Thursday (August 21), after police reported that a man riding a Harley Davidson was killed in a collision with a BMW SUV (via Atlanta News First).

Mastodon paid tribute to Hinds, writing on Instagram: “We are in a state of unfathomable sadness and grief… last night Brent Hinds passed away as a result of a tragic accident.”

“We are heartbroken, shocked, and still trying to process the loss of this creative force with whom we’ve shared so many triumphs, milestones, and the creation of music that has touched the hearts of so many. Our hearts are with Brent’s family, friends, and fans. At this time, we please ask that you respect everyone’s privacy during this difficult time.”

Hinds and Mastodon parted ways amicably in March this year after 25 years together. The band wrote at the time: “We’re deeply proud of and beyond grateful for the music and history we’ve shared and we wish him nothing but success and happiness in his future endeavours.”

William Brent Hinds was born on January 16, 1974 in Helena, Alabama, but left for Atlanta as a young man to pursue a music career. He met future Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders, with whom he briefly played in the band Four Hour Fogger, and shortly afterwards formed the original line-up of Mastodon with drummer Brann Dailor, guitarist Bill Kelliher and singer Eric Saner.

Saner left the following year, leaving the remaining members to share lead vocal duties. They went on to record eight studio albums together, including the highly acclaimed ‘Leviathan’ in 2004 and ‘Blood Mountain’ in 2006.

They were credited with leading the sludge metal scene, before going on to incorporate elements of progressive rock, complex rhythms and intricate melodies.

Relapse Records, who have released all of Mastodon’s albums, paid tribute. “Our hearts are broken with the news of Brent Hinds’ tragic passing,” they wrote on X. “It is an understatement to say that Mastodon forever changed the course of Relapse’s history, for the absolute better.”

“The records Mastodon released with Relapse are all time classics across any genre, and they would not sound the way they sound, without Brent. His larger than life personality was eclipsed only by his monstrous musicianship. Our love goes out to Brent’s friends and family, the rest of Mastodon and everyone else lucky enough to have had their lives changed by the music that Brent brought to the world.”

After his split from the band this year, Hinds made a handful of comments online suggesting that his departure was not as amicable as had been thought. He described his former bandmates as “horrible humans”, and shared scathing remarks that implied he was “kicked out” of the band.

Bill Kelliher described the split as a marriage that had run its course: “Like a marriage, sometimes people grow apart, and they get interested in other things. We wish nothing but the best for Brent in chasing his dreams. You know, it’s amazing that we made it 25 years with the four of us.”

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Jenny Lewis: Lady of the Canyon

From Uncut’s October 2008 issue [Take 137]. High in Lauren Canyon, you’ll find JENNY LEWIS, third generation showbiz kid and snarky queen of LA’s young bohos. Stephen Troussé takes a seat by the pool as Lewis tells all about her journey from child actress to American indie superstar

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In real terms it’s just a short cruise south through the city, from the sprawl of the San Fernando Valley to the winding lanes of Laurel Canyon. But in the American dreamlife of LA, it’s a world away: the kind of journey people spend a lifetime trying to make, plotting their escape, from obscurity and suburban smog to verdant hillside freedom high above Hollywood.

Not coincidentally, it’s the journey that’s been made over 30 years, with the odd Nebraskan detour, by Jenny Lewis. She was recently honoured by the City of Los Angeles for her services in putting Silver Lake, the hipster enclave that spawned her band, Rilo Kiley, 10 years, on the cultural map. And, in truth, thought she was born in Los Angeles, it’s hard to think of a more exemplary modern Angelino outside a Paul Anderson movie. A third generation showbiz kid, she was born on the cabaret circuit, grew up on screen (playing Lucile Ball’s granddaughter, Angelina Jolie’s schoolmate and Fred Savage’s girlfriend), then escaped to become an indie rock starlet and solo alt.country siren. As though it had all been scripted, she’s transformed herself from Valley Girl to Lady Of The Canyon.

Though Lauren Canyon isn’t quite the boho Eden that enchanted a generation in the ‘60s (these days the twilit lanes are lined with power-walking lawyers rather than pie-eyed flower children) it still feels quite magical. It’s lush and rambling, just minutes from the Strip yet home to mountain lions and rattlesnakes. On the day we meet, LA is shaken by the most powerful earthquake in 15 years. Yet nothing seems to disturb the idyllic calm of Lewis’ new home, nestled up in the hills, filled with antique Wurlitzers and vintage tape decks, with a conservatory – christened “The Soularium” – where a tinny Fisher-Price deck plays a stack of classic Motown. Outside Lewis’ pals – members of Deathcab For Cutie and The Postal Service, along with her toyboy troubadour Johnathan Rice – sit by the pool and sip wine Rice earned playing a gig at a local vineyard.

As Lewis proudly shows me round, it occurs to me that if this were an episode of Cribs, sooner or later Lewis would insist that, despite appearances, she’s really still Jenny from the block. “Hmmm,” she thinks for a moment. “Maybe Jenny from the cul-de-sac.”

The setting feels only right to discuss Lewis’ new record, Acid Tongue. The title track was written on the road while she was promoting her solo debut, 2006’s revelatory Rabbit Fur Coat, and she briefly considered recording it with Rilo Kiley for last year’s Under The Blacklist. “But I knew when I wrote it how I wanted it to sound. I wanted it to sound like Crosby, Stills and Nash,” she says, invoking one of the classic original Canyon bands.

“And that’s not really what Rilo Kiley does.”

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Jennifer Castle Camelot

Historically, pop music has often reached into Arthurian legend for a handy metaphor. It is, after all, a symbolist’s paradise – the enchanted vale of Van Morrison’s “Avalon Of The Heart”, for instance, or David Crosby’s Californian hippie dream reflected back as “Guinnevere”. The Moody Blues’ spellbound evocation of Camelot on “Are You Sitting Comfortably?”, perhaps. Or, more literally, Rick Wakeman’s preposterous chainmail folly on ice.

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This ongoing thread of references in song – from Nat King Cole to Nas, Stevie Nicks to The Streets – tends to follow a pattern. Much like its depictions in literature, TV and film, Camelot is invariably viewed as shorthand for a certain kind of glorious perfection, a mythic crucible of courage and nobility, the embodiment of utopia. Monty Python notwithstanding, of course.

By contrast, Jennifer Castle’s Camelot, as mapped on her seventh album, is something altogether more nuanced. Hers is a battleground of opposing tensions, set against the divisive times of the present. There are ambiguities and contradictions, ecstatic visions and crises of faith. And a quest, not for some imagined grail, but for earthly and private resolutions. All fixed to music of the exquisite variety, from radiant acoustic studies to billowing symphonic pop.

Camelot feels like a landmark in Castle’s career. It’s certainly her most all-embracing record to date, the full fruition of an approach that began, tentatively, with a pair of mostly spare folk-countryish albums under her Castlemusic alias. The first of those was released some 18 years ago, since when she’s quietly emerged as a talent to rival contemporaries like Joan Shelley, Brigid Mae Power or fellow Canadian Tamara Lindeman in her guise as The Weather Station.

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Much of Castle’s previous work has leaned towards the minimal, paring songs down to their bones and investing them with subtle and spacious atmospherics, guided by an effortlessly agile voice capable of conveying both the everyday and the existential. She isn’t averse to taking the expansive route either – consider the lush strings that cushion elements of 2014’s Pink City; the full-band arrangements of 2018’s Angels Of Death – but Camelot combines the best of these impulses in newly adventurous ways.

The first inkling arrived early this summer, when “Blowing Kisses” broke nearly four years of studio silence. Released to soundtrack an episode of hit TV comedy-drama The Bear (Castle used to work in a Toronto restaurant with the show’s co-producer and cast member Matty Matheson), it’s an eloquent tune that pushes the value of basking in the moment, driven by jazz-ballad piano and a sumptuous string arrangement from Owen Pallett for Estonia’s FAMES Skopje Studio Orchestra. There’s all the grace of a spiritual hymn, but it sounds like a fresh vow. “Don’t get it twisted,” sings Castle, gliding around the melody and rising into a soft rapture, “My heart’s still in it/My dedication’s a star.”

Blowing Kisses” was the first song tracked for Camelot. It’s a worthy showcase for her and the assembled band, some of whose members go way back with Castle, while others are relatively new. Listen closely and you can almost hear them – Carl Didur on piano, bassist Mike Smith, Evan Cartwright on drums, Castle’s acoustic guitar – probing for the right spaces to fall in together. This approach often lends the album a charged, extemporised feel.

Nothing captures this better than the magnificent “Full Moon In Leo”. Here, Castle stays true to the lunar definition of the title – an optimum moment to reveal the true inner self, an outpouring of passion and creativity – by leading a tune bouncing with vitality. Its gospel-funk heart is pumped by fat guitar distortion, sax, whirling electric piano and Castle’s swooping voice. There’s a timeless quality at work here too, reminiscent of, say, early ’70s Carole King or Laura Nyro at her most rhapsodic.

Lyrically, “Full Moon In Leo” is playful. “I push my broom/In my underwear and my attitude/And nothing more,” enthuses Castle two verses deep. But the song also embodies the ambiguity of Camelot as a whole. She’s tired of the capricious nature of the music industry, and also weary of waiting to be noticed on a broader scale: “I’ve got friends going grey/Just awaiting my face/To arrive on a billboard/On Fairfax Avenue/In sunny LA.” By the end of the song though, Castle is committed to the moment once again, pledging allegiance to the creative forces that shape her. This, she decides, is the way it should be. She even carves her own one-line epitaph on metaphorical stone: “The dream is alive and well.”

“Lucky #8” is built of similarly resistant stuff. Castle invokes angels and archangels, cosmic law and experiential notions of being (“What percentage am I spirit?/What percentage is machine?”) in order to make sense of everything around us, but ultimately finds herself transported by the physical rhythms of dance. The song moves at a decent lick too, all ringing guitars, psychedelic overtones and gorgeous harmonies. Longtime co-producer Jeff McMurrich steps up on lead guitar, while guest Cass McCombs – whose own music feels like an analogue to that of Castle, with their friendship stretching back over a decade – makes a telling contribution on slide.

This idea of navigating a way through uncertainty is a central feature of Camelot. Sited around one of Castle’s favourite local hiking spots in Ontario, “Fractal Canyon” takes nourishment from the things she holds dear – friends, loved ones, the great outdoors, the warmth of a random memory – while her unanswered questions eventually give way to a simple affirmation: “And I’m not alone here.” “Earthsong” carries much the same sentiment. A delicate acoustic piece that highlights both Castle’s silvery guitar-playing and beautifully supple voice, it was inspired by Indian anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva. The idea of seeds as symbols of nurture and growth also ties into Castle’s experience as a farm labourer during the pandemic: “Mary, I know it’s thee/Folk mother pouring tea/Safe and sitting on the seed.”

These sure-footed earthly connections serve as Castle’s protection against the things that trouble her, whether it’s the two-faced cronies of “Some Friends” or the hypocrites and cynics that populate “Trust”, an emotional tug-of-war that ends with an ominously clanging piano chord. Or indeed the gory stigmata of “Mary Miracle”, informed by watching a TV news story on weeping religious statues as a kid, imagining the blood coursing “down the thighs of the porcelain angels/There by the riverbed thrashing in the mud.” The nightmarish intensity of Castle’s child vision is mirrored in the song’s relentless churn, styled like an ’80s arcade keyboard run that refuses to pipe down.

Whether or not she ends up plastered on an LA billboard is anyone’s guess. But that’s surely not the point. Much less the goal. Of greater import is the fact that, nearly two decades into her artistic life, Castle has moved into her imperial phase. The journey may not always be smooth, but Camelot is the outward manifestation of that surer focus and clarity of purpose. And, it appears, the kind of self-acceptance that only comes with experience. As she points out here: “I belong to the world.”

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Father John Misty Mahashmashana

Is this the end for our plucky hero Josh Tillman? Since Father John Misty’s era-skewering classic Pure Comedy, Tillman has trampolined between stripped-back (God’s Favorite Customer) and lush orchestration (Chloë And The Next 20th Century), without quite nailing the landing either time. Both were good, often great, albums, but ones that seemed a little too in thrall to concept – concepts that Tillman didn’t explain to anybody as he has largely refrained from doing interviews for the past six years.

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That’s a shame, as Tillman is smart, engaging and funny, more than capable of articulating his position and exploring the vulnerabilities he hides behind black humour. But it meant that nobody could really get a handle on the over-arching conceit of Chloea series of hallucinations that acted as sardonic commentary on the role of the love song in late-stage capitalism, set against a musical backdrop of ’50s Hollywood orchestration. That’s a very Father John Misty concept, one that only Josh Tillman could have come up with.

And what of Mahashmashana? This is another set of brilliant, beautiful, occasionally frustrating songs themed around ideas of ending and death. In Hindu tradition, a “shmashana” is where a body is brought for last rites and cremation. Maha means great in Sanskrit, making a mahashmashanaa large burial ground. In some terse notes for the album, we are told, via Dylan, that “after a decade being born, Josh Tillman is finally busy dying”. Is Tillman burying Father John Misty, or at least aspects of his music?

That seems unlikely, but it’s fun to explore. “It’s always the darkest right before the end”, Tillman sings on “Screamland”, a song that’s very dark indeed. It has classic Father John Misty themes of love, identity, faith and deception but a very different sound, with droning verses that give way to huge, heavily produced and compressed choruses. A more typical approach to the epic can be heard on the opening number, the title trick, a rich, languorous masterpiece that draws on early Scott Walker and Harry Nilsson without ever stepping into parody.

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If there’s a musical theme to Mahashmashana, it’s as if Tillman was collating the best aspects of his previous albums in one place, piecing them together like an anthology or portmanteau or even a sort of sonic eulogy. “Mental Health” is a throwback to the Hollywood glamour of Chloë And The Next 20th Century. That means melodramatic strings that provide a deliberately absurd juxtaposition for the chorus of “mental health, mental health”. The song features one of the album’s many great couplets, a shot across the bows of detractors – “the one regret that’s really tough/Is knowing that I didn’t go far enough”.

On “Josh Tillman And The Accidental Dose”, he’s back to the self-referential wit of Pure Comedy and I Love You, Honeybear. The song is a dark and queasy romp with a classic opening line “She put on Astral Weeks/Said ‘I love jazz’ and winked at me”. There are fascists and publicists – as there often are in Tillman songs – and it ends with a sad ice cream. Musical flourishes emphasise the punchlines.

Being You”, one of Tillman’s many songs about acting, has some of the sparse quality of God’s Favorite Customer, albeit with an electronic backdrop. The outstanding “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools Of Us All” – which originally appeared on 2024 compilation, Greatish Hits – is rambling Dylanesque that recalls Fear Fun’s freewheeling dark humour. Then there’s “Cleaning Up”, a taut funk-blues with Tillman rapping rather than crooning. “I know just how this thing ends”, he sings with nods to Scarlett Johansen in Under The Skin, Leonard Cohen and much else besides. Amusingly, The Viagra Boys get a co-writing credit. There’s another blink-and-miss-it reference to Under The Skin on “Being You”, and it can occasionally feel as if you are trapped in the sonic equivalent of a movie by Quentin Tarantino or the Coen Brothers, a hyperreal world built from original borrowings and head-spinning allusions. That can make it seem a bit like homework, a set of clever traps designed to trip the guileless.

But boy, can he sing. Tillman is an outstanding vocalist, a master of phrasing and inflection, whether he’s holding together the dramatic final bars of “Mahashmashana” against a backdrop of atomic sax, spitting bars on “She Cleans Up”, embracing the corn of “Mental Health” or crooning the happy-sad closing number “Summer’s Gone”. Sometimes his skill as a musician gets overshadowed by his lyrical brilliance, which might be why Tillman was eager to perform the songs of Scott Walker with the BBC orchestra at the Barbican in 2023. Before the show, he admitted he was worried that if the concert is release as a live album it will be subsumed by the Father John Misty brand that he has created. So maybe he’s ready for a change?

If he is, there’s no big reveal on Mahashmashana, but it’s interesting that the final track, “Summer’s Gone”, another song about endings, contains several references to “Fun Times In Babylon”, the first song on Fear Fun. That song ended with the immortal war cry “Look out Hollywood, here I come”, and “Summer’s Gone” delivers the sad reality, as the narrator, now “a lecherous old windbag”, drives around a city he no longer recognises and ponders what lies ahead. “Time can’t touch me”, he sings at the close, and you can’t tell that if that is a lament, a promise or a threat.

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The Pogues announce Rum Sodomy & The Lash anniversary tour

The Pogues will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their Rum Sodomy & the Lash album with a run of shows in May 2025.

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Say original members James Fearnley, Jem Finer and Spider Stacy, “After the uproarious bash which was the 40th anniversary of our first record, Red Roses for Me, in 2024, we wanted to do it again, but with Rum Sodomy & the Lash.”

A ticket pre-sale will be available on Wednesday, November 20 for fans who sign up here by 5pm, November 19.  A general ticket sale will commence on Friday, November 22 at 9:30am local time. Click here for tickets. You can see the full list of tour dates below.

May 1 – O2 Academy, Leeds
May 2 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
May 3 – O2 Academy, Brixton, London
May 6 – Barrowland, Glasgow
May 7 – O2 Apollo, Manchester
May 8 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle

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“…a 1960s alternative reality where Dusty Springfield, Françoise Hardy and Brenda Lee worked in the same warehouse and smoked hash together on breaks…”

Since we introduced My Life In Music back in Take 108*, in 2006, it’s become an essential component of Uncut, an opportunity for the artists we most admire to reveal all about the albums that have inspired them.

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As this is our Review Of The Year issue, we thought it might be fun to tweak the My Life In Music format accordingly. So we asked the stars of 2024 to tell us about the musical discoveries that have blown them away this year, from new albums and reissues to music books, documentaries and gigs. The result is a 32-page A5 book given away free with our Review Of The Year issue.

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As with the very best examples of My Life In Music, the 23 entries in this My Year In Music book are full of revelations and surprises. As a consequence, we hope you’ll find some exciting treasures of your own – much as you would, really, in a regular issue of Uncut.

Notebooks at the ready, then, for some precious recommendations direct form rock’s top table.

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“…a beautiful record of drone electronics…”

“…moving, grown-ass music…”

“…a modern wonky disco classic… ”

“…very cool, riffy chamber jazz…”

“…a 1960s alternative reality where Dusty Springfield, Françoise Hardy and Brenda Lee worked in the same warehouse and smoked hash together on breaks…”

* In case you were wondering, the first artist in the MLIM hotseat was Siouxsie Sioux

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Composer Bear McCreary announces new album featuring Slash, Corey Taylor and more

Acclaimed film and video game composer Bear McCreary has announced a solo album, titled ‘The Singularity’, featuring the likes of Slash, Corey Taylor and more.

This past weekend, McCreary took to social media to share the trailer for ‘The Singularity’, which is due for release on May 10. The upcoming album is previewed by its lead single, ‘Type III’ featuring Rufus Wainwright.

Also confirmed to feature on the album, per McCreary’s official website, are System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian, Joe Satriani, Soundgarden‘s Kim Thayil, Anthrax‘s Scott Ian, Meshuggah‘s Jens Kidman, The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s Ben Weinman, The Aristocrat’s Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller, Blue Öyster Cult’s Buck Dharma and more.

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Bear McCreary has also confirmed the launch of an accompanying The Singularity graphic novel, in which a character named Blue Eyes must escape from the clutches of immortality in order to save those he holds near to him.

On Sunday, May 12, Bear McCreary will perform ‘The Singularity’ live at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. Tickets are now on sale, though it is currently unclear who else will perform with him.

McCreary has described the album as “an epic rock concept album,” saying in a press release that he first began writing The Singularity at the age of 15. “I was obsessed, even then, with melding my love of hard rock, symphonic film scores, and dramatic storytelling into a cohesive whole, laying the groundwork for what would become a concept album, graphic novel, and multimedia concert experience.”

“I spent the next three decades trying to perfect it. My first demo from high school, a 30-year-old cassette-tape recording, even makes a cameo appearance on the record, moments before the melody is reinvigorated by a new interpretation from Slash, one of the guitarists who originally inspired it.”

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He continued: “I am honoured to be joined by dozens more of my favourite artists, each of whom brought their unique personalities to this record. Perhaps the biggest shock of them all was when Rufus Wainwright brought his warm, theatrical vocal tone to my symphonic metal anthem ‘Type III.’ I am grateful he took a chance and sang in this genre, which is new for him.”

McCreary is known for composing scores for hit films, TV series and games such as Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, God Of War, Call Of Duty: Vanguard and more.

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See Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman in the suspenseful trailer for ‘Miller’s Girl’

Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman will star in a new psychological thriller, Miller’s Girl – watch its trailer below. 

The film, produced by longtime collaborators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, is written and directed by newcomer Jade Halley Bartlett. Ortega stars as Cairo, a talented student who becomes entangled with her teacher, Freeman’s Mr. Miller, after he assigns her an assignment which complicates their relationship.

An official synopsis for the film reads: “A talented young writer (Ortega) embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher (Freeman) assigns a project that entangles them both in an increasingly complex web. As lines blur and their lives intertwine, professor and protégé must confront their darkest selves while straining to preserve their individual sense of purpose and the things they hold most dear.”

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The film will also star Succession’s Dagmara Domińczyk, alongside Bashir Salahuddin and Gideon Adlon. It arrives in US cinemas on January 26, following a premiere at Palm Springs Film Festival on January 11.

Watch the trailer for Miller’s Girl, soundtracked by Daughter’s ‘Burn It Down’, below:

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Miller’s Girl is Ortega’s latest film role, after starring alongside Ben Foster, Toby Wallace and Tommy Lee Jones in crime drama Finestkind. The rising actress has multiple film projects in the works, including the Michael Keaton and Winona Rider-starring Beetlejuice sequel, which will arrive more than 35 years after the 1988 original.

Ortega will star as a new character in the film, alongside The Leftovers’ Justin Theroux and Willem Dafoe, who recently disclosed his role as a “police officer in the afterlife”. Ortega is also scheduled to star opposite Paul Rudd in a new A24 dark comedy entitled Death of A Unicorn. Written and directed by Alex Scharfman, the film revolves around a man and a teenage daughter who crash into a unicorn en route to a corporate function.

The actress recently confirmed that she will not return to the Scream franchise for its upcoming sequel, following her starring role as Tara Carpenter in this year’s Scream VI and its 2022 predecessor.

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On the television front, Ortega will reprise her breakout role as Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s Wednesday, which was recently confirmed for a second season. In May, the show’s co-creator Miles Millar stated that the new episodes will explore Wednesday’s Latino roots in greater depth. “It’s so rare to find an iconic character of this stature,” he said in an interview. “We really try to find ways to [highlight that] authentically.”

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Jenna Ortega explains why she “can’t watch” herself on screen

Wednesday star Jenna Ortega has revealed that she “can’t watch” herself on screen.

In a new interview, the 21-year-old actress said she wouldn’t be able to move forward with her career if she spent too much time focusing on things she doesn’t like about a particular scene.

Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar magazine’s December/January issue, in recognition of her receiving the Breakthrough award at the Women of the Year Awards 2023, Ortega said: “I can’t watch my work, as I know I won’t be able to push forward and continue to grow as an actor if I cling on to certain things.

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“A lot of people in my profession can probably relate to this: when you do a take you don’t like, you go to bed kicking yourself. But ultimately, all I can do is be vulnerable and honest when the camera’s on, and then I have to move on and let it go.”

The actress said that she’s keen to take control of her career and is desperate to be able to make mistakes so she can learn from them.

“I want to be able to really orchestrate my own future and make more specific, precise moves,” she said. “I’ve even begged a little bit to be allowed to make a mistake. Because how can I learn if I don’t do that for myself?

“I can’t be scared of the fact that I might fall on my face. But it’s hard to do that when so many people are watching.”

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Ortega added that she has learnt to keep her own anxiety at bay by realising that she isn’t the only one who is “naturally terrified” of making mistakes, and that even the most successful people can sometimes struggle.

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She said: “What helps me sleep at night is knowing that everybody – no matter how successful or hard-working, is flying by the seat of their pants. Nobody knows what’s going on. Everybody’s doing something for the first time. Somebody does not have one up on you. Nobody is below you.

“We’re all on a level playing field because we’re all just naturally terrified.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Ortega shared that she once wanted to dye her hair blonde so she would look like Cinderella. However, she soon came to realise that by being herself, she would become a far more powerful role model.

She said: “I thought, ‘I don’t want other young girls to look up at the screen and feel like they have to change their appearance to be deemed beautiful or worthy’.”

Ortega is next set to appear in the Paramount+ thriller Finestkind, which recently released its first official trailer. She’ll also reprise her role as Wednesday Addams for a second season of Netflix‘s Wednesday.

Elsewhere, it was recently confirmed that Ortega will be appearing in an upcoming sequel to the 1988 film Beetlejuice.

As confirmed by Warner Bros. last month, the forthcoming film — titled Beetlejuice 2 — will also star Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, and is set to arrive in cinemas on September 6, 2024.

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People surprised that Anya Taylor-Joy speaks Spanish but Jenna Ortega doesn’t

Some people have shared their surprise that Anya Taylor-Joy speaks Spanish but Jenna Ortega doesn’t, after the pair were filmed chatting at Dior’s Paris Fashion Week show.

Earlier this week actresses Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit), Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) and Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) were sat with Spanish pop star Rosalía at Dior’s Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 show. US actress Jennifer Lawrence was also close by.

A 12-second clip from the evening shows Taylor-Joy introducing her husband to Rosalía and Ortega in Spanish. Ortega, who is not a Spanish-speaker, then greets him in English.

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The video has surprised some people who were unaware that Ortega, who is an American actress of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, and Rachel Zegler, who is an American actress of Colombian descent, don’t speak the Spanish language or its variations.

Taylor-Joy, meanwhile, is of British, American, Argentine and Spanish descent. She was born in Florida but spent part of her childhood in Buenos Aires (her father is Argentine).

The clip has also sparked a debate about what exactly defines Latinx identity and more.

“Funny thing happened at the Dior fashion show: Rosalia, the Spanish singer, tried to talk to Rachel Zegler and Jenna Ortega, who are famed for giving ‘Latinas’ representation in Hollywood, in Spanish but only lily-white Anya Taylor-Joy knew how to speak Spanish decently,” wrote X/Twitter user ‘amalieskram’ next to a meme about white women speaking Spanish when visiting Mexican restaurants.

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“For reference, the thread by ‘amalieskram’ continued. “Anya Taylor-Joy was born and partly raised in Argentina and Spanish was her first language. People living in South America and Spain are now questioning the ‘Latina clout’ that is given to Hispanic American ppl who don’t know the language.”

“Bruh they don’t speak Spanish!??,” replied another user in the thread, seemingly shocked to learn that.

See more reactions and discourse below.

Meanwhile, earlier this year Taylor-Joy revealed that she learned English by watching School Of Rock.

The star opened up about her love for the 2003 comedy starring Jack Black, who stars alongside her Super Mario Bros. Movie. Taylor-Joy voices Princess Peach, while Black plays Bowser.

“At the school I went to when I first moved to London they would play School of Rock every Friday,” Taylor-Joy told Buzzfeed UK. “At that time, I didn’t really speak much English, if any, so that and Harry Potter and Jumanji are like how I learned English!”

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Kanye West explains why Kris Jenner is his current Instagram profile picture

Kanye West has explained why his current Instagram profile picture is an image of his former mother-in-law Kris Jenner.

As Hot New Hip Hop reports, the rapper/producer has previously accused Jenner of coercing two of her daughters – Kylie and West’s ex-wife, Kim – to pose for Playboy.

  • READ MORE: ‘Donda 2’: Kanye West’s ego is scuppering these half-baked, dashed-off sounding songs

“Hollywood is a giant brothel. Pornography destroyed my family,” he wrote in a recent online post. “I deal with the addiction [and] Instagram promotes it. Not gonna let it happen to [his daughters] Northy and Chicago.”

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West also posted a screenshot of a message that Kardashian had sent him on behalf of her mother: “Tell him to please stop mentioning my name. I’m almost 67 years old and I don’t always feel great and this stresses me to no end.”

Yesterday (September 28), Ye appeared to attempt to continue the feud by making a photo of Jenner his profile image on Instagram. On his Stories feed, however, the star said in all-caps that he’d “posted Kris with thoughts of peace and respect”.

West added: “Let’s change the narrative.”

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During an interview last week, the ‘DONDA’ artist apologised to Kim Kardashian for “any stress that [he’s] caused” her since their break-up. West addressed the issues the pair have had in regards to co-parenting their four shared children.

Asked if he felt like he had an “equal voice” in raising the kids, he responded: “I do have a voice, but I had to fight for it.”

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The exes had feuded over their daughter North having a supervised TikTok account, which West was strongly opposed to. Later, West publicly claimed that Kardashian had “accused [him] of putting a hit out on her”.

West also criticised Kardashian and her former partner Pete Davison via social media on numerous occasions.

Last month, Ye posted a fake New York Times front page announcing the death of “Skete Davidson” amid news that he’d broken up with Kardashian.

West’s estranged wife at one point hit out at the rapper for his “constant attacks” on her. Ye subsequently said in court that claims he’d harassed Kardashian on social media were “double hearsay”.

The terms of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s divorce are yet to be finalised. A two-day trial is due to begin on December 14.

The terms of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s divorce are yet to be finalised. A two-day trial is due to begin on December 14.

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Jenny Lewis cancels all indoor concerts over COVID-19 concerns

Jenny Lewis has cancelled a handful of her forthcoming US tour dates due to “the ongoing COVID situation”.

  • READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Jenny Lewis

Lewis had been scheduled to undertake a nine-date run of shows in the US this September, as she’d announced back in May.

Posting on Twitter today (August 13), representatives for Lewis said the decision had been made “out of an abundance of caution” for the ongoing pandemic, and asserted that she would not be performing “at any indoor venues for the remainder of the year”.

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The thread continued to say that all of Lewis’ festival appearances would go ahead as scheduled, including those at Xponential, Sound On Sound and Wildwood Revival. A list of Lewis’ upcoming tour dates – including the shows that have been cancelled – can be found below.

The artist’s last full body of work came in the form of 2019’s ‘On The Line’, her fourth solo EP since she departed Rilo Kiley. In the three years since then, Lewis has released a handful of singles, including ‘Vroom Vroom’, ‘Unblu’, ‘Idiot’ and ‘GLTR’.

Lewis’ most recent single was last November’s ‘Puppy And A Truck’, which she later performed live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Jenny Lewis’ cancelled US tour dates are:

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Saturday 17 — Richmond, The Broadberry (cancelled)
Sunday 18 — Camden, Xponential Festival
Tuesday 20 — Stroudsburg, Sherman Theater (cancelled)
Friday 23 — Asbury, The Stone Pony (cancelled)
Saturday 24 — Bridgeport, Sound On Sound
Sunday 25 — Baltimore, Rams Head Live! (cancelled)
Tuesday 27 — Saxaphaw, Haw River Ballroom (cancelled)
Wednesday 28 — Asheville, The Orange Peel (cancelled)
Friday 30 — Arnoldsville, Wildwood Revival

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Drake responds after reported 14-minute private jet flight sparks backlash

Drake has responded to reports he took a 14-minute-long flight on his private jet, sparking backlash earlier this week.

  • READ MORE: Drake – ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ review: rapper’s house makeover provides long-overdue career boost

Last week, the Twitter account @CelebJets, which tracks celebrities’ flights, tweeted that Drake’s jet had gone from his native Toronto to Hamilton – both in the state of Ontario – with the journey covering only 38 miles, and taking just 14 minutes. According to the account, the flight used 1,522 litres of fuel, and was responsible for four tonnes of CO2 emissions.

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The rapper faced strong criticism for the alleged journey, with many on social media expressing outrage about the environmental impact of such a brief trip. The Guardian included the flight in an article about celebrities taking short rides, criticising other brief air trips by the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian and Mark Wahlberg.

“Canadians will complain about climate change then pay thousands to go to the next Drake concert, acting like he isn’t taking his private jet on flights from Hamilton to Toronto,” wrote Toronto tech reporter Temur Durrani on Twitter, linking to The Guardian‘s story.

“Drake is part of the problem, taking multiple 15 minute flights to Hamilton and back while the environment is collapsing,” Toronto-based writer and filmmaker Jesse Hawken tweeted. “Dude, take the GO train ffs.”

Now, Drake has clarified the incredibly brief flight. “This is just them moving planes to whatever airport they are being stored at for anyone who was interested in the logistics,” Drizzy wrote, commenting on a post about the controversy from the Instagram account of Real Toronto News. “Nobody takes that flight.”

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It’s not the first time Drake has faced flak recently. Earlier this month, the rapper was criticised over the ticket prices for an upcoming Young Money reunion concert he’s staging in Toronto in August, featuring the likes of Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne.

The rapper’s new Beverly Hills mansion was recently subject to an alleged break-in by a man claiming to be his son. An employee at the mansion spotted the 23-year-old intruder near the pool on July 15. Police arrived and arrested the man for misdemeanour trespassing.

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Watch Taika Waititi crash girlfriend Rita Ora’s interview live on-air

Taika Waititi crashed his girlfriend Rita Ora’s interview during Australian breakfast TV show Sunrise – check out the clip below.

After Ora discussed her latest single ‘Barricades’ and her position as coach on The Voice in Australia, the Thor: Love and Thunder director jumped into view.

  • READ MORE: ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ review: Marvel’s most metal movie yet

“Taika, get out of my shot,” Ora said while laughing.

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After Ora asked him to come back, Waititi said: “Hi, I can’t hear you. I love Sydney.”

According to The Sun, the couple got engaged last month after they made almost “simultaneous” wedding proposals to each other. This, however, hasn’t been confirmed.

Waititi and Ora confirmed they were dating back in August last year, when they both attended the premiere for The Suicide Squad together.

Speaking to NME, Waititi recently expressed how he was “really annoyed” when Kate Bush track ‘Running Up That Hill’ surged in popularity following its use in Stranger Things.

Waititi said: “I love that show, but as someone who feels ownership of Kate Bush music… I’m really annoyed! I’ve become one of those old arseholes who’s like: ‘These kids never listened to Kate Bush, they’ve heard one song on a TV show! They don’t know Kate Bush! I know Kate Bush!”

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In a four-star review of Thor: Love and Thunder, NME wrote: “Credit Waititi and co-writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who ensure Love and Thunder builds to something more profound than simply another hero/villain showdown. Parenthood, relationships, responsibility, and mortality all come into play as Thor, well, grows up.

“Best of all, like Ragnarok before it, it’s tremendously entertaining. Welcome to the jungle, indeed.”

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Jennifer Lopez says co-headlining Super Bowl halftime show with Shakira was “worst idea in the world”

Jennifer Lopez has called her co-headline Super Bowl show with Shakira the “worst idea in the world” in her new documentary Halftime.

The forthcoming Netflix documentary made its premiere at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival last Wednesday (June 8), centred around Lopez’s performance preparation for the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show. It was the first Super Bowl to have co-headliners, and for the headlining artists to be Latina.

  • READ MORE: ‘Marry Me’ review: J.Lo’s romcom return, for better or worse

According to Entertainment Weekly, there’s a scene where Lopez and her music director Kim Burse are discussing the time constraints faced by having two headlining acts, with Lopez saying: “we have six f***ing minutes. We have 30 seconds of a song, and if we take a minute, that’s it, we’ve got five left.”

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“This is the worst idea in the world to have two people do the Super Bowl,” she says. “It was the worst idea in the world.”

As per Entertainment Weekly, Lopez’s manager Benny Medina also voiced frustration at the decision in a separate interview, saying: “Typically, you have one headliner at a Super Bowl. That headliner constructs a show, and, should they choose to have other guests, that’s their choice. It was an insult to say you needed two Latinas to do the job that one artist historically has done.”

Lopez’s frustrations are directed at the organisers rather than her counterpart Shakira, who she discusses set timings with in another scene.

“I know that the Super Bowl people want us to be weaved throughout the show. I haven’t had a confirmation about how many minutes I’m going to have,” Shakira says.

“They said 12 minutes. I got kind of a good confirmation that we could have an extra minute or two, so now we’re at, like, 13, 14 minutes,” says Lopez. “I think, Shakira, what we should have is you should have half the time and I should [have half].”

“If it was going to be a double-headliner, they should have given us 20 minutes. That’s what they should’ve f***ing done.”

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Despite their grievances, the pair’s performance was well-received, ploughing through 20 songs in their 12-minute set. Shakira played ‘She Wolf’, ‘Empire’, ‘Hips Don’t Lie’, a cover of Led Zeppelin‘s ‘Kashmir’ and a cover of Cardi B‘s ‘I Like It with Bad Bunny, while Lopez’s performance included a rendition of Bruce Springsteen‘s ‘Born In The USA’ with her daughter.

The trailer for Halftime arrived last month, in which the singer and actress discussed not being nominated for an Oscar for her role in the film Hustlers.

“It was hard. I just had very low self-esteem. I had to really figure out who I was and believe in that, and not believe in anything else,” she said.

The documentary arrives on Netflix on June 14.

Evanescence parts company with guitarist Jen Majura

Evanescence have announced that they’ve parted ways with guitarist Jen Majura, who has been with the band since 2015.

  • READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Amy Lee, Evanescence

“It has been a very special chapter in the band with our dear friend Jen Majura, but we have decided it’s time to go our separate ways,” the band wrote on social media yesterday (May 21).

“We will always love her and support her, and can’t wait to see what she does next! We are so grateful for the good times and great music we made all around the world together.”

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A replacement for Majura has not yet been announced but the band assured fans that they “are hard at work rehearsing for our upcoming tour and will have some exciting news about the new lineup coming in the next few days, so stay tuned.”

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Following the band’s announcement, Majura took to social media to respond to her exit, stating “that none of this was my decision”.

“I feel the need to address that none of this was my decision!” she wrote on Twitter. “I have no hard feelings against anybody and I wish Evanescence all the best. I am allowed to carry beautiful memories of these past years, I am grateful.”

Majura joined Evanescence in 2015, taking over for former Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo, who himself had joined the band after they parted ways with original guitarist Ben Moody.

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Evanescence and Within Temptation were recently forced to reschedule their upcoming UK and European tour once again.

The two bands had initially been due to head out on the ‘Worlds Collide’ tour back in 2020, but the tour has been postponed a number of times since due to the coronaviruspandemic.

The long-awaited gigs were then set to finally kick off in March, but Evanescence and Within Temptation announced in February that the shows will now take place in November and December.

All existing tickets and VIP packages will remain valid for the rescheduled dates and all venues remain the same – you can find out more information about the tour here.

Watch the trailer for Jennifer Lopez’s new documentary ‘Halftime’

A trailer has been shared for Jennifer Lopez‘s forthcoming Netflix documentary Halftime – check it out below.

The film is set to debut at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 8, before landing on Netflix on June 14.

  • READ MORE: ‘Marry Me’ review: J.Lo’s romcom return, for better or worse

“I do this, not for an award,” Lopez says in the trailer as her performance looms. “No, I do this to connect with people and make them feel things because I want to feel something.”

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In the trailer, Lopez discusses her notorious Oscars snub for Hustlers, saying how she has always struggled “to be heard, to be seen, to be taken seriously” in Hollywood.

She added: “It was hard. I just had very low self-esteem. I had to really figure out who I was and believe in that, and not believe in anything else.”

Her fiancee Ben Affleck then said in the trailer: “I said to her once, ‘Doesn’t this bother you?’ And she said, ‘I expected this.’”

Watch the Halftime trailer below.

A synopsis for Halftime reads: “Halftime offers an intimate peek behind the curtain revealing the grit and determination that makes Jennifer Lopez the icon she is, from her performances onscreen and on stages around the world, to her Super Bowl Halftime show, to the recent Presidential inauguration. The documentary focuses on an international superstar who has inspired people for decades with her perseverance, creative brilliance and cultural contributions. And it’s only the beginning.

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“Halftime serves as the kickoff to the second half of Lopez’s life, as she lays bare her evolution as a Latina, a mother, and an artist, taking agency in her career and using her voice for a greater purpose.”

Lopez’s last film role came in rom-com Marry Me. In a three-star review of the film, NME wrote: “Marry Me is much less fun than Kat’s taste in natty hats: Maluma is underused throughout and the original songs are so boring you’ll find yourself wishing Kat would just bash out ‘On the Floor’ instead.

“But Lopez and [Owen] Wilson are so right in their roles that the film’s ropier moments are easily forgotten. It’s a quintessential J.Lo movie that makes you wonder why she doesn’t make them more often.”

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Jenny Lewis announces dates for 2022 US tour

Singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis has announced a run of US tour dates, scheduled for this September.

The former Rilo Kiley singer will kick off her tour at the Broadberry in Richmond, Virginia on September 17, eventually wrapping up on September 30 at Wildwood Revival festival in Arnoldsville, Georgia. She’ll also make stops at Xponential Festival in New Jersey and Bridgeport’s Sound on Sound festival during the run.

  • READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Jenny Lewis

She’s yet to announce any supports, but will be bringing her dog Bobby Rhubarb along for the ride.

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Tickets for the shows are on sale now, and available to purchase here.

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Lewis released her latest album ‘On The Line’ in 2019, marking her fourth solo LP since Rilo Kiley officially disbanded in 2011. She’s released a series of singles since ‘On The Line’, including four collaborations with rapper Serengeti shared over the past two years; ‘Unblu’, ‘Vroom Vroom’, ‘Idiot’ and ‘GLTR’.

Lewis’ latest single was released in November last year, titled ‘Puppy And A Truck’, which she later performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 

In March last year, Lewis reunited with former Rilo Kiley bandmate Blake Sennett for the first time in six years to take part in a charity livestream. Prior to that, they’d only linked up one other time at Coachella in 2015, to perform the song ‘Portions For Foxes’.

Jenny Lewis’ 2022 US tour dates are: 

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Saturday 17 — Richmond, The Broadberry 
Sunday 18 — Camden, Xponential Festival 
Tuesday 20 — Stroudsburg, Sherman Theater 
Friday 23 — Asbury, The Stone Pony 
Saturday 24 — Bridgeport, Sound On Sound 
Sunday 25 — Baltimore, Rams Head Live!
Tuesday 27 — Saxaphaw, Haw River Ballroom 
Wednesday 28 — Asheville, The Orange Peel 
Friday 30 — Arnoldsville, Wildwood Revival 

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Watch Maynard James Keenan try to play Jenga during a Tool show

Maynard James Keenan has shared a humorous new clip of himself trying to play Jenga behind Tool drummer Danny Carey during one of the band’s recent shows.

The band are currently on the North American leg of their world tour, which kicked off last month and is set to visit the UK and Ireland in May.

  • READ MORE: Tool – ‘Fear Inoculum’ review

In a clip that was shared over the weekend on Keenan’s personal Instagram page, the frontman is seen crouching down behind Carey’s drum kit during one show in an effort to play a game of Jenga.

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However, Keenan’s Jenga game is ruined after Carey smashes his giant gong at the back of his drum set, causing the frontman to jokingly yell: “What the fuck! What’s wrong with you?!”

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You can watch a clip of the moment, which Keenan captioned “Danny, you son of a bitch! Tryn ta [sic] Jenga back here, ffs”, in the above post.

Tool’s tour continues in Pittsburgh tomorrow (March 1). You can see the dates of their UK and European tour below, and find any remaining tickets here.

April
23 – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
25 – Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
26 – Avicii Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
28 – Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany
29 – Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany

May
2 – AO Arena, Manchester
4 – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham
6 – 3Arena, Dublin
9 – The O2, London
10 – The O2, London
12 – AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France
13 – Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
15 – Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany
17 – Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
19 – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
21 – Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland
23 – O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
24 – SportAréna, Budapest, Hungary

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Tool announced yesterday (February 27) that the vinyl version of their 2019 album ‘Fear Inoculum’ will be released in April. A signed limited edition version of the physical release drew criticism from fans recently after it was initially priced at $810 (£603).

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Waylon Jennings Love Of The Common People / Hangin´on / Only The Greatest / Jewels

Alongside his close friend and frequent collaborator Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings was at the forefront of the 1970s outlaw country movement that sought to upset the apple cart of Nashville norms. Seeds of rebellion had begun to take root during the latter part of the previous decade, however, while the Texan troubadour was, to the outside world, still a clean-cut figure playing Music City’s traditional game.

  • ORDER NOW: Johnny Marr is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut

Since his RCA Victor debut in 1966 (Folk-Country), the label had been marketing Jennings in the mould of their best-sellers George Jones, Jim Reeves and Marty Robbins but, four albums on, producer Chet Atkins was more amenable to taking risks, receptive to the singer’s wishes to embrace more politically minded material. The title track of Love Of The Common People led the charge; written by John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins (who also penned the risque “Son Of A Preacher Man”) its chronicle of poverty-stricken struggle chimed with Jennings’ own upbringing.

However, the album is perhaps most notable for containing the first recorded version of “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town”, the Mel Tillis composition that dared to confront the hardships of a soldier back from Vietnam whose legs are “bent and paralysed”. A cover of The Beatles’ “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” suggests further thinking outside the box, albeit hamstrung by the “Nashville Sound” backing chorus that had blighted so many of Atkins’ previous productions.

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Hangin’ On (1968) found the usually dictatorial Atkins loosening the reins by, in addition to the freelance pool of top Nashville session players, allowing Jennings to record with the musicians who made up his touring band. The result was a more fluid, personality-driven album, closer to the breeziness of his live performances on, especially, Harlan Howard’s “The Chokin’ Kind” and John Hartford’s “Gentle On My Mind”.

Jennings’ second album of ’68, Only The Greatest, heralded a breakthrough via his first songs to breach the Top 5 of country’s singles chart; “Walk On Out Of My Mind” finds him playing tough between the tears, while “Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line” evokes a rockabilly mood, kicking against the pricks of the genre’s safer parameters. He’s at his most surly and forthright, though, on Neil Diamond’s “Kentucky Woman”.

Increasingly restless with the old-school Nashville template, Jennings fought battles with Atkins over songs for Jewels, and winning out by including a brace of tracks written by a fellow outlaw-in-waiting, Merle Haggard. “Today I Started Loving You Again” doesn’t rock any particular boats, but “My Ramona” paints a heartbreaking portrait of a man fooling himself into thinking he can tame the wayward, bar-hopping object of his affection.

There would be a further four albums involving Atkins (in an ever decreasing role) before Jennings took full control of his musical output, grew his hair and honed a more visible rebel persona. But it’s on this set of LPs that one of country’s most distinctive outsiders made significant inroads towards finding his true voice.

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Watch Dave Grohl cover The Clash’s ‘Train In Vain’ with Greg Kurstin

Dave Grohl has shared a cover of The Clash‘s ‘Train In Vain’ – you can watch his reworking of the track below.

  • READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music”

The Foo Fighters frontman has been working with producer Greg Kurstin to deliver covers of Jewish artists for each of the eight days of Hanukkah. This cover marks the seventh in their ‘Hanukkah Sessions’ series.

Their rendition of The Clash’s 1979 track – which was originally released as the third and final single from the band’s ‘London Calling’ album – sees Kurstin back on the piano, while Grohl once again tackles the drums and takes on vocal duties.

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“Michael Geoffrey Jones, born to Russian Jewish mother Renee Zagansky, would come to be known as punk rock legend Mick Jones, co-founder of The Clash. It’s London Calling Jerusalem as we take a ‘Train In Vain’,” captioned their latest cover.

You can watch the video below:

For their last cover, the pair reworked Billy Joel’s ‘Big Shot’. It followed five other covers Grohl and Kurstin have performed for this year’s ‘Hanukkah Sessions’: Van Halen‘s ‘Jump’, Barry Manilow‘s ‘Copacabana’, the Ramones‘ ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’, Lisa Loeb’s ‘Stay (I Missed You)’, and Amy Winehouse‘s ‘Take The Box’ – the latter of which was performed alongside Grohl’s daughter Violet.

Meanwhile, Foo Fighters will star in a new horror-comedy film called Studio 666, which is due for release next year. Alongside the full band – Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee – the film will also star Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Jenna Ortega and more.

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Studio 666 will be directed by BJ McDonnell, who described the film as “a perfect combination of all things I love – rock, horror and comedy all tied together in a very thrilling motion picture”.

You can see a sneak peek of the film here.

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‘Squid Game”s Jung Ho-yeon on BLACKPINK’s Jennie: “I wondered how such an angel could exist”

Squid Game actress Jung Ho-yeon has opened up about her close friendship with BLACKPINK member Jennie.

  • READ MORE: Eight K-pop songs from September 2021 you need to hear, from NCT 127 to STAYC

Jung has gained significant international recognition following her breakout role in Netflix’s Squid Game, which is well on its way to becoming the streaming platform’s “biggest show ever”. More notably, the show is also the model-turned-actress’ first acting role.

In a recent interview with Herald Pop, the actress opened up about her longtime friendship with the K-pop idol. “Jennie was happy for me ever since I told her I was cast in Squid Game,” said Jung, as translated by Soompi. “She sent me a coffee truck, and she actively cheered me on by even uploading to her social media.”

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The actress had shared a picture of the pair on the Squid Game set just last week. Additionally, the BLACKPINK rapper has also uploaded several photos and videos of Squid Game merchandise on her Instagram stories since the series’ premiere last month.

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“Jennie is always there on the list of people I’m grateful for while acting in Squid Game. She congratulated me so happily, as if my joys were also her own, that I wondered how such an angel could exist,” Jung added.

In a September interview with Netflix Korea, the series’ lead actor Lee Jung-jae had also expressed his surprise at Jung’s friendship with Jennie. “I can’t really call myself a fan of BLACKPINK, but Ho-yeon and Jennie are great friends,” said the industry veteran.

“Jennie actually visited us with a coffee truck, and I was like ‘Wow! That’s Jennie from BLACKPINK!’ It was cool,” Lee revealed.

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In other Squid Game news, Netflix has come under fire for “botching” the English subtitles for the series. “The dialogue was written so well and zero of it was preserved,” claimed fluent Korean speaker and TikTok user Youngmi Mayer, who had alleged the subtitles on the English version are “so bad” that they often lose the meaning from the original script.

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Travis Barker says Kourtney Kardashian gave him the “strength” to take a flight again

Travis Barker has opened up about how girlfriend Kourtney Kardashian helped the Blink-182 drummer to take a flight for the first time in 13 years.

Last month, Barker and Kardashian flew from Los Angeles to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico on Kylie Jenner’s private jet, marking Barker’s first flight since he survived a deadly plane crash in 2008.

The crash saw the plane’s two pilots and two of its four passengers killed instantly, with Barker and fellow passenger DJ AM suffering serious injuries. Barker then spent 11 weeks in a hospital, undergoing 26 surgeries and a number of skin grafts.

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Following the flight, Barker shared a photo of him and Kardashian in front of the jet to Instagram, with the drummer writing: “With you, anything is possible.”

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Now, in a new interview with Nylon earlier this week, Barker detailed the process of learning to fly again with Kardashian’s help.

“It’s still something very new to me, but having something that gives me the strength and hope to be able to overcome things that were so traumatic in my life, it just says a ton,” Barker said.

“She’s definitely that for me. I’m invincible when I’m with her. It’s like I never dreamed, I never even considered flying again.”

Barker goes on to describe the two-hour flight to Cabo as “the easiest thing ever”. The couple have also taken trips to Italy and Paris, and in the Nylon interview, Barker talks about how he and Kardashian made a deal to help him get back on a plane.

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“She had just said to me, ‘I would love to do so much traveling with you. I want to go to Italy with you. I want to go to Cabo with you. I want to go to Paris with you. I want to go to Bora Bora with you,'” Barker said.

“I said, ‘Well, when the day comes you want to fly, I’m telling you I’ll do it with you. I would do anything with you. Just give me 24 hours’ notice,’ and that’s what she did.”

Last month, Barker appeared in the video for Machine Gun Kelly‘s latest single ‘Papercuts’. The track is the first preview of Kelly’s forthcoming album ‘Born with Horns’, which Barker is producing after working with the rapper-turned-pop-punk-artist on his 2020 album ‘Tickets to My Downfall’.

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Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, The Clash and more donate rare vinyl to charity exhibition

Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Sonic Youth, The Clash, IDLES and The Who are among an all-star list of artists donating rare vinyl to a new charity exhibition.

  • READ MORE: One year of lockdown: Mental health charities on the importance of reaching out for help

‘Pressing Matters’, created by Helium London and curated by Pavement Licker, will see artists creating unique pieces of artwork out of rare vinyl and test presses, to be presented at a month-long exhibition and then auctioned off.

The exhibition will be held at 5 Carlos Place in London, the headquarters of MATCHESFASHION, from May 4-29. From May 24-29, the pieces will then be auctioned off on Helium London’s website, with all proceeds going to grassroots charity Music Support, who give mental health support to music industry workers.

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Speaking of the new event, Helium London founder and CEO Jennifer McCormick said: “Navigating a world in recovery can be a daunting, overwhelming experience with fear of being judged leading to many folks protecting their sobriety from common knowledge.

“Creating this exhibition has been the most wonderful convergence of my personal and work life in order to champion Music Support. It has brought together phenomenal talent without prejudice and forged new creative relationships all united in breaking down barriers surrounding addiction and mental health.”

See the full list of contributing artists, and the bands whose vinyl they are creating with, below.

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Contemporary artists creating unique pieces from rare test pressing vinyl, raising money for Music Support

Of the exhibition’s charity element, Music Support co-founder Matt Thomas said: “Words can’t express our gratitude to all those who have come together and donated vinyl or time to this incredible project which will enable us to reach and serve more people at this incredibly difficult time for the industry.

“Music Support was created to have a direct, positive impact and 5 years later we continue to provide relevant services, to more people, across a broader section of the music industry, than ever. This couldn’t be a more fitting 5th birthday celebration. Thank you.”

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To mark the one year anniversary of the first UK lockdown being announced last March, NME spoke to a number of mental health charities recently about the importance of reaching out for help.

It comes after a recent study found that one in four young people have found themselves “unable to cope” during the pandemic, due to anxiety, “missing out on being young,” and fear about their futures.

For help and advice on mental health:

  • Help Musicians UK – Around the clock mental health support and advice for musicians (CALL MUSIC MINDS MATTER ON: 0808 802 8008)
  • CALM – The Campaign Against Living Miserably
  • Music Support Org – Help and support for musicians struggling with alcoholism, addiction, or mental health issues (CALL: 0800 030 6789)
  • YOUNG MINDS – The voice for young people’s health and wellbeing
  • Time To Change – Let’s end mental health discrimination
  • The Samaritans – Confidential support 24 hours a day
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BLACKPINK’s Jisoo named Dior’s global fashion and beauty ambassador

BLACKPINK’s Jisoo has been named Dior’s new global ambassador for fashion and beauty.

  • READ MORE: BLACKPINK’s Rosé shares video teaser for upcoming solo single, ‘On The Ground’

The fashion house announced the appointment through Instagram, alongside photos of the K-pop star donning several Dior looks. The luxury label remarked that Jisoo “perfectly encapsulates the House’s contemporary femininity” and cited her as a key inspiration for their upcoming Autumn/Winter 2021 collection.

The K-pop idol said that the upcoming collection has “an underlying boldness to it that’s felt when the garment is worn”. She added: “I myself may seem calm on the exterior, but as an artist I exert a more powerful attitude on stage.”

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The BLACKPINK member also expressed her excitement for the partnership. “I can’t wait for all the exciting work we’ll do together,” she said in an Instagram caption. “Hearing that the [Dior Fall/Winter 2021] collection was largely inspired by myself made this shoot that much more special,” she added.

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The singer has worked with Dior since December 2019, when she was first named the Korean ambassador for their cosmetics brand, Dior Beauty. She also modelled for the brand’s Autumn/Winter 2020 collection.

This appointment makes Jisoo the latest BLACKPINK member to become a global ambassador for a French luxury fashion house. Fellow members Rosé and Lisa were named as global ambassadors for Saint Laurent and Celine respectively last year, while Jennie has represented Chanel since 2018.

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BLACKPINK released their first full-length Korean album ‘The Album’ in 2020, which featured the singles ‘Lovesick Girls’ and ‘How You Like That’. In the same year, the group also released collaborations with Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez and Cardi B.

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J.Lo At 20: Celebrating The Album That Made Jennifer Lopez An Icon

By Yasmine Shemesh

When Jennifer Lopez began recording her sophomore album, J.Lo, in 2000, she was in the midst of an incredible career high. With a $1 million salary for 1997’s Selena, she’d become the highest-paid Latina actress in Hollywood history and had no less than three new movies in the works. “Waiting for Tonight,” her dance-infused 1999 single, had become an anthem for the new millennium and was nominated for a Grammy. And she was about to make fashion history, thanks to a certain plunging Versace dress. In hindsight, given how long she’s been a multihyphenate, Lopez’s early ambidextrousness wasn’t one bit surprising. In fact, as she told Rolling Stone the following year, she felt like she hadn’t even started yet. “I’m looking forward to the ninth album, the 30th movie. I want to write more songs, tour, find the right roles, have my own family. That’s why I have so much energy. I know what lies ahead.”

Lopez brought the same resolve into acting, and her title performance in Selena served as the perfect jumping-off point into the pop-music sphere. Starting with the sultry, groovy single “If You Had My Love,” her debut, On the 6, also made Lopez — alongside Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, and Enrique Iglesias — an important contributor to 1999’s Latin Explosion, which saw a substantial increase in the mainstream visibility of Latin music.

With everything she already accomplished, Lopez proved she could evolve artistically and do it well. But J.Lo represented the most significant turning point for Lopez yet, securing her status as an icon. Released on January 16, 2001, the same week The Wedding Planner opened in theaters at No. 1 at the box office, J.Lo debuted on the Billboard 200 at the very top spot. She was already a star; this — the only double No. 1 debut of its kind to date — made her intergalactic. With four singles, subsequent smash Murder Inc. remixes featuring Ja Rule, and a refreshed image that presented Lopez through a glamorous-yet-still-relatable lens, J.Lo became an influential catalyst that positioned its star  to define nearly every corner of Y2K pop culture.

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The shift was imminent when J.Lo’s lead single, “Love Don’t Cost a Thing,” dropped in December 2000. Sparkling and bass-heavy, with empowered lyrics that dismissed lavish gifts as the glue holding Lopez’s love in place, it was more confident than anything she’d released before. The press speculated the song was a wink at Lopez’s high-profile relationship with Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, who also co-wrote and produced four tracks on J.Lo. The music video saw Lopez — draped in gold jewelry, a cream duster, and caramel-gradient sunglasses — tearing off her luxuries until she was just about bare on the beach. J.Lo, the nickname given to her by fans, had arrived.

As a producer and co-writer, Lopez had creative control over J.Lo and leaned into R&B and hip-hop. On the 6 did too, but J.Lo was distinctly shaped by the influences and yielded some impressive collaborators. Lopez breathlessly yearns for a lover on the Diddy-produced slow jam “Come Over.” “Play,” co-written by Christina Milian with the singer on background vocals, combines a funky groove with ’80s dance sensibilities. Hip-hop meets Latin pop over a subtle sample of the Sugar Hill Gang’s “8th Wonder” on “I’m Going to Be Alright,” while Mambo-inspired “Cariño” and “Si Ya Se Acabó,” with flutters of flamenco guitar, fully embrace Latin sounds — another formative influence on J.Lo.

Hip-hop played an even larger role on the album through Murder Inc. remixes, particularly with “I’m Real” featuring Ja Rule. The song was a standout in its original iteration (with its now-infamous sample of Yellow Magic Orchestra’s “Firecracker,” which Mariah Carey planned to use for “Loverboy”), but the remix — an entirely new track, written by Ja Rule with backup vocals from Ashanti and a melody sampled from “Mary Jane” by Rick James — was a spectacular hit, becoming a signature for Lopez and carving out a place in the cross-genre prism of featuring rap on a pop song.

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The model gained massive traction through the decade with, for example, Carey’s “Fantasy” remix featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Aaliyah’s “Are You That Somebody?” featuring Timbaland. But as “I’m Real” dominated the airwaves and received critical acclaim, Lopez’s duet with Ja Rule helped cement the lasting power of the pop/hip-hop composite. Over the next decade, everyone from Beyoncé (“Crazy in Love” featuring Jay-Z) and Usher (“Yeah!” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) to Justin Timberlake (“Like I Love You” featuring Clipse) tapped in. The success of “I’m Real” led to other J.Lo remixes, including “I’m Gonna Be Alright” with Nas and “Ain’t It Funny” with Ja Rule and Cadillac Tah. "It's gonna put her in another zone,” Ja Rule told MTV at the time. “After this one, they gonna be expecting hot crossover R&B joints from J. Lo."

Lopez kept them coming after J.Lo: “All I Have” featuring LL Cool J; “Jenny from the Block” featuring Jadakiss and Styles P; “Get Right” featuring Fabolous. With 2018’s “Dinero,” pairing her with DJ Khaled and Cardi B, and 2019’s “Medicine” featuring French Montana, Lopez continues to bridge pop and hip-hop today. She’s also still blazing genre-crossing trails, dipping pop into trap and reggaetón: “Te Guste,” a 2018 duet with Bad Bunny, was described as a “trap-pop gamechanger,” and her two-track collaboration with rising Colombian star Maluma, “Pa’Ti” and “Lonely,” appears on the soundtrack for the forthcoming romantic comedy, Marry Me.

While J.Lo was contributing to the trajectory of early 2000s music, Lopez herself was making her mark in fashion and beauty. After wearing the palm-print chiffon Versace dress to the 2000 Grammys — and inadvertently spurring the invention of Google image search — Lopez’s style quickly permeated into the era’s aesthetic. Athleisure, nude tones, fur-lined puffer jackets, hoop earrings, French-tip nails, and high-heeled Timberland boots proudly channeled her Nuyorican roots and fused them with Hollywood glamour. Lopez rocked the looks in her music videos, which now serve as chic time capsules, from the pink terrycloth shorts set in “I’m Real (Remix)” to the long fur coat and taupe bucket hat in “Play.”

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Months after J.Lo was released, Lopez launched her clothing line: J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez reflected her own style and included sweatsuits, bedazzled tops, and denim. “The voluptuous woman is almost ignored,” Lopez said during a press conference. “I want to offer clothes that are wonderfully designed and will fit women of all sizes.'' It’s hard to overstate how the visibility of Lopez’s body inspired a cultural shift. The ’90s, especially, were the era of “heroin chic,” an impossible standard of beauty that excluded anyone who wasn’t 5’10” and a size zero. With so much attention fixed to her natural curves, Lopez — repeatedly asked to lose weight early in her career (she refused) — undeniably contributed to the media’s more inclusive view of all body types. Her clothing line was a physical realization of that.

Lopez, of course, is now at the helm of a multimillion-dollar empire spanning film, television, music, fashion, and beauty. She is one of the most versatile, influential, and recognizable artists in the world, not only increasing Latin representation in the entertainment industry through the strides she took in the early 2000s but helping to redefine the entire media landscape along the way. She’s an icon — an important one. And J.Lo, with the reverberating impact it made, was a vital stepping stone in that path: Because of that album, those three letters are forever embedded in the vernacular of contemporary pop culture.

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Young Knives share animated video for ‘Jenny Haniver’

Young Knives have unveiled a psychedelic video for their single ‘Jenny Haniver’.

The track is taken from ‘Barbarians’, the fifth album from the band and their first since 2013’s ‘Sick Octave’.

The animated clip was created by Iman Mahdy, a member of the London-based BLKbrd Collective whom the brothers met through the Women’s Music Project in Oxford.

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“We were struggling when it came to the concept for the video because we make quite grotesque videos in general, and we really felt like it was time to hand it to someone else who would be able to bring out something different in the story,” the band’s Henry Dartnall explained in a press statement.

“Iman’s illustrations and animation style has such a dream-like quality, and a real touch of something beautiful even in the weirdest of creatures, it felt like the perfect match.”

Watch the surreal, nautical-themed video below.

“The song itself is about perceptions of beauty,” Dartnall continued. “The female lead in the song is in one way, only there because it came from the name of the strange mixed-up creatures that appeared in Victorian side shows.

“But in another way the female lead is central to the concept of the song because we are two men who have grown up during a time when the attitude towards women has been continually challenged and discussed.

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Dartnall explained that the song represented “a reflection on the traditional view of women in relationships, and perhaps the old-fashioned male gaze and ‘phwoar’ culture” in society.

“As with most of our songs we are just playing with the words and not making any kind of point; it isn’t activism, it’s a reflection on the experiences of these things by two middle-aged white fellas,” he added.

The duo will support the record with a rescheduled London show in March. Original tickets remain valid.

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Pale Waves’ Heather Baron-Gracie on her bandmates’ bus crash: “I think it’ll be something that will stay for them forever”

Pale Waves’ Heather Baron-Gracie has reflected on the tour bus crash that her bandmates were involved in earlier this year, saying that “it’ll be something that will stay for them forever”.

Three of the four members of Pale Waves — Ciara Doran (drums), Hugo Silvani (guitar) and Charlie Woods (bass) — were on the bus that suffered a near-fatal accident back in February. Baron-Gracie chose to fly to the band’s next show in Germany instead of travelling on the bus.

  • Read more: Pale Waves: “I’ve been hiding who I am for so long now. I don’t wanna do that any more”

Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read, Baron-Gracie said that she will never “forget the sound of Ciara’s voice after the crash”.

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“I’ve known Ciara a very long time and we’ve been through so much together – I’ve never heard their voice like that ever,” she recalled. “You know how in movies where someone is dying and the blood is coming out their mouth and they’re trying to talk? It sounded like they were that person and I was like, ‘Oh my God; they’re gonna die.”

Asked if there had been subsequent tension between herself and the rest of the band over the fact that she wasn’t on the bus that night, Baron-Gracie replied that her bandmates have “never made me feel like that, but I felt like I should have been on the bus too”, adding: “I felt guilty, for sure.”

“I am very much the leader of this band. Everyone follows me and I respect them for allowing me to have that control, so I felt that as the leader and the sort of person they look to for guidance a lot, I should have been there to help,” she said. “And I wasn’t.”

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Baron-Gracie also noted that the timing of the coronavirus outbreak a month after the crash had given her three bandmates “a break” and a “time out” so that they “didn’t have to rush straight into a tour and onto a bus”.

“They all needed that space and time to process what happened and heal from it,” she said.

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The frontwoman added that, after meeting up again a few weeks ago, her bandmates now “look so much better”.

“They were laughing again and they seemed like their old selves,” she said. “I think it’ll be something that will stay for them forever. I don’t know how it will be when we get back on a bus and I think it will be a gradual process, but all three of them seem to be in a good place right now, if not the best place they’ve ever been in.”

Pale Waves will release their second album ‘Who Am I?’ on February 12, 2021 via Dirty Hit.

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Katy Perry won’t give evidence in legal fight with Australian fashion designer

Katy Perry will not give evidence in a new trademark infringement lawsuit against her by Australian fashion designer Katie Jane Taylor, who trades under her maiden name Katie Perry.

Legal trouble between the pair began in 2009, when lawyers acting for the singer, real name Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, opposed Taylor’s trademarking of the name Katie Perry to represent her own clothing name – despite it being her birth name.

In July of that year, Hudson’s legal team dropped their opposition to the trademark at a hearing at Intellectual Property Australia.

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Last year, Taylor initiated legal proceedings against the singer for selling clothes in Australia that with a name that is “substantially identical with, or deceptively similar to” her trademark.

The products sold by the singer span a wide range of merchandise that the defence says is not within the scope of the case, but did specify certain items which they believe are: cat-ear headbands and a Katy Perry “Special Edition X-Large Pizza Box Kit” comprised of pizza-themed pyjamas, pizza slice necklaces and a pencil case.

The Australian Federal Court heard yesterday (November 12) that Hudson would not give evidence or appear in court – instead, her manager Steve Jensen, from talent agency DMG will appear on her behalf.

Hudson’s defence says they used the name Katy Perry in “good faith”, and made the counter-claim that Taylor’s trademark is liable to be cancelled because the singer had already accrued a reputation in Australia prior to the registration of the designer’s trademark.

The hearing for the case has been scheduled for November 2021.

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Kanye West gifts Kim Kardashian West a hologram of her late father for her birthday

Kanye West has gifted Kim Kardashian West a hologram of her late father, lawyer Robert Kardashian, for her 40th birthday.

Sharing a video of the hologram on Twitter, Kardashian West described it as “the most thoughtful gift of a life time.”

“A special surprise from heaven. A hologram of my dad,” she wrote.

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“It is so lifelike! We watched it over and over, filled with emotion.”

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The video shows the hologram of Kardashian wishing Kim a happy 40th birthday, while later asking her to send his love to her siblings Kourtney, Khloe and Rob.

The hologram also says that, “You married the most, most, most, most genius man in the world — Kanye West.”

At another point, the hologram reminisces with Kardashian West about Barry Mann’s 1961 track ‘Who Put The Bomp’, a song they would often enjoy together in the car.

  • READ MORE: Kanye West on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’: the big talking points, from coronavirus to running for President in 2024
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Outside of organising gifts, Kanye has been busy working on his presidential campaign during 2020, recently declaring himself as a “fearless leader” in a new video.

He also hit back at Jennifer Aniston after she said “it’s not funny” to vote for Kanye in the forthcoming election, to which he responded: “Friends wasn’t funny either.”

West recently spent three hours talking to Joe Rogan on the latter’s widely popular podcast, where he described his “symphony of ideas” and declared his love for the Star Wars prequel films.

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Mariah Carey teases possible new Christmas track with Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson

Mariah Carey has teased what fans believe could be a new Christmas track featuring Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson.

  • Read more: Mariah Carey – ‘The Rarities’ review: a fascinating complement to her delicious tell-all memoir

The pop star took to Twitter yesterday (October 9) to share a photograph of three directors chairs on set, each brandishing a set of initials: AG, MC and JH.

Carey didn’t share any further information about the image, but she did caption her post with a Christmas tree emoji.

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A number of fans are speculating that the post is teasing a new Christmas track and video with Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson.

Others think that AG might be The Amazing Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield, while JH could represent Moneyball and Superbad actor Jonah Hill.

“Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey AND Jennifer Hudson on the same track is simply unfair lmaooooo no ones topping this,” one fan tweeted.

Another said: “Ariana mother f&$kin Grande and Mariah Carey Plus Jennipher Hudson, 2020 really has been the year of female empowerment in music.”

A third simply wrote: “ANDREW GARFIELD AND JONAH HILL ?”

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Meanwhile, Mariah Carey’s former engineer has shared more details about the pop star’s secret ’90s alt-rock album.

Last month, Carey revealed that in 1995 she secretly recorded an alt-rock album called ‘Someone’s Ugly Daughter’, which she released under the moniker, Chick.

The singer broke the news on Twitter, in an extract shared from her memoir, The Meaning Of Mariah Carey.

“Fun fact: I did an alternative album while I was making [1995 album] ‘Daydream’. Just for laughs, but it got me through some dark days. Here’s a little of what I wrote about it in #TheMeaningOfMariahCarey,” she captioned the post.

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Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, Taylor Swift, And The Trail Of Heartbreak Pop

By Tatiana Tenreyro

Rilo Kiley came into my life when I was 16. I couldn't have found the California indie-rock band at a more pivotal time. At that age, I was dealing with two terrible relationships back-to-back that broke my spirit, while also feeling like an outsider in high school. Jenny Lewis's songwriting helped me find solace; her songs made me feel like she was the cool older friend guiding me through it all, validating my emotions, with songs like "Capturing Moods," "Go Ahead," and "Glendora."

But for the other teenage girls I knew, the musical icon they related to the most was Taylor Swift. At the time, I wrote off Swift, focusing on her imperfections. Her songs comparing herself to the popular cheerleader and wanting a fairytale romance felt infantile, and the slut-shaming in "Better Than Revenge" made me uncomfortable.

But four years ago, I began to realize that Swift and Lewis have far more in common than a certain ex. In 2016, I stumbled upon a playlist Swift made for iTunes from 2010. It's no longer available online, but it features Rilo Kiley's "Silver Lining" off the band's last album, Under the Blacklight. It's a ballad about finding strength in leaving behind an unhealthy relationship. When I noticed the track in the playlist, everything clicked.

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Before Swift emerged as the queen of lovelorn songs, Lewis was telling stories with Rilo Kiley in the same vein. When the band emerged with its 1999 self-titled debut EP, often referred to as The Initial Friend — getting a vinyl release and its streaming debut today (October 2) — Lewis introduced the band as one that would soundtrack teenage woes. The EP was made after the band made its debut onstage in 1998 at L.A.'s now-defunct DIY venue Spaceland. The Kids in the Hall star Dave Foley happened to be in the audience and was so amazed by their set that he insisted on funding their debut EP.

At the time of writing the record, Lewis was just 21: young enough that she could pen songs that'd make teenage girls feel seen, but old enough that she could examine who she was during her teen years from a detached lens. The lyrics feel like a diary entry, raw and emotional, without holding back on revealing her vulnerability.

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Having experienced fame at a young age as a child star, appearing in Troop Beverly Hills, The Wizard, and other late '80s and '90s staples, Lewis was well aware of what it was like to date famous men with big egos. One of the most recognizable songs off Rilo Kiley's debut is "Teenage Lovesong," about Lewis falling in love with a famous boy named Davey (speculated to be Married... with Children's David Faustino) and losing her virginity to him, only to have him ditch her. There's "Teenage Lovesong" DNA in Swift's iconic "Fifteen," whether it's intentional or not. Though the song was written long before Swift began dating famous men, "Fifteen" tells the story of her best friend Abigail, who lost her virginity to an insensitive teenage boy who acted eerily similar to Lewis's "Davey."

But the song that every Rilo Kiley fan knows off the band's debut is "Glendora." It features some of Lewis's rawest songwriting, detailing the many ways that the guy she's crushing on mistreats her. She acknowledges that she should find someone better for her, but she just cannot seem to drop him. I think of Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" as "Glendora"'s sister song, with the former finding has Swift noting how hot and cold their relationship is. While Lewis takes a more self-aware approach, pointing out that she can't help victimize herself, Swift sings about being ready to move on, cut ties, and not fall for the same trap again. Swift's song is famously purported to be written about Jake Gyllenhaal, who also dated Lewis and remained friends with her after their relationship ended back in 2001. (Though it's rumored that Swift wasn't happy that Gyllenhaal asked Lewis, his ex, to be his date to the Golden Globes in 2011, Lewis clarified in a tweet that she was already dating Johnathan Rice at the time.)

Swift's approach to writing breakup songs also feels reminiscent of Rilo Kiley's "Portions for Foxes," off their third record, More Adventurous. Back in 2008, former USA Today reporter Brian Mansfield had then-18-year-old Swift import the data from her iPod Nano into a flash drive for an interactive feature on what she was listening to, including “Portions for Foxes.” The song came out just two years before Swift debuted as a rising country-pop star with her self-titled record, and it carries the same weight as her breakup anthems. Lewis sings about a relationship falling apart after a partner's infidelity. His wandering eye is set on a "pretty young thing," but Lewis can't easily get rid of her feelings for him. I like to imagine teenage Swift listening to "Portions for Foxes," finding as much solace in it as I did.

But surprisingly, while Swift’s and Lewis's approaches to songwriting are similar, their careers went in opposite directions. Lewis, who had been in the limelight since the early '80s, became an indie darling rather than an arena pop star. With Rilo Kiley, her work with the Watson Twins, and even her stint in The Postal Service, she primarily focused on indie-folk without fully exploring the pop realm until Under the Blacklight. Swift, on the other hand, has never hidden her love for indie, but didn't experiment with a more indie-folk sound until Lover. This year's Folklore became an homage to the indie-folk that Swift's been a longtime fan of, with The National's Aaron Dessner as co-songwriter and producer. She also includes Lewis's friend and collaborator, Bon Iver, on "Exile."

Though Lewis herself isn't present on the album (even though it would've been a perfect match), you can still hear hints of Lewis's influence on it. In a way, Folklore is Swift's More Adventurous, Rilo Kiley's 2004 lush folk/country album. It's heavily acoustic, featuring Lewis's most complex songwriting. Lewis introduced new characters who aren't herself in songs such as "A Man/Me/Then Jim" and "Does He Love You?," while still making the album feel like a relatable gut punch.

The same can be said for Swift's Folklore. Swift has always excelled as a songwriter, being one of the few huge pop stars who primarily writes on her own, but the lyrics on Folklore are her most intricate yet. Swift's songs often feel confessional, with fans speculating about how they tie into her personal life, but Swift shifts away the focus from herself for part of the record onto a fresh crop of characters. There are three songs, "Cardigan," "August," and "Betty," focused on a teenage love triangle, and there's a revenge ballad about a maligned widow ("Mad Woman"). Like More Adventurous, it's stripped down, allowing the acoustic guitar and piano to shine rather than relying on Auto-Tuned radio-friendly pop. Folklore is different from anything Swift's done before, but it still feels so inherently her.

Their careers could not be more different – hell, Lewis was supposed to be opening for Harry Styles this year on tour – but through Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis set the blueprint for who Taylor Swift became to a new generation of young adults who sought to be reminded they're not alone in their struggles.

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Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Killer Mike and more pay tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez and Killer Mike are among those who have paid tribute to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The legal and feminist icon died on Friday (September 18) at her home in Washington, of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. She was 87.

Following her death, many artists took to social media to remember Ginsburg, amid a crucial time for the judicial system in the United States.

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“I am heartbroken to hear of the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was a true champion of gender equality and was a strong woman for me and all the little girls of the world to look up to,” Jennifer Lopez tweeted.

She continued: “Throughout my life, I’ve been fortunate to meet so many amazing people … but there’s those select few where there’s an instinct inside you that tells you to pay close attention. And I did. When I met her I was hanging on to her every word.

“I will always remember what she said to us the day we met her: “Be the best you.” It was simple yet profound. Thank you RBG for fighting all these years. We will honor you by continuing to fight for equality, empathy and justice for all.”

Mariah Carey wrote: “Thank you for a lifetime of service. Thank you for changing history. We will never let it be undone. RIP RBG.”

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Killer Mike shared a tribute on Instagram. He commented on Ginsburg’s integrity following her apology to NFL player Colin Kaepernick after criticising him for protesting police brutality during the singing of the US national anthem.

“Her apology to Kap is what allows me to properly say she had integrity and I value that beyond any title or position she held,” Mike wrote. “Of all the things she did her her amazing life, her showing she had the ability to recognize her own privilege & humble her self to see her own mistake made me truly respect her for respecting the will of the people at that moment and now.

“May god have mercy on her soul and may her family be strengthened in this terrible moment. May Kap’s fight never end until we all are FREE! God bless the dead and God help the living. Rest well your honor.”

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Her apology to Kap is what allows me to properly say she had integrity and I value that beyond any title or position she held. Of all the things she did her her amazing life, her showing she had the ability to recognize her own privilege & humble her self to see her own mistake made me truly respect her for respecting the will of the people at that moment and now. May god have mercy on her soul and may her family be strengthened in this terrible moment. May Kap’s fight never end until we all are FREE! God bless the dead and God help the living. Rest well your honor. ❤️✊?. Love and Respect to all. #DontComeOnHereTalkingShitCuzIDGAF #SheBrokeMyHeartIn2016 #SheProvedABiggerPersonAndRestored #MyFaith #GoodBadAndUglyWeAllAreHumans #WeAllMakeMistakesWithPower #TheBestOfUsAdmitApologizeNRebound #SheDidThatWeShudDoMoreOfThat #NotLess #NowGoVoteSoYourNextPrezCanAppointABlackJudge #BetterYetAProgressiveJudge #WeDontNeedAnotherOGCThomas??#PushTheLineInNovember #PlotPlanStrategizeOrganizeAndMobilize

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Many voiced their concern for the future of the country, because with 46 days until the general election (November 3), the vacancy left behind by Ginsburg allows President Donald Trump to solidify the conservative majority on the court.

“Today we lost a strong ally for truth and decency,” Rob Thomas wrote. “#ruthbaderginsburg constantly worked across the divide to keep the Supreme Court a judicial body that ruled by the law and not by their own personal beliefs. I pray that what she helped build up won’t be torn down. RIP.”

King Princess shared an Instagram post, writing: “First off thank you RBG for your service. You served our Supreme Court with dignity and grace and I’m so proud to have grown up with your protection on government level.”

She continued: “In the next month Trump and McConnell will try everything in their power to push through a new member of the Supreme Court. This person will without a doubt be hateful and poisonous. They will aim to overturn Roe V Wade and countless other momentous steps towards equality.

“Here’s the tea. The only way to regain any semblance of control over the betterment of rights for marginalize people is to vote. Not just vote for the president, but also for the senators and house representatives that you believe in. If the senate becomes blue and house remains, there is a way to add more seats to the Supreme Court and in turn, push through New democratic members to combat the republicans hateful antics.”

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Thank you for your fight RBG. We will continue the fight. You will be SOOOO missed. RIP?????

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Johnny Cash’s music reimagined by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for new album

The music of the late Johnny Cash will be reimagined with an orchestral twist for a new album that is set to later this year.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra have recorded their own take on 12 legendary hits from The Man In Black for ‘Johnny Cash and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’, which is set to arrive on November 13.

The album sees Cash’s original vocals being complimented by the orchestra, who recorded their new efforts in Abbey Road’s legendary Studio 2.

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As well as new takes on hits such as ‘Man In Black’ and ‘Ring of Fire, the album also features lesser-known tracks such as ‘Farther Along’, ‘Flesh and Blood’ and ‘Girl From The North Country’ – his beloved collaboration with Bob Dylan.

Don Reedman, who produced the album alongside Nick Patrick, said: “I believe we have captured the emotion, sensitivity and genuine honesty of Johnny Cash through his story telling and his touching and captivating vocal performances.

“With his unique drama, warmth and tone, the bass baritone voice of this iconic artist Johnny Cash, blends beautifully with the stunning understated symphonic arrangements by the uniquely talented arranger Robin A. Smith and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra….. Making this album with my co-producer Nick Patrick has been a true labour of love, and I believe we have captured the complete spirit and musical message that makes Johnny Cash such a heart-touching and loved artist, whom we are so honoured to serve in our way.

“Johnny Cash was a man of many emotions and the depth in the songs he sang and the message in those songs strikes a chord in all our hearts.”

Johnny Cash’s son, John Carter Cash, added: “My father, Johnny Cash, was in some ways an orchestra unto himself. His deep rich timbre lent to the rich resonance of French horns and cello. His depth of tone and perfect pitch inspired as deeply as a masterfully conducted symphony.

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“But if he were here today and chose to seek an orchestra to support him as the backdrop for the canvas, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra would be his choice…. I remember when my father introduced me to the RPO. I was around ten years old and he and I went to see three films from the James Bond saga at a festival in New York. When the theme for Goldfinger began, he leaned over to me.

“That’s the finest orchestra in the world, son, he said. ‘That’s the Royal Philharmonic.’…. He knew the music of the RPO. He respected them all throughout his life…. I know my father would be enormously excited to see this new album become a reality.

“I am beyond proud to introduce this masterwork, the essential work of Johnny Cash with the orchestra that he revered and appreciated above all else.”

Check out the tracklisting below.
1. Man In Black
2. Galway Bay
3. Girl From The North Country (Bob Dylan with Johnny Cash)
4. I Came To Believe
5. A Thing Called Love
6. The Loving Gift (with June Carter Cash)
7. I Walk The Line
8. Farther Along (featuring Duane Eddy)
9. Flesh and Blood
10. The Gambler
11. Ring Of Fire
12. Highwayman (The Highwaymen: Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash)

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Kendall Jenner Enjoys Devin Booker Date Before He Enters NBA Bubble


Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker enjoyed a meal in Malibu before the baller returns to work in the NBA Bubble in Orlando.

Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker have been quarantine buddies for the last three months, sparking dating rumors despite their claims that they are just part of the same circle of friends. The two previously took a road trip to Arizona and, this week, the rumor mill heated up again after photos of the prospective couple popped up during a fancy date in Malibu.

Booker and Jenner reportedly dined at Nobu, one of the most expensive sushi spots in Malibu. They left the restaurant in the same vehicle. 

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As noted by TMZ, the Phoenix Suns are one of the twenty-two teams that have been invited to Orlando, Florida to continue the NBA season and compete for a spot in the playoffs. All players will be required to undergo coronavirus testing as they will be restricted to a “bubble.” The bubble will contain essential members of the team, including players, coaches, trainers, and more. Family members will also be allowed inside the bubble.

Unfortunately for Kendall Jenner, she will lose her boyfriend friend for the next little while as Devin Booker hopes to make a splash in the remaining games of the season. 

Do you think they’re more than just friends or are they seriously only buddies?

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Kim Kardashian Wishes Her "King" Kanye West A Happy Birthday

Kim Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner wished Kanye West a Happy Birthday as the rapper turned 43.

No matter what they endure, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's love grows by the day. The uber-famous couple live their lives out loud and in the spotlight, so it was unsurprising that the reality star decided to give her husband a social media shoutout for his birthday. Kanye West turned 43-years-old on Monday (June 8), and while he's kept relatively quiet since releasing his last album Jesus is King, we're sure the rapper, his wife, and their four children celebrated in style.

Kim Kardashian Wishes Her "King" Kanye West A Happy Birthday
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Over on her Twitter page, Kim Kardashian shared a series of throwback photos of herself and Ye in happy, private moments. "Happy Birthday to my King," she wrote in one caption. In another, "Thank you for always being you and never letting the world change who you are! Life wouldn’t be the same without you!" Over on her Instagram story, she shared a few silly photos of Kanye with their children, as well.

Mom-ager Kris Jenner also added her well-wishes over on Instagram where she posted a few photos of her own. "Happy Birthday #KanyeWest!! You are an amazing son, father, husband, uncle, brother and friend... thank you for being such a special and important part of our family... I love you very much ?❤️????." Check it out below.

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Kylie Jenner Parties At LA Club & Ignores Social Distancing


Kylie Jenner turned up at a club this weekend, ignoring social distancing and failing to wear a face mask.

California residents are being advised to remain at home unless you’re an essential worker or are headed to a store to stock up on food and other resources. The coronavirus pandemic has taken somewhat of a backseat with all of the protests happening across the nation but it still poses a major threat to those at risk. Kylie Jenner ignored that when she partied at a Los Angeles nightclub until 1 AM.

On Sunday, Kylie Jenner was a guest at Bootsy Bellows with her friend Fai Khadra and neither of them were wearing protective face masks. According to Daily Mail, the pair was there until late at night, ignoring social distancing guidelines as the spot appears to have been opened solely for their party.

The club is re-opening its doors for celebrity clientele after being shut down for the last couple of months due to COVID-19.

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Prior to their fun night out, Kylie and Fai reportedly chowed down at Nobu, a popular restaurant in Malibu.

Kylie Jenner has urged her fans to stay home and, because of her late-night out, she has earned a lot of backlash by fans who are calling her a hypocrite. 

Recently, the makeup mogul was stripped of her Youngest Self-Made Billionaire title by Forbes, who claims that she fabricated a “web of lies” and failed to declare her actual earnings.

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Blac Chyna Accuses Kardashians Of Racism, Family Responds Through Lawyer


Blac Chyna alleges that the Kardashian family conspired to get her reality show with Rob Kardashian, “Rob & Chyna,” canceled.

She was one *thisclose* to becoming a member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, but after Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian broke off their brief engagement, things turned sour. Blac Chyna has been in and out of court as she’s battled Rob Kardashian regarding custody of their daughter Dream as well as child support payments. Now, Chyna has updated a lawsuit she has against NBCUniversal and the Kardashian family with accusations that they have a racist agenda.

Blac Chyna Accuses Kardashians Of Racism, Family Responds Through Lawyer
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In the Fall of 2016, Rob & Chyna aired on E!. The show only lasted for one season, and the following year, Blac Chyna filed a lawsuit against the Kardashian Krew, accusing them of sneaking behind her back to NBC in order to have the show canceled. Now, Chyna adds to the long-standing lawsuit that the famous family wanted her out because of racism. She alleges that Kris Jenner went to NBC with a story that Chyna physically assaulted Rob, and executives told her that “the situation would’ve been handled differently if BC was white.”

Marty Singer, lawyer to the Kardashian-Jenner’s, told TMZ that this latest accusation is just one of many defense tactics that Blac Chyna has used over the years. “This is a 2 year old lawsuit in which Chyna has changed her defense more times than we can count. Sadly, unsurprising to anyone, she has stooped to a new low, changing her defense to try to leverage the emotions and pain of the moment, insulting the pain and suffering of real victims of racial injustice and systemic racism.” He added, “We take these allegations very seriously and once again, there is no Rob & Chyna show if there is no Rob & Chyna.”

Meanwhile, TMZ reports that their sources have told them the reason Rob & Chyna got the ax was due to the fact that the couple had broken up and Chyna filed a restraining order against Rob, making it impossible to film them together.

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Protestors Mock Kendall Jenner Ad By Giving Pepsi To Police

Protestors mocked Kendall Jenner's infamous Pepsi ad, in which she appeared to have solved police brutality with soda, by giving officers a can of Pepsi.

Despite everything, some protestors have still managed to maintain their sense of humour. At a demonstration in Los Angeles on Tuesday (June 2nd), just one of the many nationwide efforts to fight against police brutality and systemic racism, comedian Everett Byram took the opportunity to parody Kendall Jenner's famously mocked and later revoked 2017 Super Bowl Pepsi commercial.

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As you are likely well aware, in the now-infamous ad, the model opts to ditch a photo shoot in order to join a march taking place on the street. It's not clear what the protest is for, but regardless, Kendall takes part, and ultimately hands a police officer a can of Pepsi as a peace offering. The commercial was widely criticized for its tone-deaf portrayal of protestors' relationship with police as well as its oversimplification of activism.

However, Everett, like many in the years since the ad aired, found the humour in the absurdity of this ridiculous gesture, and decided to try it out for real. In a clip from the L.A. protest, Everett can be seen handing an LAPD officer a can of Pepsi.

“Hey, you guys, like a Kardashian over here," he says. "Hey, look, it’s a Pepsi, you want a Pepsi? Have it! Have a Pepsi, dude!” After the officer declines his offer, Everett exclaims, “But it helped in the commercial!" The cop responds, “I don’t drink soda."

In another instance, a protestor attempted to use Kendall's strategy by approaching a line-up of police officers in full riot gear, his arm outstretched holding a bottle of Pepsi. "I can’t believe someone actually did it," a Twitter user wrote in the caption.

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Kylie & Kris Jenner Reportedly "Freaking Out" Over Forbes’ Billionaire Exposé


After Forbes exposed Kylie Jenner for exaggerating her finances, the mogul and her mother, Kris, are reportedly “freaking out” about the possible ramifications.

Kylie and Kris Jenner are “freaking out” about Forbes’ recent exposé on Kylie’s dishonest billionaire status, according to reports. On Friday (May 29th), Forbes published a piece serving to expose Kylie Jenner for allegedly exaggerating her finances in order to appear much wealthier than she really is. The publication accused Kylie of  “lying about company figures and forging tax returns,” and insisted that her Kylie Cosmetics “is significantly smaller, and less profitable, than the family has spent years leading the cosmetics industry and media outlets, including Forbes, to believe.”

Kylie & Kris Jenner Reportedly "Freaking Out" Over Forbes' Billionaire ExposéNicholas Hunt/Getty Images for MTV

Kylie later responded to these claims on Twitter, calling out Forbes for their “inaccurate statements and unproven assumptions” about her wealth. She appeared to be brushing it off, though, claiming that it is “literally the LAST thing i’m worried about right now.” However, it seems Kylie and her mom-ager, Kris Jenner, are actually stressing out about what this exposé could mean for the future of Kylie’s business—and their reputations.

Kylie & Kris Jenner Reportedly "Freaking Out" Over Forbes' Billionaire ExposéDavid Buchan/Getty Images

“Kris and Kylie are freaking out and fear that this is going to hurt their brand, and even worse, they could be in trouble with the government,’ an unconfirmed source revealed to The Sun. 

After Forbes published the piece on Kylie’s “web of lies,” her lawyer immediately demanded a retraction. “The article is filled with outright lies,” her lawyer stated. “Forbes’ accusation that Kylie and her accountants ‘forged tax returns’ is unequivocally false and we are demanding that Forbes immediately and publicly retract that and other statements.” However, Forbes stood by their findings, explaining that the “extensively-reported investigation was triggered by newly-filed documents that revealed glaring discrepancies between information privately supplied to journalists and information publicly supplied to shareholders. Our reporters spotted the inaccuracies and spent months uncovering the facts. We encourage the attorney to re-read the article.”

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Kylie Jenner Receives Response From Forbes After Blasting Outlet


Kylie Jenner and her lawyer reportedly requested for Forbes to retract their article claiming that she falsified records to make it seem as if she was a billionaire, but the outlet stands by their findings.

No one expected for Forbes to write a lengthy exposé about their own report regarding Kylie Jenner and her billionaire status, yet, here we are. In March 2019, Forbes wrote an article about the cosmetics mogul, declaring Kylie Jenner the youngest self-made billionaire. The declaration was met with backlash as people argued whether or not she was actually “self-made,” but Forbes trudged on with their assertation and the 22-year-old wore her crown proudly.

Kylie Jenner Receives Response From Forbes After Blasting Outlet
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Then, on Friday (May 29), Forbes lit up social media channels after sharing an article with accusations that Kylie Jenner and her mom-ager, Kris Jenner, weren’t being truthful about the amount of money that the mogul made. “In November 2019, Jenner announced she would sell 51% of Kylie Cosmetics, the makeup brand she founded and built up Instagram and social media, to beauty giant Coty,” Forbes wrote in their more recent report. “That deal valued Kylie Cosmetics at nearly $1.2 billion, and seemed to back up Forbes’ calculations that she was a billionaire. But public filings from Coty since then revealed discrepancies between the business’ real performance and what the Jenners had previously shared with Forbes and other publications.”

Following their report, Kylie blasted the outlet on social media and a lawyer for the star demanded that they retract their article. Forbes bit back, and they’re standing by their findings. “Today’s extensively-reported investigation was triggered by newly-filed documents that revealed glaring discrepancies between information privately supplied to journalists and information publicly supplied to shareholders. Our reporters spotted the inaccuracies and spent months uncovering the facts. We encourage the attorney to re-read the article.

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Kylie Jenner Is No Longer A Billionaire According To Forbes


Forbes reports that Kylie Jenner fabricated a “web of lies” in her attempt to become the world’s youngest self-made billionaire.

Let’s preface this by saying that Kylie Jenner is ridiculously rich. She’s got more money than any of us will ever see in our lifetimes. However, to say that she’s the youngest self-made billionaire is a lie, according to Forbes.

After providing her that title last year, the publication has looked further into her wealth and determined that she is no longer a billionaire, calling her a liar and accusing her of hiding things in the fine print of her extravagant deal with Coty.

As you may know, Kylie Jenner sold a majority stake in her company, Kylie Cosmetics, to Coty in a deal valued at $1.2 billion. The makeup mogul reportedly pocketed a cool $340 million from the deal, which would have made her the youngest self-made billionaire. However, Forbes notes that Mark Zuckerburg may still hold that title after looking into the fine print.

Kylie Jenner Is No Longer A Billionaire According To Forbes
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The company is making extraordinary claims that the Kardashian family created a “web of lies” to give off the impression that Kylie is richer than she actually is. Forbes is now estimating Kylie’s personal net worth at just under $900 million, which is obviously still impressive.

Forbes has accused Jenner of “lying about company figures and forging tax returns” after Coty released filings that reveal her empire to be much smaller than previously believed. 

What do you make of these claims?

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Kendall Jenner Spotted Out With Devin Booker Fueling Relationship Rumors Again


Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker may or may not be a couple.

Some more possible romantic entanglements between NBA players and socialites. Earlier today, Winnie Harlow was linked to Kyle KuzmaEarlier today, Winnie Harlow was linked to Kyle Kuzma. This afternoon, one of Kuzma’s former flames, Kendall Jenner, is now being linked once again to another NBA player, Devin Booker.

This isn’t the first time the Kardashian-Jenner family member has been tied to Devin Booker, although neither has confirmed where the relationship is romantic, or serious for that matter. Nonetheless, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was reported that Jenner and Booker to a little vacation. The two reportedly traveled from Los Angeles to Arizona together in a quick road trip get-away. 

Now they’ve been spotted cruising once more, a month later, this time in their native Los Angeles area though. Kendall was in the driver’s seat, while Devin took the role of passenger. 

Even though neither has confirmed their relationship, when the rumors first went viral, Kendall Jenner did offer a cheeky response to fans, saying, “they act like i’m not in full control of where i throw this cooch.”

In related news, Jenner has been ordered to pay a $90,000 fine in regards to the mess that was Fyre Festival, and her involvement in the advertising of it.

 

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Jennifer Lopez Clarifies Creepy Man’s Identity In Workout Selfie


J. Lo is not holding anybody hostage y’all.

J.Lo is finally clearing up the rumors about what exactly was in the background of her workout selfie that went viral last week. 

In the photo, besides Lopez’s washboard abs, fans also noticed a creepy man in the background. Fans were spooked by the man’s expression and even theorized that Jennifer was holding someone hostage in her crib. Although E! News confirmed last week that the mystery man was a friend of Jennifer’s beau Alex Rodriguez and the two were on a Zoom call, the megastar herself cleared up the rumors in an interview Friday. 

Jennifer explained on Friday’s virtual episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that her fiance, Rodriguez, was on a Zoom call, adding that the couple don’t have their own full at-home gym. 

Fallon pointed out, “There’s a man behind you like this!” and motioned covering his mouth.

“Yeah, I don’t know what he was doing,” Lopez laughed and continued, “If he was sneezing or coughing…It was some real estate guy that Alex was on Zoom with. I don’t know. But we’ve been working out a lot.”

Earlier this month, frequent collaborator Fat Joerevealed that Irv Gotti and Ja Rule, the masterminds behind the smash hit “What’s Luv,” originally wanted to use J.Lo’s vocals on the track instead of Ashanti’s.

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Kendall Jenner Ordered To Pay $90K In Fyre Festival Lawsuit


Kendall Jenner is but one of many celebrities who have been named in lawsuits after they were paid to perform at or promote the Fyre Festival.

The effects of the infamous 2017 Fyre Festival are still being felt, and for some celebrities, it’s hitting their bank accounts. Billy McFarland, the now incarcerated producer of the supposed luxury festival, charmed his way into the pockets of investors. He paid a host of social media influencers, musician, and cleebrities to perform at or post about Fyre Festival, but in the end, it was all a disastrous scam.

Kendall Jenner Ordered To Pay $90K In Fyre Festival Lawsuit
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Back in August 2019, trustee Gregory Messer issued a complaint to bankruptcy courts to seek a return on monies paid out to performers, agents, and anyone else who made money from the fraudulent event. Rae Sremmurd, Blink-182, Migos, Lil Yachty, Pusha T, and Kendall Jenner are just a few names who were sued.

Jenner shared posts to her social media pages promoting the event, including mentioning G.O.O.D. Music since her brother-in-law Kanye West reportedly scheduled to hit the Fyre Festival stage. In the lawsuit against her, it’s asserted that she received upwards of $275K for her involvement in promoting the outdoor concert, but she’s only been ordered by a judge to repay $90K. So, in the end, she still made a profit.

Last year, The New York Times asked Kendall about her involvement with Fyre Festival and why she supported the event. “You get reached out to by people to, whether it be to promote or help or whatever, and you never know how these things are going to turn out, sometimes it’s a risk.” She added. “I definitely do as much research as I can, but sometimes there isn’t much research you can do because it’s a starting brand and you kind of have to have faith in it and hope it will work out the way people say it will.”

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Jennifer Lopez’s 12-Year-Old Daughter Is Writing A Children’s Book


Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s 12-year-old daughter, Emme, is writing a children’s book about sloth extinction and the power of prayer, titled, “Lord Help Me.”

12-year-old Emme Maribel Muñiz, daughter to superstar parents Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, is officially the author of a children’s book. On Wednesday (May 13th), Random House Children’s Books imprint, Crown Books for Young Readers, announced that it will be publishing a picture book by the young writer titled Lord Help Me. The book is set to hit stands later this year on September 29th, and will be released in both English and Spanish.

Jennifer Lopez's 12-Year-Old Daughter Is Writing A Children's BookTom Pennington/Getty Images

Lord Help Me is inspired by Emme’s everyday prayers. “In school I learned about sloths and how they’re facing extinction, so I began to pray for them in my nightly prayers,” the pre-teen said in a statement. “I wrote this book to help raise money to save sloths while also teaching other children how we can pray and ask for help — two things that bring me a lot of comfort.” Her famous mama shared a post on Instagram to celebrate her only daughter’s incredible feat.

“So proud of my lil coconut, Emme, as she shares her own daily prayers in her very first book LORD HELP ME!” J-Lo wrote. “This book will offer families a way to embrace the peace and power of everyday faith. It’s not out until 9/29, but you can pre order at the link in my bio.”

Jennifer Lopez's 12-Year-Old Daughter Is Writing A Children's BookTom Pennington/Getty Images

“When we met for the first time,” said vice president and publisher of Crown Books for Young Readers, Emily Easton, “I was so inspired by [Emme’s] heartfelt desire to share the positivity and sense of calm that daily prayer brought to her life with other children and their families.” A press release for the book also noted: “This sweet and reassuring picture book walks readers through ordinary moments when Emme asks God for help — some small, like waking up for school or getting along with a sibling, and others big, like helping to save the planet and all its creatures.” Lord Help Me is targeted to readers ages 3 to 7 years old and features illustrations by Brenda Figueroa.

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Tristan Thompson Keeps The Peace By Sending Kim Kardashian Mother’s Day Gift

Tristan Thompson sent Kim Kardashian "the most beautiful flowers" as an early Mother's Day gift, maintaining their civility since his cheating scandal.

Tristan Thompson is making sure that all is well with his pseudo-sister-in-law, Kim Kardashian, by sending her a bouquet of flowers as an early Mother's Day gift. On Friday, Kim posted a video on her Instagram story showing off the bouquets she received from her sister, Kendall Jenner, and Tristan, the father of her niece, True Thompson. In the video, Kim captures different angles of the light pink and beige roses as she narrates, “...to the most beautiful flowers from Kendall and from Tristan."

"I love you guys," she continues. "Thank you so much for this early Mother’s Day surprise. They really are so beautiful." Tristan's sweet gesture follows Kim's surprising birthday shoutout to him back in March. "Happy Birthday @RealTristan13!!!" Kim wrote on a photo of the Cleveland Cavaliers player on her Instagram story. "Cheering loud for you today! Can't wait to celebrate soon!” She also posted a screenshot of a video of the two of them on her story, writing, "I think this is our only pic together @realtristan13."

At the time, the birthday message came as such a shock due to how reluctant Kim had been to forgive Tristan for cheating on her sister, Khloe, multiple times, including with their sister Kylie's best friend, Jordyn Woods. However, it looks like Kim and Tristan are officially on good terms now, so maybe she'll send a Father's Day gift his way in June?

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Kim Kardashian Gets Checked After Apologizing For "Pale" Skin

Kim Kardashian asked her fans to forgive her for her "pale" hand, which led the Internet to remind her that that is actually her natural skin tone.

It appears that Kim Kardashian was in need of a reminder of what her actual skin tone is, after she posted a video asking her fans not to "judge" her for her "pale" hand that was a drastically different shade than her face. The Kardashian-Jenner family over-tanning their skin is nothing new, especially when it comes to Kim. The most well-known member of the famous family has long been a frequent visitor to the tanning salon, and has even launched a "body foundation" product that is meant to be applied like makeup to your whole body so that all of your skin is the same shade. However, it looks like Kim forgot to darken her hands in one of her recent Instagram stories, and she didn't quite acknowledge it in the best way.

Kim Kardashian Gets Checked After Apologizing For "Pale" SkinDavid Livingston/Getty Images

Kim posted a video of herself glossing her lips, her left hand naturally getting in the frame. "Don't judge me for my pale hand," she wrote on the story. Many were quick to point out the absurdity of her asking viewers not to "judge" the paleness of her hand, as if that's not her natural skin tone to begin with. It became even more blasphemous when the difference in shade between her hand and her face was brought to light, emphasizing the extent to which she over-bronzes her face. Tons of Twitter users proceeded to roast her for her lack of self-awareness and apparent amnesia that she is, and has always been, a white woman.

One person even pointed out that Kim's sister Kylie has also been guilty of the same distorted ratio of hand-to-face skin tone.

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Kendall Jenner Snaps Back At Twitter User Who Says She’s Been Passed Around

Kendall Jenner was the target of a troll who called into question her dating life with NBA players.

As a 24-year-old model who has been strutting down the international fashion runways, it's unsurprising that Kendall Jenner is often tied to a number of famous men. She has dated her fair share of celebrities, but when she's spotted out and about with any man, the rumor mill gets to churning out gossip about her relationship status. That happened just recently when she was reportedly seen in Sedona, Arizona with Phoenix Suns baller Devin Booker. The news comes just months after it was rumored that she was once again dating Philadelphia 76ers point guard Ben Simmons.

Kendall Jenner Snaps Back At Twitter User Who Says She's Been Passed Around
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On Twitter, someone took a jab at the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star when they shared a video that showed three men tossing around a little girl. "Nba players passing around Kendall Jenner," the person wrote in the caption. A woman came to Kendall's defense and replied, Maybe she passing them around ??‍♀️."

Kendall Jenner happened to see the exchange and decided to chime in. "They act like i’m not in full control of where i throw this cooch," she wrote. Kim Kardashian-West couldn't help but laugh at her little sister's sass. Check it out below.

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Kylie Jenner’s Thick Booty On Display In Bikini Thirst Traps


Kylie Jenner sets Instagram ablaze with a series of hot pictures in her bikini.

Kylie Jenner is going absolutely crazy this week, breaking hearts left and right with her thirst trappery on Instagram.

The self-made billionaire earned a lot of attention when she changed into a thong bikini and danced along to Megan Thee Stallion‘s viral hit “Savage” with her best friend. Showing off her twerk skills, the makeup mogul felt as though the people could use some extra content for the ‘gram, uploading a series of sexy shots from a backyard photo-shoot by the pool.

Kylie Jenner's Thick Booty On Display In Bikini Thirst Traps
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There is no denying that Kylie Jenner, the youngest of her sisters, has fallen right at home with the family’s tradition of turning heads on the internet. Seemingly taking over from Kim Kardashian, Ky shared a number of photos in the water, becoming tons of people’s dream girl in the process.

Showing off her thick behind in a small bikini, Kylie gave the world different angles as she showed off her modeling skills. She captioned the picture “taco tuesday” but there were no tacos in sight. Still, we’re sure all 172 million of her followers enjoyed the show.

This week, Jenner added to her collection of luxurious properties by picking up a new compound for $36.5 million. She will surely have a lot of content to share once she moves in.

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Jennifer Williams Claims Conman Ran Off With Her Range Rover


Jennifer Williams shared a few accusations on social media against a man she says stole her car.

When all else fails, turn to social media. Former Basketball Wives star Jennifer Williams has a bone to pick with a man that she says stole her vehicle. We’ve watched for years as Jennifer has been the semi-villain of the hit VH1 reality show, but on Friday, she put away her television persona and reached out to her social media followers for help in finding a man who she claims ran off with her Range Rover.

Jennifer Williams posted a side-by-side photo of herself and the man she is accusing of stealing from her. In a lengthy caption, she also says the man is a repeat offender. “I’m asking for some help finding my Range Rover that this man, Aaron Nichols, stole from me,” she began. “He goes by many alias including Nick, Daniel or Chris. He has conned many women and men too out of vehicles and large amounts of cash.”

She penned that he “lives in the Atlanta area and frequents Detriot, Houston and Vegas.” It looks as if Jennifer means business, because she ended her message by asking any other potential victims to contact her, her attorney, or the Smyrna Police Department in Georgia. “There is an active investigation going on. Thank you in advance.” Check out the post by Jennifer Williams below.

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LisaRaye Slams Kardashians For Promoting Unrealistic Body Shapes For Women


LisaRaye McCoy joined Claudia Jordan, Syleena Johnson, and Vivica A. Fox for a talk about how sculpted bodies are the new normal.

Every generation has its own aesthetically pleasing body image shape. Decades ago, what we consider to be “plus-size” was the sought after physique. The waif supermodels of the late 1970s and 1980s shifted what people were told was beautiful, and soon, both men and women strived to drop down to unlivable weights. A few shifts later, body shapes have changed once again and LisaRaye McCoy believes it arrived because of the Kardashian-Jenners.

LisaRaye Slams Kardashians For Promoting Unrealistic Body Shapes For Women
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“The Kardashians have single-handedly change the woman’s body shape that’s acceptable now,” LisaRaye said in a social distancing episode of Out Loud with Claudia Jordan. Also in the chat were singer Syleena Johnson and actress Vivica A. Fox. It seems like Syleena and Vi agreed with LisaRaye because they immediately “sipped their tea” and gave a few side-eyes. “Now, it’s the small waist, all this ass, look like the ankles can’t even hold up all of that… I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t want my body to look like that. ‘Cause that’s the body that everybody has now.'”

Claudia interjected and added that “everyone looks the same” because they “all are going to the same doctor.” Syleena and Vivica wanted to know what these women will look like decades from now when they’re 70-years-old. “Already looking a fool,” Syleena said. LisaRaye continued, “The generations after that feel like that’s what they have to do to secure the bag, as they say now.”

The Player’s Club actress also said the need to look a certain way is being perpetuated by social media and regular folks feel as if they need to alter themselves to look like this unrealistic aesthetic. Vivica chimed in saying that women are showing off all of their goods and twerking for free because it brings in followers, unlike herself and LisaRaye who played strippers in films because they “got checks for that.” Watch the ladies discuss body image below.

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Jennifer Lopez & A-Rod To Marry In Italy Post-Pandemic: Report


Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez hash out wedding plans post-pandemic, reportedly.

The Coronavirus is delaying all kinds of things, not just limited to festivals and concerts. Many people have had to delay significant life events, such as weddings– including Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez.

The two first got engaged in March of last year, after two days of dating. They were set to wed before the pandemic affected our every move, and thus they’ve had to change their wedding plans accordingly.

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A new report from US Weekly reveals a few details, including that the wedding was planned to take place in Italy. “It was all planned out and paid for,” according to an anonymous source. “They obviously had to postpone it due to coronavirus, but J.Lo wants to marry A-Rod shortly after things go back to normal.”

Lopez herself spoke to Ellen DeGeneres about the her nuptials plans last week as well, saying, “Honestly, I really don’t know what’s going to happen now as far as dates or anything like that.” She continued, “It’s something we’re just going to have to wait and see in a few months how this all pans out.” Indeed.

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Diddy Hangs With Jennifer Lopez, Lebron James & More On IG Live

Diddy is hanging out with a bunch of celebs on IG live to raise money for healthcare workers.

Diddy is raising money for healthcare workers by hosting a dance-a-thon on Instagram live, featuring appearances from a number of celebrities.

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"We are having the WORLD’S BIGGEST DANCE-A-THON and YOU ARE ALL INVITED!!!! We are raising much-needed money for our healthcare workers in the underserved communities around the country!⁣" Diddy said in an announcement on Instagram.

"So let’s ALL DANCE TOGETHER and raise money for our healthcare workers to let them know how much we appreciate them!"

One notable celeb who came through was Jennifer Lopez. The two dated 1999 to 2001. Lopez's current fiancé, Alex Rodriguez, also made an appearance and was exposed as a huge fan of Diddy's: "Puffy, you have to know this because I don't think you know this — this guy right here is your biggest fan. You and Mase like are his heroes, okay?" Lopez of her fiancé. "It's like every party we do, anything we do, it's like 'Put on Puffy and Mase.'" 

LeBron James and his kids, Megan Thee Stallion, DJ Khaled, and more also came through. Check out some highlights in the Twitter clips below:

The event has raised over $3 million so far.

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Kylie Jenner Is Still The Youngest Self-Made Billionaire According To Forbes


Kylie Jenner tops Forbes’ list of the youngest billionaires, joining a list of ten billionaires under the age of 30.

Earlier this morning, we reported on Forbes’ big Billionaires list, which ranks 200 of the richest people on the planet, starting with Jeff Bezos with a $113 billion fortune. However, Forbes released a second list dedicated to the youngest billionaires. Their wealth might not be quite as vast as someone like Bezos and Bill Gates, but it’s impressive nonetheless, especially considering the age of some of these self-made (as Forbes refers to it) billionaires– among them, the highly controversial Kylie Jenner.

When Kylie Jenner was first flouted by Forbes’ as the youngest ‘self-made billionaire’ there was a severe backlash, as people argued that Kylie wasn’t exactly self-made– she was born into a family that afforded her certain advantages, which in turn, allowed her to build an immense brand and fortune. Nonetheless Forbes stood by their labeling, and now Kylie is crowned the youngest billionaire, again.

Kylie Jenner Is Still The Youngest Self-Made Billionaire According To Forbes

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This year, Jenner, age 22, is listed with a worth of $1 billion thanks to her businesses Kylie Cosmetics and Kylie Skin. Forbes reports that, out of 2,095 billionaires in the world, only 10 of them are 30 or younger. Kylie is among this elite group, with the group averaging out to $15.9 billion in total net worth.

As far as Jenner goes, she cemented her spot in this list even further when she sold 51% of her Kylie Cosmetics brand to City Inc. for $600 million. This deal valued her business at $1.29 billion.

Jenner is among only three ‘self-made’ billionaires on this list as well– alongside Snap CEO, Evan Spiegel and John Collision of start-up Stripe. The rest of the youngest billionaires on the list are heirs.

Kylie, with her $1 billion net worth, tops the list of youngest billionaires at #1.

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Kylie Jenner To Start Producing Custom Hand Sanitizer


Kylie Jenner has partnered with Coty Inc, a major stakeholder in her skincare and cosmetic lines, to manufacture custom hand sanitizer for southern California hospitals.

Kylie Jenner has set out to combat some of the shortages of supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic, by teaming up with beauty company, Coty Inc., to donate custom-made hand sanitizer to hospitals in southern California. On Tuesday, the beauty and skincare mogul and her momager, Kris Jenner, announced the partnership with Coty, who is a major stakeholder in both Kylie Cosmetics and Kylie Skin. The hand sanitizer will be produced in Coty’s factories, and will be “dedicated to first responders working to support our communities.” The product will be provided to “medical and emergency services staff,” as well as both the employees making the sanitizer and those responsible for delivering it to people in need. 

Kylie Jenner To Start Producing Custom Hand SanitizerFrazer Harrison/Getty Images

Since Coty will be producing the hydro-alcoholic gel in its own facilities, Kylie Skin will reportedly not be affected by this venture. However, distribution has already been haulted on Kylie Cosmetics products, along with Kim Kardashian‘s KKW Beauty line, after California issued a statewide shelter-in-place order last month.

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Along with helping to relieve the shortage of hand sanitizer as a result of the pandemic, Kylie has also donated $1 million toward providing protective masks for a Los Angeles hospital. Prior to this donation, Kylie urged her followers to practice social distancing and stay home, after she was called upon by the surgeon general of the United States to use her platform to make a statement.

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Kim Kardashian Speaks On Kourtney Fight With Jimmy Fallon


Kim Kardashian West and Kourtney Kardashian got into a physical fight on the new episode of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.”

Never before has a physical fight broken out between the Kardashian sisters on their reality show but, on the most recent episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, exactly that happened.

Tensions were rising among family members and, when Kourtney and Kim finally got fed up with each other, they decided to take matters into their own hands… literally.

The sisters were at odds, slapping and kicking each other as Khloe Kardashian and Kendall Jenner attempted to break up the scuffle. 

Kim Kardashian West was a guest on Jimmy Fallon’s at-home version of his late-night show this week where they discussed what happened, explaining the aftermath and why things were so wild during the shoot.

Kim Kardashian Speaks On Kourtney Fight With Jimmy Fallon
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“I feel like it’s been a lot of built-up resentment from Kourtney, or just feeling like she doesn’t really want to film anymore,” said Kim about the fight. “So, she’s not the type of person to make a decision and say, ‘Okay guys, I’m not gonna film,’ but she would come to work with an attitude everyday and kind of take it out on everyone from the crew to us, and she wouldn’t really make that decision. We would just keep on pushing her to figure out why she was so unhappy. [Fighting] isn’t really what we do. When my mom saw the clip, she cried.”

Kim goes on to explain that they shut down production for a week after the fight, noting that everybody needed the break. She and Kourtney are on good terms now and Kourtney has decided to take a break from filming.

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Kourtney Kardashian’s Son Mason Gets TikTok After She Deletes His IG


Kourtney Kardashian’s 10-year-old son, Mason Disick got TikTok after she deleted his Instagram account where he’d exposed Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott’s relationship status.

Kourtney Kardashian’s oldest child, Mason Disick, went ahead and made himself a TikTok account after his mom removed him from Instagram for spilling the real tea about his aunt, Kylie Jenner, and her baby daddy, Travis Scott, over Instagram live recently. It’s true that kids say the dardnest things, and more often than not, they’re telling the truth. That’s why it was such a big deal when Kourtney Kardashian’s 10-year-old son, Mason, answered a KarJenner fan’s question about his youngest aunt, Kylie Jenner, and her baby daddy and rumoured on-again boyfriend, Travis Scott. The user asked Mason if Kylie and Travis were actually back together, something that the famous co-parents have seemingly been leading the public to believe. However, Mason flat-out denied it, exposing some internal secrets within the reality show family. After the clip of him shutting down the Kylie/Travis rumours went viral, Kourtney deleted Mason’s Instagram account altogether.

Kourtney Kardashian's Son Mason Gets TikTok After She Deletes His IGAri Perilstein/Getty Images for Feld Entertainment

Kourtney revealed on her own IG live stream that she and Mason’s dad, Scott Disick, decided to deactivate his account because they felt he was too young to be on social media. However, their point didn’t exactly sink into Mason’s brain, as he has now decided to join a different social media app: TikTok. 

The oldest member of the new generation of Kardashians bragged that he “went viral” and complained that he “would have had 2.7 mil[lion] [followers] by now if I kept it up.” He also responded to a few questions from fans about his famous family, revealing that he hasn’t seen his cousin, Stormi, in awhile “because of corona.” However, it looks like his parents have now taken control of this account, too, and promptly deleted it, as well. Both TikTok and Instagram have an age restriction of 13 years or older, so Mason is technically not allowed to be on those apps anyway. Maybe he’ll sneak his way onto Twitter next.

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Khloe Kardashian Feels "Awkward" Watching "KUWTK" With Tristan

Khloe Kardashian admitted it's "awkward" watching her reality show, "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" with her ex-boyfriend and baby daddy, Tristan Thompson.

Khloe Kardashian was feeling a little uncomfortable watching the season 18 premiere of Keeping Up With The Kardashians with her ex-boyfriend and baby daddy, Tristan Thompson, right next to her, considering her siblings did not hold back on how they really felt about the guy. The latest season of the infamous reality show following the lives of the Kardashian-Jenner clan premiered on Thursday night, and the now-amicable exes and co-parents, Khloe and Tristan, took in the first episode together.

Khloe Kardashian Feels "Awkward" Watching "KUWTK" With TristanJerritt Clark/Getty Images for Klutch Sports Group

While the two of them are cool with each other now, Tristan's various cheating scandals has caused a ton of tension between them in the past. Back when Khloe and Tristan were not on great terms, Khloe's siblings—particularly Kim Kardashian—were not the biggest fans of Tristan. Considering the show was filmed many months ago, the events of the episode are long behind them, but it's still uncomfortable for Khloe to watch Tristan hear what her sisters have said about him behind his back. Khloe was live-tweeting the premiere on Thursday, and admitted that watching the show with Tristan is "awkward."

"I love that tristan is watching this premiere with me and he is now seeing what they say when he’s not around," she wrote. "Lol AWKWARD!!" The first episode chronicled the lingering fallout from Tristan's cheating scandal with former family friend, Jordyn Woods. At one point, Kim confronts the NBA star at dinner and tells him she is "livid" with him. 

"The most uncomfortable dinner EVER lol," Khloe tweeted about the scene. However, onscreen, Kim claims that the evening was completely fine with no tension. "I love that Kimberly says nobody was awkward," Khloe tweeted. "Because I was tense watching that."

Kim also addressed the events of the episode on Twitter while the episode was airing, indicating that she feels very differently about Tristan now. "I actually LOVE Tristan now like a brother FR!" she tweeted. "We totally bonded and worked through our issues and love him."

The episode also saw an explosive fight break out between Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, which was previewed in a clip last month. The altercation turned violent after Kim criticized Kourtney's work ethic.

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Kourtney Kardashian Deletes Mason’s IG After He Spills Travis & Kylie Tea


Mason Disick revealed that Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner are not back together, leading Kourtney Kardashian to deactivate his Instagram account.

Ten-year-old Mason Disick, the son of Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick, is in big trouble with his mother after he spilled some family tea during a recent live-stream on his newly-acquired Instagram page. Much like the rest of us, Mason was looking for ways to entertain himself during this unprecedented time. Although he does not have a cell phone, Mason has an iPad, which he used to create an Instagram account for himself to go live on. During the stream, he responded to a fan who asked if his aunt Kylie Jenner had gotten back together with rapper Travis Scott

“No, Kylie and Travis are not back together,” said the little boy.

If you know anything about the Kardashian family, it’s that they do not like it when their secrets get leaked. They prefer to air out their dramatic business on their reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians every week. Because of Mason Disick’s slip-up, he no longer has the privilege of operating a social media account.

“He started an Instagram yesterday and didn’t ask us,” said Kourtney Kardashian about her son. “I did delete it because Scott and I just felt like he isn’t — he’s ten. I think there’s an age limit with Instagram.”

To be completely honest, Kourtney and Scott probably made the right decision in deleting the account. Mason knows all that there is to know about the inner structure of the Kardashian Klan, so it’s best to keep him off for the time being.

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Kylie Jenner Donates $1 Million To Hospital For COVID-19 Face Masks


Kylie Jenner was openly thanked by a doctor—who reportedly delivered Stormi Webster—after receiving a $1 million donation from the reality star.

As the global economy suffers the impact of this worldwide quarantine, companies and wealthy private citizens are stepping forward to help donate to relief efforts. Days ago, we reported on the news that Rihanna not only provided ventilators to her home country of Barbados, but the generous singer also planned on giving $5 million toward COVID-19 relief effortsForbes now reports that Kylie Jenner has followed in Rihanna’s footsteps and has given $1 million to a hospital.

Kylie Jenner Donates $1 Million To Hospital For COVID-19 Face Masks
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Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, an OB-GYN at Cedars Sinai Medical Center who reportedly delivered Kylie and Travis Scott’s daughter Stormi Webster, shared a lengthy post on Instagram thanking the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star for her charitable gift. “I am speechless, my eyes are filled with tears of joy and my heart is overwhelmed with gratitude,” Dr. Aliabadi wrote in the caption of a photo of herself, Kylie, and Stormi. “I made a wish to the Universe to gather protective masks for our brave healthcare workers and today my dream came true.”

She called Kylie Jenner a “Living Angel” and said the million-dollar donation will “buy hundreds of thousands of masks, face shields, and other protective gear which we will have delivered directly to our first responders, as too many masks at hospitals are disappearing before making their way onto the faces of our front line heroes.” Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi then said Kylie was her “hero” and gave her heartfelt thanks. Read the full message below.

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Travis Scott & Kylie Jenner Not Together According To Mason Disick


Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner were rumored to have reunited, but 10-year-old Mason Disick, Kourtney Kardashian’s son, says that isn’t so.

Kids say the darndest things. If you want to know what’s really going down in someone’s household, just ask the kids of the family. This COVID-19 quarantine has caused people from all walks of life to utilize social media more than usual, including Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick’s son Mason Disick. The 10-year-old hopped on Instagram Live on Tuesday (March 24) and decided to answer questions from the public.

Travis Scott & Kylie Jenner Not Together According To Mason Disick
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Someone wanted to know if the rumors about Mason’s aunt, Kylie Jenner, reuniting with Travis Scott were true. “No, Kylie and Travis are not back together,” he said flatly in a brief clip taken from the stream. Travis and Kylie’s relationship has been at the center of headlines since its inception, but after they broke up in October 2019, rumors of a romance rekindled have run rampant.

While Mason was occupying his boredom by telling grown folks’ business, Travis was sharing a sweet daddy-daughter date video of himself with Stormi. The pair are using their social distancing by taking to the basketball court on a lush property as the toddler attempts to mimic her dad’s shooting abilities. Check out Travis Scott with his baby girl and Mason Disick setting the record straight below.

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Kim Kardashian Hopes To Axe Novel Based On Ray J Sex Tape: Report


Kim Kardashian may have reportedly received upwards of $5 million for the tape 13 years ago, but she apparently doesn’t want anyone else to profit from it.

The infamous sex tape involving Kim Kardashian and Ray J continues to haunt the reality star. Back in 2007, Vivid Entertainment released the sex tape that starred Kim and her then-boyfriend, and over the years, Kris Jenner has been pegged with accusations that she sold out her daughter for fame. However, Vivid’s founder has admitted that the company paid upwards of $5 million to Kim for her racy footage. Over the last 13 years, there have been plenty of jokes made at Kim Kardashian and Ray J’s expense. Now, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians mogul is attempting to halt the distribution of a novel that bears a similar resemblance to her true life experiences.

Kim Kardashian Hopes To Axe Novel Based On Ray J Sex Tape: Report
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According to Page Six, a “family confidant” and former tabloid editor named Kevin Dickson has penned a novel titled Post Famous. The main character is reportedly a character named Zia Zandrian who not only is described as looking like Kim, but also receives $5 million for selling off her sex tape. Dickson had a close working relationship with the Kardashian family as he is described as once being the middleman between the famous crew and In Touch magazine.

The report states that “strong-arm tactics” are being used to keep Dickson from publishing his latest book. He reportedly was close to inking a deal with a publisher when his agent received “a sudden and unexpected ‘polite pass.'” Page Six writes that the publisher was allegedly told that if they even thought about putting out Post Famous they would face a heap of legal trouble. It’s no skin off of Dickson’s teeth, as it’s also reported that he’s shopping the novel to two other publishing houses and may even have a “TV adaption” in the works.

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Cardi B Runs Into Jenga Tower Out Of Boredom


Cardi B and Offset are finding creative ways to remain entertained during self-quarantine, and this is one of them.

We’re all affected by this coronavirus-imposed self-quarantine right now. Some of us are spending extra time with our families. Others are overanxious about the uncertainty of everything. Whatever your weekend plans are for the next three days, remember to stay safe, wash your hands, and continue to practice social distancing. Cardi B and Offset are getting very bored of this whole “staying at home” nonsense and they decided to get creative with their time, showing their millions of followers what their night entailed.

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The usually raunchy couple took to Instagram to reveal how they were spending their evening, building a massive Jenga tower and proceeding to destroy it. While that’s the regular protocol, the way in which they approached the ensuing disaster was definitely pretty jokes.

“Day 3,” captioned Cardi B on her latest Instagram post, counting the number of days she has spent under quarantine. In the video, she runs head-on into a large tower of Jenga blocks, clearly going a little stir crazy. A Pop Smoke song plays in the background.

With the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States growing rapidly by the day, we urge you to take a cue after Cardi B and stay indoors. Have some fun and be a little foolish this weekend.

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Kardashians React To Birth Of Malika Haqq’s Son


Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall and Kylie Jenner all congratulated their friend Malika Haqq on the birth of her baby boy, Ace Flores.

The Kardashian sisters, Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney and the Jenner sisters, Kendall and Kylie, all made sure to give Malika Haqq and O.T. Genasis‘ newborn baby boy, Ace Flores, a warm welcome into the world following his birth on Saturday. The famous family flooded the comments of their close friend’s latest post, which shows little Ace’s tiny hand overlapping with his each of his parents’ palms. Khloe, the closest of the sisters to Malika, wrote, “My beautiful beautiful nephew!!!! Ace, we have been waiting for you.”

“He’s perfect!!!!” wrote Kim. “We can’t wait to meet him! Love you so much!!!” Kourtney followed suit, commenting, “Life is beautiful,” before sharing that she “can’t wait to smell him.” Kendall wrote, “congrats!!! love you,” while Kylie exclaimed,”Ace!!!!!! i can’t wait to meet him!!” Unfortunately, the Kardashian-Jenners will have to wait to do just that, as the coronavirus pandemic has led hospitals in California to ban visitors to labor and delivery wards, apart from the birth partner.

O.T. himself also commented on Malika’s post, writing, “My boy” with a blue heart, before sharing his own photo of his son’s precious face. The former couple have been on good terms since finding out they would be co-parenting together despite their breakup last summer. After Malika announced that she was pregnant with her first child in September, it was highly speculated that O.T. was the baby’s father, although Malika didn’t immediately confirm or deny. 

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The two of them eventually revealed that the rumours were true at Malika’s baby shower last month, and O.T. has been by Malika’s side throughout the whole journey. Congrats to these two!

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Khloe Kardashian Addresses Tristan Thompson Dating Rumors


Khloe Kardashian clears the air between her and Tristan Thompson.

Khloe Kardashian finally addressed whether or not she and Tristan Thompson have rekindled their relationship and are finally back together. With the two sharing a toddler child together, they have no choice but to interact with one another as parents. However, in recent months the former reality star/NBA hooper couple have been getting closer which has left Kardashian fans guessing whether or not the two are officially an item again. After posting a recent snap to her Instagram account, the youngest of the Kardashian sisters responded to a comment that might clear the air in regards to her and Tristan Thompson’s relationship status. 

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The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star posted a grainy photo of herself and her daughter, True Thompson, wearing matching pajamas, captioned:

“The only thing I need you to remember is how much your daddy and I love you!”

The Cleveland Cavaliers center appropriately posted ‘heart eye’ emojis under the photo which prompted a fan to ask, “Does this mean there back together?” The 35-year-old entrepreneur did not hesitate to reply, setting the record straight responding to the comment, “It means her parents love her beyond measure,” revealing that the two have an amicable co-parenting relationship that is working for the sake of their nearly two-year-old daughter. 

Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson’s current relationship could be mistaken for one of the romantic variety being that Khloe forgave Jordyn Woods some time ago for her allegedly creeping with the NBA talent. Also, Thompson did make an appearance at the Kardashian/Jenner clan Christmas party this past year, recently received a birthday shoutout from his former sister-in-law in Kim Kardashian, and has traded flirtatious behavior on social media with his baby’s mom

However, with Khloe officially coming clean, she and Tristan are nothing but functioning co-parents for True. Check out Khloe’s post praising her precious daughter in the photo provided below. 

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Kris Jenner Tested Negative For Coronavirus 

Kris Jenner has escaped the grasps from the dreaded coronavirus.

Reality star mogul, Kris Jenner is not one of the unfortunate members of society to contract the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Apparently, the mastermind behind the Kardashian/Jenner clan was concerned that she might become of the thousands of victims to become infected with the life-threatening virus after hearing the news that Universal Music Group CEO, Lucian Grainge was hospitalized after being diagnosed with the illness. Just weeks prior to Grainge's announcement of testing positive for the coronavirus, Kris Jenner had attended his 60th birthday party alongside some other members of the 1% of the pop culture and entertainment industry.Kris Jenner Tested Negative For Coronavirus 

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A source revealed to ET, that despite being asymptomatic, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star wanted to "make sure she was being proactive in getting tested" after coming being exposed to the virus in a social setting. The unnamed source stated:

"Kris wasn’t sick and didn’t have any symptoms, but since she was in contact with someone who tested positive, she took the test. Jenner luckily tested negative for coronavirus."

Lucian Grainge's 60th birthday bash was only sixteen days ago and featured luxe guests including the likes of Apple CEO Tim Cooke, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, legendary music manager Irving Azoff, British billionaire Philip Green, Kris Jenner, and more. Fortunately, a source revealed to Page Six, that Grainge's 60th celebration was an intimate gathering stating:

"The party was just close friends, no artists or Universal executives. It was 16 days ago, and while we are concerned about Lucien, everybody else in the group is fine, to my knowledge."

On Monday (March 16), Kris Jenner took to her Twitter account to show support to the medical professionals that assisted in her testing. Unfortunately, Stringer Bell AKA Idris Elba revealed early today that he tested positive for COVID-19, but is in good spirits. 

Check out Kris Jenner's Tweet thanking the healthcare workers in the post provided below and take as many precautions as possible in order to protect you and your loved ones.

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Kylie Jenner Accused Of Trying To Be Beyoncé

Kylie Jenner's latest look has people clowning her for trying too hard to look exactly like Beyoncé.

Kylie Jenner is on the hot seat for seemingly trying to emulate Beyoncé's entire look in some of her latest photos on social media. On Thursday evening, Kylie shared some shots of herself all dressed up in a floor length, neon green, leopard print hooded dress and a long, curly, blonde wig on Instagram and Twitter. As a result, the Internet went off on Kylie, since the photos in question really make it seem she's trying to actually become Beyoncé.

On the IG posts and tweets, the first captioned, "giving you baby mama drama honey" and the second (on IG) captioned, "'I AM MY OWN MUSE' - TOM FORD," Kylie got called out in various creative ways for her exhausting antics. The Kardashian-Jenner clan have long been accused of appropriating the appearances and trends of black women, and many took to her IG comments and tweet replies to let her know that she was, once again, back on that bullsh*t.

However, others also specifically pointed out the alarming similarity to Queen Bey, and criticized Kylie for altering her appearance to such an extreme degree so as to intentionally rob Beyoncé's whole look.

Do you think Kylie is trying to look like Beyoncé?

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Kendall Jenner Is Living In This Bikini While On Vacation


Kendall Jenner had her famous followers reeling after posting a series of bikini shots, portraying the “love story” between herself and her favourite suit.

Kendall Jenner definitely picks favourites, and these shots of her rocking her most beloved bikini had Instagram going crazy. The model has been pretty lowkey about her trip to the Bahamas alongside sister, Kylie Jenner, but Kendall decided to bless everyone’s timeline with a series of racy photos, showing off not only her runway-ready figure but her most treasured swimsuit. She captioned the post, which features four shots of her posing in the tiny, multi-coloured bikini, “me and this bikini: a love story.”

It’s no surprise the post got a ton of love from some of Kendall’s most famous friends. As her travel companion, Kylie had to gas Kendall up, commenting a simple heart-eye emoji to show her sister’s post some love. Another sister of Kendall’s, Khloe Kardashian, as well as her fellow model friend, Gigi Hadid, followed in Kylie’s footsteps by commenting a number of heart-eye emojis themselves. Paris Hilton followed suit, adding some fire emojis to her comment, but the most notable compliment came from Kendall’s good friend, Tyler, The Creator. “This lowkey hot bro,” he wrote on the post, saying what everyone was probably thinking.

Kendall Jenner Is Living In This Bikini While On VacationFrazer Harrison/Getty Images

A trip to the Bahamas was exactly what Kendall needed, considering how busy she’s been this past month with work. The model walked for several shows during Fashion Week in both Milan and London, so it was definitely time for a break.

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Tristan Thompson Thirsts Over Ex Khloe Kardashian In Her IG Comments


Tristan Thompson is popping up in Khloe Kardashian’s IG comments AGAIN.

Despite Tristan Thompson and Khloe Kardashian not having had one of the most amicable breakups, he has no shame in publicly thirsting over her Instagram posts. 

On Monday (Mar. 1), Khloe posted a mirror selfie promoting a two-piece set from her Good American brand. Her body looks insanely toned in the photo, and Tristan decided to come right out and let her know. In a rather bold move, her ex-boyfriend and the father of her child commented that her pic was “Saucy”, which expectedly got the tabloids going crazy. This is going to be added to Tristan’s track record of public thirsting, as he committed the same offense on one of Khloe’s posts back in November. While his most recent compliment seems to have disappeared from the comment section, a simple Google search will confirm that it was there. Did he think it would fly under the radar? Was he embarrassed when it attracted so much attention? Did Khloe delete it to remove all traces of the cheater from her page? We’ll probably never know and we’ll just have to accept that. 

The NBA player sparked a scandal when he cheated on Khloe with her sister’s best friend, Jordyn Woods. Woods has repeatedly denied ever being sexually involved with Tristan – she even took a lie detector test to prove it – but she continues to be ostracized from the Kardashian-Jenner empire

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Kylie Jenner Drops $10K Per Night For Luxury Vacation: Report


Kylie Jenner, her daughter Stormi, and a few of the cosmetic mogul’s friends are enjoying the sun and sand in the Caribbean.

In luxury that she can certainly afford, Kylie Jenner is balling out of control in the Bahamas. The young billionaire cosmetics mogul is on an island vacation that many people can only enjoy in their wildest dreams. The 22-year-old is currently in the Caribbean with her daughter Stormi, Anastasia Karanikolaou, Amber Asaly, and a few of her other friends as they toast to the finer things in life. 

According to TMZ, the crew is staying at Villa Rosalita on Harbour Island. The beaches reportedly have pink sand and the seclusion makes for a worry-free time in the sun—and the property’s specs aren’t half bad, either. “The brand new, 6-bedroom estate comes fully staffed and it’s decked out with a swimming pool, massive verandas offering stunning views of the Caribbean Sea and a lush tropical garden surrounding the property for total privacy,” TMZ reports.

Over in the main house, guests can expect to climb the twin staircases that reportedly lead up to “second-story veranda, which includes a cozy lounge and elegant open-air dining table.” The guesthouses are just as divine as they feature private entrances and terraces as not to disturb neighbors on the property—or to just sneak around without being seen. Check out a few hot shots from Kylie Jenner’s palatial vacation below.

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Jennifer Lopez Gets Candid About Her Oscars Snub For "Hustlers"


Jennifer Lopez admits she was “a little sad” about not being nominated for an Oscar, but she says she doesn’t need people’s validation.

Jennifer Lopez, speaking with Billboard, opened up about her shutout from the Oscars this year, a snub that left many fans upset.

Jennifer Lopez Gets Candid About Her Oscars Snub For "Hustlers"Theo Wargo / Getty Images

Lopez starred as a stripper in the film Hustlers. Her role is one that she is proud of, regardless of winning an Oscar or not.

“I was a little sad,” she said. “There were so many articles, I got so many good notices — more than ever in my career — and there was a lot of ‘She’s going to get nominated for an Oscar, it’s going to happen. If she doesn’t [get it], you’re crazy.’ I’m reading all the articles going, ‘Oh my God, could this happen?’ And then it didn’t and I was like ‘Ouch.’”

She does admit that she feels bad for her crew who have been with her since the beginning. “Most of my team has been with me for years, 20, 25 years — and I think they had a lot of hopes on that and they wanted it too, so I felt like I let everyone down a little bit,” she admitted.

“I was a good actress — always — I can say that now to myself, but what I do now is so much different than what I did then,” she said. “You realize you want people’s validation, you want people to say you did a good job and I realized, ‘No, you don’t need that. You do this because you love it.

“I don’t need this award to tell me I’m enough.”

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Kendall Jenner Wouldn’t Mind Being Beyoncé’s Assistant For A Year


Kendall Jenner spoke about wanting to take on the role of Beyoncé’s personal assistant in order to find out about the singer’s daily life.

She’s secured multiple bags as a model and member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, but when it comes to Beyoncé, Kendall Jenner wouldn’t mind being apart of the Knowles-Carter’s staff. There are hundreds of millions of Beyoncé fans worldwide and a few of them happen to be fellow celebrities, including Kendall. There has been gossip over the years that there may be some sort of rift going on between the Wests and the Knowles-Carters, but that won’t keep Kendall out of the BeyHive.

During a behind-the-scenes clip of Kendall’s Spring 2020 Calvin Klein campaign, the highly-sought-after model revealed that she would take on the job of handling Beyoncé’s personal affairs. “If I had to be a personal assistant for a year, I’d pick Beyoncé,” said Kendall. “Just ’cause I wanna know what she eats in the morning. I just wanna know what she has for breakfast.”

“Like do you watch Bachelor in Paradise?” Kendall said she’d ask the singer. “Because if so, we should be best friends!” Elsewhere, Kendall advised people to exercise “self-care” but unplugging from the social media matrix and taking time to enjoy life. “There’s so much going on, so to actually sit down and force yourself – I know it can be really hard sometimes, to take a moment for yourself and not look at a screen, whether it be the TV or phone…go outside and ponder in your thoughts. Sit and live there.'” Check out a clip of Kendall Jenner’s Calvin Klien feature below.

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Are Travis Scott & Kylie Jenner Giving Stormi A Sibling?


Kris Jenner seems to think that her next grandchild will be coming from her daughter, Kylie Jenner, and Kylie’s ex-boyfriend and baby daddy, Travis Scott.

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott welcomed their daughter Stormi into the world just over two years, and according to Kylie’s mother, Kris, they could be going for round two in the near future. Kris stopped by The Ellen Degeneres Show on Thursday to talk about all things Kardashian, and the mother of six (and grandmother of ten) was asked a lightning round of questions about her family for a segment called “Keeping Up With The Blank.” Notorious for prying into her guests’ personal lives, Ellen asked Kris to be totally honest when answering these risky personal questions, and Kris obliged pretty consistently. Ellen asked Kris to name all kinds of things, from her favourite daughter (today, it’s Khloe) to her smartest daughter (today, it’s Kim) to her favourite grandchild (Dream, but only because she just saw her).

One of the more intriguing questions Ellen asked Kris was which one of her kids will be having her next grandchild. Each of Kris’ children have at least one child except Kendall, but not all of them are currently in a position where they would necessarily be welcoming another baby into the world just yet. However, Kris seemed to think it would be Kourtney, who has three kids with her ex, Scott Disick, and is rumoured to be back with model Younes Bendjima. After giving it some more thought, Kris decided that Kylie may actually be the next child of hers to have a baby, which prompted Ellen to ask if Kylie and her daughter Stormi’s father, Travis Scott, were back together. “I don’t know if they’re back together,” Kris responded. “They’re just great co-parenters.”

Are Travis Scott & Kylie Jenner Giving Stormi A Sibling?Rich Fury/Getty Images

Lately, Kylie and Travis have been spotted on several outings together with Stormi in tow, proving that Kris is right about their co-parenting relationship. Though the supposed exes have been rumoured to be back together practically since they broke up, often spotted together in public and speaking highly of each other, their priority has always been their daughter. With time, maybe they’ll work things out and rekindle their romance? Somebody’s got to get to work and make Kris a grandmother for the 11th time.

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Kim & Kourtney Kardashian Throw Punches In "KUWTK" Trailer


Kim and Kourtney Kardashian get into a physical altercation in the trailer for season 18 of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.”

Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian’s feud has escalated to the point of physical violence, as seen in the season 18 trailer for their reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians. In the promo for the latest season of KUWTK, tension continues to rise between the famous sisters, who have been involved in an on-and-off feud since the previous season was filmed. The beginning of the 45-second clip shows Kourtney and Khloe having a spat in Kim’s presence, in which Khloe asks Kourtney, “why do you have to have an attitude?” Kourtney responds, “just don’t involve yourself in business that is not yours,” to which Khloe says, “then don’t talk about it in front of me.” While it’s unclear what exactly the two of them are arguing about, Khloe later gets into a fight with Kim as well, and things get heated.

In a later scene, Kourtney yells at Kim, “you have nothing to say!” before throwing a water bottle at her and seemingly pushing her sister to the ground. Kim retaliates by approaching Kourtney and telling her, “don’t ever come at me like that” before throwing a punch at Kourtney’s face. The trailer cuts to Kendall Jenner declaring, “buttons have been pressed,” and she’s definitely not wrong.

Kim & Kourtney Kardashian Throw Punches In "KUWTK" TrailerMichael Loccisano/Wire Image/Getty Images

Kourtney has been at odds with Kim and the rest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan since she revealed that she wanted to focus more on motherhood and less on making appearances on the show. Though Kourtney clarified that she wasn’t totally saying goodbye to KUWTKher family was frustrated with her decision. Kourtney’s step back from the show has led to some major tension between herself and her sisters, who now have to pick up her slack to fulfill a certain amount of filming hours. However, Kim revealed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in December that she and Kourtney had worked on mending their relationship, but only after they’d filmed season 18.

“What sucks is that Season 18 will come out soon, and it gets worse before it gets better,” Kim noted. “So, her and I have healed and have talked about everything, and have really come to an understanding.” All of the chaos and turmoil will be gracing our screens on March 6th, when Keeping Up With The Kardashians returns for season 18.

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Kylie Jenner Isn’t Ready To Patch Things Up With Jordyn Woods: Report


An inside source provides an update on Kylie Jenner’s outlook on the Woods-Thompson scandal one year later.

Even though she took a whole damn lie detector test to convince the public that she did not sleep with Tristan Thompson, Jordyn Woods is still not being granted re-entry to the Kardashian Queendom. We’re approaching a year since the Woods-Thompson scandal broke out – in case the anniversary date slipped your mind – and an update has just been provided on how Kylie Jenner is feeling about the situation after this passage of time. Jenner famously ditched Woods as a bestie after discovering that she hooked up with the NBA player, who was dating Jenner’s sister Khloe Kardashian at the time. 

According to UsWeekly, Jenner has moved on to a new group of friends and reconciling with Woods doesn’t appear to be a priority for her at the moment. “Kylie has been doing well since her and Jordyn’s friendship ended,” an inside source told the publication. “She loves hanging with all her crew of girls now, including Stassie [Karanikolaou], Yris [Palmer] and Victoria [Villarroel]. They all just have a fun time together like any other close group of girlfriends. They laugh a lot and share similar interests and are supportive of one another. Kylie is very sweet and down to earth, and so are her friends.”

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UsWeekly even got their hands on a second source that claimed Jenner’s decision to keep Woods at bay is heavily influenced by her family’s lingering distrust of her. “Kylie felt like she didn’t know what to do regarding her friendship with Jordyn after the scandal happened,” that source spilled. “She felt very stuck in the middle, but ultimately, [she and her family] are so close, and they suggested that Kylie stay away [from] Jordyn and had the mentality of, ‘Once a backstabber, always a backstabber.’ They felt that it was completely unacceptable. The situation didn’t just damage Kylie and Jordyn’s relationship, but it was a huge family ordeal.”

While now may not been the time to patch things up, Source #2 also suggested that Jenner may soften up and reach out to Woods in the future. “Kylie is such a lover, and she of course misses Jordyn at points, but she was more affected by the hurt that was inflicted upon her family versus her relationship with Jordyn directly. She was very conflicted initially, but after observing all the chaos across the board, she knew she had no choice to step away from the friendship.” 

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Woods seems to possess a similar outlook on the whole ordeal, as she explained to Cosmopolitan UK last July that she has hope for an eventual resolution. “I hope everything falls into place and that we can all grow and build our relationships with our family and God and come back together one day and be stronger and happier,” she said. “A lot of people can be around when things are good, but you don’t know who’s really around until things are bad.”

In the meantime, Woods also seems to be getting along just fine with her new group of celebrity friends

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Jennifer Lahmers Is Unapologetic About Amanda Seales Moment


Jennifer Lahmers’s visit to “The Real” went viral after Amanda Seales shut her down after Lahmers said Seales “butted heads” with Jeannie Mai.

A simple statement made headlines after Extra TV correspondent Jennifer Lahmers visited The Real. During a segment, the women were discussing filming their 1000th episode, and Lahmers asked “newbie” Amanda Seales about her experience since this is her first season with the talk show. After giving an answer, Lahmers stated, “You and Jeannie [Mai] have butted heads on a couple of topics…,” before she was interrupted with Amanda disagreeing and telling her “Stop.”

The moment went viral and some people took the opportunity to harass Lahmers about how she addressed the situation. The correspondent gave her first and final thoughts on the matter on her Instagram Story where she made it clear that she won’t be issuing any apologies about her question because she wa sjust doing her job.

“Humble yourself,” Jenn wrote on her Instagram Story. In the next slide, she penned, “I wouldn’t change a thing about the way I conducted that interview— addressing a topic that had made numerous headlines across multiple outlets. This is my job as a correspondent. I did not keep pressing once I got an answer and that is all I will say on the matter.” Check out Jennifer Lahmers’s response, along with the video clip from the Real, below.

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Kendall Jenner Gets Close With Kourtney’s Ex Luka Sabbat


Kendall Jenner appears to be inches away from locking lips with Kourtney Kardashian’s ex, Luka Sabbat, at London Fashion Week party.

Kendall Jenner shared a photo of her and fellow model Luka Sabbat getting close over dinner at London Fashion Week. The world of ~fashion~ is very small and you tend to see the same flawless faces walking down the runways of the various fashion weeks hosted each year. As we see the same celebs interact in these elite circles, we wonder whether after parties lead to romance and between whom. 

Jenner has her Instagram followers speculating whether spending time with Grown-ish star, Luka Sabbat, escalated into something more. After strutting down the catwalk for Burberry’s FW20 show on Monday (Feb. 17), Jenner went to the opening of the PAMPARA photography exhibition, where she hung out with Tyler, The Creator, A$AP Nast, A$AP Ferg and Dev Hynes of Blood Orange. Following that, she sipped drinks with Sabbat and friends at some ritzy establishment for a LOVE magazine event, which resulted in the talked-about photo of her getting awfully close to him (Photo 2 in the slideshow below). Another supermodel and friend of Jenner, Bella Hadid, commented on the post, “as if I get photo credit”, so we will give her proper acknowledgment for the shot.

While it has been public knowledge that Jenner and Sabbat are good friends, them leaning over the candlelit table in this manner was bound to get the rumor mill spinning. The photo is also headline-worthy due to the fact that Sabbat, had a brief fling with Jenner’s half-sister, Kourtney Kardashian, back in 2018. 

Considering that Kardashian was 39 years old at the time and Sabbat was merely 20, many were curious about the nature of their relationship. After they were spotted going for dinner at L.A. hot spot The Nice Guy in September of 2018, a source told People that “it makes [Kourtney] feel good to have these hot, young guys who are interested in her.” His youthful vitality was also framed as a catch when the source said, “He’s young and is going with the flow. If everyone’s saying, ‘Hang out with Kourtney,’ he’s going to hang out with her.” Once the two stopped seeing each other a few months later, another source explained that “it was a fun fling for [Kourtney], but not a big deal. She has more important things to focus on, like her kids and her work.”

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It makes more sense that Jenner and Sabbat were just having a good time as friends, since she was spotted just a few weeks ago with NBA player Ben Simmons. Jenner and Simmons were photographed chilling poolside at a Miami hotel after attending the Super Bowl together. To round out the celebrity dating chain, I will point out that Simmons was formerly in a relationship with Tinashe, who recently opened up about how difficult it was for her to see him move on to Jenner. “It may have been worst day of my life, but it’s okay,” the singer confessed. “I drank for like six months after that! Are you kidding me? I was like wasted for months. But I’m okay now. It was terrible. It was bad. Like it was bad, but I’m good now.”

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Rick Ross’s Ex Blasts Ex-Friend Jennifer Williams For Allegedly Dating Rapper


Rick Ross is at the center of a disagreement between Briteady and her former friend Jennifer Williams after the reality star promoted his rosé.

It’s not uncommon for entertainers to date or get involved with their friends’ exes. It can often make for uncomfortable circumstances, and it seems that Rick Ross has involved himself in some drama with his ex Briteady. Over the weened,, Basketball Wives star Jennifer Williams shared a photo of herself in a nightie as she promoted Rozay’s rosé. The rapper later commented that he wanted Jennifer to send him “the original pic” and fans went wild.

Then, Rick Ross’s ex Briteady unleashed her disapproval over on Instagram. “B*tches be at your crib for Christmas with your family then asking your hair Stylist for the same bob hairstyle then go fck on ur ex a month later #aintnogirlcodewoah,” Briteady wrote. “Thirsty ass groupie b*tch… Shoulda left you a nappy headed ass b*tch.” Then, “I’d @ her but @jenniferwilliams blocked me.”

Briteady eventually ended her evening at a club as she shared an Instagram Story of herself twerking with a cocktail in hand. However, she did drop off one last message where she wrote that she typically minds her own business but “principles are principles.” This isn’t the first scandal Jennifer Williams has been apart of; Tami Roman accused her Basketball Wives co-star of being having an affair with Michael Jordan when he was married to his first wife. Check out Briteady pick a few bones with Jennifer below.

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Jennifer Lopez Posts Jaw-Dropping Bikini Mirror Selfie


Jennifer Lopez continues to age in reverse with her latest IG share, in which the 50-year-old bombshell shows off her flawless figure in a string bikini.

Jennifer Lopez is as ageless as ever in a recent Instagram post in which she can be seen posing in the mirror in a string bikini. J-Lo has been defying the laws of aging for several years now, as the 50-year-old triple threat seems to only be getting hotter as she gets older. In this mind-blowing mirror selfie, she showed off her insane figure in a white bikini, writing that she is feeling “relaxed and recharged.”

J-Lo’s had plenty to relax and recharge from lately. The proud Latina artist brought her roots to the Super Bowl halftime stage alongside Shakira two weekends ago, with a performance that received some polarizing responses. While some praised J-Lo and Shakira for putting on a fun, high-energy, others were unimpressed with how supposedly “oversexualized” it was. J-Lo responded to these criticisms, which she said were “honestly silliness,” and explained why she disagreed with them.

Jennifer Lopez Posts Jaw-Dropping Bikini Mirror Selfie

“Both of us are really respectful performers who are moms and have kids and are very conscious of what we do,” she said. “We [put on] a show that I believe was a celebration of women and our Latino culture that I think was really well reserved. That small faction of people who want to be negative about it, I can’t even let in. The message of standing up for yourself, being a women—that’s what I want to pass on to little girls—everything about you—be proud of it. I’m very proud of the performance that night.”

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Kylie Jenner Accuses Stylist Of "Cutting All" Her Hair Off


Kylie Jenner isn’t feeling her new haircut.

Kylie Jenner isn’t feeling her new haircut after she took to her Instagram Story to reveal that her hairstylist, Jesus Guererro ‘cut off all’ of her hair. The ‘self-made’ billionaire has generated a lot of money based on her aesthetic and her hair is one of the main components of the notorious look that has allowed her to become of this generation’s most recognizable socialites. The reality television star turned entrepreneur has gone on to enter the hair industry while her Kylie Cosmetics makeup brand continues to dominate the beauty industry

Back in 2018, Kylie Jenner’s influence became apparent when she cut her hair after being inspired by her mother. Within days, her fellowship and Hollywood elite alike followed suit and her new bob haircut became a trend amongst the masses. However, in preparation for this weekend’s Valentine’s Day festivities, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians starlet hit the salon for a light trim but was not pleased with the results taking to IG to show her 223.2 million followers her new hairdo. 

In a short black and white clip complete with a cherry-undereye filter, Jenner can be seen delicately tossing her freshly-cut hair in the mirror with a caption that reads:

“@Jesushair said he was giving me a trim and cut off all my hair.”

After being tagged and exposed to Kylie’s millions of followers, Guerrero took to his own Instagram Story reposting the clip and captioning it:

“@KylieJenner is trying to play me.”

Fortunately, Kylie Jenner has wig stylist, Tokyo Stylez, and hairstylist, Andrew Fitzsimons, basically attached to her hip just in case she has any type of hair-related follies that need tending. While Kylie Jenner might not appreciate her new cut, the 22-year-old still has the ability to rack up tons of likes despite the condition of her hair. Check out one of Kylie Jenner’s haircut flub in the video provided below. 

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Jennifer Lopez Is Designing Shoes For DSW


Jennifer Lopez is teaming up with DSW for her own self-designed footwear line.

Coming off of an amazing Super Bowl halftime performance, Jennifer Lopez has just revealed that she’s partnering with Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) for her very own line of self-designed products in a collection entitled, JLo Jennifer Lopez. The partnership will include footwear as well as a collection of handbags. The initial launch of shoes will make their way to shelves and online this upcoming spring, proceeded by the first-round of purses. Jennifer Lopez Is Designing Shoes For DSW

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The footwear will range in a plethora of different styles including sky-high heels, ankle boots, and sneakers. The JLo Jennifer Lopez x DSW Collection will match the “Baila Conmigo” singer’s aesthetic featuring both her shoes and handbags in decadent and metallic hues, animal print and finished with crystal and studded ornamentation. 

In an official press release by Camuto Group and Jennifer Lopez, the multitalented entertainer said:

“There are so many facets to my career, and that’s what I wanted to bring to my collection with DSW. This collection represents three cities that have become such an important part of who I am: New York, Los Angeles, and Miami.

We’re bringing the downtown street style that represents New York, some old Hollywood glamour, and a vibrancy that’s representative of Miami. With this collection, it’s my hope that people can find and represent multiple sides of themselves, all while remaining true to their most authentic self.”

In recent memory, the Bronx-bred star has teamed with Versace for a recent fashion campaign as well as Coach, making her one of the most influential marketing personalities in fashion today. Check out Jennifer Lopez’s official Instagram JLO Jennifer Lopez x DSW announcement in the post provided below and check out her footwear line, here

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Blac Chyna Claims Rob Kardashian’s Exaggerating Injuries In Lawsuit


Blac Chyna insists she only broke Rob Kardashian’s heart as she demands his assault lawsuit gets tossed.

Blac Chyna is accusing Rob Kardashian of lying about the severity of his injuries in their assault lawsuit, claiming she only broke his heart that evening. According to TMZ, Blac Chyna filed documents in court requesting that Rob Kardashian’s assault lawsuit against her gets thrown out. In the documents, she denied that she ever choking the father of Dream with an iPhone charger and beating him aggressively. Instead, she insisted that she solely broke his heart during the alleged altercation. /

Blac Chyna Claims Rob Kardashian's Exaggerating Injuries In Lawsuit

Rob claimed that she was under the influence when the incident happened. The allegations stem from an incident in December 2016 that she claims were exaggerated when the lawsuit was filed. She and Rob were living at Kylie Jenner’s home following the birth of their daughter but the incident prompted Blac Chyna to move out.

In addition to denying that she attacked him, she addressed the allegation surrounding a gun. Blac Chyna said Rob testified that she took a gun, pointed it at him, and told his friends that she kill him if “he messes up.” Blac Chyna clapped back at the claim, saying it was solely a joke and everyone knew it. She maintained that she never had any intention of pulling the trigger on him.

Blac Chyna wants Rob’s assault case tossed arguing that no actual assault occurred and Rob never actually sustained any real injuries. The judge has yet to rule. 

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Keri Hilson Admits That She’s Washed, But Her Career Isn’t Over


Keri Hilson is self-aware about her position, but she’ll still clap-back at her haters.

Keri Hilson‘s debut album, In A Perfect World… (2009), spawned a new R&B starlet that would land her first-ever studio album at the number four spot on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart. With multiple hit singles like “Turnin’ Me On,” “I Like,” and more, the Decatur, GA-bred singer/songwriter was nominated for two Grammys upon her entry into the music industry. Unfortunately, multiple bouts of depression caused her to take a nearly decade long hiatus from the limelight before she revealed she’s working on new music in 2018. It’s been two years since that revelation as she’s experienced multiple obstacles obstructing her from creating a release-worthy project including the death of her father and failed business relationships. However, with social media being as draining and negative as ever, certain individuals tend to fancy reminding Keri Hilson of her musical pitfalls. 

Under one of her recent Instagram posts, Hilson displayed a level of transparency and vulnerability many artists tend to distance themselves from. The “Covers Blown” singer admitted to going through the ups-and-downs of life and not being completely in control of her current circumstances. One of Hilson’s bozo followers left a distasteful comment of her glowing selfie stating:

“Your career over with, you ain’t have a hit in (nine) years, you washed up.”

To which the award-winning songstress clapped-back replying:

“Chiiile, I KNOW! You’re probably trying to hurt my feelings w/ that but I’ve long accepted I’m in that category… for now. But lemme correct you here: I haven’t ‘had a hit’ because I haven’t put out ANYTHING, not because I put out flops. And my career is far from over. I do hope you stay tuned this year.”

With major personalities like Jennifer Lopez, Dave Chappelle, and more currently on their second act, there’s no reason to count someone as musically talented and aesthetically pleasing as Keri Hilson out. It’s a new year and decade, the possibilities are endless for Keri Hilson to reemerge as an OG in this new renaissance era of R&B with a plethora of individual personalities that have all made lanes for themselves in their own unique way.

This isn’t the first time that Keri Hilson has had to check a “fan” and it won’t be the last. Check out Ms. Hilson’s epic clap-back in the Instagram post provided below. 

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Jennifer Lopez To Join Black Eyed Peas & J Balvin On "RITMO" Remix


“Ritmo” gets an update.

Just a week removed from her Super Bowl Halftime performance, Jennifer Lopez has shared that she will be joining in on the Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin’s “Ritmo” collaboration. The cut originally appears on the Bad Boys For Life soundtrack and will now feature J-Lo as she takes on the repetitive hook. The songstress teased the new remix a snippet of the electric new video attached to the project.

“We’re taking RITMO to the next level,” echoes the message across the track’s collaborators.

It pads onto the hot streak that the Hustlers star has been enjoying as of late. At the Super Bowl, she and Shakira fully tuned into their Latin heritage to craft a triumphant appearance at the halftime show. J Balvin also made a cameo during this performance as well, delivering on a rendition of his “Mi Gente” smash.

“We wanted it to be impactful so that our message was clear and would make a difference,” Balvin recently told Entertainment Weekly of the show. “The show was so beautiful and incredibly special. I could feel how the performance raised everyone’s emotions. [It was] full of good vibes. It was an honor to be able to represent our Latino culture on such a big stage. I’m very proud of how it all played out.”

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Jennifer Lopez Responds To Criticism Over Super Bowl Halftime Performance

Jennifer Lopez defends her and Shakira's performance.

Following Shakira and Jennifer Lopez's Super Bowl halftime performance, Ohio preacher Dave Baubenmire issued a statement in which he threatened legal action against the NFL all over the pairing's appearance onstage. He would describe it as a "strip club performance" that contributed "to the delinquency of a minor."

Jennifer Lopez Responds To Criticism Over Super Bowl Halftime Performance

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His sentiments represented a percentage of viewers who found J-Lo and Shakira's performance to be suggestive and in contrast to the "family-friendly" nature of the Super Bowl. Now, a week removed from the memorable appearance, Lopez has responded to critics of her performance.

"I think that’s honestly silliness," Lopez tells Variety. "Both of us are really respectful performers who are moms and have kids and are very conscious of what we do. We (put on) a show that I believe was a celebration of women and our Latino culture that I think was really well reserved."

Notably, Jennifer was joined onstage with her daughter and a multicultural children's choir while the entire performance echoed the two singer's Latin roots.

"That small faction of people who want to be negative about it, I can’t even let in," Lopez added. "The message of standing up for yourself, being a women — that’s what I want to pass on to little girls — everything about you — be proud of it. I’m very proud of the performance that night."

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Kylie Jenner Shows Off Her Shape In Playboy Photoshoot Throwaway Pics


Kylie Jenner thirst traps on #FlashbackFriday.

The billionaire makeup connoisseur, Kylie Jenner, has been enjoying life as a mother and one of the most influential entrepreneurs of this current generation. Recently, the 22-year-old detailed her rising makeup empire, family dynamic, and relationship with her ex, rapper/producer Travis Scott, in an exclusive interview with Harper’s Bazaar. Now, the reality show starlet is back to her thirst trappin’ ways revealing unreleased images from her Playboy cover story photoshoot that was originally released in Sept. of last year. 

Kylie Jenner Shows Off Her Shape In Playboy Photoshoot Throwaway Pics Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

In commemoration of #FlashbackFriday, Kylie Jenner blessed the timeline with two images that weren’t officially published for her Playboy magazine photoshoot. The photos simply captioned “playboy outtakes,” feature the self-made CEO dressed in nothing but drenched, powder blue fabric that doesn’t leave much up to the imagination. A long-haired brunette version of the Jenner sister looks over her bare shoulders as she glares lustfully into the camera. 

This particular photoshoot was curated by none other than Kylie Jenner’s ex-boyfriend, Travis Scott, who at the time convinced his significant other to pose nude for the world-renowned, adult-themed publication. In recent months, there have been rumors swirling around a possible reconciliation between the two talented parents as they’ve been spotted on getting flirtatious on the timeline and reuniting at Disney World recently

With Travis Scott working on fashion ventures of his own and leading his own record label, it would only make sense for the two ambitious creatives to reunite somewhere down the line. Until then, check out Kylie Jenner’s #FlashbackFriday thirst trap from last year’s Playboy photoshoot in the Instagram post provided below.

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Tinashe Twerks Her Way Into Her 27th Birthday: Watch


New year, new Tinashe.

Tinashe turned the sweet age of 27 yesterday and celebrated by giving her fans what she wants – a video of her showing off what she loves to do most. The “2 On” singer has been serving dance moves for most of her career in a variety of music videos and when she landed a role in the musical Rent in 2018, she took her moves to center stage. 

Tinashe Twerks Her Way Into Her 27th Birthday: Watch
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As per Tinashe’s Instagram story, we see that she treated herself with a new ride. Before she attended dinner with her close homies and hit the town to dance the night away, she posted a video of her self doing a birthday twerk in camouflage shorts. The video was short and sweet and proved that Tinashe’s still got it. 

In other news, Tinashe recently opened up about her ex Ben Simmons and how she was in a bad place after they broke up and he moved on to Kendall Jenner. “It may have been worst day of my life, but it’s okay,” she said. “I drank for like six months after that! Are you kidding me? I was like wasted for months. But I’m okay now. It was terrible. It was bad. Like it was bad, but I’m good now.”

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Alex Rodriguez Jumps At Opportunity To Be Jennifer Lopez’s Background Singer


ARod is jokes.

Jennifer Lopez completed and succeeded her biggest performance to date just two days ago when she and Shakira were the headlining acts for the Super Bowl LIV. After the event, JLo and her fiance Alex Rodriguez boarded a million-dollar yacht and celebrated her accomplishment. “I was happy to stand up there with Shakira. Two Latina women – two women – who did one of the best Super Bowls of all time,” she told party-goers. “I am so grateful to all of you.” 

Alex Rodriguez Jumps At Opportunity To Be Jennifer Lopez's Background Singer
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Jennifer is already back to work and dancing with even more fans since the “Dinero” singer linked with a group of young women for a dance class lead by her hit “On The Floor.” Jennifer’s daughter Emme and Alex’s daughters Natasha and Ella joined in on the routine and ARod seemingly didn’t want to be left out too. In the clip below, you can see Alex standing in the “waaaay” back with a mic trying his best to keep up. “When Jen told me I could be a background singer, man, she wasn’t kidding. Waaaay in the background,” he wrote. 

“I understand him in a way that I don’t think anyone else could, and he understands me in a way that no one else could ever,” Jennifer previously said of her soon to be husband. “In his 20s, he came into big success with the biggest baseball contract [at the time]. I had a No. 1 movie and a No. 1 album and made history. We both had ups and downs and challenges in our 30s, and by our 40s we’d both been through so much. And more importantly than anything, we had both done a lot of work on ourselves.”

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Travis Scott & Kylie Jenner May Be On The Road To Reconciliation: Report


The gossip continues.

Fresh off Stormi Webster’s rumored $500K 2nd birthday bash, the gossip has already begun about Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner’s relationship status. At the beginning of October 2019, the two uber-famous parents revealed that they were calling it quits on their relationship. Despite the internet rumors about Drake and Tyga being Kylie’s alleged rebounds, Stormi’s parents have been respectful of one another in the press, unlike many other celebrity exes.

Travis Scott & Kylie Jenner May Be On The Road To Reconciliation: Report
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Over the weekend as celebrities made their way down to Miami for Super Bowl LIV, Travis and Kylie prepared for the Stormiworld party that looked as if it was created in a child’s dreamland. It all, of course, mirrored Travis’ Astroworld and was a star-studded event that included Cardi B and little Kulture, as well as John Legend, his wife Chrissy Teigen, and their kids Luna and Miles. Also on the scene were all of the Kardashian-Jenners with their besties.

While everyone was apparently overwhelmed by the extravagance for a toddler’s birthday, TMZ reports that close friends of Travis and Kylie believe that the two exes are on the road to reconciliation. Why they think that is a tad unclear because those “sources” admitted there wasn’t any physical affection between the two, however, they were described as being “inseparable” and “looked more like the romantic couple they used to be.” Good for them.

Meanwhile, we’re still waiting on Travis’ next solo project. Check out Stormi’s party recap below.

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