The man accused of shooting Lady Gaga's dog walker last year was sentenced to 21 years in prison.
According to TMZ, James Howard Jackson was sentenced Monday (December 5th) after accepting a plea deal from the Los Angeles County District attorney's office.
Prosecutors claim he shot Ryan Fisher in an attempt to steal Gaga's two French bulldogs last year.
Adele gushed about Lizzo while on stage during one of her Las Vegas residency concerts.
The "Easy on Me" singer told the audience she invited the Yitty founder to a karaoke party the first time they met and added, "She's such an amazing person. She is so thoughtful, she sends flowers to you, she remembers things about you. She's amazing, so I'd like to give her all of my love."
The "About Damn Time" singer retweeted a clip of Adele's speech Sunday (December 4th) and wrote, "ADELE I LOVE UUUUU RIGHT BACK & I WANTED TO GO TO THAT KARAOKE PARTY SO BAD WE GOTTA DO IT BIG IN VEGAS BABY"
Coldplay is in the studio working on new music.
The band Tweeted Monday (December 5th), "Hello Everybody. I hope you're all doing really well. Here are some things I Love at the moment," before announcing, "We are in the studio."
According to the list, the band is currently into music from RM, Erykah Badu, Bakya, The 1975, Inhaler, Kyoka, and Stormyz.
Paramore is planning a special album release show in Nashville to celebrate their latest offering, This Is Why. According to the band's Instagram, the trio will perform at the historic Grand Ole Opry on February 6th, 2023 with support from Louis Prince.
TAYLOR SWIFT GUITAR TO BE AUCTIONED FOR CHARITY: Raven's Drum Foundation is auctioning off a Taylor Swift-signed guitar. The group's 12 Drummers Drumming auction runs through December 12th and is raising money for veterans and first responders who are dealing with PTSD, Trauma and suicidal ideation.
BLACKPINK IS TIME'S 'ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR': BLACKPINK has been named Time's "Entertainer of the Year." This year the all-girl K-pop group performed at the VMAs, kicked off a 27-city world tour, and dropped their sophomore album. As for what's next, Jennie told the outlet, "My No. 1 rule is not to look ahead, and enjoy every day, because it gets too overwhelming once we start planning a year ahead, two years ahead,"
Demi Lovato is working on new music.
The singer shared a TikTok Saturday (December 3rd) that showed the text, "When your getting back in the studio" and used the popular, "Here the f**k we go" audio."
Lovato dropped their eighth studio album, Holy Fvck, on August 19th which was hailed as return to their rock-influenced roots.
Taylor Swift fans are suing Ticketmaster over the recent Eras Tour ticketing sale.
According to a complaint viewed by Pitchfork, the Plaintiffs are suing Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation for "fraud, price-fixing, and antitrust violations," alleging that "intentional deception" allowed scalpers to buy the majority of tickets.
The complaint also names L.A. County – where Live Nation is Located – and asks the court to fine the company $2,500 per violation of fraud, price -fixing and antitrust.
Could it be possible that Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears have made up?
The "Toxic" singer publicly congratulated her sister on her upcoming reality show and referred to her as her "heart" on Friday (December 2nd).
The elder Spears wrote, "Congratulations on being so brave, inspiring, and showing guts and glory in your show!!! You ain't alone… if anybody knows what that feels like… I get it. My baby sister!!! I love you!!!"
Britney previously called Jamie Lynn "scum" and accused her of writing a tell-all book at her expense.
Charlie Puth made his relationship with Brooke Sasone Instagram official on his 31st birthday.
The pop star shared two strips of photo booth snaps featuring himself and the stylish brunette Friday (December 2nd). Although he did not tag her in the post, Billboard reports Internet sleuths were able to identify Sasone after she reposted the image to her Stories.
He captioned the post with the lyrics from his song "Loser," "Ohhhhh I'm NOT a loser…'cause I didn't lose her!!!"
Kanye West has reportedly fired Milo Yiannopoulos from his 2024 presidential campaign team after rumored infighting in the camp. According to The Daily Beast, although reports are circulating that Yiannopoulos was fired, he told journalist Will Sommer that he actually decided to exit Kanye's campaign team. He said, "Ye and I have come to the mutual conclusion that I should step away from his political team. I will continue to pray for Ye and all his endeavors."
An insider in Ye's entourage said that the rapper's team is in chaos. The source said, "It's like Game of Thrones, and every day is the Red Wedding." There are also allegations that Yiannopoulos was fired after attempting to make some power "move against" Nick Fuentes who he has allegedly budded heads with on the campaign trail. Yiannopoulos has denied these reports, saying, "Any suggestion that I tried to get anyone fired is false—especially not people I brought in myself, who owe me their gratitude, loyalty, and respect."
PRESIDENT BIDEN: 'HITLER WAS A DEMONIC FIGURE'
In other news, President Biden has responded to Ye's praise of Adolph Hitler. He tweeted, "I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure." He added, "And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides. Silence is complicity."
Darius Rucker is set to headline the inaugural Showdown Lex, a festival that pairs college football and live music.
The October 2023 event will precedes the game between UK and Mizzou in Lexington, Ky. Halfway to Hazard will open and a special guest will be announced later.
Tickets are on sale now and two dollars from each one sold will be donated to the Kentucky Children's Hospital.
Parmalee earned the #1 spot on Billboard's Year-End Country Airplay Chart with their single "Take My Name." Over the past year, it stayed in the Top 10 for 21 weeks.
Co-written by lead singer, Matt Thomas, the song has 259 million on-demand streams and is currently in the top 25 on Mediabase Hot AC Chart and Billboard's Adult Pop Airplay Chart.
"Take My Name" proceeds the band's current single "Girl In Mine," which is now in the Top 40.
For the second consecutive year, a British artist tops the year-end Billboard Global 200 songs chart.
Last year it was Dua Lipa, this year it's Harry Styles with the help of his record breaking single, "As It Was." The song spent 15-weeks at #1. And that's not all… Over-all, it spent 20 weeks in the top 2 slots and 29 weeks inside the top 5.
The rest of the Billboard Global 200 top 10 includes Ed Sheeran (twice), GAYLE, and Adele, plus collaborations from Elton John and Dua Lipa, The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber, Imagine Dragons and JID, as well as The Weeknd and Ariana Grande.
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6X Grammy-nominated artist Jack Harlow is wrapping up 2022 with 12 new RIAA certifications, including the 2x-Platinum certification for his hit single, "First Class." The song is from his Gold-certified, Grammy-nominated album, Come Home The Kids Miss You.
Both the single and the album are nominated at the upcoming Grammy Awards.
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During an interview on Infowars, Kanye West says that there were good things about Adolf Hitler. He explained, "I see good things about Hitler also. I love everyone. Jewish people are not going to tell me you can love us, and you can love what we're doing to you with the contracts, and you can love what we're pushing with the pornography."
He continued, "But this guy that invented highways, invented the very microphone that I use as a musician, you can't say out loud that this person ever did anything good, and I'm done with that." He added that everyone has "value that they brought to the table—especially Hitler."
Meanwhile, Ye's Twitter was suspended last night after he poted a swastika. Elon Musk tweeted, "I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended."
KANYE WEST'S PARLER DEAL HAS BEEN TERMINATED
In other news, Ye's deal with social media app Parler has been terminated. According to BNO, Parler said in a statement that the company and Ye have "mutally agreed" to terminate the deal in mid- November. No word on why the deal fell apart.
YE CLAIMS HE CAUGHT KIM WITH CHRIS PAUL
Meanwhile, Ye took to Twitter last night to reveal that he caught his ex-wife Kim Kardashian with NBA star Chris Paul. He shared a pic of Paul andtweeted, "Let's break one last window before we get outa here I caught this guy with Kim. Good night."
He also tweeted, "The use of Porn destroyed my family but Jesus will heal everything."
Selena Gomez and BLACKPINK are celebrating a major milestone together. Their music video for "Ice Cream" has now surpassed 800 million YouTube views. For BLACKPINK, this makes their seventh video to do so.
Earlier this month, the K-pop group of Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa also broke another record when their video for the 2019 hit, "Kill This Love" surpassed 1.7 Billion views on YouTube.
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Lil Nas X took advantage of a deepfake video of Elon Musk talking about him and he jumped at the chance to re-tweet it.
The video was edited in a way that the billionaire was saying that he's going to put Lil Nas in charge of Twitter.
The Fake Musk said, "I will be relieving myself of all duties and giving the CEO position of Twitter to Lil Nas X. Only users who agree that he's cute, fun and petite will be allowed to keep their accounts effective immediately."
The phony Musk video hilariously closed the loop on a joke Lil Nas made in early November shortly after the Space X/Tesla CEO took over, when he appointed himself Top Twit with a similar statement.
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In the new video from Weezer, Rivers Cuomo takes on the part of every single bandmember. As the camera circles around the room, you quickly realize he's not only singing lead, but he's also on guitar and bass, as well as sitting at the piano. As he sings about "Deja vu," it all starts to make sense.
The new release, "What Happens After You," is a track from the band's series of EPs named for each season. Currently, they're celebrating music from SZNZ: (pronounced seasons) Autumn.
Weezer touts that each album is being created in real time and part four, the Winter EP will be out on December 21.
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Sam Smith posted a spicy clip of what looks to be the next single. In the short video, Smith is seen looking over a tall balcony, wrapped in a thin shawl, wearing a pair of skimpy black briefs with fishnet hose. While they mouth the lyrics, a Betty Boop tattoo can be seen on the star's naked thigh.
The song, "I'm Not Here To Make Friends" will be on the new album which is due January 27.
Smith's current single "Unholy" with Kim Petras has spent 7 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart and is currently #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Disney+ has announced that it will stream a BTS docuseries next year featuring plenty of unseen footage from the group's rise to global stardom.
BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star will focus on their nine-year career, as well as a look at their daily lives as they plan for their second chapter.
In a promo for the series, member Jungkook said, "I hope you find new sides of us that are previously unseen." A release date has not been revealed.
In other BTS news, RM dropped a teaser on Wednesday (11-30) for his new single, "Wildflower." The song and his solo album will be out tomorrow (Friday12-2).
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The Weeked announced dates for the second leg of his After Hours Til Dawn tour. The global stadium shows will kick off in Manchester, UK on June 10. He's has nearly 30 stops scheduled through mid-October.
On the final night of the North American leg of the tour in Los Angeles, the singer presented a check for $5 million to the United Nations World Food Program. It will provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to the most food-insecure regions of Ethiopia.
Tickets for the European dates go on sale on Friday (12-2).
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A source has revealed that Trump was "totally blindsided" by Ye bringing Nick Fuentes to dinner at Mar-a-Lago. According to NBC News, the source said that Trump describes the dinner as a "total setup."
According to the source, Trump said, "He tried to f— me. He's crazy. He can't beat me."
Some aides had reportedly advised Trump against meeting with West but he went forward with the dinner.
KANYE WEST IN TALKS TO RELOCATE DONDA ACADEMY
In other news, reports say that Ye is in talks to relocate Donda Academy to a church in Southern California. According to TMZ, Ye is in talks with the Cornerstone Christian Church in the Northridge area of Los Angeles. Their pastor, Ronald Nagin said that the rapper met with their executive team several times. His goal is to secure some space at their facility for Donda Academy's new home.
In her annual Vanity Fair interview, Billie Eilish talked about how she's never smoked weed and didn't give any indication that she intends to start.
She says she's never smoked anything, never done drugs, and never gotten high. She explained, "It's just not interesting to me. I have other s*** to do."
Her answer goes along with a 2019 song she wrote called "Xanny," where she sings about how her peers are obsessed with drugs and alcohol while she remains unimpressed with it all.
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In a video she posted to a group of fans, Olivia Rodrigo hinted at a new album. As she thanked everyone for a great year, she shared that she's excited about new music for next year.
She said, "I really, truly couldn't be more grateful and I'm so excited for next year, and all of the new things and new music that 2023 will bring."
She seemed to pause as she said it, as if it slipped out, but fans caught it and have started sharing her post outside the private group.
Released in May of last year, Rodrigo's first album, Sour shot to #1 all over the world and contained 5 smash singles including "Drivers License."
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