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Matty Healy Says The 1975 Was Almost Featured On 'Midnights'

Matty Healy claims that The 1975 was almost featured on Midnights.

The band's front man told DTS Sound Space that both The 1975 and Taylor Swift previewed each other's recent albums when they were both working with producer Jack Antonoff.

According to Healy, he and his bandmates — Adam Hann, Ross MacDonald and George Daniel — "worked a bit" on Midnights, but their contributions were not released.

He added, "It's not for reasons that are to be criticized. She's amazing."

Pink Drops $5K On Chimpanzee Art

Pink just dropped $5,000 on what is being called the "first ever exhibit of art by chimpanzees."

An organizer of the Karen Bystedt-curated show in Miami told Page Six the singer was very curious about the work and "was heartened to learn that chimps find painting therapeutic and, like humans, the ape artists tend to be introspective."

The outlet reports that the piece, called "Art by Patty & Kramer," is a large acrylic on black canvas painting "featuring vivid swaths of blue, white, and you guessed it, pink!"

The purchase will benefit Save the Chimps sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Aubrey O'Day Calls her Instagram Photos 'Art'

Aubrey O'Day says that her highly photoshopped Instagram photos are "art."

The Danity Kane member told Tamron Hall on her talk show Tuesday (November 29th), "I look at my life and pictures as like art that I want to create for the world. You don't see me on there with my regular friends, my dogs and my home. I don't belong to the people. I don't belong to others. My personal life is mine. And that's the only way that I haven't gone off the deep end or turned into something that I'm not."

She added, "So when you see things like this, if you guys can agree, I'm making art. I've been to all these places and after these photos, I do post the videos of how it looked. But in order to get to this place, you have to scale a mountain for about two hours. I don't have a caboodle of makeup and my wigs."

BTS Celebrates Fifth Anniversary Of 'Love Myself' Campaign

BTS celebrated the five-year anniversary of their "Love Myself" campaign with UNICEF on Tuesday (November29th).

In a video featuring the entire septet, J-Hope said, "If you find anyone who needs the strength to love themselves, please reach out first. Please teach them how to love themselves, and give them the energy of hope."

The campaign was designed so that "people can learn to love themselves and love each other." According to the "Love Myself" website, the band's partnership with UNICEF raised over $3.4 million as of August 2021.

Ye Says The IRS Froze His Bank Accounts For Owing $50 Million

Ye has revealed that the IRS froze his bank accounts for owing $50 million in taxes. During an appearance on the Timecast IRL podcast, Ye said, "I'm talking about literally finding out that they were trying to put me in prison this morning. But I found out — okay, so they froze, they put a $75 million hold on four of my accounts." He added, "And then they said, you owe a lot of taxes. Took me like six hours to find out how much. A lot — was it — well, around $50 million."

In other news, although Ye has claimed that Donald Trump told him that he freed former federal prisoner Alice Marie Johnson because of his relationship with him, but Johnson says she doesn't agree. According to TMZ, Johnson said that if it weren't for Kim, she would still be in prison. Johnson said Kardashian leveraged a relationship she had with Ivanka Trump to make a case for her release. She added that Kim spent hours on the phone with Ivanka's husband, Jared Kushner, pleading her case. Once Kardashian convinced Kusher, she met with Donald Trump to push for Johnson's release.

Ariana Grande Shares Rare Photos With Her Husband

Ariana Grande gave fans a rare glimpse into her private life on Tuesday (November 28th).

The pop star shared a couple of new photos with her husband Dalton Gomez on Instagram, something she rarely does.

One shot shows the couple together and smiling while the other shows the real estate broker wearing an LA Dodgers cap.

RM Drops Star-Studded Track List For 'Indigo'

RM will have some star-studded collaborations on his debut solo album, Indigo.

According to the BTS rapper's Instagram, the LP will feature 10 tracks including "YUN (with Erykah Badu" and "Still Life (with Anderson Paak)."

The lead single "Wild Flower (with youjeen)" drops Friday (December 2nd).

Billie Eilish Is 'Really Happy' With Her New Boyfriend, Jesse Rutherford

Billie Eilish opened up about her boyfriend, Jesse Rutherford, in her sixth annual Vanity Fair interview.

The 20-year-old star told the outlet that she's "really happy" with the 32-year-old The Neighborhood frontman.

She said, "I managed to get my life to a point where I not only was known by a person that I thought was the hottest f—ing f—er alive, but pulled his ass. Are we kidding me? Can we just claps round of applause for me? Thank you! Jesse Rutherford, everyone."

After six consecutive Vanity Fair interviews, Eilish said that she's probably going to start taking breaks between years.

Kanye West Walks Out Of Tim Pool's Timcast IRL Podcast

Kanye West walked out of a live interview during a discussion about recent comments he made about Jewish people. According to XXL, Ye, along with Nick Fuentes and Milo Yiannopoulos appeared on Tim Pool's Timcast IRL.

During the interview, Ye opened up about his dinner with Donald Trump, Pool asked Kanye about his thought process when it comes to Jewish people and he responded, "Have you ever heard the term, 'The Black vote'? So, it's OK to put us in one net, but it's not OK for me to put them in one net?"

Then around the show's 15-minute mark, Ye threatened to walk off the show if he had to defend his thoughts on Jewish people. He said, "I'm literally gonna walk the f-off the show if I'm sitting up here having to, you know, talk about, 'You can'y say that it was Jewish people that did it,' when every sensible person knows that."

Before leaving the show, Ye went on to claim he believes that God is taking everything away from him in oder for him to be used as an empty vessel. Pool responded, "I think they've been extremely unfair to you." West responded, "Who is 'they,' though?" Pool said, "Corporate press. I don't use the word as the way, I guess, you guys use." Fuentes chimed in, "It is them, though, isn't it?" Pool responded, "No, it's not." Kanye responded, "What do you mean it's not?"

At this point, Kanye walked out of the room. Pool said in response, "He's gone. I'll say it right now: You guys want to bring that stuff up, and then think we're not gonna have a conversation?"

According to TMZ, later on during the podcast, a producer said Ye, Milo and Nick all left together in a car. Ye apparently told producers he wasn't angry with Tim, but his issue was getting cut off.

Megan Thee Stallion Is The First Black Woman To Cover Forbes' '30 Under 30'

Megan Thee Stallion is the first black woman to cover Forbes' 30 Under 30 issue. The 27 year old made $13 million in 2022 through royalties, ticket sales, merch, and endorsements.

On her success, she said, "I can't slow down right now. I'll take a break when I'm dead. I'm trying to really build something. When I start sitting, I feel like I'm not doing enough or I'm giving somebody else the opportunity to pass me."

She continued, "I want to be bigger than just my music. I want people to know Megan as everything that she ever wanted to be. Megan the artist. I feel I've always liked to dabble and dab in a lot of different things, and I feel like I got that from my mom and my dad. My dad was a street guy, he was an entrepreneur, he had his own clothing line. My mother, I watched her go to work nine-to-five every day, and come home and write songs. And take me to the studio, and be a mom, and be just a good woman in general."

Miley Cyrus And Maxx Morando Still 'Going Strong'

Miley Cyrus and Maxx Morando appear to still be "going strong."

The singer and the Liily's drummer were spotted enjoying brunch at Le Café de la Plague in Malibu on November 27th.

A source recently told E! News that after a year of dating, the two are "still going strong and their relationship is very serious," adding that the entire Cyrus family loves them together.

Quickies: Taylor Swift, Kesha, + Kim Petras!

'ANTIHERO' IS THE NEW 'SHAKE IT OFF': Taylor Swift tops the Billboard Hot 100 for the fifth week with "AntiHero". The Midnights track has surpassed "Shake It Off" to become the singer's longest running #1 hit on the chart.

KESHA THANKS FANS FOR STANDING UP TO KIM PETRAS: Kesha appeared to thank fans for getting #FreeKesha trending in response to Kim Petras proclaiming that she has "nothing to say or be ashamed of at all" for working with Dr. Luke. Social media users went after the "Unholy" singer Sunday after she defended herself for working with the producer by claiming "5000000 ppl work with him why y'all only coming at me. I have nothing to say or be ashamed of at all. go away." On Monday (November 28th), Kesha followed up with a simple "Thank You" on Twitter. The "TikTok" singer will face Dr. Luke in court early next year.

Jennifer Lopez To Release Her First New Album In Nine Years

Jennifer Lopez is planning to release her first new album in nine years. 

The singer announced on the 20th anniversary of This Is Me…Then that her forthcoming project, This Is Me…Now will drop in 2023.  

In a preview of her Apple Music interview, shared on Instagram Sunday (November 27th), Lopez said, “20 years ago I fell in love with the love of my life and I was working on an album and it was called this is me then and it’s all about capturing that moment in time.”

She told host Zane Lowe, “When I’m in love is when I’m inspired and I was the most inspired then. and I have not made another record like that since then.”

The Marry Me star added, “Now, 20 years later. It does have a happy ending…and the reason we’re here is that I want to capture this moment in time because it is even better than the first time.”

The 2002 album was dedicated to her current husband Ben Affleck and the track list for her new project includes the song “Dear Ben, Part II.” 

 

Adele Nearly 'Self-Combusted' After Spotting Shania Twain At Vegas Residency

Adele flipped out when she learned Shania Twain came to see her in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving weekend.

The “Hello” singer shared a snap of Twain in the front row and wrote in her Instagram stories Sunday (November 27th), “Thank god you had a hat on… I would have self combusted had I seen it was you!! I adore you, I can’t believe you came to my show”

Adele began her long-delayed Las Vegas residency earlier this month, and is expected to perform on select weekends through March 25th.

Dua Lipa Granted Albanian Citizenship

Dua Lipa has had a “sweeeet weeeek.” 

The “Levitating” singer posted pictures in studio with Mick Jagger on Saturday (November 26th) and was granted Albanian citizenship on Sunday (November 27th).

Video posted to Instagram shows Lipa being sworn in.  According to Page Six, the country’s president, Bajram Bajaj said it was an honor to grant the singer citizenship because she has made Albania famous throughout the world. 

Lipa was born in London in 1995 to immigrant Albanian parents Anesa and Dukagjin Lipa from Kosovo. 

Kanye West News Roundup

ADIDAS LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO YE’S ALLEGED MISCONDUCT FOLLOWING YEEZY EMPLOYEE CLAIMS

Reports say that Adidas is launching an investigation into Ye’s alleged misconduct following Yeezy employee claims. According to CNBC, in a statement released on Thursday (November 24th), the company said that they will look into the allegations that Ye repeatedly subjected his staff to “hardcore” pornography during work hours. 

Claudia Lange, head of media relations for Adidas said, “It is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true.  However, we take these allegations very seriously and have taken the decision to launch an independent investigation of the matter immediately to address the allegations.”

KANYE WEST MEETS WITH DONALD TRUMP AT MAR-A-LAGO

Ye met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago last week with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and said that during the meeting, Trump insulted his ex-wife Kim Kardashian.  Ye said that he asked Trump to run as his vice president and Trump told Ye not to run and bought up Alice Johnson, the woman whose sentence he commuted in 2016 after lobbying from Kardashian.

Ye said, “He basically gave me this would-be mob-esque kinda story, talking to some kid from the South Side of Chicago trying to sound mobby or whatever.  He goes into the story about all that he went through to get Alice Johnson out of jail but he didn’t do it for Kim but he did for me.”

He continued, “But then he goes on to say that Kim is a [expletive] and you can tell her I said that. And I was thinking like that’s the mother of my children.”

Ye also claimed that Trump was very impressed with Nick Fuentes.

DONALD TRUMP SPEAKS ON MEETING WITH YE

Donald Trump opened up about the meeting with Ye on his Truth Social account, saying,  "So I help a seriously troubled man, who just happens to be black, Ye (Kanye West), who has been decimated in his business and virtually everything else, and who has always been good to me, by allowing his request for a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, alone, so that I can give him very much needed 'advice.'"

Trump continued, "He shows up with 3 people, two of which I didn’t know, the other a political person who I haven’t seen in years.  I told him don’t run for office, a total waste of time, can’t win. Fake News went CRAZY!"

A Trump adviser confirmed to CBS News on Friday (November 25th), that Trump did have dinner with Ye and insisted that he did not know who Fuentes was, nor had knowledge that he would be arriving with Ye.

Mariah Carey Opens Up About Being A Diva

Mariah Carey recently opened up to W about her reputation as a diva.  

The “All I Want For Christmas Is You” singer says that her persona didn’t come about by accident. 

She told the outlet, “Yes, I play into it. And yes, part of that is real. I can’t help it. Like, what do you do if you grew up with an opera singer for a mother, who went to Juilliard and made her debut at Lincoln Center? There’s just a certain amount that is going to emerge. So, yes, it’s just an affectation, and sometimes it’s purposely done, and sometimes it’s just, like, you know, a response.”

And, of course, The Queen of Christmas is also a diva about her favorite holiday.  

She told the magazine, “I create my own Christmas moment. I mean, Santa Claus visits us. He comes with his reindeer. I am not exaggerating—this is the truth. By the way, before my kids were born, I did all the same types of things. That’s just how it is with me and Santa and the reindeer.”

Ingrid Andress Clearing Up Internet Rumors About Her Love Life

Ingrid Andress is trying to clear up an internet rumor about her love life. She says that if you Google her name, it comes up that she’s married to Hall of Fame soccer player Abby Wambach.

Truth is, she’s not married at all but she does have a boyfriend. Ingrid told Taste of Country, “My boyfriend's like, 'What are you not telling me?'” She called the rumor “The most fake thing” she’s ever seen.

Ingrid recently celebrated a #1 song with "Wishful Drinking," a duet with Sam Hunt.

Kacey Musgraves Sells Home To Kelsea Ballerini

Kelsea Ballerini just bought a house from Kacey Musgraves. Through a private sale, she paid just under $2.5 million for the 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom, 3,494-square-foot home in Nashville.

According to Dirt.com, she signed the papers on November 16, the day after her divorce was finalized. Kelsea calls it her “dream home.”

Zayn To Drop Jimi Hendrix Collaboration On Friday

Zayn appears to be teasing a collaboration with the late Jimi Hendrix on Instagram.

The former One Direction singer dropped a 15-second clip in his Stories Tuesday (November 22nd) that alludes to a collaboration on Hendrix's 1971 track, "Angel," from the posthumous studio album The Cry of Love.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. told Billboard, "We are pleased that Zayn has been inspired to use original music from Jimi Hendrix's ‘Angel' in his recording of the song. We're hopeful that this version of a Hendrix classic will enlighten a new generation of listeners about Jimi's genius and further propel his continuing legacy."

The song is scheduled to drop Friday (November 25th)

Beyonce's Renaissance Named Top Album By A Female Artist In 2022

TIME has named Beyonce's Renaissance album the top album by a female artist in 2022. The album comes in at number three on the list, with 9 Masters by Saya Gray and Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny, which place at #2 and #1 respectively. Other entries on the list, include, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, which came in at number eight and and It's Almost Dry, which took the fifth spot .

In other news, Beyonce has been ranked as a top influencer by Neilsen. Beyonce came in at number three with an average value of $1,182,297 from her 281 million followers. Zendaya holds the top spot with about 156 million and holds a social media value of about $3,262,216.

Quickies: Dua Lipa, RM, + Camila Cabello!

DUA LIPA PAYS TRIBUTE TO ELTON JOHN: Dua Lipa paid tribute to her "Cold Heart" collaborator, Elton John following his concert Sunday (Nov. 20th) night. The singer wrote on Instagram Monday (November 21st), "To my most magical friend @eltonjohn thank you for keeping the dream alive!!! It was an honour, a privilege and a joy to share the stage with you last night on your last show at the Dodgers Stadium. Thank you for everything, forever and always. I love you!!!"

RM'S NEW ALBUM TO DOCUMENT HIS TWENTIES: RM is getting ready to drop his first solo album, Indigo. The BTS rapper shared a film teaser for the project Tuesday (November 22nd), which gave fans a look at his forthcoming LP. According to the clip, the album due to be released in December, will serve as "an archive of his twenties."

CAMILA CABELLO MOCKS HER PRONOUNCIATION OF 'CHRISTMAS': Camila Cabello poked fun at her pronounciation of "Christmas" in a new TikTok. In the recent clip, she pretended to be a vocal coach attempting to correct the way she sang "I'll be Home For Christmas" in the PBS Holiday Special In Performance at the White House: Spirit of the Season. The video shows the "Bam Bam" singer repeatedly trying to say "Christmas" but saying "Quismois" over and over.

Yeezy Staffers Claim YeUsed Porn & Intimate Photos Of Kim K To Control Them

Former Yeezy and Adidas staffers are claiming that Ye has used intimidation tactics towards them. According to Rolling Stone, the staffers say that Ye played pornography during staff meetings and discussed porn and showed an intimate photograph of Kim Kardashian in job interviews. Ye also allegedly showed an explicit video and photos of Kardashian as well as his own sex tapes to Yeezy team members.

Members of the Yeezy team said that leaders from Adidas were aware of West's "problematic behavior" but "turned their moral compass off." One staffer said, "There was no accountability. Difficult moments happened, with executives in the room — VP level or higher — and nothing would be done. You'd still show up to work the next day."

KANYE WEST CLAIMS ADIDAS FROZE FOUR OF HIS BANK ACCOUNTS TOTALING $75 MILLION

In other news, during an interview with X17, Kanye said that Adidas have placed a $75 million hold on four of his bank accounts. He said, "The reason why I'm announcing that I'm running for president is I want the FCC to look at my money. If they actually see, I was looking at my money, and there might have been a possibility that adidas wouldn't have went into JP Morgan and froze my account and put a $75 million hold on four different accounts."

He continued, "I went from being a multi-billionaire to not even being able to use my Apple Pay four nights ago. I couldn't use my Apple Pay because someone how Adidas was able to legally go in and freeze my money, and when I see this, I think, well, if this could happen to me, this could happen to other Americans, and for what? You know this can happen to an American that didn't even steal anything, that didn't even hurt anyone. This could just happen to you for saying the wrong idea out loud."

Adele Reportedly Stubbed By Ceasars, Staying At Wynn Instead

Adele reportedly refuses to stay at Ceasar's Palace during her residency because she wasn't offered a nice enough suite.

Sources told the U.S. Sun that the singer's room wasn't as nice as those offered to "high rollers," with one insider saying, "It's a snub in many ways but she's a super star who can kind of do whatever she wants."

The outlet reports that she's currently staying in a private villa at The Wynn.

Adele began her long-delayed Las Vegas residency Friday (November 18th) and is expected to perform on select weekends through March 25th.