Billie Eilish was spotted go-karting with her dad and two friends last week.
According to TMZ the "Bad Guy" singer hit up Go Kart World in Carson, CA on Tuesday (August 2nd).
The outlet reports that the star surprised staff with her visit and stayed until closing, racing around in Euro Karts and posing for pictures with the manager.
Beyoncé's new album Renaissance has landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making her the first female artist to do so in 2022. The project earned 332,000 equivalent album units and sold 190,000 physical copies in its first week since release.
The only album to outsell Beyoncé in 2022, male or female, is Harry Styles' Harry's House -- which earned 521,500 total units after its release in May.
The accomplishment also means that all seven of Beyonce's solo albums have reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. She is the first female artist to have done so.
Meanwhile, Beyonce shouted out several black female arits on her "Break My Soul (Queens Remix)" featuring Madonna. She sings on the song, "Rosetta Tharpe, Santigold, Bessie Smith, Nina Simone, Betty Davis, Solange Knowles, Badu, Kelly Rowland, Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack, Toni, Janet, Tierra Whack, Missy, Diana, Grace Jones, Aretha, Anita, Grace Jones…"
She also names Rihanna, Whitney Houston, Nicki Minaj and Aaliyah.
Britney Spears slammed Kevin Federline's recent claim that her sons are avoiding her, partially due to the embarrassment they've suffered after seeing her nude photos posted on Instagram.
The embattled pop star wrote on Instagram Stories Saturday (August 6th) that the interview her ex gave to the Daily Mail was "Hurtful."
She added, "It saddens me to hear that my ex-husband has decided to discuss the relationship between me and my children. As we all know, raising teenage boys is never easy for anyone .. It concerns me the fact that the reason is based on my Instagram. It was LONG before Instagram … I gave them everything. l'Il say it … My mother told me ‘You should GIVE them to their dad.' I'm sharing this because I can. Have a good day folks!!!"
Spears continued on an Instagram post, writing, "As their step mom says ‘whatever is happening outside this home has nothing to do with this home' … I would like to share the DOOR to outside is a token to the WHITE GATES I've been kept from for 15 years … the conservatorship has only been over for 8 months !!!!"
Federline said in the interview, set to air on ITV in the UK, that their teenage sons, Sean Preston and Jayden, "decided they are not seeing Britney right now,' and chose not to go to their wedding.
The former "Mr. Spears" also said that the nude selfies his ex-wife posts online make things difficult for their sons. He added, "I try to explain to them, 'Look, maybe that's just another way she tries to express herself.' But that doesn't take away from the fact of what it does to them. It's tough. I can't imagine how it feels to be a teenager having to go to high school.'
To add insult to injury he also claimed he "would absolutely welcome Jamie Spears back into the boys' lives."
He said, "I don't have any hard feelings towards Jamie Spears. People make mistakes. I feel bad for him. I feel like he's been put through the wringer."
Dua Lipa has been named an Honorary Ambassador of her home country, Kosovo.
The pop star shared images of herself alongside the country's president and andded the caption, "Yesterday afternoon I was awarded the title of Honourary Ambassador of Kosovo by our Madame President @vjosa.osmani It's an honour and a privilege to be able to represent my country all over the world and to continue my work and efforts globally to see that we leave our mark and make a difference. The youth of Kosovo deserves the right to visa liberalization, freedom to travel and to dream big."
Both of Lipa's parents hail from from Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. She herself was born in London.
Selena Gomez is looking forward to motherhood.
The "Lose You to Love Me" singer told Raquelle Stevens and Ashley Cook on the latest episode of Giving Back Generation, "I hope to be married and to be a mom. Eventually I'm going to be tired of all of this, so I'm probably just going to devote most of my life to philanthropy and peace out."
The 30-year-old could be considering a future with her latest love interest, film producer Andrea Iervolino.
Although the Only Murders In The Building star says she's currently single, Gomez was spotted dancing with and cuddling up to Iervolino at her 30th birthday party last month.
Was Kanye West the reason for Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson's split? According to Page Six, a source said that Kanye caused issues for Kim and Pete's relationship. The source explained, "When Kim is with someone else, Kanye can cause problems with the kids. He tries to divide and conquer. He can't help it.
In other news, Kanye West has lost his fifth divorce attorney. According to Rolling Stone, Ye's latest attorney Samantha Spector cited her relationship with West as having been irretrievably broken when requesting to be relieved by the judge. She did not elaborate as to why.
The trial is expected to continue with its December date unless West submits his financial declarations to settle the remaining issues. Kardashian's lawyer Laura Wasser said that her side has been ready to proceed for a while now.
She explained, "We've been ready for quite a while." As for whether they would like the trial date set for this year, Wasser said, "This year, your honor. I actually have a stipulated judgment drafted. I'm just trying to get someone to pay attention to me."
MARSHMELLO X KHALID AND PANIC! AT THE DISCO AMONG VMA PERFORMERS: MTV announced the first wave of VMA performers on Friday (August 5th). Anitta, J Balvin, Marshmello x Khalid and Panic! At The Disco are the first round of global superstars set to perform at the 2022 "VMAs" LIVE from New Jersey's Prudential Center on Sunday, August 28th at 8PM ET/PT.
'PINK VENOM' DROPS NEXT FRIDAY: BLACKPINK has finally revealed the title and single for their next single. A new teaser shared to social media confirmed that their forthcoming track, "Pink Venom" will be released next Friday (August 19th ). "Pink Venom" will come as the lead single from BLACKPINK's forthcoming sophomore album, Born Pink.
Machine Gun Kelly stars alongside Kevin Bacon, in the upcoming thriller, One Way. People.com exclusively released the trailer on Thursday (8-4).
MGK plays a criminal who, after stealing from the biggest crime boss in town, boards a Greyhound bus full of equally shady passengers and calls on his estranged low-life father, played by Bacon, for help.
The 2-minute preview shows Kelly's character suffering from a gunshot wound. A series of action-packed scenes follow as father and son fight to stay alive.
One Way will be in select theaters, on digital and on demand beginning September 2.
In Other MGK News… While on a tour stop in Nebraska, one of his buses was graffitied with a homophobic slur and pornographic images. MGK played a show in Omaha on Thursday (8-4) and TMZ reports that the bus was spray painted while parked on a curb downtown. A fan posted the images online and at last check, MGK had not commented on it publicly.
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Post Malone has been raising money for charity. His Gaming series on Twitch has now brought in more than $200,000. Last month he capped it off by donating $40,000 of his own money.
Benefitting are organizations like Human Rights Watch, Project HOPE, United Way and The Trevor Project.
Fans can still contribute. The streams are now uploaded to Post's new YouTube gaming account, it's called Gaming For Love. You can watch Malone play games and there's a button on each video for donations.
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Yesterday it was rumored, today it's fact… Lady Gaga has accepted a lead role in the upcoming film, Joker: Folie a Deux. Although not announced, her character is believed to be the Joker's girlfriend. The sequel to the 2019 film, Joker, which starred Joaquin Phoenix will be a musical. Look for it to be released in October of 2024.
Megan Thee Stallion has signed on to co-host The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon for August 11. She'll even help deliver the monologue. The following week, Demi Lovato will co-host, August 16th through the 18th.
Miley Cyrus has become an avatar in Gucci Town on Roblox. Representing the brand in a new beauty campaign for the Flora fragrance, online visitors can join her for scavenger hunts and win rewards. Users can also discover the fragrance in the virtual Gucci store.
Nick Jonas revealed some fun facts about the hit song, "S.O.S."
In a video on TikTok, he said he was in a hotel room in New York City when he wrote it. At the time he was 13 years old.
He also shared that the original version of the song sounded very different from how it ended up. He explained, "It wasn't until we got into the studio with John Fields, our producer, that we were thinking, 'It needs to be more memorable right off the top,' So, that guitar line was born."
One of the biggest changes in the song was the name. The original title was "A Call I'll Never Get, but when it came time to put it on the album, everyone kept calling it "S.O.S."
Released 15 years ago, it became Jonas Brothers' first #1 on iTunes and has sold 1.5 million copies in the United States alone.
Nick says, it's still one of his favorite songs to play.
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Selena Gomez is in final negotiations to work as a producer on a remake of the 1980s classic, Working Girl.
The original starred Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith, Joan Cusack, and Harrison Ford and followed the journey of a secretary who must take over her office while her boss recovers from a broken leg.
It looks like it may be released on Hulu, the same streaming service that offers Only Murders in the Building, a show that Gomez stars in and produces.
It's unclear if Gomez will also be starring in the film..
A remake of Working Girl would follow the trend of rebooting '80s and '90s classics, like the recently successful Top Gun: Maverick.
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BTS may still be allowed to perform while carrying out their mandatory military service in South Korea. This week, the Defense Minister said that a number of options for alternative military service are being explored for the group. He stated, "I believe there will be a way for us to give them the opportunity to practice as well as allow them to leave the country and perform anytime if they have overseas concerts scheduled."
As a result of South Korea's decades-long war with North Korea, all able-bodied men must serve for a minimum of 18 months before their 28th birthday.
In 2020, exceptions were made for BTS members to delay their service until they were 30. If that stands, 29-year-old Jin will be expected to enlist later this year.
In May, the Tourism Minister called for BTS to be exempt from South Korea's mandatory military service.
The two-time Grammy-nominated band is by far Korea's biggest music act.
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Machine Gun Kelly just released his 3rd video in the Vevo Live Performance Series.
"Fake Love Don't Last" shows him clad in a shredded red and white striped sweater. His surroundings have similarities of the other two videos… chain curtains and bathed in a pink glow.
He's joined by Iann Dior sauntering down a red carpet, waling over shards of broken glass on his way to the stage.
Just last week, the series kicked off with two Machine Gun Kelly clips… "More Than Life" and Twin Flame."
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After three months of a sold-out European arena tour, Alicia Keys is now in the U.S. North Carolina got the first performance in America of The Alicia + Keys World Tour with a sold-out show in Charlotte.
Following the concert, Keys said, "My spirit has been calling me to bring us all closer together. Tonight is exactly what touring should feel like after we've all been disconnected for so long. I'm deeply thankful to Charlotte for a magical night."
The tour features all-new custom designed staging, lighting, and costuming.
The 15-time Grammy Award winner will play 29 concerts in the states and will perform multiple nights in some cities.
Harry Styles has reached a billion views on YouTube with the song that introduced his solo career. "Sign Of The Times" is from his self-titled album that reached #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart 5 years ago. Just last week, he set the Spotify record for being the fastest solo artist to reach a billion streams.
Lady Gaga seems to be considering her next movie role in Joker 2, but details on her character are still under wraps According to Billboard, the sequel is likely to star Joaquin Phoenix again as the DX villain, and is expected to be out in October of 2024.The first Joker, released in 2019 grossed around $1 billion at the box office.
Rina Sawayama has released a new song and video for "Hold The Girl." She says it was the first song she wrote for the album. She commented, "I had gone to therapy and had a revelation, so I decided to write this song… that was the start of it. I was crying before going into the studio to write about it." Her new album by the same title will be released next month.
With rumors swirling again about the possibility of Blink-182 reuniting, Mark Hoppus chimed in to calm things down. When asked about it in a recent interview, he got straight to the point and said there was "no news to share."
The relationship between Tom DeLonge and his estranged bandmates has improved somewhat, with DeLonge reaching out during Hoppus' battle with cancer.
Hoppus recently said that "if and when" Blink has any announcement about anything, the news would come directly from the band.
Blink-182 went on hiatus in 2005, but following a 2008 plane crash that involved Travis Barker, they reunited at the 2009 Grammy Awards. Two years later they recorded and released the album, Neighborhoods. After that, DeLonge lost interest.
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Demi Lovato is now using "she/her" pronouns again.
The "Sorry Not Sorry" singer told the Spout podcast Tuesday (August 2nd), "Recently, I've been feeling more feminine, and so I've adopted ‘she/her' again. But I think what's important is, like, nobody's perfect."
According to Lovato, she came out as non-binary last year because she was "balanced in my masculine and feminine energy."
She revealed, "When I was faced with the choice of walking into a bathroom and it said ‘women' and ‘men,' I didn't feel like there was a bathroom for me because I didn't feel necessarily like a woman. I didn't feel like a man. I just felt like a human."
Lovato first announced she would use "they/them" pronouns in May 2021 when she came out as non-binary.
Reports say that Beyonce has removed the "Milkshake" interpolation and Kelis' credit from her song "Energy" off of her new album Renaissance -- according to Pop Crave. Last week, Kelis went live on Instagram revealing that she was angry that Beyonce didn't ask for permission to sample her song. Although Kelis sang the song, reports say that Pharrell actually owns the writing credits.
Kelis told fans in an Instagram video, "We know each other we have mutual friends, it's not hard she can contact….It's just common decency." She added, "It was stupid and disrespectful and she should've at least reached out. But the real issue is….Pharrell knows better. This is a direct hit at me he does this stuff all the time it's very petty….It's frustrating…. I'm annoyed is because I know it was on purpose."
Kelis seemingly addressed the news last night when someone commented on her Instagram page, "Hope you happy now lmao." She responded, "obviously lol yeah!"
MONICA LEWINSKY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT BEYONCE AS WELL
Meanwhile, Monica Lewinsky has responded to Beyonce removing the word "spaz" from her song "Heated" song off of Renaissance. Lewinsky tweeted, "Uhmm, while we're at it… #Partition."
If you've ever wanted to cook like the guys of BTS, look no further than BTS RECIPE BOOK: Book of Tasty Stories, the new official cookbook from the K-Pop superstars.
According to Billboard, the book is filled with recipes adapted from ones used by Jin, Jung Kook, RM, V, Suga, Jimin and J-Hope.
The BTS RECIPE BOOK is available for order now on the band's Weverse shop page for $28 per copy, though shipping will not take place until November.
Carly Rae Jepsen's forthcoming album, The Loneliest Time, will drop on October 21st.
She wrote on Instagram Tuesday (August 2nd), "I'm quite fascinated by loneliness. It can be really beautiful when you turn it over and look at it. Just like love, it can cause some extreme human reactions."
According to a release, The Loneliest Time will be Jepsen's "most introspective body of work to date."
Kanye West says Adidas created Yeezy Day without his permission. Yesterday (August 2nd) marked the third annual Yeezy Day, where Adidas re-releases a lot of the popular models from Kanye's sneaker line for two days.
In an Instagram message to Complex, Ye wrote, "Adidas made up the Yeezy Day idea without my approval." He also accused Adidas of re-issuing older styles, designing colorways, and hiring employees all without his approval.
Ye wrote, "Went and hired a GM of Yeezy without my approval. Took talent on the production side and sprinkled them throughout Adidas originals without my approval."
He continued, "When I originally ordered Adidas to make more Yeezy slides, the GM lied to my face and said they didn't have the capacity. Meanwhile, Adidas was copying my slides and making their own versions of the Yeezy slide."
He added, "Yeezy is 68% of Adidas online sales.cGod step in."
Beyonce has released a statement telling fans that she will remove the word "spaz" from her song "Heated" off of her new album Renaissance after being called out for using albleist language." According to Insider, a representative for Beyonce said in a statement, "The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced."
In other news, singer-songwriter and producer The Dream took to social media to check songwriter Diane Warren about comments she made about the writing credits Beyonce's new album Renaissance. Diane recently tweeted, "How can there be 24 writers on a song?" She later wrote, "This isn't meant as shade, I'm just curious."
The Dream -- who worked on Bey's new album, responded to Warren, saying, "You mean how's does our (Black) culture have so many writers. Well it started because we couldn't afford certain things starting out,so we started sampling and it became an Artform, a major part of the Black Culture (hip hop) in America.Had that era not happen who knows. U good?"
Warren responded, "I didn't mean that as an attack or as disrespect. I didn't know this, thank U for making me aware of it. No need to be mean about it."
Dream responded, "Btw I know it's not a one on one writing contest you looking for from no one over here…… you don't want that smoke And you know I love you, but come on. Stop acting like your records haven't been sampled eyeballs emojicrying laughing emojirocket emoji."
Warren later apologized.
BTS may be able to perform even while carrying out their compulsory military service in South Korea.
According to News1, the country's National Defense Minister said Monday (Aug. 1), "BTS could enlist in the military, and still be given time to practice and perform overseas."
According to Reuters, the minister added, "As many people highly value artists serving in the military, that may help boost their popularity even more."
