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Machine Gun Kelly has been announced as one of the stars that will face off on the court, during the 2022 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.

The charity event pairs retired NBA and WNBA players with celebrities and will take place at Cleveland's Wolstein Center. It raises money for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, with every shot made from behind the line earning a $4,000 donation from Ruffles and the NBA.

Other notable players include Jack Harlow and Tiffany Haddish. It will air February 18 on ESPN at 7 p.m. EST.

TL;DR:

• Machine Gun Kelly will play in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.
• Other notable players include Jack Harlow and Tiffany Haddish.
• It will air February 18 on ESPN at 7 p.m. EST.

John Mayer adds to his ever-growing list of #1's on Billboard‘s Adult Alternative Airplay chart, as "Wild Blue" tops the chart. The song becomes his 8^th to do so.

My Policeman, starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin has received an R rating for sexual content. Set in the 1950s, the film follows the story of a gay policeman who marries a woman despite his love for another man. A release date has not been announced.

Could Adele and Rich Paul be engaged?

The singer sparked rumors after walking the red carpet at the 2022 Brit Awards wearing a massive diamond ring on her left hand. According to E! News, the pear shape diamond is from Lorraine Schwartz.

Adele also took home awards for Song of the Year ("Easy on Me"), Album of the Year (30), and Artist of the Year

Other winners included Dua Lipa for Best Pop, R&B Artist, Billie Eilish for International Artist, Silk Sonic for International Group, and Olivia Rodrigo for International Song of the Year with "Good 4 U."

Beyoncé​ and Billie Eilish were among the Academy Award nominees announced on Tuesday (Feb. 8th). Both singers are being recognized in the Best Original Song category.

Beyoncé has earned her first Academy Award nomination, with "Be Alive" from King Richard while Eilish's nod is for "No Time to Die" from the James Bond movie of the same name.

Eilish wrote on Instagram, "thank you SO much to @theacademy for this nomination!! it was an absolute dream to write a song for a @007 film and i'm so honored that it's nominated. peak life experience. THANK YOU!!!"

Other nominees in this category include Diane Warren (Four Good Days), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto), and Van Morrison (Belfast).

Many were expecting Lady Gaga to be recognized for her role as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci. Despite the snub, the gracious star extended her contratulations to the other nominees.

Gaga wrote, "And to all the nominees this year, congratulations on all your hard work, dedication, your nomination and YOUR magic—you all deserve major recognition for what was a truly beautiful landscape of performances and accomplishments this past year. Your dedication during Covid, your huge hearts, and your ability to tell amazing stories is a gift to the whole world during what is for many a very hard time. Congratulations my friends."

Kanye West posted and deleted a message for all of the "women" in the Kardashian family, demanding that they apologize to him. Kanye posted a screenshot of a text conversation between himself and his estranged wife Kim, where he texted her, "Hope you have the best day. Positive vibes your way." Kim responded, "You too! positive vibes all around!" He later texted Kim, "I still need an apology for you not giving me the address to my daughters party."

He captioned the post, "I STILL NEED A PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM THE ENTIRE FAMILY FOR THIS. YOU GIVE EVERYTHING YOU GOT TO SOMEONE THEN THEY TRY TO BULLY YOU AND THEN SAY THEY WON'T APOLOGIZE. IT'S UP TILL THEY ALL TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY EVERY WOMAN THERE INCLUDING CORY."

BTS has set a new record with their hit single "Butter."

According to Billboard, the track holds at No. 1 on the Hot Trending Song's chart for the eighth week – the longest any song has held the top spot.

The trending song's chart provides a real-time ranking of the most discussed on Twitter globally.

Joe Alwyn made it clear during a CTAM presentation about his upcoming Hulu series Conversations With Friends that Taylor Swift is the only girl for him.

Deadline reported that the actor was discussing his character Nick Conway's open relationship at the February 8th event when he added "I think people can do what they want and makes them happy. I'm obviously happy in a monogamous relationship."

The 30-year-old has been with Swift since 2016.

Joe Jonas has new music on the way with DNCE.

The "Cake By The Ocean" singer wrote on his Instagram Story Sunday (Feb. 6th) night, "My goal for the next few months is to get you up on your feet dancing and make you move. New music. New vibes. New flavors. New collaborations."

In a post shared Monday (Feb. 7th), the Jonas Brothers singer added that he has been working on a song called "Dancing Feet" with Kygo.

Jonas told Rolling Stone he wrote a lot of material over Zoom with collaborators like Ryan Tedder, Jason Evigan, Mike Elizondo and Mikky Ekko.

He said of the group, "I can kind of forsee it becoming this E Street Band where members come and go."

Reports say that Kanye West refuses to sign documents that would grant estranged wife Kim Kardashian's request to be declared legally single amid their ongoing divorce.

According to The Jasmine Brand, a source said, "Kim is still trying to get the 'married' status dissolved to 'single' before they finalize the divorce, but Ye has yet to sign." The source continued, "Moving this divorce along isn't something he's acting quickly on, despite Kim's efforts."

Rihanna was spotted in Beverly Hills this past weekend and had her belly on full blast. The singer, along with boyfriend A$AP Rocky, was spotted wearing a black lace up, cut out top, with no bra and low cut trousers. The two were leaving a restaurant.

Rihanna and Rocky announced that they were expecting their first child together last week. No wrod on when the baby is due.

Selena Gomez shared a cute behind-the-scenes snap of herself and Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin on Instagram Monday (Feb. 7th).

The image shows the two sticking their tounges out at the camera while filming the Escher-inspired music video for their new single, "Let Somebody Go."

The track, from Coldplay's album, Music of the Spheres, serves as the followup to their collaboration with BTS, "My Universe."

Cardi B decided to make her daughter Kulture's Instagram page private after trolls left negative comments on the page. Cardi tweeted, "I haven't been checking my daughter's account, but now I'm going to lock her page. I don't know WTF is going on, but I hope y'all moms die for giving birth to you h*e a*s weirdos."

One of the disparaging comments read, "Look at creature Cephus." Another one read, "I hope your account gets disabled."

Shawn Mendes has been spotted spending time with yogi Hitomi Mochizuki in Hawaii.

The "It'll Be Okay" singer was snapped in the midst of a beach ritual with the dark haired woman on Friday (Feb. 4th). Images obtained by Page Six showed him possibly snorting something from a pip before grasping hands with his companion.

According to the outlet, the duo was later seen having coffee at an outdoor café.

According to Mochizuki's Instagram bio, she is a "Forest Nymph" and "Ashtanga Yogi."

Taylor Swift was spotted enjoying a family outing in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday (Feb. 5th).

E! News reports that the singer was snapped by photographers hanging out with parents Andrea and Scott Swift. Images show the 32-year-old dressed in an oversized coat and dark jeans, carrying a large notebook and a keyboard in her arms.

The family reunion comes three months after Swift's last public sighting at a Saturday Night Live after-party.

Foo Fighters are set to play a virtual reality concert in the metaverse on Super Bowl Sunday. According to Rolling Stone, the concert will start at 11:00 pm EST or at the conclusion of the Super Bowl. The show will feature the band performing one of their songs for the first time.

Dave Grohl released a statement, saying that the band will be collaborating with music video directot Mark Romanek, saying, "Foo Fighters love a challenge — from playing the biggest stages in the world to the tiniest clubs to making movies and miniseries… We've pretty much done it all."

She continued, "But we've never collaborated with Mark Romanek on a conceptual set of songs (including one being played live for the first time ever) for a worldwide audience. Join us when we cross that one off the FF bucket list!"

Billie Eilish stopped performing at her show in Atlanta, Georgia Saturday (Feb. 5th) night to help a fan who was having trouble breathing.

Footage taken by a fan named Danna Macias and shared with E! News showed the "Bad Guy" singer stopping the show to ask her team to find an inhaler for the struggling concertgoer.

Macias told the outlet, "They helped her out of general admission and made sure she was okay. After that, Billie noticed people were struggling, so she asked everyone to take a step back and make room for everyone. Suddenly people started asking for an inhaler, another girl was struggling to breathe. Billie stopped everything!"

Eilish can also be heard throwing shade at Travis Scott in another clip posted by TMZ where she says, "I wait for people to be OK before I keep going."

The performance at the State Farm Arena was Eilish's second stop on her Happier Than Ever World Tour.

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's co-parenting issues spilled out all over social media this past weekend. On Friday (February 4th), Kanye took to social media to call out Kim for allowing their daughter North West to use TikTok against his will. Kardashian released a statement, saying, "As the parent who is the main provider and caregiver for our children, I am doing my best to protect our daughter while also allowing her to express her creativity in the medium that she wishes with adult supervision—because it brings her happiness."

She continued, "Kanye's constant need for attacking me in interviews and on social media is actually more hurtful than any TikTok North might create."

She added, "I wish to handle all matters regarding our children privately and hopefully he can finally respond to the third attorney he has had in the last year to resolve any issues amicably."

Kanye continued to throw shots at Kim, claiming that she accused him of being on drugs and putting a hit out on her. He also claimed that Kardashian won't let the kids go with him to Chicago, although they have joint custody.

He said,"YESTERDAY KIM ACCUSED ME OF PUTTING A HIT OUT ON HER." He continued, "SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT I BEG TO GO TO MY DAUGHTERS PARTY AND IM ACCUSED OF BEING ON DRUGS THEN I GO PLAY WITH MY SON AND I TAKE MY AKIRA GRAPHIC NOVELS AND IM ACCUSED OF STEALING." He added, "THESE IDEAS CAN ACTUALLY GET SOMEONE LOCKED UP. nTHEY PLAY LIKE THAT WITH BLACK MENS LIVES WEATHER SIC ITS GETTING THEM FREE OR GETTING THEM LOCKED UP. IM NOT PLAYING ABOUT MY BLACK CHILDREN ANYMORE."

Last month, Demi Lovato posted a photo to Instagram with the caption, "A funeral for my pop music," and now they're opening up to Rolling Stone about what that means for their career.

The singer said, "I'd like to put the rest of my music behind me and start fresh in this new era for this next album — but I do that every album cycle. It honestly wasn't a funeral. It was a label meeting and we just all happened to be in black and I was like, ‘Wow, this is like a funeral for my pop music.'"

They added the next album will have a "heavier" sound and be more like their first era.

Lovato can also be heard on the new Winnetka Bowling League single, "Fiimy."

Olivia Rodrigo has been named Billboard's 2022 "Woman of the Year."

The outlet's Editorial Director Hannah Karp said in a statement Friday (Feb. 4th), "Olivia's trajectory to superstardom is the stuff of pop music legend. Her talents as a storyteller and songwriter have made Olivia one of the most authentic and exciting new artists to explode onto the scene in years."

Billboard's "Women In Music" event will be hosted by Ciara on March 2nd and honor artists like Gabby Barrett, Phoebe Bridgers, Doja Cat, Karol G, Bonnie Raitt, Saweetie and Summer Walker.

Reports say that Rihanna and A$AP Rocky plan to get married in Barbados after their baby arrives. According to The Sun Times, a source said, ‘They will be married, for sure. She has told pals she wants to be with him for ever, and he has said the same."

The source added, "There are no plans yet as to when the nuptials will be but it won't be before the baby is born. She has always wanted to get married and A$AP is her forever person."

RiRi and ASAP announced that they were expecting their first child together last week.

Ticketholders to Adele's cancelled Las Vegas residency can now see an impersonator instead, free of charge.

TMZ reports that fans with tickets to Weekends with Adele are being invited to see the Legendary Divas show at the Tropicana in Las Vegas instead.

Look-a-like Janae Longo will be belting out some of the singer's greatest hits. The show also includes tributes to Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Cher and it's hosted by a Joan Rivers impersonator.

BTS' Jimin, has been released from the hospital following an appendectomy and treatment for Covid-19.

The singer's label, Big Hit Music, confirmed on WeVerse that the K-Pop star was released Saturday (Feb. 5th).

According to the statement, "Jimin was tested positive for COVID-19 and diagnosed with acute appendicitis on Sunday, January 30th and underwent surgery on Monday, January 31st. He has since received inpatient care and tested negative on his PCR test before being discharged from the hospital."

Dua Lipa has launched the first issue of her new weekly newsletter called Service95. As described in the press release, it's a global style, culture, and society concierge service created to help the reader make sense of the world.

It's a combination of stories, information, and perspectives that will include little-known hotspots, up-and-coming artists, and grassroots activists.

Service95 is inspired by Dua's lifelong habit of personally curating extensive recommendations and lists. About that she said: "I find huge joy in telling people what I've learned about in any given city and love finding connection in our shared experiences."

The newsletter is free, you can subscribe at Serviec95.com.

TL;DR:

• Dua Lipa has launched the first issue of her new weekly newsletter called Service95.
• It's a combination of stories, information, and perspectives that will include little-known hotspots.
• The newsletter is free, you can subscribe at Serviec95.com.

Just days after undergoing emergency surgery, BTS' Jimin is assuring everyone that he's doing just fine.

The 26 year old updated his fans and said he's recovering and hopes to go home soon. It was reported earlier this week that he was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and Covid-19 over the weekend.

He told fans that he's taking care of himself and not to worry.

Jimin, whose real name is Park Ji-min, was hospitalized with sudden abdominal pain, and underwent successful emergency surgery. He was also experiencing a mild sore throat, and tested positive for Covid while in the hospital.

He confirmed that he did not have any contact with other BTS members while infectious.

TL;DR:

• BTS' Jimin was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and Covid-19 over the weekend and underwent successful emergency surgery..
• He told fans that he's taking care of himself and not to worry.
• He confirmed that he did not have any contact with other BTS members while infectious.