Lovett Music/RCA Records/ Photo Credit: Adrienne Raquel Victoria Monét thought Usher up when working on their song “SOS.” As she reveals in Rolling Stone‘s The Breakdown, she’d been listening to Confessions and “studying that album top to bottom” when she received a call from Usher. “I was like, ‘What the f*** is going on?!’ The energy […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has been spreading false claims about the Biden-Harris administration’s response to Hurricane Helene, including the baseless claim that the administration is using Federal Emergency Management Agency money to house illegal migrants. Some of Trump’s allies, including Elon Musk, have been amplifying those claims. Those claims are […]
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are both taking a break from campaigning in battleground states on Monday to memorialize the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Harris, alongside second gentleman Doug Emhoff, marked the day […]
ABC/John Argueta Tyla‘s self-titled debut album will now get the deluxe edition treatment. The singer announced that Tyla (Deluxe) will arrive Friday, featuring three new tracks: “Push 2 Start,” “Back to You” and “Shake Ah” featuring Tony Duardo, Optimist and Maestro. The album also features new artwork, which finds Tyla soaked in a brown corset and a hose around her […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Election officials in Georgia and North Carolina said Monday that voting from their states in the presidential election in November will not be derailed by the damage left by Hurricane Helene even as crews continue to search for victims. Though parts of the two states were devastated by the hurricane, election […]
Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images Cissy Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston, has died at 91 years old. Cissy’s daughter-in-law Pat Houston confirmed the news, sharing Cissy passed away in her New Jersey home Monday while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease. “Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We [lost] the matriarch of […]
Morton Plant North Bay Hospital/Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK) — Dozens of health care facilities in Florida are suspending services and/or preparing to evacuate as Hurricane Milton approaches. On Sunday, Pinellas County – located on the west central Florida coast and including Clearwater and St. Petersburg – issued mandatory evacuation orders for long-term care […]
courtesy of Live Nation Smokey Robinson has booked a trio of dates in Las Vegas. The legendary R&B singer will bring his Legacy Tour to The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, with shows April 2, April 4 and April 5. A Citi presale for tickets kicks off Tuesday at 10 a.m., with tickets […]
Karine Aigner for the Washington Post Magazine (NEW YORK) — Meeting an exotic animal at a public attraction can fill us with wonder, but critics say that this can also be dangerous. Dana Garber said she had just such an encounter at the Endangered Ark Foundation in Hugo, Oklahoma, in 2021. She thought their family […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Georgia state Supreme Court reinstated the state’s six-week abortion ban on Monday after a lower court allowed abortions to resume in the state. The ruling goes into effect at 5 p.m. ET and will remain in place while the court hears the state’s appeal, which was filed by Christopher […]
