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Dimitrios Kambouris/LP5/Getty Images for TAS Taylor Swift is more than 25 years younger than Mariska Hargitay, but the acclaimed actress says the singer was still able to teach her a thing or two.As Swifties know, Taylor named one of her cats Olivia Benson, after Hargitay's character on Law & Order: SVU, and then had her make a cameo in her star-studded video for "Bad Blood." Discussing that experience on the Call […]

Courtesy Shawn Mendes While Shawn Mendes was performing in Latin America and India earlier this year, he teamed up with the Playing For Change Foundation to bring music education, instruments and live performances to kids in those countries and provide grants for long-term music education goals. Now he's announced that via his own charity, The Shawn Mendes Foundation, he'll be carrying that partnership into his upcoming tour.During Shawn's On the Road […]

Island Records The woman who once joked that "Jesus was a Carpenter" has now claimed that The Almighty Him — or Her — self has signed off on her new album cover.After catching flak for the cover of her upcoming album, Man's Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter has offered an alternative to anyone who was offended by the image of her on all fours, standing next to a man who's grabbed a fistful […]

Southern Accent Entertainment Charles Kelley, a member of Grammy-winning "Need You Now" group Lady A, is officially in a new phase, as his Songs for a New Moon is available to stream or download.In addition to 14 originals he co-wrote himself, it includes covers of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" and The Killers' "Here with Me." The first single, "Can't Lose You," is already a hit, and he'll perform it Wednesday on The Kelly Clarkson Show.On his Instagram Story, Charles […]

Courtesy Dunkin' Last year, Sabrina Carpenter teamed up with Dunkin' for a signature drink: Brown Sugar Shakin' Espresso. This summer, she's back with a dreamy new beverage, and a sexy ad to go with it.In the ad, set to music that's meant to evoke a '70s X-rated film, Sabrina is shown answering the "Dunkin' Daydream Hotline."  "What can I do for you today?" she asks the caller. After listening for a […]

Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Attendees of a benefit concert in Nashville on Tuesday night probably didn't have a performance by Taylor Swift on their bingo cards.As Variety reports, Taylor took the stage at Nashville's Brooklyn Bowl, which holds about 1200 people, during a concert to raise money for Tight End University, the annual summit for NFL tight ends which is spearheaded by Travis Kelce and others. Travis […]

Universal Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rod Stewart is set to perform at the U.K.'s prestigious Glastonbury Festival on Sunday, and ahead of that milestone performance, the location where he was standing when his music career officially began has been recognized with a special plaque.The Evening Standard reports that the plaque has been unveiled at Twickenham train station, located in the suburbs of London. It reads "Music legend and […]

Rachel Luna/FilmMagic We've got chills and they're multiplying: The late Olivia Newton-John will be the subject of a Netflix documentary, Deadline reports.The movie will tell the story of the hit-making singer and actress, both in her own words and through archival footage, and through interviews with friends and collaborators. Newton-John died in 2022 at age 73 after living with breast cancer for many years.In her career, which included starring roles in […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella Benson Boone has landed some pretty impressive backflips over the past year, including one at Coachella that was off a piano and one off a riser at Saturday Night Live. But if you've wondered if Benson has ever missed and wiped out, the answer is, not for a very long time.While appearing on BBC Radio 1, Benson was asked by a listener, "Have you ever […]