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Disney/Gizelle Hernandez For the first time ever, American Idol will be airing an Easter-themed special episode. The three-hour episode, called "Songs of Faith," will air April 20 — Easter Sunday — on ABC. It'll feature performances from Jelly Roll, who is American Idol's artist in residence this season, as well as gospel star CeCe Winans, Christian artist Brandon Lake and Idol alum Roman Collins.In addition, judges Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan […]

Raymond Hall/GC Images Fans have been puzzled by Justin Bieber's many cryptic Instagram postings recently, but it appears that at least some of them are teasing a new clothing brand.Per the Instagram posts, the brand seems to be called "skylrk" and includes sweatshirts, sunglasses, beanies and phone cases, as well as some kind of footwear that looks like a sneaker crossed with a slipper crossed with a Croc. Colors include "Dusty Pink," […]

Gabe Ginsberg/WireImage Wicked co-stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo traded their signature pink and green ensembles for plain black on Wednesday, as they appeared at CinemaCon in Las Vegas to debut footage from the second installment of the film, Wicked: For Good.According to Variety, Ariana told the CinemaCon attendees -- who are movie theater owners -- “It’s been quite a year since we joined you here last time, and we […]

Shervin Lainez/Baroque Folk "Do you feel the same" about a song that hit #1 in 1989? Susanna Hoffs does. She's just released a new version of "Eternal Flame," her song with the Bangles. Susanna co-wrote the song with hitmakers Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. It appeared on the Bangles' third album, Everything, and was their second #1 single."I was inspired to sing it again!” says Susanna in a statement. "As I stood before the […]

Dua Lipa, currently on her Radical Optimism tour, is continuing her tradition of paying tribute to the country in which she's performing by singing a song by an artist from that country. At her April 2 show in Auckland, New Zealand, she performed "Royals" by New Zealand's Lorde. You can find fan-shot video of the performance online. While performing in Australia, Dua was joined by Aussies Troye Sivan and Vance Joy on different […]

Abby Waisler Gracie Abrams hasn't scored a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 — yet — but she's just topped another one of the publication's charts."That's So True" has risen to #1 on Billboard's Adult Pop Airplay. It's her second #1 on a Billboard chart, following it reaching the top of the Pop Airplay tally for two weeks in March."That's So True" became Gracie's first top 10 on the Hot 100 in […]

ABC/Paula Lobo A few years ago, Ed Sheeran won a lawsuit that had accused him of plagiarizing his hit "Thinking Out Loud." As a result, he now scrupulously documents every song he writes — which is lucky for us fans."I film every studio session i do now since the lawsuit, just to show my writing process if anyone is curious," Ed writes on Instagram. "turns out it makes for great […]

Barry King/WireImage Cher has taken to social media to pay tribute to her former boyfriend, Batman Forever star Val Kilmer, who died Tuesday at the age of 65.“VALUS Will miss u,” she wrote on social platform X. “U Were Funny,crazy,pain in the a**,” noting he was “BRILLIANT as Mark Twain,” a role he played in the one-man play Mark Twain: Citizen Twain.Cher also called Kilmer a great friend, sharing that her kids loved him, […]

Peggy Sirota Who Believes in Angels?, Elton John's collaborative album with Brandi Carlile, comes out on April 4. And Elton says he really hopes it will make people all over the world sit up and take notice of his Grammy-winning pal.Speaking to Billboard, Elton says, "My ambition for her with this album was to break her internationally. She’s a well-known artist in America, but in the rest of the world, […]