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Legacy Recordings Another Michael Jackson video has reached 1 billion views on YouTube.The latest to reach the milestone is the 1988 Bad track “Smooth Criminal,” set in a 1930s gangster club. It’s most known for Jackson and his dancers performing a 45-degree lean, which seems physically impossible.This is the fifth Jackson video to surpass 1 billion views. The others are “Thriller,” “Beat it,” “Billie Jean” and “They Don’t Care About Us.”“Smooth Criminal” is one […]

Elsa/Getty Images In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Ariana Grande said of her boyfriend and Wicked co-star Ethan Slater, "There is no one on this earth with a better heart, and that is something that no bulls*** tabloid can rewrite in real life.” Now it's Slater's turn to return the compliment — while complaining about said tabloids.Speaking to GQ, Slater raves about Ariana's acting ability, saying, "My unbiased opinion is that […]

Amy E. Price/Getty Images Melissa Etheridge is heading back home to the Midwest for a special performance.On Nov. 23, Melissa will sing the national anthem at the 2024 National Women's Soccer League Championship at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, which is the first stadium that is purpose-built for a professional women’s sports team in the United States.“There is nothing better than coming home to Kansas City to perform the National […]

Island Records/Dave Meyers It's not a coincidence that you saw Sabrina Carpenter applying Prada Beauty lip products in the videos for her hits "Please Please Please" and "Taste." Those were actually Easter eggs leading to the announcement that Sabrina and Prada Beauty are officially collaborating. In the video for "Please Please Please," when Sabrina gets bailed out of jail, the only two items she gets back are her sunglasses and Prada […]

Ricky Vigil M / Justin E Palmer/GC Images When Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner ended their four-year marriage, all the messy details ended up in the tabloids. Looking back on it, the Game of Thrones actress will only say, "It was hard."Speaking to Harpers Bazaar, the actress says, "I’m going through a legal process right now where I can’t really say much, but it was incredibly sad. We had a […]

TAS2024/Getty Images for TAS Now that Taylor Swift has completed her Eras Tour shows in New Orleans, she's taken to Instagram to share her thoughts on them — and the surprise appearance by Sabrina Carpenter at the Oct. 26 concert."Wow, New Orleans. I’m still smiling thinking about that wonderful weekend," Taylor wrote. "The city really welcomed us with open arms (with friendship bracelets on those metaphorical arms) and celebrated the […]

Jasmine Safaeian As promised, Lady Gaga debuted two videos on Tuesday night -- one disturbing and one perfectly nice.The nice clip is a live performance of "Die With a Smile," recorded live at one of Bruno Mars' shows in Las Vegas. Gaga, onstage next to Bruno, plays piano in a big red wig, blue eyeshadow and '60s-style mini-dress. As the song reaches its climax, lights strobe, sparklers go off, fire […]

Samir Hussein/Getty Images for Atlantis The Royal After announcing on Oct. 26 that he'd be releasing a duet with the late Liam Payne called "Do No Wrong" on Nov. 1, singer Sam Pounds has decided to hold off.On social platform X, Pounds explained, "Today I’m deciding to hold 'Do No Wrong' and leave those liberties up to all family members. I want all proceeds go to a charity of their […]

Interscope On Oct. 28, Lady Gaga teased that there was a lot more to come for fans, and now she's delivering on that promise.She announced on Oct. 29 that she'll be dropping not one but two videos: a version of her hit duet with Bruno Mars, "Die With a Smile," recorded live in Las Vegas and the video for her new single, "Disease." Both videos arrive Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET."Die […]