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Todd Owyoung/NBC The Weeknd sat for his first-ever interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday night and credited Tom Cruise's appearance on the show back in 2015 with boosting his career.Cruise took part in the ongoing "Lip-Sync Battle" segment of the program, performing Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face" and calling the singer "enormously talented.""It actually helped the song,” Weeknd told Fallon. "It helped it peak to the record-breaking top, thanks to […]

Courtesy Netflix Lady Gaga apparently loves streaming platforms.Following her performance Wednesday at YouTube's upfront Brandcast presentation, she's now been booked to perform at Tudum, Netflix's star-studded fan event.Named after the sound that plays at the start of every Netflix show or movie, Tudum is taking place May 31 at the Kia Forum in LA. Tickets to attend the event are on sale now via Ticketmaster, but the good news is that […]

Jenna Ortega, Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Barry Keoghan; Marion Curtis / Starpix for Lionsgate The psychological thriller Hurry Up Tomorrow, starring Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, is in theaters now. While Abel starred in the 2023 HBO series The Idol, this marks the first time that he's carried an entire film by himself. But as director Trey Edward Shults revealed, he didn't see the series before he started working with Abel."When we shot this, we […]

Atlantic Records Ed Sheeran loves to collaborate, and he picked some pretty big names to work with on his upcoming soundtrack song.It was previously announced that Ed would have a song called "Drive" featured on F1 The Album, the companion to the upcoming Brad Pitt film F1, about a washed-up Formula 1 racer who returns to the track. On Thursday, Ed posted a preview of the song on his Instagram Story, and revealed that "Drive" features none […]

Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation YouTube's upfront presentation in New York Wednesday — during which advertisers are shown previews of upcoming programming — ended with a Lady Gaga concert.Variety reports that at the event at Lincoln Center, called Brandcast, Gaga did a five-song set that included "Shallow," plus four tracks from Mayhem: "Abracadabra," "Perfect Celebrity," "How Bad Do You Want Me" and "Vanish." Among the audience members were Gaga's mom, her fiancé and musical collaborator Michael […]

Weiss Eubanks/NBC Universal Kelly Clarkson's a musician and a talk show host, which makes her the perfect star for a new series of specials that will find her interviewing various pop artists.Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson, a series of four specials in which she'll sit down with Jonas Brothers, Teddy Swims, Lizzo and Gloria Estefan, will air later this summer on NBC and stream on Peacock. According to a press release, […]

Courtesy CBS The first batch of performers for this year's American Music Awards has been revealed.Benson Boone, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Gloria Estefan, country star Lainey Wilson and actress/singer Reneé Rapp will all perform on the show, which will air May 26 on CBS and stream on Paramount+.This will be Gloria's first AMA performance in more than 30 years. Gwen will do a medley celebrating the 20th anniversary of her album Love.Angel.Music.Baby, […]

Disney/Randy Holmes If you didn't like the outfit that Billie Eilish wore to the Met Gala this year, sorry, but you've been fooled by AI.The singer took to her Instagram Story to post a video calling out photos and TikToks that purport to show her at the May 5 event. While eating an ice cream cone, she says, "Seeing people talk about what I wore to this year’s Met Gala ‘being trash.’ I […]

Kids just love Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar. They're the top nominees for this year's Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, which will air live from Santa Monica on June 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.Ari, Gaga and Kendrick have four nominations each; Selena Gomez and Jelly Roll have three nods each. Chappell Roan and Gracie Abrams are among the first-time nominees.  Ariana's nominations include favorite female artist and favorite movie actress, for her […]