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Hilary Duff, lucky me tour (Live Nation) Lucky us: Hilary Duff is going on tour.After her Small Room, Big Nerves limited series of shows in New York, Toronto, London and Los Angeles, Hilary has now booked her first global headlining tour in nearly 20 years.  The lucky me tour will visit seven countries, in support of the singer's new album luck ... or something.The shows start June 22 in West Palm Beach, […]

Taylor Swift, 'Opalite' (TAS Rights Management) When Taylor Swift mentions a particular place in one of her songs, it often becomes a site of pilgrimage for Swifties. Now, the location where she filmed her latest video has become a gathering place, too.A large part of Taylor's "Opalite" video was filmed at the Whitgift Shopping Centre in Croydon, a town in South London. The U.K. paper The Evening Standard reports that fans […]

Lady Gaga wasn't the star of the Super Bowl halftime show, but even her guest appearance during Bad Bunny's set led to a boost in her streams, Billboard reports. Streams of the song she performed, "Die With a Smile," increased by 17%, while digital downloads jumped 165%.  Ricky Martin, Benito's other guest, saw streams of his catalog increase by 58%, and digital downloads increase by 487%.And speaking of Super Bowl […]

Harry Styles and Niall Horan of One Direction attend the BBC Music Awards on Dec. 10, 2015 in Birmingham, England. (Karwai Tang/WireImage) Niall Horan just dropped a collaborative single, "Drive Safe," with his new BFF Myles Smith. During an interview to promote that song, he also gave his opinion on his former One Direction bandmate Harry Styles' new single, "Aperture."While talking to Hits Radio UK, Niall said of "Aperture," which […]

David Archuleta, 'Devout,' (Robert Ascroft/Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books) David Archuleta's new memoir, Devout: Losing My Faith to Find Myself, is out on Feb. 17, and in an exclusive excerpt on People.com, the singer reveals he once contemplated taking his own life, to the point where he started searching for the right place to do it.As he details in the book, David, 35, couldn't reconcile the fact that he was queer with his […]

Miley Cyrus performs on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Randy Holmes) Now that Bad Bunny has sung his way into Super Bowl history, who could the next halftime show performer be? According to one sports book, there's a clear favorite.Bovada has set odds on a slew of top artists taking the stage in 2027, and Miley Cyrus is the favorite at 3 to 1. Next is Cardi B at 4.25 to […]

Ariana Grande performs on the 97th Academy Awards, March 2, 2025 (Disney/Frank Micelotta) If there was ever a movie about Ariana Grande's life, it would need subtitles — but they would have to translate animal language.Speaking with Backstage magazine in an Instagram video, Ari was asked who she would want to portray her in a movie about her life and what she'd want to call it. "I wouldn't, first of all," […]

Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation 1814' (A&M Records) Janet Jackson's blockbuster 1989 album Rhythm Nation 1814 is one of 14 inductees into the Grammy Hall of Fame this year. The Hall of Fame honors recordings that are at least 25 years old and "exhibit qualitative or historical significance."Rhythm Nation 1814, the follow up to Janet's breakthrough 1986 album Control, is the only album in history to have seven singles reach the top five […]

Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on Nov. 9, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Billy Joel seems to have taken a break from trying to sell his Long Island estate.The New York Post reports that the “Piano Man” has pulled his compound in Oyster Bay, Long Island, named MiddleSea, off the market.Joel originally put the 26-acre estate up for sale in 2023, while it was undergoing renovations. He […]