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Mariah Carey 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' 30th anniversary (Sony Music Entertainment) The success of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has allowed her to achieve something no artist has ever come close to.As the song remains at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the publication reports that Mariah has now spent a collective 100 weeks on top of the chart.  She accumulated those 100 […]

Aaron Dessner and Gracie Abrams perform at American Express Presents: An Evening with Gracie Abrams at Brooklyn Paramount, March 20, 2025 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Express) In the wake of several high-profile shootings this month, Gracie Abrams, her producer and co-writer Aaron Dessner of The National and Bon Iver have just released an anti-gun violence charity single.It's called "Sold Out" and it's now available on […]

Lady Gaga 'Harlequin Live: One Night Only' (Courtesy Morningview Productions) Merry Christmas, Little Monsters: Lady Gaga's Harlequin concert film will hit YouTube on Dec. 24.Gaga announced the news on Instagram, writing, "Happy holidays to you and yours. Harlequin Live: One Night Only Coming Xmas Eve @ 4pm PT on my YouTube channel."The movie, recorded last September at LA's Belasco Theatre, features Gaga performing all the songs from her Grammy-nominated Harlequin album, […]

Barry Manilow performs during 'Manilow: The Last Detroit Concert' at Little Caesars Arena, June, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Scott Legato/Getty Images) Barry Manilow has been forced to postpone his January concerts so he can undergo cancer surgery, the legendary singer announced on Monday.In a statement on Instagram, Manilow writes that he'd recently suffered through weeks of bronchitis, so his doctor ordered an MRI to "make sure that everything was OK." […]

'Benson Boone' stuck in Christmas tree; James Austin Johnson as Cameron Winter during the 'Christmas Duets' sketch on Saturday, December 20, 2025 (Esther Kuhn/NBC) You know you're famous when Saturday Night Live makes fun of you — at least, that's Benson Boone's attitude toward being skewered in the Dec. 20 episode of the show.The episode, hosted by Ariana Grande, featured a sketch called Random Duet Christmas Spectacular, in which unlikely artists […]

Taylor Swift, 'The Life of a Showgirl' cover image (Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot) Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl has now collected a nice round number of weeks at #1: It's been on top for a total of 10, non-consecutively. According to Billboard, the album got an 18% sales boost thanks to color vinyl variants of the album that started shipping out to customers in the past week. As per […]

Jonas Brothers' Greetings From Your Hometown tour, which got underway in August in the brothers' home state of New Jersey, will pause after Monday night's show at Brooklyn's Barclays Center for Christmas. It will then resume Dec. 30 in Jacksonville, Florida, followed by a New Year's Eve show in Hollywood, Florida.The 20th anniversary tour has made headlines all year for all the special guests — both old and new — […]

Musical guest Cher, host Ariana Grande and Bowen Yang during promos on Thursday, December 18, 2025 (Rosalind O’Connor/NBC) Ariana Grande returned to host Saturday Night Live for a third time on Dec. 20, and her appearance doubled as a farewell lap for her Wicked co-star and departing SNL cast member Bowen Yang.Grande kicked off the show by poking fun at herself, noting that she'd last hosted about a year ago. "So […]

If the colors of the gown Ariana Grande wears in her Saturday Night Live promos look like they're from the '70s, that's because they are. The dress is a Bob Mackie design originally worn by legendary comic actress Carol Burnett during the opening monologue of a 1973 episode of The Carol Burnett Show. Ari posted a photo of Burnett wearing the original dress in the episode. One fan commented, "A comedy queen honoring […]