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Elton John leaves lawyer's office in 1988, the day after the settlement was reached; Kent Gavin/Mirrorpix via Getty Images This year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival — the world's largest performing arts festival — will feature a play inspired by an unusual subject: a legal battle between Elton John and a British tabloid that printed a scandalous fake story about him.The play by Henry Naylor is called Monstering the Rocketman and tells the […]

Will Heath/NBC Ariana Grande received an Oscar nomination for her role in Wicked, and she may receive an Emmy nomination for a different project.According to Variety, Ariana's name was submitted in the guest comedy actress category for her Saturday Night Live hosting stint in October 2024 — the third episode of the show's landmark 50th season.Ari got raves for her work on the show, which included the now-iconic "Bridesmaids" sketch. The […]

Columbia Miley Cyrus is heading overseas to perform a Spotify-sponsored concert in Paris on June 18. But while she's there, she might also take a side trip to London.Her Instagram feed on Thursday teased, "something beautiful is happening in london. a lost theatrical experience. secret location, london, june 19, 20, 21, 22.  tickets are live now​ on lost.org. be ready to lose yourself."If you follow the link to Lost.org, you'll see a […]

David LaChapelle Except for a pair of thigh-highs and a long blond wig, Sabrina Carpenter is nude on the cover of Rolling Stone — and inside, she bares her soul about her new album, online criticism and more.Sabrina's new album, Man's Best Friend, will arrive Aug. 29, a year after her 2024 smash Short n' Sweet, which she's still touring behind. She tells Rolling Stone, "If I really wanted to, I could have […]

Dave Kotinsky/NBC Jonas Brothers and Ava Max will be providing the vocal fireworks during the 49th annual Macy's 4th of July Fireworks special, airing July 4 on NBC and streaming on Peacock.The special, which starts at 8 p.m. ET, will also feature performances by country stars Eric Church and Trisha Yearwood, rocker Lenny Kravitz and singer/actress Keke Palmer.The fireworks, including more than 80,000 shells and 30 colors, will be set […]

Backstreet Boys perform at 2005 Brian Wilson MusiCares tribute; Ron Wolfson/WireImage for The Recording Academy Brian Wilson, the driving creative force behind The Beach Boys, has died at age 82, his family announced on Wednesday. Among the many artists paying tribute to the late music legend are Backstreet Boys.The group posted footage of themselves performing The Beach Boys' 1965 top 10 hit "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" […]

After posting numerous photos of herself rocking a diamond ring on that finger, Dua Lipa has officially confirmed that she's engaged to actor Callum Turner.Speaking to British Vogue for its new issue, on stands July 17, Dua says, "Yeah, we’re engaged. It’s very exciting.” Of her ring, which Turner had made for her, she says, "I’m obsessed with it. It’s so me."Dua and Callum were first introduced at a London restaurant, […]

Island Records Sabrina Carpenter fans probably didn't expect that they'd get a new album from the singer just a year after  her world-beating release Short n' Sweet. But she surprised everyone on Wednesday by announcing that a brand-new LP, Man's Best Friend, will be out Aug. 29. And as it turns out, she surprised herself, too. In a message to fans on her mailing list, Sabrina wrote, "I didn't plan on […]

M. Caulfield/WireImage Brian Wilson, the creative force behind The Beach Boys, has died at age 82. Elton John, who inducted The Beach Boys into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, has posted a tribute to Wilson on Instagram.Sharing a photo of them together, Elton wrote, "Brian Wilson was always so kind to me from the day I met him. He sang ‘Someone Saved My Life Tonight’ at […]