Celebrity Scoop – 08/07/2020
KEKE PALMER TO HOST MTV VMAS 2020 – (08/07/2020)
Keke Palmer been announced as the host of the 2020 MTV VMAs.
The first three performers for the show have also been announced: BTS will take the stage in their VMAs debut with their song “Dynamite,” Doja Cat and J Balvin will also perform.
The MTV VMAs will be the first awards show to air live and in person since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
Palmer will be the first woman of color to host the show since 1986-87, when then-MTV-VJ Downtown Julie Brown co-hosted. Palmer, who turns 27 four days before the VMAs, will also be the youngest VMAs host since Miley Cyrus, then 22, hosted the 2015 show. Comedian/actor Sebastian Maniscalco was 45 when he hosted last year’s show, making him the oldest host in VMA history.
The 2020 VMA nominations are led by Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga with nine nods each, followed closely behind by both Billie Eilish and The Weeknd, who have six each.
See the full list of nominees and vote across 15 categories right now, at vma.mtv.com.
The 2020 VMAs will air live August 30th from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, as well as from various iconic locations throughout the five boroughs in New York City.
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Full Story: MTV
TAYLOR SWIFT CONFIRMS THE ‘BETTY’ NAME THEORY – (08/07/2020)
Taylor Swift has confirmed that she named the three characters in her song “Betty” after her “friends’ kids.”
Several fans theorized when her album Folklore was released that “Betty” must be the name of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ third child after the song also included the names of their first two kids Inez and James.
[“So, the song ‘betty’ is about a 17-year-old named James learning to apologize, because James has lost the love of his life basically and doesn’t understand how to get it back. I think we all have these situations in our lives where we learn to really, really give a heartfelt apology for the first time. Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody really messes up sometimes, and this is a song that I wrote from the perspective of a 17-year-old boy. And I always loved that in music you can kind of slip into different identities and you can sing from other people’s perspectives. So, that’s what I did with this one. I named all the characters in this story after my friends’ kids.”] SOUNDCUE (:38 OC: . . . my friends’ kids.)
Folklore is categorized as an alternative album but Swift’s “Betty” is her latest country song on radio and streaming services. The hit follows her country collaboration with The Chicks, “Soon You’ll Get Better,” which was released on her pop album, Lover, in August 2019.
Lively and Reynolds, who tied the knot in 2012, have been close with Swift for years. The actress and actor’s eldest daughter’s voice was previously included in her 2017 track, “Gorgeous.”
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Full Story: People
SELENA GOMEZ REVEALS SHE’S ALWAYS DREAMED OF DOING A SONG WITH BFF TAYLOR SWIFT – (08/07/2020)
Selena Gomez made a surprise appearance during Twitch’s “Animal Talking” stream Wednesday, where she not only confirmed she was working on a new album, but also spoke about working on music with Taylor Swift.
“I’ve always dreamt of doing a song with Taylor,” Selena shared. “We both wanted to do that.” She went on about the possibility of teaming up with Taylor, “It just feels like we’re family…she’s been my best friend. But we’ve talked about it for sure.”
During her virtual chat, Gomez also confirmed she is working on a new album, not even a year after her third studio album, Rare, came out in January.
When asked about her latest LP, Gomez revealed, “It’s funny because I already feel like I’ve been working on the new album so I’m not in that headspace as much.”
“But I’m so proud of what we did,” she said before adding, “Oh no, I’m not sure if I was supposed to say that.”
Ahead of her interview, Selena was joined by Trevor Daniel, with the pair performing an acoustic version of their new collaboration “Past Life.”
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Full Story: Billboard
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