Celebrity Scoop – 05/20/2020
DREW BARRYMORE TEAMS UP WITH MCCORMICK ON $1M COVID BENEFIT – (05/20/2020)
Drew Barrymore is teaming up with McCormick on a $1 million No Kid Hungry initiative to help families dealing with food insecurity during the pandemic. The 45-year-old also hosted a virtual taco night on Tuesday night on Instagram Live.
Barrymore explained her obsession with tacos: “I have grown up since 1975 in a place where the culture is steeped in Mexican food and tacos is just something I’ve never not eaten. I love tacos because honestly they’re like the best palette in the world. They can be really anything you want, it’s a culinary dream that you conjure up and they can be different every single time.”
So fans could cook and eat along, she shared her recipe for shrimp tacos ahead of time. She offered three options for topping them too: classic, spicy and loaded.
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RYAN SEACREST ADDRESSES RUMORED STROKE – (05/20/2020)
Ryan Seacrest is assuring fans that he’s healthy after prompting concerns Sunday night. On American Idol, Seacrest’s speech at the end of the show seemed slurred and his eyes appeared to be swollen. Fans were so distressed over his health, a rep issued a statement to People saying he did not have a “stroke,” and was instead suffering from exhaustion.
On Tuesday, he reappeared on Live With Kelly and Ryan and thanked fans for their support and co-host Kelly Ripa’s husband Mark Consuelos for filling in for him.
“I want to thank Mark for filling in yesterday. I appreciate that,” Seacrest said. “He’s so good at it. And also the very kind well wishes for my exhaustion. Working round-the-clock so I got a day off to relax. And here we are once again at it on Live.”
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BILLBOARD RESPONDS TO TEKASHI 6IX9INE’S ALLEGATIONS THAT JUSTIN BIEBER & ARIANA GRANDE BOUGHT THEIR NO. 1 SPOT – (05/20/2020)
Billboard has responded to Tekashi 6ix9ine’s allegations that Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber bought their way to the top with their new song, “Stuck With U,” while his song “Gooba” landed at No. 3.
Billboard said, “‘Stuck With U’ was available to purchase through the week as a digital download, as well as in various physical format/digital download combinations through Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s webstores. The sales spike is likely referring to sales on Thursday, May 14 – the final day of the tracking week – when signed ‘Stuck With U’ singles were put up for sale in Grande and Bieber’s webstores. A signed single or album is an accepted form of sales available to any artist and has been noted repeatedly within Billboard chart stories when such items have impacted the Hot 100. 6ix9ine, meanwhile, released a non-signed CD single/digital download on the last day of the tracking week via his webstore.”
They added, “‘Stuck With U’ drew 28.1 million U.S. streams, 26.3 million in radio airplay audience and 108,000 sold in the tracking week. ‘Gooba’ had 55.3 million U.S. streams, 172,000 in radio airplay audience and 24,000 sold. Those sums resulted in the songs’ respective rankings on this week’s Hot 100.
Billboard has since allegedly removed all of the rapper’s chart history.
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CAMILA CABELLO BRINGING FANS A SPECIAL ‘JAM SESSION’ FEATURING RE-IMAGININGS OF ‘ROMANCE’ – (05/20/2020)
After teasing a “fun little project” on her socials, Camila Cabello has revealed it is a mini concert series in partnership with Mastercard.
Announcing the series, Camila posted a video of herself standing at a microphone singing her song “Should’ve Said So,” from her current album, Romance, as part of a medley with her smash hit, “Havana.”
Camila said she’s getting ready to bring “u a mini concert series, inspired to invoke a sense of nostalgia for you guys & me.”
The two specials will kick off May 27th, with part two slated for June 3rd. Mastercard said the intimate, acoustic Cabello shows are part of the company’s ongoing global Digital Priceless Experiences series, which create unique at-home experiences during a time when we are unable to enjoy them in person.
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