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Celebrity Scoop – 12/12/2019
LIZZO NAMED ‘ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR’ BY ‘TIME’ – (12/12/2019)
Lizzo has just been named Entertainer of the Year by Time magazine. The magazine stated that the 31-year-old singer represents “something new,” adding, “Her sound is relentlessly positive and impossibly catchy . . . In 2019, Lizzo was a beam of light shining through doom and gloom, telling us to love ourselves even if the world doesn’t always love us back. We needed her.”
Lizzo told the magazine, “I’ve been doing positive music for a long-ass time. Then the culture changed. There were a lot of things that weren’t popular but existed, like body positivity, which at first was a form of protest for fat bodies and black women and has now become a trendy, commercialized thing . . . Suddenly I’m mainstream!”
She added, “Being a black woman is popping, but like right now in mainstream culture, we’re finally getting a little bit more respect and getting our due.”
Lizzo recently nabbed eight first-time Grammy nominations — the most of any artist at the upcoming 2020 Grammys — including Record and Song of the Year for “Truth Hurts” and Album of the Year for Cuz I Love You.
Story source: E! Online
HALSEY PERFORMED ‘WITHOUT YOU’ LIVE IN HONOR OF JUICE WRLD – (12/12/2019)
During a Pandora Live Concert in Brooklyn on the night of December 10, Halsey honored the late Juice WRLD. She sang “Without Me”, a song that was remixed and featured the deceased artist’s talent. Before beginning her tribute, Halsey gave a speech about the song, saying that the remix was better than the original.
She continued her speech, urging her fans not to take life for granted, saying, “While we have every single one of us together in one place, I just wanted to take a moment to remind you guys that life is short,” continuing, “We should appreciate every single moment that we have together.”
Artist Juice WRLD passed away on Sunday, August 8 resulting from a seizure he suffered at Chicago’s Midway Airport. He had just gotten off of a flight from Los Angeles, and pronounced dead in a hospital following the incident.
BILLBOARD WOMAN OF THE DECADE TAYLOR SWIFT: “I DO WANT MY MUSIC TO LIVE ON” – (12/12/2019)
For the genre-bending music superstar and Billboard’s woman of the decade Taylor Swift, 2019 has been a monumental year, and ending with a fight for her rights to the wildly successful music she recorded under Big Machine Records.
Her latest album, Lover, snagged three Grammy nominations, one for song of the year, and she plans on taking her new music on tour in 2020. “The skies were opening up in my life,” said Swift of the latest music.
As the year comes to a close, however, she is facing the wrath of Scott Borchetta, former head of Big Machine Records, and Scooter Braun, the manager-mogul who eventually acquired the record label and subsequently, the rights to all of Swift’s six previous albums. The star claimed on Tumblr that she was in the “worst case scenario” as Braun had “bullied” her through out his career, and also reveals she was never given the opportunity to buy her masters outright.
The fight for Taylor Swift to have her masters is ongoing, however, and many well-known figures have backed her up, these including Halsey and even Elizabeth Warren.
In a conversation with Billboard Magazine, the superstar discussed the year of success and new memories, including starring in the new movie Cats and performing on SNL. She also discussed her use of Tumblr to interact with fans, saying, “Tumblr is the last place on the internet where I feel like I can still make a joke because it feels small, like a neighborhood rather than an entire continent. We can kid around — they literally drag me. It’s fun. That’s a real comfort zone for me.”
Swift revealed a glimpse of her beginnings in country music and transition to pop, and that one of her mentors over the years has been country superstar Faith Hill. “I had so many mentors in country music. Faith Hill was wonderful. She would reach out to me and invite me over and take me on tour, and I knew that I could talk to her. Crossing over to pop is a completely different world,” said Swift.
BILLBOARD WOMAN OF THE YEAR BILLIE EILISH: ‘THERE ISN’T REALLY ANYTHING THAT’S OFF LIMITS’ – (12/12/2019)
Billboard Woman of the Year Billie Eilish gave insight on her family life, desire to meet Rihanna, and the success she enjoyed in 2019 in an interview with Billboard magazine. She’s set to begin an arena world tour in March, at venues that have already sold out. As she says, in response to her nomination for Billboard’s Woman of the Year, “I’ve never been called a woman before,” laughing, “you feel like you’ve been doing it forever. And then I remember — it’s literally just the beginning.”
The star plans to stay in Los Angeles until the end of the year, focusing most recently on issues such as climate change and mental health.
Eilish also addressed her feelings about being a young female artist and other people’s perception of her, stating that she used to be anxious about her future because she was a girl. She then elaborated on a previous statement that she chooses to wear baggy clothes so others won’t comment on her body and trying to make it easier for girls to just wear what they want.
“I’m lucky enough to be in a generation that’s able to break every rule — and that’s crazy,” said the star when asked if she felt that there was anything she can’t do, and continued, “To be honest, there isn’t really anything that’s off-limits.”
KENDALL JENNER NAMES THE ‘WORST PARENT’ OF HER FIVE SIBLINGS: After an interview on “The Late Late Show with James Corden”, Kendall Jenner rated her sibling from best to worst parent, with brother Rob receiving first place, followed by “Khloe, Kim, Kylie, and Kourtney”.
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Celebrity Scoop – 12/11/2019
TAYLOR SWIFT PERFORMS NEW HOLIDAY SINGLE ‘CHRISTMAS TREE FARM’ LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME – AND MORE SWIFT NEWS – (12/11/2019)
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Taylor Swift gave her new holiday song, “Christmas Tree Farm,” its live concert debut Sunday in London, at Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball.
Taylor donned a Santa hat and performed in a white romper and boots, as digital snowflakes drifted down the video screens behind her. The video, which features footage of her as a child, also played behind her.
Fans report that Swift’s set list also included “Blank Space,” “ME!” and “London Boy,” as well as “Lover,” “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “22,” “You Need to Calm Down” and “Shake It Off.”
Meanwhile, Madame Tussauds London has revealed it is putting the first-ever permanent wax figure of Taylor on display starting December 13th, which also happens to be her 30th birthday.
And, Taylor is teasing the imminent release of her upcoming movie Cats by posting a photo of her first day on set. The singer, who plays a cat named Bombalurina, is pictured on a giant-sized set designed to make people seem tiny by comparison, standing by a huge door and stretching up to reach a doorknob. Cats is in theaters December 20th. Taylor received a Golden Globe nomination for “Beautiful Ghosts,” the original song she co-wrote for the movie with Cats creator Andrew Lloyd Webber.
In other news, Swift’s camp ran an ad Tuesday in a Grammy-themed edition of the Los Angeles Times’ The Envelope section. While Swift has three Grammy nominations this year, Republic Records’ ad focuses entirely on Swift’s song of the year nomination: “Vote for ‘Lover,’” the ad implores, “…Because this decade’s most prolific songwriter has never won Grammy’s song of the year.” This is Taylor’s fourth nomination in that category. The 62nd annual Grammy Awards will be presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 26th.
Finally, after YouTube host and podcaster Stefan Molyneux spoke openly about Swift’s fertility now that she is turning 30 years old, Chrissy Teigen fired back hard.
Molyneux wrote, “I can’t believe Taylor Swift is about to turn 30 – she still looks so young! It’s strange to think that 90% of her eggs are already gone – 97% by the time she turns 40 – so I hope she thinks about having kids before it’s too late! She’d be a fun mom. :)”
Teigen, who has previously shared her own fertility struggles, wasted little time firing back at Molyneux. As she bluntly put it, “Uhhhh you’re a f*ckin weird ass.”
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Full Story: People
JORDYN WOODS TAKES LIE DETECTOR TEST ON ‘RED TABLE TALK’ – (12/11/2019)
When the Tristan Thompson and Jordyn Woods scandal broke out back in February, Woods decided to take a lie detector test on Red Table Talk to prove she was telling the truth about her side of the story. Yesterday (December 10th), during a special “Ask Us Anything” episode of the show, Jada Pinkett-Smith revealed that Woods requested to take the test. She said, “Jordyn did take a lie detector test … it was Jordyn’s request. It was her request to be here, and it was her request to take the lie detector test. We had a forensic polygraphist with more than 25 years of experience in criminal and civil investigations.”
Jordyn revealed what she hoped to gain from taking the test, saying, [“I just want everyone to know that I’m telling the truth. That’s the most important part of the story to me, is the truth.”]
Jordyn took a two hour test and certified polygraphist Shon Thurman said that she passed with “flying colors.” During the test, he asked [“Are you now in the state of California? Jordyn: “Yes” Shon: “Are you currently sitting down?” Jordyn: “Yes.” Shon: “Did you have sex with Tristan Thompson?” Jordyn: “No.”]
Meanwhile, Jada’s mom Adrienne seemingly threw a little shade at The Kardashians for the way they handled the scandal. She said, [“There were a lot of untruths that were put out there and one of them was about the fact that there wasn’t an apology from Jordyn. . . From the text messages that I saw, that wasn’t necessarily the case. So . . . don’t be editing this out of the show. Cuz that’s important.” Jada: “I taught me a lot. . .. There’s always more to the story so you gotta be careful how you judge . . . Adrienne: “So while you’re pointing the finger, there’s always three pointing back at you.” Jada: “Ohh. Ok.”]
NEW POST MALONE CROCS COLLECTION AVAILABLE NOW – (12/11/2019)
Post Malone has officially announced – and sold out – his fourth Crocs collection.
The new collection features the Post Malone X Crocs Duet Max Clog, which features a blue and black camo pattern, a chunky sole and pivoting back straps with adjustable hook and loop closures. Posty worked on the design, including the detailing on the sole and the straps.
“This latest drop with Crocs is our best yet. I wanted to make a more tactical and chunky shoe, and they gave me all the tools to do just that,” he said in a statement. “I think they came out really neat, and I hope everyone loves them as much as I do.”
Posty introduced the footwear last week by arranging a surprise delivery of shoes to the employees and customers at Chicken Express in Southlake, Texas, which provided Posty with his only job prior to becoming a professional musician.
The Duet Max Clog costs $60 and WAS available online and at select retail locations. The Crocs sold out in under two hours.
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Full Story: CNN
BILLIE EILISH PERFORMS ‘OCEAN EYES’ WITH ALICIA KEYS ON ‘LATE LATE SHOW’ – (12/11/2019)
Billie Eilish performed with Alicia Keys on The Late Late Show Monday night, making her dreams come true.
Alicia stepped in for James Corden as the guest host where she interviewed Billie, as well as actress Ali Wong.
During the show, Alicia and Billie chatted about their covers of each others’ songs.
“I saw it… f*cking crazy!” Billie said of Alicia’s cover of her song, “Ocean Eyes,” which she shared on Instagram in August.
“It was weird because I see a lot of covers and I see a lot of covers of that song and I’ve also adored you my entire life, so I see a lot of videos of you so I think one thing that is normal and another thing that’s normal in my life combined and that was super not normal to see.”
Alicia then went onto share a throwback clip of Billie covering her song, “Fallin’.”
Keys is one of several special hosts standing in for Corden this week on The Late Late Show. Harry Styles, Melissa McCarthy, Ken Jeong, Chance the Rapper and Jeff Goldblum will all be taking turns in the hosting chair during his absence.
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Full Story: Rolling Stone
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Celebrity Scoop – 12/10/2019
THE GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS ARE OUT, AND NETFLIX TAKES THE LEAD – (12/10/2019)
The 2020 Golden Globes nominations have officially been released, and Netflix is dominating the categories with a total of 34 nominations. Netflix distributed three of the five films nominated for best dramatic picture—“Marriage Story”, which has six total noms; “The Irishman” with five; and “The Two Popes” with four. Their original television programs “Unbelievable” and “The Crown” both have four nominations.
Other film nominees include Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” which appears not only in the best comedy film category, but features nominations for both Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. “Joker” also picked up several nominations, including best actor for Joaquin Phoenix. Among the film nominations for best actress are big names like Scarlett Johansson, Cynthia Erivo, and Cate Blanchett.
Some notable snubs include Robert De Niro in “The Irishman”, the film “Cats” and the cast of “Game of Thrones” (except for Kit Harrington, who was nominated for best actor in a dramatic series). The Golden Globes is set to air on January 5th, 2020—hosted by Ricky Gervais.
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LIZZO RESPONDS TO BACKLASH FOR WEARING A THONG TO THE LAKERS GAME – (12/10/2019)
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Lizzo took to social media last night (December 9th) to respond to the backlash she received for wearing cut-out pants at a Lakers game. On Sunday night (December 8th), the rapper/singer was courtside at the Lakers-Timberwolves game at Staples Center when the Laker Girls performed her hit “Juice.” When the song came on, Lizzo got up, turned around and started twerking, revealing her cut-out booty pants. The moment was captured on the Jumbotron.
After the game, Lizzo said while walking backstage, “This is how a bad b*tch goes to the Lakers game.”
After receiving backlash for her outfit, Lizzo took to social media to respond, saying, [“Who I am and the essence of me and the things I chose to do as a grown a** woman can inspire you to do the same. You don’t have to be like me. You need to be like you. Never, ever let somebody stop you or shame you for being yourself. This is how I’ve always been. Now everyone’s looking at it. And your criticism can just remain your criticism.”]
She continued, [“Your criticism has no affect over me . . . I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. I’m surrounded by love and I just want to spread that love and . . . spread these cheeks! I’m surrounded by love and I just want to spread that love and spread these cheeks! And you know what if you really really don’t like my a**, you can kiss it.” ‘Cause kissing it makes it go away. I promise.”]
Lizzo added that she understands that it is “shocking” to some people for a body that looks like hers and does what it wants and wears what it wants.
In other news, Lizzo has released a new video for her song “Good as Hell.”
LIZZO DROPS ‘GOOD AS HELL’ VIDEO FEATURING SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND – (12/10/2019)
Lizzo has released a second video for her 2016 single “Good as Hell.”
Coming off eight Grammy nominations, Lizzo and the Southern University marching band collaborated on a new music video for her No. 1 single.
In the clip, Lizzo performs the platinum hit song with the full band, and there are also behind-the-scenes footage of the musicians and dancers preparing for the video. Lizzo also dons a band uniform and shows off her signature instrument, the flute.
“This is a special moment for me,” Lizzo commented on Instagram as she debuted the video, which was shot during Homecoming on the first weekend of November.
“‘Good as Hell’ took a trip to Baton Rouge and was blessed by @su_humanjukebox and the dancing dolls at Southern University…Directed by the lovely Alan Ferguson.
This marks the second music video that Lizzo has made for “Good as Hell.” In October, Lizzo shared a new remix of the breakout single featuring Ariana Grande.
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Full Story: Rolling Stone
STEVE HARVEY POSTS TWEET ABOUT OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY AMONG MISS UNIVERSE BACKLASH – (12/10/2019)
Steve Harvey has a message to all of the haters out there: you can’t bring him down. On Sunday night’s (12/8/19) broadcast of Miss Universe 2019, Harvey made a comment directed to Miss Colombia about the 2015 snafu in which he mistakenly announced her as the winner of the contest: “You’ve forgiven me (but) the cartel has not. They’re not handling it the same way.” The comment immediately received a critical response online, labeling it as offensive.
But early Monday (12/9/19), Harvey tweeted a video of him saying “Now, listen, some bad things are gonna happen to you. That’s life. Know that. The road the success is always under construction.” – the caption of the video read ‘Quit tripping every time something negative happens to you.” This was Harvey’s fifth time hosting the pageant, which crowned Zozibini Tunzi from South Africa as the 2019 winner.
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