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POST MALONE & BILLIE EILISH WIN BIG AT THE 2020 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – (10/15/2020)

The 2020 Billboard Music Awards were hosted by Kelly Clarkson Wednesday night, live from the Dolby Theater in L.A., and aired on NBC. Because this is 2020 and we’re in the midst of a rampaging pandemic, the festivities were a little different this year, with no red carpet or audience.

This marked Clarkson’s third go-round as host, and she got the party started with Pentatonix and Sheila E, with the trio taking on a rendition of Whitney Houston’s “Higher Love.” Houston, who died in 2012, was up for top dance/electronic song for “Higher Love,” a platinum-selling collab with Kygo.

Going in, Post Malone had a whopping 16 nominations, including top artist, top male artist, top rap artist and top streaming songs artist. His 2019 album Hollywood’s Bleeding was up for top Billboard 200 album. On his heels is Kanye West, who was up for nine prizes, including top gospel artist and top Christian artist.

Ultimately, Post Malone was triumphant, nabbing Top Artist and Top Male Artist, plus seven others, for a total haul of nine. Billie Eilish also won big, snagging Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album.

Some nominations felt dated because the show was supposed to go live in April, but was bumped due to the pandemic.

HIGHLIGHTS & PERFORMANCES

Clarkson kept the energy up, dubbing herself her own “hype crew” sans audience or pretty much anyone except essential crew and the performers who were actually on-hand.

Sia performed “Courage to Change” in a flowing pink ensemble, curly pink hair obscuring her face and a monster orange bow.

Alicia Keys delivered “Love Looks Better” onstage in gorgeous sequin catsuit.

Kane Brown, Swae Lee and Khalid cranked out “Be Like That.”=

Luke Combs crooned “Better Together” onstage.

Post Malone beamed in with “Circles.”

Lizzo, while accepting Top Song Sales Artist, urged fans to “refuse to be suppressed” and vote.

Brandy and Ty Dollar $ign performed a medley, including “Borderline” and “Almost Doesn’t Count,”  onstage.

John Legend performed a memorable and heart-wrenching “Never Break” from Bigger Love, dedicating it to his wife Chrissy Teigen. The pair lost their third pregnancy recently, and shared their heartbreak on social media.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the mayor of Atlanta, presented rapper and social activist Killer Mike with the inaugural Billboard Change Maker Award, and called for courage and change in the face of systemic racism.

Bad Bunny roller-skated around the stage to “Yo Perreo Sola.”

Doja Cat oozed “Juicy.”

Noted icon Cher presented this year’s Icon Award to Garth Brooks.

Brooks delivered a medley of hits spanning his 30+ years career.

SAINt JHN delivered “Roses.”

Clarkson held a somber in memoriam, toasting Little Richard, Eddie Van Halen and so many others.

Demi Lovato performed the world premiere of “Commander in Chief,” which she released Tuesday.

BTS brought down the virtual house with performance of “Dynamite” from South Korea.

En Vogue closed the show out with a throwback, “Free Your Mind.”

Winners Announced in the Broadcast: 

Top Billboard 200 Album: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish

Top Hot 100 Song: “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus

Top Female Artist: Billie Eilish

Top Country Artist: Luke Combs

Top Song Sales Artist: Lizzo

Top Latin Artist: Oasis, J Balvin & Bad Bunny

Top Male Artist: Post Malone

Top R&B Artist: Khalid

Chart Achievement Award: Harry Styles

Top Social Artist: BTS

Top Christian Artist: Lauren Daigle

Top Artist: Post Malone

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ARIANA GRANDE PUSHES UP ALBUM RELEASE – (10/15/2020)

Ariana Grande is releasing her new album earlier than expected. The as-yet-untitled sixth record, which fans are referring to as AG6, will be the follow-up to 2019’s, Thank U, Next, which was released just months after 2018’s also massively successful Sweetener.

In a tweet on Wednesday, (Oct. 14) she wrote: “I can’t wait to give you my album this month.” She’s been dropping hints lately. Just last week she tweeted, that she was finished recording and wrote: “Turning in these mixes and reminding you again to register to vote if you haven’t already…”

Ariana Grande’s last two albums topped the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.

DEMI LOVATO RESPONDS TO NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT GETTING POLITICAL – (10/15/2020)

Demi Lovato is responding to negative comments about her new politically-driven song “Commander in Chief.” She responded to some mean comments and wrote: “You do understand as a celebrity, I have a right to political views as well? Or did you forget that we aren’t just around to entertain people for our entire lives.”

The track sends a message to President Donald Trump.

The accompanying music video shows Americans of all ages, races and nationalities, coming together as a united country ahead of Election Day, November 3. “Commander in Chief” was co-written by Lovato and was released this week.

CAMILA CABELLO HONORS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH – (10/15/2020)

It’s Hispanic Heritage Month and Camila Cabello honored it with a Latin dance. She took to Instagram to show off her dance moves and give some promotion to some friends. She wrote: “Cuz it’s Latin Heritage month, and also cuz my choreographers – who are also my family and the best people in the world launched a new clothing line called Rules Don’t Apply and I’m here to support and dance like a fool in their clothes.”
She ended the post by admitting that her friends didn’t choreograph her dance, “otherwise it would be a lot better.” The 23 year old is from Cuba.

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TOM PARKER OF THE WANTED DIAGNOSED WITH INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR – (10/14/2020)

Tom Parker, former member of the boy band The Wanted has revealed he has an inoperable brain tumor.

Parker and his wife, actress Kelsey Hardwick, released a joint statement and said, “We are all absolutely devastated but we are gonna fight this all the way. We don’t want your sadness, we just want love and positivity and together we will raise awareness of this terrible disease and look for all available treatment options.”

The 32 year old is currently undergoing treatment and is focused on his family and health and said, “We decided, after a lot of thought, that rather than hiding away and trying to keep it a secret, we would do one interview where we could lay out all the details and let everyone know the facts in our own way.”

The couple has a young daughter and are expecting a boy in November.

DRAMA SURROUNDS DEMI LOVATO’S BREAKUP WITH MAX EHRICH – (10/14/2020)

The breakup between Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich is still pretty dramatic, at least for Ehrich. The actor has taken to social media to ask fans to stop harassing him online, and TMZ captured photos of him sulking at the beach where he proposed to Lovato.

While Ehrich claims he learned about their breakup while reading the tabloids on set, the Young and the Restless actor told TMZ he wants the best for Demi and hopes people can give them privacy.

Lovato is set to perform on The Billboard Music Awards show tonight (Oct. 14)  while Ehrich is releasing a new single on Friday (Oct. 16) about their relationship.

GAL GADOT ON THAT ‘IMAGINE’ VIDEO – (10/14/2020)

Gal Gadot sat down with Vanity Fair for an in-depth cover interview that touched on the unfortunate reception to her “Imagine” video.

Seven months after Gadot released that infamous “Imagine” video on Instagram, she said, with a “smile and shrug” via VF: “Sometimes, you know, you try and do a good deed and it’s just not the right good deed. I had nothing but good intentions and it came from the best place, and I just wanted to send light and love to the world.”

As the lockdowns increased in the U.S., Gadot, along with Amy Adams, Natalie Portman, James Marsden and several others joined her and sang—many thought awkwardly—John Lennon’s iconic 1971 hit in its entirety. 

“We are in this together, we will get through it together,” she wrote in the caption at the time. “Let’s imagine together. Sing with us All love to you, from me and my dear friends.”

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TWITTER REACTS TO ‘FURIOSA’ CASTING – (10/14/2020)

George Miller has recruited Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to star in Furiosa. The film is a prequel based on Charlize Theron’s character from 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road. 

The 24-year-old Taylor-Joy is taking on the iconic version; Miller told The New York Times in May that he was looking for an actress in her 20s after deciding against using de-aging tech to allow the 44-year-old Theron to reprise her role. 

Twitter was split. Many were thrilled with Taylor-Joy as the titular characters, others were concerned she couldn’t pull off a Theron-worthy performance. Wrote one critic: “I love Anya and Yahya Abdul so I will be definitely watching this but with low expectation due to the lack of Charlize, she really made Mad Max Fury Road even though the rest of the actors were good too it wouldn’t have worked without her.”

Others thought she could do it. Wrote one booster: “Okay I’m still skeptical we need a Furiosa prequel but Anya Taylor-Joy as young Furiosa is… very good”.

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CARDI B ACCIDENTLY SHARES TOPLESS PHOTO OF HERSELF – (10/14/2020)

Cardi B accidently shared a topless photo of herself on Instagram yesterday (October 13th). She quickly deleted it and told fans, “Lord, why the f**k you have to make me so fu**ing stupid and retarded? Why, why, why? You know what, I’m not gonna beat myself up about it. I’m just gonna eat my breakfast and then I’m gonna go to the party.”

She added, “It is what it is. Sh*t happens. F*ck it. It’s not even the first time. I mean, I used to be a stripper so whatever.” #BoobsOutForCardi began trending on Twitter immediately after she posted the photos.

In other news, according to Hip Hop DX, Cardi and Megan Thee Stallion‘s hit song “WAP” will not be eligible to win a Grammy next year. The song was not submitted before the September deadline.

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KANYE WEST RELEASES HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AD – (10/13/2020)

With three weeks until the election, Kanye West has shared his first presidential campaign. In the 90 second spot, he stands in front of a black and white American Flag, he said, “We as a people will revive our nation’s commitment to faith, to what our constitution calls the free exercise of religion, including of course, prayer. Through prayer, faith can be restored.” 

He added,“We will build a stronger country by building stronger families. Families are the building blocks of society,” he adds as the commercial flashes to photos of a young Ye and his family. “By turning to faith, we will be the kind of nation, the kind of people God intends us to be.”

LIL UZI VERT CALLS OUT KANYE, KANYE RESPONDS

In other news, Lil Uzi Vert mentioned Kanye in a recent video, saying, “On some real sh*t, Kanye West ain’t f*cking with me.It’s me. Like, me. Like, for real though. It’s really me. Like, I ain’t gonna lie. Like, when I be making them songs and those songs only go platinum once, I do that on purpose.”

Kanye responded by sharing the clip, and adding, “I love UZI. I be saying the same thing about Steve Jobs    I be feeling just like UZI.”

CARDI B GETS CALLED OUT BY SOCIAL MEDIA OVER BIRTHDAY PARTY – (10/13/2020)

Cardi B was called out by social media after celebrating her 28th birthday in Las Vegas, but when photos hit the Internet, people noticed that there wasn’t a mask in site. One person tweeted, “Soooooo nobody’s gonna talk about the fact that Cardi B had a HUGE birthday party for herself during a pandemic that’s killed over 200,000 people in the United States and nobody at the party was wearing a mask?????” 

Another person wrote, “So Cardi basically had a COVID party. Got it.”

SELENA GOMEZ SHARES ABOUT PANDEMIC DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY – (10/13/2020)

In an online discussion, Selena Gomez spoke openly about her anxiety and depression due to the pandemic. She held a Social Summit for her Rare Beauty company to celebrate World Mental Health Day.

She said, “In the beginning, I couldn’t deal with it that well. I kind of fell into a bit of depression and then I started going into a place where I was writing and being active; it forced me to have that time.”

She talked about loneliness, and said, “I’m afraid that’s gotten worse for people in this pandemic.” As for herself, she said, “I almost feel like I’ve become normalized in this situation that’s not normal.”

The video is posted on her Instagram account.

JONAH HILL AND GIANNA SANTOS BREAK UP: A year after getting engaged, Jonah Hill and Gianna Santos are going their separate ways, People reports. No word on the reason. (People)

JUSTIN BIEBER TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ON FRIDAY – (10/13/2020)

Justin Bieber’s next single, “Lonely,” will be released much sooner than expected. He made the announcement on Twitter on Monday (10-12) that the song with Benny Blanco, will arrive this Friday. Blanco previously teamed up with Bieber for the hit “Love Yourself” for the 2015 album Purpose.

Just last month, he collaboration with Chance the Rapper on “Holy,” which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. This will be the second single Bieber has released since this year’s Changes.

JONAS BROTHERS TO STAGE INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL CONCERT – (10/13/2020)

The Jonas Brothers are hosting a virtual concert this winter and are asking fans to help. In addition to making setlist suggestions, they can create the artwork for the show that will appear on posters and merchandise. They told Billboard, “We always say we truly have the best fans and we’ve been looking out for opportunities to get them creatively involved.”

Winners will be notified next month and the proceeds will go to Feeding America.

Online concert-goers can also select their favorite camera angles and unlock digital keepsakes from the show to share on social media. The date for the show has not been announced.

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TAYLOR SWIFT TO PERFORM AT MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2019 – (08/08/2019) Taylor Swift will perform live at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards this month. MTV announced in a tweet the 29-year-old singer will take the stage at the awards show August 26th at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. “You’ll never find another […]

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TAYLOR SWIFT HOLDS SECRET ‘LOVER’ LISTENING SESSION IN LONDON – (08/05/2019) Some lucky Swifties spent Friday evening at Taylor Swift’s home in London, getting an advance listen to her new album Lover.  Taylor personally selected a small group of fans to come to her London house for a special listening party ahead of the highly […]

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KATY PERRY & CO-DEFENDANTS OWE $2.78 MILLION IN ‘DARK HORSE’ LAWSUIT: Katy Perry was sued for copyright infringement over her song “Dark Horse” and a jury decided that she and her co-defendants had copied the song from Flame’s “Joyful Noise.” Now, Katy, producer Dr. Luke, record label Capitol Records, and others are on the hook […]