KATY PERRY & ORLANDO BLOOM WELCOME THEIR DAUGHTER – (08/27/2020)

Katy Perry is a mom! The 35-year-old singer and fiancé Orlando Bloom welcomed their baby girl on Wednesday, naming her Daisy Dove Bloom.

The couple shared the exciting news in a statement with UNICEF, while also sharing the first photo of their baby girl. In “celebration of the heart we know our daughter already has,” Katy and Orlando established a UNICEF donation page on baby Daisy’s – or “DDB” as they called her – behalf. “We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter,” they said.

Daisy is the first child for Katy. The 43-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean actor shares nine-year-old son Flynn with ex-wife Miranda Kerr.

Meanwhile, Katy also released an animated music video for “Never Really Over” 14 months following the premiere of the original live-action visual.

The trippy new music video puts you in the shoes of an animated Perry in first person perspective. The animated video seems to be inspired by Groundhog Day. It unfolds from the point of view of a woman, presumably Katy, who wakes up every day at the same time, brushes her teeth in the same way and sits down to breakfast. What she’s eating changes, but when she gets up to do the dishes, she sees the same dirty dish on the counter – even though she remembers washing it the previous day…and the day before…and the day before…

“Just ‘cause this song came out in May 2019 doesn’t mean it’s ever really over,” Perry tweeted. “Here’s ‘NRO’ based on my ACTUAL experiences with dishes during quarantine.”

“Never Really Over” is the opening track from Perry’s upcoming sixth studio Smile, which drops Friday.

In other Katy news: she will receive the Gracies Impact Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) at the 45th annual Gracie Awards program, which will air live (virtually) on AWMF’s Facebook page on September 10th.

The Gracies Impact Award is presented to an artist who has made a positive impact on society through her music.

Other honorees this year include Gayle King, Naomi Watts, Amy Poehler, Tamron Hall, Angela Yee, Danai Gurira and Natasha Lyonne.

Mickey Guyton is slated to perform twice at the event. For more info, visit allwomeninmedia.org.

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GIGI HADID SHARES FIRST PREGNANCY PHOTOSHOOT – (08/27/2020)

Gigi Hadid is celebrating her pregnancy with a stunning photoshoot on Instagram. The 25-year-old supermodel showed off her blossoming bump in a series of flowing, see-through dresses.

The model, who is expecting her first child with Zayn Malik, is spending her quarantine on her family farm in Pennsylvania. 

“growin an angel,” she wrote with a smiley face, adding she was “cherishing this time” and appreciated “all the love & well wishes.” She captioned one photo with the date July 26, 2020, which appeared to be the date of the photoshoot. 

Her mother Yolanda Hadid has previously said the baby is due in September. Hadid has been relatively mum on her pregnancy, so fans greeted this shoot with joy, giving it more than 4.6 million “likes” in just two hours.

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NIKKI AND BRIE BELLA INTRODUCE BOYS: Twins Nikki and Brie Bella introduced their baby boys on Wednesday in separate posts. “Matteo Artemovich Chigvintsev,” Nikki, 36, captioned an Instagram photo of herself kissing her and Artem Chigvintsev’s son’s cheek. “7/31/2020. 7 pounds, 3 ounces, 19 3/4 inches.” Brie shared that she and husband Daniel Bryan named their sun Buddy Dessert, after his father and her grandmother: “Named after Bryan’s dad and his middle name is pronounced Desert after my Nana’s maiden name. He came into our lives in such a special way we wanted to name him after some special people.”

LADY GAGA REVEALS VMAS PERFORMANCE PREP – (08/27/2020)

Lady Gaga took to social media to show how she would be getting ready for her VMAs performance in a post-pandemic world.

In one clip captioned “When you want to be on stage performing for your fans but there’s a super-virus #VMAs,” Gaga is laying face-down in bed, wearing a yellow “Chromatica” t-shirt, underwear that says “Tokyo” and a pink mask with giant bunny-esque ears. The words “Dreaming of reality” pass across the screen before she screams into her pillow, and then there’s a test-pattern sound followed by the words “Stay tuned.” We then see Gaga floating in a pool on a big unicorn-shaped raft, holding a parasol.

In a separate photo, she sits in an ice bath, doing devil horns with both hands: “#vmas,” the caption reads, with a pair of emojis.

Lady Gaga will be performing with Ariana Grande at the VMAs on Sunday night. They are the show’s top nominees, with nine each – many of them for “Rain on Me,” their duet from Chromatica.

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KANYE WEST WILL APPEAR ON BALLOT IN MINNESOTA, IDAHO & TENNESSEE, NOT MISSOURI – (08/27/2020)

Kanye West has managed to get on the 2020 presidential ballot in Idaho, Minnesota and Tennessee, but he will not be on Missouri’s ballot. According to The New York Post, the secretary of state’s offices in Idaho and Missouri confirmed earlier this week that West will be on the ballot. Kanye filed his petition to be on the ballot in Tennessee last Thursday, right before the state’s noon deadline.  A spokeswoman for Tennessee secretary of state’s office confirmed that Ye made the deadline and will appear on the ballot.

Meanwhile, Kanye failed to get enough signatures to appear on the Missouri ballot. In order to be on the ballot, Kanye needed 10,000 signatures and he was short 3, 443 signatures.

In related news, TMZ has also reported that West has hired a firm called Let The Voters Decide to get his name on the ballot in Arizona and he is prepared to spend up to $500,00 to get it done. 

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MTV VMAS 2020 REVEALS PRE-SHOW LINEUP INCLUDING CHLOE X HALLE & MACHINE GUN KELLY – (08/26/2020)

The performer lineup for the 2020 MTV VMAs Pre-Show has been revealed.

Chloe x Halle, Lewis Capaldi and Machine Gun Kelly are all slated to perform at the pre-show ahead of the virtual ceremony. Jack Harlow, Tate McRae, Travis Barker and blackbear are also set to make an appearance at the event.

The pre-show event is set to be hosted by Nessa Diab and Jamila Mustafa and will feature “celebrity interviews and coast-to-coast coverage from celebrity correspondents, Kevan Kenney and Travis Mills.”

The 2020 MTV VMAs Pre-Show will air this Sunday at 6:30 p.m. [ET] with the main show with host Keke Palmer happening at 8 p.m. [ET].

Beginning today, voting will open for the coveted Song of the Summer category. You can cast a ballot via bracket-style voting on MTV’s Instagram story.

This year’s show will also honor Everyday Heroes: Frontline Medical Workers, highlighting the best performances given in 2020 by doctors, nurses, and other responders and workers on the front lines.

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LANDON CLIFFORD DIES AT 19: YouTube star Landon Clifford has died at 19, his wife Camryn shared. The Cam & Fam star died on August 13th, the 19-year-old Camryn wrote to her 472K followers. After suffering a brain injury, he died. She wrote: “After spending the following 6 days in a coma he passed on and donated several organs to people in need all over the country. He died saving the lives of others. That’s the type of person he was.” In a post shared on Instagram earlier this month, Camryn asked followers to help “stop the stigma around mental health. You never know what someone else is going through so always choose to show kindness and grace.”

JAMIE LYNN SPEARS NAMED AS SISTER BRITNEY’S TRUSTEE – (08/26/2020)

Britney Spears’ sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, has been named as the trustee for her older sister’s finances

The 29-year-old former Nickelodeon star has been named the trustee of Britney’s “SJB Revocable Trust,” which was initially set to protect the pop star and her children’s finances, according to The Blast, which obtained the documents.

Jamie Lynn has reportedly requested that the court authorize Fidelity Financial Management to serve as a financial advisor and create “blocked accounts” to hold her 38-year-old sister’s assets.

According to The Blast, Jamie Lynn will ensure these assets and cash will be used for Britney’s two children, Sean and Jayden Federline, if the singer was to pass away.

The “SJB Revocable Trust” was reportedly created in 2004, four years prior to when her conservatorship started in 2008. Britney’s father, Jamie Spears, and her co-conservator, Andrew Wallet, reportedly signed off on Jamie Lynn’s request to be named a trustee.

Last week, it was reported that Britney no longer wished to have her father in control of her conservatorship, with her lawyer Samuel D. Ingham III requesting that the conservatorship “must be changed substantially in order to reflect the major changes in her current lifestyle and her stated wishes.”

However, after a hearing in court, the conservatorship remains unchanged with Jamie Spears still in control. Following the hearing, the American Civil Liberties Union came out in support of Britney and offering their help.

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THE WEEKND OPENS UP ABOUT ‘FEUD’ WITH USHER – (08/26/2020)

The Weeknd has opened up about his “feud” with Usher.  As previously reported, during an interview with Variety back in April, the singer said that Usher’s 2012 single “Climax” was a rip off of his song, “House of Balloons.”  Usher responded by singing “Climax” a capella in a Instagram post, singing, “Can’t take it back, ni**a, we reached the climax.” 

 In an interview with Esquire, The Weeknd said, “It wasn’t a feud. I hit [Usher] up to apologize and tell him that it was misconstrued.  He’s one of the reasons why I make music. Definitely. No, no, I have nothing bad to say about Usher. The sweetest, most down-to-earth guy ever.”

In the interview, The Weeknd also breaks down the meaning of his latest hit, “Blinding Lights.”

“‘Blinding Lights’ [is about] how you want to see someone at night, and you’re intoxicated, and you’re driving to this person and you’re just blinded by streetlights, but nothing could stop you from trying to go see that person, because you’re so lonely,” he explains.

He adds, “I don’t want to ever promote drunk driving, but that’s what the dark undertone is.”

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J BALVIN & RODDY RICCH DROP OUT OF MTV VMAS 2020 PERFORMER LINEUP – (08/25/2020)

J Balvin and Roddy Ricch are no longer performing at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards.

Amid reports over the weekend that performers might be dropping out due to COVID-19 safety precautions, both artists are no longer part of the lineup for the event on August 30th, via Variety.

Ricch confirmed the news on his Instagram Story. “Unfortunately, I won’t be performing at this year’s VMAs as announced. My team and I did everything in our power to make this work, due to COVID compliance issues at the last minute we had to call off the performance,” the rapper said. “My team and I are safe and everyone’s health is a main priority, as well as giving a quality performance. I appreciate MTV for the opportunity to perform and I hope I can see y’all next year. STAY SAFE.”

J Balvin confirmed earlier in the month that he tested positive for coronavirus.

Both J Balvin and Roddy Ricch are up for multiple awards. J Balvin is nominated for his collaborations with Anuel, Maluma, and the Black Eyed Peas, while Roddy Ricch got nods for Best New Artist, Best Hip-Hop, and Song of the Year for “The Box.”

So far, performances from BTS, Lady Gaga, Doja Cat, Maluma, The Weeknd, CNCO, and Miley Cyrus are still on tap.

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ELLEN DEGENERES TO ADDRESS SCANDAL ON SHOW AS FIRST CANCELLATION ARRIVES – (08/25/2020)

As WarnerMedia reportedly neared the end of its investigation into The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Ellen DeGeneres plans to discuss the allegations against her and other leaders directly. Among the charges are claims of sexual misconduct, racism and workplace bullying on set.

Three producers, executive producers Ed Glavin and Kevin Leman and co-executive producer Jonathan Norman, have been ousted, and she said in a staff memo that she planned to make changes in the day-to-day management of the show. 

The Daily Mail asked DeGeneres how she would handle the allegations when her show returns in September, and she said: “I will be talking to my fans.” 

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Meanwhile, Australia’s Channel Nine network is the first to officially pull the plug on the show following the viral reports of bad on-set behavior. 

“We are resting Ellen repeats on Nine and have replaced with Desperate Housewives,” a spokesperson confirmed to news.com.au.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been airing on the channel since 2013. 

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TAYLOR SWIFT FAN FINDS BOX OF SIGNED ‘FOLKLORE’ CDS, RETURNS THEM TO RECORD STORE – (08/25/2020)

Taylor Swift sent off surprise shipments of signed copies of her Folklore CD to select independent record stores last week and Swifties were eager to get their hands on one.

One of those fans ended up getting her hands on an entire box of them outside The Exclusive Co. by accident and did something store manager Tom Smith says “makes you have faith in human beings again.”

He learned on Friday his store in downtown Green Bay would be getting 30 of the coveted CDs on Saturday morning. But UPS delivered 15 minutes before the store was open. When he arrived to open the store, there were two Swift fans sitting on the ground in front of the shop. The delivery driver had asked one of them, Brandy Baenen, to sign for the box and drove off.

Baenen handed the box to Smith. “Out of curiosity, do you know what’s in the box?” she asked. When he told her it was the autographed Folklore CDs, she said, “I thought it was!” Smith said the fan could have easily driven off with the signed CDs and sold them online for thousands of dollars – but she said: “Taylor Swift wouldn’t want me to walk away with them.”

He said the entire box could have easily gone for $9,000 online. “It’s really endearing,” he said. “Taylor Swift does so much good with her celebrity, and you can see how it also trickles down to her fans.”

Smith said he received news on Monday that Swift’s reps now want to meet the devoted fan.

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