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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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Celebrity Scoop – 05/19/2020
ARIANA GRANDE AND JUSTIN BIEBER’S ‘STUCK WITH U’ DEBUTS AT NO. 1; 6IX9INE ACCUSES BILLBOARD OF CHEATING – (05/19/2020)
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s new duet for COVID-19 relief, “Stuck With U,” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
It marks both Ariana and Justin’s third No. 1 debut on the chart. They join Mariah Carey and Drake as the only artists with that many No. 1 debuts. Ariana has three chart leaders overall now, while Justin has six.
All net proceeds from the streams and sales of “Stuck with U” and its videos will be donated to First Responders Children’s Foundation to fund grants and scholarships for children of healthcare workers, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, police officers, firefighters and other front line workers.
Meanwhile, rapper 6ix9ine shared a video accusing Billboard of cheating after his song “Gooba” debuted at No. 3. He accuses Ariana and Justin’s team of buying plays and downloads for “Stuck With U.”
“Last Thursday, Ariana’s ‘Stuck with U’ submitted 60,000 units last second,” he claimed, saying that his team had done an “investigation” into the matter. “They purchased half of those things with six credit cards. When we asked where were those six credit cards linked to, Billboard said, ‘We can’t disclose that information’.”
Tekashi went on to also allege that Billboard “illegally disqualified 20 million streams” of his post-prison track so that “the people who bought the No. 1 – which was ‘Stuck with U’ – can go to No. 1.”
Grande responded to the allegations on her own Instagram, writing: “anyone who knows me or has followed me for a while knows that numbers aren’t the driving force in anything i do. i’m grateful to sing. grateful to have people who want to listen. grateful to even be here at all. i didn’t have a number one for the first five years of my career and it didn’t upset me at all because from the bottom of my heart, music is everything to me.”
Thanking her fans for their continual support, she continued, “so with this celebration today, i would like to address a few things which i don’t usually do (i don’t give my energy to drama or strange accusations normally but this has gone a little too far)…my fans bought the song. JUSTIN’S fans bought the song. OUR fans bought this song (never more than four copies each, AS THE RULES STATE).”
While she didn’t specifically name Tekashi, Grande noted “only the women for some reason” were singled out in the accusation and asked her accuser “to take a moment to humble yourself. be grateful you’re even here. that people want to listen to u at all. it’s a blessed position to be in.”
“i’ve had a lot of ‘almost number ones’ in my career and i never said a goddamn thing because I FEEL GRATEFUL TO EVEN BE HERE. TO WANT TO BE HEARD AT ALL …. and you should feel that way too,” she added. “congratulations to all my talented ass peers in the top ten this week. even number 3.”
Tekashi later defended himself in another Instagram post, writing, “All I’m saying is I worked super hard to make it out of Brooklyn NY. I speak for the millions of kids who aren’t as fortunate as you.”
Alongside a video of himself comparing his upbringing with Grande’s childhood acting career on Nickelodeon shows, he captioned, “LIFE is REAL when you’re on welfare LIFE is REAL when you grow up with out a father. You don’t know what that is like. You say for me to be humble …. I don’t think you know what humble is………. YOU ARE VERY TALENTED AND BEAUTIFUL GOD BLESS YOU. But you will NEVER UNDERSTAND MY PAIN 💯.”
However, Bieber, 26, broke down why Tekashi may have lost out on the top spot when he denied the cheating accusations on his Instagram Story, explaining that the number the rapper was referring to was his global streams and “this is a domestic chart so only domestic streams count.” The singer also argued that the 60,000 units Tekashi claimed had been submitted last minute “came because we don’t disclose our numbers until end of week. That’s called strategy.”
“He said 30k was bought with 6 credit cards but that is a lie. The rules are clear one credit card can buy max 4 copies. Anything over that the entire amount is thrown out,” he continued. “Nielsen company checks this and found all our sales were legit because our fans are amazing and bought them. Don’t discredit our fan base with false info.”
Bieber added that he’s “honored” to have worked with Grande, writing, “If you gonna say her name make sure you say mine because it’s our song.”
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BTS BANDMEMBER JUNGKOOK TESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS: Jungkook from BTS has been tested for Coronavirus after going out to a restaurant with a group of friends. The results came back negative. The BTS member went out to a restaurant with other K-Pop stars NCT 127’s Jaehyun, SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu and Cha Eunwoo from ASTRO near the end of April. BTS management, Big Hit Entertainment, confirmed that Jungkook’s results came back negative, as did the other singers as well. “The artist himself is currently feeling deeply regretful for not having faithfully contributed to the entire society’s social distancing efforts,” they added.
KATY PERRY TO KICK OFF ‘GMA’ SUMMER CONCERT SERIES – (05/19/2020)
Katy Perry is kicking off this year’s GMA Summer Concert Series.
She will perform her new song “Daisies” live on Good Morning America on May 22nd. “That’s right, I’m going to start it off with my brand new song ‘Daisies,’” Perry said in a special video message for GMA viewers. “It’ll be a very exciting event. Please don’t miss it. I will see you there. Love you, GMA.”
“Daisies” is the lead single off Katy’s upcoming fifth studio album, due out August 14th.
A complete lineup of Good Morning America’s summer 2020 concert series is expected to be announced soon.
The virtual performance will take place just days after Perry debuted her latest single on the season finale of American Idol Sunday, where Just Sam was crowned the competition’s 18th champion.
On Friday, Perry released a special socially distant shot music video to accompany her new track. The video features the pregnant singer celebrating her resilient spirit while wandering through the outdoors. The colorful video, reminiscent of Polaroid photos with its grainy overlay, shows off Perry’s growing baby bump as she strips down to her bare body while standing in a flowing stream. The artist is expecting her first child, a daughter, with fiancé Orlando Bloom this summer.
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POP STARS GIVE ADVICE TO CLASS OF 2020 GRADUATES DURING ‘#GRADUATION2020’ LIVESTREAM – (05/19/2020)
Selena Gomez gave an uplifting speech to the Class of 2020 during the #Graduation2020: Facebook and Instagram Celebrate the Class of 2020 livestream, giving the graduates hope after their graduation ceremonies, proms and other significant events were cancelled.
“When people ask me what I would tell my younger self, I always said, ‘Go ahead and do it.’ You all have worked incredibly hard to get to this point and I know it’s not exactly how you imagined your graduation to look like,” Selena shared. “I want to say it’s okay not to know what to do with the rest of your life,” she added. “It’s a journey to find your direction or your passions, so don’t get frustrated by the mistakes and setbacks as they happen to all of us.”
Miley Cyrus sang her song “The Climb.” “Hello to all the graduates out there. I’m truly honored to celebrate each and every one of you high school and college seniors and all that you’ve accomplished,” Miley said before the performance. “As I was thinking about you, the class of 2020 and how you inspire me, I knew I wanted to share this song with you. It feels full of a new meaning. Keep the faith, keep on moving, keep climbing, here’s ‘The Climb.’” Miley performed the song back in 2018 at the March For Our Lives event, held in solidarity for victims of school shootings.
b also had a message for the Class of 2020. In addition to telling graduates to keep their careers in mind as they embark on the future, she also encouraged them to seize the moment of their graduation, despite the pandemic. “Don’t let no coronavirus or no nothing take this special moment from you!” she said.
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LEWIS CAPALDI, LAUV AND MORE TAKING PART IN ‘PROM FROM HOME’ LIVESTREAM – (05/19/2020)
Several artists are teaming up to give the Class of 2020 a fun virtual prom.
Prom from Home: Under the Living Room Lights, presented by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and YouTube personality Zach Sang, will live stream on YouTube and Twitter this Friday at 7 p.m. [ET].
The star-studded event will feature appearances by Lewis Capaldi, Lauv, FINNEAS, Noah Cyrus, Bazzi, MAX, Cheat Codes, Loud Luxury and more.
Sang has lined up more than 20 artists, including Restless Road and Kane Brown who will perform “Take Me Home” when they reunite for the first time since canceling their Worldwide Beautiful Tour due to social distancing. Loren Gray is also planning her debut performance.
Also joining the star-studded event throughout the night will be Monsta X, CNCO, Ashe, mxmtoon, AJR, Blanco Brown, Bazzi, Asher Angel, Stephanie Poetri, Serf Mesa, Olivia O’Brien and a special appearance by Darren Barnet of the Netflix show, Never Have I Ever. At 9 p.m. ET, the after-party will begin.
The livestream is free but participants are encouraged to donate St. Jude. The first 2,500 guests to raise $400 will earn access to the VIP Red Carpet Event at 6 p.m. [ET], which includes a surprise guest performance, interviews and virtual opportunities to interact with artists. Find out more at St. Jude’s website.
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Celebrity Scoop – 05/18/2020
GEORGE CLOONEY, ALLISON JANNEY AND OTHERS PAY TRIBUTE TO ESSENTIAL WORKERS: Leslie Odom Jr., Jodie Foster, Kris Jenner, Wanda Sykes, Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Bridges, Michael Douglas, Rachel Platten, George Clooney, Allison Janney and others came together to perform during the Motion Picture Television Fund‘s livestreamed fundraiser on Friday night. During his video tribute, Big Lebowski actor Bridges noted some “positive sides to this hunkering down.” He said, “I find I’ve got a bit time to meditate, contemplate how to make this world a better place once this virus runs its course. What kind of world do we want our kids to live in? Our grandkids to live in? That’s something to contemplate.”The MPTF offers financial relief and support to entertainment workers.
KEVIN HART SURPRISES DOCTOR WITH ROLE IN NEXT MOVIE: Kevin Hart has offered a walk-on role in a future film to a frontline worker. Henry Law, an anesthesiologist from New Jersey got the call from the Jumanji star, informing him that he had been chosen at random as the winner of his All in Challenge, which has swept Hollywood since Michael Rubin launched it to benefit coronavirus. The challenge raises money for organizations that feed the hungry, including Meals on Wheels, No Kid Hungry, America’s Food Fund, World Central Kitchen and Feeding America. Law said he donated “a few hundred dollars.” So far, the challenge has raised $43 million.
MICHELLE OBAMA ANNOUNCES PROMA-ATHON: Michelle Obama is teaming up with MTV for a Class of 2020 Prom-athon. The daylong on-air takeover will feature all things prom, Deadline reports, including throwback films, short-form originals and a 90-minute prom party with virtual streaming available on MTV’s YouTube channel. Celeb appearances and live performances will be announced soon. The show will hit the air on MTV on Friday, May 22.
HOLLYWOOD PAYS TRIBUTE TO FRED WILLARD – (05/18/2020)
Fred Willard, beloved for his roles both big and small, has died at age 86 of natural causes. The comic actor who specialized in playing clueless characters and was noted for his improvisational skills, and rose to fame as part of Christopher Guest’s troupe of actors.
Willard’s agent Michael Eisenstadt told The Hollywood Reporter that he died Friday night in L.A. of natural causes.
His daughter, Hope Mulbarger, said he passed “very peacefully … He kept moving, working and making us happy until the very end. We loved him so very much! We will miss him forever.”
Willard snagged Emmy nominations for three consecutive years for playing Hank MacDougall, Robert’s (Brad Garrett) father-in-law on Everybody Loves Raymond, then again for his role as Frank Dunphy on Modern Family.
He also performed memorable roles in Waiting for Guffman, This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration.
Celebs took to Twitter to share their grief.
Jamie Lee Curtis, who is married to director Guest, posted: “A fond farewell to Mr. Fred Willard. How lucky we all are that we got to witness his great gifts. Thanks for the deep belly laughs. You are now with Mary. Home safe.”
Steve Carell wrote: “Fred Willard was the funniest person that I’ve ever worked with. He was a sweet, wonderful man.”
Eric Stonestreet tweeted: “It was a privilege to have the great Fred Willard know my name. Rest In Peace Fred. You were funny in your bones.”
Steve Martin called him his “comic hero.”
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LADY GAGA ANNOUNCES ‘CHROMATICA’-INSPIRED ‘STUPID LOVE’ EYESHADOW PALETTE – (05/18/2020)
Lady Gaga has announced the “Stupid Love” eyeshadow palette from Haus Laboratories, named after her new album Chromatica’s lead single.
The palette features 18 shades inspired by Gaga’s new album, including icy blues and silvers and warm tone browns and pinks. They’re all named after tracks on the album, like “Free Woman,” “Plastic Doll,” and “Rain on Me,” her duet with Ariana Grande, due out May 22nd.
The album is also going to feature collaborations with BLACKPINK (“Sour Candy”) and Elton John (“Sine From Above”). The album was executive produced by BloodPop and Gaga, and will be available in a variety of physical formats, including different colored vinyls and cassettes.
The limited edition palette retails for $48 and is launching May 19th. One dollar from every transaction is donated to Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation.
The Born This Way Foundation is teaming up with Canadian youth mental health charity Jack.org to launch the #BeKindBeThere initiative. It offers resources to young people so they can recognize when someone they know might be struggling with mental health issues and learn the skills to safely support them.
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