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All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Keri Hilson and Keshia Chanté are teaming up for a new Lifetime film centered around the temptation for fame. Aptly titled Fame: A Temptations Story, the made-for-TV movie premiered on Lifetime on April 26 and is […]

Chubby Checker, whose “The Twist” was a global smash in 1960, has been eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame since the first class was inducted in 1986, but he was never even nominated until this year. Despite having been ignored for decades, he made it in his first time on the ballot. So did first-time nominees Bad Company, Joe Cocker and Outkast, as well as Cyndi Lauper […]

Justin Timberlake was joined by the Kelce brothers at his 2025 8AM Golf Invitational. On Sunday (April 27), the 44-year-old pop superstar shared a festive behind-the-scenes video on Instagram from the Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas, featuring himself with Travis and Jason Kelce, retired swimmer Michael Phelps, former NBA star Blake Griffin, and other celebrity athletes. Set to James Brown, Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s’ “People Get Up and […]

Day two of the California country fest was dominated by rising stars enjoying victory lap moments, but also included plenty of big looks for veteran hitmakers. Jelly Roll for Stagecoach Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach The momentum kept up for the second day of the Stagecoach Festival on Saturday (Apr. 26) in Indio, Calif., as it proved to be a huge day for breakout performers of the past year celebrating […]

Los Angeles police have released video from the shooting of author Jillian Lauren, the wife of a Weezer band member, during a chaotic backyard confrontation that culminated in a volley of gunfire. Lauren’s wounds were not life-threatening in the April 8 shooting in the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock, where the 51-year-old wife of Weezer bass player Scott Shriner emerged from her home with a gun as city police and […]

Lana Del Rey is kissing and telling in her new song “57.5.” During her debut at the 2025 Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, Calif., on Friday (April 25), the 39-year-old singer revealed in the song’s lyrics that she once locked lips with a major country star. “I kissed Morgan Wallen/ I guess kissing me kind of went to his head,” Del Rey sang. “If you want my secret to […]

Justin Bieber is mourning the passing of his maternal grandfather, Bruce Dale. On Saturday (April 26), the 31-year-old pop superstar shared a heartfelt tribute on social media honoring Dale, who died on April 24 at Rotary Hospice Stratford Perth, according to an obituary posted by W.G. Young Funeral Home in Stratford, Ontario. He was 80. “Papa , I always took all ur money lol,” Bieber wrote on Instagram alongside a […]

Returning favorites and pleasant surprises marked the highlights from Friday (Apr. 26) at the California country festival. Zach Bryan performs at Desert Diamond Arena on December 03, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. John Medina/Getty Images It was an exciting first day in the desert for the Stagecoach Music Festival, which annually brings many of the best and biggest country acts in the world to Indio, Calif. for three days of performances. […]

Ella Langley received her first Academy of Country Music Award, for new female artist of the year, on Friday afternoon (April 25). While onstage for her set at Rock the Country in Knoxville, Tennessee, Langley received the news via a congratulatory video from Miranda Lambert, the winningest artist in ACM history. It was hardly a surprise because Langley was the most-nominated artist for the upcoming 60th ACM Awards, with eight […]