Getty Images – STOCK (LONDON) — Days of torrential rain have triggered widespread flooding across parts of Kenya, turning roads into raging rivers and claiming dozens of lives. Half of Kenya’s 47 counties have been affected by the flooding, which has killed at least 32 people and displaced more than …
Read More »Dua Lipa plans sit-down with Drew Barrymore to talk ‘Radical Optimism’
Tyrone Lebon/Warner Records Dua Lipa is going to have a heart-to-heart with Drew Barrymore. She sent a message to members of her mailing list announcing that she’s going to sit down with the talk show host on April 26 to chat “through all things Radical Optimism.” It’s not clear when …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction overturned in New York
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 4, 2022. (ETIENNE LAURENT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The rape conviction of movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been overturned by New York’s highest court. The New …
Read More »Watch her dance the charts: Dua Lipa makes history with top three spots
Tyrone Lebon Dua Lipa may have said that her new album, Radical Optimism, is a departure from her signature disco sound, but try telling that to Billboard‘s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart — where she currently holds the top three spots. Dua’s latest single, “Illusion,” is #1 on the chart, followed by her previous …
Read More »Artists mentioned by Taylor Swift get streaming boosts — but should Charlie Puth’s be bigger?
Beth Garrabrant After Taylor Swift mentioned a bar called The Black Dog in her new song of the same name on The Tortured Poets Department, fans started flocking to a pub of that name in London. And there’s real-time data showing how Taylor’s mention of certain musicians on her new …
Read More »Trump hush money trial Day 7: “National Enquirer’s” David Pecker to resume testimony
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media outside the courtroom during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 23, 2024 in New York City. (Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is set to return …
Read More »College protests live updates: 93 arrested at USC
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the …
Read More »Michigan father 1st charged under new safe gun storage law after son shoots himself in the face
Warren County Police Dept. (WARREN, Mich.) — Michigan prosecutors charged a father for violating the state’s newly enacted safe storage law after his son allegedly got a hold of a firearm and shot himself in the face in their home. Theo Nichols’ 8-year-old son was in “extremely critical condition,” at …
Read More »Lauv releases new song and video for “Potential,” his first song “about a boy”
Daniel Prakopcyk Lauv‘s first new song and video of 2024, “Potential,” shows him coming to terms with his sexuality. Ahead of the release of the song, Lauv wrote on Instagram, “it’s genuinely a big deal to me, i’ve been writing songs for so long and have always seen myself as someone who …
Read More »New Kids on the Block release new song to celebrate NKOTB Day, offer ticket deal
ABC/Paula Lobo April 24 was declared New Kids on the Block Day by then-Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis back in 1989, and the group and the fans still celebrate it. This year, the 35th anniversary of NKOTB Day, the group has released a new song to mark the occasion. The song, “A …
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