Soon, you’ll be able to wear Billie Eilish‘s skin as you play a bad guy in Fortnite. The video game collaboration goes live on April 23 when Billie takes the Fortnite Festival main stage. You’ll be able to stream her songs in that mode, while her character skin will be …
Read More »BTS teams with UNICEF for new #OnMyMind initiative
Photo Courtesy of UNICEF In 2017, BTS and UNICEF started working together on the Love Myself charity campaign. Now, they’ve renewed the partnership and launched a new initiative called #OnMyMind. In the launch video, BTS member RM talks about the importance of loving yourself, and the whole group delivers the …
Read More »Five people, including at least two kids, mysteriously found dead at home in Oklahoma City: Police
Kali9/Getty Images (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) — Five people — including at least two children — have been mysteriously found dead at an Oklahoma home, according to authorities. Oklahoma City police said they were notified around 9:35 a.m. Monday and responding officers found the five bodies inside the house. All five …
Read More »Officer’s gun taken in fatal shooting in Chicago: Sources
Chicago Police Department (CHICAGO) — A Chicago police officer who was gunned down Sunday outside his home after returning from his shift had his gun taken from him as well as his car in the attack, ABC station WLS reported Monday. The slain 30-year-old officer, Luis M. Huesca, was shot …
Read More »Man facing federal hate crime charges for allegedly breaking into Rutgers Islamic Center during Eid
Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors charged a man with hate crimes Monday for allegedly breaking into and vandalizing the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University during Eid al-Fitr two weeks ago. Jacob Beacher, 24, was arrested after investigators said they determined …
Read More »Top four takeaways from Day 5 of Trump’s hush money trial
Angela Weiss – Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Day 5 of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial was also the first day of legal arguments before jurors. Proceedings lasted little more than three hours on Monday, but both parties delivered opening statements, lifting the veil on arguments they plan to …
Read More »What to know: Columbia University student protests against Israel-Gaza war continue
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Columbia University has been thrust into turmoil in the last week, reeling from a congressional hearing on antisemitism with President Nemat Shafik and NYPD’s arrest of more than 100 protesters in support of Palestinians on the university’s lawn. Now, Columbia University’s classes …
Read More »Subjects of some of Taylor Swift’s many ‘TTPD’ shout-outs react
Beth Garrabrant Taylor Swift‘s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, name-checks quite a few people, places and things, from a song by the Scottish band The Blue Nile to Stevie Nicks. Many of those entities are now reacting to being mentioned on the biggest album of the year. As previously reported, Patti …
Read More »Madonna sued by fans for starting DC show late, allegedly lip-synching
Live Nation Madonna‘s already been sued by fans over the fact that she started her Brooklyn, New York, show in December 2023 two hours late. Fans in Washington, D.C., have now filed a similar complaint. In the complaint, obtained by ABC News, three fans who attended Madonna’s show in December 2023 …
Read More »Hozier’s first Hot 100 #1 hit is “Too Sweet”
ABC/Paula Lobo If your church is the top of the Billboard Hot 100, there’s no need to take Hozier to it — he’s already there. The Irish artist’s viral single “Too Sweet” has hit #1 on the all-genre chart, the first time that’s happened in his career. He previously peaked …
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