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Lizzo announces 2022 North American ‘Special’ tour

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Lizzo has shared details of her upcoming North American arena tour, The Special Tour, featuring 25-dates and support from special guest Latto.

The Special Tour will officially kick-off on Sept. 23 at the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Fla., before wrapping up on Nov. 18 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.  The tour serves as support of Lizzo’s forthcoming record, SPECIAL, which is out on July 15.

American Express Card Members will have first access to purchase tickets before the general public now through Thursday, April 28th at 10 pm local time. Fans can pre-save SPECIAL for early access to tickets. The general public ticket sale begins at 10 a.m. local on Friday, April 29 through Ticketmaster.

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Tyler, the Creator’s “Call Me If You Get Lost” returns to No. 1 on Billboard album chart

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Tyler, the Creator’s sixth album, Call Me If You Get Lost, recently won Best Rap Album at the Grammys, and has now reclaimed the top spot on the Billboard albums chart.

Call Me If You Get Lost sold 59,000 album units on the Billboard 200 chart dated April 30, 2022, comprised of 51,000 pure album sales with 49,500 of that being vinyl LP sales.  The LP earned the largest sales week for a hip-hop album on vinyl, or for a solo male album on vinyl (the previous record for a male artist was held by Kid Cudi’s Man On The Moon III: The Chosen which sold 41,500 vinyl copies in its first week back in December.)

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Take a look at the trailer for Hulu’s romantic-comedy ‘Fire Island’ starring Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang

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Hulu has shared a trailer for the LGBTQ romantic comedy ‘Fire Island,’ featuring Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang.

Fire Island follows Noah (Booster) and Howie (Yang), two gay best friends who vacation on Fire Island, a hotspot for queer culture in New York. The pair party with friends and flirt with two wealthy vacationers, Will (Conrad Ricamora) and Charlie (James Scully).  Matt Rogers, Margaret Cho, Nick Adams, Tomás Matos and Torian Miller also star.

Booster is a writer, actor and comedian who appeared in his own Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents special in 2017. Yang is a writer for ‘Saturday Night Live’ and also starred on Awkwafina is Nora from Queens.  Booster wrote and executive produced the film, with Andrew Ahn as director.

Fire Island premieres June 3 on Hulu. Take a look at the trailer  – here.

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Britney Spears says she is taking a ‘social media hiatus’ amid pregnancy

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Britney Spears has shared in an Instagram post that she will be on a break from social media for “a little while.”  The 40-year-old singer wrote: “I’m going on a social media hiatus for a little while!!!  I send my love and God bless you all.”

The social media hiatus for Spears follows her recent announcement that she expecting her third child, her first with her fiancé, Sam Asghari. Spears shares two sons, Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden James, 15, with her ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Said Spears earlier this month:  “I am having a baby. I obviously won’t be going out as much due to the paps getting their money shot of me like they unfortunately already have.”

Spears and Asghari got engaged in September 2021 amid Spears’ conservatorship battle. In November, a Los Angeles judge officially ended Spears’ 13-year conservatorship.

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Britney Spears says she is taking a ‘social media hiatus’ amid pregnancy

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Britney Spears has shared in an Instagram post that she will be on a break from social media for “a little while.”  The 40-year-old singer wrote: “I’m going on a social media hiatus for a little while!!!  I send my love and God bless you all.”

The social media hiatus for Spears follows her recent announcement that she expecting her third child, her first with her fiancé, Sam Asghari. Spears shares two sons, Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden James, 15, with her ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Said Spears earlier this month:  “I am having a baby. I obviously won’t be going out as much due to the paps getting their money shot of me like they unfortunately already have.”

Spears and Asghari got engaged in September 2021 amid Spears’ conservatorship battle. In November, a Los Angeles judge officially ended Spears’ 13-year conservatorship.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs to host the 2022 Billboard Music Awards

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Sean “Diddy” Combs will host and executive produce the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.  Combs said in a statement:  “This will be unlike any awards show — I’m bringing the love and setting the frequency at an all-time high. The Billboard Music Awards truly represent the artists and where music is today, so I’m excited to curate the biggest live performances and surprises. The world has to tune in to see.”

Combs will host the May 15 event that will air live coast-to-coast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas at 8 p.m. ET on NBC; it will also stream on Peacock.  As previously announced, the 2022 BBMAs will honor Mary J. Blige with the Icon Award, with Blige slated to perform on the broadcast along with Burna Boy, Latto, Megan Thee Stallion, Rauw Alejandro, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. More performances are set to be announced soon.

The Weeknd leads the 2022 BBMA nominations with 17, including top artist, top male artist and top Hot 100 artist. His collaboration with Ariana Grande, “Save Your Tears (Remix),” is up for six awards. Doja Cat is the leading female finalist with 14 nominations, including top artist, top female artist and top Hot 100 artist. Justin Bieber, Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Olivia Rodrigo each have 13 nods.

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Jeff Bridges to star in new FX series ‘The Old Man’

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FX is set to release the new drama series The Old Man, starring Jeff Bridges as a man who has been living off the grid since he absconded from the CIA decades ago. The series, based on Thomas Perry’s bestselling novel of the same name, will air at 10 p.m. EDT on FX and stream the next day on Hulu. The Old Man will debut by releasing the first two episodes of the seven-episode season on its premiere date, June 16th.

The plot of The Old Man ‘centers around absconded CIA operative Dan Chase (Bridges), who is driven out of hiding when an assassin arrives and tries to take him out. Chase then learns he must reconcile with his past to ensure his future. After he leaves hiding, FBI’s Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Harold Harper (John Lithgow), who has a complicated past with the rogue operative, hunts him down, along with his protégé Angela Adams (Alia Shawkat) and CIA Special Agent Raymond Waters (E.J. Bonilla). Authorities have to call in a highly trained special ops contractor Julian Carson (Gbenga Akinnagbe) to pursue him as well when he proves more difficult to apprehend than expected.’

Bridges will also serve as executive produces the series, along with Warren Littlefield, Jonathan E. Steinberg, Dan Shotz, Robert Levine, David Schiff and Jon Watts, who also directed the first two episodes.

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Netflix series ‘God’s Favorite Idiot’ starring Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone to premiere on June 15

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Netflix announced the premiere date for the Melissa McCarthy/Ben Falcone series God’s Favorite Idiot, set to debut on June 15. Falcone created the series and executive produces with McCarthy and Michael McDonald, who also serves as director.  God’s Favorite Idiot will consist of eight episodes.

In God’s Favorite Idiot, Falcone plays Clark Thompson, a tech support worker who has a crush on his colleague, Amily (McCarthy). One day, Clark starts to glow and becomes a religious leader to a flock of followers.  Also starring in the series is Leslie Bibb, Kevin Dunn, Usman Ally, Steve Mallory, Chris Sandiford, Ana Scotney and Yanic Truesdale — McCarthy’s Gilmore Girls co-star.

Falcone has frequently directed his wife McCarthy, most recently the Netflix comedy Thunder Force. McCarthy and Falcone also produced the series Nobodies, and Falcone often appears in cameos in McCarthy’s films.

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Charli XCX shares the video for “Used To Know Me”

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Charli XCX has shared her music video for “Used To Know Me” from her latest album, CRASH. The video, directed by Alex Lill, finds Charli XCX playing many different roles, including a cheerleader, Marie Antoinette and a lingerie-clad nun.

In late March, Charli XCX also dropped a deluxe version of CRASH, adding four new songs to the original. The new songs include “Selfish Girl,” “How Can I Not Know What I Need Right Now,” “Sorry if I Hurt You” and “What You Think About Me.”

Watch the video for “Used To Know Me” – here.

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Pitbull, LL Cool J, and Gloria Estefan join CBS musical game show ‘Superfan’

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Pitbull, LL Cool J, Gloria Estefan and more will appear on CBS’ upcoming musical game show titled ‘Superfan.‘ CBS also said on Twitter that Shania Twain, Kelsea Ballerini and Little Big Town will take part in the six-episode competition series. Keltie Knight and Nate Burleson of CBS Mornings will be serving as the hosts.

Superfan will feature contestants attempting to win multiple rounds in order to prove they are a certain musical artist’s biggest fan. A different musical artist will then choose one fan to win a once in a lifetime prize.

A premiere date will be announced shortly; production was slated to begin on Friday in Los Angeles.

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