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Alli Rosenbloom, CNN

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Taylor Swift started the Eras Tour when people needed it most. Now, it’s time to say goodbye

Taylor Swift was still a new-to-the-scene country artist when she performed at Cowboys, a small bar in the Colorado Springs area, in 2007. At the end of the show, she took two purple beaded bracelets off of her wrist and handed them to a woman who’d been at the front of the stage, singing her songs louder than anyone else.

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Drake accuses record company of using bots to ‘artificially inflate’ Kendrick Lamar’s song ‘Not Like Us’ on Spotify

Musician Drake alleges that Universal Music Group “conspired” to artificially boost Kendrick Lamar’s searing diss track “Not Like Us” on Spotify, according to a pre-action petition submitted to a New York court on Monday.

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Megan Moroney gets sentimental while accepting new artist award at the CMAs

Megan Moroney was awarded the new artist of the year trophy at the CMA Awards Wednesday night, and the country singer was doing her best to hold back the tears.

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Lady Gaga, Post Malone and Green Day set to headline the 2025 Coachella fest

Lady Gaga is returning to the desert to mark her second appearance as the headliner for Southern California’s signature Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

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Jon Hamm and Jimmy Fallon’s remake of Creed’s ‘With Arms Wide Open’ is the LOL moment you need

Thank you, Jon Hamm and Jimmy Fallon, for this Monday morning earworm.

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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger welcome baby boy

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger are the proud parents to a new baby boy.

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Megan Fox expecting baby with Machine Gun Kelly

Megan Fox and fiancé Machine Gun Kelly’s family is getting a little bigger.

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Rashida Jones remembers her late father Quincy Jones as a ‘culture shifter’ in heartfelt tribute

Rashida Jones is honoring her father, music legend Quincy Jones, who died at 91 earlier this week.

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Grammy nominations preview: An album of the year race that’s impossible to predict and more

Finish up that espresso, grab your pink cowboy hat and buckle up for what’s shaping up to be ladies night at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

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Beyoncé pays perfect homage to Pamela Anderson with ‘Beywatch’

Call the lifeguards at Malibu Beach because Beyoncé has arrived for her “Beywatch.”

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Sally Field shares harrowing story about abortion in Mexico as a teenager: ‘We can’t go back’

Oscar-winning actor Sally Field has opened up about a “life-altering” abortion she had as a teenager, aiming to highlight the issue of reproductive rights.

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Lady Gaga announces ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ companion album ‘Harlequin’

Lady Gaga isn’t joking around about releasing new music. The Oscar-winner announced on Tuesday that she’s releasing a new album titled “Harlequin,” which she said in an Instagram post is a companion album to the upcoming film “Joker: Folie à Deux,” in which she stars alongside Joaquin Phoenix. “Harlequin” will be released on September 27, according to Gaga’s announcement posted to her Instagram page.

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Olivia Munn and John Mulaney welcome a baby girl

Olivia Munn and John Mulaney are now parents of two. On Sunday, the couple announced on Instagram that they welcomed a daughter named Méi June Mulaney on September 14.

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Dwayne Johnson meets students from Apalachee High School during visit to Atlanta set

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson helped put smiles on the faces of some students from Apalachee High School, where earlier this month a gunman killed four people and injured nine others.

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How a common hearing impairment helped Terry Crews master the art of physical comedy

While filming a scene for the 2004 slapstick comedy “White Chicks,” Terry Crews sat in a parked convertible and jubilantly sang along to famed pop-song-of-the-aughts “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton. Smiling ear-to-ear, Crews animatedly belted out the lyrics in a now-classic scene that highlighted his knack for physical comedy, a performance technique that the athlete-turned-actor has since become known for.

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James Earl Jones, iconic actor and memorable voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa, dead at 93

You can’t think of James Earl Jones without hearing his voice. That booming basso profundo, conveying instant dignity or menace, was Jones’ signature instrument. It brought power to all his stage and movie roles, most indelibly as Darth Vader in “Star Wars,” Mufasa in “The Lion King” and as the voice of CNN.

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Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan, known for hit ‘Type of Way,’ dead at 33

Atlanta-based rapper Rich Homie Quan, known for his 2013 hit “Type of Way,” has died, according to a statement from the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office. He was 33.

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Elton John says he’s recuperating from ‘severe’ infection that left him with ‘limited vision in one eye’

Rock and roll legend Elton John is in healing mode. The “Rocket Man” singer shared on his Instagram page on Tuesday that he’s been “dealing with a severe eye infection that has unfortunately left me with only limited vision in one eye.”

‘DWTS’ star Artem Chigvintsev arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence, authorities say

“Dancing with the Stars” pro Artem Chigvintsev was arrested on Thursday in Napa County, California on suspicion of felony domestic violence, authorities tell CNN.

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Tom Hanks warns against deceptive AI ads with his image: ‘Do not be fooled’

Tom Hanks is issuing a warning to his followers on social media to be wary of advertisements using his likeness that he says were created “fraudulently and through AI.”

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Adam Sandler tells Travis Kelce his Swiftie family wholeheartedly approves of him dating Taylor Swift

As long as Travis Kelce keeps making his girlfriend Taylor Swift laugh, Adam Sandler and his family will keep cheering them on.

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‘I can’t stand his voice’: A tribute to the most biting barbs made by the battling Oasis brothers

There have been some pretty incendiary public family feuds through the decades, but none more infamous than that of Liam and Noel Gallagher, the brothers behind ’90s Britpop band Oasis.

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Halsey channels Britney Spears and other female music icons in new album trailer

Halsey is wondering if everything would’ve been different had their musical debut come in a different decade.

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Bruce Springsteen says he has no plans to retire from touring anytime soon

Bruce Springsteen may be “born to run” but he won’t be running into retirement anytime soon.

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Foo Fighters did not give Trump campaign permission to use their song at rally, spokesperson says

Rock band Foo Fighters did not give Donald Trump’s campaign permission to play one of their songs at a recent campaign rally, a representative for the band said, and they plan to donate any royalties from the unauthorized use to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.

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Coldplay covers Taylor Swift at Vienna stadium where her Eras Tour shows were canceled due to foiled terror plot

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is showing some love for Taylor Swift supporters in Austria.

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Taylor Swift set to return to the stage in London following thwarted terror attack plot in Vienna

Taylor Swift will return to the stage at London’s Wembley Stadium on Thursday, just over a week after three of her Eras Tour concerts in Vienna were canceled when police in the Austrian city thwarted a terror attack plot targeting one of her shows.

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Gena Rowlands, star of ‘The Notebook’ and ‘A Woman Under the Influence,’ dead at 94

Oscar-nominated actress Gena Rowlands, whose screen career spanned nearly seven decades and more than 100 film and TV credits, has died at 94.

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‘House of the Dragon’ star Steven Toussaint says ‘everybody has a right to be represented’ on screen

“House of the Dragon” actor Steven Toussaint is sailing into Season 2 of the “Game of Thrones” prequel series buoyed by the positive response to his powerful performance.

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Summer Concerts 2024: All the shows you can see, no matter where you are in the world

School’s out, you’re on vacation and you’re looking to catch some live music to take full advantage of the summer’s longest days of the year. Thankfully, there are many options! If you find yourself in London in August, you can catch Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. In Japan this July? No problem! K-Pop group TXT are touring across the country. There’s a concert option for everyone, no matter where in the world you are throughout the summer months of June, July and August. A comprehensive list is below. Rock on!

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Misa Hylton, mom of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ first born son, says video showing assault on Cassie ‘has triggered my own trauma’

Misa Hylton, the mother of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ son Justin Combs, says her ‘heart goes out’ to Cassie Ventura in wake of the release of surveillance video footage showing Combs physically assaulting Ventura in 2016.

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From denial to admission: How a surveillance tape held Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accountable

Almost 48 hours after being shown physically assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2016 in a surveillance video obtained exclusively by CNN, Sean “Diddy” Combs has apologized.

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ACM Awards 2024: See the full list of winners

The 2024 Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards took place on Thursday with country music superstar and actress Reba McEntire as the ceremony’s host.

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Tom Brady took issue with a joke about Robert Kraft during Netflix’s ‘The Greatest Roast of All Time’

Tom Brady took some major hits by his former teammates, comedians and even Kim Kardashian during Netflix’s “The Greatest Roast of All Time” on Sunday.

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Photographer accuses Taylor Swift’s father of assault in Australia

An Australian photographer has filed a police complaint against Taylor Swift’s father, Scott Swift, for allegedly punching him as the superstar left a concert afterparty in Sydney in the early hours of Tuesday.

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Beyoncé debuts two new songs; teases upcoming album

Beyoncé knows how to break the internet.

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Rapper and activist Killer Mike arrested on misdemeanor battery charge after Grammy wins

Rapper and social activist Killer Mike was arrested Sunday evening near the site of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on a night when he took home three of the coveted statues.

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Taylor Swift celebrates with Travis Kelce as the Chiefs advance to Super Bowl

Swifties: Are you ready for it? The Kansas City Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl, and Taylor Swift was on hand in Baltimore on Sunday to help boyfriend Travis Kelce celebrate the team’s second consecutive trip to the Super Bowl.