Paul Davis of Cannons performs in concert at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park on April 03, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Rick Kern/Getty Images)
Cannons drummer and keyboardist Paul Davis has dropped off the band’s ongoing tour after undergoing emergency brain surgery.
The “Fire for You” outfit wrote in a Facebook post published Monday that Davis had an accident during their show in Dallas earlier in April.
“Although we didn’t know it at the time, he was suffering from bleeding to his brain,” Cannons write. “As the week went on, he understandably started feeling worse and we all agreed it was best for him to go home and focus on recovering.”
“Yesterday, Paul underwent emergency brain surgery,” the post continues. “He’s now in the hospital and recovering well. His prognosis is good, but he’ll need some time before he’s ready to rejoin us on the road.”
Cannons plan to continue with their current tour alongside Bob Moses, which stretches into early May before picking back up again in July.
“We’ll be out there playing these shows for you, Paul,” Cannons write. “If you’re coming out, your support means more than ever right now. Please keep Paul in your thoughts and send him all the love you can.”
Cannons released a new album, Everything Glows, in March.
Among the many surprise guest appearances at Coachella weekend one were Camila Cabello and Jennifer Lopez, who came out on Sunday. Young Thug brought out Camilla to sing “Havana,” and Jennifer joined David to sing their collab, “Save Me Tonight.”
Meanwhile, KATSEYE talked to Billboard about their collab with surprise guests HUNTR/X during their set on Friday. “They were really, really nice. They were so sweet,” Yoonchae Jeung said of the group, who performed “Golden.” “It’s really beautiful to have a joint slay on the stage at Coachella,” added Sophia Laforteza.
Laufey has dropped her video for “Madwoman,” featuring an all-star cast led by shirtless Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams. The colorful clip also stars Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu, KATSEYE’s Megan Skiendiel and Lola Tung from The Summer I Turned Pretty. Notably, all of the costars in the video are of Asian heritage, prompting one commenter on Laufey’s Instagram post to write, “wasia avengers assemble.”
Count Lizzo as a full supporter of Justin Bieber’s Coachella set. Taking to Instagram, she wrote, “I watched a popstar who grew up in front of the world fully transcend into his artistry last night. I watched someone who gave us his all, his whole life.. finally nourish hisself.” She added, “I have no pictures or videos because I was fully present in the moment. Justin invited us and whoever chose to come with him was blessed with a beautiful ride. When you use your gift for God, it will make people uncomfortable. But that’s OK because the ones who stick beside you will feel the love.” Justin’s set sparked mixed reactions, as he spent a portion of it singing along to old YouTube clips of himself.
Eminem has an update for his fans: he has some new music on the way. He shared a selfie on X Monday with the caption, “New album coming soon.” His last album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), came out in 2024.
Queen Latifah will be a keynote speaker at North Carolina A&T State University’s spring 2026 commencement ceremonies. She’ll address graduating students May 9 in Greensboro’s First Horizon Coliseum.
Drake appears to be teasing his upcoming Iceman album. He posted a photo on his Instagram Story Sunday showing his seats at Toronto Raptors games inside Scotiabank Arena, seemingly frozen over with icicles. The arena also posted a video on Instagram with the caption, “Drake’s seats froze.” The teaser comes after Drake referenced the project while honoring Nelly Furtado at the 2026 Juno Awards. “Enjoy your Hall of Fame status. It’s long overdue. Kill the performance. We love you, dawg,” he told her, before adding, “Iceman coming soon.”
“Track and Field” single artwork. (Mushroom Music/Virgin Music Group)
Alt-J frontman Joe Newman has released a new song called “Track and Field” under his solo moniker, JJerome87.
“I see this song as an early ’90s American montage that focuses on two college kids falling for each other on a college athletics track,” Newman says in a statement.
You can watch the “Track and Field” video streaming now on YouTube.
“Track and Field” will appear on the debut JJerome87 album, The Canyon. The record, which was previously released exclusively on Newman’s website, will be available wide on June 26.
Nick Jonas attends the world premiere of ‘A Very Jonas Christmas Movie’ at the New York City Center on Nov. 10, 2025. (Disney/Jose Alvarado, Jr.)
As the father of 4-year-old Malti Marie Chopra Jonas, whom he shares with wife Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Nick Jonas knows all about being a dad in real life. But in his latest movie role, he’ll play a guy who has to learn the ropes unexpectedly.
ABC Audio has confirmed that Nick will star in a rom-com for Netflix about a bachelor who suddenly has to take care of his cousin’s infant daughter. Then, the child’s godmother shows up during the holidays and tries to get custody of her, but since this is a rom-com, you can probably guess what happens next. There’s no streaming date for the film yet, which is untitled.
The Netflix film is just the latest movie role for the Jonas Brother. He stars opposite Paul Rudd in the movie Power Ballad, which is coming out in June, and also has upcoming roles in the action thriller Bodyman; the upcoming sequel Jumanji: The Next Level; and the horror holiday flick White Elephant.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One on April 11, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Florida. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Monday that a U.S. naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz has begun, a new development in the now seven-week war after peace talks failed over the weekend.
Taking questions from reporters outside the Oval Office, Trump was asked what he hoped to achieve from the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports: Is it to force Iran back to the negotiating table or to reopen the critical waterway and bring down oil prices?
“Maybe everything,” Trump responded. “Both of those things, certainly, and more.”
“We can’t let a country blackmail or extort the world, because that’s what they’re doing,” he continued. “They’re really blackmailing the world. We’re not going to let that happen.”
Earlier Monday, Trump threatened any Iranian ships that come close to the new U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, writing they will be “ELIMINATED.”
Trump said while Iran’s navy has been “obliterated” by U.S. attacks, any smaller ships that near the U.S. barricade will be wiped out “using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea.”
“It is quick and brutal,” Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform.
Iran has warned of consequences if the security of Iranian ports is threatened, with a spokesman for the country’s joint military command saying “no port in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman will be safe.”
There are many outstanding questions about how the U.S. blockade will work and what impact it will have on the conflict.
Trump first said the U.S. would block “any and all Ships” trying to enter or leave the strait, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil and gas supplies typically passes.
U.S. Central Command, however, said the blockade will be enforced against any ships entering Iranian ports or coastal areas but clarified its forces “will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports.”
Abroad, some U.S. allies have said they won’t back Trump’s Hormuz blockade.
“We’re not supporting the blockade,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told BBC radio in an interview Monday morning.
French President Emmanuel Macron said France and the U.K. will instead organize a “peaceful multinational mission” aimed at restoring freedom of navigation in the strait.
Trump on Monday was asked if he expected other countries to assist in the U.S. naval blockade.
“We don’t need other countries, frankly. But they’ve offered their services,” Trump said, though when asked Trump did not list any specific countries. “We’ll let it be known, probably tomorrow.”
At home, Trump faces potential political backlash over rising gas prices. Americans are now paying on average more than $4 for a gallon of gas, according to data from AAA.
Trump, in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, conceded that energy prices may not fall by the November midterm elections, and that they could even be “maybe a little bit higher.”
The U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz comes after peace talks between the U.S. and Tehran in Islamabad on Saturday ended with no resolution. Vice President JD Vance, who led the U.S. delegation, said the U.S. needed a firm commitment from Iran that it would not seek a nuclear weapon.
Trump on Monday echoed that the sticking point was the enrichment question.
“Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said. “And we agreed to a lot of things, but they didn’t agree to that. And I think they will agree to it. I’m almost sure of it. In fact, I am sure of it. If they don’t agree, there’s no deal. There’ll never be a deal. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.”
Trump on Monday said the “right people” in Iran still want to reach an agreement.
“We’ve been called this morning by the right people, the appropriate people, and they want to work a deal,” Trump said.
ABC News’ Zoe Magee and Nicholas Kerr contributed to this report.
The Paramount Pictures logo is displayed on a water tower in Los Angeles, California, on Feb. 17, 2026. (Michael Yanow/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Stars from across Hollywood are expressing their opposition to the Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance deal that rocked the entertainment industry earlier this year.
Jane Fonda, Don Cheadle, Rosanna Arquette, Ben Stiller and Joaquin Phoenix are just a few of the more than 1,000 Hollywood professionals who signed their names on an open letter expressing opposition to the studio merger.
“As filmmakers, documentarians, and professionals across the movie and television industry, we write to express our unequivocal opposition to the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger,” the letter opens.
The note continues, “This transaction would further consolidate an already concentrated media landscape, reducing competition at a moment when our industries — and the audiences we serve — can least afford it.”
According to a February release announcing the sale, Paramount plans to acquire Warner Bros. in a transaction valued at about $110 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Paramount will pay “$31.00 per share in cash for all outstanding shares of WBD.”
The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, “subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory clearances and approval by WBD shareholders, with a vote expected in the early spring of 2026.”
Paramount launched a hostile takeover bid in December to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, just days after Netflix struck a deal to purchase a large part of the media giant.
The letter from the stars of Hollywood cites some of the potential downsides of the deal as “fewer jobs across the production ecosystem, higher costs, and less choice for audiences in the United States and around the world.”
The letter also notes the merger leaves only four major studios remaining in the U.S.
The note, which is also signed by names like Mark Duplass, Javier Bardem, Ilana Glazer, Noah Wyle, Tiffany Haddish and Jason Bateman, summarizes some of the effects of studio consolidation.
“We have witnessed a steep decline in the number of films produced and released, alongside a narrowing of the kinds of stories that are financed and distributed. Increasingly, a small number of powerful entities determine what gets made — and on what terms — leaving creators and independent businesses with fewer viable paths to sustain their work,” the letter reads.
The letter also claims the consolidating media landscape “accelerated the disappearance of the mid-budget film, the erosion of independent distribution, the collapse of the international sales market, the elimination of meaningful profit participation, and the weakening of screen credit integrity.”
The group said they were “deeply concerned by indications of support” for the deal, which it says would harm the creative community and several of the small businesses therein.
“Competition is essential for a healthy economy and a healthy democracy,” the letter concludes, in part.
Along with the aforementioned signatories were names like Alyssa Milano, Ramy Youssef, Rosario Dawson, Mark Ruffalo, David Fincher, JJ Abrams, Kristen Stewart, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ted Danson, Rose Byrne and Denis Villeneuve.
Paramount responded to the letter in a statement to ABC News.
“We hear and understand the concerns that some in our creative community have raised and respect the commitment to protecting and expanding creativity,” the company said.
The statement also emphasized the “need for strong, creative-first and well-capitalized companies.”
The studio highlighted what it said are potential advantages to the deal, claiming Paramount will be able to “greenlight more projects, back bold ideas, support talent across multiple stages of their careers, and bring stories to audiences at a truly global scale.”
Paramount noted its “commitment” to investing in the industry, with examples including “increasing output to a minimum of 30 high-quality feature films annually with full theatrical releases.”
“Paramount remains deeply committed to talent, and this merger strengthens both consumer choice and competition, creating greater opportunities for creators, audiences and the communities they live and work in,” Paramount’s statement concluded.
ABC News has reached out to Warner Bros. Discovery for any statement on the letter.
Tim McGraw could be coming back to your TV screen if a new pilot in the works at Hulu gets picked up.
He’s set to play a lead role in Southern Bastards, which is based on the graphic novels of the same name, according to Variety.
British actress Erin Kellyman will also star alongside Kevin Bacon, whose involvement had been previously revealed.
Kellyman plays a military vet who travels to Alabama to try to find her estranged father, played by Bacon. In the process, she discovers the winningest high school football coach in the South also happens to run an organized crime ring. That’s Tim’s character, known as Coach Boss.
Thomas Rhett & Jordan Davis’ “Ain’t a Bad Life” (Blue Highway Records)
It “Ain’t a Bad Life” when your 25th #1 just hit the top of the chart. Thomas Rhett’s collab with Jordan Davis cements that milestone for him as it reaches the pinnacle of the Mediabase radio airplay tally.
“Having 25 No. 1’s is something I never could’ve dreamed up,” TR says. “I’m really grateful to the fans, country radio, my team and everyone who’s been on this ride with me—this one means a lot, and I’m glad I get to celebrate it with my buddy Jordan Davis.”
The feat is even more impressive when you consider Thomas has done it all in less than 14 years, the time since his debut single, “Something to Do with My Hands,” came out.
“Ain’t a Bad Life” is the third #1 in a row from TR’s latest album, About a Woman (Deluxe), following “Beautiful as You” and “After All the Bars Are Closed.”
Thomas Rhett dropped his new collab with Marshmello, “Where We Go,” on Friday.
Chappell Roan attends the McQueen Womenswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 8, 2026 in Paris, France. (Alena Zakirova/Getty Images)
After soccer star Jorginho Frello made headlines worldwide by claiming that security for Chappell Roan made his stepdaughter cry, he’s now saying that he regrets the repercussions that his story caused.
To recap, during Lollapalooza weekend in Brazil, Frello claimed that his 11-year-old stepdaughter Ada Law — whose father is Jude Law — walked past Roan at a hotel restaurant and smiled. Frello claimed that Roan’s security guard then aggressively confronted his wife and stepdaughter, accusing the girl of “disrespect” and “harassment,” and threatening to file a complaint against her, which made her cry “a lot.”
Roan subsequently denied that the guard was working for her and said she had no knowledge of the incident, but she apologized to Frello’s wife and stepdaughter if they “felt uncomfortable.” She noted, “that makes me really sad. You did not deserve that.” The security guard then posted a statement clarifying that he didn’t work for Roan and said he took “full responsibility.”
Now, nearly a month after the incident, Frello wrote in a lengthy Instagram Story that he wants to “make clear that the situation did occur as it was originally described.” He added, “At the time, we acted on the information that was available to us. Since then, I have become aware of new information that has changed my understanding of parts of what happened.”
Frello says the “Pink Pony Club” singer reached out privately to his wife, Catherine Harding, and his team spoke with Roan’s team. “It became clear that she had no knowledge of what took place. … She was understanding and sympathetic,” he said of Roan.
He went on to say, “I regret the impact this situation has had on Chappell Roan, Catherine, Ada, and our family,” and described the incident as “ultimately a misunderstanding.”
