BTS is the latest act to be added to the lineup of the American Music Awards, taking place Memorial Day, May 25, in Las Vegas.
The K-pop superstars will make a special appearance on the telecast, their first on any awards show in four years. It’ll be a full-circle moment for the group, since their first-ever U.S. TV performance took place on the 2017 American Music Awards.
Since then, they’ve gone on to win 11 AMAs, and they’re up for three more this year: artist of the year, best male K-pop artist and song of the summer for “SWIM,” the first single from their current album, ARIRANG.
BTS’ appearance will come in the middle of their four shows at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, which kick off May 23.
Queen Latifah is set to host the AMAs, which will air live on CBS and on Paramount+ at 8 p.m. As previously reported, the lineup features performances from sombr, Teddy Swims, The Pussycat Dolls, Hootie & the Blowfish, KATSEYE, Twenty One Pilots and more. Newly minted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Billy Idol will perform and receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
‘Your Favorite Toy’ album artwork. (Roswell Records/RCA Records)
Of all people you should watch the new Foo Fighters video, especially if you’re into extreme sports.
Dave Grohl and company have premiered the visual for “Of All People,” a track off the band’s new album, Your Favorite Toy. It features footage of the Swiss extreme skiing collective BPC, which endeavors to ski on surfaces other than snow, including grass and pavement.
“Just when I thought I’d seen it all, I discovered BPC and snowless skiing,” Grohl says in a statement. “It’s either the gnarliest extreme sport I’ve ever seen, the most fun anyone can have before a guaranteed trip to the hospital, or both. It’s an honor to be the soundtrack to this madness.”
You can watch the “Of All People” video streaming now on YouTube. Be warned, though: it includes footage of some pretty gnarly injuries, several of which are fingers pointing in the wrong direction.
Your Favorite Toy is out now. Foo Fighters will launch a North American stadium tour in support of the record in August.
‘Your Favorite Toy’ album artwork. (Roswell Records/RCA Records)
Of all people you should watch the new Foo Fighters video, especially if you’re into extreme sports.
Dave Grohl and company have premiered the visual for “Of All People,” a track off the band’s new album, Your Favorite Toy. It features footage of the Swiss extreme skiing collective BPC, which endeavors to ski on surfaces other than snow, including grass and pavement.
“Just when I thought I’d seen it all, I discovered BPC and snowless skiing,” Grohl says in a statement. “It’s either the gnarliest extreme sport I’ve ever seen, the most fun anyone can have before a guaranteed trip to the hospital, or both. It’s an honor to be the soundtrack to this madness.”
You can watch the “Of All People” video streaming now on YouTube. Be warned, though: it includes footage of some pretty gnarly injuries, several of which are fingers pointing in the wrong direction.
Your Favorite Toy is out now. Foo Fighters will launch a North American stadium tour in support of the record in August.
Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Billy Joel does not support a planned biopic that was announced on Tuesday.
The film, Billy & Me, to be directed by editor/producer John Ottman, is described as the “untold origin story of Billy Joel before the fame, before the hit records, and before the world knew him as the Piano Man,” told from the perspective of Irwin Mazur, Joel’s first manager, who was responsible for discovering him in 1966.
Jon Small, who was Joel’s drummer in his early bands the Hassles and Attila, is also involved in the film as a consultant, co-executive producer and second unit director.
But the film is being made without the cooperation of Joel.
A statement provided to ABC Audio from Joel’s spokesperson reads, “Since 2021, the parties involved have been officially notified that they do not possess Billy Joel’s life rights and will not be able to secure the music rights required for this project,” adding, “Billy Joel has not authorized or supported this project in any capacity, and any attempt to move forward without it would be both legally and professionally misguided.”
Joel’s life and career was previously the subject of the two-part HBO documentary, And So It Goes, which debuted in July 2025.
After Cody Johnson won male artist of the year at Sunday’s ACM Awards, he decided it meant he didn’t have a shot at the trophy he wanted most.
“To be honest, when they called it for male artist of the year, I thought, ‘Well, that’s it. You know, that’s the one I got,’ because I feel like guys like me that have kinda been the underdog in a lot of situations, like that was the thing that I was handed,'” he reveals. “It was like a consolation prize, which is crazy to think about from a kid from Sebastopol, Texas, thinking that male artist of the year is a freaking consolation prize. It’s not.”
“I’ve always chased that entertainer [award],” he continues, “so, once I won male, there was this kind of a soberness that hit me of like, ‘That’s the award you get,’ you know? And I really had three or four other people picked for many reasons for entertainer.”
But Cody was wrong — and also caught completely off guard.
“I didn’t have any emotion. I didn’t have any nerves going into the entertainer of the year,” he says. “I just thought, ‘I’ll stand up out of my seat. I’ll clap and I’ll honor whoever that is.’ And when I heard the [makes ‘C’ sound] on Cody, man, it was surreal.”
So where does the reigning ACM entertainer of the year land on the topic?
“All I can tell you is that God is good and hard work pays off. If I never win another award musically for the rest of my life, I truly feel like that I’ve accomplished what I’ve wanted to accomplish, I’ve done what I wanted to do — but this is just the start,” he teases.
James “JY” Young and Tommy Shaw of Styx perform during The Brotherhood Of Rock Tour at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre on July 06, 2025, in Alpharetta, Georgia. (Photo by R. Diamond/Getty Images)
Styx is featured in a new documentary that highlights their 20-year partnership with Kaboom Collective, a nonprofit arts organization based in Cleveland.
Twenty Years On looks back at Styx’s 2006 performance with a youth orchestra, talking to the band, past orchestra members and more. It also includes a new generation of orchestral students recording new arrangements of Styx songs “Blue Collar Man” and “Build and Destroy.”
“Every person in this film made a choice to show up, to trust the process, and to give everything they had to something bigger than themselves,” Kaboom founder and conductor Liza Grossman says. “That is what Kaboom has always been about, and Styx understood that from day one.”
She adds, “Watching those young artists grow into doctors, educators, Broadway musicians, and studio artists over twenty years has been the greatest gift of my career. This film is for every one of them.”
“We are excited to be a part of the Kaboom Collective documentary, Twenty Years On,” says Styx’s Tommy Shaw. “It is amazing to celebrate our relationship and performance with the Cleveland Youth Orchestra twenty years later and see the kids grown up. We can’t wait for you to see it!”
A trailer for the film was released Tuesday, with the documentary set to have its world premiere on June 6 at Heights Theater Studios, Kaboom’s professional soundstage in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
More info on the film can be found at 20yearson.com.
Cher attends the 2026 Met Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (TheStewartofNY/Getty Images)
Believe it: Ageless pop culture legend Cher turns 80 on Wednesday, May 20. The singer, songwriter, actress, activist, mother, philanthropist, fashion icon, gay icon and so many more things has been topping the charts for six decades, has won multiple awards and is one of the bestselling artists of all time.
Here are just some of the highlights of her illustrious career:
Cher’s Music Career
-She’s sold over 100 million records worldwide.
-She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2024 by Zendaya and performed that night alongside Dua Lipa.
-She’s received seven Grammy nominations and won a Grammy in 2000 for “Believe.” She was also given the 2026 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
-Cher’s Living Proof: The Farewell Tour was, at the time of its conclusion in 2005, the highest-grossing tour ever by a female artist.
-She’s the only artist ever to have a #1 Billboard single in six consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s.
-Her 2018 album Dancing Queen debuted at #3 on the Billboard album chart, tying the record for her highest-charting solo album ever.
-Her rebellious attitude, fashion sense and ability to reinvent herself has influenced everyone from Pink, Madonna, Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez to Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner and Gwen Stefani. Sabrina Carpenter wore one of Cher’s Bob Mackie gowns from the 1970s to an event last year.
Cher’s Acting Career
-Received one best supporting actress Oscar nomination in 1984 for Silkwood; won thebest actress Oscar in 1988 for Moonstruck.
-Won three Golden Globe Awards in 1974, 1984 and 1988.
-Starred in movies including Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Mermaids, The Witches of Eastwick, Suspect and Burlesque.
-Received seven Emmy nominations, winning in 2003 for Cher: The Farewell Tour.
-Starred in TV shows including The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, Cher, The Sonny & Cher Show, Cher… Special and HBO’s If These Walls Could Talk, for which she also directed a segment.
Other accomplishments
-She’s a New York Times bestselling author, thanks to her 2024 book Cher: The Memoir.
-Her life inspired the 2018 Broadway musical The Cher Show, which won two Tony Awards in 2019.
-She received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2018.
-She’s a style icon who received the Council of Fashion Designers of America Award for “Influence on Fashion” in 1999.
-She’s a gay icon, activist and ally, and recipient of the Vanguard Award from GLAAD Media Awards.
-She’s lent her support to countless causes and charities: animal rights, elder rights, soldiers and veterans, people living with AIDS, the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, the COVID-19 pandemic and more.
-She’s the mother of Chaz Bono, whose father was her late husband Sonny Bono, and Elijah Blue Allman, whose father was her second husband, the late rocker Greg Allman.
Snoop Dogg performs at Amex x CARBONE BEACH 2026 in Miami Beach, FL on May 02, 2026, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by John Parra/Getty Images for Amex x Carbone Beach)
Snoop Dogg will act opposite Brandon Perea in an upcoming boxing drama written and to be directed by Eric Amadio, known for his work on the FX series Snowfall. Deadline reports Snoop will star in The Faith of Long Beach, though his role has not been revealed.
The Faith of Long Beach tells the story of “a soft-spoken street fighter raised in a Long Beach group home who is torn between his troubled past and a promising future as he attempts to leave behind backyard brawls and follow in his estranged father’s footsteps into professional boxing,” according to Deadline.
Eric notes the film will serve as both a coming-of-age boxing picture, according to Deadline, and a story about faith — “faith in yourself when nobody else has any, and faith in the people who refuse to give up on you.”
“With Brandon, I knew instantly I had my nuanced, complicated fighter. And with Snoop, I’ve got the authentic OG who’s seen every version of that kid and still bets on him anyway,” Eric continues. “It’s an honor to shine a long-overdue cinematic spotlight on the city and people of Long Beach.”
Snoop is equally grateful for the opportunity. “Death Row Pictures is proud to be a part of The Faith of Long Beach,” he says in his own statement of his production company, which will produce the film with Everlast Pictures. “This is the type of story that hits different – heart, grit, struggle and redemption all wrapped up in that Long Beach spirit. This one got soul.”
Shinedown’s Brent Smith performs on ‘American Idol.’ (Disney/Eric McCandless)
If you want Shinedown to honor your song request, maybe make sure your show count is in the triple digits before you ask.
Brent Smith and company broke out the deep cut “Junkies for Fame,” a bonus track off the deluxe edition of 2008’s Sound of Madness album, during a recent show at the request of a fan named Anthony, who was seeing Shinedown live for the 102nd time.
The performance marked the first time Shinedown’s played “Junkies for Fame” live in 18 years.
“We don’t do this for anyone,” Smith told the crowd before launching into the song. “Anthony, you are the #1 tonight, my brother.”
After the song was over, Smith got down from the stage and embraced Anthony at the barricade, while drummer Barry Kerch gave him his sticks.
“When a fan who’s been with us since 2003 has a song request at show #102, you make it happen!!!” Shinedown writes in an Instagram post alongside footage of the moment. “Whether it’s your first show or too many to count, we’re so glad you’re here.”
Shinedown is currently on tour in support of their upcoming album, EI8HT, due out May 29.
The trailer for the fifth and final season of Power Book III: Raising Kananhas officially dropped, giving fans a glimpse of the tension between Kanan Stark and his mother, Raquel “Raq” Thomas.
Narrated by 50 Cent — who played the older Kanan in the original Power — the trailer reflects on Kanan’s transformation over the series.
“If you didn’t hate me before, you gon’ hate me now,” he says. “When you hustling, you ain’t thinking about anyone but you.”
The footage shows Kanan, played by Mekai Curtis, deepening his role in the Queens drug game, now working alongside Snap (Erika Woods), Pops (Wendell Pierce) and the new character Breeze, played by Shameik Moore.
“Your world about to get a whole lot bigger and your pockets fatter,” Breeze tells Kanan.
The biggest reveal is that Raq, played by Patina Miller, is back after surviving the shocking season 4 finale cliff-hanger, during which Kanan held his mother at gunpoint for believing she killed his girlfriend.
Their relationship now appears to be completely broken, with Raq warning, “You ain’t never have an enemy like me, Kanan.”
Kanan replies, “I’ve had you as an enemy my whole life.”
The trailer also features appearances from Marvin (London Brown), Lou (Malcolm Mays) and Unique (Joey Bada$$) while teasing betrayals, shoot-outs and tension between the Thomas family, Unique and the mafia.
According to the official logline, season 5 sees Kanan fully embracing the ruthless persona fans know from the original series, with his alliance with Breeze becoming central to the story and setting up the next chapter of Kanan’s story.
Power Book III: Raising Kananpremieres June 12 on Starz. “Tell them I said keep up, new heat,” 50 wrote when announcing the news. He serves as executive producer.
