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Remy Ma landed another acting role, starring in Lifetime’s upcoming psychological thriller Don’t Trust the Girls Upstairs.

Remy stars as Ashley Preston, “a woman whose life begins to unravel after she and her husband Elliot take in her orphaned teenage niece, Serena, following the sudden death of Ashley’s estranged sister,” according to a press release. The “act of compassion” leads to strange incidents and growing tension within the family.

“Ashley finds herself trapped in a dangerous web of paranoia, manipulation, and buried secrets,” the release continues. “With trust rapidly eroding inside the household, Ashley must uncover the truth before the threat inside her home turns deadly.”

“Working with Lifetime again has been an incredible experience,” Remy said in a statement. “Ashley is a woman who would do anything to protect her family, but everybody in that house is hiding something. She’s carrying grief, trauma, and pain she’s never fully dealt with, and that made this role feel very real to me. This role challenged me emotionally in ways I didn’t expect.”

Directed by David Weaver from a script written by Crystal Verge, Don’t Trust the Girls Upstairs is based on the bestselling novel My Sister’s Daughter by Liv Constantine.

It premieres June 20 at 8 p.m. ET., marking another Lifetime film for Remy, who previously starred in 2023’s Girl in the Closet. The thriller also stars Garfield Wilson, Aliyah Marc and Sasha Rojen.

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The mysterious masked act President has announced their debut album.

The record is called Blood of Your Empire and will be released Sept. 4. 

“Blood of Your Empire was born out of my own struggle with existential crisis and trying to make sense of belief, mortality, and humanity’s relationship with faith,” President says in a statement. “Religion has inspired incredible compassion, purpose, and beauty in the world — but it has also been responsible for unimaginable suffering and bloodshed throughout history.”

“This album lives in the tension between those two truths,” the statement continues. “Writing it became a way for me to confront the fear, confusion, and questions I’ve carried for years, and turn them into something I’m truly proud of.”

Blood of Your Empire includes the previously released songs “Angel Wings” and “Mercy.” A third cut, titled “DOOM LOOP,” is out now alongside a video, which you can watch on YouTube.

President will launch a U.S. headlining tour in September.

Here’s the Blood of Your Empire track list:
“Angel Wings”
“DOOM LOOP”
“dark heaven”
“Pink Noise”
“Mercy”
“Sleepwalker”
“Dionysus”
“This Will Divide Us”
“Hate Figure” feat. Ando San
“White Devil”

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It’s bound to “Hurt Like That” after “One Night in Tulsa,” in the musical world of Reba McEntire.

“I’m so excited to share that I have another brand new song coming out THIS FRIDAY!” the legend revealed on her socials. “I can’t wait for y’all to hear ‘Hurt Like That.'”

Reba’s new track arrives on schedule, after she revealed plans in April to unveil a new song each month as part of a “digital music capsule” with tracks from her massive catalog.

“Hurt Like That” is the focus of the second one, following April’s “One Night in Tulsa.”

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LISA, Anitta and “Calm Down” artist Rema were previously announced as performers for the June 12 opening ceremony for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in LA. Now we’ve learned that they’ve recorded a song together.

The BLACKPINK member, Brazilian superstar and the Nigerian singer/rapper have teamed for “Goals,” which is out now, along with a music video. The song is from the Official FIFA World Cup 2026 Album. 

The track starts with LISA showing off her rapping skills, spitting, “My body/ my fit/ My friends/ my whip/ Bet I’m goals.” Then Anitta takes over, singing in a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese, “I’ve got what you’re looking for, here’s your Brazilian body/ I shake my hips well, I want to see you do it too.”

Finally Rema jumps in, rapping, “Everybody, they know I’m the one champion/ It’s my time put your lights up/ Run, run, run, run, run, run, run.”

LISA says in a statement, “Music always unites people across the world, so it has been an honor to work with Anitta and Rema.” Anitta adds, “I’m Brazilian, after all, of course I have wonderful memories tied to the tournament. It’s incredibly special to now contribute to its history … I’m very grateful for this opportunity.

And Rema says, “Three continents, one track … bringing all our sounds together, like, this is a big moment for music on the world stage.”

In addition to those three artists, the LA opening ceremony features Katy Perry, Tyla and Future. 

The U.S. will face off against Paraguay in the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026, which will include 104 matches across 16 host cities. The final match takes place July 19 at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with a halftime show starring Madonna, Shakira and BTS.

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Queen Latifah is excited about two major events: her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and hosting the American Music Awards.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, she said the Hall of Fame honor feels more meaningful with every call she gets.

“I’m excited about it, and I’m getting more excited because there’s so many different family members and friends who’ve heard about it that are calling from all over the place,” she said. “I always know when it’s something different when I get calls from every direction.”

Queen added that the recognition is more than a personal achievement.

“It’s not just a small thing that means something to me. It really means something to a lot of different people,” she said. “I’m just fortunate that I’m in there.”

Queen is also looking forward to returning as host of the AMAs, 21 years after co-hosting the 1995 ceremony. She said she’s eager to watch the performances, noting, “Out of the millions of artists in the world, we are the ones that are going to have this stage and be able to perform in front of the world. I know they’re all going to try to knock it out of the park. I want to see what tricks they’ve got up their sleeves and who’s just in the zone.”

Queen also enjoys watching younger artists learn from veteran performers.

“I like to see the younger artists watch the artists who’ve been around the block a few times do it,” she said. “There’s a certain comfort level when you’ve been rocking shows like this for a while. … You get to take a little tidbit here and there that you can keep and use for yourself and make sure you’re one of these longevity artists 30 years from now doing the same thing.”

The American Music Awards air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ May 25 at 7 p.m. CT. 

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Jelly Roll is supplying the soundtrack for the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

His Amazon Music Original “Rise Up” is the official theme song of the National Hockey League’s annual fight to the finish, which started in April and will go through June. 

“This song was written for the guys grinding every night for the Cup,” Jelly says. “This isn’t just the theme song of the NHL Playoffs. This is their song. It crawls over your skin, that dirty, swampy, nasty, distorted rock and roll.” 

The “Rise Up” music video debuted during the first game of the Western Conference Final, featuring Jelly Roll, NHL highlights and the coveted Stanley Cup itself.

Watch for a documentary short coming in June that features the “Save Me” hitmaker alongside Jack Eichel of the Vegas Golden Knights and Seth Jarvis of the Carolina Hurricanes. 

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With the runaway success of “you look like you love me,” you’d assume Ella Langley was a shoo-in for subsequent Riley Green duets, especially since the two were on tour together at the time.

But it turns out, Riley kind of made her audition for the part on “Don’t Mind If I Do.”

“I think I got her to come in the day I wrote it and just kinda hum to see what key I needed to write it in, ’cause I wrote it as a duet,” he explains. “And when I was in the studio recording it, I just called her to come by to put a vocal on it so I could play it for whoever I was gonna pitch it to as far as the female.”

Of course, Riley changed his mind as soon as he heard Ella sing.

“She just crushed it,” he recalls. “I remember sittin’ there and she was like in a sweatsuit. She came by from the house and sang it and … I couldn’t imagine anybody doing it better than she did.”

Of course, “Don’t Mind If I Do” went on to become Riley’s sixth #1 in December. 

“It was cool for her to be on the song, [and] also having her out with all the success on the other song,” he reflects. “And also lyrically, it kinda feels like the song after ‘you like you love me.’ So it’s kinda cool to have that accidentally work out.”

“Don’t Mind If I Do” picked up the music event of the year trophy at Sunday’s 61st Academy of Country Music Awards, after “you look like you love me” won the same award the year prior.

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