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Is Billie Eilish engaged? Some eagle-eyed fans are freaking out over what they think they saw in her latest Instagram post.

Billie shared a series of snaps of her posing seductively by her bed and wearing an all-black outfit, which included sheer stockings, strappy heels and a long velvet skirt. But it isn’t her clothing that is making fans sound the alarm — it’s what appears to be on her left ring finger.

Two snaps in the middle of the slideshow are taken from above and show Billie’s left arm resting by her side. Some fans appeared to have zoomed in on her hand and claim there’s a sparkler on her ring finger.

They also contend that another slide appears to show Billie looking down at her ring, which they believe is all the proof they need that she’s hinting to a major new development in her life.

While Billie has yet to address the rumors, she recently confirmed her romance with her boyfriend, Jesse Rutherford. The two were first romantically linked back in October when she and The Neighbourhood frontman were spotted holding hands at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights.

During an interview with Vanity Fair, Billie revealed she initiated the relationship and described how happy Jesse makes her.

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Puscifer has announced a U.S. tour in continued support of the band’s latest album, 2020’s Existential Reckoning.

The headlining outing will run from May 23 in Asheville, North Carolina, to June 3 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tickets go on sale next Friday, January 20, at 10 a.m. local time. 

Maynard James Keenan and company are also confirmed to play several festivals this year, including Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Puscifer.com.

In other Puscifer news, Keenan and company have announced a new release date for Existential Reckoning (Re-Wired), a collection of remixed versions of songs from each song off the original album. Originally set to drop last December, the record will now arrive on March 31.

As previously reported, Re-Wired includes contributions from Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Tool‘s Justin Chancellor, Queens of the Stone Age‘s Troy Van Leeuwen, Phantogram and Bring Me the Horizon‘s Jordan Fish.

You can listen to the remixed version of the song “A Singularity,” done by Puscifer member Carina Round, now via digital outlets. The reworked recording is accompanied by a video dedicated to Keenan’s late dog, which is streaming now on YouTube.

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Twisted Sister isn’t gonna take not playing together anymore.

Dee Snider and company are set to reunite for their first performance in seven years when they’re inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame.

“Looking forward to playing together for the first time since 2016…especially the rehearsal!” Snider tweeted.

Twisted Sister embarked on a farewell tour in 2016 following the 2015 death of drummer A.J. Pero. Ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy manned the drums in place of Pero.

The 2023 Metal Hall of Fame Charity Gala will take place January 26 in Agoura Hills, California. Now in its sixth year, the annual ceremony “enshrines forever those iconic musicians, artists, music industry executives who are responsible for making hard rock and heavy metal music what it is today.”

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Neither of them went home with a trophy at Tuesday night’s Golden Globes, but both Selena Gomez and Rihanna poured on the glamour with their outfits.

Selena brought her little sister, Gracie, 9, as her date, and stunned in a strapless Valentino gown in royal purple velvet, topped off with a floor-length cape with huge ruffled sleeves in a lighter shade of purple. She completed the look with DeBeers diamond drop earrings and wore her hair in a high ponytail.

In a sweet moment on the carpet, Selena posed with fellow Disney Channel child star Jenna Ortega. In fact, they were nominated in the same category: Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy — Selena for Only Murders In the Building and Jenna for Wednesday.

As for Rihanna, she attended with boyfriend A$AP Rocky, and US Weekly reports she wore a custom off-the-shoulder Schiaparelli gown by Daniel Roseberry, which featured a black velvet bustier and a velvet stole with big puffy sleeves. She shined bright like a diamond in Cartier jewels: diamond earrings and an 18-karat gold drop diamond necklace. 

Rihanna’s hair was in a twisted updo, and open-toe Giuseppe Zanotti heels and a velvet Roger Vivier bag with crystal detailing completed the new mom’s look. Of course, her makeup was by Fenty Beauty, and you can see more photos of Rihanna on her makeup artist Priscilla Ono‘s Instagram Story.

Rihanna’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever song “Lift Me Up” was nominated for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture, but it lost to “Naatu Naatu,” from the Indian film RRR.

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When you hear Lainey Wilson talk about her latest hit, “Heart Like a Truck,” it’d be easy to think she’s a motivational speaker or a psychologist instead of the reigning CMA Female Vocalist of the Year.

“It’s a song about finding freedom and strength,” she tells ABC Audio. “You know, I did write this song for anybody and everybody who’s been through heartbreak, hard times, hard luck. You name it, we’ve all been there.”

“It’s a little bit about where you’ve been,” she adds. “But more importantly about where you’re going, and where you’re headed. So I want people to, you know, feel a little triumph in this song.”

Lainey’s uplifting philosophy extends to all her music.

“My goal is to only put music out that makes people feel something,” the Louisiana native explains. “And so far, I feel like a lot of people are latching onto [“Heart Like a Truck”] and feeling something from it.”

Lainey offers one more inspirational thought for her listeners: “I want them to find that strength. Dig down deep, pull them boot straps up. At the end of the day, the things that we go through make us who we are and give us a story to tell. So rest assured in that.” 

“Heart Like a Truck” is Lainey’s third top 10 hit and could go on to become her third #1. She also has another four-wheeled song in the top 15: “wait in the truck” with HARDY.

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Elton John was a close friend of the late Princess Diana and is also close to her sons, Prince Harry and Prince William. But in his new memoir, Spare, Harry details a couple of disagreements the two have had over the years.

In the book, as reported by The Huffington Post UK, Harry recalls watching Elton perform a rewritten version of “Candle in the Wind” at his mother’s funeral in 1997, writing, “I do have one pure, indisputable memory of the song climaxing and my eyes starting to sting and tears nearly falling. Nearly.” 

But according to Harry, when he asked Elton to play the song in 2007 at the Concert for Diana, held on the 10th anniversary of his mother’s passing, Elton declined, fearing it would be too “morbid.” Instead, he played “Your Song,” which, Harry writes, he sang with “a twinkle and a smile, aglow with good memories.”

Another time the two had a difference of opinion, Harry writes, was in 2019, when Harry, his wife, Meghan, and their son, Archie, were visiting Elton at his home in France.

During the visit, Elton said he was going to serialize his autobiography, Me, in the British tabloid The Daily Mail, which Elton, Harry and Meghan had sued for defamatory stories. When Harry asked Elton why he’d chosen a paper that had made his life “miserable,” Elton explained that he “wanted people to read” the book.

Harry then notes that he decided not to push the matter further, writing, “I loved him. I’ll always love him. And I also didn’t want to spoil the holiday.”

Following that visit, Elton publicly defended Harry and Meghan after they were slammed by the British press for using a private jet to fly to France to visit him.

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They’re three of the biggest names in pop music, but at the Golden Globes Tuesday night, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Rihanna all struck out when it came to taking home a trophy.

All three were nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture, for the songs they wrote or co-wrote for, respectively, Top Gun: Maverick, Where the Crawdads Sing and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Rihanna also attended the ceremony with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky, and drew admiring comments from presenter Niecy Nash, Billy Porter and even host Jerrod Carmichael, who told her, “You take all the time you want to get that album out, girl. Don’t let these fools on the internet pressure you into nothing!”

But ultimately, the winner in the category was “Naatu Naatu,” n catchy, super-upbeat song that soundtracks one of the major set pieces in the nominated Indian film RRR.

Meanwhile, Selena Gomez was nominated for Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy for Only Murders in the Building, but lost to Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson.

But all is not lost: Taylor, Gaga and Rihanna’s songs are all shortlisted for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards; they’ll find out if they’re official nominated on January 24.

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