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Kanye West is showing off his current living situation. 

After reports that the rapper is hunkering down in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz stadium as he puts the finishing touches on his 10th audio album, DONDA, he shared a snap of the room that’s presumably his.

The caption-less photo, which Ye posted to Instagram on Tuesday evening, shows a room with just the bare essentials in it — a bed, TV and closet. There are also shoes lined up along the wall next to an open suitcase, some workout equipment and a bottle of water next to the bed.  

Last week the “Power” rapper held a sold-out listening event at the stadium for his upcoming album, with its release intended for Friday, July 23. However, the album never dropped and now has a reported release date of August 6. 

Since then, the Yeezy designer’s team has has turned parts of the venue into a designated recording and living space, complete with a chef, according to TMZ.

Ye first teased DONDA, which is named after his late mother Donda West, in March 2020 and said it was slated to come out that July, but failed to materialize. It was later announced that the release was canceled because the rapper was further tweaking it. Can someone say deja vu?

 

 

 

 

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Dave Grohl is often referred to as the nicest guy in rock, so it’s perhaps no surprise that the Foo Fighters helped shape one of today’s most heartwarming shows.

On the latest episode of Mark Hoppus‘ After School Radio Apple Music Hits program, Ted Lasso co-creator and star Jason Sudeikis revealed how the Foos classic “My Hero” inspired the just-premiered second season of the beloved soccer comedy.

“‘My Hero’ was the first time that I heard a song and I felt, I saw a whole movie about that song,” Sudeikis explains. “At least my interpretation of it.”

“I’m sure [Grohl’s] spoken about it somewhere, but I’ve never sort of tried to research what it was about, but I knew what it was about for me,” he continues. “And some of those themes are literally being used in season two of Ted Lasso.”

“My Hero,” of course, finds Grohl describing his own hero as “ordinary.”

“Just the idea of false prophets or don’t meet your heroes or the idea of all statues have clay feet, I think is another example of that,” Sudeikis says. “People are human.”

Ted Lasso is streaming now on Apple TV+.

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Britney Spears shared how she unwinds from the stress of her ongoing conservatorship battle: by painting.

In a new video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, the singer explained in the caption, “As you guys know there’s a lot of change going on in my life at the moment and today I was feeling overwhelmed so I went to Michael’s [craft store] and got white paper and paint !!!!”

“I wanted to see color and this is me messing around,” she continued. “Ok so I’m not a professional painter but I certainly felt like I was !!!”

In the sped-up video, Spears, who’s dressed in an oversized white tee-shirt and blue tennis shoes, rolls out a gigantic sheet of white paper and walks around as she starts painting streaks of green, purple, yellow, red and blue.  When her masterpiece is complete, she takes a moment to bust a quick move in celebration before shutting off the camera.

Britney, 39, explained that the painting allowed her to release some of her pent-up emotions and convey what she’s currently feeling.

“This is an expression of how I’m feeling at the moment … rebellious… colorful…bright…bold …spontaneous…magical…so obviously showing my true colors,” she described before challenging fans to find a special surprise in her work of art. “If you look closely you can see find a fish in there somewhere.”

Britney’s burst of creativity comes on the heels of her attorney, Mathew Rosengart, filing legal documents asking to officially remove her father, Jamie Spears, from her 13-year conservatorship.

Rosengart requested Monday that Jason Rubin, a California-based certified public accountant, be put in charge of the singer’s finances, and called her current legal arrangement a “Kafkaesque nightmare” that has “grown increasingly toxic and is simply no longer tenable.”

 

 

 

 

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Kelly Clarkson has to shell out some major cash to her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock. Major cash to the tune of almost $200,000 dollars a month.

Legal papers, obtained by ABC News, reveal that the 39-year-old singer, talk show host and The Voice coach has been ordered to pay her former spouse $150,000 per month in spousal support, as well as, $45,601 per month in child support for their children — River Rose Blackstock, 7, and Remington Alexander Blackstock, 5.

In addition to the support, Clarkson was also ordered to pay $1,250,000 toward Blackstock’s legal fees. 

Blackstock was ordered to maintain the financial responsibility of $81,000 for the Montana Ranch he and Kelly once shared. His request to have the spousal support made retroactive to the date of the divorce filing on June 1, 2020 was denied. 

Clarkson and Blackstock married in October 2013.

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Like nearly every other music star on the planet, Michael Bolton was sidelined by the pandemic and left unable to tour.  Unlike most other music stars, Michael’s been busy for the past few months starring on ABC’s The Celebrity Dating Game, where he’s been using his famous voice to comedic effect.  Still, he admits he’s gotten a bit rusty and now has to work on getting his voice ready to hit the stage again.

Michael will return to touring in September, when he has a major tour of the U.K. kicking off September 25, followed by a few U.S. shows in November and December.  He says he’s already started to prepare to belt out his signature hits.

“Y’know, I’m not quiet…I’m speaking I’m just not using full voice: high C’s and big notes,” Michael tells ABC Audio. “I’m actually literally just starting now to do the [warm-up] routines. And so there is some rust, there’s some tightness.”

“The vocal cords are muscles, basically,” he explains. “So you got to use them, stretch ’em, make ’em stronger.   And my bit of rehearsal here and there has been very promising, like, my voice is eager to get out there.”

Meanwhile, you can catch Michael on The Celebrity Dating Game, which airs Monday nights on ABC.  On the show, actual celebrities offer themselves up as potential dates, and Michael sings song parodies to comment on the action and give the contestants clues to each celebrity’s identity.

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Starset is returning to the road for a tour this fall.

The newly announced shows — or, as the sci-fi-themed bands likes to refer to them, the “demonstrations” — begin November 3 in Asheville, North Carolina, and will conclude December 18 in Cleveland.

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

Starset released a new single called “Infected” in April. It follows the band’s 2019 album, Divisions, which features the singles “Manifest” and “Trials.”

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Long before he was topping the charts with hits like “Fix” and “I Don’t Know About You,” Chris Lane worked alongside his father and brother at the family’s landscaping company.  The singer says the was as meaningful as it was educational. 

“A lot of people don’t know this, so I used to do landscaping as a living,” Chris explains. “My dad started a landscaping company called Lane and Sons Landscaping, he still runs it to this day. My brother and I would always help every summer starting around 14 or 15 years old, but then we would come home from college during summer and we would always help him with that as well.” 

While trying to make it in the music industry, Chris returned to his landscaping job for stability. And while he now has his hands full as a successful music artist and new dad to son Dutton, the singer still utilizes his landscaping skills in his own home.  

“After I graduated college while I was trying to figure out exactly what I wanted to do with my life, I dove back into that and was still doing landscaping, even up until the day that I got a record deal with Big Loud, I still did landscaping off the side,” Chris says. “[It’s] something that I still do at my own house now. I mow my own yard and weed eat and blow, and I really enjoy that. I take pride in it. Only other job I’ve ever had is truly landscaping.” 

Chris launches his Fill Them Boots Tour in October.

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Want to take a stroll with Lorde and get to know her a bit better? Vogue has you covered.

In a new video, the singer answers “73 Questions” with Vogue while on a sunny walk at the New York Botanical Garden. She’s quizzed on everything from what her dream job was as a five-year-old — “cartoonist” — to which artist she thinks has the best style… David Bowie, of course.

The 24-year-old also reveals one of the most surprising things she’s learned about pop stardom.

“Right when you can afford to buy anything you want, you get given everything for free,” she says. “It doesn’t make any sense. Don’t give us free stuff!”

As for an artist she’d want to collaborate with, Lorde says, “I kinda wanna talk to Harry Styles.” She also reveals that Taylor Swift was the first artist she met that had her totally starstruck.

In answers to other music-related questions, Lorde says Natalie Imbruglia is the most surprising influence on her new album Solar Power, the song she wishes she’d written is “Graceland” by Paul Simon, the most surprising thing she brings on tour is “expensive sheets,” and the most important thing she’s learned about producing her own music is to always trust her instincts because they are “always right.”

Solar Power comes out August 10.

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