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Eddie Vedder‘s Ohana Encore, the companion weekend to the Pearl Jam frontman’s Ohana Festival, has been canceled.

No official announcement was made, but the Ohana website no longer lists the Encore event. Additionally, the festival’s FAQ section states that those who purchased tickets to Ohana Encore will be automatically refunded.

According to Spin.com, ticketholders received an email saying that Ohana Encore was canceled due to “circumstances beyond our control.”

Ohana Encore was set to take place October 8-9 in Dana Point, California with performances by Vedder, The Black Keys, Alanis Morissette and HAIM. Ohana Festival, meanwhile, will be held in Dana Point from September 30 to October 2 with headliners Vedder, Jack White, Stevie Nicks and Pink.

Meanwhile, Pearl Jam has been dealing with a host of cancellations as Vedder recovers from vocal issues stemming from a Paris performance besieged by the European heat wave.

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Selena Gomez rang in the big 3-0 with best friend Taylor Swift by her side.

“30, nerdy and worthy,” she captioned a sweet Instagram post on Saturday, which showed the two sitting side-by-side at a dinner table. In one photo, the Rare Beauty mogul has an arm wrapped around Taylor, who is holding up three fingers and has a shocked expression on her face.

In the second photo, which appears to be a selfie, Taylor looks somewhat proud of herself and flashes a thumbs up as Selena giggles while reading her birthday card.

Selena is longtime friends with the “Shake It Off” singer. Their friendship goes all the way back to 2005 when they were both dating members of the Jonas Brothers. Selena was dating Nick Jonas, while Taylor was seeing Joe Jonas.

“We clicked instantly and, man, that was my girl,” Selena told The Wall Street Journal in 2020. “There’s so much of my friendship with Taylor that people don’t know about because we don’t necessarily feel the need to post about everything we do.”

She added, “She has showed up for me in ways that I would have never expected… It’s been proven year after year and in every moment of my life that she is one of my best friends in the world.”

As for Taylor, she said in the same interview, “I knew from when I met her I would always have her back. In my life, I have the ability to forgive people who have hurt me. But I don’t know if I can forgive someone who hurts her.”

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Former Suicidal Tendencies bassist Bob Heathcote has passed away. He was 58.

According to a Facebook post from his son, Chris, Heathcote died Sunday following a motorcycle accident.

“I cannot put words together other than the fact that this is a loss I will hardly recover (if ever), and the fact that he was a hard working father who raised five children, including me,” Chris’ post reads.

Heathcote was a member of Suicidal Tendencies for just one year, between 1988 and 1989. He played on the 1988 album, How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can’t Even Smile Today, before being replaced by a pre-Metallica Robert Trujillo.

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Carrie Underwood is traveling back in time to the ’90s. 

Over the weekend, the superstar shared a throwback video of her cover of Patty Loveless‘ hit “Blame It On Your Heart,” filmed in her tween years. Dressed in a Garth Brooks-esque half-black, half-white shirt, a young Carrie stands in front of a green screen, showing off her impressive vocal chops and hamming it up for the camera as she sings the lyrics that tell off a cheating lover. 

She then pans to a clip of her singing the classic ’90s country track onstage at the Grand Ole Opry as part of Opry Live: Opry Loves the 90s special that recently aired on the Circle Network. 

“How it started, How it’s going,” she captioned the vintage clip. 

“Omg I love this so much,” commented Carrie’s former tour mate, Jennifer Wayne of Runaway June, with a heart eyes emoji. 

Carrie will return to the Opry on July 30 to perform a special tribute to Barbara Mandrell in honor of her 50th anniversary as an Opry member. 

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Harry Styles is coming back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe! He made his first appearance in The Eternals as Eros — the brother of Thanos — in a post-credits scene.

MTV News caught up with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige and asked if the next phase of the MCU involves the “As It Was” singer.

“Yes,” confirmed Feige, “The adventures of Eros and Pip is something that is very exciting for us!” Pip also appeared in the Eternals‘ post-credits scene with Harry. He is a troll, voiced by Patton Oswalt.

Feige teased the MCU will cover all angles in its next phases, from the multiverse with Dr. Strange to the streets with Daredevil and Spider-Man. So, where does this leave Eros?  

“Cosmic,” Feige teased, adding, “That is where our friends Eros and Pip live.” He didn’t delve into further detail.

In the comics, Eros has superhuman strength, regeneration and the ability to control other people’s emotions. He later adopts the name Starfox and joins the Avengers.

With the latter part in mind, two Avengers movies are slated to hit theaters in 2025. Marvel is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.

In other Harry news, he collected his sixth U.K. albums chart crown thanks to his album Harry’s House, says Billboard. With his latest victory, the Don’t Worry Darling star has officially spent more weeks at the top than his former band, One Direction.  

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Lil Wayne reflects on the passing of “Uncle Bob,” the New Orleans police officer who helped save his life when he shot himself at age 12. 

“Everything happens for a reason. I was dying when I met u at this very spot,” Lil Wayne wrote on Instagram, sharing a past image of Robert Hoobler on the porch of the Hollygrove home where he rescued the rapper.

“U refused to let me die. Everything that doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen for a reason. That reason being you and faith.” He added, “RIP uncle Bob. Aunt Kathie been waiting for u. I’ll love & miss u both and live for us all.”

According to Nola.com, Hoobler, an off-duty cop at the time, rushed young Wayne to the hospital on Nov. 11, 1994 after he shot himself in the chest with a 9mm pistol. While en route to emergency care, Hoobler worked to keep Wayne alert and spoke to him saying, “Stay awake, son. You’re going to be fine. You’ll see.”

Hoobler told TMZ about a run-in with Wayne in 2019, during which the rapper offered financial assistance to Uncle Bob if ever needed. According to the report, Uncle Bob didn’t take Wayne up on his offer but discussed joining the rapper’s team in some capacity.  

Opening up during an episode of Emmanuel Acho‘s Uncomfortable Conversations internet series, Wayne recounted the details of the attempted suicide, explaining how each cop before Uncle Bob “stepped over” him. 

Years later, he finally met the man who saved his life. “I don’t want nothing,” Wayne recalls Bob saying. “I just want to say, I’m happy to see that I saved a life that mattered.”

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Jennifer Lopez had two things to celebrate on Sunday — her birthday and the launch of JLo Body.

The singer, who turned 53 on Sunday, took to Instagram to share a nude photo of herself along with a video in promotion of her latest endeavor. 

“We give all this care and attention to the skin on our face, but we sometimes neglect the body,” she captioned the sultry clip.  “It was important to me to create a skincare routine for the body to address its specific and unique needs, and we started with the booty!”

“Today’s my birthday and I am gifting YOU with a special drop of #JLoBody FIRM + FLAUNT™ Targeted Booty Balm,” she added before directing consumers to JLoBeauty.com, where the product retails for $65.

JLo Body is the latest addition to Lopez’s beauty empire, JLo Beauty, which debuted in 2021. 

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Pearl Jam has canceled another stop on the band’s European tour as frontman Eddie Vedder continues to recover from vocal issues he’s been dealing with over the past week.

As previously reported, Vedder’s throat was “damaged” during PJ’s performance at Lollapalooza Paris on July 17, where the band was exposed to “extreme” weather conditions caused by the historic heat wave in Europe. As a result, Pearl Jam scrapped shows in Vienna, Austria and Prague, Czech Republic.

On Sunday, PJ canceled a third show, the first of two scheduled concerts in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

“In spite of continuous medical treatment, Ed is regretfully still without a voice and unable to perform [Sunday’s] show at Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam,” a statement from the band reads. “This is again the worst possible scenario for the band. We wholeheartedly apologize to all that worked so hard to put on the show and those supporters we looked forward to seeing.”

The “Even Flow” rockers add that “all of our energies will now be focused” on playing the second Amsterdam show, scheduled for Monday.

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