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Katy Perry looks like she wants a hot girl summer. The “Roar” singer has put it out there that she wants to collaborate with Megan Thee Stallion.

Katy shared a clip of Meg declaring during a recent live video, “Respect Katy Perry, b****!” The rapper was vibing to Katy’s 2009 hit “Thinking of You” before grabbing a can of hairspray and singing loudly into it like a microphone.  

“OMG lez duet ily Meg THEE katycat,” Katy gushed in the caption of the video, which included a kissy face emoji.

It wasn’t long before the “Savage” rapper responded, firing back with three flame emojis and a definitive, “Omg yes hot girl Katy ! Let’s do a song.”

The two artists have yet to collaborate, so this would be their first song together. Neither are strangers to crossover collabs, with Katy dominating the radio in 2013 with her Juicy J track, “Dark Horse,” while Meg has teamed with Dua Lipa and Maroon 5 for the respective hits “Sweetest Pie” and “Beautiful Mistakes.”

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Selena Gomez thinks it’s time to reboot Wizards of Waverly Place.

The “Lose You to Love Me” singer caught up with Extra on the red carpet premiere of the new season of Only Murders in the Building and spoke about a potential revival.

“Hands down, I would love that,” she remarked. 

Hilariously, her Only Murders co-star Steve Martin revealed he never heard of the show and asked, “What is it?” Selena responded with a laugh, “It’s my Disney show!”

That refreshed the comedian’s memory — or, at least, he pretended it did — and he declared, “Oh, I know about it.” Selena wasn’t convinced and shook her head knowingly.

The fantasy teen sitcom Wizards of Waverly place ran on Disney Channel for four seasons between October 2007 and 2012. It starred Selena, David Henrie and Jake T. Austin as three siblings who had to master their magic powers or lose them forever.

Disney Channel has rebooted several beloved shows, including The Proud Family, That’s So Raven, Doogie Howser and others. Here’s hoping we see the Russo siblings reunite for their own spinoff series very soon!

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Iggy Pop has united with acclaimed composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman for a new version of the latter’s song “Kick Me.”

The track, which finds the Godfather of Punk spitting lines, including “Kick me/I’m a celebrity,” will appear on Elfman’s upcoming album Bigger. Messier., a “remixed and reimagined” version of his 2021 album, Big Mess.

“I couldn’t be more excited to announce the record with Iggy’s version of ‘Kick Me,’ which not only serves as a reinvention of the song vocally, but instrumentally as well,” Elfman says.

You can listen to the song now via digital outlets.

Bigger. Messier. will be released August 12. It also includes Elfman’s previously released collaborations with Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor, “True” and “Native Intelligence,” as well as a track with FEVER 333.

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Ed Sheeran knows what songs his concertgoers want to hear most, which is why he will never stop playing them on tour.

Appearing on The Late Late Show with James Corden, the Grammy winner revealed his setlist will always include “Perfect,” “Shape of You,” “Bad Habits” and “Thinking Out Loud,” as well as his debut single, “The A Team.”

The British singer said he isn’t mad he will always have to play these songs on tour. As a music fan himself, he said he’d be annoyed if he went to see his favorite band and they didn’t play their biggest hits.

“I put it in my head, I was like, ‘I’m a massive Coldplay fan, and if I go to a Coldplay show and they don’t play ‘Fix You’ or ‘Yellow,’ I’m going to be [disappointed,]” Ed explained. “So, in my head, I’m like, ‘People are going to think that coming to my shows!'”

The “Shivers” singer also explained how happy he is to be constantly expanding that list of must-be-played songs. He notes, “Whenever you put out a new album, you’re like, ‘If I’m not ending the show with the new single from this album and it’s from the last album, I’m like, ‘Ah… has it done well?'”

Ed is very pleased “Bad Habits” — off his newest album = (Equals) — is doing so well. “‘Bad Habits’ is the best of the whole show, so I’m really, really, really, really pleased with that. But I thought I would just end the show with ‘Shape Of You’ for the rest of my life,” he confessed.

Ed also had this message for his American fans — his tour will be coming to the U.S., and he’ll reveal the list of dates “by the end of the year.”

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Eric Church got to spend some time with NBA royalty.

While in Nashville for the NASCAR Ally 400 Cup Series, The Chief wined and dined with Michael Jordan at the Graduate Hotel. The two sipped on Cincoro tequila, a liquor brand co-founded by the basketball legend. Eric posted a photo of the epic meeting that shows them posing on a velvet couch with a couple of half empty bottles of Cincoro.

“Enjoyed the fellowship and the libations. Go Heels,” the “Heart on Fire” hitmaker writes in the caption, referencing the North Carolina Tar Heels, a group of athletic teams at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

“A goat and a chief walk into a bar…” quips the Graduate Hotel in their post re-sharing the photo. 

An avid sports fan, the country star made headlines in April when he cancelled his show in San Antonio, Texas to attend the North Carolina Tar Heels game against Duke University in the NCAA Championship. 

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Broken Bells are ringing once again.

The duo, made up of The Shins frontman James Mercer and producer Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton, has premiered a new song called “We’re Not in Orbit Yet…”

The track, which is available now via digital outlets, is the first song to be released off an upcoming new Broken Bells album titled Into the Blue. No other details have been announced about the record, only that it’s “coming soon.”

Broken Bells formed in 2009 and have released two albums: 2010’s Broken Bells and 2014’s After the Disco. Since then, they’ve shared a number of one-off singles, including 2015’s “It’s That Talk Again,” 2018’s “Shelter” and 2019’s “Good Luck.”

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From 1993 to 2001, Darren Hayes was the frontman for the chart-topping Australian pop duo Savage Garden, known for hits like “I Knew I Loved You” and “Truly Madly Deeply.” Today, he’s a solo artist and an out gay man who’s been married to his husband for 17 years. As Pride Month wraps up, he talks about what the word means to him.

He tells ABC Audio that “to be proud is to be completely rid of shame,” adding, “Having shame is such a dark cloud under which I spent so much of my young life.” 

Darren tackles that topic indirectly in his new single and video, “Poison Blood,” which details his and his family’s history of depression. He notes, “So much of my own struggle with mental health in the past centered around my own internalized shame around my sexuality as a young person…so I hope this song is a comfort for anyone who needs reminding they are not alone.”

Darren adds that shame can also be dispelled by representation.

“I look back on the beginning of my career when I was still coming to terms with my own sexuality, and I didn’t really have any role models or anyone that I felt like I could look up to,” he tells ABC Audio. “And today, I’m just so grateful that we live in a time where there are so many young performers, athletes, journalists, politicians, artists…who comfortably…live their truth in the public eye.”

“It’s that old adage: You have to see something in order to be able to be it,” he adds. “So that’s what Pride means to me. It’s about visibility. It’s about continuing to show up and be a voice, because no one knows when our rights can be taken away from us.”

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Metallica has canceled the band’s headlining performance Wednesday at the Frauenfeld Rocks festival in Switzerland due to a “member of the Metallica family” testing positive for COVID-19.

“We are beyond sorry to disappoint those of you planning to attend the show,” the metal legends write in a statement posted early Wednesday morning. “It was our intention to reschedule a show in Switzerland as soon as possible, however in overnight discussions with the local promoters, sadly it became apparent that schedules and venues do not line up for the remainder of this year or next.”

The festival will still take place as scheduled with sets from Five Finger Death Punch, FEVER 333 and others. With Metallica now out of the lineup, though, organizers are offering ticket holders a partial refund for those who still plan to attend. Ticket holders who decide not to go at all because of the Metallica’s cancellation will receive a full refund.

Metallica’s next scheduled concert is set to place this Friday, July 1, at Belgium’s Rock Werchter festival. Rock Werchter organizers tweeted Wednesday that they’re “in contact” with the Metallica camp, adding that the group is “hopeful to play.”

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Sam Asghari, who married Britney Spears earlier this month, says their wedding was a “fairytale.”

On Wednesday morning, the Iranian-American actor appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America to talk about his new film, Hot Seat, but he also opened up about life as a married man. “I have to wear this thing now,” Sam joked, pointing to his ring. “It’s heavy, man. I’m getting a workout with it!”

“It’s just been surreal, man.” he added. “It’s been a minute. It was way overdue for us, and we imagined this thing being a fairytale and it was.”

Sam and Britney first met while on the set of her “Slumber Party” music video in 2016. After five years together, Sam popped the question in September 2021. 

His comments about the wedding were echoed by wedding guest Paris Hilton, who told E!, “It was a magical fairytale. I’m so happy for her. She’s like an angel. And it was just an iconic night with so many incredible powerful women.” In addition to Paris, the guest list included Drew Barrymore, Donatella Versace and Madonna.

“Just seeing her walk down the aisle in the dress, I was crying,” Paris added. “It was just so beautiful and romantic and just seeing sparkles and happiness in her eyes. And just seeing my Brit back and just in love and just the whole thing.”

Paris, who sang her hit “Stars Are Blind” at the wedding with Selena Gomez, said of her longtime friend, “She’s one of the kindest people in the world and is such an angel. She is not like any of the people in this town. She means a lot to me.”

Sam’s movie Hot Seat is out July 1 and also stars Mel Gibson, Shannen Doherty and Kevin Dillon.

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