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Pregnant or not, the show doesn’t stop for Britney Spears — the fashion show, that is.

Taking to Instagram Tuesday evening, the apparently pregnant pop star shared a minute-long video modeling several different outfits set to a remix of Ace of Base‘s song “All That She Wants” — more specifically the part where the lyrics “all that she wants is another baby” repeat over and over.

“So I have to model my clothes now before I really start showing… I had to do the flower on my neck like @sarahjessicaparker,” Britney wrote in the caption making reference to a red and pink flower choker necklace she’s wearing.

“I actually do have a small belly here but at least my pants fit… Well barely,” she added. “Psss is anyone curious why I’m 4 sizes smaller by the door ???”

The post comes one day after Britney announced that she was expecting a baby with her fiancé Sam Asghari.

After explaining that she thought she had a food baby, the “Circus” singer declared, “I got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh well … I am having a baby.”

This would be the first child for Britney and Sam, who got engaged in September 2021. Britney has two sons, Sean, 16, and Jayden, 15, with ex-husband Kevin Federline. 

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Several country stars really raked in the dough in 2021. 

Of the top 10 artists who made the most money in last year, Blake Shelton leads the pack by a wide margin, bringing in a whopping $83 million, according to Substack. This is mainly from his $50 million music catalogue and his earnings as a coach on the wildly popular The Voice. 

Behind him is Luke Bryan, who between his gig as an American Idol judge and endorsement deals with household brands like Bayer and Jockey earned $40 million last year. Coming in third is the legend herself, Dolly Parton, who’s empire that includes perfumes, a new novel and her extensive music catalogue brought in $30 million.

The fourth highest-earning country star is Chris Stapleton, who’s top-selling albums and multiple hit songs made him about $26 million. Rounding out the top five is Florida Georgia Line, the duo of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley, at $25 million, much of which came from the sale of their publishing catalogue last year. 

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Kings of Leon has announced a livestream for their upcoming concert at London’s O2 Arena, taking place July 2.

You’ll be able to tune in to watch virtually beginning at 3:45 p.m. ET via the streaming platform Veeps. For ticket info, visit KingsofLeon.Veeps.com.

Kings of Leon will be playing the O2 as part of their European tour this summer supporting their new album, When You See Yourself, which was released March 2021. They’ll be back in the U.S. this fall to play the Bourbon & Beyond and Wonderfront festivals.

The news of the KoL stream coincides with Veeps launching a slew of apps you can now use to watch its programming, which will be available on Apple TV, Roku, iOS and Android.

Other concerts available on the apps include previously announced streaming shows from Kaleo and Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators.

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In conjunction with this year’s Record Store Day, Creedence Clearwater Revival will issue a limited-edition seven-vinyl single featuring a previously unreleased performance from a 1970 concert the band played at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall.

The disc, which will feature renditions of the CCR classics “Travelin’ Band” and “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” will be available at participating retailers on the second Record Store Day drop date of 2022 — June 18.

The version of “Travelin’ Band,” which appears on Side A of the single, is an unreleased performance of the song that Creedence played at the Royal Albert Hall on April 14, 1970. The rendition of “Who’ll Stop the Rain” was recorded on January 31, 1970, at the Oakland Coliseum in California, and previously appeared on the CCR live album The Concert, which was released in 1980.

Only 9,000 copies of the vinyl single will be pressed. The packaging replicates the sleeve of the double-sided single Creedence Clearwater Revival released in January 1970 featuring the studio versions of “Travelin’ Band” and “Who’ll Stop the Rain.” The enduring tunes peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and both tracks also were included on CCR’s chart-topping 1970 studio album, Cosmo’s Factory.

In 2020, CCR drummer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford told ABC Audio that plans were in the works to release the entire 1970 Royal Albert Hall concert as a live album, so it’s possible that an official update about that release may be announced soon.

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–It’s been almost two years since the hit show P-Valley debuted on Starz and after the cast revealed news of the series’ return in a “top secret” Instagram announcement, fans were more than excited to soon tune in for more drama at The Pynk.  

“I can only imagine how much you’ve missed this. I know I have,” says Autumn, who’s portrayed by Elarica Johnson, at the beginning of the trailer.

The sizzling 50-second reel shows off a “whole new Pynk,” highlighting the show’s cast — Nicco Annan, Shannon Thornton, Brandee Evans, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Tyler Lepley and others.

Images of the upcoming season were shared to the series’ official Instagram, along with caption, “Ya best keep your eyes open, cause we comin’ June 3.”

—Trevor Noah returned his The Daily Show with Trevor Noah studio in Manhattan on Monday for the first time in over two years.

According to Variety, Noah interacted with a vaccinated crowd who wore masks and celebrated the TV host’s return by asking him questions on any topic of their choosing. 

“Oh man, I’ve missed you guys,” Noah said during his opening monologue. “And I’m so sorry that we were separated for two years. In hindsight, I shouldn’t have left that Tupperware open in Wuhan. My bad, guys. The important part is, we’re all here together again…”

During Monday’s show he spoke about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s historic confirmation and Will Smith being banned from the Academy Awards.  

–The summer music events just keep on rolling in and among the latest being added to the list is Baltimore’s Preakness Culinary Arts and Music Festival.

The fest announced its lineup on Tuesday, which includes Megan Thee Stallion, Lauren Hill and D-Nice and will take place at the Pimlico Race Course on May 20. 

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(NOTE LANGUAGE) Omari Hardwick flexed his abs, as well as his past and future TV projects and many other topics, as the cover star of L’Officiel’s Fashion Book. 

The Power star chatted with the French magazine about his “exhilarating experience” on Army of the Dead, working on the upcoming film The Mother, and his time as a poet and musical artist. 

“It was dope when I go back into music because when I was in South Central, back in the day living, $5, paying rent, trying to make ends meet, there were people that were saying, ‘Man, you should really pursue this music thing,'” he said. “They would try to call me a rapper, and I was like, ‘No, I’m a poet,” and I was real big on that.'”  

On playing the character Ghost on the hit Starz show Power, Omari says he jumped at the opportunity to join the project after learning a Black woman, Courtney Kemp, was behind the creation.

“He [Hardwick’s manager] called back and he said, ‘It is a woman. It’s a Black woman.’ I said, ‘A Black woman created this show and I don’t know her?’ He said, ‘Yes, you want to meet with her?’ I said, ‘F****** absolutely.'”

The cover photo and many of the images that follow, show off Hardwick’s cut physique, one that he says wasn’t always easy to attain. And when asked what advice he’d give to his younger self, Hardwick said he’d tell himself to slow down, because “it takes a minute to really figure out.”

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Sam Asghari is no doubt excited to become a first-time dad with fiancée Britney Spears.

“This should have happened three years ago, to be honest with you,” Asghari told BBC Persian prior to Britney’s pregnancy announcement.  “When you’re in a relationship with someone that you’re truly in love with, you want to recreate.”

Being a father, he added, is “something that I want to do.”

Sam and Britney have been together since 2016, when they met on the set of her “Slumber Party” music video.  The 28-year-old actor proposed to Britney, 40, in September.

Britney previously spoke out about wanting to start a family, and told the court during a hearing last June that her conservatorship prevented her from doing so.  She claimed her father and then-conservator, Jamie Spears, barred her from having more children, and that she was given an IUD against her will.  The conservatorship was terminated in November.

Sam said he was heartened by how the world reacted to the news Britney was free to make her own decisions again.  “It was phenomenal to see how everybody was so supportive and the whole world was engaged in it, in a sense,” he told the BBC.  

Britney announced her pregnancy on Monday and, shortly after the big reveal, Sam took to Instagram to speak about fatherhood.  Sharing a photos of two lions and a cub — a likely reference to the “lioness” nickname he’s given Britney — he captioned it, “Marriage and kids are a natural part of a strong relationship filled with love and respect.”

“Fatherhood is something i have always looked forward to and i don’t take lightly. It is the most important job i will ever do,” he closed.

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Turns out Dolly Parton is up before the sun. 

As a woman who’s busy managing an empire, Dolly wakes up at 3 a.m. each morning to begin her hectic work day. But, it turns out, it’s a family tradition, as her father, Robert Lee Parton, was also up before the crack of dawn as a farmer and sharecropper. 

“I don’t need a whole lot of sleep. I go to bed pretty early, but even if I’ve been up late — it’s just kind of like a little clock inside of me that says ‘it’s 3 o’clock!'” Dolly shares with Insider. ”I do some of my best work there, but I get enough sleep. I don’t require as much sleep as a lot of other people do, that’s kind of a Parton family trait. I’m like my daddy. He was always up early, even if he had to go to bed late.”

Dolly recently released a novel, Run, Rose, Run, and an accompanying album of original songs. She’s set to star in a movie based on the book that she and co-author James Patterson will produce with Reese Witherspoon.

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