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Katy Perry admits she’s mispronounced “hyperbole” her entire life. The “Roar” singer shared a voice note to her Twitter explaining she had pronounced it as “hyper-BOWL” instead of “high-PURR-boh-lee.” Her tone was flat and comical.  It does make you wonder who was the brave soul that corrected her.

Camila Cabello told People her new album, Familia, is “the most honest and unfiltered that I’ve been.”  A deluxe version of the album will come “with a journal” that she promises will share “cool little facts and tidbits that people don’t know yet” of each and every song.  Familia drops April 8.

Taylor Swift crashed pal Antoni Porowski‘s romantic snap with his boyfriend, Kevin Harrington. She’s standing behind the two as they pose on a couch, possibly unaware she was there.  Antoni and the Queer Eye cast starred in Taylor’s “You Need to Calm Down” music video.

Jennifer Lopez is filming her new action thriller, The Mother. Daily Mail shared the photos of J.Lo in the Spanish city of Gran Canaria dressed in combat attire. She was with her co-star Omari Hardwick, who was bloodied up for the shot.  Not much is known about the movie, but it’s slated to debut later this year on Netflix.

Gwen Stefani visited a local Sephora to chat about her all new makeup line, GXVE Beauty, and answered fans’ questions in an Instagram live video.  But, before she got there, she made a quick pit stop at a local Starbucks, which she showed on her stories.  Apparently, her being there “whipped [the workers] into a frenzy.”  Kudos to the barista who kept her cool while taking Gwen’s order.

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Katy Perry admits she’s mispronounced “hyperbole” her entire life.  The “Roar” singer revealed on Twitter she had pronounced it as “hyper-BOWL” instead of “high-PURR-boh-lee.”  Makes you wonder who corrected her.

Camila Cabello told People her new album, Familia, is “the most honest and unfiltered that I’ve been.” A deluxe version of the album will come “with a journal,” which she teased on Instagram earlier.  Familia drops April 8.

Taylor Swift crashed pal Antoni Porowski’s romantic snap with his boyfriend, Kevin Harrington. She’s standing behind the two as they pose on a couch.

Jennifer Lopez is filming her new action thriller The Mother. Daily Mail shared the photos of J.Lo in the Spanish city of Gran Canaria dressed in combat attire.  The movie’s is set to debut later this year on Netflix.

Gwen Stefani shared her recent Starbucks run on her stories, which “whipped [the workers] into a frenzy.” Kudos to the barista who kept her cool while taking Gwen’s order.

If you missed GAYLE performing her new hit “ur just horny” for the first time on The Late Late Show with James Corden, you can catch it now online.  

Don’t go looking for V‘s solo releases, because they have vanished.  The BTS singer removed his old tracks because he’s working on his own EP, reports Billboard, which he says will be out “within the year.”

Speaking of BTS, Jungkook switched up his Instagram username to jungkook.97 and fans are upset.  His old username was the alphabet spelled out, expect for “j” and “k,” with a space replacing the two letters.

Catch Lizzo on this week’s new episode of Disney+’s The Proud Family.  The “Truth Hurts” singer said she “always wanted to be a cartoon” and “screamed” when asked to join the reboot.  Disney is the parent company of ABC News.

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Justin Bieber opened up to fans about wife Hailey‘s recent health scare during his concert in Denver on Tuesday, and posted video of his comments to Instagram on Thursday. The model suffered “stroke-like symptoms” last week and required hospitalization for a blood clot in her brain, but has since made a full recovery.

Justin told the cheering crowd, “Life randomly throws you curveballs. We can’t really control much…Obviously you guys know [or] most of you probably know or seen the news about my wife.”

The “Sorry” singer assured fans that Hailey is “okay” and “is strong,” but he admitted, “It’s been really scary, but I know for a fact that God has her in the palm of his hands. And that’s a good thing.”

He also told fans he was “grateful to be here with you guys, celebrating life.” Justin turned his attention to the “horrible things happening in earth right now,” and said,” For us to be in this room all together laughing, smiling and singing songs — I can’t think of a better place I’d rather be.”

Justin also encouraged his fans to be open about their insecurities, even though society views such discussions as “uncool.” He remarked, “I think talking about it is the greatest thing you could possibly do, because then you just let it out and people get to know you better. You get to build deeper connections.”

He then declared, “I have insecurities. I have fears. You don’t have to hide those things. That’s what makes you you,” before launching into a performance of his song “As I Am.”

Prior to talking to the audience about Hailey’s health scare, he powered through several technical issues, such as troubles with his microphone and the stage lights.

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Those hoping to stuff their Easter baskets or just simply spoil themselves with everything Mariah Carey, you’re in luck!  The singer added brand-new goodies to her official store.

Mariah’s fans can snatch up a limited edition tee shirts as well as other offerings that celebrate her 1995 hit “Fantasy,” which was recently featured in the action comedy movie Free Guy.

Let’s start with that limited edition tee shirt, called the “exclusive Mariah Foodie Tee.”  It’s a blown-up picture of Mariah chowing down on McDonald’s, which the press release hails as “a timeless tribute to one of her favorites.”

Mariah spread some holiday cheer to the popular fast food chain by launching the Mariah Menu last December — which highlighted her favorite items on the menu, such as the cheeseburger, Big Mac, Sausage McMuffin, cookies, apple pie and Chicken McNuggets.

“If you’re hungry for more nostalgia, rest easy on Mariah’s Sweet Fantasy Throw Pillow or in her signature Vintage Fantasy Tee,” the release further teases.  Both retail for $35.

Supplies are limited and are sold on a first-come-first-served basis.  You can snag the new Mariah merch on her official online store now.

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Thomas Rhett is closing out Summerfest this year.

The country superstar has been announced as the final performer of the festival, taking the stage on July 9. His headlining set will come at the end of a multi-week music event that is taking place in Milwaukee from June 23 to June 25, June 30 to July 2 and July 7 to July 9.

The all-genre festival will begin and end with country music this year. Previously announced performer Jason Aldean will take the stage to kick off the fun on June 23, with special guest Gabby Barrett. Thomas’ opening act will be announced in the weeks ahead.

Billed as “The World’s Largest Music Festival,” Summerfest 2022 will feature a lineup that also includes Justin Bieber, Halsey, Cheap Trick and many others. The list of performers for this year is still in the process of rolling out, with concerts taking place over 12 stages. Fans attending the event can also enjoy a variety of foods, beverages and activities during the festival.

Multi-day passes, single-day tickets and more options are available for purchase now.

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Jason Derulo is out with new music and we have TikTok to thank for it.  The singer teamed with Robinson and Rema for the all new track “Ayo Girl (Fayahh Beat),” out now.

Rema created the “Fayahh” beat last year and it quickly took over the video-sharing app as more TikTokers used it to soundtrack their videos.  The sound also sparked several challenges, ranging from belly dancing to comedic content. Now, it serves as the backbone of Jason’s new single. 

“Afrobeats reignited my obsession for music,” he said in a statement. “That’s why I was so excited to create this song alongside Robinson and Rema. I hope y’all love it as much as I do.”

Said Rema of his unexpected collab, “Jason reached out to me to be on the record so of course I had to pull up. We met up in the studio and caught a vibe. I hopped in the booth to bring my energy to it and we created a great song.”

The track is available to stream and purchase now.

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Think you’re Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town or Shania Twain‘s biggest fan? Now you can prove it — on television.

A new show called Superfan is coming to CBS, and it’ll pit fans of some of the biggest musical stars against each other in hopes of winning what the show’s casting website describes as “the ultimate fan prize package of a lifetime.”

Deadline first confirmed the series last month, saying that the game show-style episodic will feature multiple rounds of game play, leaving only the biggest fan of each artist standing. At the time, no details were available on which artists specifically would be featured.

Now, it looks like country stars are heavily in the mix. Fans of Kelsea, Little Big Town and Shania are all being invited to apply, but they’ll need to act fast, because the deadline for applications is March 22.

The show’s casting website also are seeking fans of a fourth artist — rapper Pitbull. It’s not yet clear what the prize package will entail for his fans and fans of Kelsea, but those competing as fans of LBT and Shania could win the chance to spend the day with their favorite artist.

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The Weeknd’s dream of becoming a Simpsons character is coming true this weekend.

The long-running Fox animated comedy series gave a sneak peek of the singer’s guest appearance in Sunday’s episode.

“Look who’s dropping in on The Simpsons this Sunday,” the show tweeted, sharing a photo of The Weeknd’s animated character sitting next to Bart Simpson on a skate ramp.

“Dream come true,” The Weeknd replied, retweeting the post.

According to TV Insider, The Weeknd will voice two roles in the episode — a famous kid influencer who owns a skatewear brand and his equally-as-cool father.

“The Weeknd is a huge animation fan so he reached out to us, which we were super excited about,” the episode’s writer Ryan Koh told the site. “He’s obviously a very cool human, so he seemed like a natural fit to play a very cool boy and his very cool dad.”

​​The Simpsons airs Sunday at 8 p.m. on Fox.

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