Kanye West resumed his Sunday service on Halloween with a choir featuring Justin Bieber and Roddy Ricch.
West, who legally changed his name to Ye last month, and his Sunday Service Choir, began with “No Child Left Behind” from his Donda album, followed by “Hurricane,” “Moon” and “Pure Souls” according to Billboard.
A children’s choir performed “Jesus Lord” from Donda, and Ye’s 2007 hit “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” before the Sunday Service Choir returned with “Believe What I Say,” “New Again,” and “24.”
Big Sean, who recently announced he has left West’s G.O.O.D. Music after releasing five albums on the label, attended the service, as did Raphael Saadiq.
The Sunday Service was streamed live from an undisclosed location on the Triller and Fite TV app for $10.
Britney Spears really threw herself into her costume this Halloween, it seems.
On Instagram, she posted several photos of herself lying on a carpet in a hot pink negligee and black heels, her hands bound with fur handcuffs and what looks like blood streaking her hands, neck and mouth. It looks like a crime scene.
“5:45 … she arrived … the doorman said she came home alone !!! She went to dinner with two girlfriends and had 1 drink … took a cab home but was found on the floor by her neighbor … it remains a mystery,” Britney captioned the pic, seemingly narrating the story of the murder victim who she’s portraying. “Who would do such a thing??? She had a wonderful family and of course they were nowhere nearby !!!!”
That last line seems to be Britney taking yet another shot at her family, who she says has “hurt [her] more deeply than you’ll ever know.”
While Britney confirmed that the photos were for Halloween, the rest of the post is somewhat rambling. At one point, she writes, “Let me explain myself… I’m saying in a crazy world like we have today that it’s pretty important to stay safe !!! Like we did for Covid y’all !!!! But still have fun … I mean duh !!! It’s been 13 years for me so I’m a little rusty !!!!”
Britney seems to be intimating that she hasn’t been able to have fun in 13 years due to her conservatorship, which could be permanently ended this month.
She adds, “Ma and dad can I drive my car now??? JUST KIDDING … but seriously, can I play now ????”
This seems to be a reference to a previous post in which Britney stated, “I got the keys to my car for the first time 4 months ago and it’s been 13 years !!!!”
In conjunction with the debut of their TikTok site, @U2, the Irish rockers premiered a 25-second clip of a brand-new song called “Your Song Saved My Life” that will get its official release this Wednesday, November 3.
“Your Song Saved My Life” will appear on the soundtrack album for the upcoming movie Sing 2, which, as previously reported, features Bono making his animated film debut as the voice of a rock-star lion character named Clay Calloway. The flick is scheduled to premiere on December 21.
Among the classic U2 songs that are currently available in the TikTok library include “Beautiful Day,” “With or Without You,” “Vertigo,” “Sweetest Thing,” “One” and “Where the Streets Have No Name.”
Besides the “Your Song Saved My Life” preview, U2’s TikTok also highlights a clip featuring a montage of the band’s songs and music videos.
In addition, because this November marks the 30th anniversary of the release of U2’s memorable 1991 album Achtung Baby, archival footage of the band performing songs from the record live will be posted on the group’s TikTok account throughout the month.
TikTok users can discover the available U2 songs at the platform’s Sounds Page, while you also can check out a selection of the group’s newly arrived tracks in the Greatest Hits Guest Playlist.
Nelly and Kelly Rowland will begin their holiday celebration performing during Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November 25 in New York City.
The rapper and singer won a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Performance for their 2002 duet, “Dilemma.” The song was also nominated for Record of the Year. “Dilemma” was the first single from Rowland’s 2002 debut solo album, Simply Deep, and remained at number one on the Billboard 100 for ten weeks.
Kelly is also starring in the holiday movie, Merry Liddle Christmas Baby, which premieres November 27 on Lifetime.
In September, Jason Derulo announced in a now-deleted tweet that he and his girlfriend Jena Frumes, the mother of his baby son Jason King, were breaking up. But all three were together in a cozy family Halloween pic, which revealed baby Jason’s face for the first time.
In their Instagram post, Jason and Jena are seen wearing Superman costumes, and then baby Jason pops into the picture, also wearing a Superman costume. They swing him back and forth as he drools adorably, and then Jason’s dog Ice joins in on the fun.
It’s not clear what the status of Jason and Jena’s relationship is, currently; they were also seen on October 17 having lunch together. But even if they haven’t reunited, the two seem to have figured out a way to co-parent successfully.
Jason and Jena, who had been dating since the beginning of the pandemic last year, welcomed baby Jason this past May.
BET+ has released a teaser to their original holiday movie lineup that features a star-studded cast including Bill Bellamy, Vanessa Williams, Amber Riley and Loretta Devine.
The eight featured films, which will premiere every week on the streamer starting November 4, are A Christmas Wish, A Rich Christmas, The Business of Christmas 2, Christmas Déjà Vu, Christmas for Sale, The Jenkins Family Christmas, Merry Switchmas, and Soul Santa. They will be available to stream all season long.
In other news, Questlove has teamed up with The Balvenie for the new digital series Quest for Craft. For the debut episode, Questlove enlisted Saturday Night Love alum Michael Che for a candid chat on “how unpredictability and disorder play a role in their respective crafts.” Check out the first episode now available on YouTube.
Finally, six-time Tony Award award winner Audra McDonald is headed back to Broadway. According to Variety, McDonald is slated to star in Ohio State Murders, a new play by Adrienne Kennedy. Directed by Kenny Leon, the play follows McDonald as Suzanne Alexander, a fictional Black writer, who returns to Ohio State University to “talk about the violence in her writing.” While there, a “dark mystery” begins to unravel.
Adele has unveiled the track listing for her hotly anticipated album 30.
There are 12 tracks in all, including the single “Easy On Me.” The standard version of the album doesn’t include any guest artists, though one track, an “interlude” called “All Night Parking,” includes the words “with Erroll Garner” in its title. Garner was a legendary jazz pianist who died in 1977; perhaps she’s using a portion of one of his compositions for the interlude.
The Target edition of the album includes three bonus tracks, and one of those is a duet version of “Easy On Me” with country music superstar Chris Stapleton. Stapleton gets around: He’s also on Kelly Clarkson‘s new holiday album, and Taylor Swift’s upcoming album Red (Taylor’s Version).
Adele is also offering CD and cassette “box” versions of 30, which come with a t-shirt, a photo print of Adele and the album on either CD or cassette with a 16-page insert booklet.
Here’s the track list for 30, due out November 19:
“Strangers By Nature”
“Easy On Me”
“My Little Love”
“Cry Your Heart Out”
“Oh My God”
“Can I Get It”
“I Drink Wine”
“All Night Parking” (with Erroll Garner) Interlude
“Woman Like Me”
“Hold On”
“To Be Loved”
“Love Is a Game”
Target Deluxe Tracks:
“Wild Wild West”
“Can’t Be Together”
“Easy On Me” (with Chris Stapleton)
The divorce battle between Tyrese and his estranged wife continues as he has reportedly filed a motion to block her “unreasonable” demands.
The Fast & Furious star claims that Samantha Lee Gibson has hired three lawyers and is demanding that he pay high attorney fees, according to court docs reportedly obtained by SandraRose.com. Samantha, who is Tyrese’s second wife, was married to him from 2017-2020. They have a three-year-old daughter, Soraya, and she is requesting $20,000 a month in child support, plus 100% of the child’s expenses, including medical bills, private school, nannies, etc.
The couple announced they were seeking a divorce in December 2020. Samantha alleges that the 42-year-old singer/actor cut her off financially and had locked her and Soraya, out of their home in Georgia.
Tyrese is now involved with model Zelie Timothy, and as previously reported, last month they faked they were breaking up to promote her YouTube channel. He made the admission in a nine-minute Instagram video, with Timothy laughing behind him.
“It was my idea,” Tyrese confessed. “We just want to apologize. We broke up for a good three-and-a-half minutes. We did it for the ‘Gram.'”
Halloween is over and the countdown to Thanksgiving is on. A slew of performers have already been announced for the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which is returning to full strength after a limited 2020 version.
Rob Thomas, who has a new holiday album called Something About Christmas Time, will be singing aboard the Hallmark Channel float, while Andy Grammer will be performing and riding on the Entenmann’s float.
Rock band Foreigner will perform on board the New York Life float and other acts who’ll be participating include Darren Criss, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Batiste and country stars Jimmie Allen, Chris Lane and Mickey Guyton.
The 95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will air from the streets of New York City on NBC from 9 a.m. ET to noon, November 25 in all time zones.
Halloween is over and the countdown to Thanksgiving is on. A slew of performers have already been announced for the 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which is returning to full strength after a limited 2020 version.
Rob Thomas, who has a new Christmas album, will be singing aboard the Hallmark Channel float, while Andy Grammer will be performing and riding on the Entenmann’s float. “A-O-K” singer Tai Verdes will be on board the Jenni-O Turkey float.
Other acts who’ll be participating include Nelly, Kelly Rowland, Darren Criss, Kim Petras, “Control” singer Zoe Wees and country stars Jimmie Allen, Chris Lane and Mickey Guyton.
The 95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will air from the streets of New York City on NBC from 9 a.m. ET to noon, November 25 in all time zones.
