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Baby number four is on the way for Michael Buble and his wife Luisana Lopilato.

According to TMZ, the baby news is revealed in a new music video for Buble’s song “I’ll Never Not Love You,” due out Tuesday. In a clip from the forthcoming video, the Canadian singer gets pulled out of a dream sequence in a grocery store. As they walk out with their children, Lopilato’s baby bump is on full display. 

Buble, 46, and Lopilato, 34, who married in 2011, are already parents to three-year-old daughter Vida and sons  Elias, five, and Noah, eight.

Buble teased “I’ll Never Not Love You” on Saturday as the sequel to his hit “Haven’t Met You Yet.”

“‘Haven’t Met You Yet’ was the beautiful start of a true romance,” he tweeted. “10 years later, the story continues in the extraordinary sequel ‘I’ll Never Not Love You’ 2.22.22.”

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Last season on American Idol, Benson Boone got a Golden Ticket to Hollywood, but then dropped out in the middle of the competition. Now he’s signed to a record label owned by Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons and has a hit with “Ghost Town” — which is about the best outcome he could’ve hoped for. 

Boone tells ABC Audio he didn’t decide to quit Idol until “far after the first round.” He notes, “When it started, I was just kind of like excited to be there and just having a good time, enjoying what I was doing. But as I went on…realizing that winning could be a possibility, that’s when it kicked in that maybe I don’t fully know why I’m there.”

It was after he dropped out that Dan Reynolds contacted him.  Benson, who says he’d been “listening to Imagine Dragons’ music my whole life,” tells ABC Audio, “He reached out to me just over Instagram and said he loves my vibe and my voice, and he would love to work with me.”

“I had never written any of my own music, so I flew out to Vegas for like three days to work with him,” Benson continues. “At the end of that, he said he really liked working with me and he really liked my personality, and so I literally packed up and moved to Vegas the next day. It was crazy! But yeah, he, like, has been my mentor through all of this.”

Seems as though Dan was a pretty good mentor: Benson’s hit “Ghost Town” is now on the radio airplay charts right alongside Imagine Dragons’ latest hit, “Enemy,” from the soundtrack of the animated series Arcane.

On Friday, Benson released the follow-up song to “Ghost Town,” “Room for 2.”  He says the song is “basically just a journal entry about this girl…who makes me feel like I’d do anything for her.”

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Last week, Puscifer announced their first U.S. tour in support of the band’s latest album, Existential Reckoning. The record dropped in October of 2020, several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into its own existential reckoning.

Reflecting on Existential Reckoning, frontman Maynard James Keenan tells ABC Audio he feels the album “definitely reflected the time” of its release.

“I do have a lot of conversations with my friends, check in on ’em, see where they’re at,” Keenan shares. “I feel like that album definitely reflected a median feeling between most of my close friends. I feel like like we kind of captured that.”

With the pandemic now nearing the end of its second year, Keenan thinks Existential Reckoning hasn’t lost its relevance.

“That album’s still unfolding for us, still, right now,” he says.

Existential Reckoning is the most recent album Keenan’s released, following A Perfect Circle‘s Eat the Elephant in 2018 and Tool‘s Fear Inoculum in 2019. During the pandemic, Keenan says he hasn’t been working on new music as much as he’s been focused on his other career: wine-making.

“I think more than the audio, visual, three-dimensional arts, instead I’ve kind of turned more toward just the farming,” he says. “Just having that connection to with seasons and harvest, I feel like I kind of turned a little bit more toward growing — literally.”

Puscifer’s tour launches in June. Keenan’s currently on tour with Tool.

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If you had any doubt Lady Gaga was meant to play the villainous Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci — think again.  One of the film’s producers revealed Gaga was part of the movie from the start.

“We sent the script to Gaga first because it is Patrizia’s story,” producer Gianina Scott revealed in a behind-the-scenes clip, according to ELLE. “And she totally connected with it. After we had her, we knew that we could get an amazing cast to join her in this crazy journey.”

Gaga also shared her thoughts on the drama and praised director Ridley Scott‘s vision, saying he “understands the emotional quotient of a script and he makes room for humanity and for humor. He gave us the space for it to be fun, with a not-so-funny subject.”

Scott also shares his insights in another behind-the-scenes interview, saying while Gaga was hooked from the start, it’s not usually that easy.  “The hardest single thing to do is get what you want to do on paper,” Scott said. “Cast will come flocking to a great script with a good director.”

All these interviews and other bonus content will be made available on February 22, when House of Gucci is released on DVD on Blu-Ray.  The disc will also feature an exclusive chapter called “The Lady of the House,” which will break down Gaga’s interpretation of Patrizia, as well as “her powerhouse charisma and unwavering dedication breathe life into this complex character,” per the press release.

Gaga was famously predicted to score her second Best Actress Oscar nod for her role in House of Gucci, but did not appear among this year’s nominees. 

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Cardi B made history as the first female rapper to have three Diamond single certifications from the RIAA in December, but she’s not solely relying on her music sales.

The “I Like It” rapper has numerous endorsements, and recently introduced her vodka-infused whipped cream, Whipshots. Whether she’s recording a song or selling a product, Cardi says everything has to be high quality.

“If it was just mediocre, people would just be like, ‘ah, whatever.’ Things are always going to sell when you have hardcore fans, but I wanted [Whipshots] to be big. Like, bigger than life and that is always the goal,” Cardi tells Complex. “I love my product. It’s delicious and it’s very strong and everybody keeps giving me positive feedback.”

She continues, “This is not only dessert. I wanted a party starter. I wanted something that is like, when I’m in Miami, I start giving [out] these Whipshots on a yacht and all of these girls start having fun. [Or] when I’m in my grandmother’s house and we try to get the party lit because my family likes to have a good time.”

Meanwhile, the 29-year-old entertainer has been the victim of social media attacks, and last month, she was awarded nearly $3 million in damages in her libel lawsuit against blogger Tasha K. She is also protecting her three-year-old daughter Kulture by making her Instagram account private after numerous hateful remarks.

Cardi says her loving fans help her maintain a positive spirit despite the haters.

“Every single time I feel like the whole world is against me, they let me know that, no, there’s still a whole group of people that love the f*** out of me,” she notes. “And hey, I got 120 million followers, like, hello!”

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Britney Spears has been hinting that she might write a tell-all book, and now it’s really happening: People has confirmed that the pop star has signed a $15 million deal for a memoir.

Britney has complained bitterly about her sister Jamie Lynn‘s memoir, which she claims contains false stories about her. Last month, Britney wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post, “The timing of your book was unbelievable Jamie Lynn … especially knowing the whole world had no clue what was really done to me !!!!. My whole family including you is saying YOU DIDN’T KNOW …. Bull**it !!!”

She added, “I wish you would take a lie detector test so all these masses of people see you’re lying through your teeth about me !!!!…You are scum, Jamie Lynn.”

Simon & Schuster, which will publish Britney’s book, has so far not commented on the deal, nor has Britney herself.

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Sam Hunt and his wife Hannah Fowler are getting divorced. 

On Monday, TMZ broke the news that Fowler had filed for divorce from Hunt after nearly five years of marriage. In the paperwork filed in Tennessee, Fowler reveals that she is pregnant and due in May. She cites “inappropriate marital conduct” and “adultery” as the reasons for the separation. 

The documents also state that Fowler is requesting primary custody of their child, alimony and child support, as well as that “the parties be awarded their respective separate property.” 

Hunt and Fowler have yet to speak publicly on the matter.

The two met around 2008 and dated on-and-off for several years before getting engaged in 2016. They married on April 15, 2017 in Hunt’s native Cedartown, GA.

Hunt’s breakthrough album, Montevallo, was inspired by Fowler. Numerous songs he’s penned over the years are also about their relationship, including “Downtown’s Dead” and “Drinkin’ Too Much.”   

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It seems like a lot of fans are willing to shell out big bucks to hear Kanye West‘s new album.

The rapper, now known as Ye, will release his new album Donda 2 on Tuesday on his own proprietary platform, using his own branded “Stem Player,” which costs $200. In a press release, Ye claims he’s sold more than $2 million worth of the players since February 17, when he announced the album news.  He also claims that he turned down a $100 million deal with Apple Music to stream Donda 2 on the platform.

Ye plans to stage a “Donda 2 Performance Experience” on Tuesday at Miami, Florida’s LoanDepot Park. The experience will combine “music, art and fashion,” and also feature “additional special guests,” according to a press release.

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Justin Bieber‘s show in Las Vegas tonight, part of his Justice World Tour, has been postponed due to positive COVID results “within the Justice tour family,” according to an announcement.

“Justin is, of course, hugely disappointed, but the health and safety of his crew and fans is always his number one priority,” the announcement continued. The show will now take place on Tuesday, June 28; tickets for the original show will be honored.

Reps for Justin confirmed to Variety that Justin himself has tested positive. It’s not clear how many other members of the party are affected.

“In these unprecedented times, we have to go through the motions and ensure that the safety of our crew is at the upmost importance,” the caption on the announcement read.

The Justice World Tour, featuring Jaden Smith and TEO, launched Friday in San Diego and is set to run through March of 2023, visiting 20 different countries in 13 months, including Brazil, Chile, South Africa, Israel, Australia and New Zealand.

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