Lionel Richie headlines the Acrisure Amphitheater Opening Concert on May 15, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Jeff Schear/Getty Images)
Music superstar Lionel Richie is taking time off from touring after undergoing a heart procedure, his representative confirmed to ABC News on Tuesday.
The 77-year-old singer underwent a procedure for atrial fibrillation, according to his rep.
“The doctor said everything went perfectly,” the representative said in a statement. “Lionel is doing great but will take some time off and will be back on stage soon.”
Atrial fibrillation, commonly known as AFib, is an irregular heart rhythm that can cause symptoms including fatigue, shortness of breath and chest pain, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The illness can be treated by medication, surgery and lifestyle changes, the CDC says.
Richie has faced several health challenges since beginning a nationwide tour with Earth, Wind & Fire earlier this summer.
The “Hello” singer postponed two shows after falling ill onstage during the first night of the tour in late June.
In late August, Richie checked himself into a hospital out of an abundance of caution, a source close to the singer’s tour told ABC News.
No further details were shared about his condition at the time.
Richie has three upcoming tour dates scheduled for late September and early October in San Francisco, Columbus and Chicago, according to his website.
He is then expected to take the stage at the Wynn in Las Vegas in October and November for his “King of Hearts” shows.
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Presley Walker Gerber attends the CFDA Fashion Awards at the Brooklyn Museum of Art on June 3, 2019, in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Police in Santa Monica, California, say they are investigating model Presley Gerber’s death as a suspected overdose.
Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber, died Sunday at age 27, according to a report from the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office.
The Santa Monica Police Department told ABC News on Monday there were no signs of foul play.
The medical examiner’s office also released a statement on Monday saying it is in the “early stages of investigating” Presley Gerber’s death and that there is currently “limited information” available.
The statement added that a deputy medical examiner performed an examination on Monday and deferred the cause and manner of death, meaning that “additional testing and/or studies were requested in order to make a determination.”
“Due to the ongoing death investigation, the DME cannot disclose what testing and/or studies were requested,” the statement read. “Deferred cases can take a few months before a cause of death is determined.”
The statement added that Gerber’s body will be released to his family.
Sources connected to the case told ABC News on Monday that Gerber checked into a rehab center the day before he was found dead. Staff found him unresponsive on Sunday morning and the medical examiner noted in its statement that the 27-year-old was pronounced dead at 9:45 a.m.
ABC News has reached out to a representative for Crawford and Rande Gerber for comment.
Presley Gerber, whose sister is model and actress Kaia Gerber, was signed by IMG Models at 15.
He walked Fashion Week runways for Moschino and Dolce & Gabbana and had campaigns with Calvin Klein, Celine and more.
Leading up to his death, Gerber had been open about his struggles with mental health and substance abuse, speaking candidly about treatment after being charged with a DUI in 2019. He also had a video series called “Mental Health Mondays” in 2024.
A spokesperson for Crawford told ABC News in a statement Sunday, “The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time.”
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Brad Pitt attends Paramount Pictures’ ‘Heart Of The Beast’ global premiere at FirstBank Amphitheater on Sept. 16, 2026, in Franklin, Tennessee. (Mickey Bernal/WireImage via Getty Images)
The official trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth has arrived.
Netflix released the new trailer for the upcoming film from director David Fincher. The movie stars Brad Pitt back in the Oscar-winning role he first portrayed in Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.
Fincher directs the movie from a screenplay written by Tarantino. Netflix describes it as a return to the world of Cliff Booth, “only this time it’s 1977 and it’s a very different Hollywood.”
Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Corey Fogelmanis and Karren Karagulian also star in the upcoming movie. Pitt is producing the film alongside Ceán Chaffin.
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood was written and directed by Tarantino. It was released by Sony Pictures in 2019. At the time, Tarantino negotiated a deal to return him ownership of the film’s underlying copyright after a certain number of years.
The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth will arrive in IMAX theaters for an exclusive two-week run beginning Thanksgiving weekend before it debuts to Netflix in December. The movie will be available to watch on IMAX screens starting on Nov. 25. Netflix subscribers will be able to stream the film on Dec. 23.
Ed Sheeran performs on stage for Spotify’s Billions Club Live show at Royal Dublin Society on November 3, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Spotify)
Ed Sheeran opened his concert in Philadelphia on Saturday apologizing to fans for “making mistakes” after his tour was thrust into controversy earlier this week and saying the situation in Gaza is “catastrophic and unjustifiable.”
The English superstar’s comments come after opening act Macklemore was dropped from the tour over pro-Palestinian comments he made from the stage at an earlier show in New Jersey. In the wake of that decision, the rest of the opening acts for Sheeran’s tour announced they would also be withdrawing from the tour.
In his remarks to the audience at Lincoln Financial Field, Sheeran said he has had to make difficult decisions in the past week adding, “and I am making mistakes and I’m so, so sorry.”
Sheeran said he has traditionally stayed out of politics.
“I’ve never wanted to be an activist musician, but this has put me in the middle of an important and passionate argument about freedom of speech and the most complex political issue on the planet,” he said.
Addressing the Israel-Hamas war, Sheeran began by referencing the massacre at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7, 2023.
“What happened in Israel at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7 was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain,” Sheeran said. “What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate. My heart has been broken by the scale of devastation and the loss of civilians’ lives, of children’s lives.”
The controversy began unfolding earlier this week when Macklemore announced on Monday he had been dropped from Sheeran’s tour after making pro-Palestinian comments on stage at MetLife Stadium earlier this month, which the rapper also posted to social media.
In a video from the New Jersey show posted to his Instagram account, Macklemore says, “One of the reasons why I wanted to come on this tour, was because I wanted to stand up here on stages and stadiums across America, and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart. Free Palestine. I said Free Palestine.”
Macklemore also said, “To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters, criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide, in no way is a criticism of you,” in the lead-up to his song “Hind’s Hall.” The music video features clips from Gaza and U.S. student protests.
In a social media post earlier this week responding to Macklemore’s post, Sheeran said the decision to drop Macklemore from the tour was his promoter’s decision.
“Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter’s decision, it was not mine,” Sheeran said. “Macklemore’s contract for the tour was with the promoter, not me.”
Sheeran also said he was “appalled by the conflict between Israel and Palestine” and said after his New Jersey shows that upcoming venues “communicated that they would pull the shows” if Macklemore remained as the supporting act.
In a statement to ABC News earlier this week, Messina Touring Group, the tour’s U.S. promoter, said, “As the concert promoter for Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Loop Tour, we have been notified by venues on the upcoming U.S. tour dates that they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup, which would result in the cancellation of the tour and impact hundreds of thousands of fans. After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates.”
ABC News’ Mason Leib and Brianna Sanchez contributed to this report.
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Others include The Bachelor’s Joey Graziadei, Love Island USA’s JaNa Craig, Survivor’s Q Burdette, Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim and NFL star Rashad Jennings.
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Burna Boy will take the stage at the NFL’s debut in France.
The Nigerian Afro-fusion singer was named as the headline performer for the NFL’s Paris Game on Oct. 25 at Stade de France, in an exclusive announcement on Good Morning America Thursday morning.
The NFL Paris Game will be the first NFL game played in France, and one of a record nine international games played this season.
The Paris Game, played between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints, is one of seven international games that will feature a halftime show this season.
Burna Boy, a native of Nigeria and the artist behind songs such as “Last Last” and “Love,” shared a statement on the event in a release from the NFL regarding the show.
“The NFL is bringing something to France that has never happened here before, and I get to stand in the middle of it representing African music and I intend to give the people a show they will not forget,” he stated.
Tim Tubito, senior director of global game presentation, music and entertainment at the NFL, said in a statement, “Paris is one of the great cultural capitals of the world, and African music sits right at the heart of what the city listens to.”
The Jonas Brothers, Pedro Sampaio and Ricky Martin, Ayra Starr, Cage The Elephant and The Warning have already been announced as international game performers at NFL games this season, according to the release.
Rio de Janeiro and Paris will both see NFL games for the first time this year, while London, Madrid, Munich and Mexico City will return as hosts this season. Melbourne also hosted their first NFL game earlier this season.
The Paris Game will air Sunday, Oct. 25, at 9:30 a.m. ET on the NFL Network.
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Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy in ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.’ (Lionsgate)
The odds are in your favor to watch The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping‘s new trailer.
Lionsgate released the second full trailer for the highly anticipated sixth Hunger Games film on Wednesday.
Joseph Zada stars as a young Haymitch Abernathy in the film that follows his journey through the Second Quarter Quell.
Zada leads a star-studded ensemble cast that includes Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Billy Porter and Kieran Culkin.
The trailer starts with a voice-over of dialogue from Woody Harrelson’s portrayal of Haymitch from the 2012 film The Hunger Games. We listen to it as we see Zada’s Haymitch enter the tribute parade during the opening ceremonies of the Hunger Games’ annual festivities.
Book readers know this pivotal scene results in a tragic crash that harms Haymitch’s friend Louella. We see the crash and Haymitch’s menacing response to President Snow.
“Nobody ever wins the Games. Period. There are survivors. There’s no winners,” Harrelson’s Haymitch says in voice-over.
As the trailer continues, we see President Snow, as portrayed by Fiennes, threaten Haymitch.
“These are my Games. How you die is all up to me,” the president says to the young boy.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is based on Suzanne Collins’ novel of the same name. It revisits the world of Panem almost 25 years before the events of the original book and film saga.
The novel begins on the morning of the 50th annual Hunger Games, when Haymitch Abernathy is chosen to compete in the deadly arena. Haymitch eventually wins the games, as he goes on to be the mentor for Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping arrives in theaters on Nov. 20.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs attends day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on Aug. 26, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
Sean “Diddy” Combs has not paid his civil attorneys in more than six months and has failed to cooperate with them in his defamation case against Courtney Burgess, Ariel Mitchell and Nexstar Media Inc., according to a new court filing.
Combs’ civil attorney, Michael Tremonte of Sher Tremonte LLP, claims the imprisoned hip-hop mogul has not paid his legal bill in more than six months and is asking the judge to let him off the case.
“Mr. Combs is in substantial arrears in paying Sher Tremonte’s legal fees. For many months, while Sher Tremonte has been rendering legal services, Mr. Combs has not remitted any payment for the substantial balance of attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses incurred during Sher Tremonte’s representation of him in this matter,” the filing said.
Tremonte also alleges Combs has refused to meet with his civil attorneys for the last four months, making representation “unreasonably difficult” in a case that accused Burgess of falsely claiming to possess videos of Combs involved in the sexual assault of minors during an appearance on Nexstar’s NewsNation. Combs claimed Mitchell, an attorney who represented Burgess, vouched for Burgess’s accusations and made false statements herself.
“In addition to Mr. Combs’s refusal to pay in accordance with the express terms of his agreement to do so, there has been a total breakdown in cooperation and communication between Mr. Combs and the Firm,” the filing said.
Combs’ representative said in a statement, “I made the decision to switch lawyers because I won’t let anyone take advantage of me by overcharging me and running up bills that were never approved. This is strictly a business matter, and any talk about unpaid fees is just part of our dispute over those unapproved charges.”
A separate filing said the parties are potentially open to resolving the case, in which Combs sought $100 million, through mediation or a settlement conference with a federal magistrate.
Burgess has not responded to the lawsuit. A judge denied Mitchell’s attempt to dismiss it. The judge dismissed some of the claims against Nexstar but allowed others to proceed.
A conference to discuss next steps in the case is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Combs is serving time in a New Jersey federal prison following his conviction on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution.
