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Luke Bryan is ready for the new season of American Idol. 

On Tuesday, the country superstar shared a selfie of him and fellow judges Lionel Richie and Katy Perry and host Ryan Seacrest on the set as they film auditions for the show’s upcoming 20th season. 

“Things are looking UP for our 20th year of @americanidol. Who’s ready?” Luke writes alongside the photo, which shows the foursome smiling while gathering around a cake celebrating the milestone season with a “20” topper. The caption also references his new single, “Up.” 

The official AI Instagram account also shared a snap of the team posing around the cake, which bears the show’s famous logo.  

“We’re filming on the Sunset Strip this week! Season 20’s gonna rock, no matter how you slice it,” the picture is captioned. 

This marks Luke’s fifth season as a judge on the American Idol reboot. Season 20 will air in 2022 on ABC. 

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Beyoncé and JAY-Z are continuing their Tiffany’s ABOUT LOVE campaign starring in a new short film, titled, “Date Night” featuring a cameo appearance by their nine-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy.

Inspired by the New York City backseat taxi scenes from the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the video begins with Queen Bey sitting in the back of a Rolls Royce, wearing an Ailsa diamond ring of over 10 carats, as well as a pair of Ribbon Fan earrings featuring diamonds of over six carats. Her husband joins her, wearing the Bird on a Rock brooch with a platinum and 18k gold bird perched on a morganite gemstone of over 44 carats.

After eating pizza in the car, a bottle of Armand de Brignac — the brand JAY owns — is delivered to them. They sip champagne, and Beyoncé holds a yellow daisy in her hand, playing a game of “he loves me, he loves me not.” Jay ends the game, saying, “He loves you,” and the video ends with their passionate kiss.

As a part of the ABOUT LOVE campaign, Tiffany has partnered with Beyoncé’s BeyGOOD Foundation, and JAY-Z’s Shawn Carter Foundation, to create the Tiffany & Co. ABOUT LOVE Scholarship Program. Tiffany & Co. pledged $2 million in scholarship funding for students in the arts and creative fields at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Fifty students have received scholarships at Lincoln University, Norfolk State University, Bennett College, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Central State University.

 

 

 

 

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Cuteness overload! Before a recent show, Kane Brown captured a sweet moment of his two-year-old daughter Kingsley dancing around the stage, and by the looks of it, she takes after her dad’s love of music.

Donning a pair of noise-cancelling headphones and a pink fuzzy bunny-ear headband to match, Kingsley can be seen moving and shaking on stage along to the instrumental beat as the band rehearses one of her dad’s songs in the background.  

The superstar himself gets in on the fun, too, swaying and shaking his hips alongside the infant. Kingsley gets particularly excited during the breakdown, running in circles around the stage.

“Adorable Katelyn and Kane love this,” a fan comments. “She is absolutely precious!! The love this family shows is beautiful. Thanks for sharing,” praises another, while yet another fan predicts, “She is too cute. They are going to come to see her sing soon.”

Kane and his wife Katelyn welcomed Kingsley in October 2019. Kane’s in the midst of his Blessed & Free Tour, which continues through early next year.

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WILLOW and Avril Lavigne have premiered the video for their collaborative song, “Grow.”

While the track is about emotional growth, the video takes that idea literally, with both WILLOW and Lavigne growing to the size of buildings as they walk through city streets.

While Travis Barker, who plays drums on “Grow,” isn’t included in the video, the clip does feature one of the Blink-182 drummer’s many other frequent collaborators: pop-punker Kennyhoopla.

You can watch the “Grow” video now on YouTube.

“Grow” is featured on WILLOW’s new album, lately I feel EVERYTHING, which was released in July. It also includes the Barker-featuring single “Transparent Soul,” which currently sits in the top 10 on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart.

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WILLOW and Avril Lavigne have premiered the video for their collaborative song, “Grow.”

While the track is about emotional growth, the video takes that idea literally with both WILLOW and Avril growing to the size of buildings as they walk through city streets.

Blink-182‘s Travis Barker plays drums on the song, but is not featured in the video. You can watch the “Grow” video now on YouTube.

“Grow” is featured on WILLOW’s new album, lately I feel EVERYTHING, which was released in July. It also includes the Barker-featuring TikTok hit “Transparent Soul” and another TikTok fave, “Meet Me at Our Spot,” which is currently climbing the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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The “cookie cutter” lifestyle has never appealed to Jamie Foxx, and that includes marriage.

“The two-point-five children, the wood paneling on the station wagon and the cottage, I didn’t think that was for me,” Foxx told E! News on Monday, and he thinks his relationship with daughters Corrine Foxx, 27, and Annalise Bishop, 12, is better off because of it.

“A lot of those marriages ended up not doing well as the kids got older. Unfortunately, we saw the kids get fractured from their families,” said Foxx, pointing to some of his friends’ failed unions. “Us, we actually came together more. So I don’t know what that is, I just know that it is different but it’s a whole lot of love.”

The 53-year-old Soul star adds, “The pressure of being married, I don’t think we can have a conversation about it. I just keep moving.”

Foxx also revealed that he keeps his family close to him and revealed that both Corinne and Annalise helped him write his memoir, Act Like You Got Some Sense.  In return, he served as the inspiration behind Corrine’s Netflix series, Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!

“It was by design to have my whole family living with me, because I don’t want them living away from my circumstance. I want them to see and share the things that I go through,” he says. “There’s a lot of hard work, there’s a lot of disappointment, but there’s a lot of things to celebrate.”

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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, which is apparently why Rod Stewart has remained there for 10 years and counting.

The legendary singer has announced that he’ll return to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in 2022 for ten performances of his Rod Stewart: The Hits residency. This will mark his 11th year performing at the venue.

The new shows will offer fans the opportunity to hear a few new songs from Rod’s upcoming album, The Tears of Hercules, which is coming out November 12.

Rod’s 2022 dates are May 13-21 and September 23-October 1.  Tickets go on sale to the general public on October 23 at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster, but there are several pre-sales going on starting Wednesday via Rod’s fan club and a variety of loyalty programs.

Incidentally, Sting — Rod’s duet partner on the 1993 number-one hit “All for Love” — starts his first Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum, called My Songs, on October 29.

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How sketchy a person do you have to be to have a charity turn down your offer of a monetary donation?  That’s a question for Jamie Lynn Spears.

Britney’s little sister announced recently that she’d be donating a portion of the proceeds from her upcoming book Things I Should Have Said to a mental health nonprofit called This Is My Brave.  But on Tuesday, the organization said “no thanks.”

On Instagram, This Is My Brave posted, “We Heard You. We’re Taking Action. We are deeply sorry to anyone we offended. We are declining the donation from Jamie Lynn Spears’ upcoming book.”

In the caption, the nonprofit wrote, “We hear you. This Is My Brave was recently recommended to be a beneficiary organization for the proceeds from Jamie Lynn Spears’ upcoming book. We have made the decision to decline the offer of receiving proceeds from the book sales.”

According to Entertainment Weekly, This Is My Brave’s actions came after Britney fans flooded it with comments insisting that the charity not involve itself with Jamie Lynn.  Fans based their criticism on Britney’s recent comments claiming that her family has been complicit in allowing her toxic conservatorship to continue unchecked for 13 years, despite its impact on her mental health.

Recently, Britney wrote on Instagram, “Lord have mercy on my family’s souls if I ever do an interview !!!”

This Is My Brave’s mission statement is to “to empower individuals to put their names and faces on their true stories of recovery from mental illness and addiction.”

Jamie Lynn’s book Things I Should Have Said will be released January 22.

 

 

 

 

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Former President Donald Trump denied singer-songwriter Eddy Grant‘s copyright-infringement claims in a formal response submitted to the court late Monday night.

As previously reported, Grant sued over alleged unauthorized use of his 1983 hit “Electric Avenue” in an animated video created by a third party during the 2020 presidential campaign and posted by Trump on his personal Twitter account. The 55-second video endorsed the then-president’s reelection and, according to court records, “sought to denigrate the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nominee, now-President Joseph R. Biden.”

“Defendants deny that they have willfully and wrongfully infringed Plaintiffs’ copyrights,” Trump’s response reads. “Plaintiffs’ claims against Defendants are barred, either in whole or in part, by the doctrines of fair use and/or nominative use.”

The former president also asserted that Grant cannot sue him because of what Trump’s attorneys called “Presidential absolute immunity.”

Grant is pressing ahead with his lawsuit.

“Given the court’s recent favorable determination, there are very few issues that remain to be resolved, Grant’s attorney, Brian Caplan, said in a statement provided to ABC News. “We are confident that our clients’ rights will ultimately be fully upheld and look forward to Mr. Trump fully explaining his actions.”

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Where Matt Bellamy‘s going he might not need roads, but it appears he’ll need a guitar.

The Muse frontman stars in a Back to the Future-inspired video promoting the latest model from his Manson Guitars company, the DL-OR. The clip finds Bellamy wearing Marty McFly’s signature red puffer vest as he drives his own DeLorean to October 26, 2021, the day the DL-OR launches.

We can only assume that the DL-OR name is also a reference to the DeLorean.

Bellamy’s love for Back to the Future shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to anyone who’s seen Muse’s “Pressure” video. In fact, the band’s latest album, 2018’s Simulation Theory, is basically a love letter to ’80s sci-fi movies.

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