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When Mariah Carey performed at the Pride in the Park Music Festival in Brighton, England, last summer, she wore a specially designed jacket — and now you can own it. She’s auctioning it off on eBay to raise money for GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization.

The pink bedazzled jacket features the phrase “Protect the dolls” written on the back. That phrase is commonly used to indicate support for transgender women. For example, during Sabrina Carpenter‘s performance of “Tears” at the MTV VMAs, the drag queens joining her for the performance held up pro-trans rights signs, many of which included the word “dolls.”

The auction for Mariah’s jacket will run from Dec. 8 through Dec. 15 at eBay.com/glaad, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program. The opening bid will be 99 cents.

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Role Model is among the musicians included on Forbes‘ 2026 30 Under 30 list.

The 29-year-old claims his spot thanks to his breakout hit, “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out,” as well as his streaming and touring success. 

Forbes also mentions his upcoming acting debut in the film Good Sex starring Natalie Portman, who previously played the role of Sally during a Role Model show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.

As previously reported, Role Model is set to receive the Triple Threat of the Year Award at the 2025 Variety Hitmakers gala, taking place Saturday in Los Angeles.

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Do you still love Ella Mai? It’s a question she’s asking on her upcoming studio album. She announced the project on her socials Wednesday while unveiling its artwork and a caption that briefly describes her target audience. Do You Still Love Me? is set to arrive on Feb. 6.

“my 3rd studio album … wow. i cannot believe we are here!” Ella wrote. “this is for the lovers, right in time for love day & right on time for scorpio making season.”

Do You Still Love Me?, Ella’s follow-up to 2022’s Heart on My Sleeve, is now available to presave. 

The announcement arrives days before the Friday release of the official T-shirt for Ella’s Did You Miss Me tour. The trek kicks off Sunday in London. The other stops on the six-city run are Amsterdam, Paris, Atlanta, New York and LA.

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Alex Warren and Benson Boone have made Forbes‘ annual 30 Under 30 list in the music category. According to the publication, they’re just some of the young artists who are determining “what the future sounds like.”

The publication notes Alex, 25, went from living out of his car seven years ago to becoming a best new artist Grammy nominee after scoring his breakout hit with “Ordinary.” He tells Forbes his music has also been his form of therapy. “I write songs about loss and what I’ve been through,” he says. “And then to have tens of thousands of people sing them back—I don’t know if anyone could understand that feeling unless you have it happen.”

Forbes calls Benson, 23, “one of pop’s most compelling new voices” who’s “known as much for his heartfelt ballads as for his backflips in bodysuits.”

Other under-30s on the list include Ravyn Lenae, Doechii, Audrey Hobert, Role Model, Jessie Murph and Audrey Nuna, one of the singing voices behind the KPop Demon Hunters group HUNTR/X.

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Burna Boy has offered to pay the funeral expenses for four people who were killed in a mass shooting at a children’s birthday party in Stockton, California, Saturday. He says in a statement that he wanted to financially support the victims’ families as they mourn and grieve the loss of their loved ones.

“When I heard about the children murdered in Stockton, my heart broke,” he says in the statement, noting he “reached out to Wack 100 and connected with [Vice Mayor] Jason Lee because no family should ever face this kind of pain alone. … I wanted to do whatever I could to support these parents as they begin the long process of healing.”

Lee said in his own statement, “Burna Boy’s generosity is an example of how people around the world want to help, even when they’ve never met the families impacted.”

As ABC News previously reported, the shooting unfolded at a banquet hall Saturday evening during a child’s birthday celebration.

Sheriff Patrick Withrow of the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday that there may have been multiple shooters involved in the shooting, which appears to have been a targeted attack. A 21-year-old was killed, as well as an 8-, 9- and 14-year-old, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office told ABC News. Eleven others were wounded in the shooting, including one who remains in critical condition.

No suspects have been taken into custody.

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St. Vincent has shared a cover of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

As previously reported, the “Los Ageless” artist put her spin on the holiday classic for the soundtrack to the new Christmas movie Oh. What. Fun. 

“My favorite Christmas songs have an underlying sense of melancholy mixed in with the warmth of their familiarity,” St. Vincent said. “Sung by a person who is presumably alone, ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ is a prime example: ‘Next year all our troubles will be out of sight’ … the holiday season and its festivities are a temporary refuge, a reprieve after a s***** year. Hopefully the year to come will be better.”

Oh. What. Fun. and its soundtrack are out now. The movie stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denis Leary and Danielle Brooks, among others.

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Jillian Lauren Shriner, the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, has filed for divorce.

In documents obtained by ABC Audio, Lauren Shriner checks irreconcilable differences as grounds for the separation. She also requests joint physical and legal custody of their two teenage children, as well as spousal or domestic partner support, and that her legal name be restored to Lauren.

The couple got married in 2005. ABC Audio has reached out to reps for Lauren Shriner and Weezer for comment.

The divorce filing caps a dramatic and eventful year for the Shriners, which included Lauren Shriner being arrested after allegedly pointing a gun at police officers amid an incident with the Los Angeles Police Department. She was initially booked for attempted murder before being charged with two firearm-related felonies. 

According to the Los Angeles Times, Lauren Shriner was granted a mental health diversion, allowing her to avoid jail time. 

Shriner and Weezer took the stage at Coachella just days after Lauren Shriner’s arrest.

Lauren Shriner also revealed in March she’d been diagnosed with cancer.

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