The Billboard Music Awards are back, and Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan are the leading nominees.
There are 72 categories at the BBMAs and Taylor has snagged 16 nominations; only Zach has more, with 18. Overall, Taylor is currently tied with Drake with 39 BBMA wins, so she could surpass him this year and score the record for the most-awarded artist in the history of the show. Drake is up for eight awards this year.
Morgan Wallen, who won the most awards last year — 11 — has 15 nominations. First-time nominee Sabrina Carpenter has nine, including Top Artist. Other first-time finalists include Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, Shaboozey and Chappell Roan.
The BBMAs, hosted by actress and comedian Michelle Buteau, will air Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Fox and Fire TV channels, as well as on-demand on Paramount+. Performances will also be available at Billboard.com and the publication’s socials, as well as the BBMA social channels.
The awards are based on performance metrics on Billboard’s multiple charts from last October to this October.
We’re not gonna give you all 72 categories, but here are the nominees in some of the top ones:
Top Artist Zach Bryan Sabrina Carpenter Drake Taylor Swift Morgan Wallen
Top New Artist Benson Boone Tommy Richman Chappell Roan Shaboozey Teddy Swims
Top Male Artist Zach Bryan Luke Combs Drake Post Malone Morgan Wallen
Top Female Artist Sabrina Carpenter Billie Eilish Chappell Roan Taylor Swift SZA
Top Duo/Group blink-182 Coldplay Fuerza Regida Linkin Park Stray Kids
Linkin Park‘s comeback album, From Zero, has debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200.
The first record from the “In the End” outfit since the 2017 death of frontman Chester Bennington, and their first with new singer Emily Armstrong, earned a total of 97,000 equivalent album units; 72,000 were traditional album sales.
Of Linkin Park’s eight full-length albums, five hit #1 on the Billboard 200: 2003’s Meteora, 2007’s Minutes to Midnight, 2010’s A Thousand Suns, 2012’s Living Things and 2017’s One More Light. Their 2000 debut, Hybrid Theory, peaked at #2, while 2014’s The Hunting Party reached #3. Linkin Park also hit #1 with their 2004 Jay-Z collaboration, Collision Course.
Linkin Park announced From Zero in September, ending the band’s seven-year hiatus. It includes the lead single “The Emptiness Machine,” which hit #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock and Alternative Airplay charts.
Since returning, LP has played a number of one-off concerts around the world. They’ll launch a full tour in support of From Zero in 2025.
(NEW YORK) — Snow is headed to the Midwest and the West ahead of Thanksgiving, while rain will target the East Coast on Thanksgiving Day.
Here’s your weather forecast for the holiday week:
Monday
Snow is headed to Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Monday, while rain is possible from Chicago to Detroit to Indianapolis.
In the West, lots of snow will accumulate in the California mountains. Parts of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range below the snow line could see 4 to 8 inches of rain through Monday night.
Throughout the South, temperatures will be above average — in the 70s or 80s — on Monday.
Tuesday
Rain is headed to the Northeast on Tuesday, potentially causing flight delays during this busy travel week.
In the West, snow will continue in the Sierra Nevadas and will target the Rockies.
Rain showers are possible from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay area.
Wednesday
The Midwest, including Chicago, will see a mix of rain and snow on Wednesday.
In the West, snow totals will reach 3 to 5 feet for parts of the southern Sierra Nevadas in California. Up to 7 feet of snow is possible at the highest elevations.
The Rocky Mountains in Colorado are forecast to get 1 to 3 feet of snow. Wind gusts may reach 35 to 50 mph.
Temperatures on Wednesday will return to potentially record-breaking highs for Houston and Austin, Texas, with highs in the mid-80s.
Thanksgiving
A storm is expected to bring rain to most of the East Coast on Thanksgiving.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City will be rainy and chilly, with temperatures in the 40s.
Snow is possible in upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and northern Maine.
Temperatures will be average or below average for most of the country on Thanksgiving. But temperatures will be above average for Phoenix; New Orleans; Jacksonville, Florida; and Raleigh, North Carolina.
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The new Disney+ documentary Beatles ’64, which captures the Fab Four’s first trip to the U.S., had its premiere in New York City on Nov. 24, and in attendance was one of the film’s subjects: Sir Paul McCartney.
In addition to Sir Paul, John Lennon‘s son Sean Ono Lennon and George Harrison‘s widow, Olivia Harrison, were in the theater for the premiere, along with E Street Band guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt, Elvis Costello and the film’s producer, Martin Scorsese.
The movie is built around the footage captured by late filmmakers Albert and David Maysles, who were with The Beatles constantly during their 14-day trip to America. During that time, they traveled to New York, performing on The Ed Sullivan Show and at Carnegie Hall; Washington D.C., where they did their first U.S. concert; and Miami. Seventeen minutes of footage is previously unseen. New interviews with Paul and Ringo Starr are included, plus archival interviews with Harrison and Lennon.
The musical performances in the film have all been restored and remixed using the same technology that was used on the Get Back documentary and on The Beatles’ Grammy-nominated single “Now and Then.” At several points during the premiere screening, the audience spontaneously burst into applause at the end of some of the performances.
Following the film, Scorsese and director David Tedeschi did a Q&A with actor/director Ethan Hawke.
Beatles ’64 will stream exclusively on Disney+ starting Nov. 29.
(LONDON and BELGRADE) — A DHL cargo plane crashed near the Lithuanian capital early on Monday, killing one of four people onboard, local officials said.
The plane, which had been traveling from Leipzig, Germany, crashed in Liepkalnis, on the outskirts of the capital, Vilnius, the Lithuanian airport authority said in a statement posted on social media. The flight had been expected to land at Vilnius Airport, officials said.
“City services are currently on-site, along with a fire truck and a command team from Vilnius Airport,” the short statement said. “Airport operations are not disrupted at this time.”
The jet was a Boeing 737-476 operated by Swiftair, according to Flightradar24, an aircraft tracker.
Emergency responders were notified at 5:28 a.m. that the plane had crashed near to a building, the Vilnius Fire and Rescue Department said. Photos and videos taken near the crash site appeared to show a residential area.
First responders reached the crash location, which is a little more than half a mile from the airport, within about 6 minutes, according to Bozena Jerenkovic, a medical doctor who was part of the emergency team on site.
One of the pilots was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was transferred to a local hospital in critical condition, Jerenkovic told ABC News. It appeared that the cockpit had been separated from the plane’s fuselage, she added.
Thirteen people were evacuated from a nearby building without injuries, she said.
As emergency crews worked in the area near Žirnių Street, which the airport identified as the crash site, departures were delayed at Vilnius Airport, according to a statement.
One incoming flight was diverted to Riga, Latvia, officials said. Air traffic resumed by about 7:20 a.m., the statement said.
ABC News has contacted DHL, which is based in Bonn, Germany, for comment.
ABC News’ Jessica Gorman and Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.
(LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks on targets nationwide including in the capital Beirut.
The strikes continue despite a cease-fire push fronted by President Joe Biden’s White House as it prepares to hand power to President-elect Donald Trump.
Tensions also remain high between Israel and Iran after tit-for-tat long-range strikes in recent months and threats of further military action from both sides.
Far-right Israeli minister says Lebanon cease-fire would be a ‘big mistake’
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Monday that a potential cease-fire agreement to end the fighting in Lebanon would be “a big mistake.”
Ending the war would be a “missed opportunity” to “eradicate Hezbollah,” Ben-Gvir wrote on X.
Ben-Gvir has previously pressured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reject any cease-fire deal in Gaza, where fighting continues with Hamas and other militant groups.
“We must continue until the absolute victory,” Ben-Gvir said of both the Gaza and Lebanon fronts.
-ABC News’ Jordana Miller
Khamenei calls for ‘death sentence’ for Netanyahu, Israeli leaders
In an address to thousands of Basij militia members on Monday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the International Criminal Court arrest warrants issued last week for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant were insufficient.
“What [they have] done in Gaza and Lebanon is not a victory, it is a war crime,” Khamenei said.
“Now they have issued arrest warrants for them; this is not enough,” he added of the ICC decision. “A death sentence must be issued for Netanyahu and the criminal leaders of this regime.”
The ICC also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, who the Israel Defense Forces claimed to have killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July.
Netanyahu’s office expressed its “disgust” at the decision and dismissed the ICC warrant as “absurd.”
-ABC News’ Somayeh Malekian and Joe Simonetti
Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs
The Israel Defense Forces said its warplanes “conducted intelligence-based strikes on several Hezbollah command centers” in southern Beirut on Monday.
The strikes again focused on the Dahiya area in the south of the Lebanese capital, which is known as a Hezbollah stronghold.
Monday’s bombings followed an intense day of strikes on Sunday, as diplomats continued to push for a cease-fire agreement to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
-ABC News’ Jordana Miller and Joe Simonetti
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UAE arrests 3 people accused of rabbi’s killing
The United Arab Emirates’ Interior Ministry said Monday it arrested three Uzbek nationals suspected of the kidnapping and killing of Moldovan-Israeli rabbi Zvi Kogan.
Kogan, 28, was an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who went missing on Nov. 21. He managed a kosher grocery store in Dubai.
The ministry identified the three detained men as Olimpi Tohirovic, 28, Mahmoud John Abdul Rahim, 28, and Azizi Kamilovic, 33. It did not say whether charges had been filed and did not suggest a motive.
Israeli leaders have framed the killing as an antisemitic terror operation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday his nation would “act by all means” to “bring justice to the murderers and their senders.”
-ABC News’ Joe Simonetti
IDF issues new Beirut airstrike warnings
Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on Monday morning that Israeli warplanes would soon begin new airstrikes in Beirut, following 24 hours of intense bombing of the city’s southern suburbs.
Adraee ordered residents of the Haret Hreik area of the southern Dahiya suburbs — known as a Hezbollah stronghold — to flee their homes and stay at least 500 meters from target buildings identified on an IDF map.
-ABC News’ Jordana Miller
More strikes on southern Beirut suburbs
There were more strikes Sunday night in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which have been pounded by dozens of Israeli strikes in the last few days.
The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday night’s strikes in Dahieh were on “12 Hezbollah command centers.”
-ABC News’ Victoria Beaulé
29 dead in central Beirut after Saturday’s airstrike
The death toll from an Israeli strike Saturday in central Beirut has risen to 29, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The update on casualties came as emergency workers continued to search collapsed buildings for survivors of the strike, an official said.
At least 67 people were also injured in the Israeli strike, according to the Ministry of Health.
-ABC News’ Victoria Beaule
Israeli official confirms Netanyahu holding meeting on Lebanon cease-fire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was holding a meeting with security officials on Sunday night regarding ongoing Lebanon cease-fire talks, an Israeli official told ABC News.
The development comes after Netanyahu met last week in Israel with U.S. Special Envoy Amos Hochstein and discussed a possible cease-fire in Lebanon. Hochstein also traveled to Beirut, Lebanon, to discuss a cease-deal between Hezbollah and Israel.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Boston 107, Minnesota 105 Indiana 115, Washington 103 LA Clippers 125, Philadelphia 99 Miami 123, Dallas 118 (OT) Cleveland 122, Toronto 108 Brooklyn 108, Sacramento 103
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Toronto 3, Utah 2
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Dallas 34, Washington 26 Detroit 24, Indianapolis 6 Kansas City 30, Carolina 27 Final Miami 34 New England 15 Minnesota 30, Chicago 27 (OT) Tampa Bay 30, NY Giants 7 Tennessee 32, Houston 27 Denver 29, Las Vegas 19 Final Green Bay 38 San Francisco 10 Seattle 16, Arizona 6 Philadelphia 37, LA Rams 20
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Wisconsin 81, Pittsburgh 75 Georgia 66, St. John’s 63 Kennesaw St. 79, Rutgers 77
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Orlando City 1, Atlanta 0 LA Galaxy 6, Minnesota 2
Apple TV+ has given the Jon Hamm-led drama Your Friends & Neighbors the go-ahead for a second season ahead of its April 11, 2025 series premiere, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series follows Hamm’s Andrew “Coop” Cooper, a disgraced hedge fund manager who resorts to stealing from his wealthy neighbors’ homes following his divorce. Amanda Peet and Olivia Munn also star …
Game show veteran Chuck Woolery, who hosted the original versions of Wheel of Fortune and Love Connection, has died, longtime friend and podcast cohost Mark Young tells the Associated Press. He was 83. Woolery also hosted Scrabble as well as a revival of The Dating Game, and guest starred as himself on a number of TV series including the sitcoms 227 and Scrubs …
Apple TV+ has scrapped its plans for a sequel to its comedy thriller Wolfs, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, according to Variety. Wolfs features Clooney as “a professional fixer hired to cover up a high-profile crime,” per the streaming service. “But when a second fixer — played by Pitt — shows up and the two ‘lone wolves’ are forced to work together, they find their night spiraling out of control in ways that neither one of them expected.” Amy Ryan, Richard Kind, Austin Abrams and Poorna Jagannathan also star …
(DALLAS) — Bishop T.D. Jakes is stable after suffering a medical emergency during a sermon on Sunday, according to the megachurch Potter’s House of Dallas, where he serves as pastor.
Video of the incident shows the renowned Christian pastor lowering his microphone and shaking in his seat before people around him rushed to his aid.
In a statement, the church said Jakes “experienced a slight health incident and received immediate medical attention following his powerful hour long message.”
“Bishop Jakes is stable and under the care of medical professionals,” the church said. “The entire Potter’s House family is grateful for the outpouring of love, prayers, and support from the community.”
Jakes founded the 30,000-member megachurch in southern Dallas, Texas, in 1996.
(FRESNO, CA) — After bird flu was detected in a retail sample of raw milk produced and packaged by Raw Farm, LLC, the California Department of Public Health warned consumers on Sunday to avoid consuming any from the same lot.
At the state’s request, the Fresno County-based company also issued a voluntary recall of the affected product: cream top, whole raw milk from lot No. 20241109 with a “best by” date of Nov. 27.
Anyone in possession of the product will be able to pursue a refund from the location where the item was originally purchased.
Retailers have also been notified to take affected products off of their shelves.
The CDPH has also emphasized that pasteurized milk remains safe to drink.
Most cases of bird flu discovered in humans in the current outbreak are with people that worked directly with birds or cows. There are not any cases known to be associated with raw milk consumption, but the risks associated with raw milks have been long established.
The Food and Drug Administration has previously warned of the possible dangers of drinking raw milk.
In a statement from May 2024, it warned, “Raw milk can carry dangerous germs such as Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, Campylobacter, and others that cause foodborne illness, often called ‘food poisoning.'”
Raw milk products do not undergo pasteurization, which is a heating process that kills bacteria and viruses.
Pasteurized milk and dairy products, however, are safe to consume because the heating process kills pathogens that can cause illness — including bird flu.
However, raw milk does have its proponents, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Last month, in a post on X, called the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of it part of the agency’s “war on health.”
In November, President-elect Donald Trump selected RFK Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The appointment requires Senate confirmation.
As of Sunday evening, no illnesses had been reported in association with the finding of bird flu in the single lot of raw milk.
The contaminated sample was discovered as part of routine testing performed by the County of Santa Clara Public Health Laboratory, which tests raw milk products from retail stores as a second line of consumer protection. The finding was then verified by the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System.
In response to the positive test, the California Department of Food and Agriculture provided onsite testing at the Raw Farms facilities, which were negative for bird flu. CFDA will continue testing raw milk banks twice per week.
ABC News’ Claire E. Strindberg contributed to this report.
