The Weeknd performs onstage during the Michael Rubin REFORM Alliance Casino Night Event on September 13, 2025 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for REFORM Alliance)
The Weeknd is rooting for his home team.
The singer hyped up the Toronto Blue Jays in a new video touting the baseball team’s first playoff series win since 2016.
Set to his song “Timeless” with Playboi Carti, the video features a highlight reel of the team and a voice-over from The Weeknd.
“Timeless moments, we’ve had a few,” he says. “Pieces of history turned into everlasting memories. Now, these Blue Jays, armed with a new edge and a never-say-die attitude, find themselves on the brink of a legacy all on their own. Our city, buzzing. Our nation, consumed. Canada’s team just one step closer to fulfilling the ultimate goal.”
The Blue Jays lost their first American League Championship Series game against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, 3-1. The teams face off again in Toronto Monday night.
Guitarist Carlos Santana performs with his band during the Jazz Open in Stuttgart, Germany, 16 July 2016. The event took place on Stuttgart’s central Schlossplatz. Photo: Christoph Schmidt/dpa | usage worldwide (Photo by Christoph Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Carlos Santana wants everyone to know he has no problem with Bad Bunny being the Super Bowl halftime show headliner.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has issued a statement after false reports circulated on the internet that claimed he criticized the NFL for choosing Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.
“I congratulate and celebrate Bad Bunny’s success and his position right now with the world and with the Super Bowl,” read the statement. “I feel total oneness with what he’s doing because we are here to utilize art to complement and bring the world closer to harmony and oneness.”
“However, we’re living in a time of fear, division, separation, superiority and inferiority. Fear is the flavor right now,” he continued. “Fear is what motivates ignorant people to put words in my mouth – saying that I didn’t want Bad Bunny to be represented at the Super Bowl. I never said that, nor would I ever.”
“Just to be clear, my heart is in total harmony with Bad Bunny, and I celebrate his success, his triumph and his phenomenal achievement. Anything other than that is coming from people’s ignorance,” he added.
Santana noted that those who believe the “fabricated comments” out there about Bad Bunny “are not in harmony with themselves.”
“The people who make up such things – I invite them to do something more creative with their energy,” he said. “If you’re going to create a dialogue, create a dialogue for America of unity, harmony and oneness. Lord knows we need it right now.”
“In conclusion, let me say this: Santana is all about bringing unity, harmony, oneness, hope, courage, enthusiasm, light, spirit and soul,” the statement concluded. “Peace in your heart, peace in your mind, peace in your family. We are one – peace on Earth!”
The first ever Bridge School Benefit concert was held at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.
Organized by Neil Young and his wife Pegi Young, the concert raised money for the Bridge School, which assists children with severe physical impairments and communication needs. Pegi was one of the co-founders of the school and was inspired to start it when she couldn’t find a school for her non-verbal son.
The night’s performers included Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Don Henley and E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren, with the artists performing primarily acoustic sets.
With the exception of 1987, a Bridge School benefit was held every year until 2016, with artists like Billy Idol, Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam, Elton John, R.E.M., The Who, Foo Fighters, Beck and Metallica performing over the years.
The final Bridge School concerts happened Oct. 22 and 23, 2016. In January 2017, following Neil and Pegi’s divorce, they announced the end of the Bridge School concerts.
A coastal storm moving along the East Coast on Monday will continue to bring the threat of significant coastal flooding, strong to damaging winds and moderate to locally heavy rainfall.
Rain and wind will be dying down Monday morning in the Southeast, while the Northeast will see the worst impacts of the storm through midday.
Rain will become more scattered in the Northeast on Monday afternoon (with locally heavy rain possible at times), before it starts to move out overnight with only a few areas of sprinkles and light rain left for Tuesday morning.
Coastal flood warnings are in effect from North Carolina to Rhode Island, where moderate to locally major flood stages are possible Monday and may persist through Tuesday in some areas.
The worst of the flooding will be around high tide on Monday afternoon (mostly between noon and 3 p.m.), when strong onshore winds will bring water levels 1 to 3 feet above normal levels, leading to flooding and possible dune breaching.
Eight- to 15-foot breaking waves could lead to beach and coastal erosion in areas with coastal flood alerts.
Winds gusted up to 60 mph at Surf City, New Jersey, on Sunday night.
Wind alerts for coastal areas from New Jersey through New York, Connecticut and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, remain in effect Monday due to possible gusts up to 50 to 60 mph.
Rainfall on Monday will mostly be less than 1 inch for New Jersey and New York City, but Long Island, as well as the Hudson Valley up through Albany, could see 1 to 2 inches.
Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts are also expecting 1 to 2 inches of rain, but some areas of 2 to 3 inches are possible.
Ian Watkins of Lostprophets performs at the 2012 Heineken Jammin Festival on July 6, 2012 in Milan, Italy. (Stefania D’Alessandro/Redferns via Getty Images)
Two men have been charged for the murder of former Lostprophets singer and convicted child sex criminal Ian Watkins.
Watkins, 48, was attacked and killed Saturday at the HMP Wakefield prison in West Yorkshire, England, where he had been serving a 29-year sentence for charges including attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13.
“Detectives have charged two men with murder after the death of a prisoner at HMP Wakefield on Saturday,” reads a statement on the West Yorkshire Police website. “Ian Watkins aged 48 was pronounced dead after being seriously assaulted at HMP Wakefield on Saturday morning.”
Watkins was previously attacked in prison in 2023.
Lostprophets formed in Wales in 1997, and scored a string of rock and alternative radio hits in the mid-2000s with singles including “Last Train Home” and “Wake Up (Make a Move).” The band broke up in 2013 following the charges against Watkins.
Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for MTV)
During her first performance at this year’s Austin City Limits Festival on Oct. 4, Sabrina Carpenter sang with ’90s country icon Shania Twain. During her second appearance on Oct. 11, Sabrina sang with yet another iconic ’90s female country act: The Chicks.
Sabrina welcomed the group, formerly known as The Dixie Chicks, to the stage to sing their 1998 hit “Wide Open Spaces” with her. The two acts then teamed up for a rendition of Sabrina’s hit “Please Please Please.”
In the “Juno” portion of the show, during which she pretends to “arrest” someone in the audience, the lucky “criminal” was Olivia Dean, the U.K. singer/songwriter who’ll be opening for Sabrina when she resumes her Short n’ Sweet tour later this month.
On Instagram, Sabrina wrote, “ACL weekend 2 such a special night. Getting to sing wide open spaces/ please please please with @thechicks was a true highlight of my life!! getting to arrest @oliviadeano for being too beautiful was very fitting…. you were so loud and rowdy Texas i miss you already but i do nottt [sic] miss that heat thank you goodbye.”
Netflix has revealed that season 4 of the period romance will air in two parts early next year: Part 1 will premiere on Jan. 29 and part 2 will premiere on Feb. 26. There will be eight episodes.
A new teaser for the season was also released, featuring Luke Thompson’s Benedict Bridgerton and his love interest Sophie Baek, played by Yerin Ha, crossing paths at a masquerade ball. She walks up the stairs as he walks down and their hands brush as they pass each other.
“The fourth season of Bridgerton turns its focus to bohemian second son Benedict,” according to the season’s official synopsis. “Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down — until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball.”
Season 4 will also feature returning cast members Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton, Jonathan Bailey, Simone Ashley, Claudia Jessie, Hannah Dodd, Golda Rosheuvel, Ruth Gemmell, Adjoa Andoh, Florence Hunt, Will Tilston and Hugh Sachs.
The official trailer for All Her Fault has arrived. The upcoming series stars Sarah Snook as a mother who arrives to pick up her young child from a play date only to find her son nowhere to be seen, and a mother she doesn’t recognize at the door. Jake Lacy, Dakota Fanning and Michael Peña also star in the new series, which premieres Nov. 6 on Peacock …
The shows Countdown and Butterfly have been canceled at Prime Video. Deadline reports that the streaming service has made the decision not to renew either Countdown or Butterfly for sophomore seasons. Countdown starred Jensen Ackles while Butterfly was led by Daniel Dae Kim …
Anna Kendrick and JK Simmons are teaming up for a new geo-political thriller series. Variety reports the actors will co-star in the show Embassy. The plot follows an American diplomat who faces an impossible challenge: protect the U.S. ambassador, or follow his orders to exfiltrate an asset at the embassy …
Taylor Swift performs onstage in Toronto, November, 2024 (Emma McIntyre/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)
Taylor Swift is giving fans what they’ve been wanting for some time now: a behind-the-scenes look at her Eras Tour.
ABC’s Good Morning America announced Monday that Disney+ will stream Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The End of an Era (Docuseries), a six-part series giving fans unprecedented access to the tour. It features appearances by Taylor’s family, friends and special guests, including Ed Sheeran, Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter and Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine.
The first two episodes of the docuseries will premiere Dec. 12, with two episodes following each week afterwards. But wait … that’s not all.
Also on Dec. 12, Disney+ will premiere Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show, a concert film captured at the final stop of the Eras Tour in Vancouver on Dec. 8, 2024. It features the entire Tortured Poets Department sequence of the show, which Taylor added following the April 2024 release of that album, live for the first time.
On Instagram, Taylor wrote, “It was the End of an Era and we knew it. We wanted to remember every moment leading up to the culmination of the most important and intense chapter of our lives, so we allowed filmmakers to capture this tour and all the stories woven throughout it as it wound down. And to film the final show in its entirety.”
The Eras Tour, which Taylor first announced on Good Morning America in November of 2022, kicked off March 17, 2023 and went on to gross over $2 billion and draw 10 million people, according to Taylor Swift Touring.
The movie capturing the trek, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, became the highest-grossing concert film of all time. A special version of the concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version), is now streaming on Disney+.
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Bipin Joshi and Tamir Nimrodi, the two hostages whose fate in Gaza remained unknown, were not included on the list published by Hamas of the 20 living hostages expected to be released during Monday’s exchange of hostages held by Hamas and prisoners held by Israel.
Neither Hamas nor Israel released statements saying the two were deceased.
In addition to some 1,200 Israelis killed on Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas kidnapped 251 men and women during the terror attack. The majority were later released in hostage exchanges in the two years since then.
Of the 48 hostages who were still in Gaza at the time of the new ceasefire deal, 26 were confirmed dead by Israeli officials. Twenty others were believed to be alive at the time, with two people’s fates unknown.
Bipin Joshi, a Nepalese agriculture student who was in Israel to study, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Alumim, according to The Times of Israel.
“We just want him back,” his sister said in August, according to the newspaper. “It’s too much for me and my family.”
Joshi was 22 years old when kidnapped, according to Nepal’s Kathmandu Post.
Joshi’s family released footage of Joshi on Wednesday they said was recovered by the Israel Defense Forces and shared with the family by Israeli intelligence officials. The footage was believed to have been filmed in November 2023.
It is unclear exactly when the IDF recovered the footage and shared it with the family. The family released a clip of the footage via the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters on Wednesday.
“For many months, this footage was under strict censorship. Only recently were we granted permission to release it,” the Joshi family said in a statement with the video. “It is not easy for us to share it publicly, but we are in critical and historic days that will determine the fate of the 48 hostages, whether the living will return to their families and the deceased to a proper burial, or whether we will remain in pain without closure.”
Tamir Nimrodi was 18 years old when he was kidnapped barefoot and without his glasses, according to The Jerusalem Post.
Nimrodi, who had been serving with the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories, was taken from a base near the Erez Crossing into the Gaza Strip, according to the Times of Israel
“He always said I was his best friend. … I pray for the chance to have moments with him again,” said his mom, Herut Nimrodi. “The emptiness in my heart is indescribable.”
