Michael Bublé on NBC’s ‘The Voice’ (Trae Patton/NBC via Getty Images)
There’s Heated Rivalry, and then there’s a real-life hockey rivalry between Team USA and Team Canada, according to fanatical hockey fan and proud Canadian Michael Bublé.
Michael posted a video on Instagram of him wearing a Team Canada hockey jersey. He revealed that he and his children got up at 5 a.m. to watch the men’s hockey live from Italy, only to see his home team lose the Olympic gold to the U.S. It was the first time the U.S. team had won a gold in hockey since 1980.
While noting that he wanted to congratulate Team Canada for a great game, he was “disappointed” in the loss. He then added, “We’d also like to congratulate Team U.S.A and our brothers and sisters across the border. We love each other. We’re family, you know?”
Michael then had his kids, who were off camera, all yell “Congratulations U.S.A.” with him. “Even though it hurts me to say,” he said.
He acknowledged that the outcome “was really good for the game,” adding, “as a guy who loves the game, I was proud of the whole thing.
“O.K., now we got a rivalry, a great rivalry and next time it’s ours!” he concluded. “Ouch. That hurt.”
‘Your Favorite Toy’ album artwork. (Roswell Records/RCA Records)
Foo Fighters guested on the British talk show The Graham Norton Show over the weekend and performed the live debut of their new song “Your Favorite Toy.”
You can watch the performance streaming now on YouTube.
Frontman Dave Grohl also sat down for an interview with host Graham Norton. As Charli xcx was among the episode’s guests, Norton played a clip of Grohl doing the pop star’s viral “Apple” dance alongside his daughter, Harper Grohl.
In reviewing Grohl’s moves, Charli commented, “You’re taking, like, an abstract approach, and that’s cool.”
“Your Favorite Toy” is the title track off the upcoming 12th Foo Fighters album, due out April 24. The record is the follow-up to 2023’s But Here We Are and is the band’s first with new drummer Ilan Rubin.
Foo Fighters will play a few U.S. festivals in May before launching a full North American stadium tour in August.
Demi Lovato performs on ABC’s ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,’ Dec. 31, 2025 (Disney/Christopher Willard)
Demi Lovato, who was honored with the GLAAD Media Vanguard Award in 2016, will perform at the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards, the organization announced on Monday.
The March 5 ceremony in LA, hosted by Jonathan Bennett, will also feature Karolina Wydra and Rhea Seehorn of Pluribus, Cara Delevingne, Camila Mendes, Kristen Wiig, Laverne Cox, Colton Underwood, Scott Hoying of Pentatonix, Tig Notaro, cast members of Heated Rivalry and more.
As previously reported, Lady Gaga, Conan Gray, Reneé Rapp, Elton John, Brandi Carlile and KATSEYE are all nominated in the music categories at this year’s GLAAD Media Awards.
The awards, which honor LGBTQ visibility in media, will stream on Hulu on March 21.
Meanwhile, Demi’s It’s Not That Deep Tour launches April 13 in Orlando, Florida.
Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of the band Rush, and Matt Stone perform during South Park The 25th Anniversary Concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 10, 2022 in Morrison, Colorado. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Comedy Central)
Rush is extending their Fifty Something tour into 2027.
Band members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, along with new drummer Anika Nilles, announced on Instagram that they’ll be taking the tour to South America, the U.K. and Europe next year. They also announced that keyboard player Loren Gold will be joining them.
South American dates run from Jan. 15 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Feb. 4 in Brasília, Brazil. The trek will then head to Europe and the U.K. starting Feb. 19 in Paris, with dates running until April 10 in Helsinki, Finland.
“We can’t wait to get back to all these cities we haven’t played in so long, as well as hitting some new places we’ve yet to play,” says Lee. “Both Alex and I are loving the hours of rehearsal time we’re spending with Anika and now Loren, learning around 40 songs which will enable us to keep the shows evolving, playing some different songs on different nights.”
He adds, “We are thrilled that many of our longstanding crew have come back to help us design the kind of Rush show that fans have grown accustomed to expect from us. We dearly hope you will come along and help us celebrate 50 years of Rush music, while giving Neil the long overdue tribute he so richly deserves.”
An artist presale begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
The Fifty Something tour, Lee and Lifeson’s first time touring as Rush since the 2020 death of drummer Neil Peart, kicks off on June 7 in Los Angeles, with North American dates running through Dec. 17 in Vancouver, Canada. A complete list of dates can be found at Rush.com.
Mourners gather at Behesht Zahra Cemetery to honor protesters killed during anti-government demonstrations, on February 18, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. . (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
(LONDON) — Iranian students from several universities across the country continued protesting on Monday against the Islamic Republic’s regime for the third-consecutive day since Saturday, when schools reopened for the second semester.
Social media videos verified by ABC News show hundreds of students in Tehran, Mashhad and Isfahan shouting slogans, including “Death to Khamenei” and “Woman, Life, Freedom/Iranian Republic,” targeting Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, and pushing for a regime change.
The protests appear to be the most significant to spread since the Iranian regime’s massacre across the country, in which more than 7,000 people were killed, as the Human Rights Activists News Agency, a U.S.-based group, reported earlier this month. ABC News cannot independently verify the group’s figures.
Groups of students also chanted “Pahlavi will return,” calling for the return of Reza Pahlavi, the U.S.-based son of the former monarch of the country. Pahlavi’s call for protest in early January, 10 days after the unrest started in Tehran, escalated the nationwide protests just before the regime’s crackdown on the protesters.
Pictures of the victims of the January protests have been held by protesting students in universities. A verified video shows students gathering in the Foreign Languages department at the University of Tehran, with some holding pictures of Raha Bohlouli, a student of Italian language and literature at this school who was said to have been killed during the protests.
In a protest at Tehran’s Amirkabir University on Sunday, protesting students were confronted by pro-regime Basiji students who tried to disrupt their gathering.
Following the protests, some students of Tehran’s renown Sharif University who participated received a text message on Monday stating that they have been banned from getting into the university, the semi-official Asriran News Agency reported.
The current round of students’ protests appeared to be gathering momentum as families of thousands of the victims of January’s massacres have recently been holding 40th-day ceremonies in remembrance of their loved ones.
In Iran, one of the significant commemoration ceremonies after someone’s death is held on the 40th day after the burial, when loved ones gather to reflect on the memories of the departed. These ceremonies have traditionally been seen as potential hubs for more protests over the past decades, as the pain and loss of the families have the potential to stir anger and a demand for justice for those killed by the regime.
Dance of defiance
With the broad scope of the Islamic Republic regime’s massacre across the country, thousands of families are still mourning the loss of their loved ones. Iranian cemeteries, holy shrines and mosques — which normally are venues for the 40th-day ceremonies — have turned into scenes of the most extraordinary ways of mourning in the country, as victims’ families have been dancing to mourn as a sign of defiance.
Hundreds of videos circulating online from these ceremonies show parents, children, friends, wives and husbands of the victims dancing to upbeat music playing at mosques and holy shrine sites as a dramatic representation of their grief.
This is seen by many Iran watchers as an act of defiance, transforming a national collective pain into a form of resistance.
Videos show mourning women — even those from traditional and religious backgrounds — dancing in black, many of them without wearing a headscarf.
This comes as mosques and holy shrines have been important bases for the regime to spread the hardcore ideology its leaders stand by, which bans any kind of dance and music and scorns them as sins — let alone tolerating them in public or at holy sites.
The scenes have been witnessed at young victims’ commemoration ceremonies to highlight the happy life they deserved but were deprived of.
“No tears or words can express my pain,” a family member of one of the victims killed during protests in Tehran told ABC News on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“I always dreamt of dancing at his wedding,” she said. “I felt this burning pain in my chest as I was dancing by the side of his grave. My dream was taken away by a bullet.”
The remerging of the protests comes as the United States and Islamic Republic leaders are preparing for another round of talks in Geneva on Thursday to discuss a possible nuclear deal.
Photo of Wall Street (Matteo Colombo/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — Stocks slid on Monday morning in the first trading session since President Donald Trump announced a new 15% tariff on most imported goods, intensifying his effort to impose levies that were struck down by the Supreme Court.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 90 points, or 0.1%, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq declined 0.1%.
Cryptocurrency prices tumbled in early trading on Monday. The price of bitcoin fell nearly 2%, putting it at about $66,075.
Gold prices jumped to their highest level in three weeks as investors sought the safe-heaven asset amid heightened uncertainty.
In a social media post on Monday, Trump reiterated his criticism of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court, Trump said, “accidentally and unwittingly gave me, as President of the United States, far more powers and strength than I had prior.”
Trump retains the power to levy a 15% tariff for up to 150 days under the Trade Act of 1974, which allows the president to address trade disparities with other countries.
Hours after the Supreme Court ruling on Friday, Trump said he would sign an executive order enacting a new 10% “global tariff,” invoking authority under Section 122. On Saturday, Trump escalated the tariff to 15%.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner attend Human Rights Campaign’s 2025 Los Angeles Dinner at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Human Rights Campaign)
(NEW YORK) — Nick Reiner is set to enter a plea to murder charges on Monday following his arrest late last year in the stabbing deaths of his parents, renowned director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner.
The 32-year-old faces two counts of first-degree murder with the special circumstance of multiple murders.
He was set to enter a plea last month at a hearing in Los Angeles, before his defense attorney, Alan Jackson, withdrew from the case during the court appearance. Nick Reiner agreed to delay his arraignment and was assigned a public defender.
He remains in jail on no bail.
Jackson told reporters after court that he had to withdraw as Nick Reiner’s counsel due to “circumstances beyond our control, but more importantly, circumstances beyond Nick’s control.”
“Pursuant to the law in California, Nick Reiner is not guilty of murder,” he added. “We wish him the very best moving forward.”
A Reiner family spokesperson said at the time, “They have the utmost trust in the legal process and will not comment further on matters related to the legal proceedings.”
Nick Reiner made a brief first court appearance on Dec. 17, during which he waived the right to a speedy arraignment.
Since then, sources told ABC News that law enforcement and defense attorneys had been working to piece together Nick Reiner’s psychiatric and substance abuse history.
He has a documented history of addiction and substance abuse treatment, and friends have told investigators that his mental health had been deteriorating prior to the fatal stabbings.
Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home on Dec. 14, 2025.
The night before, Nick Reiner — who had been living on his parents’ property — got into an argument with Rob Reiner at a holiday party and was seen acting strangely, sources told ABC News.
Nick Reiner was taken into custody in downtown Los Angeles hours after the bodies were discovered.
Rob and Michele Reiners’ other children, Jake and Romy Reiner, said in a statement following their parents’ deaths, “Words cannot even begin to describe the unimaginable pain we are experiencing.”
“The horrific and devastating loss of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is something that no one should ever experience. They weren’t just our parents; they were our best friends,” they said.
Family photo posted on Eric Richins’ Facebook. (Facebook / Eric Richins)
(NEW YORK) — The murder trial of Kouri Richins, a Utah mom accused of fatally poisoning her husband with fentanyl who self-published a children’s book on grieving following his death, is set to get underway with opening statements on Monday.
The 35-year-old realtor was charged with aggravated murder in connection with the 2022 death of her husband, Eric Richins, following a lengthy investigation. Prosecutors allege she spiked his cocktail with a lethal dose of fentanyl.
Her charges also include attempted aggravated murder, with prosecutors alleging she gave her husband a sandwich laced with fentanyl on Valentine’s Day two weeks before his death in an initial, failed attempt to kill him.
She has pleaded not guilty. The trial in Park City is scheduled to last up to five weeks.
“Kouri has waited nearly three years for this moment: the opportunity to have the facts of this case heard by a jury, free from the prosecution’s narrative that has dominated headlines since her arrest,” Kouri Richins’ attorneys — Wendy Lewis, Kathy Nester and Alex Ramos — said in a statement ahead of Monday’s opening statements. “Now the state must prove the allegations beyond a reasonable doubt.”
“What the public has been told bears little resemblance to the truth,” the statement continued. “We welcome the courtroom, where evidence is bound by rules, not sensational coverage. Kouri is a mother who wants to go home to her children. We are confident this jury will make that possible.”
Prosecutors allege that Kouri Richins was in “financial distress” due to her realty company’s debts and believed she would have financially benefited from her husband’s death, according to the charging document. They also allege she was having an affair and purportedly told a witness months before her husband’s death that she “felt ‘stuck’ and ‘trapped’ in her marriage and it would be better if Eric Richins just died,” according to the charging document.
Eric Richins, 39, was found dead in the couple’s bedroom in the early hours of March 4, 2022. An autopsy determined he died from fentanyl intoxication, and the level of fentanyl in his blood was approximately five times the lethal dosage, according to the charging document. The medical examiner determined the fentanyl was “illicit fentanyl,” not medical grade, according to the charging document.
Prosecutors allege that Kouri Richins purchased illicit fentanyl shortly before the Valentine’s Day incident and again before his death, at which point she allegedly asked for stronger drugs.
Weeks before her husband’s death, she is accused of fraudulently securing a life insurance policy for her husband with his forged signature, and then fraudulently claiming the benefits following his death, according to the charging document.
Kouri Richins has proclaimed her innocence, speaking out from jail in an audio recording released in May 2024.
“The world has yet to hear who I really am, what I’ve really done or didn’t do,” Kouri Richins insisted in the audio, provided to ABC News through a trusted confidant. “What I really didn’t do is murder my husband.”
Kouri Richins has remained in Summit County Jail since her arrest in May 2023.
A month prior to her arrest, the mom of three young sons appeared on a “Good Things Utah” segment on Salt Lake City ABC affiliate KTVX to promote her children’s book. In the segment, Kouri Richins said her husband of nine years died “unexpectedly” and that his death “completely took us all by shock.”
Kouri Richins also faces over two dozen charges in a separate case filed last year alleging she committed mortgage fraud in 2021. The charging document alleges she submitted falsified bank statements in support of mortgage loan applications for her realty business, committed money laundering and issued bad checks.
The charges in the case also allege she murdered her husband for financial gain as she “stood on the precipice of total financial collapse.” According to the charging document, around the time of Eric Richins’ death, her realty company owed lenders nearly $5 million, and his estate was worth approximately $5 million.
Paul Mescal and Gracie Abrams attend the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards, Feb. 22, 2026 in London, England. (Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Gracie Abrams and her boyfriend Paul Mescal made their red carpet debut as a couple Sunday at the BAFTAs, the U.K. equivalent of the Oscars.
The two, who’ve been linked since 2024, have kept their relationship private in the past, but they were hand-in-hand at the London event, where Paul and his film Hamnet were nominated. Gracie even kissed Paul on the cheek as they posed for photos.
While Hamnet, which is about William Shakespeare and his family, won the award for outstanding British film, Paul lost the best supporting actor trophy to One Battle After Another star Sean Penn. Paul’s Hamnet co-star Jessie Buckley did win leading actress, though.
According to Vogue, Gracie’s gown, featuring beaded floral embroidery, was from Matthieu Blazy’s pre-fall 2026 collection from Chanel. Paul, meanwhile, wore a black tux with a white collarless shirt.
The BAFTA red carpet moment came a few days after the two made their first public appearance together, at a London screening of Paul McCartney’s new documentary, Man on the Run. Paul is playing McCartney in an upcoming biopic.
In other BAFTA news, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami and EJAE, the voices of KPop Demon Hunters‘ HUNTR/X, gave the first performance of “Golden” outside the U.S. at the ceremony. The movie itself was ruled ineligible for nomination, however, due to it not receiving a theatrical release before debuting on Netflix.
