Mike WiLL Made-It attends the 2024 ForbesBLK Summit at The Eastern on June 24, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/WireImage)/Hit-Boy attends the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2025 on September 18, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company)
The next Verzuz battle will be a showdown between producers. Mike WiLL Made-It and Hit-Boy are set to go hit for hit on Jan. 30.
The Return of the Producers battle will air live at 5 p.m. PT from the Apple Music Studios in Los Angeles. It will be presented by Complex, which helmed Verzuz’s comeback featuring Cash Money and No Limit Records during ComplexCon 2025 in October. Complex’s Jordan Rose and Apple Music’s Ebro Darden will provide the commentary.
“ITS ON THE FLO ! CELEBRATION OF THE CATALOGS! REAL 1S KNOW THIS CATALOG TOO DEEP,” Mike captioned an Instagram post. His production discography includes Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble,” “XXX,” “DNA,” Beyoncé’s “Formation” and Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles.”
Hit-Boy produced the beats for Jay-Z and Ye’s “N***** in Paris,” Travis Scott’s “SICKO MODE,” “Clique,” Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé’s “Feeling Myself” and Nas‘ Grammy-winning album King’s Disease, among others.
Verzuz is a celebration of catalogs where musicians play their hits in a song-for-song format. It kicked off during the pandemic with a battle between cofounders and producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, before it went on to include face-offs between artists. The upcoming showdown will be its second since its return following some legal disputes.
Hit-Boy x Verzuz x GAS Trading Cards are now available for purchase on Complex’s webstore.
Darth Maul takes center stage in the upcoming animated series Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord.
Disney has announced that the new show will premiere on Disney+ on April 6. The teaser trailer and poster for the series also debuted on Thursday.
The show is set after the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and follows Maul as he plots to rebuild “his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire,” according to an official synopsis. “There, he crosses paths with a disillusioned young Jedi Padawan who could be the apprentice he is seeking to aid him in his relentless pursuit for revenge.”
Two episodes will premiere every week, with the final two episodes debuting on, what else, May the 4th — Star Wars Day.
“We have all been made to suffer,” Maul says in the teaser trailer. “We survive but do not live.”
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord was created by Dave Filoni, who recently took on the role of president and chief creative officer of Lucasfilm after Kathleen Kennedy stepped down in January 2026. It is based on characters created by George Lucas.
Sam Witwer leads the voice cast as Maul. Newly minted Oscar nominee Wagner Moura also stars as Brander Lawson. The rest of the voice cast includes Gideon Adlon as Devon Izara, Richard Ayoade as Two-Boots, Dennis Haysbert as Master Eeko-Dio-Daki, Chris Diamantopoulos as Looti Vario, Charlie Bushnell as Rylee Lawson, Vanessa Marshall as Rook Kast, David C. Collins as Spybot, A.J. LoCascio as Marrok and SteveBlum as Icarus.
Harry Styles Together, Together tour (Courtesy Live Nation)
Harry Styles announced Thursday that he will be going on a limited tour for the first time since 2023.
Together, Together, which is promoted by Live Nation, will consist of 50 shows in seven cities: Amsterdam, London, São Paolo, Mexico City, New York, Melbourne and Sydney. The tours launches in May and wraps up in December.
Notably, New York City is the only city in North America where Styles will perform for this tour, set to have 30 shows from August through October.
Special guests for the tour are Robyn, Shania Twain, Fcukers, Jorja Smith, Jamie xx, Fousheé and Skye Newman across select dates.
The announcement comes ahead of the release of Styles’ fourth studio album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., which is set to release on March 6.
The album’s lead single, “Aperture,” will premiere globally Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.
Presales and general sales for Together, Together are set take place at varying dates by city beginning Jan. 28.
Paul McCartney and Wings hit #1 in the U.S. with the triple live album Wings Over America.
The album was recorded during the U.S. leg of the Wings Over the World Tour, which ran from 1975 to 1976.
The album included live performances of Wings tracks like “Band on the Run,” “Live and Let Die,” “Let ‘em In” and “Silly Love Songs,” as well as five Beatles songs, “Yesterday,” “Lady Madonna,” “I’ve just Seen a Face,” “Blackbird” and “The Long and Winding Road.”
The album was one of four number ones for McCartney and his post-Beatles band Wings. The others were 1973’s Band on the Run and Red Rose Speedway, and 1976’s At the Speed of Sound.
McCartney’s post-Beatles career, including his time with Wings, is the subject of the new documentary Man on the Run, which will debut Feb. 27 on Prime Video.
Cover art for Def Leppard’s ‘Rejoice’ (Mercury Records)
Def Leppard is back with new music.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band has just debuted the new single “Rejoice.” It’s their first new track since releasing the single “Just Like 73,” featuring Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, in 2024.
“This song’s been an amazing journey from concept to conclusion,” says frontman Joe Elliott. “I said to Phil [Collen] one day, ‘I’ve got this idea for a lyric where the narrator is at absolute rock bottom and wants to rise up to a higher level. Do you have a musical piece that might match with that?’ And he said, ‘As it happens, yes I do.’”
“I had this riff, this idea for a song a while ago actually, so when Joe came to me I created this drum loop based with a tribal sound and it fit perfectly with this other arrangement I had,” Collen says. “I sent it to Joe and it was like magic – he sang straight over the top of it. And that’s how the song was formed.”
“We love it. It’s hard rock for us,” Collen adds. “It’s got a bit more of an ‘oomph’ than stuff we’ve been doing for a while. It’s kind of magical.”
Def Leppard fans can expect to hear them play “Rejoice” live for the first time when they launch Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Feb. 3. The residency runs through Feb. 28.
A complete list of Def Leppard dates can be found at DefLeppard.com.
A woman confronts ICE agents casing a neighborhood on Sherburne Avenue in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, Jan. 20. (Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
(COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn.) — A 5-year-old boy was taken into custody with his father by ICE agents in Minnesota on Tuesday in what some local officials say is the latest instance of heightened federal immigration enforcement in the state.
The family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was detained on Tuesday as part of the federal government’s ongoing immigration crackdown, has a pending asylum case but no order of deportation directing that they be removed from the United States, officials at Conejo Ramos’ school said in a statement.
The 5-year-old was apprehended by immigration officials shortly after arriving home from preschool while his father was in their driveway, officials said.
“Another adult living in the home was outside and begged the agents to let them take care of the small child, but was refused,” officials from Conejo Ramos’ school said. “Instead, the agent took the child out of the still-running vehicle, led him to the door, and directed him to knock — asking to be let in to see if anyone else was home — essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”
The father and child are both government custody, school officials said.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said, “ICE did NOT target a child. The child was ABANDONED.”
“On January 20, ICE conducted a targeted operation to arrest Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, an illegal alien from Ecuador who was RELEASED into the U.S. by the Biden administration,” the statement said. “As agents approached the driver, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, fled on foot — abandoning his child. For the child’s safety, one of our ICE officers remained with the child while the other officers apprehended Conejo Arias.”
“Parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children, or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates. This is consistent with past administration’s immigration enforcement,” the DHS statement said.
School officials said that three other students from their district have been recently detained by immigration authorities.
According to the officials, two weeks ago, a 10-year-old fourth grader was detained by ICE agents on her way to elementary school with her mother. During the arrest, officials said, the child called her father to tell him the ICE agents were bringing her to school.
“The father immediately came to the school to find that both his daughter and wife had been taken,” officials said. “By the end of the school day, they were already in a detention center in Texas, and they are still there.”
On Wednesday, a 17-year-old high school student was detained by “armed and masked agents,” school officials said.
“Our children should not be afraid to come to school or wait at the bus stop,” Board Chair Mary Granlund said in a statement. “Their families should not be afraid to drop off or pick up their children from school.”
Diane Warren attends The BAFTA Tea presented by Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic & sponsored by Bentley Beverly Hills. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for BAFTA)
Diane Warren is in the running for an Oscar yet again.
The legendary songwriter has earned a best original song nomination for “Dear Me” from her documentary Diane Warren: Relentless.
She’s up against songs from KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners, Viva Verdi! and Train Dreams.
This is the ninth straight year Warren has earned a best original song nomination, which marks her 17th nod in the category.
If she loses, she will have the most Oscar nominations without a win. She’s currently tied with sound mixer Greg P. Russell for that record.
Though she’s never won, Warren does have an Oscar on her trophy shelf. She was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2022.
The 2026 Oscars will air on Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET on ABC.
Teyana Taylor at the Disney Advertising Upfront (Disney/Jose Alvarado)
Golden Globe winner Teyana Taylor has another chance to win a major award for her role in One Battle After Another. She’s been nominated for an Oscar in the category of best supporting actress.
“I fell asleep last night watching Pretty Woman, thinking about happy endings and how impossible they sometimes feel … and I woke up realizing I’ve been living in one that God has been preparing me for my own fairytale ending,” Teyana said in a statement, reacting to her first-ever Oscar nod.
“To be an Academy Award nominee is beyond anything I ever allowed myself to fully believe was possible. I am so deeply emotional, so humbled, and so grateful for every person who has walked this road with me & honored to be nominated alongside these amazing women in my category,” she continued.
Teyana is up against Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, who are nominated for their work in Sentimental Value; Amy Madigan for her role in Weapons; and Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners.
Teyana said the nod is a “gentle reminder that dreams really do survive,” as her “career has been filled with battles, doubts, and moments of deep uncertainty.”
“It has felt like one long fight for space, for respect, and for opportunity. … Today feels like a soft, beautiful ‘yes’ from the universe,” Teyana said. “And as I always say … the wait was not punishment, it was preparation for what was already written.”
She also thanked director “Paul ‘Let Him Cook’ Thomas Anderson.”
“I am emotional. I am humbled,” Teyana said. “My heart is full. My life is forever changed, and I give all glory to God.”
One Battle After Another is up for best picture and best casting, among other categories.
Roboto (Kristen Wiig), Man At Arms (Idris Elba), Adam (Nicholas Galitzine), Teela (Camila Mendes) and Cringer in ‘Masters of the Universe.’ (Amazon MGM Studios)
The teaser trailer for Masters of the Universe has arrived.
Amazon MGM Studios released the first trailer for the upcoming live-action film based on Mattel’s franchise of the same name on Thursday.
Travis Knight directs the movie, which stars Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man and Camila Mendes as Teela. It arrives in theaters on June 5.
The trailer finds Galitzine’s He-Man away from his home world and living on Earth, known by the name Adam Glenn.
“All that stuff that only exists in legends and bedtime stories — talking tigers, spaceships and magic swords that can make a man as mighty as a god — where I come from, that stuff is real,” He-Man says in a voice-over.
Galitzine posted the trailer to his Instagram, captioning it, “Discover your true POWER! Masters of the Universe is out in theaters only, June 5th.”
The actor previously shared the first look at his He-Man transformation in June 2025, when he confirmed that production on the film had ended.
“Well, that’s a wrap on Masters of the Universe. It has been an honour shouldering the responsibility of playing Adam and He Man,” Galitzine wrote at the time. “It’s been the role of a lifetime and I put everything into it. There’s not much I can show you, but I am so proud of the movie we’ve made. Thanks to our amazing cast and crew for all your hard work.”
The Masters of the Universe cast is rounded out by Morena Baccarin, James Purefoy, Alison Brie, Charlotte Riley, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Jared Leto, Idris Elba, Sam C. Wilson, HafthorBjornsson, Kojo Attah, Sasheer Zamata, Jon Xue Zhang and Christian Vunipola.
Zoe Ball with Phil Collins (Photo credit: Will Ireland, courtesy of Concord Music Group)
Phil Collins has given fans an update about his health in a new interview for the BBC.
Collins has been dealing with nerve damage from a spinal injury in 2007. His condition was so bad he had to perform shows seated during Genesis’ 2022 The Last Domino farewell tour, and he’s said it has left him unable to play drums.
In recent years, Collin has been dealing with even more health problems. During the interview with Zoe Ball, Collins described his health issues as “an ongoing thing,” noting, “You know, I have a 24-hour live-in nurse to make sure I take my medication as I should do.”
“I’ve had challenges with my knee, I had everything that could go wrong with me, did go wrong with me,” he continued. “I got COVID in hospital – my kidneys started to back up, you know, everything that started that could, all seemed to converge at the same time.”
When it comes to his knee, he said he’s had five surgeries before getting one “that works,” revealing “I can walk, albeit with assistance, you know, crutches or whatever.”
As for his kidney issues, he said, “I’d probably been drinking too much,” although he said he was “never drunk, although I fell over a couple of times.” He added, “It is just one of those things that happened and it all caught up with me and I spent months in hospital.”
Collins’ interview will debut as part of the fifth and final installment of the Eras: Phil Collins podcast, which debuts Jan. 26. Parts one to four are available now. The interview will also be broadcast on TV on BBC Two and iPlayer as a special, Phil Collins Eras: In Conversation, debuting Jan. 31.
