After several delays, Ye has finally released his Bully album, as well as a music video for the single “Father” featuring Travis Scott and directed by his wife, Bianca Censori. Don Toliver, CeeLo Green, Peso Pluma and Andre Troutman are also featured on the project. Ye is making headlines for “King,” on which he credits Martin Luther King Jr. for helping to make his interracial marriage possible. “I brought a white queen to the altar/ Couldn’t happen without Martin Luther,” Ye raps.
Toosii may go from having your “Favorite Song” to being your favorite football player. He is officially listed on the 2026 roster of Louisiana State University’s Tigers football program. According to the website, the rapper, born Nau’Jour Grainger, is a freshman wide receiver wearing jersey #89.
Ticketek is issuing refunds to those who attended the Wu-Tang Clan Final Chamber tour stops in Melbourne and Sydney. The show, part of Wu’s last tour featuring all of Wu’s members, was missing Method Man, Raekwon, Cappadonna and Young Dirty Bastard. “We want to make fans aware that due to unforeseen circumstances, a couple of members will be unable to join the remaining tour dates in Melbourne and Sydney,” the ticketing platform said in a statement ahead of the shows, according to Billboard. Wu had previously announced Meth would not be performing, but made no mention of the other members.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with ABC News on Good Morning America, March 30, 2026. (ABC News)
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. is engaged in serious talks with a “new” and “more reasonable” regime in Iran as the war enters its fifth week.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during an appearance on “Good Morning America,” declined to say who exactly the U.S. is negotiating with.
“Well, I’m not going to disclose to you who those people are, because it probably would get them in trouble with some other groups of people inside of Iran. Look, there’s some fractures going on there internally,” Rubio said.
“And if there are new people now in charge who have a more reasonable vision of the future, that would be good news for us, for them, for the entire world,” the secretary continued. “But we also have to be prepared for the possibility, maybe even the probability that that is not the case.”
When pushed for more clarity, Rubio said, “You have people there that are saying some of the right things privately.”
“But at the end of the day, we have to see if these people end up being the ones in charge, seeing if they’re the ones that have the power to deliver. We’re going to test it. We are hopeful that’s the case,” he went on. “There are clearly people there talking to us in ways that previous people in charge in Iran have not spoken to us in the past.”
Iranian officials have denied any direct talks with the U.S., saying that messages have been passed through intermediaries. Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said Monday, “We have not had any negotiations with America.”
The U.S. presented Iran with a 15-point framework for a peace deal by way of Pakistan last week. Baqaei commented on the U.S. proposal during a press conference Monday.
“The information that has been conveyed to us [from the US], regardless of what name you want to give it, as 15 articles or whatever you call it, involved a large number of requests that are excessive, unrealistic, and illogical,” Baqaei said.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that the country would host talks between the U.S. and Iran “in the coming days.” There has not been confirmation from either Iran or the U.S. on when exactly these talks would take place or who will be involved for either side.
Trump on Sunday told reporters he could “see a deal” being made with Iran soon, though “it’s possible we won’t.”
The president suggested talks were moving in a positive direction because Iran allowed 20 oil tankers to pass through the critical Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blocked to international shipping traffic after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on the country last month.
Trump on Monday continued to tout progress but also threatened major U.S. attacks on Tehran’s energy infrastructure and more if a diplomatic off-ramp isn’t reached.
“The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran,” he wrote in a post to his social media platform.
“Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately ‘Open for Business,’ we will conclude our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet ‘touched,'” the president posted.
Last week, Trump extended the deadline for Iran to reopen the strait twice. Trump said the U.S. would continue a pause on energy site attacks until next Monday, April 6.
Trump has not ruled out using ground troops in Iran. Experts say troops could be used to seize Iran’s nuclear material or Kharg Island, the country’s primary oil export hub.
“I just have lots of alternatives,” Trump said on Sunday.
More U.S. service members have arrived in the Middle East, including roughly 3,500 sailors and Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
“Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options,” Trump told the news outlet.
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos pressed Rubio on Monday about how the president would go about taking Kharg Island and whether it would require American troops on the ground.
Rubio was noncommittal, but said again that Iran’s threats about controlling the Strait of Hormuz in perpetuity needed to be addressed.
“That’s not going to be allowed to happen. And the president has a number of options available to him, if he so chooses, to prevent that from happening,” Rubio said.
“There is a way forward here. We are going to achieve our objectives in a matter of weeks, not months.”
ABC News’ Nicholas Kerr, Emily Chang and Meghan Mistry contributed to this report.
Phil Collins hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “One More Night,” the first single from his third studio album, No Jacket Required, which went to #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.
The song spent two weeks at #1, before being knocked out by the all-star charity single “We Are the World.”
The track was one of seven solo #1 hits for Collins. Others include: “Another Day in Paradise,” “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now),” “Two Hearts,” “Groovy Kind of Love,” “Separate Lives” and “Sussudio.”
Collins is currently nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. He was inducted in 2010 as a member of Genesis.
All the members of Backstreet Boys are dads, so it’s not surprising that they’ve contributed a new song to the soundtrack of a movie based on the beloved kids’ show Paw Patrol.
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie arrives in theaters on Aug. 14, and in the trailer, you can hear a bit of the song, called “Bottle Up,” which is available to presave now. It’s the group’s first new music since “HEY,” a song on their Millennium 2.0 reissue from last year.
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie finds the pups landing on an uncharted island populated by dinosaurs. They swing into action when their archrival Mayor Humdinger starts a mining operation on the island, causing a dormant volcano to erupt.
The day the movie hits theaters, Backstreet will be performing at Sphere Las Vegas, as part of a string of summer dates which begin July 16. Will they perform the new song as part of their set? We’ll have to stay tuned.
Billboard‘s saying “Amen” to another week at #1 for Shaboozey and Jelly Roll, as their collaboration manages to stay atop the Country Airplay ranking.
Both artists have had previous multi-week chart-toppers, with Shaboozey’s “Good News” enjoying two weeks at #1 in 2025 and “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hanging around for seven weeks in 2024.
“Amen” is Jelly Roll’s sixth multi-week #1 since 2023, when “Liar” stayed at the top for six weeks. His song “Need a Favor” topped the chart for four weeks, and “I Am Not Okay” held the title for three weeks. “Heart of Stone” and “Save Me” with Lainey Wilson both stayed at the top for two weeks.
Eric Clapton performs onstage during Day 2 of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival at Crypto.com Arena on September 24, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Crossroads Guitar Festival)
Eric Clapton is bringing back his Crossroads Guitar Festival yet again.
The three-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will hold his seventh annual festival Sept. 26-27 at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, with a lineup that includes the first-ever appearance from The Who’s Pete Townshend.
Clapton will perform both nights of the festival. Other artists on the bill include ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons, John Mayer, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Marcus King, and more, with Phish’s Trey Anastasio, Tommy Emmanuel and Julian Lage also set to make their first Crossroads appearance.
This year’s festival will celebrate the 28th anniversary of the Clapton’s Crossroads Centre Antigua, which provides treatment and education to chemically and alcohol dependent persons and their families.
Tickets for Crossroads Guitar Festival go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. A full list of performers can be found at CrossroadsGuitarFestival.com.
Clapton’s first Crossroads Guitar Festival took place in June 1999 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The last festival took place in September 2023 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Sydney Sweeney attends the 41st annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Barbara, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Kim Novak is speaking out about the upcoming drama Scandalous, saying she would have “never approved” the film about her relationship with Sammy Davis Jr., which is set to star Sydney Sweeney as Novak.
Novak told The Times of London in an interview that was published on Friday that Sweeney “sticks out so much above the waist.”
She also expressed concern that the film would focus too heavily on the sexual side of her relationship with Davis Jr. rather than their personal connection.
“There’s no way it wouldn’t be a sexual relationship because Sydney Sweeney looks sexy all the time,” Novak said. “She was totally wrong to play me.”
ABC News has reached out to Sweeney’s representative, but did not hear back immediately.
The project was first reported by Deadline in October 2024, with Colman Domingo attached to direct and Miramax developing the film. In addition to Sweeney, David Jonsson is set to star as Davis Jr.
In contrast to Novak’s comments, Sweeney told People in October 2025 that she is “incredibly honored” to take on the role.
“I think her story is still very relevant today in that she dealt with Hollywood and scrutiny with her relationships and her own private life and the control of her image,” she said at the time. “And I think that for me, I relate to it in a lot of different ways.”
Novak and Davis Jr. first met in 1956 when they both appeared as guests on The Steve Allen Show.
Their relationship became public in 1958 after a Chicago newspaper columnist reported on their romance and suggested they might marry, according to Hitchcock’s Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director’s Dark Obsession by Laurence Leamer.
Novak denied the report, and days later, Davis Jr. married singer Loray White; their marriage lasted about a year.
Novak later married actor Richard Johnson in 1965, and after their divorce, she went on to marry veterinarian Robert Malloy in 1976. The couple remained together until he died in 2021.
The mysterious masked band PRESIDENT has announced a U.S. headlining tour.
The trek kicks off Sept. 4 in Nashville and will wrap up Oct. 14 in Dallas. It follows PRESIDENT’s recent run opening for Bad Omens, which marked their first full-length U.S. tour.
Presales begin Thursday at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit PRESIDENTBand.com.
PRESIDENT just released a new song called “Mercy” on March 26. The band’s song “Destroy Me” is currently charting on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay tally.
Taylor Swift wins at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 26, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Beatles legend Paul McCartney attracted a star-studded lineup to his intimate show Saturday night in LA.
Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo were both photographed at the concert, while CNN reported that Billie Eilish was also there, along with Stevie Nicks and Paul’s former bandmate Ringo Starr. Others on the guest list included Sabrina Carpenter, Christina Aguilera and famous actors Harrison Ford, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carrell, Jon Hamm and more, according to other reports.
The show at the Fonda Theater, which only holds 1,200 people, was one of two Paul played following the announcement of his new album. He performed multiple Beatles classics, including “Get Back,” “Let It Be,” “Hey Jude” and “Lady Madonna,” as well as work from his solo career and his time with his band Wings.
VIVA LA LISA! That’s the name of the new Las Vegas residency announced Monday by BLACKPINK’s LISA.
The White Lotus actress, singer and rapper will perform at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in November, making her the first K-pop artist ever to have a Las Vegas residency.
So far, LISA is playing a limited run of dates: November 13 and 14, and November 27 and 28. You can sign up for the presale starting April 1 through April 19 via Ticketmaster. The presale begins April 22 at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets go on sale to the general public on April 23 at 10 a.m. PT at Ticketmaster.
LISA’s 2025 album Alter Ego featured the singles “Rockstar,” “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me)” and “Born Again,” featuring RAYE and Doja Cat.
With BLACKPINK, LISA recently concluded the DEADLINE World Tour, ahead of the release of their EP of the same name.
