In brief: ‘Rivals’ season 2 premiere date and more

In brief: ‘Rivals’ season 2 premiere date and more
In brief: ‘Rivals’ season 2 premiere date and more

We now know when season 2 of Rivals is set to arrive on Hulu. The second season of the original comedy-drama series will debut its first three episodes on May 15. A teaser trailer for the new season also arrived, including stars David Tennant, Alex Hassell and Aidan Turner, and guest stars Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett

Dark Winds has been renewed for season 5 ahead of the upcoming season 4 premiere. The noir thriller show returns for its fourth season on Feb. 15. It was executive produced by the late Robert Redford, as well as George R.R. Martin. The fifth season begins filming in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in March and will debut in 2027 …

Blackpink‘s Lisa is gearing up for her next acting project. Deadline reports that she will star in a new romantic comedy for Netflix to be written by Set It Up‘s Katie Silberman. Lisa made her acting debut in The White Lotus season 3, where she met its executive producer David Bernad. She will once again collaborate with Bernad on this new project. While the film’s logline is under wraps, the premise was reportedly developed by Lisa and Bernad on The White Lotus set after they shared appreciation for the 1999 film Notting Hill

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In brief: ‘Rivals’ season 2 premiere date and more

In brief: ‘Rivals’ season 2 premiere date and more
In brief: ‘Rivals’ season 2 premiere date and more

We now know when season 2 of Rivals is set to arrive on Hulu. The second season of the original comedy-drama series will debut its first three episodes on May 15. A teaser trailer for the new season also arrived, including stars David Tennant, Alex Hassell and Aidan Turner, and guest stars Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett

Dark Winds has been renewed for season 5 ahead of the upcoming season 4 premiere. The noir thriller show returns for its fourth season on Feb. 15. It was executive produced by the late Robert Redford, as well as George R.R. Martin. The fifth season begins filming in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in March and will debut in 2027 …

Blackpink‘s Lisa is gearing up for her next acting project. Deadline reports that she will star in a new romantic comedy for Netflix to be written by Set It Up‘s Katie Silberman. Lisa made her acting debut in The White Lotus season 3, where she met its executive producer David Bernad. She will once again collaborate with Bernad on this new project. While the film’s logline is under wraps, the premise was reportedly developed by Lisa and Bernad on The White Lotus set after they shared appreciation for the 1999 film Notting Hill

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Scoreboard roundup — 2/5/26

Scoreboard roundup — 2/5/26
Scoreboard roundup — 2/5/26

(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Wizards 126, Pistons 117
Nets 98, Magic 118
Jazz 119, Hawks 121
Bulls 107, Raptors 123
Hornets 109, Rockets 99
Spurs 135, Mavericks 123
Warriors 101, Suns 97
76ers 115, Lakers 119

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Penguins 5, Sabres 2
Islanders 3, Devils 1
Hurricanes 2, Rangers 0
Senators 2, Flyers 1
Predators 2, Capitals 4
Panthers 1, Lightning 6
Kings 1, Golden Knights 4

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Why Luke Combs’ new baby means he’ll have 3 little ones in one room

Why Luke Combs’ new baby means he’ll have 3 little ones in one room
Why Luke Combs’ new baby means he’ll have 3 little ones in one room
Nicole Combs & Luke Combs (Disney/Michael Le Brecht)

As Luke Combs and his wife, Nicole Combs, welcome their third child, the country superstar says there’s only one word for their home life: “Chaotic!”

That’s largely because their housing situation isn’t at all what you’ve expect for one of the most successful artists in country music. 

“I’ll have three under 4, which will be [a] very, very interesting dynamic at the house — in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom house,” Luke tells ABC Audio. “We’ve been building a house for a couple years. It’s not quite done yet.”

“We will have three small children in the same room for about eight months,” he continues, “and I’m absolutely terrified of what that looks like. So that should be very interesting. We can do it, but it is going to be trying for sure.” 

Big brother Tex Lawrence Combs arrived in June 2022, while Beau Lee Combs followed in August 2023. 

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Coco Jones says she’s a vessel representing what ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ means to Black culture

Coco Jones says she’s a vessel representing what ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ means to Black culture
Coco Jones says she’s a vessel representing what ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ means to Black culture
Coco Jones speaks onstage during the Super Bowl LX Pregame & Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Press Conference at Moscone Center West on February 05, 2026, in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Coco Jones is set to give fans a “Taste” of Black history on Sunday when she performs “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the Super Bowl pregame show — a responsibility she approached with care and research.

“Something that I like to do to really understand the gravity of what I’m doing and what I am representing is to look at the history of how ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ even came into fruition from poetry to being the song that became a staple for our culture,” she said at the Apple Music Super Bowl 60 pregame show press conference Thursday.

That understanding, she explained, was important because she sees herself as vessel rather than the focus of the performance.

“Being able to have this light on the culture is a moment in itself. I’m just the vessel that is able to represent what this means to the culture,” she said, adding her thoughts are with the people who came before her and those that will come after.

“[I’m] thinking about younger me and what she needed to see, how she needed be taught that she could walk into rooms,” she said. “[I’m] thinking about the youth, thinking about my grandma and my ancestors and the women that came before me … what they would need to see to … confirm that everything was worth it.”

Coco said it’s hard to think of a moment topping this one, noting, “This is one of the most highly viewed events of all time, so it’s hard to compete. It’s hard to compete. Maybe my wedding will be up there.”

As for how she plans to prepare before stepping onto the field, Coco said she’ll snack on some Lay’s potato chips. “Whitney Houston said it makes your voice more oiled and loose,” she said.

Super Bowl 60 kicks off Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

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Super Bowl singer Charlie Puth hopes viewers ‘feel inspired’ by his take on ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’

Super Bowl singer Charlie Puth hopes viewers ‘feel inspired’ by his take on ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
Super Bowl singer Charlie Puth hopes viewers ‘feel inspired’ by his take on ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
Charlie Puth speaks during the Super Bowl LX Pregame Press Conference on February 5, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

On Sunday, Charlie Puth will follow in the footsteps of stars like Billy Joel, Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson when he sings the national anthem at the Super Bowl. And he said he’s been thinking about how to make the song his own since he got the job in November.

“The arrangement is everything for me,” Charlie said at the Apple Music Super Bowl 60 pregame show press conference in San Francisco on Thursday. “I always reverse engineer how I hear my own music in my head and then it’s kind of just like pulling it apart and making it a feasible product. … So I’ve been rehearsing this in my head for months, if that makes sense.”

At one point during the press conference, Charlie slipped into his “Professor Puth” persona, explaining that the anthem is a “very musically difficult song to sing” because he has to hit “five more notes above the octave.” 

But when asked what he wants fans to take away from his rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Charlie said simply, “I want them to feel inspired. I want everybody to know that music is such an amazing thing and can change so many people’s lives.”

When the talk turned to sports, Charlie and “America the Beautiful” pregame singer Brandi Carlile admitted they were terrible athletes as children.

“I played baseball and would kick the dirt by third base. I was not good at sports,” Charlie laughed. “I know that’s very awkward to admit at such a sporty event, but … I tried swimming, tennis, no. Soccer, I would do a backflip in the mud. I always heard the music in my head.”

Super Bowl 60 airs on NBC Sunday night.

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Shiny and chrome: Puscifer channels ‘Mad Max’ on new album, ‘Normal Isn’t’

Shiny and chrome: Puscifer channels ‘Mad Max’ on new album, ‘Normal Isn’t’
Shiny and chrome: Puscifer channels ‘Mad Max’ on new album, ‘Normal Isn’t’
‘Normal Isn’t’ album artwork. (Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG)

With Pusicifer‘s new album, Normal Isn’t, Maynard James Keenan and company did what they always do, which is to say that they did something completely different.

“The challenge that we’ve placed in front of ourselves … is to do something different than the last album,” Keenan tells ABC Audio. “Not just for the sake of being different, just literally as a challenge to just kinda figure out how we can push ourselves.”

One way Puscifer changed up their approach on Normal Isn’t was with Keenan and bandmate Mat Mitchell‘s songwriting process.

“Normally, Mat’s presenting things and I’m reacting,” Keenan explains. “So a few of the songs, we kinda flipped it around where I’m handing him things. So for him, that was his new challenge, interpreting what my ideas were and coming back with something that made it better.”

Normal Isn’t certainly has a distinct feel compared to Puscifer’s last record, 2020’s Existential Reckoning. If Existential Reckoning was the soundtrack to a hedonistic dance party during the apocalypse, the world has fully ended on Normal Isn’t and explores the consequences of that new reality.

“I would say the last one was far more cinematic, trying to widen your perspective on what you’re seeing, what you’re looking at, how you’re gonna navigate it,” Keenan says. “And then this one is definitely Mad Max. We’re scrambling for gasoline.”

One thing that Normal Isn’t is not is subtle. Take the song “Self Evident,” which Keenan opens with the lyric “You’re an idiot.”

“At some point, you just have to say it,” Keenan says. “Trying to dress it up and kinda beat around the bush, so to speak it, isn’t working, so f*** it. You’re a dumba**.” 

Normal Isn’t is out now. Puscifer will launch a U.S. tour in March.

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Def Leppard releases behind-the-scenes look at residency rehearsals for new song ‘Rejoice’

Def Leppard releases behind-the-scenes look at residency rehearsals for new song ‘Rejoice’
Def Leppard releases behind-the-scenes look at residency rehearsals for new song ‘Rejoice’
Guitarist Vivian Campbell, bass guitarist Rick Savage, drummer Rick Allen, singer Joe Elliott and guitarist Phil Collen of Def Leppard perform during their Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on February 03, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Live Nation Las Vegas)

Def Leppard performed their new song “Rejoice” live for the first time during the opening night of their Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, and now they’re giving fans a look at what it took to get it to the stage.

The band has released a behind-the-scenes look at their rehearsals of the residency, particularly their work on “Rejoice.” Phil Collen says of the track, “It’s fun, it’s a rock song.”

He says that frontman Joe Elliott came to him and said he had lyrics about “finding yourself and coming to terms with yourself and actually enjoying who you are, kind of happy and rejoice and triumphant and all that stuff,” and asked him if he had any kind of mid-tempo music to go with it. Collen says he actually had “this thing sitting around for ages,” which they were able to turn into the song.

The video was shot during early rehearsals for the residency, and Vivian Campbell says getting the song right wasn’t necessarily easy.

“Like anything new, it’s a bit of a challenge, some songs more than others,” he says. He notes that with “Rejoice” the issue was getting the vocals and the guitar riffs to sound right together, calling the vocals “pretty relentless.”

Campbell adds that while it was only day three of rehearsals, “I think we’ve got it. It’s starting to come together.”

Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency runs through Feb. 28, with their next show on Saturday. A complete list of dates can be found at DefLeppard.com.

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‘Terrifier’ star Lauren LaVera on her new horror film, ‘Twisted’

‘Terrifier’ star Lauren LaVera on her new horror film, ‘Twisted’
‘Terrifier’ star Lauren LaVera on her new horror film, ‘Twisted’
Lauren LaVera in ‘Twisted.’ (Republic Pictures)

A savvy scammer meets a surgeon with a sick sense of morality in the new horror movie Twisted. Lauren LaVera stars as a scam artist who tangles with a neurosurgeon played by Djimon Hounsou.

LaVera, best known for her role in the ultra-bloody Terrifier franchise, is no stranger to the horror genre.

“I don’t know what it is about me that directors want to just throw all the blood on me,” LaVera told ABC Audio.

LaVera’s first major role in the industry came on the set of the M. Night Shyamalan thriller Split, where she played a body double for Anya Taylor-Joy.

“I was terrified, because I love M. Night Shyamalan,” LaVera said.

She said The Sixth Sense director would often bring her behind the camera to observe the directing process.

“Seeing that kind of passion for this art form really influenced me,” LaVera said. “I saw that you can be this kind person and this incredible artist at the same time.”

In Twisted, LaVera tackles a morally complex character in Paloma, a grifter who attempts to sell rented properties to unsuspecting buyers — until she crosses Hounsou’s Dr. Robert Kezian, who’s on a mission to bring his dead wife back from the grave.

LaVera said Paloma isn’t so different from her Terrifier character, Sienna.

“If we’re using these two women on opposite ends of the moral spectrum — they just had different upbringings. And it’s kind of like that nature versus nurture.”

Another similarity between Terrifier and Twisted is an emphasis on practical horror effects.

“It’s like assisted acting,” said LaVera. “When you have practicals, you can literally see what’s happening in the scene, and that will help influence your reaction to that.”

But it is still gross, she said: “I do not like being covered in blood. Especially when it’s sticky.”

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Lily Cornell Silver launches Josie on the Rocks band

Lily Cornell Silver launches Josie on the Rocks band
Lily Cornell Silver launches Josie on the Rocks band
Lily Cornell Silver at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Cristian Lopez)

Lily Cornell Silver, the eldest daughter of the late Chris Cornell, has launched a band called Josie on the Rocks.

Lily says in an Instagram post that she actually started the band, which she sings in, five years ago. She writes, “Being in this band was the happiest part of my life.”

“I never really shared about it publicly because it made me so happy that I was honestly terrified to taint it with any public expectation or scrutiny,” Lily writes. “Playing with these boys pulled me out of an awful place and gave me a sense of purpose I’d never felt before.”

As Lily was getting closer to being comfortable with releasing music, the band’s drummer, Graham Derzon-Supplee, passed away.

“Then Graham died, and it seemed like the most senseless thing in the world,” Lily says. “It hasn’t really been until the last year that the three of us have talked seriously about releasing songs so that this part of Graham could live on.”

Now, Josie and the Rocks are officially making their debut with the songs “Not You” and “Super Sonic.” “Not You” is accompanied by a video, which you can watch on YouTube.

Chris shared Lily with his first wife, Susan Silver. He had two kids with his second wife, Vicky Cornell, daughter Toni Cornell and son Christopher Cornell.

Lily introduced Soundgarden’s performance at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. 

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