U2 has another top 10 hit. The band’s latest release, Songs of Surrender, debuts at five on theBillboard200 Albums chart this week. The Irish rockers moved 46,500 equivalent album units of Songs of Surrender to land their 13th top 10 record.
With the new chart placement, U2 is now the fourth group to chart a top 10 album in each decade from the 1980s to the 2020s. The others are AC/DC, Def Leppard and Metallica.
As previously reported, Songs of Surrender, which has U2 rerecording and reimagining 40 of their classic hits, has already topped the U.K. Official Albums chart, making it their 11th U.K. number one.
Madonna is taking a stand against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Tennessee and other states.
The Queen of Pop has announced an additional concert on her upcoming Celebration Tour: She’ll perform in Nashville on December 22. A portion of the proceeds from the show will go to trans rights organizations. Tennessee recently passed a bill restricting drag performances in public spaces or “in the presence of children.”
Addressing the more than 100 anti-LGBTQ+ bills that are currently before state legislatures nationwide, Madonna says in a statement, “The oppression of the LGBTQ+ is not only unacceptable and inhumane; it’s creating an unsafe environment; it makes America a dangerous place for our most vulnerable citizens, especially trans women of color.”
She adds, “These so-called laws to protect our children are unfounded and pathetic.” She tells fans that she’ll “see you from the stage in Nashville where we will celebrate the beauty that is the queer community.”
In addition to the Nashville show, Madonna has added seven new tour dates: in Philadelphia, Sacramento, Palm Springs, Washington, D.C., Phoenix, San Francisco and Las Vegas. All those new dates will take place between December 2023 and January 2024.
Tickets — except for the Philly show — go on sale March 31 at 10 a.m. local time via madonna.com. Madonna’s fan club members have a presale on Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time. A presale for Citi cardholders begins Tuesday at 12 p.m. local time.
Daniel Radcliffe and longtime girlfriend girlfriend Erin Darke are expecting their first child, a rep for the Harry Potter alum tells People.
Radcliffe, 33, and Darke, 38, started dating after playing love interests in the 2013 movie Kill Your Darlings. They worked together again on the 2016 movie Don’t Think Twice and season three of Radcliffe’s TBS series Miracle Workers.
Radcliffe told People last year that he and Darke, 38, were “really happy” together, adding, “I’ve got a really nice life. I’ve been with my girlfriend for a decade, pretty much.”
A day after announcing that her new album would be called Chemistry, Kelly Clarkson has announced a Las Vegas residency of the same name.
chemistry…an intimate night with Kelly Clarkson will kick off July 28 at Bakkt Theater — formerly Zappos Theater — at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
“I am so excited for these shows and couldn’t think of a better place to get back on stage than Las Vegas!” Kelly said in a statement. “The crowds in Vegas are such an amazing collection of people that simply want to have a great time and that’s what we’re going to do!”
She added, “So many of my musical idols have had, and still have, incredible residencies on The Strip, and I’m so excited to create my own!”
On Instagram, Kelly wrote, “I’ll be singing all of your favorites… and yes, I’ll be singing some new ones, too!”
Kelly was originally set to play a Vegas residency called Invincible in 2020, but that was postponed until 2021 due to the pandemic and never materialized.
Tickets for the new residency go on sale March 31 at 10 a.m. PT via ticketmaster.com/KellyVegas. A fan club presale starts Tuesday, March 28 at 12 p.m. PT. Citi cardmembers can access a presale that same day a 10 a.m. PT via Citientertainment.com.
Meanwhile, members of Caesars Entertainment’s loyalty program and Live Nation and Ticketmaster customers can get tickets starting March 29 at 10 a.m.
Kelly’s last time performing live during was 2019’s Meaning of Life tour. So far, 10 Vegas residency performances have been scheduled: July 28 and 29, and August 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 18 and 19.
In an update to fans on his Instagram stories on Sunday, Marvel movies star Jeremy Renner proved he’s back at it, getting in a walking working out on a specialized treadmill following his near-fatal snowplow accident.
Renner, 52, is seen conversing with a person about the so-called anti-gravity treadmill, which secures the user’s pelvis and provides weight relief, allowing them to walk normally but with less of their body weight on their legs as they recover.
The Mayor of Kingstown actor explains he’s walking using “40% of my weight” as he puts in the work.
He captioned the snippet, “Now is the time for my body to rest and recover from my will.”
Renner was seriously injured when he was pulled under the tracks of his snowcat snowplow machine on January 1. He suffered more than 30 broken bones and blunt force trauma in the accident.
The Avengers and Hawkeye star was airlifted from the scene and underwent emergency surgery, then spent weeks in intensive care before continuing his recovery at his home outside Reno, Nevada.
With the Met Gala fast approaching, Katy Perry is looking back at her most iconic looks and revealed which one was her favorite.
Speaking with Vogue, the hitmaker said she loved the outfit she put together for the 2019 gala. Yes, she’s talking about her infamous cheeseburger outfit.
“My favorite Met Ball outfit,” she raved while looking at a photo of her done up in her fast-food glory. Katy also reminded fans that “was my secondary outfit” at the event.
Of course, the outfit she wore when walking the red carpet also generated crazy headlines. “I was a chandelier to arrive. That had tricks to it and it lit up,” she said, adding designer Jeremy Scott created both looks for the night.
“I’ve always had this approach to fashion, which is like, it’s one of two things: it’s either [over-the-top] fun, wacky, humorous or it’s like super glamor, fashion-satire-esque — satirical, actually.”
Katy also recalled she “bumped into, literally, Celine Dion” while she was dressed as the cheeseburger. “She grabbed me and happened to grab me where my meat patty part was … so, Celine has grabbed me by the meat,” she joked.
Speaking of the Met Gala, Katy endured a similar makeup faux pas to the one Selena Gomez infamously had in 2018, where her skin gradually became darker through the course of the evening due to a bad tanning product.
Katy revealed something similar happened to her when filming the music video for “California Gurls.”
“When you get a spray tan the day of the music video, your color changes gradually throughout the day — so I kept on getting oranger, and oranger, and oranger,” she laughed, adding, “We had to spend so much extra money on color-grading this music video.”
Harry Styles and Emily Ratajkowski sparked dating rumors when they were seen locking lips in Tokyo in photos and a video obtained by the Daily Mail.
The photos and video show Harry — dressed in a white shirt with a black jacket and matching pants — and Emily — wearing a pink and black jacket and a long black skirt, sharing several kisses with each other.
The rumored romance between the 31-year-old model/actress and the “As It Was” singer, 29, follows news of his split with Olivia Wilde late last year.
Styles is currently in Japan performing as part of his Love on Tour concert series, which will pick back up in Denmark in May after an extended break.
One person who seems happy about Harry’s alleged new relationship is John Legend. In the video of Harry and Emily kissing, John’s song “Dope” can be heard playing in the background. John posted video of the smooching to his Instagram with the title, “Make out to #Dope. Everybody’s doing it.” In the caption, he added, “Happy to help.”
(NEW YORK) — Communities in the southern United States awoke Monday morning reeling from a deadly tornado outbreak and powerful thunderstorms.
Over the weekend, at least 27 tornadoes were reported across five states — Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. Officials said at least 25 people died in Mississippi, where one long-track twister left a trail of destruction for about 59 miles. There was at least one storm-related death in Alabama, where officials said a man succumbed to his injures after being rescued by first responder.
President Joe Biden approved disaster relief for Mississippi on Sunday.
The latest forecast from the National Weather Service shows the same storm system will linger in the Southeast on Monday with damaging winds, large hail and an isolated tornado threat. Parts of southern Georgia and South Carolina will be in the bullseye, including the cities of Columbus, Savannah and Charleston. Flood watches and warnings have been issued for areas of Alabama and Georgia.
A new storm is set to arrive on the West Coast on Monday night, bringing heavy rain and wind along the shore and heavy snow to the mountains. The heavy rain is expected to reach the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday morning, but gusty winds will begin Monday. Parts of northern California could see local rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches.
Meanwhile, the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for parts of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, where local snowfall amounts of 2 to 4 feet is possible over the coming days.
This new storm system is forecast to sweep across the country, brining more severe weather to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday. Areas from Texas to Wisconsin could see a major outbreak of severe weather on Friday, with threats of tornadoes, damaging winds and huge hail.
Meanwhile, a late season winter storm could hit areas further north, from the Dakotas to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
ABC News’ Victoria Arancio, Dan Amarante, Matt Foster, Kenton Gewecke, Rob Marciano, Will McDuffie, Juan Renteria, Jim Scholz and Ben Stein contributed to this report.
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Jon Hamm is joining the cast of Paramount+’s Mean Girls Musical in the role of Coach Carr, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He joins previously announced cast members Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey and Reneé Rapp. Along with original star and writer Tina Fey, Tim Meadows will also be returning to the screen. Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Avantika, Mahi Alam, Christopher Briney, Bebe Wood, Ashley Park and Connor Ratliff also star in the movie, an adaptation the Broadway musical that itself is an adaptation of the original 2004 teen comedy film…
Following Trevor Noah’s exit from The Daily Show back in December, Comedy Central has set dates for the next five guest hosts. Former Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. will sit in the anchor chair the week of April 3, followed by Jordan Klepper the week of the April 17, Desi Lydic the week of April 24, Dulcé Sloan the week of May 1 and Michael Kosta the week of May 8. Ronny Chieng and Lewis Black are also set to guest host, with their dates to be announced. The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11 p.m. ET on Comedy Central…
Variety reports Grey’s Anatomy, already the longest running primetime medical drama in TV history, has been renewed for season 20 at ABC. After 19 seasons, Grey’s Anatomy ranks as the network’s number-one show among adults 18-49, averaging 10.7 million viewers per episode in Live+35 viewing across all platforms, per ABC. The season 19 finale of Grey’s Anatomy will air on May 18…
Schitt’s Creek alum Eugene Levy has been tapped to star in the upcoming feature comedy Summer Camp, joining Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard, according to Deadline. The movie follows three childhood friends who spent their childhood summers together at sleepaway camp. After drifting apart they attend a camp reunion, where they’re reminded of how much they need each other. The film is set to begin shooting in April…
(WEST READING, Pa.) — Seven people are dead and several others are injured after an explosion at a chocolate factory Friday in West Reading, Pennsylvania, police and city officials said.
Two additional bodies were recovered from the rubble at the site of the factory Sunday night, West Reading Police Chief Wayne Holben said at a press conference. While they still need to identify the victims, it’s believed they’re the two people who were previously considered missing, the chief said.
One person had been found alive overnight in the rubble, officials said earlier.
Tower Heath said earlier its hospital in West Reading received 10 patients from the explosion. Of those, two were admitted and are in good and fair condition and six have been discharged. Two others were transferred to other hospitals, it said.
West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag issued an emergency declaration Saturday to access more resources for emergency responders on the scene.
An investigation to determine the official cause of the fire will be conducted, officials said.
“In the initial incident report from Berks County to PEMA, a reference to a gas leak was included. It is really important to note that incident reports from counties are a snapshot in time of the understanding of the incident at the time the report was made,” Ruth A. Miller, PEMA’s communications director, said in a statement.
The explosion occurred around 4:57 p.m. at the RM Palmer Company in West Reading, located about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia. It caused destruction to one building nearby and damaged another.
Kaag, a former volunteer firefighter, called the incident “pretty scary,” adding that it was so strong it pushed a building back 4 feet. The mayor said the factory building was “pretty leveled” and crews will “probably” be working through the weekend to clear the debris.
In a statement Saturday, RM Palmer said it is “devastated by the tragic events.”
“We have lost close friends and colleagues, and our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of all who have been impacted,” the company said. “We are sincerely grateful for the extraordinary efforts of all of the first responders and for the support of our Reading community, which has been home to our business for more than 70 years.”
The company said it will continue to coordinate with local and national agencies to assist in the recovery process. It added that it has been unable to get in touch with the families of impacted employees due to downed communication systems but “will be providing additional information and making contact with employees, impacted families, and the community as soon as possible.”
Images of the scene showed smoke and flames billowing from the factory on Friday evening.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was on site Saturday surveying the damage and “to pledge our support as the community recovers,” he tweeted.
