Machine Gun Kelly has premiered the video for his new single “Emo Girl,” featuring WILLOW.
The clip begins with a cameo by Blink-182‘s Travis Barker, who plays a teacher bringing a class on a field trip to a museum featuring both the “Bloody Valentine” and the “Transparent Soul” rockers performing on video screens. By the end, the kids ditch their clean-cut school clothes for some Hot Topic-esque outfits and hairstyles.
You can watch the “Emo Girl” video streaming now on YouTube.
“Emo Girl” will appear on MGK’s upcoming album Mainstream Sellout, due out March 25. The record, formerly titled Born with Horns, follows 2020’s Tickets to My Downfall, and is also produced by Barker.
Simon and Colbert will be providing “special greetings” during the event, while Lauper is part of the lineup of performers.
Previously announced performers include Patti Smith, Phish‘s Trey Anastasio, Nathaniel Rateliff, Laurie Anderson, Angélique Kidjo, actor Keanu Reeves, and country/Americana artists Jason Isbell and Margo Price, while Iggy Pop and New Order frontman Bernard Sumner will be delivering special greetings.
Influential composer Philip Glass is the event’s artistic director.
Now in its 35th year, the annual concert raises money for Tibet House US, a non-profit organization that works to preserve Tibetan culture. It’s usually held in-person at New York City’s Carnegie Hall but is taking place online for the second straight year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
You can watch the 2022 Tibet House US concert via the streaming platform Mandolin. The show starts at 8 p.m. ET. For more info and to purchase tickets, visit Mandolin.com.
(WASHINGTON) — Sarah Matthews, a Trump White House press aide who resigned over the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, appeared Tuesday for an interview with the House select committee investigating the attack, sources familiar with her appearance told ABC News.
Matthews, who declined to comment, appeared before the committee voluntarily, a source told ABC News. She is one of several former Trump aides approached by the committee who now work as GOP congressional staffers.
“I was honored to serve in the Trump administration and proud of the policies we enacted,” she said in a statement announcing her resignation on Jan. 6, 2021. “As someone who worked in the halls of Congress, I was deeply disturbed by what I saw today. Our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power.”
Matthews was one of a handful of Trump aides and administration officials to resign following the Capitol attack — a list that includes first lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff Stephanie Grisham, and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
The committee questioned Matthews about activities inside the White House on Jan. 6, according to a source, as investigators work to reconstruct then-President Donald Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 using official records and call logs obtained from the National Archives.
Committee officials declined to comment.
The panel has also successfully subpoenaed the phone records of Trump White House staffers including former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, ABC News previously reported.
Committee chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told ABC News the committee was scheduled to interview multiple former White House officials this week.
The committee has conducted nearly 500 interviews and has received tens of thousands of pages of Trump White House records from the National Archives.
(WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called out GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, saying he “literally ran away” from ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott as she asked him one day earlier about the Republican National Committee censure resolution — a moment that has now captured international headlines and produced countless memes.
“Republicans seem to be having a limbo contest with themselves to see how low they can go,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill. “They seem to have reached rock bottom with their statement that what happened on January 6 was normal political discourse — legitimate, legitimate political discourse.”
The House speaker directly blasted her Republican counterpart for repeatedly dodging questions on the censure resolution in what’s unfolding as a defining moment for the GOP.
“It’s disturbing to see that Republican leader of the House ran — actually literally refused to condemn that resolution of legitimate political discourse. He literally ran away from the press when he was asked about his position,” Pelosi said.
“Republicans can run but they cannot hide from what happened on January 6,” she said. “To call that legitimate political discourse: 140 law enforcement officers were wounded, some people die. It was an assault on Capitol, on Congress. More importantly, an assault on our democracy.”
McCarthy has not publicly responded.
Pelosi went on to equate the Republican Party with a “cult” — echoing messaging from House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries, who said earlier this week that the “C” in “RNC” stands for “cult.”
“I say this to Republicans all the time: ‘Take back your party from this cult.’ Take back your party. America needs a strong Republican Party and a strong Democratic Party,” she added.
ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega asked the White House on Tuesday for reaction to the RNC resolution and whether they agree with some Democrats’ characterization that the GOP is a “cult.”
“I think it’s clear to Americans that what happened on January 6 was not legitimate political discourse, storming the Capitol in an attempt to halt the peaceful transition of power is not legitimate political discourse, neither is attacking and injuring over 140 police officers, smashing windows and to defiling offices,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
“It’s telling to all of us that some leading Republicans have projected that characterization, including the former president’s national security adviser and the chief of staff to the former vice president, who, as he put it, had a front-row seat that day, including as rioters chanted for the former Vice President to be hanged,” she continued. “So again, we certainly reject the notion that that was legitimate political discourse as we think – very a large number of Americans would as well.”
Pelosi putting Republicans on blast comes one day after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, asked about the “legitimate political discourse” language the RNC used directly, pointedly characterized Jan. 6 as a “violent insurrection” and suggested the RNC was out of line to single out sitting members.
Survivor Kara Cagle speaks during a news conference to announce a $243-million settlement in the UCLA sex abuse case of former UCLA gynecologist/oncologist James Heaps in Irvine, Calif., Feb. 8, 2022. – Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
(IRVINE, Calif.) — The University of California announced on Tuesday that it reached an agreement to pay $243.6 million to 203 women, settling lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct by former UCLA Health physician James Heaps.
The women filed a lawsuit against the university in California state court, according to UCLA.
“The conduct alleged to have been committed by Heaps is reprehensible and contrary to the university’s values. We express our gratitude to the brave individuals who came forward, and hope this settlement is one step toward providing healing and closure for the plaintiffs involved,” UCLA said in a statement to ABC News.
The settlement comes after the university agreed in December to pay $73 million in the settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed by seven women, on behalf of 5,500 women who were patients of the former UCLA gynecologist, court records show.
Heaps faces 21 charges in an ongoing criminal case brought against him in a Los Angeles County Superior Court, according to court records.
In addition to UCLA Health, the University of California’s Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center was also named in the litigation. The university had called for an independent review by a special committee to look into UCLA Health’s as well as the Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center’s responses to allegations of sexual misconduct by medical professionals, according to UCLA.
UCLA Health and the Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center representatives say they have taken substantial action to address the issues alleged in the litigation.
The report was completed and released publicly in June 2020, recommending additional policies and procedures to prevent, identify and address sexual misconduct, all of which are being adopted and implemented, according to UCLA.
“In light of this settlement and these changes at UCLA, we reiterate our ongoing commitment to never tolerate sexual violence or harassment in any form. Allegations of sexual misconduct by any health care provider will be promptly addressed, and appropriate actions will be taken to ensure our patients are safe, protected and respected,” UCLA said in a statement.
“As we move forward, we remain committed to providing top quality care that respects the dignity of every patient, and we remain dedicated to taking all necessary steps to ensure our patients’ well-being and to maintain the public’s confidence and trust,” UCLA said.
Kim Kardashian graces March’s cover of Vogue — a fitting choice, according to Demna Gvasalia, creative director for Balenciaga, the fashion house behind Kim’s masked Met Life look.
“She did something that is very similar to what Marilyn Monroe did back in the day. She redefined our understanding of what beauty is,” says Gvasalia.
And while most people profess “new year, new me” in January, Kim’s turning a page in 2022.
“For so long, I did what made other people happy, and I think in the last two years I decided, I’m going to make myself happy. And that feels really good,” Kardashian says. “And even if that created changes and caused my divorce, I think it’s important to be honest with yourself about what really makes you happy. I’ve chosen myself.”
Vogue also explores Kim’s divorce from Kanye West last year. The pair are co-parenting their four children: daughters North, 8, and Chicago, 4, and sons Saint, 6, and Psalm, 2.
Of late, West has been very vocal on his dissatisfaction with their custody arrangement. Kim insists, “You could be so hurt or angry at your ex, but I think in front of the kids, it always has to be ‘Your dad’s the best.’ Make sure you are your co-parent’s biggest cheerleader, no matter what you’re personally going through.”
Kim, who turned 41 in October, adds, “My 40s are about being Team Me. I’m going to eat well. I’m going to work out. I’m going to have more fun, spend more time with my kids and the people who make me happy.
Ironically, for arguably the most influential influencer in history, Kim vows, “I’m going to put my phone down. Unfollow if I don’t want to see something on Instagram.”
(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — A second man charged in a bizarre plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pleaded guilty Wednesday and has agreed to testify for the prosecution at the federal trial of four other defendants.
Kaleb Franks, 27, of Waterford, Michigan, admitted in U.S. District in Grand Rapids that he and other members of the Wolverine Watchmen, a Michigan-based self-styled “militia” group, hatched the plot to abduct Whitmer at her summer home in 2020 because they were upset by the state’s COVID-19 restrictions.
The plot, which allegedly included plans to use semiautomatic assault-type weapons and to bomb a bridge near Whitmer’s vacation home, was foiled by undercover law enforcement officers who infiltrated the group.
“Did any law enforcement officers suggest kidnapping the governor?” U.S. Magistrate Judge Phillip Green asked Franks during Wednesday’s hearing.
Franks replied, “No sir.”
Franks admitted in court that the kidnapping plan originated solely with him and the others charged in the conspiracy.
Lawyers for the other men facing trial in March filed a motion to dismiss the charges, arguing they were entrapped. The judge rejected that motion.
Franks’ guilty plea comes after another man charged in the case, Ty Garbin, 25, pleaded guilty last year to firearms charges and conspiracy charges of providing material support for terrorists. Garbin was sentenced in August to 75 months in prison.
Garbin is also expected to testify for the prosecution in the upcoming federal trial for Adam Fox, 40, Barry Croft Jr., 45, Daniel Harris, 24, and Brandon Caserta, 33. Eight other men face charges in state court stemming from the kidnap plot.
Franks admitted being deeply involved in the kidnap plot, participating in meetings and training sessions, and surveillance conducted on Whitmer’s vacation home in his signed plea agreement.
After the plot was thwarted, Whitmer alleged in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America that the plan included more than kidnaping her.
“This was a very serious thought-out plot to kill police officers, to bomb our capitol, killing Democrats and Republicans alike, and to kidnap and ultimately put me on trial and kill me as well,” Whitmer said on GMA. “These are the types of things you hear from groups like ISIS. This is not a militia; it is a domestic terror organization.”
Portugal. the Man has premiered a new song called “What, Me Worry?”
The track is the first single off the “Feel It Still” outfit’s next album, the follow-up to 2017’s Woodstock. It’s set to be released this June.
“While recording this album and hanging in LA, we got into a conversation with [producers] Jeff Bhasker and Ryan Tedder about how much we missed laughter,” says frontman John Gourley. “The last few years it’s been so easy to forget the fun in what we do.”
“We talked about childhood memories of laughing at the world and ourselves while flipping through Mad magazine,” Gourley continues. “We missed those days and remembered that we all make music. So we took that afternoon to make a song about it.”
“What, Me Worry?” is available now for digital download. You can watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.
Portugal. the Man will give “What, Me Worry?” its TV debut February 23 on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!
In other news, Portugal. the Man has launched a new initiative called Night Out in an effort to make concerts more accessible to fans with disabilities. For select shows on their upcoming tour with Alt-J, PtM will be giving away pairs of ADA accessible tickets that will provide transportation to-and-from the venue, a concierge service and a meet-and-greet with the band.
Portugal. the Man’s tour with Alt-J launches February 25 in Pittsburgh.
A full, official video of Bring Me the Horizon‘s surprise performance alongside Ed Sheeran at Tuesday’s BRIT Awards is streaming now on YouTube.
As previously reported, the “DiE4u” outfit joined the British pop star to open the ceremony with a hard-rocking rendition of Sheeran’s single “Bad Habits,” complete with heavy guitars and screams from Horizon frontman Oli Sykes.
While we don’t know what inspired the collaboration, we’re hoping it’s because of Sheeran’s reported love of death metal. You may remember that Sheeran was quoted by the U.K. tabloid The Sun as being a big fan of the band Cradle of Filth, and saying that he wouldn’t “be opposed” to making his own metal album.
As it just so happens, Bring Me the Horizon collaborated with Cradle frontman Dani Filth on a song off their 2019 album, Amo. Perhaps the BRIT Awards will be the catalyst that leads to an Ed Sheeran metal record.
Bring Me the Horizon, meanwhile, has previously dipped into the pop world for collaborations with Halsey.
Katy Perry insists she’s still a bride-to-be and has yet to take that trip down the aisle. After reports surfaced that she and fiancé Orlando Bloom secretly tied the knot, the “Roar” singer cleared the air.
During an appearance on the Australian-based Kyle and Jackie O show Wednesday, the hosts asked Katy if she’d secretly jumped the broom or if she’s, quote, “just dragging this out?”
Katy responded, “Well, no.” Katy explained that her nuptials have been repeatedly delayed by the pandemic, saying, “It’s a destination location, you know, we’re still trying for it to work out. But, every couple of months it’s like, new variant! New variant! New variant!”
It’s been previously reported that Katy, 37, and Orlando, 45, had planned to marry in Japan.
Katy added that once the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer an issue, she and the Pirates of the Caribbean star will “go party.”
The two became engaged in February 2019 and welcomed a daughter, Daisy Dove, in August 2020.
