Kelly Clarkson has been quiet on the music front as of late, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t been hitting up the studio. Kelly hinted to Extra that fans should start preparing a new space on their album racks because new music might be on the way.
“I do have something coming out,” the “Catch My Breath” singer teased. “I don’t want to excite people — it’s not maybe what people think — but it is something to kind of bridge to another project.”
When asked to compare her new project to previous works, Kelly replied, “Musically, it’s similar to… I can’t describe it, really. It’s hard to do.”
Aside from last year’s Christmas album, When Christmas Comes Around…, Kelly hasn’t released new music since 2017’s Meaning of Life, which contained the hits “Love So Soft,” “Heat” and “I Don’t Think About You.”
In other Kelly news, she recently revealed the Mother’s Day gift she received from her kids’ nanny made her tear up. “I’m a single mom, right? So I’’m either at work or with kids,” she told the outlet. “So my nanny — I literally almost cried — she walked into the kitchen and was like, ‘Hey, for Mother’s Day, I’m going to give you the gift of time and you can just do whatever you want.'”
“I almost broke down, I was like, ‘What?'” Kelly recalled.
Kelly shares seven-year-old River and six-year-old Remington with ex-husband Brandon Blackstock.
Ashanti says Taylor Swift inspired her to re-record her eponymous debut studio album, which turned 20 this year.
The Grammy winner told Metro.co.uk, “I’ve always had the idea to go back in and re-record and gain the masters,” and says she felt “empowered” to do so after Swift announced she was re-recording her first six albums.
“I think Taylor is amazing for what she’s done and to be able to be a female in this very male-dominated industry, to accomplish that is amazing,” Ashanti praised. The “Foolish” singer says she is delighted to see women gaining equal ground in the music space, because it benefits everyone.
“More of us have to continue that narrative of women empowerment, and just artists as a whole. Owning your property and getting a chance to have ownership of your creativity is so so important,” she declared. “Male, female, singer, rapper, whatever, I hope this is a lesson for artists to get in there and own.”
Ashanti said it’s “super cool” to re-record her old hits and says her mother is helping her commemorate the nostalgic journey. “It’s been a really cool vibe and my mom has been getting footage of me going into the booth and she’s like, ‘Wow, this is crazy! When you were recording this 20 years ago at a studio in New York and now you’re here redoing it,'” Ashanti remarked. “It’s a surreal feeling so I’m super excited about it.”
Ashanti also revealed she doesn’t like performing “Rock wit U,” even though she loves the song. “That’s one of my biggest records and I have a good time, but sometimes it’s just like, ‘ugh,'” she joked.
Ashanti arrived April 2, 2002 and scored her three Grammy nods.
Several musicians are among the nominees for both the MTV Movie & TV Awards, and the “UNSCRIPTED” version of those awards, which honor reality TV and other unscripted shows.
Lady Gaga way not have been nominated for an Oscar for House of Gucci, but she’s been honored with a nod for it here, in the category of Best Performance in a Movie. Her competition includes Robert Pattinson for The Batman, Sandra Bullock for The Lost City, Timothée Chalamet for Dune, and Tom Holland for Spider-Man: No Way Home.
In the new category of Best Song, the nominees include Jennifer Lopez‘s “On My Way (Marry Me),” from the movie Marry Me; Jennifer Hudson‘s “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home),” from Respect; “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” by the cast of Encanto; and Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi‘s “Just Look Up,” from the movie Don’t Look Up.
On the UNSCRIPTED side of things, Kelly Clarkson is up for Best Host, while her self-titled talk show is up for Best Talk/Topical Show. Selena Gomez‘s Selena + Chef is up for Best Lifestyle Show, while American Idol and The Masked Singer are both up for Best Competition Series.
Finally, Olivia Rodrigo‘s driving home 2 u (a SOUR film) is up for Best Music Documentary, as are Lifetime/A&E’s JANET JACKSON. and the Disney+ series The Beatles’ Get Back, among others.
Both award shows will air Sunday, June 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Thomas Rhett’s Bring the Bar to You Tour launches next month, and by the time it does, he’ll be ready: The singer says he and his band are getting serious about rehearsals.
“We rehearse ourselves into the ground, so that the first show of the tour doesn’t feel like the first show of the tour,” he explains, according to CMT. “It already feels like you’re in your rhythm.
Of course, all that practice can be pretty grueling — “I think the band, at times, has definitely wanted to kill me, just for the amount of time we rehearse,” TR notes — but the singer says he knows from experience how important it is to be ready when you hit the stage.
“I’ve done so many cold starts to tours, especially in my early days, that I never wanted to experience that when I became a headliner,” he adds.
The Bring the Bar to You Tour launches June 17. The run takes its name from a song off of Thomas’ latest album, Where We Started, featuring the lead single “Slow Down Summer.” He’s got a massive batch of new music to choose from in his set list, with more to come soon: The singer’s said he plans to release Side B of his Country Again project at a later date this year.
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Adam Sandler‘s daughter, Sunny, had quite the impressive turnout for her bat mitzvah. Guests included Halsey, Charlie Puth, Jennifer Aniston and more.
Page Six reports the coming-of-age celebration’s theme was sugar and candy, where guests enjoyed large balloons, flower arrangements and posed with stuffed candy toys. While Halsey and Charlie were guests, both also took the stage to belt out a few hits for the crowd. It is unknown what songs they performed.
Aside from Aniston, other guests included Twilight actor Taylor Lautner, Jessie stars Peyton List and Karan Brar, as well as Sophie Reynolds and Spencer List.
Sandler shares Sunny and a 16-year-old daughter, Sadie, with wife Jackie Sandler.
Black Label Society postponed several concerts this week due to frontman Zakk Wylde losing his voice.
The shows affected include Wednesday’s scheduled stop in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as well as this past Monday and Tuesday’s dates in Lexington, Kentucky, and Raleigh, North Carolina.
All three concerts have already been rescheduled: the Lexington show will now take place May 23, while the Raleigh and Chattanooga performances will be held August 30 and August 31, respectively.
Black Label has been on the road touring the band’s new album, Doom Crew Inc., which dropped last November. Nita Strauss is also on the bill. The tour is currently scheduled to continue Friday, May 13, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
This summer, Black Label will launch a co-headlining U.S. tour with Anthrax.
(NEW YORK) — A judge in New York on Wednesday said he would purge his contempt finding against former President Donald Trump provided he met certain conditions by the end of next week, including paying a daily fine that had accompanied the order.
Judge Arthur Engoron held Trump in contempt, and fined him $10,000 a day, for failing to comply with a subpoena for documents issued by the New York Attorney General’s Office as part of a civil investigation into Trump’s business practices.
Trump’s attorney said he had no documents responsive to the subpoena, but the judge faulted Trump’s failure to swear, under oath, that he even bothered to look.
If Trump provides satisfactory affidavits, if an outside firm he hired to search his files completes a report and if he pays the fine, Engoron said he would lift the contempt order.
“I want the fine paid,” Engoron said. “That fine is now $110,000.”
Trump had said in a sworn affidavit on April 29 that he did not possess any documents related to Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into how the Trump Organization valued its real estate holdings while applying for loans and tax benefits.
“To the best of my knowledge, (i) I do not have any of the documents requested in the subpoena dated December 1, 2021 in my personal possession; and (ii) if there are any documents responsive to the subpoena I believe they would be in the possession or custody of the Trump Organization,” Trump’s affidavit said.
He added, “At all relevant times, I have authorized, and continue to authorize, the release of a responsive document to the Office of the Attorney General.”
(ATLANTA) — Parents are being asked to look out for symptoms of hepatitis in their kids as an unexplained outbreak of cases in children continues across the United States.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert Tuesday aimed at educating parents on symptoms.
“Hearing about severe liver disease in children can be concerning. If you have any questions about your child’s health, call your child’s healthcare provider,” the CDC wrote, adding that parents should be aware of the symptoms associated with liver inflammation, including fever, fatigue, nausea, and jaundice, which is yellowing of the skin.
Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. It can be caused by heavy alcohol use, toxins, some medications and medical conditions and is often caused by a virus, according to the CDC.
Here are five things to know about the CDC’s alert on hepatitis and kids and the outbreak.
1. The latest hepatitis outbreak in kids is global.
In April, researchers in the United States and Europe announced they were investigating small clusters of the cases emerging across the globe.
As of this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 340 probable cases of hepatitis in children have been reported in 20 countries.
In the U.S., there are at least 109 confirmed cases with five deaths in over 25 states and Puerto Rico, according to the CDC.
2. The cause of the outbreak remains unknown.
The cause of the reported cases of hepatitis in children in the U.S. remains unknown, according to the CDC.
“We do not know and are investigating what role other factors play in this illness, such exposure to toxins or other infections that the children might have,” the agency wrote in its latest health alert, also adding it is “not unusual” for the cause of hepatitis cases in children to remain unknown.
Some of the children who have had hepatitis also had adenovirus type 41, a type of virus that can cause severe stomach illness in kids, according to the CDC.
Adenoviruses are different types of viruses that can cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to acute bronchitis, pneumonia, pink eye and acute gastroenteritis, or inflammation of the stomach, according to the CDC.
3. The hepatitis vaccine is not protectant against this latest outbreak.
Hepatitis viruses are the most common cause of hepatitis in the world, including hepatitis A, B, and C, but they’ve been ruled out in the latest outbreak.
The strain of hepatitis seen in this vaccine is not one covered by the hepatitis vaccine that kids receive, according to Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News chief medical correspondent.
“These cases of hepatitis are none of those [covered by the vaccine], so it’s really mystifying public health officials at this point,” Ashton said Wednesday on Good Morning America.
4. The hepatitis outbreak does not appear to be COVID-19-related.
Health officials do not believe the current outbreak in pediatric cases is linked to the novel coronavirus or the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Ashton.
“I just spoke to the CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, this morning,” Ashton said. “She wanted me to emphasize that the majority of these cases have been in children ages 2 to 5. These children, as we all know, are not eligible for the COVID vaccine, so this has nothing to do with the vaccine.”
5. Parents should call their pediatrician if symptoms appear.
The CDC has advised parents to be on the lookout for symptoms in their kids including fever and fatigue, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, joint pain, jaundice — a yellowing of the white part of the eyes or the skin — or a change in the color of urine or stool.
If any of those symptoms are present, parents should call their child’s pediatrician as quickly as possible, according to the CDC.
The agency also urges parents to make sure their child is up to date on all vaccinations and follow safety protocols, like washing hands often, avoiding people who are sick, covering their coughs and sneezes and avoiding touching the eyes, nose or mouth.
Mariah Carey can now call Atlanta, Georgia, her home, because she is the proud new owner of a multi-million-dollar mansion there.
Realtor.com reports the Grammy winner quietly bought the colonial estate for a cool $5.65 million last November in what appears to be an off-market deal.
The impressive abode boasts more than 12,500 square feet for Mariah and her family to roam. It comes with eight bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a tennis court, guesthouse, home theater and private gym.
The home, which was constructed in 1992, was once rented by actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. For those who may have forgotten, Johnson famously ripped the gate off its hinges in 2020 to make it to a film shoot after a power outage knocked it out of service. Realtor.com notes that, should the front gate malfunction, Mimi definitely knows who to call.
Mariah also owns homes in Beverly Hills and New York City.
Sara Bareilles is heading to Orlando, Florida, next month to open the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, where she will headline this year’s opening ceremony.
The Orlando Sentinelreports the “Brave” singer will kick off the ceremony with a live concert on June 5 in Florida’s Exploria Stadium. The ceremony will be helmed by Disney Live Entertainment.
“I am honored to take part in the opening ceremony,” Sara said. “Music unites and inspires, and that is what Special Olympics does every day. To be a part of the USA Games and perform for the athletes and their families as they begin this amazing week is a true gift.”
The 2022 Special Olympics begin June 5 at 8 a.m. ET. Mmost of the events are scheduled to take place at Walt Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Tickets for the opening ceremony, which start at $55, are on sale now on the event’s official website and on Ticketmaster.
If you’re unable to make the opening ceremony, you can watch it on ABC starting at 12 p.m. on June 5.
