In one of the first installments of her Service95 newsletter, Dua Lipa documented what it was like to go out to dinner in New York City alone. Now, she tells Vogue for its June/July issue that one of her goals is to do that more often…and be happy about it.
Dua, who reportedly split with her longtime boyfriend Anwar Hadid last year, tells Vogue‘s Jen Wang, “The next chapter of my life is about truly being good with being alone.” And for “Levitating” singer, that’s more difficult than it sounds.
After writing about her solo dinner, Dua tells Vogue, “Some people on the internet were like, ‘Oh, Dua went out for dinner on her own, blah blah, I do this all the time.’ And I think that’s amazing if you do it all the time. You must be so confident. But it was a big step for me. I was nervous — like, ‘What am I gonna do? I don’t want to be on my phone.’”
Dua tells Vogue that her next solo “date” will be going to the movies. “I want to know I can just be there for myself, you know?” she explains.
Dua will have to fit that in between tour dates; she’s currently on the European leg of her Future Nostalgia tour. She’s also working on her next album, which she says is about half written.
“I’ve definitely grown up,” she says of the new material. “Overall, whether it’s sonically or in terms of the themes, I’ve matured. It’s like I’m coming into my power and not afraid to talk about things. It’s about understanding what I want.”
Vogue‘s June/July 2022 issue is available on newsstands nationwide on May 24th.
Red Hot Chili Peppers and Paramore will headline the 2022 Austin City Limits Music Festival, taking place October 7-9 and October 14-16 in Austin, Texas.
The bill also includes Phoenix, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Wallows, Spoon, Oliver Tree, Manchester Orchestra, Yungblud, Wet Leg, GAYLE and Wilderado, plus Taipei Houston, the band featuring the sons of Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich.
The other headliners are Pink, The Chicks, SZA, Kacey Musgraves, Flume and Lil Nas X.
Some of the artists on the undercard will only play one of the two weekends. GAYLE, for example, will play just weekend one, while Phoenix and Wet Leg are weekend two exclusives.
Tickets go on sale today at noon CT. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit ACLFestival.com.
After a viral, rambling Instagram Live interview with rapper and The Wendy Williams Show fill-in host Fat Joe, Wendy Williams herself says she’s “absolutely” ready to come back to her talk show.
However, an insider tells Page Six that’s not in the cards.
In the remote interview, conducted from Wendy’s “sexy” apartment in New York City, Williams addressed her money issues and vowed she’s coming back to her eponymous show. Williams is currently in a legal fight dispute with Wells Fargo after they denied her access to her bank account in February, claiming she needs supervision.
Fat Joe equated the situation to that of Britney Spears, when a conservatorship denied her access to her assets. “Why did you just get up and leave?” Joe asked Williams about her show.
“Because somebody stopped giving me my money,” she said. “Somebody stopped giving me my American Express.”
Williams said of her current situation, “…I need my money. I’ll talk about it when I get my show back. I have people that will get it done. I don’t feel like I will go away. I will get bigger and bigger and bigger, and bigger, and I’ll talk about it…”
Wendy maintained she was “absolutely” coming back to The Wendy Williams Show, adding, “I love being on my own show, and I love that people love to watch it all the time.”
However, Williams’ former air slot has already been given to Sherri Shepherd, one of her one-time fill in hosts. “It’s done. Logistically, it won’t work,” an insider told Page Six of Williams’ return
Wendy told Joe she won’t be watching Shepherd: “That’s not really my thing.”
As for her interview, the production company behind Wendy’s show, Debmar-Mercury, is apparently not happy it happened it all, according to Page Six. “[Fat Joe] didn’t give them a heads-up about it and she did not appear well,” the insider said. “…At times, she couldn’t even complete a sentence.”
Calling her “uninsurable,” the source said, “…She did not have the mental and physical capacity to host her show. [Debmar-Mercury] wanted her back more than anybody. They would’ve loved for her to finish out this chapter.”
Miranda Lambert and Elle King are taking the stage at the Billboard Music Awards.
The two will perform their chart-topping hit, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home),” which recently became the first duet by two female country artists to hit #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart since Reba McEntire and Linda Davis‘ “Does He Love You” in 1993. It was also named Video of the Year at the 2022 ACM Awards.
“Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” is nominated for Top Rock Song at the BBMAs, while Miranda is also up for Top Country Female Artist.
Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs and Carrie Underwood are among the other nominees at the Billboard Music Awards, which will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill certainly had a memorable wedding anniversary filming a particularly challenging scene on the set of 1883.
Tim recalls that the couple’s 25th anniversary happened to fall on the day they filmed the episode where the Duttons have to make the treacherous journey across the river in the dead of night, with Faith’s character Margaret tasked with carrying the wagon.
“I was scared to death for it. We did that scene at 3:30 a.m. in 36-degree weather. We were soaked. And it was our 25th wedding anniversary,” Tim recounts to USA Todayof the grueling filming experience.
Despite the harsh conditions, Tim admits that Faith actually enjoyed the experience, so much so she became an “expert” at hauling the wagon. “She spent most of her time driving the wagon and was pretty darn good at it,” he praises. “She had more fun doing that than anything.”
As for how the couple commemorated the special occasion? “We went home and went to bed as the sun was coming up to get ready for the next shoot,” he recalls. “But it was certainly an exciting 25th wedding anniversary.”
1883 served as the 10-episode prequel to Yellowstone.
Congratulations are in order for Tyga and Doja Cat who recently nabbed a number one chart spot for their single, “Freaky Deaky.”
According to music data site Mediabase, the hit single, released in February of this year, landed at number one on the U.S. Rhythmic Chart.
“Freaky Deaky” is the second collaboration from Tyga & Doja, and debuted at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March, following Doja’s RIAA-certified double-Platinum hit, “Juicy,” off her debut album, Amala.
Doja Cat is expected to add a few more “wins” to her repertoire this Sunday: the “Say So” singer is nominated for a leading 14 Billboard Music Awards this year, including Top Artist, Top Female Artist and Top 100 Artist.
The 2022 Billboard Music Awards airs live on May 15 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
Last week, Duran Duran celebrated being chosen for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, and today the British New Wave band marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the album that helped put them on the path to worldwide fame, Rio.
Rio was Duran Duran’s second studio effort, following their 1981 self-titled debut. The album featured the band’s first two hit U.S. singles, “Hungry Like the Wolf” and the title track, which peaked at #3 and #14, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. It also included “Save a Prayer,” which reached #2 on the U.K. singles chart, bu wasn’t initially issued as a single in the States.
Helping to propel the popularity of “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “Rio” and “Save a Prayer” were the songs’ music videos, all directed by Russell Mulcahy, which featured the band members mingling with models in exotic settings like the jungles of Sri Lanka and on a sailing yacht off the coast of the Caribbean isle of Antigua.
Musically, Rio found the band mixing synth-driven pop and R&B-flavored dance music with world music influences.
Rio peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200, and remains Duran Duran’s highest-charting album in the U.S. The record has been certified two-times Platinum for sales of over 2 million in the States.
In a new interview, Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes tells Yahoo! Entertainment, “[W]hen we finished the Rio album, I looked around and I knew we’d done something special. I didn’t know…whether it would be a hit or a flop or whatever, but I knew when I was listening to it: ‘Yep, this has got really strong songs on it, and this one just feels right.'”
Here’s the full Rio track list:
“Rio”
“My Own Way”
“Lonely in Your Nightmare”
“Hungry Like the Wolf”
“Hold Back the Rain”
“New Religion”
“Last Chance on the Stairway”
“Save a Prayer”
“The Chauffeur”
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday continued his sharpened attack on what he’s now calling the GOP’s “ultra-MAGA” agenda as he pitched his plan to tackle inflation.
His remarks came as the national average price of a gallon of gas hit a record high of $4.37 a gallon, AAA said.
“I want every American to know that I am taking inflation very seriously,” Biden said as he delivered remarks in the South Court Auditorium. “It is my top domestic priority.”
Inflation is one of the Democratic Party’s biggest problems heading into the 2022 midterm elections. Republicans have seized on higher costs to criticize Biden’s domestic agenda while the White House is pinning the problem on supply chain issues, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Biden used his speech on Tuesday to tout what he said were recent accomplishments aimed at alleviating the increasing financial burdens on Americans, including a historic release form the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to offset soaring gas prices.
Biden also used the occasion to continue his ramped-up rhetoric against the GOP, accusing Republicans of having no real plan to address inflation.
“My plan is to lower everyday costs for hardworking Americans and lower the deficit by asking large corporations and the wealthiest Americans to not engage in price gouging and to pay their fair share in taxes,” Biden said. “The Republican plan is to increase taxes on middle class families, let billionaires and large companies off the hook as they raise prices and reap profits in record amounts. And it’s really that simple.”
Biden has used one proposal in particular as a target: GOP Sen. Rick Scott’s pitch to have all Americans pay some income tax to “have some skin in the game, even if a small amount.” That would mean a tax increase on Americans whose income is currently too low to owe federal income taxes.
On Tuesday, Biden said Scott’s plan will hurt frontline workers like firefighters and teachers.
Despite Biden’s focus on the plan, Scott’s proposal hasn’t been embraced by Republican leaders. Instead, Sen. Mitch McConnell made a point to distance himself from it shortly after it was announced.
“If we are fortunate enough to have the majority next year, I’ll be the majority leader, I’ll decide in consultation with my members, what to put on the floor,” McConnell said. “Let me tell you what will not be a part of our agenda. We will not have as part of our agenda, a bill that raises taxes on half the American people, sunsets social security and Medicare within 5 years. That will not be a part of the Republican Senate majority agenda.”
Before Biden spoke, Scott tweeted that Biden was “unfit for office” and should resign. Asked about that after he finished his remarks, Biden said, “I think the man has a problem.”
Biden’s remarks on inflation come ahead of the release of April’s consumer price index. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will announce those numbers on Wednesday morning. In March, the consumer price index spiked 8.5% from the year prior–the largest 12-month increase in 40 years.
ABC News’ Ben Gittleson contributed to this report.
(WASHINGTON) — Abortion rights activists gathered outside of Justice Samuel Alito’s Virginia home on Monday night to protest the draft opinion he authored that leaked last week from the Supreme Court, indicating to the public that the court could soon overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
While protests extended to Alito’s home — after Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh also saw demonstrators at their Maryland homes over the weekend — the Senate voted unanimously on Monday evening on a bill to provide security details for the justices and their families. The bipartisan bill, authored by Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, heads to the House for a possible vote. If it passes, it would then go to President Joe Biden’s desk.
Two federal law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday that steps have been taken to increase security details around the individual justices, including at their homes. The U.S. Marshals Service also said they are assisting the Marshal of the Supreme Court regarding increased security concerns in the wake of Politico obtaining the draft opinion, but didn’t comment further on specific security measures.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted the demonstrations Monday evening as an attempt to influence the justices and “replace the rule of law with the rule of mobs,” he said.
“We’ve seen angry crowds assemble at judges’ private family homes. Activists published a map of their addresses. Law enforcement has had to install a security fence around the Supreme Court itself,” McConnell said from the Senate floor. “Trying to scare federal judges into ruling a certain way is far outside the bounds of First Amendment speech or protest.”
McConnell went on to cite a federal law — 18 U.S. Code Section 1507 — that forbids “pickets and parades” intended to influence judges, suggesting the law could make the protestors’ actions illegal.
ShutDownDC, which organized the event, has more demonstrations planned for this week.
More than 100 people turned up for the gathering outside Alito’s home in Alexandria which included speakers, a candlelight vigil, quiet moments of reflection and unified chants, including, at one point, “Alito is a coward! Alito is a coward!”
It wasn’t clear whether Alito and his family were home at the time — but law enforcement officers were on the scene as the protest remained peaceful.
Virginia GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin tweeted that state police were also assisting federal and local law enforcement “to ensure the safety of our citizens, including Supreme Court Justices, who call Virginia home.”
The demonstrators are part of the majority of Americans who believe Roe v. Wade should be upheld, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll last week. But across the country, if Roe is overturned, at least 26 states would either ban abortion or severely restrict access to it.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday the White House supports peaceful protests but would condemn any violence.
“I think the president’s view is that there’s a lot of passion, a lot of fear, a lot of sadness from many, many people across this country about what they saw in that leaked document,” Psaki responded. “We obviously want people’s privacy to be respected. We want people to protest peacefully if they want to protest. That is certainly what the president’s view would be.”
The justices are next expected to convene in person — though in private — in the court building on Thursday for their weekly conference, marking the first official gathering of the nine since the leaked draft sent shockwaves through the court and across the country. The next possible opinion release day is next Monday.
For his part, Alito canceled an appearance at a judicial conference last week after the draft decision leaked.
Democrats will force a vote in the Senate to protect access to abortion on Wednesday. Though it’s all but certain to fail, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday it will be a telling vote.
“Tomorrow, there’ll be no more hiding. There’ll be no more distracting. No more obfuscating where every member in this chamber stands,” Schumer said. “Senate Republicans will face a choice. Either vote to protect the rights of women to exercise freedom over their own bodies, or stand with the Supreme Court as 50 years of women’s rights are reduced to rubble before our very eyes.”
After being teased earlier this week, the reported collaboration between Tame Impala and R&B great Diana Ross has officially been announced.
The two will team up for a new song called “Turn Up the Sunshine,” which, as hypothesized, will appear on the soundtrack to the upcoming movie Minions: The Rise of Gru, the latest installment in the Despicable Me animated franchise.
The soundtrack will be produced by Jack Antonoff, and will also feature contributions from artists including St. Vincent, Phoebe Bridgers, Bleachers and Alabama Shakes‘ Brittany Howard. The ’70s-themed compilation consists mostly of covers, including St. Vincent putting a spin on the Lipps Inc. disco classic “Funkytown,” and Howard teaming up with Earth, Wind & Fire‘s Verdine White for a new version of “Shining Star.”
You’ll be able to hear the full soundtrack on July 1, the same day Minions: The Rise of Gru hits theaters
