Victoria Monet attends the Black Music Action Coalition’s 2026 Music Maker dinner at The Sun Rose on January 28, 2026, in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC))
Victoria Monét has a new album on the way, led by the single “Let Me.” In a recent conversation about the project, she explained that its sound leans into nostalgia, mainly due to her musical influences.
“I think that a lot of people who are growing up in music today, I feel like they’re skipping over some really great, timeless, classic songs,” she told Ryan Cameron Uncensored. “And I think if I have the opportunity to bring them back to the surface, I would love to be the person to do that.”
“If I’m thinking about what I’m creating, it’s a mix of the past but also the future because I’m kind of in my head astral projecting into the future for the success of the song, for what people would want to hear by the time the album comes out,” she continued. “My past is my foundation and what I’ve experienced and what I’ve heard. It influences me so much that it feels natural to be talking about it.”
Though it’s unclear what the album will be called or when it will be released, Victoria says that when the time comes, she wants the buzz around the project “to be massive.”
“I want it to be next level, better than I was before,” she explains. “I had always had the goal in mind that if Jaguar 2 was my Off the Wall, then I want this to be my Thriller just as far as magnitude and impact and global growth.”
Victoria is set to join Bruno Mars for the European leg of his The Romantic tour, kicking off in June.
“I am SOO excited to announce I will be joining @brunomars on The Romantic Tour in Europe this summer!!!” she wrote shortly after the news broke. “This is a dream come true.”
If you’d rather see Harry Styles perform his music in an intimate setting, as opposed to an arena full of screaming fans, he’s got you covered.
Harry has teamed up with the French production company La Blogothèque for one of its signature Take Away shows: intimate performances, usually acoustic, captured in unusual settings. The show, which lasts about six minutes, was recorded in February and shows Harry singing “Carla’s Song” in the Musée Bourdelle in Paris. The only accompaniment is Harry playing the piano.
At the end, Harry utters a French slang phrase — “Je suis en PLS” — which means “I’m done,” in the sense of, “I’m dead” or “I’m exhausted.”
“Carla’s Song” is about Harry’s friend Carla discovering Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Paul Simon’s music, and then her reaction when he played her one of Paul’s most famous songs, “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
The Eagles are offering up another preview of the upcoming reissue of their 1975 album, One of These Nights.
The band has just released a live version of their classic tune “Lyin’ Eyes” from a previously unreleased concert, recorded Sept. 28, 1975, at Anaheim Stadium in California. The band previously released a live cover of Chuck Berry’s “Carol.”
“Lyin’ Eyes (Live at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, CA, 9/28/1975)” is available now via digital outlets.
One of These Nights (Deluxe Edition), a three-CD/Blu-ray set dropping May 1, includes a new mix of the album and the 1975 concert. The Blu-ray features Dolby Atmos and high-res stereo mixes of both the album and the live concert.
The Eagles are set to play their final two Sphere Las Vegas shows of 2026 on Friday and Saturday. They are also scheduled to play New Orleans Jazz Fest on May 2, followed by concerts in Atlanta; Nashville; Arlington, Texas; and Hollywood, Florida.
A complete list of Eagles dates can be found at Eagles.com.
Eric Dane appears in a scene from season three of ‘Euphoria.’ (HBO)
Euphoria creator Sam Levinson is dedicating the new season of his hit show to Eric Dane, Angus Cloud and producer Kevin Turen.
At the season 3 premiere of Euphoria in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, Levinson addressed the audience ahead of the screening and paid tribute to the late actors and producer, who died in the years after season 2 aired on HBO.
“Some people ask why it took so long between seasons 2 and 3,” Levinson said, addressing the four-year gap. “There were obvious factors — the [writers and actors] strikes, how to make a schedule work with our very in-demand cast. But the real time was trying to figure out how to find a way to pay respect to those who we lost.”
Cloud, who starred as Fezco in Euphoria seasons 1 and 2, died in July 2023 from an accidental drug overdose. He was 25.
“When Angus died, it was tough. I loved him deeply. And I fought hard to keep him clean,” Levinson said at the premiere.
He also pointed to the opioid epidemic and discussed how it has affected many people across the U.S.
In 2023, approximately 105,000 people died from drug overdose, with 76% involving either an illegal or prescription opioid and 69% involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, “primarily illegally made fentanyl and fentanyl analogs,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Approximately 73,000 people died from fentanyl overdoses in 2023, according to the CDC, representing “nearly 92% of opioid overdose deaths.”
“I learned a whole lot that year, but what I realized more than anything is that death is what gives life meaning,” Levinson said at Tuesday’s premiere, referring to Cloud’s death. “You can’t be arrogant about existence. You’re forced to reckon with the fact that life itself is a wonder, a gift, a profound blessing.”
Four months after Cloud’s death, Turen died from multiple heart issues, according to a medical examiner’s report.
Dane, who starred as Cal Jacobs in Euphoria, died in February this year, following a battle with ALS.
Prior to Dane’s death, he returned to his role for the show’s third season. Fans got a preview of his final performance in the season 3 trailer, which was released March 30.
“I’d like to dedicate this season to those who we lost: Angus, Kevin and Eric,” he said. “The Rebbe says, ‘The only way to see great light is to pass through great darkness.’ Well, it feels good to be on the other side.”
Euphoria season 3, starring Zendaya, Jacob Elordi and Sydney Sweeney, will debut on HBO and stream on HBO Max on Sunday.
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Country music is headed for California wine country this summer.
Cole Swindell, Keith Urban and Koe Wetzel are set to headline the Country Summer Music Festival June 12-14 at the Sonoma County Event Center at the Fairgrounds.
Nate Smith, Dasha, Breland, Chase Matthew, Ingrid Andress, Kelsey Hart, John Morgan, Tyler Braden and Aaron Watson are just some of the artists who complete the lineup.
Both single-day tickets and passes for the entire festival are on sale now.
The Country Summer Music Festival started in 2014 and was named one of the Top 10 Best Outdoor Music Festivals by Newsweek in 2025.
The only female member of Pentatonix is joining the cast of the Tony Award-winning musical SIX, which is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of King Henry VIII. Kirstin will portray one of the more famous wives, Anne Boleyn. This marks Kirstin’s second turn on Broadway; in 2018, she made her debut as Lauren in Kinky Boots.
Kirstin will join the cast on June 1, taking over for Dylan Mulvaney. Her Pentatonix group mate Scott Hoying wrote to her on Instagram, “Yessss broadway baby!!!!! You’re gonna CRUSH!”
In the musical, each of the six wives is modeled on a famous pop star: Anne Boleyn, for example, is supposed to be a composite of Avril Lavigne and Lily Allen. Others are modeled on Adele, Alicia Keys, Britney Spears and Beyoncé.
SIX originally opened in 2021 and is now the 43rd longest-running show in Broadway history.
Kirstin’s return to Broadway will follow the completion of Pentatonix’s European tour, which is underway now. It wraps up May 3 in Sweden.
A new documentary on music producer Peter Asher is set to hit theaters in June, and the first official trailer has just been released.
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man gives an inside into the six-decade career of Asher, brother of Paul McCartney’s former girlfriend Jane Asher. He started out as half of the rock duo Peter and Gordon, before moving on to a successful career as a manager and producer. He helped guide the careers of artists like James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, who both appear in the trailer.
The documentary includes rare archival footage, as well as interviews, with appearances by such famous names as McCartney, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Steve Martin, Pattie Boyd, Marianne Faithfull, Carole King and Paul Shaffer.
According to the description, the film “offers an illuminating portrait of a man who helped shape the soundtrack of multiple generations and continues to inspire musicians and fans around the globe.”
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man is set to open June 19 in New York City before expanding to Los Angeles and other cities starting June 26. It is also set to screen at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on April 15 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Cleveland International Film Festival.
‘The Afterparty’ album artwork. (Neon Gold Records/Futures)
Lykke Li has premiered a new song called “Sick of Love,” a track off her upcoming album, The Afterparty.
On “Sick of Love,” Li imagines herself alone at the end of the party while it’s being cleaned up around her.
“It’s this moment of complete humiliation, and you’re trying to be strong,” Li says in a statement. “I had a lot of fun writing these lyrics. I laughed a lot.”
The Afterparty, the follow-up to 2022’s EYEYE, is due out May 8. It also includes the songs “Lucky Again” and “Knife in the Heart.”
In this Feb. 10, 2026, file photo, Sen. Chris Murphy speaks to reporters as he returns to his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, FILE)
(WASHINGTON) — Despite President Donald Trump saying that the United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, congressional Democrats are pushing forward to hold the president accountable.
“The president has promised to commit war crimes. He’s promised to eradicate an entire civilization we have never ever seen that in the history of this country. That’s why I and many other people have been talking for the last 24 hours about the 25th amendment,” Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said on CNN Tuesday of the potential vehicle for removing the president from office.
Murphy said Trump has “lost touch with reality” — mentioning the president’s Tuesday morning social media post in which he threatened that a “whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
However, hours before an 8 p.m. ET self-imposed deadline for Iran to make a deal to fully reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz or face broad strikes on its critical infrastructure, Trump said he had agreed to suspend planned bombing for two weeks if Iran agreed to reopen the strait.
“We just can’t accept a president who is literally promising to destroy an entire civilization, to murder hundreds of thousands of innocent human beings. That alone should be grounds for the removal of this President,” said Murphy, who was one of several lawmakers who mentioned the 25th Amendment after Trump’s latest threats.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will once again force a vote on an Iran war powers resolution when they return from recess next week. The resolution would call on the president to terminate the use of U.S. armed forces in hostilities against Iran or any part of the Iranian government or military unless a declaration of war or authorization to use military force is enacted.
“Republicans will once again have the opportunity to join Democrats and end this reckless war of choice. The public must demand that Republicans join with us to approve a war powers act,” Schumer said at a New York press conference.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House’s top Democrat, said that “as soon as it becomes available to us to do so,” Democrats will present a war powers resolution on the House floor.
“A two-week ceasefire is insufficient. We need a permanent end to Donald Trump’s reckless war of choice, which is why House Democrats have demanded that Speaker Mike Johnson immediately reconvene the House back into session so we can move a War Powers Resolution that will end this conflict permanently,” Jeffries said on CNN Tuesday night.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson have not yet commented on the matter.
In a statement on Tuesday, Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar said he would support the House’s war powers resolution when it comes up for a vote – a change after Cueller was one of four Democrats who voted against it last month.
Cueller, in a post on X, said the war powers resolution is “a reaffirmation of Congress’ constitutional role and our shared responsibility to the American people.”
The Senate and the House have both failed several times to advance war powers resolutions.
Republican Sen. John Curtis said last week that he won’t support military operations in Iran beyond the 60-day window without congressional approval. He had previously voted with Republicans, aside from Sen. Rand Paul, to block the Iran war powers resolution from advancing, arguing Trump was within his legal authority to act.
In an April 1 op-ed for Deseret News, Curtis wrote that 60 days is a “sufficient window” for Trump to take emergency measures to combat the threat Iran poses, but that a declaration of war should be authorized by Congress for operations to continue.
There are no indications that other Republicans would change their votes on the war power resolution.
Democratic Rep. John Larson on Tuesday filed articles of impeachment to remove Trump from office – however, without Republican support, his effort is not likely to move forward and serves more as a signal of Democratic aspirations if they win back the majority in the midterm elections this fall.
A number of Senate Democrats have continued their calls for Congress to return early from their recess to “vote to end this war.”
Democratic Sen. Andy Kim posted a video on Tuesday night from inside a train he was taking back to Washington — imploring his fellow members of Congress to return as well.
“We need to have answers immediately for the American people. What Trump said earlier is unacceptable, it’s dangerous, it is absolutely unhinged and we should all be concerned about him helming this war, this illegal unconstitutional war. We need Congress back in session immediately,” Kim said in the video. “I call on all my colleagues to get back so we can have a vote to end this war and stop this insanity before it goes any further.”
Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell echoed calls for congressional action.
“A return to diplomatic regional discussions will save lives and dollars and protect America’s long-term interests, while President Trump’s irresponsible words and actions undermine them Congress must impose constraints on this President’s wrongheaded use of force,” Cantwell said in a post on X.
For some Republicans, Trump’s announcement on the ceasefire seemed to be met with cautious optimism.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally, said he is hopeful the “reign of terror” can be ended through diplomacy but that he is “extremely cautious regarding what is fact vs fiction.”
“As I stated before, I prefer diplomacy if it leads to the right outcome regarding the Iranian terrorist regime. I appreciate the hard work of all involved in trying to find a diplomatic solution,” Graham posted on X. “At this early stage, I am extremely cautious regarding what is fact vs. fiction or misrepresentation. That’s why a congressional review process like the one the Senate followed to test the Obama Iranian deal is a sound way forward. Fair and challenging questions with a full opportunity to explain, and a healthy dose of sunlight is generally the right formula to understand any matter. Simply put, kick the tires.”
ABC News’ John Parkinson and Lauren Peller contributed to this report.
Matthew Perry attends the GQ Men of the Year Party 2022 at The West Hollywood EDITION on November 17, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for GQ)
(NEW YORK) — The woman reportedly known as the “Ketamine Queen” was sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing the drug that killed Matthew Perry.
Jasveen Sangha admitted in a plea agreement to working with another dealer to provide the “Friends” actor with dozens of vials of ketamine, including the dose that led to his fatal overdose in October 2023 at the age of 54.
Sangha pleaded guilty last year to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
She faced a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.
She was sentenced in Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday.
Prosecutors said in court filings ahead of Sangha’s sentencing that she should serve 15 years in prison for her “cold callousness and disregard for life,” and that she’s shown little remorse, pointing to recorded jail communications in which, they say, Sangha talked about “obtaining ‘trademarks’ and securing book rights on the events of the case.”
In a sentencing memorandum filed last month, prosecutors said Sangha ran a “high-volume drug trafficking business out of her North Hollywood residence,” where she stored, packaged and distributed drugs, including ketamine and methamphetamine, since at least 2019. Prosecutors said Sangha continued to sell “dangerous drugs” even after learning she had sold ketamine that contributed to the overdose deaths of two men: Perry and, years earlier, Los Angeles resident Cody McLaury. McLaury died hours after Sangha sold him four vials of ketamine in 2019, prosecutors said.
“She didn’t care and kept selling,” prosecutors wrote. “Defendant’s actions show a cold callousness and disregard for life. She chose profits over people, and her actions have caused immense pain to the victims’ families and loved ones.”
Sangha “had the opportunity to stop after realizing the impact of her dealing – but simply chose not to,” which warrants a “significant” sentence, prosecutors also said.
The defense, meanwhile, said Sangha, who has been behind bars since her arrest in August 2024, should receive a sentence of time served due to her “demonstrated rehabilitation.”
“She has maintained sustained and exemplary sobriety, and actively engaged in recovery-oriented and rehabilitative programming while in custody, and has tremendously strong family and community support to facilitate successful reentry and reduce the risk of recidivism,” her attorneys, Mark Geragos and Alexandra Kazarian, wrote in a sentencing memorandum filed last month.
In response to the defense sentencing memorandum, prosecutors continued to argue that Sangha has shown a lack of remorse and claimed she has attempted to minimize the harm she’s caused.
“For example, defendant harmed two overdose victims, but her sentencing briefing does not even mention Cody McLaury and only references Matthew Perry in passing, in the context of defendant attempting to downplay her role in his death and to heap the blame on others,” prosecutors wrote in their response, filed last week.
They also argued that Sangha “expressed a similar lack of remorse in recorded jail communications” – including one on Dec. 25, 2024, during which prosecutors said an individual stated, “We’re gonna sell those book rights,” and Sangha allegedly responded, “Oh I know, the plan is in, the f—— trademark is going down,” according to the filing.
“Even if said in jest, this conversation suggests defendant does not appreciate the severity of her offenses, and instead sees her crimes as a potential future revenue stream,” prosecutors wrote. “It also shows that time in custody has, thus far, failed in getting defendant to adequately reflect upon the grave harms she has caused.”
Geragos has previously said that Sangha “feels horrible.”
“She’s felt horrible from day one,” Geragos told reporters outside the courthouse last year following Sangha’s guilty plea. “This has been a horrendous experience.”
In a victim impact statement filed ahead of the sentencing, Perry’s stepmother, Debbie Perry, said the pain caused by the defendant is “irreversible.”
“Please give this heartless woman the maximum prison sentence so she won’t be able to hurt other families like ours,” she wrote.
In addition to Sangha, four other people were charged and pleaded guilty in connection with Perry’s death: the other dealer, Erik Fleming; Kenneth Iwamasa, Perry’s live-in personal assistant; and two doctors, Mark Chavez and Salvador Plasencia.
Prosecutors said Sangha worked with Fleming to distribute ketamine to Perry, and that in October 2023, they sold the actor 51 vials of ketamine that were provided to Iwamasa.
“Leading up to Perry’s death, Iwamasa repeatedly injected Perry with the ketamine that Sangha supplied to Fleming,” the DOJ said in a press release last year. “Specifically, on October 28, 2023, Iwamasa injected Perry with at least three shots of Sangha’s ketamine, which caused Perry’s death.”
Iwamasa pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death and is scheduled to be sentenced on April 22.
Fleming pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death and is set to be sentenced on April 29.
Chavez and Plasencia have also been convicted for their roles in what prosecutors called a conspiracy to illegally distribute ketamine to Perry.
Chavez, who once ran a ketamine clinic, pleaded guilty in October 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and was sentenced to eight months home confinement in December 2025.
Plasencia, who briefly treated Perry prior to the actor’s death, pleaded guilty in July 2025 to four counts of distribution of ketamine and was sentenced to 30 months in prison in December 2025.
