BTS is reclaiming its territory at the top of the charts.
The South Korean pop supergroup has reascended to the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with “Butter,” making for a 10-week streak in the coveted slot.
Following its release in May, “Butter” debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 where it stayed for seven consecutive weeks before BTS replaced itself with “Permission to Dance,” which reigned for one week before “Butter” was back on top.
The smooth track also finishes at the #1 spot on Billboard‘s Songs of Summer chart. It reigned for 11 uninterrupted weeks, from Memorial Day through Labor Day. “Butter” took the Song of the Summer title over Olivia Rodrigo‘s “good 4 u,” Dua Lipa‘s “Levitating,” Doja Cat‘s “Kiss Me More” featuring SZA, and The Weeknd and Ariana Grande‘s “Save Your Tears.”
Additionally, “Butter” is up for multiple trophies at the upcoming MTV VMAs, including Best Pop video, Best K-Pop video, Best Choreography and Best Editing.
These days, it’s not really news when someone starts wearing a new mask. Unless, of course, you’re a member of Slipknot.
Frontman Corey Taylor unveiled his latest terrifying look during the Knot’s headlining set at Rocklahoma over the weekend. In contrast with his transparent We Are Not Your Kind mask, which allowed his Heath Ledger-as-Joker hair to flow freely, this new one is solid white with bulging eyes, and wraps Taylor’s entire head.
You can check out photos of Taylor’s new mask via Slipknot’s Instagram.
Notably, the debut of new Slipknot masks usually means the band is readying for the next album cycle. Indeed, the group has been working on new material to follow We Are Not Your Kind, which dropped in 2019.
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Jordan Davis is a dad again! The singer and his wife, Kristen, welcomed their second child, son Locklan Joseph, into the world on Saturday, September 4. Jordan announced the news over the weekend on social media.
Locklan is the little brother to Jordan and Kristen’s daughter, Eloise Larkin, who is 21 months old.
“God is good…,” Jordan wrote. “Locklan Joseph arrived yesterday, and he is perfect. Kristen is the toughest person I’ve ever met and she did such an amazing job getting him here. Momma and baby are both doing great and I am so blessed to get to be Locklan and Eloise’s Dad.”
Jordan previously acknowledged his daughter would have to get used to having a baby in the house.
“It’s going to be a bit of a transition for her,” Jordan told People. “We’ve been trying to read books to her about becoming a big sister, but she cares more about looking at the pictures than really listening to what’s going on.”
Jordan is currently enjoying a top-30 hit with “Buy Dirt,” a collaboration with Luke Bryan. The song is the title track of his latest album, released in May.
Last month, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood revealed to The Times of London that he and his old Faces band mates Rod Stewart and Kenney Jones had been collaborating on new music together, and now Jones reportedly has shared some new details about the project.
Contact Music reports that in a new exclusive interview with BANG Showbiz, Kenney revealed, “We’ve done about 14 songs, it’s a mixture of stuff we never released which is worthy of releasing and there’s some new stuff which is really wonderful. Rod is writing the lyrics and he’s really keen on it.”
Jones, who is The Faces’ founding drummer, also says the band is planning to play a number of major concerts, including shows at London’s O2 arena, New York City’s Madison Square Garden and “some other big venues in America.”
He adds, “Nothing elaborate on stage, just bring back The Faces live.”
Kenney also reportedly tells BANG Showbiz that he and Wood have been looking through the Faces archives for unreleased recordings that they hope to put out.
“Ronnie has found around 90 pieces of music and I’ve found around 50 pieces of music,” Jones notes, “some are whole tracks, some are not, some are just bits.”
Jones, Wood and Stewart are the last surviving original members of The Faces. Bassist Ronnie Lane died in 1997 and keyboardist Ian McLagan passed away in 2014.
Jones, Wood and Stewart last performed together as The Faces in February 2020 during the finale of the Brit Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys.
Take me down to BottleRock Napa Valley, where the rock stops promptly at 10 p.m.
Guns N’ Roses learned that the hard way during their headlining performance at the California festival over the Labor Day Weekend. Halfway through their rendition of “Paradise City,” which featured a surprise appearance by Dave Grohl on guitar and backing vocals, the power on stage was cut because the set had passed BottleRock’s strict 10 p.m. curfew.
Being that Grohl once finished a Foo Fighters show after falling off the stage and breaking his leg, he wasn’t about to let a lack of electricity end the party. So for the last three minutes of the song, GrohlN’R jammed “Paradise City” in the dark, with only the sound of drums and un-amplified vocals reaching beyond the stage.
You can watch fan-shot footage of the performance now via YouTube.
According to The Mercury News, artists including Neil Young, The Cure and Foo Fighters have been cut off at past BottleRocks after hitting the curfew.
Foo Fighters also headlined BottleRock this year. Additionally, Grohl and producer/songwriter Greg Kurstin performed a set a covers from their The Hanukkah Sessions series.
Nia DaCosta calls it a “wonderful coincidence” that she’s getting to direct her Candyman star Teyonah Parris in the forthcoming superhero film The Marvels.
In fact, DaCosta tells ABC Audio that when she spoke to Parris about her superhero role as Monica Rambeau, she hadn’t yet signed on to direct the film.
“So I think I knew Teyonah was going to be Monica Rambeau, like when we were shooting,” DaCosta recalls. “Because there was a day we were shooting [and] she had to pretend something was there and be like scared. And she was like, ‘There’s nothing there. Like, I’ve never had to do this before.’ And I’m like, ‘You’re going to be in a superhero TV show. Like you’re going to have to look at like a tennis ball and stuff.’ And she was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know.'”
That early conversation, DaCosta notes, later became a foretelling of what the director now has to do on set of The Marvels, where Parrish reprises her role as Monica Rambeau, a superpowered captain at the agency S.W.O.R.D.
“And then it was just funny that it turned out that I would be directing her again [and] looking at things that don’t exist,” DaCosta laughs. “So, I was just so excited for her — just as a fan. I’m a huge Marvel fan and fan of Monica Rambeau [and] fan of Teyonah.”
The director calls the re-teaming of her and Parris a “perfect” union.
“[To end] up directing her next outing in that world…it’s such a wonderful coincidence,” she adds.
Candyman is in theaters. The Marvels is slated to hit theaters on November 11, 2022.
(LOS ANGELES) — Vaccines work to dramatically reduce the risk of developing COVID-19, but no vaccine is perfect. Now, with 174 million people already fully vaccinated, a small portion are experiencing a so-called “breakthrough” infection, meaning they test positive for COVID-19 after being vaccinated.
But doctors say this virus — which can be deadly for an unvaccinated person — most often leads to much milder symptoms those who already got their shots, with a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis finding vaccinated people are 29 times less likely to require hospitalization and four times less likely to be infected with COVID-19, even when the delta variant is predominant.
“We know vaccination is not 100%,” said Dr. Jay Bhatt, an internist and adjunct faculty at the UIC School of Public Health and an ABC News contributor. “That being said, we know that most people in the ICU are unvaccinated individuals.”
Still, breakthrough infections do happen.
The CDC has very specific guidance about what vaccinated people should do if they are exposed to someone with COVID-19, or if they test positive themselves.
If a vaccinated person is exposed to the virus — meaning a close contact has tested positive — they don’t need to quarantine, but they should get a COVID test three to five days after that exposure. And they should wear a mask in public indoor spaces, like the grocery store, while awaiting test results.
But if a vaccinated person receives a positive test result or has symptoms after exposure, they should isolate for 10 days. A repeat test is not needed at the end of the 10-day isolation period, though the person should be fever-free for at least 24 hours before ending quarantine.
Vaccination status does not change isolation recommendations for those who test positive because they can still be contagious, though the CDC reports that the contagious period may be shorter than in those who are unvaccinated and viral load lessens after five days.
Since those who are vaccinated and infected with COVID-19 are still able to transmit the virus, their close contacts should also be contacted and tested. A close contact is a person who has spent more than 15 minutes with a COVID-19 positive person while unmasked and less than 6 feet apart.
Fully vaccinated people who test positive may also be eligible for authorized COVID-19 treatments, if their doctor says it’s necessary. Therapies such as monoclonal antibodies can still be given to COVID-positive patients in a high-risk category, even if they are vaccinated. “Monoclonal antibodies are intended for those with COVID-19 who are high risk, which includes those over 65, and those who have chronic disease, cancer or are immunocompromised,” Bhatt said. “The chances of allergic reactions or adverse events are relatively low.”
Monoclonal antibodies, laboratory-made proteins which mimic the immune system’s antibodies, work best when given in the first few days after a positive test result or symptom onset. After receiving monoclonal antibodies, further COVID-19 vaccination, such as a booster, should be delayed by 90 days to optimize response to the vaccine.
Other treatments, such as steroids or antivirals like Remdesivir, are more commonly given for hospitalized and severe cases, which are less likely to occur in vaccinated individuals.
While breakthrough infections are likely to be mild, it’s important to follow recommended guidelines to reduce the spread of infection. Wearing masks in large crowds and staying home when not feeling well will help protect both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
Priscilla Hanudel, M.D., is an emergency medicine physician in Los Angeles and a contributor to the ABC News Medical Unit.
(DETROIT) — People looking to buy a new car, might want to pump the brakes on their search for now. General Motors announced it will temporarily shut down eight of its 15 North American assembly plants due to a microchip shortage that automakers need to build vehicles.
The shutdown takes effect Tuesday, Sept. 7.
Watch the full report from ABC’s Good Morning America:
Is Enrique Iglesias thinking of retirement? According to comments made during a recent Instagram live, the “Hero” singer might be thinking of hanging up the microphone.
During a recent Q&A session, the 46-year-old singer dished about his upcoming 11th studio album, Final Vol. 1, and hinted its name is foreshadowing what’s to come.
“It might be my final album,” Enrique dished to Ricky Martin and Sebastián Yatra. “it’s not something that I have been thinking about for the past few months. It’s something that I have been thinking about for the past few years. There’s going to be Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, but they’re final.“
The singer continued, “I’m in that moment in my life, that chapter in my life, where I think it’s the right time to put it out and I’ve been thinking about this since 2015.”
The Grammy winner noted that he will never fully walk away from the music industry, and clarified, “I’m never going to stop writing songs because I love writing songs, but I’m going to do it in a different way — meaning they don’t necessarily have to be packaged as an album — so this project to me is important.”
The forthcoming album will be the follow-up to Iglesias’ 2014 release Sex and Love, which spawned the hits “Bailando,” “Loco” and “El Perdedor.”
Final Vol. 1 arrives September 17. After that, Enrique will hit the road with Ricky Martin on their first ever co-headlining North America arena tour, which kicks off September 25 in Las Vegas at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge shared some uplifting news about his former band mate Mark Hoppus, revealing that he’s finished with chemotherapy.
Hoppus, who was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma at age 49, had been undergoing treatment to combat the illness.
Taking to Instagram, DeLonge shared a screenshot from a text message conversation between him and Hoppus. When DeLonge asked if he has finished with treatment, the bassist replied that he has “no more planned.”
“Doctor said I can take my port out,” Hoppus wrote. “I think because he thinks the chemo did the trick and I’m done but also if the chemo didn’t work we do a different treatment entirely?”
The Angels & Airwaves vocalist was overjoyed by the update, telling Hoppus, “That’s great news. Time for LIVING.” He also texted over some cheeky ideas on how to celebrate being through with chemo.
“[You] need to [screw] as many things as possible. Shoes, gopher holes, golfers. Anything u can catch,” he cracked, which elicited a laugh from the rocker.
“I wanted to be a good friend to @markhoppus and just give some modest advice on what he should do next, now that his Chemo treatments have subsided,” DeLonge captioned the update, “and it looks like they may have worked wonderfully.”
Late last month, DeLonge revealed that Hoppus was “almost done with his treatment” and in the “last stretch.”
Around the same time, Hoppus shared that his hair was trying to grow back and remarked, “Trying to grow back some hair. Awww. Poor little head. Keep your chin up, fighter.”
