The K-pop superstars are making their return to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a double whammy of appearances next week.
On Tuesday, July 13, the group will perform the TV debut of “Permission to Dance,” their new song co-written by Ed Sheeran. The next night, they’ll perform their number-one hit, “Butter.”
Last fall, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook visited The Tonight Show for a week-long residency dubbed BTS Week. They performed “Mikrokosmos,” “Black Swan,” “Home,” “Dynamite” and “Idol.”
If swiping right isn’t your cup of tea, but high tea in the Bridgerton universe is your idea of ideal courtship, you’re in luck.
Peacock is going back in time with an 1800s-inspired reality dating show called Pride & Prejudice.
The streaming network announced the series with a Lady Whistledown-inspired invitation, promising “a time-traveling quest for love.”
Hopefuls can apply on a special website, which asks potential candidates the following questions: “Do you long for a night of romance, chariot rides, and balls?…Do you want to pursue love in a whimsical, international location?”
If you’re lucky enough to be selected, Peacock promises, “[W]e will transport a heroine and eligible, hopeful suitors to a beautiful, international location, where they will get to experience what dreams are made of.”
The invitation adds, “In the end, our heroine and her suitors will discover if the ultimate romantic experience will find them, true love!”
However, the romantic experience won’t be easy — and not just because of the corsets. “Only noble suitors are encouraged to take on this profound and thrilling quest, should they have the vigour to out-romance the rest,” the announcement warns.
50 Cent is getting back into his hip-hop roots with his latest project.
According to Deadline, 50 is working with ABC to develop a non-scripted hip-hop competition series titled Unrapped. The show will focus on celebrity contestants — who are coached by iconic hip-hop mentors — that end up in a rap battle until “a king or queen is crowned.” A release date for Unrapped has yet to be announced. Casting is currently underway.
In other news, Netflix has released the first trailer for their three-part documentary series on tennis star Naomi Osaka. Titled Naomi Osaka, the series follow the four-time Grand Slam winner in the years after her win at the 2018 US Open. It will also chronicle her meteoric rise in the tennis world. Naomi Osakahits Netflix on July 16, just ahead of her expected return to tennis at the Tokyo Olympics.
Finally, Henry Simmons and Joy Bryant have been tapped to star in season two of OWN’s anthology drama series Cherish the Day. As previously reported, each season of Cherish the Day follows the relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day. In season two, Simmons and Bryant will play a high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited in New Orleans. A release date for Cherish the Day has yet be announced. Production on the series begins this month.
Jon Pardi has been announced as a Saturday-night headliner for the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, a three-day event happening in August.
Celebrating both music and racing, the Grand Prix will take place on a temporary, 2.17-mile circuit in downtown Nashville, which crosses the Cumberland River. That makes it the only current event in motorsports to cross over a major body of water.
A stacked lineup has already been announced: Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Justin Moore, Riley Green, Danielle Bradbery and more artists have signed on to perform as part of the event.
A variety of ticketing options, including three-day packages and single-day passes, are available now. The event will take place August 6-8; Jon’s headlining show is on Saturday, August 7.
Meanwhile, Jon is busily getting back to touring and performing after ending a stint of doctor-mandated vocal rest at the beginning of this month. He’s planning to keep busy at arenas, amphitheaters and fairs for the rest of the summer, concluding with a performance at Dierks Bentley’s Seven Peaks Festival over Labor Day weekend.
(NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Elsa has made landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast and is now charging up the entire East Coast through Friday.
Elsa made landfall at about 11 a.m. Wednesday in Taylor County, in Florida’s Big Bend region.
Elsa, which is slamming Florida with gusty winds and heavy rain, strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday night before weakening back to a tropical storm.
A boat capsized near Key West as Elsa blew through on Tuesday, according to the Coast Guard. Nine people remain missing.
As of Wednesday morning, Florida had no reports of fatalities or significant structural damage, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
About 26,000 customers in Florida were without power, he added.
Elsa is now barreling up the East Coast, set to bring heavy rain and flash flooding from Georgia to Maine through Friday.
The latest path shows Elsa moving over Georgia Wednesday night, South Carolina Thursday morning and North Carolina Thursday night.
Elsa is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression by Thursday morning as it brings rain and wind to Charleston, Myrtle Beach and Wilmington.
By Thursday night Elsa will be blowing through Virginia, Maryland and Delaware with heavy rain, gusty winds and flooding. Elsa will hit New Jersey overnight Thursday into Friday.
On Friday morning, Elsa will head up the Interstate 95 corridor with heavy rain and gusty winds from New York City to Boston.
In less than two weeks, Saweetie and Justine Skye will headline Samsung and Billboard’s Songs of the Summer concert.
According to Billboard, the virtual event will be free for Samsung Galaxy owners, who can redeem a code from the Samsung Members app to watch the show on their phone. Non-Galaxy owners can purchase a ticket for $10 and then stream it from their device or on their TV.
Saweetie will likely perform her singles “Tap In” and “Best Friend” from her upcoming debut album, Pretty B**** Music. Meanwhile, Justine Skye will pull from her Timbaland-produced album, Space & Time.
Samsung and Billboard‘s Songs of the Summer concert premieres July 16 at 3 p.m. ET on Billboard.com. The entire event will be available for viewing through July 19.
(MINNEAPOLIS) — The teen who filmed the murder of George Floyd by former police officer Derek Chauvin said that her uncle was killed Tuesday in a fatal car crash involving Minneapolis police.
In a Facebook post, 18-year-old Darnella Frazier said her uncle Leneal Lamont Frazier died after police collided with his car while they were chasing a carjacked vehicle. Officials from the Minneapolis Office of Police Information said the driver of the stolen car was involved in several robberies and refused to stop for police.
“Minneapolis police killed my uncle,” Darnella Frazier said in the post. “Another black man lost his life in the hands of the police … I couldn’t accept what I was hearing and still can’t. Some things just take time to process.”
The fatal collision took place at the intersection of 41st Avenue North and Lyndale Avenue North in Minneapolis, according to police. A third car was also caught up in the collision.
Minneapolis Office of Police Information officials said that both the driver of the uninvolved car and the officer were taken to the hospital, where the driver died shortly after. The officer was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
In a statement, the Minnesota State Patrol said it will lead the investigation into the crash. It is an open and active investigation, and once completed, the state patrol said it will turn its findings over to the county attorney for review.
In her social media post, Darnella Frazier described her final moments with her uncle, saying Minneapolis police is responsible for the family’s “big loss.”
“I was just with you at the beach,” she wrote. “If I would’ve known that would be my last time seeing you, I would’ve hugged you so much longer, told you ‘I love you’ way harder.”
During the Chauvin murder trial, the teen took to the witness stand to recount the pain she said she has experienced since witnessing Floyd’s murder.
Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for Floyd’s death.
Frazier, who was 17 at the time of the incident, told prosecutors in March that she continues to harbor a lot of guilt and trauma.
“When I look at George Floyd, I look at my dad, I look at my brothers, I look at my cousins, my uncles because they are all Black,” she told prosecutors. “And I look at that and I look at how that could have been one of them. I stayed up [at night] apologizing and apologizing to George Floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting, not saving his life.”
We won’t have to wait too long to hear what a Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross-produced Halsey album sounds like.
The pop star’s upcoming record If I Can’t Have Love, I WantPower, which was produced by the Nine Inch Nails duo, is due out next month, on August 27.
Halsey, who revealed in January that she’s pregnant, describesIf I Can’t Have Love as a “concept album about the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth.” That’s certainly reflected in the record’s cover artwork, which features Halsey sitting on a throne with a baby on her lap and one of her breasts exposed.
“It was very important to me that the cover art conveyed the sentiment of my journey over the past few months,” Halsey says. “The dichotomy of the Madonna and the Whore.”
Halsey has previously collaborated with rock artists including Bring Me the Horizon, Travis Barker, Machine Gun Kelly and Yungblud. Her early single “New Americana” was a top-20 hit on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart.
The 11-track collection, which was produced by the legendary prog-rock group’s longtime guitarist, Steve Howe, will be available as a two-CD set featuring eight songs on the main disc and three additional tunes on the second CD.
The Quest also will be issued in additional formats and configurations, including a limited-edition box set boasting two CDs, two vinyl LPs and a Blu-ray disc.
The Quest, a follow-up to 2014’s Heaven & Earth, is Yes’ first studio effort since the 2015 death of founding bassist Chris Squire, who appeared on all of the band’s previous albums and who was succeeded by Billy Sherwood. The Quest also is the second Yes studio album to feature current frontman Jon Davison, who joined the group in 2012.
“It is simply an honor for me to have the opportunity to bring together the band members in the development of a well-refined set of songs that capture the band’s true potential,” Howe says of the new record.
He also shares, “Much of the music was written in late 2019 with the rest in 2020. We commissioned several orchestrations to augment and enhance the overall sound of these fresh new recordings, hoping that our emphasis on melody, coupled with some expansive instrumental solo breaks, keeps up the momentum for our listeners.”
The Quest will be available for pre-order starting on July 23. The album’s cover art was designed by longtime Yes collaborator Roger Dean.
Here’s the album’s full track list:
CD 1:
“The Ice Bridge”
“Dare to Know”
“Minus the Man”
“Leave Well Alone”
“The Western Edge”
“Future Memories”
“Music to My Ears”
“A Living Island”
CD 2:
“Sister Sleeping Soul”
“Mystery Tour”
“Damaged World”
Downey Sr. and Jr. in 2008 — Larry Busacca/WireImage
Robert Downey Sr., the filmmaker and actor father of Robert Downey Jr., has died at 85, the Marvel movie star just announced on Instagram.
“RIP Bob D. Sr. 1936-2021,” the post begins, noting that Downey Jr.’s father died Tuesday evening.
“Last night, dad passed peacefully in his sleep after years of enduring the ravages of Parkinson’s,” Robert notes, calling his father “a true maverick filmmaker [who] remained remarkably optimistic throughout” his ordeal.
The actor then quips of Downey Sr.’s third wife, Rosemary Rogers-Downey, “According to my stepmom’s calculations, they were happily married for just over 2000 years.” He added about the music producer and writer, “you are a saint, and our thoughts and prayers are with you.”
Downey Jr.’s mother, his father’s first wife, Elsie Ann Downey, died in 2014.
Born in 1936, Robert Downey Sr. started his entertainment career as an actor after a stint in the Army, and throughout his career, he starred in TV shows and films, with credits including The Twilight Zone and Saturday Night Live on the small screen, and movies such as To Live and Die in L.A. and Boogie Nights.
However, it was his career as an avant-garde director decades earlier that left more of an impression: notably the 1969 race-based satire Putney Swope, and the 1970 comedy Pound, which ranks as a five-year-old Downey Jr.’s first acting credit. Downey Jr. also appeared in his father’s 1997 dramedy, Hugo Pool.
