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22 Oct 2025

Apple TV & Peacock Join Forces for a New Streaming Bundle: Here’s How to Sign Up Online

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With Apple TV+ rebranding to simply Apple TV, the streaming service has now joined forces with Peacock to give new and returning subscribers more originals, live sports and music programming at one low price.

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Prices start at $14.99 per month for the Apple TV and Peacock Premium (ad-supported) bundle, which is a nearly a 38% savings, if you were to subscribe individually. You can also upgrade to the Apple TV and Peacock Premium Plus (ad-free) bundle for $19.99 per month, a savings of almost 35% the individual streaming plans.

Apple TV has a great selection of original TV shows, including Severance, Your Friends and Neighbors, The Morning Show, Ted Lasso, For All Mankind, The Studio, Long Way Up and Long Way Home, Silo, Shrinking, Palm Royale, Slow Horses, Invasion, Vietnam: The War That Changed America, Masters of the Air, Pachinko and others.

The streaming service has music specials and concert series, like Soundbreaking, Behind the Music, 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything, Jennifer Lopez’s Apple Music Live Concert, The Beatles: A Complete Anthology, Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You and others

If you’re a movie fan, then Apple TV is a good pick for original films, such as Killers of the Flower Moon, CODA, The Gorge, Fly Me to the Moon, Ghosted, Napoleon, Emancipation, Tetris and others.

You can get live sports too with Major League Baseball’s Friday Night Baseball.

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Meanwhile, Peacock is the streaming home for NBCUniversal with hit TV shows, like Poker Face, The Traitors, Couple to Throuple, The Best Man: The Final Chapters, Love Island, Yellowstone, Suits, The Office, Modern Family and Parks & Recreation.

In addition, the streaming service has exclusive music programming, such as Girl You Know It’s True, Toby Keith: American Icon, When Metal Ruled the World, America’s Got Talent and others.

Peacock has live sports too with games from the NFL, NBA, Premier League, NCAA College Football and other leagues.

Right now, you can sign up for the Apple TV and Peacock streaming bundle starting at $14.99 per month for the ad-supported plan. However, you can upgrade to the ad-free plan for $19.99 per month.

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22 Oct 2025

YouTube Paid Over $8 Billion to Music Business in Recent 12-Month Period: Lyor Cohen

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YouTube paid more than $8 billion to the music business in the 12-month period of July 2024 to June 2025, Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s global head of music, said Wednesday (Oct. 22) during a fireside chat with Billboard editor-in-chief Hannah Karp at Billboard Latin Music Week.

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The amount the music business receives from YouTube has doubled in just over three years. YouTube paid out $6 billion to the music business — spanning record labels, music publishers and performance rights organizations — in the 12-month period ended June 2022. The $6 billion payout was a big leap from the $4 billion YouTube paid music rights holders over a 12-month period just over a year earlier. 

YouTube doesn’t reveal the number of standalone YouTube Music subscribers, but the company announced in March that it surpassed 125 million global subscribers to both YouTube Music and YouTube Premium, an ad-free version of the video service that includes access to YouTube Music. YouTube also offers a less expensive tier, Premium Lite, that provides ad-free viewing for everything except music videos on the YouTube video platform but excludes ad-free listening on YouTube Music. Royalties are also generated from free, ad-supported music video viewers that totaled 2 billion each month.

The platform has extended its dominance from the smartphone to larger screens. Since February, YouTube has topped Nielsen’s rankings of share of Americans’ TV viewing. In August, YouTube’s 13.1% share was followed by Disney at 9.7%, Netflix at 8.7% and NBCUniversal at 7.6%. 

You can read a full recap of Cohen’s Latin Music Week conversation here.

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22 Oct 2025

Miley Cyrus Pens ‘Avatar’ Song Inspired by Devastating House Fire: ‘This Project Holds Profound Meaning’

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Miley Cyrus is channeling a painful memory into music for one of the most highly anticipated films of 2025: Avatar: Fire and Ash.

As announced Wednesday (Oct. 22), the pop star will contribute an original song to the Avatar sequel’s soundtrack. Sharing a snippet of the track on social media, Cyrus shared that she was inspired by her own experience with losing her Malibu home to a devastating fire in 2018 while working on the track.

“Having been personally affected by fire and being rebuilt from the ashes, this project holds profound meaning for me,” she wrote. “Thank you, [James Cameron], for the opportunity to turn that experience into musical medicine. The film’s themes of unity, healing, and love resonate deeply within my soul, and to be even a small star in the universe the Avatar family has created is truly a dream come true.”

In the sneak peek at the song, Cyrus sings over a lush orchestral arrangement, “Even through the flames, even through the ashes in the sky/ Baby when we dream, we dream as one.”

Avatar: Fire and Ash is set to premiere in theaters in December, more than 15 years after the first film in the franchise came out. The original Avatar — which starred Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana — is considered the highest grossing movie of all time, raking in more than $2 billion in the box office.

Cyrus has been open about how seriously the 2018 wildfire affected her. At the time, she posted that the home she shared with then-husband Liam Hemsworth had been completely destroyed, though all of her animals were safely evacuated.

When wildfires again broke out in California this year, Cyrus again touched on the experience. “It’s a feeling you don’t ever forget,” she said. “Walking up to the door you would pass through daily, looking forward to being greeted by the ones you love like you always do but instead being met by a pile of ash and rubble.”

See Cyrus’ announcement below.


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22 Oct 2025

YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s Wife Gifts ‘Very Special’ Custom Chain Engraved With Kids Names and Portraits

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YoungBoy Never Broke Again‘s wife, Jazlyn Mychelle, gifted her husband a very unique chain in celebration of his 26th birthday.

The Philadelphia jeweler, Shyne Jewelers, posted an Instagram carousel on Tuesday (Oct. 21), showing the intricate details that make up the rapper’s new piece.

The chain’s diamond-encrusted rope includes the names of YoungBoy’s children, with the Baton Rouge rapper expecting his third child with Mychelle.

“The moment Jaz’s vision became reality,” Shyne Jewelers wrote in the caption. “Thank you for commissioning us with creating this masterpiece for your husband!”

“I like it a lot. Very special and meaningful,” Jazlyn told the jeweler in a screenshotted text message. “I think he will like it a lot.”

NBA YoungBoy is currently in the midst of his sprawling MASA Tour but ran into a few issues on some recent dates. The rapper canceled a few shows in Atlanta and Detroit, and no explanation was given for any of the cancellations. However, back in September, YB’s manager called out Chicago’s United Center for canceling their MASA stop. No reason for that cancellation was given either, but the home of the Chicago Bulls had just implemented a stricter bag policy, which would have banned fans from bringing bags of any kind to the YoungBoy show.

“@UnitedCenter b—hed out,” YoungBoy’s manager, Alex Junnier, wrote on his Instagram Story at the time. “Shoutout to Joe Myhra @UnitedCenter. He didn’t want us to have fun. Scary.”

YoungBoy Never Broke Again is set to take the stage at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, on Wednesday (Oct. 22).

Check out YB’s new gift below.

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22 Oct 2025

P1Harmony Gives Billboard an Inside Look At Its Pop-Up Concert at Universal City Walk & Most Wanted Tour | All Access

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Keeho
I know you see, somehow the world’s gonna change for me and be so wonderful.I think we live. Sorry I keep saying, I think a lot, but I’m thinking,

Jerah Milligan
P1harmony took over Los Angeles. We talked to the boys backstage at the City Walk pop up concert, then got to see the show at the Intuit dome, and we take you there in Billboard All Access.

Jongseob
LA is feels like, kind of our second home. It’s, you know, we’ve been to a lot, and I feel like we’ve grown up so much. Like we started our first show in state. It’s in like, It’s nearby a soccer stadium, and there’s just a free show for just random peoples. But we’ve grown up so much, and we’re going to perform it Intuit Dome. That’s crazy.

Keeho
Actually, the you know, we’re doing a little thing at City Walk at the end of COVID. Our first ever show was in LA for free, too. So it’s gonna kind of take us back. It’s gonna feel a little nostalgic. So we’re really, really excited to be here at City Walk.

Keeho
West Hollywood. We love West Hollywood. Melrose, like Silver Lake. We love Silver Lake. A lot of good vintage and like cafes and stuff like that.

Intak
Oh yeah, I like Melrose too. Actually, yesterday, I’ve been the kind of dance studio. It called the Playground. Yeah, and I have so much time in so much great time in there. So it’s so very interesting.

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22 Oct 2025

50 Cent Reacts to Nicki Minaj’s Trolling of Jay-Z: ‘I Like When She Get Mad’

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Nicki Minaj has continued to troll Jay-Z with various AI-generated images and shots on social media, and 50 Cent has enjoyed the fireworks with his popcorn out.

The G-Unit mogul reposted an AI-generated video Minaj posted of Jay-Z in a pink wig to his Instagram on Tuesday (Oct. 21), which he’s since deleted, but that didn’t stop 50 from adding his commentary to the feud. “LOL wtf did they do to [Nicki],” he wrote, as captured by Complex. “I like when she get mad.”

50 previously chimed in on Nicki’s business during her catty back-and-forth on social media with Cardi B earlier in October. “I hope the girls stop fighting before things escalate,” he warned.

Earlier this month, Minaj threatened to cancel plans for her sixth studio album and pointed at Jay-Z as a reason to blame. “Ok I’m not going to put out the album anymore. No more music. Hope you’re happy now [JAY-Z],” she wrote. “Bye, Barbz. Love you for life.”

Nicki’s since put the album back on the release calendar, as she’s been promising to drop the project on March 27.

Minaj’s feud with Roc Nation dates back years, and she’s continued to diss Jay-Z and Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez. In the past, the Young Money rapper has accused Roc Nation of blackballing her and also owing her $200 million. It appeared tensions between Minaj and Roc Nation were raised when Kendrick Lamar was chosen for last year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show over the likes of Lil Wayne.

As for 50 Cent, he celebrated “P.I.M.P.” surpassing one billion streams on Spotify. “Not bad for a kid from South Side,” he wrote to IG.


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22 Oct 2025

Cardi B Puts Down $250K On Upcoming UFC 321 Main Event

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Fresh off her record-breaking sophomore album, Am I The Drama?, Cardi B is having some fun with her “play dough” as she just bet a King Kong-sized grip on the upcoming UFC 321 Main Event.

According to Bloodyelbow.com, the Grammy award-winning rapper just put down a staggering $250,000 on the current Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall to successfully defend his title against Ciryl Gane on Saturday (Oct. 25) in Abu Dhabi.

While we’re used to seeing and hearing about male rappers placing bets this size on fights and other sporting events, you rarely hear (if ever) about female celebrities indulging in such betting practices. Then again, Cardi B is from the Bronx and is as raunchy and outspoken as any man alive, so this shouldn’t be as surprising as it seems.

Still, she needs some things to break her way before she can walk away with some more pocket change for her Hermés bags.

Per Bloodyelbow:

First, the Grammy-winning recording artist needs Tom Aspinall to beat Ciryl Gane on Saturday night.

The king of UFC heavyweights has blitzed through opponents with quick wins throughout his run in MMA’s premier promotion, but any form of victory will do for Cardi B. 

If Aspinall delivers, Cardi B will be waiting on the result of Jake Paul’s exhibition bout with Gervonta Davis. 

Once again, no knockout is needed, but ‘Tank’ must beat the YouTuber-turned-boxer on November 14. 

If Aspinall and Davis both win their upcoming fights, Cardi B’s bet will pay out $460,000.

Imagine putting up $250,000 on a sporting event like it’s no thang. Can’t even be mad. She really worked her ass off to get this far in life (both literally and figuratively).

What do y’all think about Cardi B putting down this kind of cash on a UFC event? Let us know in the comments section below.

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22 Oct 2025

Chris Brown’s Biggest Op, Kevin McCall Is Still Big Mad, Team Breezy Gives Him The Dueces

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Right when we thought we could go a whole year without hearing about this again, here we are..

Once upon a time, Chris Brown and Kevin McCall were a dynamic duo. Breezy with the vocals & face card, K Mac, for his dope pen game. 15 years ago, they dropped a huge collab named “Dueces,”. Sound familiar, right? Although it was a big moment for both of their careers, they have been bumping heads ever since. Yes, even 15 years later…

The LA songwriter has always claimed he didn’t get his fair share of the pot for his contributions. The superstar singer felt otherwise and used every moment to troll McCall. In the newest Breezy & Kevin saga, money has been brought up again. During a podcast interview, Kevin McCall reveals that he is on EBT, “I’m not even trippin’ though. I got an EBT card in my pocket. Can I get 25,000 for the 4 songs you owe me?”

Following that was a complete crashout, where Kevin sadly breaks down. Following this clip going viral, Young Thug sends out a tweet to Kevin offering to give him the 25 racks, “Kevin McCall hit me my n*gga, I’ll give you the 25K you need. I know CB (Chris Brown) would give it to you also, bro he a real one. N*ggas is just busy sometimes brada.”

Here comes an incoming Breezy petty message, and he didn’t waste any time whatsoever. Less than 24 hours since Kevin McCall’s message to Chris, he responds, “Remember this: You can’t walk across a burnt bridge. You know what’s funnier than a troll? A BROKE ONE”

Gloves are completely off for the VA singer. Check out some of the reactions to the Chris Breezy and K Mac decade of a beef below. 

1. The downfall of Kevin needs to be studied

2. Thug is willing to give Kevin 25K

4. Not on ours either

5. Tough life lesson for Mr.Dueces

6. Sell on his…nvm

7. Therapy is essential

8. Things we can’t relate to

9. SMH snot crying…

10. Overly bad

22 Oct 2025

Gross: Trump’s Obsession In Getting Project 2025 Co-Author Laid

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As Russell Vought attains more of the limelight in the Trump administration as the Office of Management, a new report sheds some light on his relationship with the president. Particularly, Trump’s desire to get female companionship for Vought.

In a report for Zeteo, Swin Suebsaeng wrote of how the two regularly spoke to each other, and in some of those conversations, Trump was adamant about lending his services to get Vought laid.

“Trump spoke to Vought, a self-described Christian nationalist who’s now one of the president’s most hardline enforcers, about the ‘gorgeous’ and ‘beautiful ladies’ who roam Trump’s club, Mar-a-Lago, so often that it ‘weirded out’ some of his advisers,’ sources told Suebsaeng, adding: “And Trump spoke crudely of all the ‘p—y’ that Vought would surely get as the president’s favorite ‘bachelor.’”

Vought and his ex-wife, Mary (who, by the way, oversees the communications and public relations for the Heritage Foundation), divorced in 2023. The alleged conversations took place throughout Trump’s election campaign last year. Vought has been one of Trump’s biggest allies, urging him to lay off even more federal workers during the current government shutdown, now in its 22nd day. The 49-year-old, referred to as “Darth Vader,” has been a major architect of Project 2025, which has led to the rollback of thousands of jobs as well as nutrition benefits for those with lower income, in addition to other crippling consequences.

The report comes as Trump and the administration are under heavy public pressure to release the entirety of the files related to convicted sex trafficker and former Trump pal Jeffrey Epstein. Trump has denied any longstanding association with him, despite a bombshell report by the Wall Street Journal showing him in a birthday book for Epstein.

An OMB spokesperson called the reporting false, adding personally, “Exactly what you’d expect from a deranged hack who couldn’t even hold a job at Rolling Stone and is now writing for a Greta Thunberg blog.”

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22 Oct 2025

How to Watch the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks Game Live Online With Sling TV

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With the start of the 2025-26 NBA season, teams from around the association are looking to begin the season on the right foot to win their divisions, make the playoffs and win the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy in the NBA Finals.

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For the home opener, the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York on Wednesday, Oct. 22. This game could be a preview of the Eastern Conference Finals this season with the Cavs and Knicks expected to lead the pack in the Central and Atlantic Divisions, respectively.

When Does Cleveland Cavs vs. New York Knicks Game Start?

Cleveland Cavs vs. New York Knicks game broadcasts live, with tipoff at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

Where to Watch Cleveland Cavs vs. New York Knicks Online

Cleveland Cavs vs. New York Knicks game broadcasts on ESPN, and it’s also livestreams on Sling Orange. Keep reading for more details on how cord-cutters can watch the Cavs-Knicks game online with Sling TV.

How to Watch Cleveland Cavs vs. New York Knicks With Sling TV

A subscription to Sling Orange, which comes with ESPN, gets you access to live TV from popular cable channels.

You can watch cable networks, including ESPN2, ESPN3, Disney Channel, Freeform, MotorTrend, A&E, AMC, BBC America, BET, CNN, Comedy Central, Food Network, Fuse, HGTV, History Channel, IFC, Lifetime, Nick Jr., QVC, TBS, TNT, Travel Channel, Vice and many others.

Please note: Prices and channel availability depends on your local TV market. You can learn more about Sling TV here.

Which Celebrities Are Making Appearances During Cavs vs. Knicks?

It’s likely there will be a number of celebrities and recording artists in attendance during Wednesday night’s game — such as New York Knicks fans Bad Bunny, Cardi B, Ice Spice, Fat Joe, Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz, Timothée Chalamet, Spike Lee and others; as well as Cleveland Cavs fans Usher, Machine Gun Kelly, Drew Carey and others. Tune in to Sling TV to find out who’s sitting courtside on celebrity row.

Starting at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, Cleveland Cavs vs. New York Knicks broadcast on ESPN, while it’s also available to livestream on Sling TV on Wednesday, Oct. 22.

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