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The money streamers make these days may be calling Young Thug‘s name The Atlanta rapper stopped by Adin Ross‘ Kick stream and he was impressed with the way Ross lives his day-to-day life, telling the popular streamer that he wants to start streaming. “I gotta learn how to do this sh–,” he told Adin and […]
A lot of Oasis fans are counting down the days until the band finally reunites, including Bono.
While speaking to Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe in an interview posted Thursday (June 12), the U2 frontman had nothing but praise for the English pop-rock group, famously fronted by brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher. The band is currently in rehearsals ahead of a comeback tour slated to kick off in July, putting an end to a yearslong hiatus sparked by a feud between the two siblings.
“I love them,” Bono said. “I just love them. And what I really love is, the preciousness that had gotten [into] indie music, they just blew it out. There was just the swagger, and the sound of getting out of the ghetto, not glamorizing it.”
“They’re both funny,” the singer added. “I’m still very close with Noel, and he sent a message to me saying he’s kind of shocked by how great the band is [sounding]. I think we’re going to have a good summer.”
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The Gallagher bros will embark on their Oasis Live ’25 Tour on July 4, beginning with a show at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The rest of the trek will include stops in Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and Latin America.
The performances will mark Oasis’ first in about 16 years. Liam has also said recently that the group is playing better than ever as they prepare for liftoff, writing on X that a recent rehearsal “sounded f–king FILTHY.”
When they do return to the stage, the members of Oasis will have a big reputation to live up to. The band was one of the most influential groups on pop-rock in the ’90s, with Bono adding on Apple Music 1, “They had this rhythmic, beautiful quality to them … Manchester was very influenced by dance music, so they were groovier than anybody, they were rawer than anybody.”
Watch Bono’s full interview with Lowe above.
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The snowflakes are snowflaking.
After California Sen. Alex Padilla approached Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Thursday (June 12) during a press conference that promptly led to him being wrestled to the floor and handcuffed, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wants Padilla censured.
Johnson might as well consider himself the head of the “Get Along Gang” since he only does want makes President Trump happy. Nothing about Sen. Padilla’s approach and or questioning of Noem was inappropriate and definitely didn’t warrant censure but that’s never stopped Johnson from working to get President Trump’s approval.
“I think that that behavior at a minimum rises to the level of a censure,” Johnson told reporters, The Hill reports.
“I think there needs to be a message sent by the body as a whole that that is not what we’re going to do, that’s not what we’re going to act.”
“We’re not going to have branches fighting physically and having senators charging Cabinet secretaries,” he added. “We got to do better and I hope that we will.”
The incident that quickly made the rounds on social media shows Padilla identifying himself as what appears to be some kind of security guard is pushing him back. He’s is taken into a hallway where he is forced to the ground, handcuffed and escorted from the event.
When pressed about whether Padilla should be censured, Speaker Mike Johnson did the thing politicians do where they totally express their opinion and then act as if that opinion that just got finished expressing doesn’t matter.
Meanwhile, Johnson is acting like Padilla “Terry Tate’d” Noem. He didn’t. He merely said that he had questions for Noem. Padilla did interrupt the press conference Noem was holding in L.A. and that might’ve been because Padilla is watching his state face the National Guard and Marines over non-violent protest against unjust immigration enforcement.
“I saw the same video, a very brief video, that I think many people did — I think the senator’s actions, my view, is it was wildly inappropriate,” Johnson said. “You don’t charge a sitting Cabinet secretary, and everybody can draw their own conclusions, you can see it’s a heated debate here.”
Meanwhile, a Congressional censure is the equivalent of a public hand smacking. It’s a public admonishment of behavior but it doesn’t lead to anything.
Senator Padilla is not in custody and his questions have still not been answered.
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Bose is celebrating music this summer with the release of two new products.
Get ready to upgrade your music and podcast listening experience. The tech brand unveiled their Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) and Bose SoundLink Plus Portable Speaker available to pre-order now on Bose’s website. The earbuds retail for $299.00, while the speaker retails for $269.00. Bose also unveiled a third product, the SoundLink Micro Bluetooth Speaker (2nd Gen), a mini speaker retailing for $129.00 that won’t be available just yet.
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) in Deep Plum
Compact earbuds in a deep plum hue that filter out noise that comes in three colorways.
The all-new earbuds are compact and sleek, coming in three unique colorways including Black, White Smoke and Deep Plum. A riff on Bose’s best-selling OG QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds model, these buds include a range of upgraded details that enhance your listening experience from improved AI algorithms that enhance ActiveSense to better filter out sudden noise spikes for a smoother listening experience, to updated overall voice pickup and call quality. Additionally, the buds boast a whopping six hours of battery life so you’ll never be without your music.
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Bose SoundLink Plus Portable Speaker
A rectangular portable speaker in black that comes in three colorways.
Bose’s SoundLink Plus Portable Speaker is a new model for the brand. The mid-range portable speaker bridges the sound gap between the brand’s SoundLink Flex and the Max. The SoundLink Plus comes in three colorways, Black, Blue Dusk and a summery Citrus Yellow, and features one subwoofer, a tweeter and four passive radiators for a booming base that defies the speaker’s size.
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The miniature construction is perfect for on the go listening and can be easily packed into a backpack, tote or purse. The SoundLink is portable-friendly thanks to its ultra-durable construction. The speaker is able to withstand anything you throw at it. It even floats in water. Additional features include a 20-hour battery life and a USB-C port capable of charging other devices while bumping your favorite songs.
We know waiting to pre-order can be a hassle, but why not curb your tech appetite with LISA x Bose’s latest collab? These earbuds currently retail for $399.00 and feature a glossy black finish and a chrome star, a signature of the K-Pop star’s since the release of her 2025 album Alter Ego.
Bose x LISA Ultra Open Earbuds
Bose x LISA collaborative earbuds with star graphics on the buds.
These buds are crafted to sit over the ears in a cuff-like fit, leaving you the ability to tune into the world around you while bumping to “New Woman” in the background. These buds have brag-worthy sound quality thanks to Bose’s OpenAudio technology that delivers rich, nuanced sound to your ear while minimizing sound leakage. The carrying case is also equipped with LISA’s star motif, a specific nod to her “Rockstar” era.
Bose SoundLink Micro Portable Bluetooth Speaker
A mini portable speaker in three different colorways.
If you want to shop the original SoundLink Micro Bluetooth Speaker while you wait for the second-gen, you can also shop it at Target for $99.99. The old model comes in three colorways, although our favorite is the summer-y Blue hue. Beyond its powerful sound quality, this tiny speaker is perfect for packing away for tunes anywhere your summer plans may take you.
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It is clear that streamers are the new celebrities. IShowSpeed beat Ashton Hall in back-to-back races resulting in a heated argument.
As spotted on Complex, the media personality and fitness influencer met up in person to decide who is indeed the faster runner. Known for his infamous morning routine video that went viral for all the wrong reasons, Ashton Hall is now a mega influencer in the fitness industry. Surprisingly, IShowSpeed bested him in three consecutive head-to-head races, which visibly frustrated Hall. Speed was ready to leave but Hall wanted another round. “Why are you leaving?” Ashton asked him. “Because I beat you three times,” Speed responded, referring to him as “Ashton Fraud.”
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John Mayer knows exactly what you think about his high-profile dating history, and he’s ready to prove you wrong.
During a SiriusXM-presented live recording of SmartLess — the popular podcast hosted by actors and friends Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes — at Hollywood’s Avalon nightclub on Thursday night, the singer/songwriter served as the night’s “mystery guest” and was an open book about his love life, confirming that he’s currently single and “a catch.”
“I’m older now,” he said. “It’s been a very long time since I had my own situation. I stay inside the house. Aren’t I a good boy, America? I’m not dating anybody!”
After Mayer said he’s a big fan of the “skip the wait” upgrade on the dating app Raya (shoot your shot, ladies), Bateman asked whether the musician is looking for something different now than he was 10 years ago. “Let me ask you: What’s right and what’s wrong for a girlfriend vs. a wife vs. somebody that you might have a child with?” Bateman asked.
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“They’re one in the same,” Mayer said. “I would not date someone if it didn’t have the upward mobility of becoming a marriage.”
You can watch a preview clip of the conversation here:
Elsewhere in the conversation, Mayer said the biggest lesson he’s learned in relationships over the years is to not hide behind sarcasm and to leave himself open to potential pain.
“I think that younger people need to get a head start on being more vulnerable,” the 47-year-old artist told the trio of hosts. “Being sarcastically invulnerable and apathetic is a really good healing mechanism to get over the past breakup. … There’s a fear that there’s a generation of … people, men and women, who have decided to come into relationships in a very inflexible, sarcastic [headspace]. Vulnerability is the sh–. Leave yourself so vulnerable that you could die if someone said the wrong thing to you, and just die 1,000 times.”
Mayer has had a number of high-profile relationships over the years, including with Katy Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson and Taylor Swift.
A lot of topics were covered during the live podcast recording, including Mayer’s experience trying his hand at stand-up comedy, his innate obsession with correct grammar and punctuation, and what musicians he would put in his dream band, dead or alive. “Alive,” Mayer deadpanned, before (literally) singing the praises of Eddie Vedder with a little impromptu take on Pearl Jam’s “Daughter.” He also offered up a medley of three of his songs: “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room,” followed by Hayes’ personal favorite “All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye,” and finally a sing-along of his breakthrough hit “No Such Thing.”
The full episode will premiere July 24 on SiriusXM Stars (channel 109) and then become available on demand in the SiriusXM app and to SiriusXM Podcasts+ subscribers in Apple Podcasts. On July 31, it will be released widely wherever podcasts are available.
Mayer has his own SiriusXM station, Life With John Mayer, which debuted in November 2023 and airs on channel 14.
R. Kelly’s attorney claims the disgraced R&B star and convicted sex offender has been placed in solitary confinement as retaliation for publicizing bizarre allegations that prison officials tried to solicit a fellow inmate to kill him.
Kelly’s solitary confinement is the subject of a court filing late Thursday (June 12) from lawyer Beau Brindley, who earlier in the week petitioned a federal judge in Chicago to cut short the 30-plus-year prison sentence imposed on the singer (Robert Sylvester Kelly) for two sets of sex crime convictions.
Brindley claimed on Tuesday (June 10) that prison officials at the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, N.C., are trying to have Kelly killed to keep him from divulging prosecutorial misconduct he’s supposedly uncovered since his trials. Brindley said a member of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang was tasked with Kelly’s murder.
Now, Brindley says Kelly is facing retaliation for publicizing his strange allegations. The defense lawyer claims Kelly was placed in solitary confinement within hours of filing the motion for release, without access to a phone to call his family or lawyers.
“Mr. Kelly has spiders crawling over him as he tries to sleep,” writes Brindley. “He is alone in the dark in miserable conditions.”
According to Brindley, Kelly has not eaten since being sent to solitary because he’s afraid that prison officials might have his food poisoned. Guards won’t let the singer access the peanut butter and crackers he previously purchased from the jail’s commissary, Brindley says.
Brindley’s filing reiterates his request to have Kelly immediately released on a temporary furlough or transferred to home detention.
Spokespeople for both the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago declined to comment on Brindley’s allegations on Friday (June 13).
While prosecutors have not yet responded to the substance of Brindley’s murder plot claims, they criticized the defense lawyer earlier this week for naming one of Kelly’s anonymous child victims in the Tuesday motion. The judge in the case made Brindley re-file the motion with proper redactions, and prosecutors are due to file their response on Monday (June 16).
Brindley, meanwhile, has been publicly asking President Donald Trump to pardon Kelly in conjunction with the long-shot allegations about a government conspiracy. In a statement earlier this week, Brindley said, “This is precisely the kind of prosecutorial corruption that President Trump has vowed to eradicate. We believe he is the only one with both the power and the courage to do it.”
Kelly was convicted in 2021 and 2022 at two separate federal trials, one in New York and one in Chicago, on a slew of criminal charges including racketeering, sex trafficking, child pornography and enticing minors for sex.
The former R&B star was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the New York conviction and 20 years in the Chicago case, although the vast majority of the second sentence will overlap with the first. Both convictions have been upheld on appeal.
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In the lead up to the World Cup in 2026, the United States is hosting an expanded tournament called the FIFA Club World Cup with 32 clubs competition for prize money and to hoist the FIFA World of Club Football Trophy on the pitch. On Sunday (June 15), PSG vs. Atlético takes place at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.
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Want to watch the FIFA match online? Keep reading for the best way to livestream.
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PSG vs. Atlético broadcasts live, with a start time of 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT. The match airs on TNT. It will be available to livestream on Hulu + Live TV. Prices for the cable alternative start at $82.99 per month, while each plan comes with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ at no additional cost. Sign up for a 3-day free trial to try out the streaming service for yourself.
Hulu + Live TV might be best for those who want all of these streaming services together in one bundle. It also features many other networks, including ESPN, ESPN2, MLB Network, FS1, FS2, CBS, CBS Sports Network, ABC, Hallmark Channel, BET, CMT, Disney Channel, NBC, TBS, truTV and many other channels.
Starting at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT, the PSG vs. Atlético airs on TNT on Sunday (June 15). The match is available to livestream with Hulu + Live TV.
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It’s likely there may be a number of celebrities and famous recording artists in attendance during the FIFA match, such as PSG fans Beyoncé, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pharrell Williams, Tom Brady, Giannis Antetokounmpo and others, or Atlético fans Will Smith, Harrison Ford, Halle Berry, Tom Cruise, Charlize Theron and more. Tune in to the match to find out who’s in the stadium.
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WWE Women’s Money In the Bank and current Women’s champ, Tiffany Stratton talks about her love for Sabrina Carpenter and how she inspires her ring outfits, wanting to see Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion in the ring, what song best describes her rivalry with Nia, who from ‘Love Island’ would do best in the ring and more!
Noah Reardon: I’m Noah with Billboard, and we have Tiffany Stratton, our Women’s Champion. She is. It’s over 150 days now.
Tiffany Stratton: Yes, it’s crazy. It just flew by.
Yeah, and also Ms. Money in the Bank 2024 — how does it feel being back today?
Honestly, I feel like things should be more chaotic for me. I feel like I just got here and I’m already the champion, and I’m just sitting back and and watching these girls fight for my title. So it’s, it’s super it’s super cool to watch. And just kind of sit back and enjoy the show.
I love that. So, last night, we saw what happened — is Strapley no more? Are you gonna be able to make Rhea wear pink?
To me, Strapley is never over. She has a special place in my heart, and I’m gonna try and make Rhea Ripley wear pink. It’s gonna happen one day. I guarantee it.
I would love to hear, I know you’re a big Sabrina Carpenter fan, the new song “Manchild” just came out. Have you heard it?
I have heard it, and I love it. It’s the summer anthem.
On that note, what songs of the summer are you ramping up right now?
Obviously, “Manchild,” I feel like anything country right now. I’m really loving Megan Moroney, Morgan Wallen, obviously I’m loving all the Post Malone and the Morgan Wallen collaborations and stuff like that.
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Will Smith has returned with his new song “Pretty Girls,” as well as an accompanying music video released on Friday (June 13). The video opens with Smith in the therapist’s office, describing an ongoing issue he’s having and how he feels like he’s losing control. The problem then reveals itself to be enjoying beautiful women, […]
