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For many artists, there is something even more powerful than filling stadiums, pulling all-nighters in recording studios, topping charts, or receiving awards: being a father. On Father’s Day 2025, celebrated this Sunday (June 15), we recognize not the touring singer or the hitmaker, but the man behind the microphone. He who lovingly combs his daughter’s […]
Snoop Dogg sits down to take us inside the stories of some of his biggest hits, including the real reason Katy Perry created “California Gurls,” his interactions in Brazil’s favelas, what he wanted to emulate in “Sensual Seduction,” morphing into a doberman in “Who Am I (What’s My Name)?,” working with Akon on “I Wanna […]
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Olivia Rodrigo was spotted toting a wild Kate Spade New York bag while attending John Proctor Is the Villain on Broadway on Tuesday night in New York.
The “Deja Vu” singer sat front row to support her friend Sadie Sink while wearing the brand’s Liv shoulder bag in an unreleased Leopard Multi print with deep red trim. This Rodrigo-approved style won’t be released until Aug. 7, however, the available colorways of the Liv style are just as good too. We’ve picked out a few of our favorites for you to shop now on the Kate Spade New York website. From florals to pastels, we’re sure you’ll find something to obsess over. We also threw in some comparable leopard-printed bags, also from Kate Spade, so you can hopefully fill the void until the Leopard Multi’s release.
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Olivia Rodrigo wearing Kate Spade’s Liv shoulder bag in an unreleased Leopard Multi print at “John Proctor is the Villain” on Broadway in New York on June 10, 2025.
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Liv Shoulder Bag in Cedar Stand Multi
The Liv shoulder bag in a floral print.
While this isn’t leopard-printed, you have to hear us out: The floral print is perfect for the sweltering months ahead. Vibrant and playful, this bag is constructed of supple green leather, leather trim and smooth leather trim and faille lining, a soft ribbed fabric. The featured print is cream and light blue, contrasting the green background. The floral Liv retails for $278.00 and comes equipped with utilitarian qualities like a secure magnetic snap closure and a zip-around continental wallet to store your cards.
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The shoulder strap is 8.5 inches, while the width stands at 1.5 inches and the length at 8.75 inches. This bag is thankfully big enough to carry all the necessities, including your phone of any size up to the large iPhone sizes. A pinmount logo rounds out the style, offering an instantly recognizable feel. To style, we recommend pulling from colors found in the bag like pea green or pastel blue. A cream blouse, pastel ballet flats and high-waisted jeans might work nicely with this bag if you’re looking to style this casually.
Liv Shoulder Bag in Black
The Liv shoulder bag in black.
Black bags are a girl’s, or guy’s, best friend. Incredibly versatile, the Liv bag in black is similar in construction to the floral-printed option mentioned above, except it’s made of jet-black leather. Gold hardware can be seen throughout. Logo detailing is fixed to the front. Specs for this bag are the same as the other Liv colorways. While the floral Liv is casual, this colorway leans more formal because of the monochrome hue. This piece could pair nicely with a contrasting maxi-length floral dress. Something loud and print-heavy. An understated slip in neutral tones could also look great with this bag. The styling possibilities are endless.
Phoebe Spotted Leopard Small Flap Crossbody
$110.00
$359.00
69% off
The Phoebe leopard crossbody with a chain strap.
Don’t you just love a sale? I know we do. Kate Spade Outlet is currently selling their Phoebe style for $110, and it’s leopard-printed like Rodrigo’s Liv style. The bag originally retails for $359.00, that’s a whopping 69% off. Unlike the Liv silhouette, the Phoebe can transform from a shoulder bag into a crossbody bag, offering the wearer endless styling possibilities. It’s all about the gilded chain accent which is detachable. The gold turn lock closure locks your valuables in place, fixed to the front with Kate Spade logo detailing.
Other unique details include a front slip and back zip pocket for easy access to makeup products or your phone. While leopard print can be a little challenging to style, you can often get away with wearing black or brown, coordinating with the print. The print can also go casual or formal. For a more casual fit, we can envision this purse styled alongside a black bodysuit and black high-waisted jeans, dressed up with gold jewelry to match the purse’s gold hardware.
Phoebe Small Spotted Leopard Top Handle Satchel
$192.00
$349.00
45% off
The Phoebe model with a top handle in a satchel style.
This is another Phoebe option in leopard print but in a smaller satchel style. This piece can also be worn crossbody, and the strap can be removed for more styling options. A short strap is fixed to the top so it can be hand-held. Turn lock closures in gold give way to a sturdy magnetic snap closure. We can envision this bag on a date or a fancy candle-lit dinner, worn crossbody with a whimsical white eyelet maxi dress.
50 Cent is never one to shy away from controversy, and he threw himself into the middle of the highly publicized rift between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. 50’s taken his social media game to another level since figuring out how to use AI-generated images, and he posted another two on Tuesday (June 10) […]
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A clip of Young Thug and his boo Mariah The Scientist at the 2025 BET Awards is going viral, and not in a good way.
The couple, who have been together since 2021, skipped posing for red carpet photos, and fans are now calling out Young Thug for how he treated Mariah during the moment.
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In the video, Thug is seen holding Mariah’s hand tightly and pulling her past photographers without stopping. He’s wearing a black suit and a creepy Leatherface-style mask, while Mariah looked stunning in a short, backless green dress. At one point, a photographer calls out to Mariah, but Thug quickly shuts it down, saying, “We’re not doing that, c’mon,” and flips someone off before dragging her along. Mariah looked back a few times, almost like she wasn’t sure if she should go.
Fans online didn’t hold back. “He’s literally dragging her along as if people wouldn’t want pictures of her too,” one user wrote. Many pointed out that Mariah stood by Thug while he was in jail, and now that he’s out, she deserves her own spotlight too.
Young Thug has been making headlines recently for popping up on other rappers’ tracks, showing that he’s still active in music despite his legal issues. He’s been featured on songs with his ATL fam, Future and Lil Baby. Thugger fans were excited to see him back, but this video has shifted the conversation. Meanwhile, Mariah the Scientist has been doing her thing too. She just dropped a new single called “Burning Blue”, which has been getting love for its emotional lyrics and smooth vibe.
Neither of them has said anything about the viral video yet, but it’s clear people are paying attention. While some think it was just a stressful moment, others believe it showed a bigger issue. Either way, fans are hoping Mariah gets the respect and recognition she deserves.
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The RIAA is throwing its support behind a blockbuster copyright lawsuit filed by Disney and Universal against artificial intelligence firm Midjourney, calling the case “a critical stand for human creativity.”
The lawsuit, filed earlier on Wednesday (June 11), claims Midjourney has stolen “countless” copyrighted works to train its AI image generator — and it marks the first foray of major Hollywood studios into a growing legal battle between AI firms and human artists.
Disney and Universal’s new case, which comes as major music companies litigate their own infringement suits against AI firms, “represents a critical stand for human creativity and responsible innovation,” RIAA chairman/CEO Mitch Glazier wrote in a statement.
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“There is a clear path forward through partnerships that both further AI innovation and foster human artistry,” Glazier says. “Unfortunately, some bad actors — like Midjourney — see only a zero-sum, winner-take-all game. These short-sighted AI companies are stealing human-created works to generate machine-created, virtually identical products for their own commercial gain. That is not only a violation of black letter copyright law but also manifestly unfair.”
AI models like Midjourney are “trained” by ingesting millions of earlier works, teaching the machine to spit out new ones. Amid the meteoric rise of the new technology, dozens of lawsuits have been filed in federal court over that process, arguing that AI companies are violating copyrights on a massive scale.
AI firms argue such training is legal “fair use,” transforming all those old “inputs” into entirely new “outputs.” Whether that argument succeeds in court is a potentially trillion-dollar question — and one that has yet to be definitively answered by federal judges.
Disney and Universal’s new lawsuit against Midjourney is the latest such case — and immediately one of the most high-profile. The 110-page lawsuit claims the startup “helped itself” to vast amounts of copyrighted content, allowing its users to create images that “blatantly incorporate and copy Disney’s and Universal’s famous characters.”
“Midjourney is the quintessential copyright free-rider and a bottomless pit of plagiarism,” the companies wrote in their complaint, lodged in Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday morning.
The case echoes arguments made by Universal Music, Warner Music and Sony Music, which filed their own massive lawsuit against the AI music firms Udio and Suno last summer. In that case, the music giants say the tech startups have stolen music on an “unimaginable scale” to build models that are “trampling the rights of copyright owners.”
Music publishers have filed their own case, accusing Anthropic of infringing copyrighted song lyrics with its Claude model. Numerous other artists and creative industries — from newspapers to photographers to visual artists to software coders — have launched similar cases.
Disney and Universal’s complaint makes the same basic argument — that using copyrighted works to train AI is illegal — but does so by citing some of the most iconic movie and TV characters in history. Disney cites Darth Vader from Star Wars, Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story and Homer Simpson from The Simpsons; Universal mentions Shrek, the Minions, Kung Fu Panda and others.
“Piracy is piracy, and whether an infringing image or video is made with AI or another technology does not make it any less infringing,” lawyers for the studios write. “Midjourney’s conduct misappropriates Disney’s and Universal’s intellectual property and threatens to upend the bedrock incentives of U.S. copyright law that drive American leadership in movies, television, and other creative arts.”
In honor of the FIFA World Cup coming to North America next year, Liberty State Park in New Jersey — located across the Hudson River from Manhattan — has been selected as the official site of the FIFA Fan Festival, produced by Live Nation and DPS.
Met Life Stadium will host eight FIFA World Cup 26 games, including the Final Match. As a result, the NYNJ Host Committee chose Liberty State Park due to its stunning views of the Manhattan skyline and proximity to Ellis Island and the iconic Statue of Liberty. The FIFA Fan Festival NYNJ is expected to attract tens of thousands of fans during the 39-day tournament, which is set to take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026. Besides concerts and chances to participate in soccer challenges, fans can watch real-time match broadcasts and interactive fan activations, as well as activations for FIFA’s various corporate sponsors.
“The FIFA Fan Festival NYNJ will be the largest and most visible fan experience of the entire tournament,” said Alex Lasry, CEO of the NYNJ Host Committee, in a statement. “This isn’t just about watching matches, it’s about celebrating the game” and “creating lasting impact for our communities, partners, and millions of fans.”
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As part of its role programming FIFA Fan Festival NYNJ, Live Nation will present a number of premier concerts on non-match days, “creating marquee moments that celebrate the intersection of soccer, music, and culture,” according to a press release.
“The FIFA World Cup 2026 is one of the world’s most prestigious events and an unparalleled opportunity to highlight the region’s diversity and deliver unforgettable fan experiences,” added Geoff Gordon, Chairman of Live Nation Northeast Region. “We’re honored to support the NYNJ Host Committee on this historic moment.”
Production company Diversified Production Services will handle most of the logistics of the FIFA Fan Festival, said Darren Pfeffer, president of DPS, who said in a statement, “The FIFA World Cup draws billions of viewers from all over the planet, and the FIFA Fan Festival NYNJ will enable hundreds of thousands of fans to experience it in an immersive way.”
Christie Huus, chief events officer of the FIFA World Cup 2026 NYNJ Host Committee, added, “There’s nothing more powerful than bringing people together, and the FIFA World Cup will ignite our region with energy and excitement. The depth of experience Live Nation and DPS bring will ensure success in transforming NYNJ into one big block party.”
Tickets for the FIFA Fan Festival go on sale soon at FIFA.com/tickets.
Trace Cyrus is once again airing out his grievances against father Billy Ray Cyrus, whom the Metro Station musician called a “delusional, evil person” while accusing him of skipping an important family member’s funeral Tuesday (June 10).
In a post on Instagram, Trace wrote a heated message under a photo of his dad that started with, “This man is so hungry for fame it’s pathetic.”
“He really flew to Italy for a fashion show but wouldn’t come to LA for Mammie’s funeral while he was still married to my mom,” he continued, referring to the late mother of Tish Cyrus, Trace’s mom and Billy Ray’s ex-wife. “Even after his daughter got him a $60k private jet like he demanded.”
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“You’re the lamest man ever to walk planet earth,” Trace added. “Honestly embarrassed to have ever considered you my idol. The best thing to come from your downfall is it made me go into beast mode. I refuse to be a washed up, delusional, evil person when I’m old like you.”
Billy Ray’s rep had no comment when contacted by Billboard.
The “Achy Breaky Heart” singer’s relationship with his adopted son has been fraught for some time now. In January, Trace shared an open letter to his dad, stating that he and his sisters were “genuinely worried” for Billy Ray.
“You’ve pushed all of us away,” the younger Cyrus wrote at the time. “We are all hanging on to memories of the man we once knew and hoping for the day he returns. You’re not healthy, Dad and everyone is noticing it.”
Shortly afterward, Billy Ray posted that he was “praying” for his family.
After marrying Tish in 1993, the country star — who is also Dad to a son named Christopher from a previous relationship — adopted his then-wife’s two kids, Trace and Brandi. The former couple welcomed three more children: Miley, Noah and Braison.
Billy Ray and Tish divorced in 2022, and rumors of a rift in the Cyrus family have ebbed and flowed pretty much ever since. In a recent interview with The New York Times, however, Miley said that she was no longer “estranged” from her father, adding, “My dad and I have had our challenges over the years … I’m at peace knowing bridges have been built and time has done a lot of healing.”
Tish is now remarried to actor Dominic Purcell, while Billy Ray is dating actress Elizabeth Hurley after ending his seven-month marriage to singer-songwriter Firerose in June 2024. In that same NYT interview, the “Flowers” singer commented on her parents’ new relationships, telling the publication, “Now that my mom is so in love with my stepdad, who I completely adore, and now that my dad, I see him finding happiness, too — I can love them both as individuals instead of as a parental pairing.”
Four years after welcoming their first child together, Natti Natasha and Raphy Pina announced they are expecting their second baby together. The news was shared on Wednesday afternoon (June 11) via a short clip. The Dominican appeared to be announcing a new tour, at first. In the video, there’s Raphy making some calls, Natti’s stylist […]
Lorde was on the air with BBC Radio 1 recently — and unbeknownst at first to Gracie Abrams, Charli xcx and Chappell Roan, they were, too.
In a TikTok clip posted Wednesday (June 11), the New Zealand native played a hilarious game of “Sitting or Standing” on the English radio station, during which she was tasked with guessing whether a few of the famous friends in her contact list were on their feet or seated at that very moment before calling to check. Starting with the “That’s So True” singer, Lorde incorrectly bet that she would be sitting.
“I’m standing, should I sit?” a confused-sounding Abrams answered after picking up the phone, sweetly adding, “I love you.”
The Auckland native was 0 for 2 when she also guessed that the “Pink Pony Club” artist would be sitting down. “I’m so sorry, I’m on Radio 1, I’m doing this horrible show where they make me ask this ridiculous question,” a playfully frustrated Lorde explained to Roan after hearing her answer, to which the perplexed latter asked, “Wait, so is this on the radio?”
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When it came time to call Charli, the “Von Dutch” singer was immediately suspicious as Lorde asked whether she was sitting or standing. “What is happening?” she said warily. “I’m lying down.”
“I’m so hungover,” Charli drawled as the “Royals” singer laughed. “Oh, hi everyone. I can’t believe I’m on the radio like this.”
“You’re perfect,” Lorde responded. “Keep lying down, I love you. I owe you.”
The two-time Grammy winner has strong friendships with all three of the artists she called. In her April Billboard cover story, Abrams gushed that her pal is “like 800 years old inside … whenever we’re together, I feel my nervous system regulate differently,” while Roan said last year that Lorde reached out and gave her a list of advice for handling the “abusive” elements of fame.
Lorde’s relationship with Charli has been a little bumpier, with the two women going through a rough patch before publicly resolving their issues on the “Girl, So Confusing” remix supporting Charli’s Brat album. They would later team up to perform the track during Charli’s Coachella set earlier this year.
The “Green Light” artist is now gearing up to drop an LP titled Virgin on June 27, marking her first full-length in four years. So far, she’s shared two singles from the project: “What Was That” and “Man of the Year,” which has recently been taking flight on TikTok thanks to a trend that finds users posting screenshots of toxic messages sent by ex-boyfriends.
Also on Monday, Lorde hilariously reacted to the trend by posting a video of herself widening her eyes and shaking her head in disappointment. “These messages…….,” she wrote in her caption.
Watch Lorde call up Abrams, Roan and Charli on BBC Radio 1 and check out her “Man of the Year” TikTok below.
