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With the 20th anniversary of Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight approaching in late 2025, publishers Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is releasing a new edition of the very popular book series for a new generation of fans.
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Available for pre-order for $97.30 (reg. $139), the Twilight Saga Deluxe Hardcover Collection features five hardcover books, including the four main entries in the series — Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn — and Midnight Sun, the companion novel published in 2020. The set comes in a premium box that highlights Bella and Edward’s vampiric love.
If you’re an Amazon Prime member, you can order now and the Twilight Saga Deluxe Hardcover Collection will be delivered to your home in less than two days, once it’s released, thanks to Prime Delivery.
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Once you pre-order, Amazon will send you a notification when the retail giant will ship it to your home.
The Twilight Saga Deluxe Hardcover Collection is available for pre-order at Barnes & Noble on sale for $118.15 and BookShop.org on sale for $129.97. The collection retails for $139.
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Meanwhile, if you’d only like a collector’s edition of the first book in the saga, then Amazon has Twilight: Deluxe Collector’s Edition ready for pre-order too. It goes for $28 (reg. $40). The collector’s edition is a standalone copy of the novel with new floral art, a bookmark ribbon and premium foil-stamped slipcase. It’s also available for pre-order at Barnes & Noble.
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Additionally, Lego is also celebrating the 20th anniversary of Twilight with a new Lego set featuring the Cullen House. It comes with 2,001 pieces and seven Mini-figures, such as Bella, Edward, Jacob and others. It retails for $219 at Lego.com
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As an author, Stephenie Meyer said her writing process begins and ends with music. In fact, as a treat for fans of the book series, she listed a playlist of songs that she envisioned for a sort-of soundtrack for Twilight. It features songs from hit recording artists, such as Travis, Radiohead, Coldplay, My Chemical Romance, Muse and more. Check out a complete list of songs for Twilight here.
In the meantime, the Twilight Saga Deluxe Hardcover Collection is available for pre-order for $97.30 (reg. $139) right now at Amazon. It’s also available at Barnes & Noble and BookShop.org, while the set drops on Tuesday, Sept. 30.
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Morgan Wallen opened up about hard times, and ponders the long-tail familial impact of his lower moments in a personal new song he wrote for his 4-year-old son, Indigo Wilder. On Monday (Feb. 24), the reigning CMA entertainer of the year and 19-time Billboard Music Awards winner shared a snippet of the track titled “Superman” to social media.
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In an accompanying caption, Wallen explained why it has taken a while for him to craft a song for his son.
“Been trying for a long time to write a song I loved to my son. None of them ever feel good enough because of how perfect I want something like this to be,” he shared. “And not saying this is perfect, but I am very proud of it. Here is a clip, It’s called ‘Superman.’”
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The song starts off with Wallen’s thoughts of how Indigo will grow to learn more about the life his father has led to this point — surely, the incredible career accomplishments, but the low points as well.
The song opens candidly, with lyrics that seemingly reference Wallen’s arrest last year, when the singer-songwriter was briefly taken into custody after allegedly throwing a chair from the roof of a Nashville bar. (He later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges, and was sentenced to seven days in a DUI education center, as well as two years probation.)
“One day he’s gonna see my mugshot from a night when I got a little too drunk/ Hear a song about a girl that I lost/ From the times when I just wouldn’t grow up,” Wallen sings. He continues describing his fears as a father in the vulnerable lines, “And when you ain’t a kid no more/ I hope you don’t think less of me/ I try to hide my fallen soul/ But you’re gonna see.”
The self-aware lyrics continue: “Now and then, that bottle’s my kryptonite … brings a man of steel to his knees/ Don’t always know wrong from right/ Sometimes I’m my own worst enemy/ No I don’t always save the day, but you know for you I’ll always try/ I’ll do the best I can, a Superman is still just a man sometimes.”
Wallen has been steadily sharing new music over the past few months, including “Lies, Lies, Lies,” “Smile,” “Love Somebody” and the title track to his upcoming new album, I’m the Problem. He’s set to launch his 2025 I’m the Problem Tour in June.
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The Do Lab has announced the lineups for its stage at Coachella 2025.
The electronic heavy bills, which are different for each weekend of the festival, feature artists including Tokimonsta, Anderson .Paak performing as DJ Pee .Wee, a DJ set from Confidence Man, a DJ set by Tycho, Nimino, Kaleena Zanders, Villager, Ladies of Leisure, Rudimental b2b Skepsis, Snakehips b2b What So Not, J. Phlip, Aqutie and many more.
The Do Lab has been hosting a stage at Coachella since 2005, with the area having been home to performances by big name artists including Billie Eilish, DJ Snake, Rüfüs Du Sol and many others. The Do Lab also produces its flagship festival Lightning In a Bottle, which is happing again this May near Bakersfield, Calif., with a lineup that includes John Summit, Jamie xx, Khruangbin, Four Tet, Subtronics and many more.
The Do Lab’s Coachella 2005 lineups increase the dance/electronic factor on the already dance/electronic heavy bill. Announced in November, the main lineup includes Above & Beyond, The Prodigy, Sara Landry, Keinemusic, Alok, Darkside, Zedd, Kraftwerk and many others.
Coachella has three stages dedicated exclusively to dance music: the massive Sahara Tent, the club-space Yuma and Quasar, a stage that debuted in 2024 and is dedicated to extended sets. Dance music also happens across nearly all of the festivals other stages.
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Coachella returns to Indio, Calif., over two weekends, on April 13-15 and 20-22; 2025 headliners are Green Day, Lady Gaga and Post Malone, with a special set from Travis Scott.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” repeats at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. A week earlier, the song rebounded to the top, from No. 15, fueled by his performance of it during the Super Bowl LIX halftime show on Feb. 9.
Meanwhile, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” adds a 10th week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.
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The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
“Not Like Us” drew 111.7 million streams (down 1%) and sold 21,000 (down 46%) worldwide Feb. 14-20. The Drake diss track — which on Feb. 2 won the Grammy Awards for record and song of the year, among its five victories – logs a fourth week atop the Global 200.
Lamar also ranks in the Global 200’s top 10 with “Luther,” with SZA (up 4-3 for a new high); 2018’s “All the Stars,” also with SZA (10-6 for a new best); and “TV Off,” featuring Lefty Gunplay (8-7, after hitting No. 5). All four songs were part of his Super Bowl halftime performance.
“Die With a Smile” holds at No. 2 after nine weeks at No. 1 on the Global 200 starting last September; ROSÉ and Mars’ “APT.” slips 3-4 following 12 weeks on top beginning in October; and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” lifts 6-5 after three weeks at No. 1 last August.
“Die With a Smile” claims a 10th week atop Global Excl. U.S., with 103.3 million streams (down 4%) and 4,000 sold (down 17%) outside the U.S. Feb. 14-20. The song is the fifth to run up double-digit weeks at No. 1 since the chart began.
“APT.” holds at No. 2 after a record 15 weeks at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. beginning in November.
Lamar charts three songs in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10: “Not Like Us” is steady at its No. 3 best; “Luther” bounds 7-4, surpassing its prior No. 6 peak; and “All the Stars” shoots 17-8, becoming Lamar’s fifth top 10 and SZA’s fourth.
Plus, “Birds of a Feather” remains at No. 5, after three weeks on top last August.
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Gossip blogger Tasha K has agreed in bankruptcy court to pay Cardi B more than $1 million over the next five years and to not make any “derogatory, disparaging, or defamatory statements” about the superstar.
In court filings Friday (Feb. 21), attorneys for Tasha (Latasha Kebe) offered a plan to resolve her years-long federal bankruptcy case — proceedings made necessary by a $3.9 million judgment for defaming Cardi with outlandish claims of drug use, STDs and prostitution.
The new plan will cover only $1.2 million — less than a third of that fine. But under the terms of the agreement, Tasha will still owe the rest of the damages award even after she finishes the repayment plan: “The Almanzar Claim is non-dischargeable.”
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In the first year of the agreement, known as a “plan of reorganization,” Tasha will pay $44,907 per quarter to her unsecured creditors, the vast majority of which will go to Cardi. By year five, those quarterly payments will escalate to $81,057.
In an unusual feature, the bankruptcy plan also includes a non-disparagement clause, barring Tasha not only from defaming Cardi while the plan is in place but also from even mentioning her or any of her family members.
“The Debtor shall ensure that no content related to Ms. Almánzar and/or her family, whether explicitly or implicitly, will be published or disseminated on any of the Debtor’s social media accounts, websites, blogs, or other online communication channels,” her lawyers wrote.
Attorneys for both sides did not immediately return requests for comment.
The filing is the latest wrangling in Cardi’s long-running efforts to collect on the huge 2022 judgment, which came after a federal jury found that Tasha had made false and defamatory statements about the superstar on YouTube and other platforms.
Cardi has repeatedly vowed to recover that money by any means necessary — saying “imma come for everything” and “b—- better have my money.” Tasha filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023, saying she still owed $3.4 million to Cardi and had less than $60,000 in assets. But the rapper has pursued her, later winning a ruling that Tasha couldn’t use the bankruptcy process to “discharge” the judgment.
In December, Cardi’s attorneys demanded that the bankruptcy case be dismissed entirely, accusing Tasha of orchestrating a “long-running fraudulent scheme to shield debtor’s assets and income from creditors.” They said she had fraudulently transferred and concealed money and had lied to both Cardi and the federal courts.
“It is clear and irrefutable that debtor has admittedly and repeatedly engaged in bad faith conduct to hinder, delay, and defraud Ms. Almánzar from collecting on the amended defamation judgement,” the star’s lawyers wrote. “This court should not allow debtor to further abuse the bankruptcy process.”
A day after Cardi filed her motion to dismiss, the court-appointed trustee — a neutral third party who helps shepherd a bankruptcy case toward a repayment plan — filed her own motion endorsing Cardi’s arguments and urging the judge to dismiss Tasha’s bankruptcy case.
The threat of such an outcome likely forced Tasha’s attorneys to negotiate Friday’s agreement, avoiding the risk that the bankruptcy would be dismissed entirely.
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Is 2025 shaping up to the be the year of denim? First, Kendrick Lamar wins Super LIX with his viral flare jeans, and now, Beyoncé proves that the Canadian tuxedo is the perfect pool hall outfit in Levi’s recent campaign video. The denim brand dropped the second chapter of its global “Reimagine” series entitled “Pool Hall,” featuring the 35-time Grammy Award winner offering a more contemporary visual inspired by the classic 1991 Levi’s ad of the same name.
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Inspired by “the legacy of Levi’s,” the campaign celebrates the brand’s staple denim pieces as told in a “series of chapters” starring Beyoncé. In chapter one, the “Levii’s Jeans” singer opted to showcase a pair of classic 501 jeans and an essential white sports T-shirt in a visual inspired by the 1985 “Laundromat” ad featuring heartthrob Nick Kamen.
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For the latest “Pool Hall” ad, she takes on a full denim-on-denim wardrobe featuring a wide-leg jean paired with a braided vest and a lengthy denim trench coat. In the short visual, Beyoncé puts her pool skills on full display as she faces off against everyone’s favorite small screen cowboy, Timothy Olyphant, star of the Western-drama series Justified.
“Denim-on-denim has often been seen through a male lens, so this reimagining campaign, which celebrates the iconic female perspective, is important to me,” said Beyoncé in a statement. “I look forward to exploring innovative ways for our visions to align in empowering women and honoring their strength.”
The Levi’s campaign couldn’t come at a better time, as Beyoncé is gearing up for her Cowboy Carter Tour. Undoubtedly a Western-themed concert, fans can now shop affordable denim essentials to level up their country fit without breaking the bank.
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LiSA dropped the music video for her collaborative single with Felix of Stray Kids called “ReawakeR.” The single is being featured as the opening theme for the TV anime Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-. The collab follows LiSA’s feature on the K-pop group’s track “Social Path (feat. LiSA)” released in 2023. “ReawakeR” […]