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After only two days of tracking, Taylor Swift’s “You’re Losing Me (From the Vault)” debuts at No. 46 on the latest Dec. 9-dated Billboard Hot 100. The song tallied 8.7 million U.S. streams and 19,000 downloads sold in its first two days. The sales sum helps the song debut at No. 1 on the Digital […]
Ally Brooke spills about her dream collaboration, celebrity crush, pet peeve and more on this episode of Billboard’s Speed Dating.
Tetris Kelly:So I got Ally Brooke in the studio and I decided we should go on a speed date. Have you been on one before?
Ally Brooke:No, I have not actually!
Tetris Kelly:Well, welcome to your first one. Let’s do this.
Where are you from?
Ally Brooke:San Antonio, Texas.
Tetris Kelly:Oh, a Texas girl. What’s your favorite part about Texas?
Ally Brooke:Oh, the people. Hands down.
Tetris Kelly:Good people.
What is your sign?
Ally Brooke:Cancer.
Tetris Kelly:Cancer. What’s the most interesting thing about being a cancer?
Ally Brooke:Oh, it’s that we’re really in tune with our emotions and emotional, that’s for sure. I’m definitely emotional.
Tetris Kelly:Well listen, I like an emotional queen.
Ally Brooke:Yes!
Tetris Kelly:What’s your favorite fast food?
Ally Brooke:Does Domino’s count?
Tetris Kelly:Domino’s counts! It’s fast-ish.
I’m gonna have to ask you this question, it’s not… I didn’t prepare it. What’s your favorite dish at Waffle House? How about that? How about that?
Ally Brooke:Oh my God! Ok, I haven’t had it in a minute, but bacon, egg and cheese sandwich.
I get the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich on Texas toast because I’m from Texas, of course. And then the side of hashbrowns and that’s all it takes to get to my little heart.
Tetris Kelly:What was your dream job as a kid?
Ally Brooke:To be a singer.
Tetris Kelly:Oh, well look at you accomplishing your dreams. Who was your childhood crush?
Ally Brooke:Actually, Josh Groban.
Tetris Kelly:Oh… Josh Groban. I was about to say that’s an interesting one.
Ally Brooke:I know, it’s not expected, but Josh Groban and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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Home Alone has long been a holiday favorite, ever since little Kevin McCallister (originally played by Macaulay Culkin) was left home by himself and tried aftershave for the first time back in 1990.
Last week, Culkin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His on-screen mom, Catherine O’Hara, and fellow child actor, Natasha Lyonne, were there to help him celebrate.
“Macaulay, congratulations, you so deserve your star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” said O’Hara. “Thank you for including me, your fake mom who left you home alone not once but twice, to share in this happy occasion,” she joked before adding. “I’m so proud of you.”
Culkin got emotional during the ceremony. “I’d like to thank Brenda, you are absolutely everything. You’re my champion,” he said to his fiancee, Brenda Song, who was in the audience with their two sons. “You’re the only person happier for me today than I am. You’re not only the best woman I’ve ever known, you’re the best person I’ve ever known” Culkin went on to thank Song for giving him “purpose” and a family. “After the birth of our two boys, you’ve become one of my three favorite people,” he joked.
To close, Culkin added the Home Alone quote, “In the spirit of the holiday season, I just want to say ‘Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!’”
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It’s been 33 years since Culkin, Joe Pesci, O’Hara and Daniel Stern first graced the screen of the iconic film. The original film and the 2021 reboot, Home Sweet Home Alone, are available to watch exclusively on Disney+.
The newest installment in the Home Alone universe takes place in the same town as the 1990 film, but with new themes and adventures.
Want to watch the 2021 version of Home Alone? Feeling nostalgic for the first five Home Alone films? See below for how to stream every single Home Alone movie online this holiday season.
Home Alone (1990)
The original Home Alone finds eight-year-old Kevin (Culkin) protecting his house from a pair of goofy burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.
Home Alone is available to stream on Disney+, which you can sign up for here. While there is no free trial, the base Disney+ plan is only $7.99 per month and you’ll get immediate access to stream Home Alone plus hundreds of other Disney films and movies. You can also sign up for the Disney+ bundle, which also includes Hulu and ESPN Plus for $14.99 per month.
Home Alone is also available to rent or purchase on Prime Video here (watch for free with a free trial from Starz) or rent the movie for $3.99.
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)
One year after the first film, Kevin is once again left alone — this time stranded in New York City — and the same criminals run into him there.
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York is available to stream on Disney+, and also up for rent and purchase on Prime Video here.
Home Alone 3 (1997)
Home Alone 3 is the first film without Kevin McCallister. In the third installment, Alex Pruitt (played by Alex D. Linz), is an eight-year-old boy living in Chicago who must fend off international spies looking for a computer chip in his toy car.
Home Alone 3 is available to stream on Disney+, and can also be found to buy or rent on Prime Video here.
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (2002)
Home Alone 4 brings back a few of the main characters from the first two films, but all played by different actors. The plot revolves around Kevin McCallister (played by Mike Weinberg) trying to defend his future stepmother’s house from his old nemesis Marv and his wife Vera.
Home Alone 4 is available to buy or rent on Apple TV here.
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012)
Home Alone 5 introduces a new protagonist, Finn Baxter (played by Christian Martyn), who sets up booby traps in his house to catch the ghost of the former occupant, but ends up protecting the house and his sister from three art thieves.
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist is available to buy or rent on Prime Video here.
Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
In the latest Home Alone 2021 reboot, a married couple tries to steal back a valuable heirloom from Max Mercer (played by JoJo Rabbit‘s Archie Yates).
Home Sweet Home Alone is available to stream exclusively on Disney+ here.
Want to own Home Alone? Purchase the 25th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray ($49) below.
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Jack Harlow is loving life at the summit of the U.K. singles chart as “Lovin On Me” (via Atlantic) enters its third week at No. 1.
The Louisville rapper’s latest hit snares its biggest seven-day volume yet with 55,000 combined units, the Official Charts Company reports.
Meanwhile, Noah Kahan enjoys a new career high with “Stick Season” (Republic Records), up 4-2, while Casso, Raye and D-Block Europe’s “Prada” (Ministry of Sound) completes the podium, down 2-3.
Christmas isn’t yet here, but you wouldn’t know it by studying the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Friday, Dec. 1.
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All told, 16 festive tracks place in the top 40 this week, the OCC reports, including two top 10s. Wham’s enduring ‘80s classic “Last Christmas” (Epic) leads the charge, up 14-5, ahead of Mariah Carey’s All “I Want For Christmas Is You” (Columbia), up 16-6.
Following the death Thursday (Nov. 30) of the Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, aged 65, “Fairytale of New York” (Rhino) featuring Kirsty MacColl reenters the top 40 at No. 18. Now, with LadBaby official out of the race for the coveted U.K. Christmas No. 1, chart anoraks will keep a close eye on the ascent of the Pogues’ masterpiece.
Martin Talbot, CEO of the Official Charts, tips the song as a “genuine contender” for the Christmas crown.
“As usual, it was already heading back into the Official Singles Chart Top 40 this week and, while it is currently too early to give an indication of the scale of the streaming surge, we would very much expect it to rise back into the Top 20 over the coming days, perhaps even higher,” comments Martin Talbot, Chief Executive Officer, Official Charts. “It is a genuine contender for this year’s Christmas No. 1 – a chart position which this classic has never previously reached. What a fitting tribute to Shane that would be.”
“Fairytale of New York” has a U.K. chart best of No. 2, missing out when it was beaten to the Christmas No. 1 in 1987 by Pet Shop Boys’ “Always on My Mind.”
Further down the tally is Brenda Lee’s “Rockin Around The Christmas Tree” (No. 14 via MCA), Michael Bublé’s “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” (No. 16 via Reprise), Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s former chart-topper Merry Christmas (No. 17 via Atlantic/EMI) and other seasonal favorites.
Take That are crowned on the U.K. albums chart with This Life (EMI), which flexes its way to year-best sales for a British act.
The runaway leader at the midweek stage, This Life bows at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, published Friday, Dec. 1, with 116,000 chart sales from its first seven days. That eclipses the 95,000 first-week combined sales for Lewis Capaldi’s sophomore effort Broken By Desire to Be Heavenly Sent, until now the biggest-volume for a British artist album in 2023.
With their latest studio effort, the veteran pop group – now the trio of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald – snags a ninth leader.
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Previously, the record-busting group led the weekly tally with Everything Changes (1993), Nobody Else (1995), Greatest Hits (1996), Beautiful World (2006), The Circus (2008), Progress (2010), III (2014) and Odyssey (2018).
The lads will support the album in 2024 with an extensive tour of the U.K. and Europe.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via EMI) holds at No. 2, while the Rolling Stones’ former leader Hackney Diamonds (Polydor) lifts 4-3.
Not far behind is Michael Bublé’s Christmas (Reprise), which, like clockwork, makes its journey up the chart. Christmas improves 16-4, for its first stint in the top 5 this year, the OCC reportS.
The late, great Tina Turner, lands a posthumous top 40 appearance with Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Rhino), new at No. 16. It’s the legendary U.S. singer’s 16th top tier appearance in the U.K. The “Simply The Best” singer died in May of this year, aged 84.
Finally, Australia’s princess of pop Kylie Minogue returns to the top 40 with Kylie (BMG), the album that ignited her pop career. Kylie blasts to No. 30, thanks to a reissue to celebrate its 35th anniversary, including a neon pink version on wax. The set, which led the chart back in 1988, is the best-seller on vinyl during the latest cycle.
Taylor Swift enters the home straight of 2023 in a familiar place – at No. 1 on Australia’s albums chart.
The most popular artist of the year on Spotify, TayTay enters a fifth week atop the ARIA Chart with 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via Universal), and completes a “Swift Sweep” of the top four with Midnights (up 5-2), Folklore (up 6-3) and Lover (up 10-4), respectively. Swift collects two more top 10 appearances, as Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) climbs 15-8 and Reputation lifts 12-9.
At times this year, Swift has dominated the tally like no one else. In July, she completed an unprecedented sweep of the top 5. The following week, she replaced herself at No. 1, becoming the first artist to do so since the ARIA Charts began in 1983.
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Christmas is nearly upon us, proof of which can be seen on the ARIA Charts. A raft of Christmas-themed albums storm the tallies, including Jimmy Barnes’ Blue Christmas (reentering at No. 14 via Bloodlines/ Universal), Michael Buble’s two-time diamond certified Christmas (up 92-45 via Reprise/Warner) and Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas (Columbia/Sony) enters at No. 74.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” returns at No. 15. The modern yuletide favorite peaked at No. 2 following its release in 1994, and finally went to No. 1 in 2018 — returning to the summit Christmas every year since for a total of seven combined weeks, ARIA reports.
Also marching into the ARIA Chart, published Friday, Dec. 1, is Wham’s “Last Christmas” (Sony), reentering at No. 30, and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” (Warner/Universal) returns at No. 42.
At the pointy end of the ARIA Singles Chart, is Jack Harlow’s “Lovin On Me” (Atlantic/Warner), now in its third week at the top, marking the Louisville rapper’s longest-running leader in Australia.
Finally, Ocean Alley’s “Confidence” continues to flow, after the 2018 release went viral on TikTok. “Confidence” returned to the top 40 last week at No. 40, and rises to No. 16. Now, more than five years after its release, “Confidence” is the best-seller on the Australian Singles Chart. Independently-released, with distribution through the Orchard, “Confidence” originally peaked at No. 9 on the ARIA Chart and went on to win triple j’s Hottest 100 countdown in January 2019.
It’s finally here! After weeks of waiting, two premieres (one in L.A. and one in London), and three trailers, Beyoncé‘s highly-anticipated concert documentary, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, has hit theatres at long last.
The film provides a rare peek into Beyoncé’s behind-the-scenes process, namely how she runs her ship as the Mother of the House of Renaissance. Over nearly three hours, the documentary treats fans to pristine footage of several nights of the superstar’s record-breaking Renaissance World Tour. Seamless edits showcase the endless variety of haute couture costumes the “Break My Soul” singer flaunted across her 56 sold-out shows, and intimate black-and-white scenes present the Beyoncé her family sees offstage.
Written, directed and produced by Beyoncé herself, the film — which is evenly split between the concert (just about every track made the final cut) and behind-the-scenes footage — is as much about the enigmatic artistic genius as it is about community — the various intersecting communities that crafted the album and tour, enjoyed the music at the concerts, and inspired the throughlines of Black queer liberation that course through Queen Bey’s most recent musical era.
Nearly all of the tour’s special guests — Blue Ivy Carter, Megan Thee Stallion, Kendrick Lamar, Diana Ross, among them — make cameos in the film, alongside Beyoncé’s family (including JAY-Z, Ms. Tina Knowles and twins Rumi and Sir Carter!) and former Destiny’s Child bandmates Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson.
Even though we’re over a year removed from the release of Renaissance, it’s a body of work that continues to resonant deeply. The album ranked atop the 2023 Year-End Dance/Electronic Albums chart, and the tour helped Beyoncé earn the biggest touring year in Billboard Boxscore history ($570.5 million), making her No. 1 on the Year-End Billboard Boxscore Top Tours chart.
Clearly, the Renaissance is still in full swing, and now we can all see how Beyoncé got us here. Without further ado, here are seven of the best moments of Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé.
It’s been a decade since Beyoncé set the Beyhive buzzing with a surprise album release. Bey does it again, this time dropping a new single,”My House,” without any prior warning.
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Set to a cracking trap beat and bold, brassy tones, “My House” (via Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia) is both an early Christmas present, and a gift from the superstar U.S. singer to kick-off the opening weekend of her Renaissance concert film.
The tune comes with a parental warning for its “explicit lyrics”. On it, she sings, “I will always love you, but I’ll never expect you to love me when you don’t love yourself/ Let’s heal the world one beautiful action at the time/ This is real love.”
Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant contributes lyrics and production to “My House,” Bey’s first solo release since Beyonce’s hit seventh studio album Renaissance arrived in July 2022.
Arriving at the stroke of midnight, “My House” is accompanied with eye-catching artwork, with Queen Bey front and center, donning dark shades and a futuristic chrome helmet and top combo.
Ten years ago to the month, Bey dropped her self-titled fifth studio album without notice. Many have since copied the strategy, though few have replicated the success of Beyonce, which led the Billboard 200 for three weeks and is one of her seven leaders on the chart.
Bey continues to have it her own way. She bagged the year’s top-grossing tour, with Renaissance World Tour, which grossed $579.8 million and sold 2.8 million tickets, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore between May 10 and Oct. 1.
Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé is expected to put up impressive numbers.
On what is typically a slow post-Thanksgiving period, the movie is aiming for a $30-$40 million global opening, Deadline reports.
Distributed by AMC, the Renaissance movie is booked into 2,539 theaters domestically and another 2,780 abroad in 94 territories, with U.S. previews beginning at 7 p.m. on Thursday (Nov. 30) before settling into a Thursday-Sunday schedule. Beyonce directs the two-and-a-half-hour flick.
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The Christmas countdown has begun, the first chocolate in your advent calendar is up for grabs, and a surprise early present arrives today (Dec. 1) in the form of a holiday recording by Ally Brooke and Dinah Jane.
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The Fifth Harmony bandmates gift wrap “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” following on the heels of Brooke’s recently-released four-track holiday EP Under The Tree, which includes the title track, an original song.
Ally and Dinah made the collaboration announcement by way of their socials earlier in the week.
“I’m beyond thrilled to be back together with my former Fifth Harmony mate Dinah,” Ally enthuses in a statement. “There are no words to explain how it feels to be reunited with our collaboration. We hope to bring lots of happiness to our fans and the world with our reunion.”
Christmas is, of course, a time for family. And this Xmas cut represents the first time any of the former 5H bandmates have collaborated since the pop group went on hiatus in 2018.
Formed on The X Factor in 2012 with the lineup of Brooke, Jane, Normani, Lauren Jauregui, and Camila Cabello, the group went on to land four top 10 titles on the Billboard 200 chart, and earned a top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Work From Home” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, peaking at No. 4 in 2016.
“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” comes years after Fifth Harmony disbanded, at the time reduced to a four-piece when Cabello left.
Jane presents the new song as a special gift to long-suffering Harmonizers.
“There’s a special type of joyous spirit that Christmas brings us all,” she comments. “This holiday season, I’m grateful for this healing union that has brought my good ole sister Ally Brooke and I together through music”.
“May this song encourage you to embrace love, forgiveness, and bring comfort to all,” concludes Dinah. “I pray that this song may connect souls to our dear Savior as His love is the reason for all seasons.”
“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” is now bundled into Brooke’s Under the Tree collection and can be streamed below.
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When Coldplay’s world tour heads to Australia and New Zealand in 2024, the Brits will go where no band has gone before.
Coldplay’s tour Down Under expands with the addition of six new stadium dates across Melbourne (Marvel Stadium), Sydney (Accord Stadium) and Auckland (Eden Park), for a total of 11 trans-Tasman shows.
With the addition of two dates at Eden Park, Chris Martin and Co. become the first act to play three nights at the Auckland venue, the nation’s home of rugby, and biggest stadium, whose history dates back 123 years.
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As it stands, Coldplay will now perform four shows in Sydney and Melbourne, and three in Auckland, the most populous cities in both markets.
According to Live Nation, which is producing the lap of ANZ, Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour has enjoyed “unprecedented demand for tickets” during the pre-sale period.
Interest for the shows were pumped by a pair of concerts last month at Perth’s Optus Stadium – marking the group’s return to Western Australia for the first time since 2009. Coldplay last played Australia’s east coast and NZ back in 2016.
The pop-rock outfit is a legitimate heavyweight in these parts, with 2022’s Music Of The Spheres blasting to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, for the group’s seventh leader. They’ve previously led the national chart with A Rush Of Blood To The Head (September 2002), X&Y (June 2005), Viva La Vida (June 2008), Mylo Xyloto (October 2011), Ghost Stories (May 2014) and Everyday Life (December 2019).
The Music Of The Spheres World Tour is already in the history books. Since it kicked off date in March 2022, the trek has notched more than 9 million tickets. Recently, the band strolled into Billboard Boxscore history, following the Rolling Stones to become just the second artist to score a half-billion double-up in the top 10 of all-time highest-grossing tours, when their current tour crossed the $500 million mark.
Coldplay 2024 Australia & NZ Tour:
October30 – Melbourne, Marvel Stadium31 – Melbourne, Marvel Stadium
November2 – Melbourne, Marvel Stadium *3 – Melbourne, Marvel Stadium *6 – Sydney, Accor Stadium7 – Sydney, Accor Stadium9 – Sydney, Accor Stadium – *10 – Sydney, Accor Stadium – *13 – Auckland, Eden Park15 – Auckland, Eden Park – *16 – Auckland, Eden Park – *
(*New show)