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(Not) part of your world. The director of the upcoming live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid explained in a new interview on Tuesday (April 4) why Harry Styles didn’t end up playing Prince Eric.
“We met with him. He was lovely. What a wonderful guy,” director Rob Marshall confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. “But at the end of the day, he really felt like he wanted to go off and do the movies that he ended up doing, which were sort of darker.”
The movies Marshall referenced included the pop star’s leading roles in the 2022 sci-fi thriller Don’t Worry Darling opposite Florence Pugh and Chris Pine, directed by Styles’ former girlfriend Olivia Wilde, and the LGBTQ drama My Policeman.
Marshall also posited that the former One Directioner’s choice to turn down the Disney musical may have been an intentional strategy on his part. “For a lot of young musical people like Harry, you’re trying to carve your way and you don’t wanna be seen as a singer, necessarily,” he stated. “That’s why he was really looking to do something not in the musical genre, to really stretch himself. It was really a fun idea to play with, but in the end, I always think things happen for a reason. I’m so happy to have two young, new people in the film.”
Instead, British actor Jonah Hauer-King will portray Prince Eric in the film, which opens in theaters May 26 and stars Halle Bailey as Ariel, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, Daveed Diggs as Sebastian, Jacob Tremblay as Flounder and more.
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Ice Spice landed her first fashion campaign. The “Boy’s a Liar” rapper models a celestial mini dress covered in stars, with a black shoulder bag and platform boots while climbing through barbed wire in an add for Marc Jacobs’ spring 2023 Heaven campaign.
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Also starring in the campaign are fellow recording artists Lil Uzi Vert, Yves Tumor and Ethel Cain, alongside French performer and designer Michèle Lamy, and M3GAN – the lifelike doll from the horror movie of the same name.
Ice Spice shared photos of the campaign on her Instagram and Twitter accounts on Monday (April 3). She also tweeted behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot wearing the printed mini dress while sitting on a mechanical bull and in a pink crochet coverup over a printed bikini with brown platform boots.
The Cuffz bag ($175) and Margaret platform boots ($595) that the Bronx native wore in the campaign sold out online, but there are plenty of other items to shop from the collection.
Playing on aspects of heaven and hell, the polysexual collection features raglan tees, baby tees, long-sleeve and short-sleeve shirts, sweaters, pants, dresses and skirts along with earrings, necklaces, rings and other accessories boasting heavenly and devilish designs.
Ice Spice is the latest female rapper to star in a Marc Jacobs campaign after Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj.
Shop items from the collection below.
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Heat Sensitive Baby Tee
$95
The shrunken ringer baby tee changes colors from grey to white when exposed to heat. The shirt features artwork by Shana Sadeghi-Ray and is available in sizes ranging from XS-XXL.
Heaven by Marc Jacobs Patches Tube Dress
$175
This tube dress is one of the more affordable dresses in the collection. Available in sizes XS-XL, the Patches Tube Dress features artwork from Come Tees and Elliot Shields.
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Star Girl Bow Tank
$95
Looking for a muscle tank with ribbon detail? This unisex tank top is available in size XS-XXL and styled with Margaret boots and a Stencil shoulder bag ($175).
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Puffy Nylon Shoulder Bag
$150
Puffy and portable! This nylon shoulder bag is available in black, white, green and orange. If you love a mini tote, you might also like this oversized tote ($295).
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Spike Longsleeve Tee
$150
This oversized, long sleeve tee features a layered collar with art work from the brand Come Tees centered on the front.
Runway Cargo Pant
$250
Cargo pants never really go out of style but they’re especially trendy for spring. If you can afford a splurge, why not try a pair of oversized polyester cargo pants? The photo above is styled with a tattoo baby tee, fairy wings, “Shove It” bracelet and Margaret boot.
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The Nordstrom Spring Sale is here! For a limited time, shoppers can save on shoes, clothes, beauty and grooming products, home goods and other spring essentials.
The sale offers up to 60% off bestselling brands, but if you’re looking for some of the deepest deals, you’ll need to hit up the men’s shoe department. Sneaker lovers can save up to 76% off tops brands including Adidas, Nike, Puma, Reebok and New Balance in addition to Fear of God, Givenchy, Raf Simons, Jill Sander, Alexander McQueen and other designer brands.
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To make things easier for you, we dug through the sale to find eight of the best deals on men’s sneakers. See the roundup below, and for more spring shopping recommendations, be sure to read our picks for the best music festival gear and can’t miss tech deals.
Adidas ’84 Forum Low Sneaker
$65 $100 35% off% OFF
With more than 2,000 customer reviews, it’s safe to say that Adidas’ ’84 Forum Low Sneaker has its own fan club. The ’84 Forum Low is on sale in blue and white colorways as well as purple and gold, and red white and blue. You can also find Forum ’84 Lows on sale at Adidas for $59.
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Fear of God The Essentials Tennis Mid Top Sneaker
$103.25 $295 65% off% OFF
Fear of God’s Essential Mid Top Sneaker is a sustainable shoe to cop during Earth Month and beyond. This casual shoe is made from pieces of recycled leather and available in cement, tobacco and warm taupe.
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An all-time classic. The ultra-comfortable New Balance 574 sneaker is on sale in four colorways including arctic gray (pictured) apollo gray, agave green and black/red.
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Vans U-Sk8 Hi-Sneaker
$39.98 $79.95 50% off% OFF
The walnut-colored Vans SK8 Hi-Sneaker is currently half-off at Nordstrom. This popular shoe has a velvety-smooth upper with a padded collar and rubber waffle sole.
Sorel Explorer Waterproof Sneaker Boot
$91
Part sneaker, part boot. The Sorel Explorer Waterproof Mid Sneaker will help you take on cold and rainy weather in style.
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Nike Air Presto
$67.60 $130 48% off% OFF
With more than 20 years under its belt, the Nike Air Presto is officially vintage. This high-performance running sneaker first hit the market in 2000 and has been a hit ever since. The Air Presto is on sale in select colors including the teal design pictured above along with black, white and gray.
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Nike Air Max Terrascape 97 Sneaker
$129.50 $185 30% off% OFF
Another vintage shoe from the Nike catalog, the Air Max Terrascape ’97 sneaker features the signature ripple design inspired by Japanese bullet trains. This shoe is on sale in summit white and black/elemental and pink/lime.
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Alexander McQueen Court High Dunk Sneaker
$272 $850 68% off% OFF
Alexander McQueen‘s Court High Dunk Sneaker offers up one of the deepest Nordstrom deals that you can find on men’s shoes. Marked down nearly 70%, this high-performance dunk sneaker features an airy mesh, color-pop accents and an exaggerated rubber sole.
Greta Gerwig’s upcoming film Barbie offered a look at Barbie Land in its second teaser trailer — released on Tuesday (April 4) — which features an abundance of technicolor sets, a star-studded cast and a 1964 hit by The Beach Boys.
Starring as the main Barbie in the film, Margot Robbie kicks off the trailer by saying hello to her fellow Barbie counterparts (Issa Rae, Alexandra Shipp and Ana Cruz Kayne) as they lounge on a bright beach. The Kens — Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu — also say hello to Barbie in a not-so-subtle competition for her attention. (Dua Lipa also stars in the movie as a Barbie mermaid, though she did not make an appearance in the trailer.)
As Barbie drives through the picture-perfect Barbie Land in her pink convertible, The Beach Boys’ hit “Fun, Fun, Fun” fitting blasts through the trailer. “And with the radio blasting/ Goes cruising just as fast as she can now/ And she’ll have fun fun fun,” lead singer Brian Wilson sings.
“Fun, Fun, Fun” was released as a single from the group’s 1964 album Shut Down Volume 2. The track, written by Wilson and his fellow group member Mike Love, peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent a total of 11 weeks on the chart in 1964.
Barbie — which, per the film’s official synopsis, follows the tale of the titular doll on a quest to find happiness “after being expelled from Barbie Land for being a less than perfect-looking” — arrives in theaters on July 21.
Watch the latest trailer above.
Kid Rock is taking out his frustration on a few dozen cans of Bud Light.
Late Monday night (April 3), the “Bad Reputation” singer posted a video of himself across his social media accounts, speaking directly to the camera. Wearing a white MAGA hat, the rock-rapper said that “Grandpa’s feeling a bit frisky today,” and promised to be as “clear and concise as possible” with his statement.
The “Devil Without a Cause” singer then lifted up a semi-automatic rifle and opened fire on three cases of Bud Light propped up on a wooden table. Ceasing his fire on the beer cans, Rock looked back into the camera to make his point clear: “F–k Bud Light, and f–k Anheuser-Busch.”
The video came shortly after trans activist Dylan Mulvaney teamed up with Anheuser-Busch to promote the brand’s Easy Carry Contest, posting a video of herself talking about the campaign and even receiving “possibly the best gift ever” — a commemorative can of Bud Light with her face on it.
Mulvaney’s video immediately sparked outrage from right-wing commentators, who lambasted the brand for working with a transgender influencer. Anheuser-Busch responded to the backlash in a statement to Fox News, saying the company works with “hundreds of influencers across our brands as one of many ways to authentically connect with audiences across various demographics and passion points,” and adding that Mulvaney’s commemorative can “was a gift to celebrate a personal milestone and is not for sale to the general public.”
The ongoing backlash comes at a time when transgender people are being targeted at a steady cadence by state legislatures around the U.S. Kentucky became the latest state to pass anti-trans legislation into law last week when lawmakers overrode Gov. Andy Beshear‘s veto of a bill banning gender-affirming care for anyone under the age of 18, while also compelling physicians to cease any ongoing gender-transition care for minors.
Billboard has reached out to Kid Rock, Dylan Mulvaney and Anheuser-Busch for comment.
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Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian had not one, not two, but three wedding ceremonies. And in their new Hulu special, ‘Til Death Do Us Part — which now has a release date and trailer — the couple will share behind-the-scenes footage from each one.
As announced Tuesday (April 4), the reality show will premiere Thursday, April 13, on the streaming service. In addition to the Blink-182 drummer and Kardashian’s weddings in Las Vegas and Santa Barbara, ‘Til Death Do Us Part will chronicle the pair’s big-budget, ultra glamorous tying of the knot in Portofino, Italy.
“This is our personal archive footage that we are sharing with the world,” the Poosh founder says in a short trailer for the show, before turning to ask Barker, “Can you believe we got married three times?”
“It’s like choosing a child,” the musician responds. “I can’t pick the best one.”
The trailer also features closeup shots of Kardashian’s romantic wedding gown along with clips of her famous sisters — Kim, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie — enjoying different moments from the couple’s big day. Barker’s daughter Alabama also makes an appearance in the trailer, as does his longtime collaborator and friend Machine Gun Kelly.
The final wedding took place in May 2022 at the seaside estate of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana (yes, that Dolce and Gabbana) in Portofino, with the pair surrounded by friends and family. It came a few months after Kardashian and Barker got engaged in October of 2021, previously going public with their relationship on Valentine’s Day that year.
Watch the new trailer for Hulu’s ‘Til Death Do Us Part starring Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian below:
If you feel like you’ve heard Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ “Unholy” approximately one billion times, new data might show you’re close to being right.
On Monday (April 3), Spotify announced that Smith and Petras were the latest inductees into the company’s Billions Club, after the pair’s viral hit single “Unholy” crossed the 1 billion streams mark. This is Smith’s fifth song to enter the Billions Club (following his tracks “Stay With Me,” “I’m Not the Only One,” “Too Good at Goodbyes” and “Dancing With a Stranger” with Normani, respectively), and Petras’ first.
To celebrate the news, Smith took to their social media to share a compilation video of the song’s success, showing off behind-the-scenes clips from the shoot of the music video, as well as viral dance challenges, beauty tutorials and covers of the track from TikTok. At the conclusion, Smith offered a simple message to their fans: “Thank you,” the text read.
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Along with achieving the milestone, Smith and Petras’ “Unholy” has been added to Spotify’s Billions Club playlist, which was created in 2021 in order to help fans discover songs that had reached the formidable goal. “Spotify has long celebrated artist milestones and we wanted to find a unique way to honor the artists and songs fans can’t stop listening to,” Ashley Graver, the then-global head of creative artist partnerships, told Billboard at the time.
While “Unholy” continues to rack up streams, both Smith and Petras are pursuing new creative endeavors. Smith is currently preparing to embark on their globe-spanning Gloria Tour, which kicks off its European leg on April 12 at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena. Petras, meanwhile, has been teasing new music for the last few weeks, putting out an image of her backside on Tuesday with the caption “all will be revealed on Thursday.”
Check out the video to Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” below:
American Idol is just weeks into the competition, and has already seen its second resignation of the season. The Monday (April 3) episode of the show took a sudden turn when Kaya Stewart, daughter of Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart, quit the competition during Hollywood Week after struggling with feeling sick.
Originally set to perform Adam Lambert’s “Whataya Want From Me” in a duet alongside fellow hopeful Fire, Kaya revealed that she was not feeling her best. “It’s duet day right now. I’m really sick, so it was a long night,” she told the camera crew.
In an aside, Fire added, “Everything was originally amazing when Kaya and I were rehearsing this morning and going through things and figuring out our plan, then throughout the day she started getting sicker and sicker and started getting a fever and she couldn’t remember the words. It was less and less progress. We were going in the opposite direction.”
Unsure of how to proceed, Kaya explained that she didn’t want to jeopardize Fire’s chances — as well as her own — with a less than stellar performance. “I always want to give my best, and I’m not giving my best here,” she said. “I don’t think it’s a fair representation of myself to do that or for Fire either. I don’t think it’s fair on her for me to not give 100 percent when she was giving 100 percent.”
Once it was time to perform in front of the judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan, Kaya announced her decision. “I got sick at the beginning of Hollywood Week and I have been trying to push myself and keep going and during this performance. I got to work with Fire and it was such a great experience,” she said. “She’s so talented and so incredible and we bonded so much, but I realized I wasn’t able to give 100 percent, so I have decided to not perform, but Fire is going to perform and I’m really grateful that I got to be here.”
Perry asked for further clarification about what her lack of duet means for her status on the show. “Me not performing means I’m not longer going to be in the competition,” Kaya stated before tearfully running off stage.
Kaya is the second contestant on this season of Idol so far to quit. Her resignation comes after the exit of Sara Beth Liebe, who left the show to return home to her three kids; Liebe’s decision came after Perry’s “mom shaming” joke.
Fire also got emotional over Kaya’s exit, remarking that it had been a “stressful” series of events leading up to their performance. The singer, however, got a second chance when fellow contestant Jayna Elise offered to perform the song with her. Following a tearful finish and a standing ovation, Perry offered Fire a few words of encouragement.
“I’m proud of you. You’re growing, little by little. You can’t control a lot, but you can control yourself and you can control your future,” Perry told the contestant. “Thank you for standing up here and continuing to try. Thank you for swinging. Thank you for not forfeiting. Thank you for fighting. And in this moment, we get to control a little bit of your future. You’re going forward, Fire.”
Watch Kaya’s resignation and Fire’s performance of “Whataya Want From Me” in the video above.
She’s not levitating anymore — she’s deep-sea swimming. Dua Lipa was confirmed to be starring in Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated Barbie live-action film, in which she’ll play a mermaid doll alongside an all-star lineup of actors.
The news was unveiled Tuesday morning (April 4) with a series of bubbly first-look movie posters featuring individual shots of each cast member looking perfectly plastic in costume. Dua’s solo shot shows her posing against a sparkly purple backdrop, wearing a bright blue wig and a matching seashell bra.
The “One Kiss” singer’s scaly fishtail is just out of frame, but a tagline on the poster is confirmation enough: “This Barbie is a mermaid.”
Each of the characters’ new movie posters feature a similarly direct tagline, likely mimicking the world-famous doll franchise’s branding. “This Barbie is a doctor” reads actress Hari Nef’s poster, while Emma Mackey’s boasts, “This Barbie has a Nobel Prize in physics.”
Hilariously, all the male dolls — played by Ryan Gosling, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa — are simply billed along the lines of “Just Ken.” Will Ferrell also appears in a poster wearing a pink tie, but his character is a little less clear as his poster just reads, “Please call me mother.”
Dua has long been rumored to have a part in Gerwig’s latest directorial project, led by Margot Robbie playing the film’s iconic title character. Fans noticed back in December that the film’s official Instagram page — on which the new character posters were unveiled Tuesday — was following the chart-topping pop star in addition to just a handful of other people known to be involved with the project.
As for rumors that Dua will contribute music to the Barbie soundtrack, it’s still unclear. Confirmation will come, at the latest, by July 21, when the movie hits theaters.
See Dua Lipa and her Barbie co-stars’ first-look posters below:
MTV knows that blood is thicker than water, which is why the company is diving into the lives and careers of iconic artists through the eyes of their children in the upcoming docuseries Family Legacy.
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In the new 30-second trailer, premiering exclusively on Billboard below, Notorious B.I.G.‘s son C.J. Wallace is heard calling his late dad “the greatest rapper of all time,” before Melissa Etheridge‘s daughter Bailey Jean Cypher calls herself the “OG lesbian baby.”
The intimate, five-episode docuseries will capture musicians through the lens of their kids, with exclusive footage and brand-new interviews with the children of beloved music stars, including Van Halen’s Sammy Hagar, Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell, *NSYNC’s Joey Fatone, Boyz II Men’s Nathan Morris, TLC’s Chilli, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Brandy, Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington and more. The series will be narrated by actor and musician Quincy Brown, the son of Al B. Sure and Diddy’s longtime girlfriend Kim Porter.
Family Legacy is set to premiere on Tuesday, April 25, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada, before arriving internationally on April 26 in the U.K., Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, LATAM and Brazil, and April 29 in Australia.
Watch the official trailer for Family Legacy exclusively via Billboard below.