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Singer-songwriter Marcus King wed Briley Hussey on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. People was first to report the news.
“I fell in love, hard!” King, 26, told the magazine of first meeting Hussey. “She waltzed up on my bus like she owned it, and I was taken with her sweet southern drawl. She asked to connect to the Bluetooth, blared Linda Ronstadt and Aretha Franklin and we sang and danced till it was time for the bus to leave. I told her the next morning to quit her job and marry me instead.”
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Fellow country singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson officiated the wedding.
South Carolina native King told People of the wedding ceremony and reception, “We wanted the ceremony to be simple and elegant and our reception to be the complete opposite. A lot of color, candles, fun linens and china, lights, trees and foliage — definitely a glam garden vibe.”
In 2022, King released his second album, Young Blood, which included the songs “Hard Workin’ Man” and “Blood on the Tracks.” The album debuted at the pinnacle of Billboard‘s top blues albums chart.
King also joined his soulful brand of music with Zac Brown Band on the song “Stubborn Pride,” from the latter’s 2021 album The Comeback, and opened shows for the group last year on their From the Fire Tour, which also featured openers King Calaway and Tenille Townes. King also showed off his blazing guitar riffs when he performed alongside Zac Brown Band during the group’s performance of “Out in the Middle” at the 2022 CMA Awards.
Da Brat is going to be a mom! The 48-year-old rapper announced Tuesday (Feb. 21) that she’s pregnant with her first child, which she’ll welcome with her wife, entrepreneur Jesseca Harris-Dupart.
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“I never thought I was going to have kids,” the musician told People. “I just thought it wasn’t in the cards for me. I’ve had a great career, a full life. I felt like, because I didn’t get pregnant earlier on, then it just wasn’t going to happen for me.”
The announcement comes almost exactly a year after Da Brat, born Shawntae Harris, married the Kaleidoscope Hair Products CEO in February of 2022. Harris-Dupart has three children from a prior relationship.
“I started looking at life so differently,” Da Brat told the publication, revealing she didn’t consider having children until she fell in love with Jesseca. “I was like, ‘I want a little me with you. Something special from the both of us that we can share and raise and love unconditionally.’”
Even so, the “Funkdafied” artist wasn’t sure if she wanted to be the one to carry their child. Jesseca was able to change Shawntae’s mind, saying she wanted the rapper to “have the experience” of being pregnant because “she is so nurturing.”
The pregnancy comes after the artist underwent surgery to treat health complications leading up to her embryo transfer procedure, as well as a devastating miscarriage. “I fell in love with the idea and then it was all snatched away from me,” the rapper recalled.
Luckily, the couple still had more of Jesseca’s eggs leftover from the CEO’s egg retrieval procedure, and they were able to try again with the help of an anonymous sperm donor. “It’s just a blessing,” said Da Brat, who’s in her second trimester. “I don’t have any cravings or nausea. But I’m always sleepy. It’s crazy!”
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Valentine’s Day may have passed, but love is still in the air for Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi. To celebrate the Stranger Things star’s 19th birthday on Sunday (Feb. 19), Bongiovi — who is the son of Jon Bon Jovi and restauranteur Dorothea Hurley — shared an adorable post gushing over his girlfriend.
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“Another year around the sun together happy 19th to the girl of my dreams. I love you more than words can describe,” Bongiovi captioned an Instagram carousel that featured intimate snaps of him and Brown throughout their relationship. “Everything about you is golden down to the core.”
The Stranger Things cast members were touched by Bongiovi’s display of affection. Noah Schnapp, who plays Will on the hit Netflix show, commented, “Cuties.” Matthew Modine, who starred as Papa, added, “Lovely. Happy everyday!”
Brown and Bongiovi have been dating for over a year, and gushing posts are normal for the couple. The 19-year-old took to Instagram on New Year’s Day and called Bongiovi her “partner for life” while recalling the things she was grateful for in 2022.
“Endlessly in love with the year I’ve had. Grateful for my friends, family, donkey (bernard), my doggies, my puppies teeth, and my partner for life,” she wrote. “Here’s to another year with you and the wonderful people and animals around us. Let’s do it again but better!” Bongiovi couldn’t resist adding a sweet comment, and wrote, “Your year babe love you so much.”
See Bongiovi’s sweet post for Brown below.
Megan Fox is showing love to Sophie Lloyd amid rumors that the guitarist was involved in a cheating scandal with Machine Gun Kelly.
On Sunday (Feb. 19), the Jennifer’s Body actress left a lengthy comment on the “insanely talented” musician’s recent Instagram post and offered some words of wisdom amid the drama.
“How me making a joke in order to absolve this girl of a hurtful accusation somehow turned into a confirmation of it — I will never understand,” Fox wrote. “Why are people so…so dumb.”
The actress continued, “Sophie you are insanely talented. Welcome to Hollywood. Your first unwarranted PR disaster. You have now been baptized by the flames of fame. It only gets worse from here unfortunately.”
Fox closed her comment by advising Lloyd, who plays in MGK’s band, to “just ignore it as much as you can. Middle finger up.”
Lloyd replied to Fox’s comment, writing, “The internet is so wild! Sending so much love @meganfox.”
Earlier in the day on Sunday, Fox reactivated her Instagram account to share a note stating that there was no cheating involved in her relationship with the pop-punk star, who she got engaged to in January 2022.
“There has been no third party interference in this relationship of any kind,” she wrote. “While I do hate to rob you of running random baseless news stories that would have been much more accurately written by ChatGPT, you need to let this story die and leave all of these innocent people alone now.”
On Feb. 12, Fox deleted all of her Instagram photos with MGK and posted a video of a burning envelope with a caption quoting “Pray You Catch Me” from Beyoncé’s Lemonade, an album dedicated to the pain of being cheated on. Shortly after the post, she deactivated her IG account altogether.
The couple’s rumored split led some fans to speculate that Kelly had cheated on the actress with Lloyd. But the guitarist shut down those rumors in a prompt statement issued by her management team.
“Sophie Lloyd is a professional, accomplished musician who has been needlessly dragged into the media based off of meritless accusations made by social media,” read a statement on Feb. 15, according to People. “Any suggestion that she has ever acted in an unprofessional manner or stepped out of her relationship are untrue.”
“It’s disrespectful to her as a female artist and poor journalism and social commentary to be reporting anything else,” the statement concluded.
Kelly and Fox first met in spring 2020 while they were filming the movie Midnight in the Switchgrass in Puerto Rico. The pair began officially dating that summer and later got engaged in January 2022. Fox was previously married to actor Brian Austin Green, with whom she shares three young sons. Kelly has a teenage daughter.
See Fox’s comment in Lloyd’s post on Instagram below.
Megan Fox is setting the record straight about cheating allegations against Machine Gun Kelly.
The Jennifer’s Body actress returned to Instagram on Sunday (Feb. 19) to share a note stating that there was no cheating involved in her relationship with the pop-punk star, who she got engaged to in January 2022.
“There has been no third party interference in this relationship of any kind. That includes, but is not limited to…actual humans, DMs, AI bots or succubus demons,” Fox wrote. “While I do hate to rob you of running random baseless news stories that would have been much more accurately written by ChatGPT, you need to let this story die and leave all of these innocent people alone now.”
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Last week, Fox deleted all of her Instagram photos with MGK and posted a video of a burning envelope with a caption quoting “Pray You Catch Me” from Beyoncé’s Lemonade, an album dedicated to the pain of being cheated on. Shortly after the post, the actress deactivated her IG account altogether.
The couple’s rumored split led some fans to speculate that Kelly, born Colson Baker, had cheated on the actress with musician Sophie Lloyd, who plays guitar in his band. But Lloyd shut down those rumors in a prompt statement issued by her management team.
“Sophie Lloyd is a professional, accomplished musician who has been needlessly dragged into the media based off of meritless accusations made by social media,” read a statement on Feb. 15, according to People. “Any suggestion that she has ever acted in an unprofessional manner or stepped out of her relationship are untrue.”
“It’s disrespectful to her as a female artist and poor journalism and social commentary to be reporting anything else,” the statement concluded.
The breakup rumors certainly felt sudden to fans who’ve kept up with MGK and Fox’s romance, considering the pair had just appeared together at the 2023 Grammys in early February. After the “My Ex’s Best Friend” singer, who was nominated for best rock album, walked away empty-handed that night, Fox posted a sweet message on Instagram praising him for handling the loss with “a grace and maturity that I haven’t seen from you before and I’m so proud of you.”
Kelly and Fox first met in spring 2020 while they were filming the movie Midnight in the Switchgrass in Puerto Rico. The pair began officially dating that summer and later got engaged in January 2022. Fox was previously married to actor Brian Austin Green, with whom she shares three young sons. Kelly has a teenage daughter.
See Fox’s post about MGK’s cheating allegations on Instagram below.
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Sophie Lloyd wants no part of the Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox drama. After the “Jennifer’s Body” actress hinted on Instagram that she and her punk rocker fiancé had split, and some fans were quick to try to connect the dots back to Lloyd, who plays guitar in MGK’s band. But in a prompt statement sent out by her management team, Lloyd shut the rumors right down.
“Sophie Lloyd is a professional, accomplished musician who has been needlessly dragged into the media based off of meritless accusations made by social media,” read the Wednesday (Feb. 15) statement, according to People. “Any suggestion that she has ever acted in an unprofessional manner or stepped out of her relationship are untrue.”
“It’s disrespectful to her as a female artist and poor journalism and social commentary to be reporting anything else,” it concluded.
The drama first began when Fox deleted all traces of MGK, born Colson Baker, from her Instagram account Sunday (Feb. 12). And keep in mind, there were a lot of photos of them together, given that the couple had been engaged since January of 2022.
She proceeded to unfollow the “Emo Girl” singer and follow his famous nemesis, Eminem, on the platform. And as if all that wasn’t enough to get her message across, Fox posted a video of a burning envelope with a caption quoting “Pray You Catch Me” from Beyoncé‘s Lemonade, an entire album more or less dedicated to the pain of being cheated on: “You can taste the dishonesty/ it’s all over your breath.”
Before deactivating her account altogether, fans commented on the post with speculation that Baker had cheated on the New Girl alum with Lloyd. “He probably got with Sophie,” commented one fan, to which Fox responded, “Maybe I got with Sophie” alongside a fire emoji.
The rumors of a breakup certainly felt sudden to fans who’ve kept up with MGK and Fox’s romance, considering the pair had just appeared together at the Grammys on Feb. 5. After the “My Ex’s Best Friend” singer, who was nominated for best rock album, walked away empty-handed that night, Fox posted a sweet message on Instagram praising him for handling the loss with “a grace and maturity that I haven’t seen from you before and I’m so proud of you.”
“Watching you walk in humility and gratitude, watching you grow into yourself and become a better man is an immeasurably more satisfying experience than watching you accept an award,” she continued. “Although those will come… and this is irrelevant I guess but I will just never ever get over how beautiful your face is.”
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have hit all the traditional relationship goals: they got married several times after breaking up two decades earlier, attended the 2023 Grammy Awards together and became a global meme and just co-starred in a Super Bowl commercial honoring his favorite coffee spot.
But now they’ve made their love official-official with matching ink.
Lopez celebrated Valentine’s Day on Tuesday (Feb. 14) by showing off the forever symbol she got tatted onto the left side of her ribcage, an infinity sign bisected by an arrow with the A-lister’s names running around the loop. “Commitment ♾️ Happy Valentine’s Day my love 🤍 (Look for more deets on VDay coming #OnTheJLo soon…),” the singer/actress captioned an image of her new body art, along with the tags #CommitmentIsSexy #ThisIsUsThen #ThisIsUsNow #ThisIsMeNow.
The post featured a carousel of pics from the couple’s love affair, including one of Affleck smiling with his eyes shut, another that appeared to show his version of the forever ink — with a pair of crossed arrows featuring their first initials — and then a series of the happy couple on vacation, kissing on a night out and recreating the yacht scene from her 2002 “Jenny From the Block” video in which Affleck grabs a handful of her bikini bottom.
Ben and Jen got married last July in Las Vegas after re-booting their romance in 2021 after getting engaged nearly 20 years earlier before splitting in 2004. They said “I do” again a month later in Georgia in a larger ceremony featuring their friends, family and children.
Check out Lopez’s post below.
After Rihanna took the stage at the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show with what looked like a baby bump under her curve-hugging red outfit, her reps confirmed that the superstar is in fact pregnant with her and A$AP Rocky’s second child.
The star hinted in a pre-game interview with Nate Burleson that she had a surprise in store for fans, but she didn’t end up singing any new songs or bringing out any musical guests to the Super Bowl halftime show stage — proving that the big surprise was her pregnancy.
But RiRi’s bump reveal is hardly the first time a musician has taken an onstage opportunity to announce that she’s expecting, as stars like Beyoncé, Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez and more have all made their pregnancy announcements while performing.
Other artists, who didn’t announce their pregnancies onstage, showed off the power of women with their bumps on full display during major performances at awards shows, festivals and more.
See below for photos of some of the biggest performances by pregnant musicians.
A couple that works out together, stays together. That is, if Justin Timberlake allows wife Jessica Biel to stay fit. The Candy actress shared a recent video to Instagram of herself exercising with her personal trainer, in which she received an unexpected and funny interruption from the former *NSYNC member while completing a set of weighted lunges.
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As Biel gets close to completing the exercise, she cracks up and demands, “Justin, stop.” The camera then focuses on the pop star, who attempts to sway her focus by wiggling and shimmying his legs and hips in tune with a jazzy track that plays in the background.
Timberlake cheekily responds, “What? What? It’s not distracting?” The distraction was all in good fun. Biel captioned the video, “In the gym with @benbrunotraining… and some other guy who won’t stop distracting me!!”
Biel’s trainer, Ben Bruno, reposted the video to his Instagram page and confirmed that Timberlake was indeed trying to trip up the actress. “@jessicabiel is such a bada–. This 3-way lunge matrix is hard enough as it is, let alone with @justintimberlake trying to distract you with his dancing,” he captioned the video.
Though Biel and Timberlake have been hard at work in the gym, the couple still has time for play. to celebrate the singer turning 42, she shared photos of them spending time together on a boat. “Happy birthday to the person who challenges and inspires me every day. The person who keeps me laughing and creating and risking it all. The person who makes the ordinary extraordinary. You know who you are. I love you,” she captioned the post.
See Biel’s funny workout video below.