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It’s official: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are dating.
Months after first being spotted together, the pop superstar, 41, and the former Canadian prime minister, 53, made their first public appearance as a couple on Saturday (Oct. 25).
Perry and Trudeau celebrated the singer’s 41st birthday with a date night at Crazy Horse Paris, according to TMZ. Photos from the evening show the couple leaving the theater, hand in hand and smiling.
Their relationship confirmation comes about two weeks after Perry jokingly addressed the dating rumors during her London concert on Oct. 13. While performing, she noticed a fan’s sign that read, “Katy Perry, will you marry me?”
“You heard I was single? That’s interesting,” Perry said. “You know you really should have asked me about 48 hours ago.”
She added playfully, “He’s just a little too late…,” hinting that she was already off the market.&
Before that moment, photos had surfaced of Perry and Trudeau kissing on a yacht, following earlier sightings of them dining together in Canada shortly after Trudeau attended Perry’s July concert in Montreal. The politician was even spotted singing along to “Firework” during her Lifetimes Tour stop at the Bell Centre.
Perry’s new romance comes a few months after her split from actor Orlando Bloom in early July. The couple dated on and off for nearly nine years and share a daughter, Daisy Dove.
“Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry’s relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting,” their representatives said in a statement to Billboard at the time. “They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is — and always will be — raising their daughter with love, stability and mutual respect.”
Trudeau also went through a public separation in August 2023, announcing his split from wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, with whom he shares three children.
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The Jonas Brothers’ performance at the 2025 World Series left some viewers scratching their heads.
On Saturday (Oct. 24), the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers faced off in game two of the World Series at Toronto’s Rogers Centre.
By the fifth inning, the score was tied 1–1 when the game paused for the annual Stand Up To Cancer tribute. Players left the field as the stadium’s giant screens lit up, and fans, athletes, and broadcasters held signs bearing the names of loved ones impacted by cancer.
Most viewers expected play to resume immediately after the emotional moment. But instead, some baseball fans were caught off guard when the Jonas Brothers appeared onstage to perform “I Can’t Lose,” from the New Jersey trio’s 2025 album, Greetings From Your Hometown.
“If the Jays lose it’s entirely on that weird Jonas Brothers performance in the middle of the game,” one person wrote on X. Another added, “I’m trying to watch the World Series and they doing a damn Jonas Brothers concert after the 5th inning.”
The social media commentary didn’t stop there. Many fans expressed frustration over what they viewed as an ill-timed interruption.
“A Jonas Brothers concert in the middle of a World Series pitcher’s duel??” one fan wrote. Another joked, “’Thank you for honoring those fighting cancer. Here’s the Jonas Brothers.’ was not on my bingo card for this World Series.”
Some even credited the brief break with shifting the game’s momentum, joking that it gave the Dodgers an edge as they went on to defeat the Blue Jays 5–1.
“Where were you when the Jonas Brothers saved the Dodgers’ season,” one commenter quipped.
Prior to Saturday’s game, the Jonas Brothers — who serve as Stand Up To Cancer ambassadors — shared their gratitude for being part of the event.
“We’re proud to celebrate our partnership with Mastercard in support of Stand Up to Cancer during such a meaningful moment at the World Series with a performance of ‘I Can’t Lose’ in tribute to this powerful campaign,” the siblings said in a statement. “As lifelong baseball fans, it’s special to be part of a moment where music and purpose come together.”
During the opening game of the 2025 World Series, MLB featured another musical moment, with Pharrell and the Voices of Fire choir performing a two-song set from their Ophaním album. Voices of Fire also delivered both the U.S. and Canadian national anthems before the first pitch.
Watch the Jonas’ Brothers 2025 World Series performance here.
The pop star was at the top of her game, performing tracks from all three of her studio albums.
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George Clooney is looking back at one of the more surreal moments from his early Hollywood days — getting personally scolded by the legendary Frank Sinatra.
While attending the Los Angeles premiere of his new film Jay Kelly on Thursday (Oct. 23), the actor recalled his brushes with legendary artists like Sinatra and Tony Bennett during a time when he was trying to get a foothold in the industry.
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“I remember being on the road […] I was my Aunt Rosemary’s driver when she was singing,” Clooney told People. “And I hadn’t known her much when I was young because I lived in Kentucky. She was the Hollywood aunt. So I came out to make a living and I was her driver.”
At the time, Clooney found himself in close proximity to giants of American music, including Bennett, Sinatra and more.
“I got to drive [her] and Tony Bennett, and all of these really wonderful singers around for a year,” he said. “I got a really good life lesson in success and failure, and handling it.”
One of the more unexpected encounters came courtesy of Sinatra himself, who wasn’t thrilled with a press boycott Clooney was involved in. “I remember he was mad at me once because I led this boycott about […] some press freedoms, and he called me because people thought he was sick and there were helicopters flying over his [home],” Clooney recalled. “And he called me going, ‘It’s not working what you’re doing!’”
Still, Clooney took the confrontation in stride. “He was great,” he added. “I got yelled at by Frank Sinatra!”
Clooney, who would go on to win Oscars for both acting and producing, said those formative experiences helped shape his approach to success — especially the importance of staying grounded.
“Most of my friends, we’ve been friends for 40 years. I slept on their couch when I was broke. And they’re always around when people are giving you too much credit,” he said. “They’re the first people to remind you that they’re full of crap.”
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Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has opened up about the band’s extended break from touring, revealing that personal loss and emotional burnout contributed to the group’s seven-year absence from the stage.
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In a new interview with The Times, Yorke reflected on the final days of the band’s A Moon Shaped Pool tour in 2018, which ended with a show in Philadelphia in August that year.
“I guess the wheels came off a bit, so we had to stop,” Yorke said. “The shows felt great but it was, like, let’s halt now before we walk off this cliff.”
The band recently announced their return to live performance with a limited run of 20 shows across five European cities — Madrid, Bologna, London, Copenhagen and Berlin — kicking off Nov. 4. All dates sold out shortly after going on sale.
Yorke also addressed his personal grief following the death of his first wife, Dr. Rachel Owen, in late 2016. “I needed to stop anyway, because I hadn’t really given myself time to grieve,” he said. “My grief was coming out in ways that made me think, I need to take this away.”
He added that while music was a source of healing, it also became a painful reminder. “There have been points in my life where I’ve looked for solace in music and played the piano, but it literally hurts. Physically. The music hurts, because you’re going through trauma.”
Guitarist Ed O’Brien also spoke candidly about the toll the band’s last tour took on him, admitting that by the end of it, “I was effectively over Radiohead.” He continued, “I enjoyed the gigs but hated the rest. We felt disconnected, f—ing spent.”
That distance eventually gave way to reflection and reconnection. “I hit the bottom in 2021. And one of the things that was lovely coming out of it was realising how much I love these guys. I met them when I was 17 and I’ve gone from thinking I can’t see myself doing it again to realising that, you know, we do have some stellar songs.”
While the band is preparing for its return to the spotlight, past controversies continue to follow them. In the interview, members addressed criticism over their 2017 performance in Tel Aviv, Yorke’s confrontation with a protester during a 2024 solo show in Melbourne, and Jonny Greenwood’s collaboration with Israeli artist Dudu Tassa.
Yorke said the “low-level Arthur Miller witch-hunt” surrounding their stance on Israel and Palestine “wakes me up at night,” though Greenwood said he “politely disagreed” with boycotts of Israeli artists.
Radiohead’s upcoming European tour will be their first run of shows since 2018. Their return begins Nov. 4 in Madrid, with additional stops in London, Berlin, Bologna and Copenhagen through December.
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Hailey Bieber is opening up about whether she and her husband, Justin Bieber, are ready to expand their family.
During an appearance on the In Your Dreams With Owen Thiele podcast, posted Friday (Oct. 24), the 28-year-old Rhode Beauty founder shared that she’s definitely open to having more children following the birth of her first son, Jack Blues Bieber, in August 2024.
After host Thiele joked that she and Justin could soon have “five Biebers running around,” Hailey didn’t rule out the idea.
“I know I want more than one, but I’m not in a rush,” the model said. “I always knew I wanted to be a mom, though. Since I was a little kid, I always envisioned myself having kids. You know what’s funny? The older I’ve gotten and now that I have a kid, I think any decision anyone makes about having them or not having them is totally amazing.”
She admitted that motherhood has come with its challenges, adding that having her first child at 27 “felt a little daunting.”
“I do think there were fears around it,” Bieber said. “I didn’t know what to expect. Once they’re here, you just figure it out day by day. And it’s like every single day I’m learning about how to be a mom and what’s best for my son and what’s best for me as a mom.”
While she describes herself as “super, super, super hands-on” with 14-month-old Jack Blues, Hailey also acknowledged that she has help with childcare.
“I do have help, I have full-time help and I’m super not ashamed to say that,” she said. “And I would never shy away from talking about that because I wouldn’t be able to have my career and do the things that I do without the help, and I’m really grateful for that.”
She added, “If he’s not with me, he’s with his dad. He’s always with his family and he’s always with one of us, or with his godparents.”
Hailey also shared that she and Justin plan to take Jack along on their travels so he can experience the world alongside them.
“I think I want him to grow up in multiple places,” Bieber said. “I think we’re such travelers as a family and we were that way before we had him. So, I think I just want him to grow up traveling, which is honestly how I grew up and I love that. I learned so much.”
Hailey and Justin Bieber married in a New York City courthouse in 2018 before celebrating with a larger wedding ceremony in Bluffton, South Carolina, the following year.
Watch Hailey’s full conversation on the In Your Dreams With Owen Thiele podcast here.
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Carly Rae Jepsen and Cole M.G.N. have officially tied the knot.
The pop star, 39, and music producer, 40, exchanged vows on Oct. 4 at New York City’s Chelsea Hotel in an intimate ceremony attended by about 100 guests in the iconic building’s Bard Room, according to Vogue.
“We knew we wanted a location that meant something to us, and the Chelsea Hotel had become a home away from home every time we were in New York,” Jepsen told the publication. “As artists, its iconic history and lore made it that much more appealing. For planning, we had weekly dates to talk out all the details of the wedding. This way it was only ever fun and not too much at once.”
On Saturday (Oct. 25), the “Call Me Maybe” singer confirmed the nuptials on social media, sharing behind-the-scenes glimpses from the celebration. Her posts included black-and-white snapshots from inside the Chelsea Hotel and photos in front of NYC’s Broni & Belle Pizzeria.
“Thank you for this magic,” she captioned the Instagram gallery.
Jepsen wore two wedding looks: a strapless corseted gown by Australian designer Toni Maticevski for the ceremony and a tiered dress by Danielle Frankel for the reception. “We knew we were trying to get pregnant, so I also wanted an alternative dress that was much more flowy that I could sub in for the ceremony or just change into for dancing,” she said.
The intimate celebration reportedly featured a surprise performance by Rufus Wainwright, who delivered an a cappella rendition of Leonard Cohen’s 1974 song “Chelsea Hotel #2.”
Jepsen announced her engagement to Cole M.G.N. in September 2024 through Instagram, sharing photos of the couple embracing outdoors and showing off her sparkling engagement ring. “Very engaged over here,” she captioned the post.
Alongside her personal milestone, Jepsen is celebrating the release of the special edition of her 2010 album, Emotion. The 10th anniversary deluxe project, released on Oct. 17, features four brand-new songs and two remixes of her 2015 single “Run Away With Me” by Kyle Shearer and Rostam.
Check out Jepsen’s wedding posts on Instagram here and here.
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Three decades ago, Bette Midler eyed trash-filled parks in New York City with a mixture of dismay and anger. But unlike most people who complain about things in NYC, she did something about it—and inspired countless others to follow in her footsteps. In 1995, the actress-singer-comedian tapped her connections and resources to form the New York Restoration Project (NYRP), which over the course of the last 30 years has cleaned up, transformed and created green spaces for New Yorkers across the five boroughs, with a focus on helping underserved communities get the green space they deserve as much as the loaded locales living across from Central Park.
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Part of the NYRP’s fundraising arm is its annual Hulaween gala, an explosion of costumed creativity that took over Manhattan’s Cipriani South Street on Friday (Oct. 24) night to mark 30 years of the Tony-, Grammy-, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning icon’s nonprofit. And what better way to salute the tart-tongued talent than publicly insult her. “We’re here for the late Bette Midler,” joked surprise performer Buddy Young Jr., aka Billy Crystal resurrecting the character from his 1992 dramedy Mr. Saturday Night. “Talk about a restoration project!”
Backed by a band led by the indefatigable Will Lee, Crystal performed a bawdy tune and cracked a few Borscht Belt-styled jokes (“My wife told me to come upstairs and make love to her; I told her, ‘Make up your mind, I can’t do both!’”), clearly relishing the opportunity to dust off the deliciously kitschy character from his directorial debut and surprise an old friend. By the time Midler took the stage to accept the catalyst award to mark her environmental efforts, she was genuinely in tears, having had no idea Crystal and Marc Shaiman, another longtime friend, would be onstage paying tribute to her.
Midler herself got off a few zingers during her heartfelt speech, which saw her generously praise dozens of people who helped her nonprofit help New Yorkers over the decades. “Credit where credit is due,” she said as she thanked Rudy Giuliani (who was not present) for helping NYRP back when he was the city’s mayor—“back when he was sane,” she added, casting an eye up to the heavens: “God help that young man.”
The 2025 Hulaween theme was “New York, New York, A Helluva Town!”, which inspired dozens of knockout costumes, from a group who did Sesame Street characters to a woman who walked around in a bloody daze with a fallen AC unit smashed around her body. That theme also inspired the musical selections for the evening’s performers: Christopher Cross trotted out his Oscar-winning tune “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)”; Ben Platt knocked a funky cover of the Drifters’ “On Broadway” out of the park; Sandra Bernhard belted a killer take on St. Vincent’s “New York” (any song with “motherf–ker” in the lyrics is gonna be a natural fit for Bernhard); Shoshana Bean sang a delightful version of the Ad Libs’ girl-group classic “The Boy From New York City”; and Marisha Wallace dazzled with a powerhouse “New York, New York” in the vein of the original Liza Minnelli version.
The event raised $2.9 million, thanks in large part to a $1 million donation from designer Mica Ertegun (the wife of late music industry titan Ahmet Ertegun) prior to her death. Generous bids from the 500-strong crowd—which included Michael Kors, Darren Criss, Andy Cohen (as Andy Warhol), host Busy Philipps (as Cher in Moonstruck), Jann Wenner, Graydon Carter and Midler’s daughter Sophie von Haselberg—also helped bring in that whopping total for the nonprofit’s 30th birthday.
“That’s what we were put on earth to do,” Midler said at one point during the night. “To share. Not to hoard.”
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Ariana Grande is opening up about nearly quitting music.
During an appearance on the Shut Up Evan podcast, posted Friday (Oct. 24), the 32-year-old pop star and actress spoke with host Evan Ross Katz about her plans to step away from music after taking on her role in Wicked.
The “We Can’t Be Friends” singer revealed she had considered leaving music altogether after being cast as Glinda in the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. Her last album before the movie, 2020’s Positions, was initially intended to be her final release.
“I didn’t think I was gonna make an album ever again,” Grande told Katz. “When I left for London, that was kind of my secret, but I didn’t think I was going to.”
She added that playing Glinda in the Wicked films “totally rearranged everything about [her] relationship to creating,” inspiring her to record her 2024 album, Eternal Sunshine, which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
“I felt like just a genuine spark, like a reconnection and inspiration and something, I mean, maybe I missed it,” Grande said. “Maybe it’s as simple as I missed it. But I do feel like you have to miss things in order to learn to become better for them. I think I learned so much, and then also I genuinely wanted to do it. I just felt like I couldn’t not. It was an inspired moment and I had to write an album and I had to do it.”
Grande is now gearing up for a limited run of tour dates in 2026 to support the album. Launching June 6 in Oakland, California, she will perform in cities including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Montreal, before wrapping up with five shows at London’s O2 Arena in August. Her last tour was in 2019, and she hasn’t embarked on a full-scale tour since the Sweetener World Tour concluded that December.
Elsewhere in the podcast, Grande discussed getting advice from Madonna and Beyoncé early in her career, “cringe” culture, and more. Watch her full conversation with Katz here.
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Bruce Springsteen is, of course, the musical focus of the newly released film Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, adapted by director and screenwriter Scott Cooper from Warren Zanes’ book, with Jeremy Allen White starring as The Boss. But astute viewers will see some other familiar, and perhaps surprising, rock ‘n’ roll faces in the production.
Scenes depicting Springsteen joining a “local” band at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey, feature an all-star lineup assembled by the film’s music producer, Dave Cobb. The band is led by Jay Buchanan of Rival Sons and includes Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka on guitar, Sam F. Kiszka on bass, keyboardist Bobby Emmett from Jack White’s band, and Nashville drummer Aksel Coe.
Their gut-bucket renditions of Little Richard’s “Lucille” and John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom,” both performed with White and recorded at New York City’s Power Station, are featured on the soundtrack, set to release Dec. 5, along with a non-movie rendition of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell on You.”
It captures the Greta guys during a bit of down time for the band. Sam Kiszka has been producing, working with artists like Langhorne Slim and Hannah Wicklund, while Jake launched a new group, Mirador, with Chris Turpin of Ida Mae. Their self-titled debut came out in September, followed by a tour, with a European leg starting Nov. 3 in Amsterdam.
The random casting begs the question: what are these guys doing in a film about Bruce Springsteen? Luckily, Jake Kiszka was on hand to tell Billboard how it all came together.
Have you seen yourselves on the big screen yet?
I haven’t, man, but we want to get back to Michigan and take my grandma to the cinema that she took us to as kids to watch it. I can’t wait for that.
So how did it happen?
It’s interesting. It began through Dave Cobb; he produced the last Greta album (2023’s Starcatcher) and was helping me produce this current Mirador record. We were sitting around on the dock out by the water at his house in Savannah (Georgia) and he said, “I’ve just been working on this Deliver Me From Nowhere film about Nebraska and Springsteen,” and he said the director, Scott Cooper, was looking for a young band who could be the house band for the Stone Pony during this era of Springsteen. And Scott said, “I’m really looking for a young, sort of hop rock ‘n’ roll band like Greta Van Fleet.” And Dave’s like, “Well, I know someone… Why don’t we just ask those guys?” He as me and then he needed a bass player and guitar player, so Sam and I sort of stepped up to the plate. That’s how it began.
Not something you say “no” to.
Definitely. It was completely unexpected, but there’s been so many opportunities like this that come across through the grapevine. A lot of this stuff it’s like, “OK, that’s cool, but we’re touring” or doing a record, whatever we’re busy with at the time. This came through and it was like, you definitely can’t say no to this because Bruce Springsteen is such a big influence on us. This is definitely not something we had foreseen happening, but it was irresistible. It was a fascinating thing to do, the intersection between film and cinema meets music.
What was the sequence of events as you got into the project?
The first step was recording. We went to the Power Station in New York, where (E Street Band attempts at) Nebraska and a lot of the Springsteen stuff was recorded, and we did the whole thing there. Jeremy came in as well. It was really rough and tumble; we maybe got two or three passes on each song. The idea was we were gonna record (more) at the Stony Pony while we were filming, so we were under the impression of, “OK, let’s give this a go, git it our best, and ultimately have another go at it when we’re on the set and filming.”
Which wound up not being the case?
What happened is Bruce heard what we had recorded (in the studio) and he was so enamored with it and loved it so much that Scott Cooper decided we were gonna use those recordings from the Power Station in studio, which is quite cool.
What were your impressions of working with Jeremy on a musical level?
It was interesting for him because he’s an actor, so this was a totally different world. And he blended into it so well. I think he had reservations about stepping onto that (music) world, maybe some subtle level of intimidation. I know I was certainly intimidated when I walked onto the film set, and he was probably just swimming. But he did some live vocals, which is incredible; Jay is obviously just a remarkable rock ‘n’ roll singer, so Jeremy came in and stood next to jay, and it was impressive to see him step up to the plate fearlessly like that.
Did you give him any pointers during the process?
Being able to show Jeremy how to play harmonic was really interesting and cool. I was kind of asked by (Cobb) if I could teach Jeremy a bit of harmonica for the film, so I bought him a chromatic scale of harps to use. I’m not entirely proficient as most harmonica players, but I knew enough from my father playing blues harmonica, so I was able to show him some stuff.
What was filming at the Stone Pony like?
That was really incredible. What was really interesting was we had played the Stone Pony; Greta had done the outdoor summer venue (May 18, 2019), so it was interesting coming back and knowing the place and history. We’ve done late-night television and stuff like that, but this was a very different experience. Being there on this major motion picture set, this big production with Bruce Springsteen hanging around on set and Steven Spielberg coming by and Danny Clinch shooting (photographs), it was like an alternative universe. Ultimately it was quite overwhelming.
You got to hang with Springsteen?
He was just there on set. He was going to catering and stuff, hanging out with everybody, with the extras and us. It was a really casual experience. He was really humble and sort of exceeded expectations of meeting one of your heroes… just the most beautiful and incredible human being. There was a lot of time on the set I got to talk to him… about Nebraska and his career and early life. It was an unreal experience.
Were there any nuggets of wisdom or insight you took away from it?
I suppose so. We talked about Nebraska a lot. It’ s my favorite Bruce Springsteen record, so I was talking to him about recording demos… and how they tried to re-record (the songs) with the E Street Band and they couldn’t recapture the magic of the demos. That was really fascinating, that the record is just that demo. It’s just unbelievable. So certainly a takeaway for me was that they don’t all have to be polished records. You don’t need to get something perfect; sometimes it’s about the humility of it, the purity of it. That stuck with me.
Sam has a speaking line in the movie. Did you play rock, paper, scissors for that?
That was interesting. Scott was like, “Hey, we’re gonna shoot this scene, you’re leaving (the Stone Pony) with Bruce. You want to hang out, maybe play next week. Just shoot the shit. Make up the lines” — improvise, basically. We had no idea what we were we gonna say. It was me and Jay and Sam, and (Cooper) was like, “Action! We’re rolling,” and we were just flying by the seat of our pants. Whatever came out came out. I don’t know what made the film yet.
You’re going from the film to back on the road with Mirador in Europe. Are you happy with the way things are going for that band?
It’s been really incredible. I’ve been somewhat overwhelmed by the response — and so immediately as well. The shows are sold out. There’s that kind of intensity and fuel that has fanned the fire of Mirador in someways that’s really elevated the band and the performances. It’s happening with leaps and bounds rather than inching its way forward. So I’m quite happy with it — astounded, actually. We’ll probably record another record within the year, or next year. Definitely between Greta and Mirador, there’s a lot going on.
What’s next for Greta?
This next year is going to be exciting and filled to the brim with surprises. There’s something stirring. The curtain will fall and the black smoke will rise and… that’s all I can say right now.
