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Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Theme Park Hit by Flash Flooding During Thunderstorm

Dolly Parton‘s Dollywood Parks & Resorts experienced flash flooding on Sunday (July 28) as a heavy thunderstorm hit the area in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., over the weekend.

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The park released a statement saying, “This afternoon, Sunday, July 28, a strong thunderstorm caused flash flooding at Dollywood. With the assistance of Pigeon Forge Police and Fire Departments, park personnel directed guests to safety during the storm. At this time, one minor injury has been reported.”

The statement continued, “Dollywood is supporting guests whose vehicles were affected by this weather event, and cleanup crews have been deployed. The park is currently scheduled to open at noon on Monday, July 29. Park officials will continue to assess conditions and updates will be posted to our social media pages as additional information becomes available.”

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Billboard has reached out to Parton’s representatives for comment.

Video footage posted to social media showed the conditions at the park as attendees made their way out of Dollywood to their cars, with many walking through nearly waist-deep water. Other footage showed floodwaters running through the park’s main walkways.

Some news outlets reported that north of 4.5 inches of rain fell in the region in a short period of time, leading to the flooding at Dollywood. On Sunday, the Pigeon Forge Police Department noted that McCarter Hollow Road at the Dollywood entrance was briefly closed due to a road collapse.

Since 1986, Dollywood has drawn visitors from across the globe to experience the theme park rides, music shows and exhibits. The entertainment park has origins reaching to 1961, when Rebel Railroad first opened; the park then expanded and grew to become Dollywood. In 2023, Dollywood earned five Golden Ticket honors, with wins for best park, best guest experience, best kids area, best family coaster (for Big Bear Mountain) and best Christmas event (for Smoky Mountain Christmas).

See Dollywood’s statement about the flooding at the park below:

Kamala Harris Slams Donald Trump With *NSYNC Reference on TikTok

Kamala Harris is gearing up for the presidential election in November, and she’s now a TikTok star.

The vice president took to the video sharing platform — on which she’s already accumulated 3.2 million followers — to share a clip on Saturday (July 27) featuring *NSYNC star Lance Bass. “Hey Kamala, what are we gonna say to Donald Trump in November?” Bass asks Harris in the selfie-style video.

“Bye, bye, bye,” the attorney-turned-politician tells the camera, in reference to *NSYNC’s 2000 hit of the same name. The track then begins to play as Bass does the well-known hand choreography for the “bye, bye, bye” line in the chorus.

“Ain’t no lie,” Harris captioned the post, another reference to a lyric in the song.

President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race against Donald Trump on July 21, subsequently endorsing Harris. Since then, countless party members, public figures and voters alike provided an outpouring of support for her last-minute campaign. “On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country,” Harris wrote in a public response to the news. “I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination.”

Harris has also become engrained in pop culture. Charli XCX posted on Twitter, “Kamala IS Brat,” and the Harris campaign responded by swapping in the Brat album’s lime green color and font on its official account. 

XG’s Kinetic ‘Something Ain’t Right’ and 4 More Cool New Pop Songs This Week

Looking for some motivation to help power you through the start of another work week? We feel you, and with some stellar new pop tunes, we’ve got you covered. These tracks from artists including Jorja Smith, Amy Shark, Tiësto and more will get you energized to take on the week.

Coolest Pop Song of the Week: XG, “Something Ain’t Right”



It’s been quite a few weeks for fans of Asian pop music in the U.S., with the historic Billboard 200 bows of Stray Kids and Jimin’s respective projects this week (following the No. 2 debut of ENHYPEN’s new album the prior week), YG Entertainment’s announcement that 2NE1 will reunite for a world tour, and the return of KCON L.A. boasting a mix of new and veteran stars. There’s a lot of new music to appreciate now, and more to look forward to; let’s add XG’s high-velocity new single, “Something Ain’t Right,” and the J-pop girl group’s second mini-album, which is due out Nov. 8, to that list.

XG arrived in 2022 with a healthy amount of promise, as singles like “Tippy Toes” and “Mascara” demonstrated the Japanese collective’s ability to combine hip-hop, dance, pop and R&B in ways that recalled the modern K-pop superstars but felt specifically tailored to their singular skills. Cocona, Maya, Jurin and Harvey can rap their faces off as needed, and Juria, Chisa and Hinata possess the vocal power to trade off hooks and harmonies. “Shooting Star” and “Left Right” elevated XG (short for “Xtraordinary Girls”) ahead of their first mini-album, last year’s New DNA, and after a handful of stopgap singles in 2024, “Something Ain’t Right” announces the invigoration next iteration of the group’s identity.

The single nods toward garage and house music, but “Something Ain’t Right” most viscerally harkens back to late ‘90s rhythmic pop, with a beat that artists like Mya, 3LW and Blaque would have devoured back in the day. Instead, XG revamps that workout-ready bounce for a new take on “Say My Name”-esque relationship suspicions: “Something ain’t right/ You’ve been acting funny lately/ You ain’t gotta lie/ Got mе out here looking crazy!” Chisa wails, the final word spinning upward and out of her grasp.

“Something Ain’t Right” hits the gas early and glides through rolled-eyes rap verses and pleading bridges, efficient in its synthesis of romantic betrayal. Yet the strongest aspect of the track is how much more we understand XG, and the way that its seven members are deployed individually and collectively. After ramping up their streams and followers over the past two years, the group has returned with an established sense of self and an understanding of the pop mode in which they can best operate. It’s a crowded landscape, but XG is worth seeking out and appreciating.

Here are some more new pop songs worth checking out this week…

Blxst Announces 2024 I’ll Always Come Find You Tour: See the Dates

Blxst will always come find his fans in whichever city they’re in during the I’ll Always Come Find You Tour, which he announced on Monday (July 29).

Leon Thomas, Joyce Wrice and Joony will join as special guests. Wrice and Joony are featured on Blxst’s debut album, I’ll Always Come Find You, on “Better Off Friends” and “Thousand Hours,” respectively. Blxst linked up with Thomas on the remix of the latter’s “Crash & Burn” in October. The 30-date jaunt will kick off on Oct. 1 at Houston’s House of Blues and go through major cities including Dallas, Atlanta, New York, Toronto, Chicago and his Los Angeles hometown before wrapping on Dec. 5 at Honolulu’s The Republik. Zacari will join Blxst in Hawaii following their recent “Bless Her Heart” collaboration from the former’s debut album, Bliss.

Blxst released I’ll Always Come Find You on July 19 via Evgle and Red Bull Records. The 20-track concept project — organized into four volumes of five songs each and told from the perspective of Birdie, a young man who inherits his father’s chauffeur car service upon his sudden passing — contains additional collaborations with 2 Chainz (“Paper Route”), Amanda Reifer (“Long Way”), Fatman Scoop (“Too Many Friday Nights”), Offset (“Risk Taker”), Anderson .Paak (“Dance With The Devil”), Feid and Becky G (“Rewind”), Ty Dolla $ign (“I Need Your Love”) and Kamasi Washington (“Ten Summers or Better”).

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“I been dreaming big! I’m thinking, like, how can we make it a play on stage? Bring the characters from the short film on the tour, where they can pop out and give a monologue,” Blxst recently told Billboard when asked about the tour.

In collaboration with Education Is Key, $1 from each ticket sold will be donated to provide scholarships for inner-city students in L.A. Education Is Key is a non-profit that hosts annual community events throughout L.A., and offers mentorship programs for high-school students, with the goal of empowering and developing self-sustainability among L.A.’s youth as they transition into young adults.

Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, July 30, at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday, Aug. 1, at 10 p.m. local time through the Citi Entertainment program. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, Aug. 2, at 10 a.m. local time on LiveNation’s website. Sign up for exclusive first presale access here.

See the dates for Blxst’s I’ll Always Come Find You Tour below.

Jimin Becomes Second BTS Member to Hit No. 1 as a Soloist on Billboard Global Charts, With ‘Who’

Jimin debuts at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts with his new solo single, “Who.” He becomes the second member of BTS to have topped the tallies apart from the juggernaut Korean pop group, following Jung Kook. Plus, BTS becomes the first group with multiple members that have led both rankings.

In an especially banner week for K-pop, Stray Kids also debut in the top 10 of both Global Excl. U.S. and Global 200 with “Chk Chk Boom,” at Nos. 4 and 10, respectively, as they earn their second top 10 on each list. As previously reported, Stray Kids’ and Jimin’s new albums, ATE and MUSE, launch at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 – marking the first time that K-pop albums claim the top two spots on the survey simultaneously.

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Elsewhere, Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar and Yseult’s viral hit “Alibi” reaches the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, rising 11-9.

The 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.



Jimin’s “Who,” released July 19, bounds onto the Global 200 with 90.5 million streams and 129,000 sold worldwide through July 25.

Here’s a rundown, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ 12 Global 200 top 10s outside the act – one more than BTS has achieved as a group. Jung Kook boasts three solo No. 1s and Jimin now has one; BTS has tallied seven as a group:

  • “Standing Next to You,” Jung Kook, No. 1 (one week), November 2023
  • “3D,” Jung Kook & Jack Harlow, No. 1 (one week), October 2023
  • “Seven,” Jung Kook feat. Latto, No. 1 (seven weeks), beginning July 2023
  • “Who,” Jimin, No. 1 (one week, to date), August 2024
  • “Like Crazy,” Jimin, No. 2, April 2023
  • “Slow Dancing,” V, No. 4, September 2023
  • “FRI(END)S,” V, No. 5, March 2024
  • “Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 5, July 2022
  • “That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 5, May 2022
  • “Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” Jimin, No. 8, April 2023
  • “Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 9, December 2022
  • “The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 10, November 2022

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” dips to No. 2 on the Global 200, following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in June; Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” rebounds to its No. 3 high, from No. 4; Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” rises 5-4, after reaching No. 3; and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” drops to No. 2 after two nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 starting in May.



Also new in the Global 200’s top 10, Stray Kids’ “Chk Chk Boom” begins at No. 10 with 59.2 million streams and 27,000 sold worldwide. The group adds its second top 10, and ties its best rank, after “LALALALA” debuted and peaked at No. 10 in November 2023.

Jimin’s “Who” concurrently debuts at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. with 76 million streams and 76,000 sold outside the U.S. July 19-25.

Here’s a recap, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ 17 Global Excl. U.S. top 10s outside the group – including now four No. 1s, with three by Jung Kook and one by Jimin; BTS totals 11 top 10s as a group, including seven No. 1s:

  • “Standing Next to You,” Jung Kook, No. 1 (two weeks), November 2023
  • “3D,” Jung Kook & Jack Harlow, No. 1 (one week), October 2023
  • “Seven,” Jung Kook feat. Latto, No. 1 (nine weeks), July 2023
  • “Who,” Jimin, No. 1 (one week, to date), August 2024
  • “Like Crazy,” Jimin, No. 2, April 2023
  • “Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 2, July 2022
  • “That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 2, May 2022
  • “FRI(END)S,” V, No. 4, March 2024
  • “Slow Dancing,” V, No. 4, September 2023
  • “Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 4, December 2022
  • “Love Me Again,” V, No. 6, August 2023
  • “The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 6, November 2022
  • “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band,” Jimin & Loco, No. 7, July 2024
  • “Rainy Days,” V, No. 8, August 2023
  • “Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” Jimin, No. 8, April 2023
  • “Stay Alive,” Jung Kook, No. 8, February 2022
  • “Vibe,” TAEYANG feat. Jimin, No. 9, January 2023

Thanks to Jung Kook and Jimin, BTS becomes the first group with multiple members that have led both the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. (BLACKPINK is the only group with as many as three members that have hit No. 1 as soloists on either chart, as the fellow K-pop act’s Jennie, LISA and Rosé have each led Global Excl. U.S. on their own; among them, Rosé has also ruled the Global 200.)

Carpenter’s “Espresso” descends to No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S., following eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in May, and Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” falls to No. 3 from its No. 2 high.

Stray Kids’ “Chk Chk Boom” enters Global Excl. U.S. at No. 4 with 50.8 million streams and 16,000 sold outside the U.S. The group logs its second top 10 – and achieves a new highest rank – after “LALALALA” debuted and peaked at No. 6 last November.

Rounding out the Global Excl. U.S. top five, FloyyMenor and Cris Mj’s “Gata Only” slides 4-5, after reaching No. 3.



Additionally, Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar and Yseult’s “Alibi” ascends to the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 (11-9), led by 42.3 million streams (up 17%) outside the U.S. The song by the acts, who are Dutch-Iranian, Brazilian and French, respectively, soared to the top 10 (21-8) of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 a week earlier. The internationally surging single has lyrics in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish, while its hook is built around a sample of the song “Rosa,” first recorded more than a century earlier and popularized by famed Colombian musician Magín Díaz.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Aug. 3, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, July 30. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

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Selena Gomez Shuts Down Plastic Surgery Speculation: ‘Leave Me Alone’

Selena Gomez has had enough of the chatter about her appearance. The 32-year-old pop star recently sounded off in the comments after coming across a video on TikTok discussing the “changes” in her face over the years, revealing that she’s not had any work done beyond injections.

“Honestly I hate this,” wrote Gomez, who’s been open about her struggles with Lupus. “I was on stripes because of [a] flare up. I have Botox. That’s it.”

“Leave me alone,” she added.

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The video’s creator, Marissa — whose bio indicates she works as a PA at a plastic surgery center in Florida — never specified what procedures she thinks Gomez has undergone, telling followers that she doesn’t know “what to attribute any of these changes to” while showing a side-by-side comparison of younger vs. slightly older Selena. “I think she’s been through so much in her life, especially medically related, so I don’t think it’s fair to speculate whether or not she’s gotten cosmetic things done,” the user added in the original clip. “At the end of the day, let’s just leave her be.”

Upon seeing Gomez’s comment, Marissa made a follow-up video apologizing for any hurt feelings her initial post caused. “Although I always try to lead with grace and mindfulness, I am sorry this upset you,” she wrote in her caption.

Once again, the Rare Beauty founder weighed in via the replies. “I love you,” Gomez wrote. “Not about you. I just get sad sometimes.”

Gomez has long been vocal about her experiences with mental health and body-shaming, especially after revealing that she’d been diagnosed with Lupus in 2015. She touched on how her weight often fluctuates due to the medication she takes for the autoimmune disorder on the Apple TV+ series Dear… last year, saying haters “couldn’t wait to find a thing to bring me down” once her body started changing.

“I would go online and post a picture of myself and I would say, ‘It doesn’t matter, I’m not accepting what you’re saying,’” she added at the time. “All the while being in the room posting that, crying my eyes out, ’cause nobody deserves to hear those things.”

Shaboozey Tosses Back Third Week at No. 1 on Hot 100 With ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” adds a third week at No. 1 to its Billboard Hot 100 tab. The single became the singer-songwriter’s first leader on the chart three weeks earlier.

The song, on American Dogwood/EMPIRE (with country radio promotion by Magnolia Music), is from the Virginia-born artist’s album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which debuted at its No. 5 high on the Billboard 200 in June. It has spent two weeks at No. 1 on Americana/Folk Albums and reached No. 2 on Top Country Albums.

The track also became the first by a Black man, and second by a Black artist overall, after Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” earlier this year, to top both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts. “It’s a sign of the times – genres are merging, styles are blending and the audience’s music taste is broader than ever,” EMPIRE COO Nima Etminan recently told Billboard. “Artists don’t need to be put in boxes – whether it be by race, genre or eras. Good music is good music and the listeners largely get to dictate the charts.”

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Teddy Swims’ former No. 1 “Lose Control” reaches a notable mark, tying for the 10th-most weeks spent in the bracket by any song so far in the 2020s.

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“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” continues atop the Hot 100 with 85.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 10%, good for top Airplay Gainer honors for a fourth week), 37.3 million official streams (down 4%) and 15,000 sold (down 7%) in the United States July 19-25.

The track rebounds 2-1 for a second week atop the Streaming Songs chart, following a frame on top three weeks earlier; keeps at its No. 2 high on Radio Songs; and likewise holds at No. 2 after nine weeks ruling Digital Song Sales.

Reflecting its wide sonic appeal, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which interpolates J-Kwon’s 2004 hip-hop classic “Tipsy,” became the first song ever to go top 10 on all four of the following Billboard radio charts, where it continues to gain: It jumps 3-1 on Country Airplay – marking its first airplay chart domination – and 5-4 on Rhythmic Airplay and keeps at its Nos. 5 and 6 bests on Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay, respectively.

“It’s important that Shaboozey has been able to show that you can do that as an independent artist,” Heather Vassar, senior vp of operations for EMPIRE in Nashville, told Billboard. “We had several offers from majors who wanted to work the record and it was really important that we were able to stay true to how we operate.”

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” concurrently tops the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a seventh week.

Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 following six nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in May. It leads Radio Songs for a fifth week (85.5 million, up 1%) – as it ascends to No. 1 on Pop Airplay – and shines atop the multimetric Songs of the Summer chart for a ninth week.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it returned to the summit for a second frame on top. It tops the multimetric Hot Rap Songs chart for an 11th week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a ninth week.

Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby” repeats at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2, as it banks a 13th week atop the multimetric Hot R&B Songs chart.

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” keeps at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3, and her “Please Please Please” dips 6-7, after it became her first No. 1 in June. She claims a seventh week with multiple songs in the top 10, extending her mark for the most among all artists this year.

In between Carpenter’s two top 10s, Hozier’s “Too Sweet” rises 7-6 on the Hot 100, following a week at No. 1 in April. It commands the multimetric Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 17th week each and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a 16th week.

Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led for a week in March, is steady at No. 8 on the Hot 100, as it logs a key milestone: It ties for the 10th-most weeks tallied in the top 10 this decade.

Most Weeks in Hot 100’s Top 10 in the 2020s:

  • 57, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, 2020-21
  • 44, “Stay,” The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, 2021-22
  • 41, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023-24
  • 41, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa, 2021
  • 38, “As It Was,” Harry Styles, 2022-23
  • 37, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, 2021-22
  • 34, “Cruel Summer,” Taylor Swift, 2023-24
  • 31, “Mood,” 24kGoldn feat. iann dior, 2020-21
  • 29, “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus, 2023-24
  • 28, “Lose Control,” Teddy Swims, 2024
  • 28, “Kill Bill,” SZA, 2022-23
  • 28, “Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift, 2022-23

“Lose Control” also becomes Teddy Swims’ first No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Among other radio rankings, it previously topped Radio Songs, Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Adult R&B Airplay.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Benson Boone’s No. 2-peaking “Beautiful Things” is a non-mover at No. 9 and Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” returns to the tier and its best rank (11-10).

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Justin Bieber Can’t Stop Smiling As He Cradles Hailey Bieber’s Baby Bump

Baby, baby, baby do the Biebers seem so excited to welcoming their first child together! As Justin Bieber and wife Hailey Bieber appear to be sharing their final moments of alone time on a babymoon before the upcoming arrival of their first born, Justin posted an adorable video of the happy couple.

In the brief clip cued to Gunna’s “Time Reveals, Be Careful What You Wish For,” Justin — wearing a lime green wool cap, white t-shirt and dark jeans, stands behind Hailey — dressed in a belly hugging pale yellow maternity maxi dress and white shades — as he caresses her very pregnant belly and smiles while whispering something unheard into her ear.

Though it’s unclear where the couple went for their getaway, or when, exactly, their baby is due, over the weekend Justin posted some more dreamy pics in which the pair appear to be having a blast. The Biebers revealed they were expecting a child in May, and on Friday Justin dropped another gallery of new pics on Instagram in which the 30-year-old singer cuddled up to the 27-year-old model, opening with the pair flipping the middle finger to the camera. In other snaps, Beiber lays his head on Hailey’s stomach and they both smile for the camera while cruising on a golf cart.

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In a recent cover story, Hailey spoke about her pregnancy with W Magazine, explaining why she decided to share her special secret with the world. “I probably could have hid it until the end, but I didn’t enjoy the stress of not being able to enjoy my pregnancy outwardly,” Bieber said of announcing her pregnancy at the six-month mark. “I felt like I was hiding this big secret, and it didn’t feel good. I wanted the freedom to go out and live my life.”

And, as evidenced by the pictures from the weekend, the happy parents-to-be are making the most of their time as a twosome. “I’m trying to soak in these days of it being Justin and me, just the two of us,” Hailey told W.

See the video of the sweet moment below.

Snoop Dogg Does Affirmations With Suni Lee, Cheers on Simone Biles at 2024 Olympics

If Simone Biles and Suni Lee win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, they’ll have Snoop Dogg to thank … kind of. 

The rapper spent part of the Summer Games’ first weekend cheering on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, part of which involved a little spiritual coaching with Lee. In a video posted Monday (July 29), Snoop incredulously discusses the seemingly impossible physics of doing flips on the balance beam with the 21-year-old gold medalist before leading her in a round of affirmations, starting with “I have trained my entire life for the Olympics” and “I look great wearing gold.”  

The musician then hilariously butchers a French phrase as Lee laughs: “Mon saut de main arrière est plus haut que la Tour Eiffel,” which translates to, “My somersault is higher than the Eiffel Tower.” 

The day prior, Snoop watched Team USA compete in women’s qualifications at Bercy Arena, which ended with Biles and Lee finishing first and second in the all-around, respectively. The ladies collectively earned 172.296 points and will advance to the finals on Tuesday (July 30). 

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During the competition, the “Drop It Like It’s Hot” artist sported a T-shirt with Biles’ face on it. At one point, even he couldn’t believe what he was seeing as he watched the athlete nail one of the most difficult tricks in all of gymnastics, doing a back handspring off the vault before completing two solid backflips mid-air and landing on her feet. 

As she soared, the Doggfather hilariously removed his sunglasses with his eyes wide with disbelief, shaking his head, as captured in a video shared on Instagram

Snoop will be on site in Paris for the next two weeks as one of NBC’s correspondents, providing on-the-ground coverage of the Games. He hit the ground running on the day of the event’s Opening Ceremony, participating in the torch relay‘s final leg before giving on-air commentary during the parade of nations on the Seine Friday (July 26). 

Watch Snoop Dogg do affirmations with Suni Lee below. 

Swae Lee Faces Backlash After Telling Fans Not to Vote for Kamala Harris

Swae Lee doesn’t typically dabble in the political world, but felt compelled to speak out against Kamala Harris over the weekend, and is now facing the heat. The Rae Sremmurd frontman blasted the vice president while urging his fans not to vote for the likely Democratic nominee for president.

“Do not vote for Kamala !!! Do your research on that whole camp,” Swae Lee tweeted on Saturday (July 27). His message quickly went viral and currently boasts more than 86,000 likes.

The “Sunflower” crooner complained about the alleged millions of dollars in taxes he pays that he says is being sent to other countries such as Ukraine during the country’s war with Russia.

“I pay over millions in tax dollars every year this man Sent it to A whole nother country !!!!!!!!! Those lil dollars that come off your checks they gave it away !!!!!!! Think about that s-t,” he added.

Swae Lee believes that money would be better suited in the U.S. to help out struggling citizens.

“The money we sent away every American citizen could’ve got minimal 200 grand think about that but I guess we don’t need the s–t and yall standing for Kamala,” he continued. “My black people she don’t do nothing but sign off on things against yall ….(us) voting just cuz you think she’s black is not going to end in your favor.”

The 31-year-old also reposted a 2019 debate featuring Republican Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard shredding Harris’ time as district attorney of San Francisco. “Y’all better pay attention! And there’s a lot more,” Swae wrote.

Plenty of debate broke out on both sides in Swae Lee’s replies. Higher Learning podcast host Van Lathan believes rappers have too much influence over public opinion to be miseducated on political matters.

“We need a once a year Hip Hop political convention, I’m deada–. Non partisan, in a Black city, no media,” he wrote. “Rappers have far too much cultural influence to be so consistently misinformed.”

Another pointed out some of the inaccuracies in the musician’s tweets. “Kamala Harris has fought for criminal justice reform, healthcare, and economic equality,” responded a user named Maja Porter. “Voting isn’t just about race; it’s about who can bring real change. Let’s vote for policies that benefit all Black Americans and ensure a better future for everyone.”

“Actually, the Biden and Harris administration has been in office for a little over three years, not four,” Porter continued. “During this time, they’ve made progress on several fronts, including passing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to improve roads, bridges, and public transportation, and taking steps to address climate change by promoting clean energy and reducing carbon emissions.”

“And the number grows of d-list ‘celebrities’ who want a Trump tax cut and are willing to sell us for it,” tweeted another user in response.

Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and quickly endorsed his VP on July 21; Harris is expected to be the Democratic party’s nominee. She’s already received numerous endorsements from artists as Cardi B, Ariana Grande, Olivia Rodrigo, Questlove, Lizzo, John Legend, Demi Lovato and more.

See Swae Lee’s tweets about not voting for Kamala Harris below.