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Dua Lipa is the ultimate pop star, and she helped Chloe Fineman work on her impression of her in a hilarious new Saturday Night Live promo. In the clip, shared on Wednesday (May 3), Fineman tells the singer that she was “literally just working on my new impression,” before performing a haphazard rendition of “Levitating,” […]
You don’t get to be one of America’s most beloved comedic actors without being able to take a joke. Case in point: Melissa McCarthy was asked by a TMZ photographer on Tuesday (April 30) how she felt about Barbra Streisand seemingly commenting about her taking the weight-loss drug Ozempic and she was all smiles. “I […]
The title of stand-up comedian John Mulaney’s upcoming six-part Netflix series says it all: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. The series that debuts on Friday (May 3) is part of the annual Netflix Is a Joke Festival, which will take place in Los Angeles from May 2-May 12 and the streamer describes the series as a “comically unconventional show” mixing special guests and field pieces in which Mulaney “explores the city of Los Angeles during a week when every funny person is in it.”
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While the festival will feature sets from some of the biggest and best stand-ups around, Mulaney has pulled together his own eclectic group of special guests for his live series that ranges from rock and hip-hip legends to scientists, journalists and movie directors. Among the musicians on tap for the series are: Beck, Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, Ray J, Joyce Manor, Los Lobos, Warren G, and St. Vincent.
In addition, he’ll welcome fellow comedians David Letterman, Nate Bargatze, Jerry Seinfeld, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Mae Martin, Earthquake, Jon Stewart, Patton Oswalt, Stavros Halkias, Sarah Silverman, Ronny Chieng, Tom Segura, Bill Hader, Luenell, Hannah Gadsby and Cedric the Entertainer.
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Other guests include seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones, Citizens for L.A. Wildlife representative Tony Tucci, hypnotherapist Kerry Gaynor, lawyer Marcia Clark, director John Carpenter, journalist Zoey Tur, actress Cassandra Peterson and Dr. Emily Lindsey, the assistant curator and excavation site director of the La Brea Tarpits and Museum, plus others. The series will air live beginning on May 3 at 10 p.m. ET and from May 6-May 10 at the same time.
Check out the poster and teaser video for the Everybody’s in L.A. below.
Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott has joined the cast of Pharrell Williams’ upcoming coming-of-age movie musical. Variety reported that the Grammy-winning hip-hop superstar will play an as-yet-undetermined role in the film being produced by Williams and directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts […]
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Bruce Springsteen is back on the road after having to reschedule dates for his world tour to recover from peptic ulcer disease. Now, he and the E Street Band are rocking out around the U.S. all summer on the North American leg of their world tour.
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Last-minute tickets are still available for the “Secret Garden” singer’s tour, and you can find cheap seats on Ticketmaster, StubHub, Vivid Seats (orders of $200+ can get $20 off with code BB2024) and Seat Geek (first purchases are eligible for $10 off order of $250+ with code BILLBOARD10). We spotted Springsteen ticket prices for as low as $56.
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If you weren’t able to score travel deals to see the 74-year-old live and in-person, then nugs.net will let you stream Springsteen’s tour from home — and for free. The site has a number of recordings from Springsteen’s current tour available to stream from your laptop, phone, tablet or TV.
Take advantage of nugs.net’s free trial, which will give you access to numerous performances by the “I’m On Fire” singer including past and upcoming performances from his tour. You’ll also have access to more live shows, like Phish’s sold-out concert at The Sphere, plus recorded concerts from the Grateful Dead, Metallica, Pearl Jam and Billy Strings.
Keep reading to learn more about how to stream Springsteen’s shows online.
How to Stream Bruce Springsteen’s 2024 World Tour Online
Want to stream Bruce Springsteen’s tour online? While there isn’t a livestream option, you can stream concerts from the Billboard Hot 100 chart maker as far back as 1978 (during the band’s Darkness tour) on nugs.net, as well as more recent performances including the surprise appearance from Patti Scialfa during his April 4 concert in Inglewood, CA. If you’re already a member of nugs.net, you can sign in and have instant access to on-demand streams as well as professionally mixed audio of concerts to listen at your leisure on your phone, TV or tablet.
Don’t have a subscription? New nugs.net users who sign up now can receive a seven-day free trial that’ll let you watch Springsteen’s tour online for free as well as additional artist performances. Once your free trial is over, you’ll be charged $14.99 a month for a subscription.
If you want to own recordings from the concert, the platform allows you to download audio in MP3 format (from $14.99), which the site claims has been professionally-mixed for the best streaming quality. The live album downloads are then yours to keep.
Stream Springsteen concerts online and get full details here.
In The Idea of You, Anne Hathaway stars as Solène, a 40-year-old mom who, despite knowing little about boy bands aside from what her teenage daughter tells her, falls in love with the 24-year-old Harry Styles-esque lead singer of pop quintet August Moon, Hayes Campell (played by Nicholas Galitzine).
And in real life, the Academy Award winner is similar to her character, at least in that department. “I don’t know that much about boy bands,” she admits to Billboard on the red carpet at the film’s New York premiere Monday (April 29) when discussing boy bands. “I was trying to be diplomatic, but the truth is, I’m going totally blank right now.”
But naming pop queens? That comes easily for her. “The ultimate pop song for me is ‘Like a Prayer’ by Madonna, followed by close second, ‘…Baby One More Time’ by Britney [Spears],” she gushes. “We’re really lucky right now — we’re living in this glory time of pop music. There’s so many ones out there right now, but those two … I think ‘Toxic’ is really amazing too.”
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Fittingly, August Moon’s frontman knows his stuff. “There’s a song that I used to perform in front of my parents and my sister,” Galitzine tells Billboard when asked what he thinks is the quintessential boy band anthem. “I think it was called ‘Incomplete’ by the Backstreet Boys. It’s so melodramatic, so I think that’s what makes it a perfect boy band song.”
Based on Robinne Lee’s 2017 novel of the same name, The Idea of You has been generating buzz from the moment its trailer dropped in March, thanks to its undeniable real-life parallels to Harry Styles and One Direction (and it probably won’t die down any time soon once the internet gets a hold of Hathaway and Galitzine’s steamier scenes). But the other four members of August Moon — played by Dakota Adan, Jaiden Anthony, Raymond Cham Jr. and Viktor White, who have a group chat with Galitzine titled “Moon Me” and bonded over Mario Kart and Nerf gun battles during filming — agree that the comparisons to 1D and other boy bands are flattering, though they feel that their onscreen group has its own legs.
“We were like, ‘We don’t want to emulate a specific boy band too much, and we want August Moon to stand on its own,’” Anthony, whose character is named Adrian, tells Billboard on the carpet. “But there’s so many iconic [groups] — Backstreet Boys, New Kids on the Block, One Direction, The Beatles, even. There were so many videos and performances we watched, just to see what it is these bands have and what makes them so special. We kind of just took tidbits and little things here and there.”
Executive music producer Savan Kotecha was also very careful to treat August Moon as if it it were a real act, he tells Billboard, composing a body of work that sounded as if it had evolved alongside the band’s growing career for years. He even has an explanation for that one lyric in August Moon’s lead single “Dance Before We Walk,” which dropped on Spotify March 6 before the film’s premiere and finds Hayes singing, “I think I need a new direction lately.”
“When you see the movie, it’s actually about Hayes Campbell considering leaving the band … It’s about him moving on from August Moon,” Kotecha clarifies. “We had to sort of write the scope of the band, like, ‘What would their first teeny singles sound like,’ and ‘What would the second song be,’ and ‘Now they’re at Coachella, what would that song feel like?’”
The Idea of You hits Prime Video May 2.
In 2022, Anne Hathaway bested Kelly Clarkson in a hilarious, mega-viral clip from The Kelly Clarkson Show, with the actress belting out “Since U Been Gone” before the singer could even recognize her own song in a game of “Name That Tune.” Two years later, it’s happening all over again.
While stopping by the talk show Tuesday (April 30) to promote the upcoming Prime Video film The Idea of You — in which she costars alongside Nick Galitzine — Hathaway once again went head to head with Clarkson, this time for a round of “Pop Pop Quiz.” But a new clip from the episode begins with the stressed Academy Award-winner saying, “Oh no, it’s happening again!” as the inaugural American Idol champ jokes, “Anne Hathaway is never invited back!”
“I’m just kidding, this is actually becoming a shtick for our show,” Clarkson adds as Hathaway laughs.
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The two women were then shown an incomplete snippet of lyrics from the three-time Grammy winner’s 2011 smash “Stronger,” which Clarkson beat the Princess Diaries star to filling in the blanks — before completely mis-identifying the track, not realizing that it was one of her own songs. “That’s Christina Aguilera,” she said, not realizing her error until after a break in the show.
The clip then cuts to Clarkson sitting alone, addressing the camera. “You’ll notice, America, if you know my catalog at all — ’cause I don’t — I thought I was singing a Christina Aguilera song, ‘Fighter,’” she tells viewers. “It’s one of those days. Anne Hathaway is my kryptonite, it’s fine.”
At another point in the episode, Hathaway opened up about becoming friends with Galitzine on set of The Idea of You, which becomes available for streaming Thursday (May 2). Knowing that her costar was “about to become really, really big,” she told Clarkson that she made up a rap to help new fans remember how to pronounce his name.
“Nick Galitzine, Nick Galitzine, he’s got a face for a magazine,” she demonstrated. “But he’s more than just a beauty queen, can’t wait to hear everybody scream for Nick Galitzine.”
Watch Anne Hathaway best Kelly Clarkson for the second time above, and check out her rap for Nick Galitzine below.
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The 22nd season of American Idol is steaming toward its May 19th finale, but before this year’s winner is crowned the show has a few more tricks up its sleeve. During Monday night’s (April 29) Judge’s Song Contest episode that pared the pack of hopefuls down to the top 7, the lineup for Sunday’s (May […]
The latest episode of American Idol was an eventful one, as the top seven contestants were identified, America waved goodbye to one hopeful, and a musical tribute was paid to the late Idol alum, Mandisa.
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Monday night was the Judge’s Song round of Idol’s 22nd season, a game within a game that saw the Top 8 perform one of three songs secretly selected by Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.
Will Moseley covered Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues,” Kaibrienne sang “Traitor” by Olivia Rodrigo, McKenna Faith Breinholt hit Lissie’s “Everywhere I Go,” Jack Blocker belted out “Always On My Mind,” Abi Carter tackled “Bring Me To Life,” Julia Gagnon went with “Over The Rainbow,” Triston Harper impressed with Morgan Wallen’s “Sand In My Boots” and Emmy Russell performed Loretta Lynn’s signature song, “Coal Miners Daughter.”
Just to add some spice, America voted live for the Top 6, and the judges made a save for the Top 7. When the votes were tallied, Kaibrienne was eliminated.As previously reported, the special two-hour episode also welcomed back three American Idol alumni to pay homage to late season five star Mandisa. Melinda Doolittle (season six), Danny Gokey (season eight) and Colton Dixon (season 11) came together to sing one of Mandisa’s favorite songs, “Shackles” by gospel duo Mary Mary.The 47-year-old Grammy-winning Christian contemporary singer was found dead of as-yet-undisclosed causes in her home earlier this month.
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“Mandisa was an adored icon on American Idol and in the music industry,” read a statement from the show. “She had become a platinum-selling artist and had won [a Grammy] for her music. Her passing has left everyone on the show heartbroken, and we extend our deepest condolences to her family.”
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Monday night’s (April 29) live episode of American Idol will include a tribute to Mandisa, the season 5 finalist who died April 19 at age 47.
Melinda Doolittle (season 6), Danny Gokey (season 8) and Colton Dixon (season 11) — who were all personal friends and professional colleagues of the late Grammy-winning artist — will return to the Idol stage in Hollywood to honor the late singer with the song “Shackles (Praise You),” a 2000 top 10 hit by Mary Mary.
Doolittle and Mandisa became friends before either one competed on Idol. “I met Mandisa in the studio,” Doolittle told Billboard while waiting for her flight to Los Angeles to appear on the show. “We were both singing background for a project produced by our good friend Chance Scoggins. Mandisa was singing soprano, of course, and I was definitely singing alto, and we hit it off. She told me she was going to compete on American Idol and I said, ‘That couldn’t be me. You have a great time.’
“I remember watching Simon Cowell say some words to her that weren’t kind, but she was so resilient. She was willing to forgive him while I was thinking: ‘What kind of human being is he?’”
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The following week, Cowell made a rare on-air apology to the singer he insulted. “I’ve been learning from her ever since how to navigate life and treat people well,” says Doolittle. A year later, she told Mandisa she was going to audition for Idol after all.
“She immediately said, ‘What’s going to be hard is Hollywood Week. That almost broke me, so I made myself a Bible study and I’m going to give you that so every day you have something to read.’ She gave me this pink bedazzled folder of Bible studies to go through. Her other advice was, ‘Take snacks.’ Those were the two best things she could have told me about Hollywood Week.”
The two singers stayed in touch during Doolittle’s season. “She was the biggest cheerleader anyone could ever have. After my performances, she would message or call me and tell me everything that was good. If I brought up something that went wrong, she would say, ‘That’s not what we’re here to talk about.’ She remained a cheerleader for the rest of her life. She would buy front-row seats to my concerts and be the loudest audience member ever.”
Their friendship continued to grow as the years passed by. “We would go to dinner together. We both got mistaken for the other all the time. I would just say, ‘Thank you.’ And when I was by myself, people would come up to me and tell me how the song ‘Overcomer’ [which spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart in 2013] changed their lives. I couldn’t wait to pass that along to her.”
With her flight delayed, Doolittle talked about returning to Idol 16 seasons after her run on the show. “I’m petrified every time. That stage holds such a beautiful pace for me and a scary place, all at the same time. I am so beyond grateful that they’ve chosen to honor Mandisa and to be a part of it with my buddies Danny and Colton. We’re good friends and we go to church together. I’m glad to have them with me. But I would be lying if I didn’t tell you I still get extremely nervous about that stage.”
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Billboard also reached out to Dixon, who was in Alabama on his final stop in a four-show tour, before flying to Los Angeles on Monday morning. Like Mandisa, Dixon was signed to Capitol, which led to his own very successful career in Contemporary Christian music.
“I remember when I met Mandisa the first time, discovering how much of a fan she was. She was so supportive of what I was doing. Not only did our industry lose a really big voice and a powerhouse of a person, but Christian music lost its No. 1 cheerleader. She was that for everyone.”
Asked about Mandisa’s hit single “Overcomer,” Dixon said, “It was a massive song with so much truth. Everyone needs to hear that. Buckle up, keep going, and you can do it. And that’s who she was too. I loved all of her songs. There’s so much joy in her music.”
Dixon recalled that he toured with Mandisa one time. “We were out with TobyMac. Mandisa and I were on a bus together. Every morning, I would beat her to the front lounge, and when she came up, I would sing her song ‘Good Morning’ to her. I’m pretty sure she hated that song by the end of the tour. But we had so much fun together. What I’m going to miss the most are those Mandisa talks, those hugs. I believe I’m going to get those again one day, but I’m going to miss it while I’m here.”
Billboard also asked Dixon about his thoughts on returning to Idol. “Anytime American Idol reaches out, it’s an honor for me to be a part of that stage. I wish it was under different circumstances. But as both a fan of the show and a friend and colleague of Mandisa, when I get there today, I’m going to say, ‘Thank you for paying tribute to her,’ because she was a big voice on the show and a big voice in our industry off the show. It means a lot to those close to her that they would recognize that. So I’m humbled and honored to be a part of that tribute.”
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On Sunday, Gokey was singing at an evening worship service on Maui to offer hope to the survivors of the devastating Lahaina fire of August 2023. He sent Billboard a written statement about participating in Idol’s tribute to Mandisa.
“Mandisa was not only a fellow Idol, but a true friend and a huge part of the CCM music community. I had the privilege of touring with her several times and it was always fun to sing together. Her joy was infectious and she encouraged people on and off stage! When I made my debut in Christian music, she was my greatest supporter. It wasn’t easy coming off a failed record deal after the show, but she was the one who welcomed me first and loudest and rallied everyone to support me. She loved to cheer people on, to help them see the God-given purpose they had in the world. It’s an honor to be the one cheering her on this time and highlighting the impact she had in so many people’s lives.”
Showrunner and executive producer Megan Michaels Wolflick, who has been with Idol since season 2, tells Billboard, “Mandisa was a bright light who brought joy to the millions who fell in love with her on American Idol back in 2006. She continued to have a storied career, always showing her dedication to her fans and her faith. She will be missed on an immense level. It is with a depth of gratitude that we are able to celebrate her life on our show.”
American Idol airs live Monday night at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC.
