Miguel's "Sure Thing" is #1 on the Top 40 radio list
Miguel's "Sure Thing" is continuing to enjoy success stemming from its resurgence on TikTok. The song, released as a single from his debut, All I Want Is You, is now the top song on Top 40 radio, marking the singer's first #1 on the Top 40 radio list.
“‘Sure Thing’ is a reflection of the great songwriters I learned from and that timeless songs still resonate," Miguel said of his achievement. The song previously broke Billboard's record for most weeks spent on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop song chart, where it remains and currently sits at the #5 spot.
Miguel also has some new music: He recently shared his new single, "Give It To Me." Taking the stage earlier this month, he performed the new song live for the first time at Usher's Lovers & Friends festival.
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Ray Stevenson, star of 'RRR', upcoming 'Star Wars: Ahsoka', dead at 58
Ray Stevenson, the Ireland-born English character actor who has been seen in movies like Punisher: Warzone and the Indian smash RRR, and who will be seen in the forthcoming Disney+ show Ahsoka, has died, ABC Audio has confirmed.
A rep for the actor said he died on Sunday, May 21, four days before his 59th birthday. No other details were being made available at this time, the rep added.
According to La Repubblica, however, the actor, who also played the burly Volstagg in the Thor films, was on the Italian island of Ischia shooting a film called Cassino on Ischia when he was hospitalized. The Italian-language newspaper says his condition took a turn for the worse while in the hospital, where he passed away.
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"It meant everything": Vin Diesel, other O.G. 'Fast' stars on Meadow Walker's 'Fast X' cameo
The 10th film in the Fast and Furious saga is currently revving up moviegoers, particularly overseas, but for star and producer Vin Diesel and his co-stars, the movie has something box office tickets can't buy.
As reported, Meadow Walker, the daughter of the late Fast franchise star Paul Walker, makes a cameo in the movie, and Diesel tells People that meant the world to him. "It did something to my soul, to see her want to honor her father and to contribute in her own way to his life's work," the actor explains, adding, "It meant everything."
Vin and Walker's co-star Michelle Rodriguez added, "It's everything to us because [Paul's] memory is never going to die within the franchise, so as long as we're doing it, we have to maintain that, [keeping his] energy alive."
Jordana Brewster, another original F&F vet, said the 24-year-old model and actress is "woven into the fabric forever," adding, "To have her be on set and work her butt off was really, really inspiring."
Paul Walker died at 40 as a passenger in a fiery high-speed car accident along with his friend, the vehicle's driver, Roger Rodas, on November 30, 2013.
Fast X is now the number one movie in America, meaning Diesel now has the #1 and #2 movies in theaters, thanks to his role as Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Incidentally, his Guardians co-star Chris Pratt pulled off the same feat in the previous weeks, when Guardians topped the charts ahead of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, for which he voiced the titular plumber.
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Dua Lipa's song for the 'Barbie' movie drops Friday
Dua Lipa’s song for the Barbie movie is coming this week.
The singer, who also appears in the upcoming Greta Gerwig flick, will be releasing “Dance the Night” on Friday, May 26.
Dua teased the disco-tinged pop track on social media. In the clip, we see her stepping out of a high heel shoe with a perfectly pointed Barbie-like foot. Dua then turns to the camera and blows a kiss as we hear her sing, “Just come along for the ride.”
Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, hits theaters July 21.
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Niall Horan announces 2024 world tour dates
Niall Horan is taking The Show on the road.
The singer has announced The Show Live on Tour 2024. The global trek will kick off on February 21 in Belfast, Ireland, and will launch its North American leg on May 29 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida.
During the North American run, Niall will play Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, New York City’s Madison Square Garden and The Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. The tour wraps July 31 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Niall will perform songs off all three of his solo albums, including The Show, which comes out June 9.
“There’s nothing better than watching the crowd sing back to you with all that emotion on their faces and knowing that they’re attaching the song to something meaningful in their own lives,” Niall says in a statement. “To me, that’s always the greatest thing that can ever come from songwriting.”
Tickets go on sale to the general public on June 2 at 10 a.m. local time at NiallHoran.com.
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Harrison Ford talks digital de-aging as tickets go on sale for 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'
After its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, tickets to the final Indy adventure, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, are now on sale.
To commemorate, Fandango has released an interview with co-stars Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who give a sneak peek.
"He is now being forced to retire ... and they're bringing someone else in to be the head of the archeology department," Ford says of his whip-cracking alter ego. "He has no real future in mind for himself," Ford says, explaining, "I thought it would be really interesting to see him at the end of his career. Older, not necessarily wiser, but still capable of one last hurrah."
As reported, Ford describes how the movie begins with an extended look backward, with the 80-year-old actor digitally de-aged to 35. "It's not like a Photoshop kind of thing," Ford says of the digital wizardry that will take fans back in time. "They have used all of the footage that Lucasfilm has acquired ... 35 or 40 years of footage ... and then transfer his current expressions to his younger face," the actor explains. "It's really my face. It's spooky."
He calls the opening "action-packed" and a good "transition" to the present day in the film, 1969, and describes playing the hero, "in the twilight of his life," a "great joy."
Emmy winner Waller-Bridge calls the script "breathless" and says her character, Helena, Indy's goddaughter, is "manipulative, and that's always fun to play."
The Fleabag actress says Helena is a survivor, but "her luck is running out ... to save herself from this terrible situation she's gotten herself into is to hit up her old godfather."
The movie opens June 30.
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'American Idol' crowns its winner
And the new American Idol is … Iam Tongi.
On Sunday’s 21st season finale, the 18-year-old Hawaii native was crowned the winner, with Megan Danielle as runner-up and Colin Stough in third place.
Tongi wowed the judges with performances of his new single "I’ll Be Seeing You," "Don't Let Go," "Making Memories of Us" and "Cool Down," as well as a duet of “Monsters” with James Blunt.
Other performers during the finale included judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, Idol season 2 contestants Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard, former judge Keith Urban, Ellie Goulding, former Idol contestant Lauren Daigle, Pitbull and TLC.
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Olivia Rodrigo says new album is “so close” to being done
Olivia Rodrigo “pinky promises” new music is on the way.
The singer celebrated the two-year anniversary of her debut album SOUR on Sunday and took the opportunity to give fans an update on her eagerly awaited follow-up album.
“oh man oh man oh man. SOUR turns 2 years old today,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “no words could ever describe how much this album means to me and how insanely grateful I feel for every blessing it has brought into my life.”
She added, “the new stuff is so so so so so close to being done I pinky promise.”
SOUR featured Olivia’s breakout hit “Drivers License,” as well “Deja Vu” and “Good 4 U.” It won her three Grammys, including Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Pop Vocal album.
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'The Little Mermaid' filmmakers talk putting a modern spin on the timeless tale
The Little Mermaid swims back into theaters this weekend, this time as a live action version of the 1989 classic animated Disney musical.
Rob Marshall directed the new film, and he tells ABC Audio that the original Hans Christian Andersen story from the 1830s surprisingly has a lot to say about life in the 2020s.
"When we went back and looked at this tale, we saw this incredibly modern story of a girl who feels displaced, who doesn't feel she fits in and wants to sort of break the boundaries and break the sort of taboo of going to see what another life is like in another world," he explains.
Even with similarities, executive producer John DeLuca says they did feel they needed to make some changes.
"It was very important for us to make Ariel's quest for going...above the surface, not just for a love of a handsome man, but to be part of that world, to learn," DeLuca shares.
The Little Mermaid soundtrack also gets a little update with composer Alan Menken, who wrote the music for the original, creating three new songs for the new film with lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It's a partnership that Menken says was "really delightful."
"I know both of us are the kind of people who will just keep writing and writing and writing till we write something that's fantastic," Menken expressed.
There were also some lyrical changes to the classic songs this time around, which Menken was "totally open" to do.
"There were cuts made sometimes just for dramaturgical reasons in this, and sometimes it was just to remedy something that might just need adjusting for the times," he clarified. "As long as it doesn't at all damage the basic quality of the song, I'm totally open to that."
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Nick Cannon reveals the child he spends the most time with
Nick Cannon is pulling back the curtain on how he manages to balance his fatherly duties.
While the host of The Masked Singer ensures he divides his time among all his kids, he shared that he currently spends the most time with his 8-month-old daughter Onyx, who he shares with LaNisha Cole.
"My beautiful daughter Onyx, that's probably the child that I spend the most time with, really," Cannon said during Friday's episode of The Jason Lee Podcast. "I'm with her at least three times a week, for the full day."
He continued, "LaNisha and I have a super strong understanding and our co-parenting operation is so solid. If you see me on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays, my daughter's right next to me."
"Not against all my other kids because all my other kids, they're in school, they're babies, as well as Onyx, but the fact that I appreciate that LaNisha gives me the respect enough to allow me to have her really, an equal amount of time as she does," Cannon added.
In addition to Onyx, Nick shares twins Moroccan and Monroe with his ex-wife, Mariah Carey; daughter Beautiful Zeppelin and twin sons Zion and Zillion with Abby De La Rosa; son Legendary with model Bre Tiesi; sons Rise Messiah and Golden Sagon, and daughter Powerful Queen with model Brittany Bell; daughter Halo with Alyssa Scott. Nick and Alyssa lost their first child together, baby Zen, to a brain tumor in December of 2021.
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