Lady Gaga's 'Chromatica' album coming this month

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — To the depression-busting recent trend of joyful dance-pop, add Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s Rain on Me, which premiered at midnight ET Friday morning, exactly one week before Gaga’s full-length Chromatica hits. When it rains, it’s about to pour.

Hunkered down in Panama, where he’s been in quarantine after postponing his Sueños tour in Los Angeles, New York and Las Vegas, Sech presents his sophomore studio album, 1 of 1, under Rich Music.“This is a baby of mine that I have been creating little by little. It’s a beautiful project,” Sech tells Billboard.

When Charli XCX released her new album How I’m Feeling Now on May 15, the title was truth in advertising.

There is no time like the present to get creative. Photographer Stephanie Girard is normally bustling about on the set of different photoshoots across Los Angeles but with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic bringing business to a halt, the artist has had to think outside the box to pass her time.

Given his usual hyper-energetic nature, it’s hardly surprising that not even a global pandemic can slow Yungblud down.

Traditionally, The Penguin has been one of the Caped Crusader’s more rotund rogues, so it will be interesting to see Colin Farrell’s take on the classic DC character when The Batman resumes filming. Colin went for a jog through the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday (May 4) and the 43-year-old actor looked great while exercising.

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With the summer's largest video game convention, Los Angeles' E3, officially canceled, multiple major video game companies have come together to launch Summer Game Fest, a four-month rollout of news, announcements, playable demos of upcoming games, interviews, panels and more from leading developers and publishers.

Paging Dr. Heavenly… and her friends!

LOS ANGELES — Supermodel Gigi Hadid on Thursday confirmed she was expecting a baby with former One Direction singer Zayn Malik, saying the couple were both excited and happy.

Proceeds will go to New York's Coalition For The Homeless

Being a band with some history worked to Dramarama's advantage for Color TV, the Los Angeles group's first new album in 15 years, premiering exclusively below.Mainly, frontman John Easdale tells Billboard, it allowed the quintet to make the record on its own terms."It's not like there's a tremendous demand for new music from old bands, y'know?" Easdale says.

Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro hosted a Billboard Live At-Home performance Monday (April 27) to raise money for the Downtown Women's Center, which serves homeless women in Los Angeles.After kicking off the acoustic set with his "vibro-pop" single "Instant History," the Scottish alt-rocker leaked a few more details about Biffy Clyro's upcoming eighth album The Celebration of Endings, due Aug. 14."The album and that song is kind of about....