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It was a summer of highs and lows for the Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion, who in a matter of months overcame some harsh personal traumas and released"WAP," her slick, sexually liberated collaboration with Cardi B. Now, she's bringing some new love into her life (and, perhaps, forgetting about some previous relationships) by adopting an adorable new pup.

Ever-heartbroken, ever-nostalgic, the Brooklyn-born songstress Lana del Rey is, additionally, ever the outsider to the contemporary pop arena. Her forthcoming sixth studio album, Chemtrails Over the Country Club, promises to include more of the high-Americana and desolate, one-liner-laden lyrics listeners have come to expect from previous releases Born to Die and Norman Fucking Rockwell.

Justin Bieber, who recently played Drake in a music video, is one of those incredibly famous people you'd still be able to recognize even if you couldn't see his face. Pretty much his entire upper body is covered in tattoos, which you can see very clearly in the aforementioned music video, including a lion head and a bear head on his chest and the words "Son of God" across his stomach.

Over the past few years, Ed Sheeran has become less and less of a presence in the social-media sphere. If he's not touring or promoting his music, he tends to log off, and he announced in December 2019 that he would do exactly that: "I'm just gonna take a breather to travel, write and read." He said he'd be off social media "until it's time to come back." That time has come.

Keke Palmer is ready for change. Are you? The singer and actress was one of the first faces we saw when the 2020 VMAs kicked off, and it was fitting — she is the show's host, after all.

The 2020 VMAs are nearly here, and the show — much like the entire year itself — will be a new kind of undertaking, with performances happening all around New York City instead of contained to a single arena stage. Despite the new format, the spirit of watching visionary musical renditions (and all the candid, shocking, unexpected, heartfelt moments that come from awards speeches) is still front and center.

Chadwick Boseman has died, as confirmed by posts made to his social media accounts. The actor — known for his fearless cinematic portrayals of Black icons Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Thurgood Marshall, and perhaps most famously, King T'Challa, a.k.a.

Tomorrow, Katy Perry will release her sixth album, Smile, and earlier this week marked a decade since her record-setting Teenage Dream LP smashed its way into the world. It's been a big few days already.

By Jaelani Turner-Williams Less than a week after rumors swirled around the July 12 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion following a party in Los Angeles, the rapper briefly took to Instagram to voice her frustrations about discrepancies and hearsay floating around about the incident. “I suffered gunshot wounds as a result of a crime that was committed against me and done with the intention to physically harm me,” she wrote.

Rihanna — the multi-hyphenate recording artist turned beauty mogul turned body-positive fashion designer— has proven time and again that she has the diverse talent and business acumen to shake up just about every industry she steps into. On Friday (July 31), she expanded her Fenty empire, which began with the game-changing launch of Fenty Beauty's inclusive cosmetics line in 2017, with the arrival of a new slate of skincare products, Fenty Skin.

Way back in January 2019, Lana Del Rey alerted her fans that she'd recently "finished a short book of poetry I've been writing over the last 13 months that I'll be putting out later." In the 18 months since then, we've learned the book's title, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, as well as Lana's plans to follow it with a new album later in 2020. But today (July 28), Violet is finally here — as an audiobook.

Demi Lovato is getting married! The singer shared on Instagram early Thursday (July 23) that her and partner Max Ehrich are now engaged, along with some adorable photos of them embracing on the beach. "When I was a little girl, my birth dad always called me his 'little partner' - something that might've sounded strange without his southern cowboy like accent," she wrote in the caption.

It's been a disturbing few days for Kanye West on social media. After a series of tweet-rants where he alleged that his wife, Kim Kardashian West, and her mother, Kris Jenner, had conspired to commit him and that he'd been trying to obtain a divorce, Kardashian West, today (July 22) stressed, "Those that understand mental illness or even compulsive behavior know that the family is powerless unless the member is a minor," in a detailed Twitter thread of her own.

On Sunday morning (July 12), rapper Tory Lanez was arrested in Los Angeles after police found a gun in his car. As originally reported by outlets like TMZ, police responded to a domestic disturbance call in the Hollywood Hills after witnesses reported an argument inside an SUV that culminated in gunshots and the vehicle leaving.

The actress Naya Rivera, who starred in six seasons of Ryan Murphy's hit musical comedy Glee as the sharp-tongued cheerleader Santana Lopez, has died, according to a statement by a spokesman from Ventura County Sheriff’s Office. She was 33.

Naya Rivera starred in six seasons of Ryan Murphy's musical comedy Glee as the witty cheerleader Santana Lopez. On Wednesday (July 8), the 33-year-old actress went missing at Southern California's Lake Piru while apparently on a boating trip with her 4-year-old son.

In the past month, we've heard Kanye West on two new songs and seen him donate $2 million to the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. We've also seen him announce (again) a 2020 presidential candidacy bid, despite reportedly filing no actual paperwork.

By Aaron Cooley When director Joel Schumacher died at the age of 80 last week, the lion’s share of the media attention focused on his iconic four-decade filmography, from St. Elmo’s Fire and The Lost Boys in the 1980s, to two John Grisham adaptations and two Batmans in the ’90s, to Phone Booth and Phantom of the Opera in this century.

"I dedicate this award to all of my brothers out there, all of my sisters out there inspiring me, marching and fighting for change. Your voices are are being heard, and you're proving to our ancestors that their struggles were not in vain." That's how Beyoncé made the most of her moment accepting the Humanitarian Award near the end of the night on Sunday (June 28) at the (virtual) BET Awards.

"The Stonewall Inn has been such a symbol of rebellion in the face of oppression, and such a safe place for people," Taylor Swift said on Friday (June 26), addressing a virtual audience during Stonewall Day. The celeb-stacked Pride Live event honored the legacy of the six-day riots that took place at the New York gay bar in 1969, which launched the gay liberation movement — and today, Pride Month.

June 2020 has been no ordinary Pride Month. What is typically a colorful commemoration of love, community, and the richness of LGBTQ+ identity has been largely overshadowed by an ongoing pandemic, which has forced gay bars to close, parades to be canceled, and people to celebrate from home.

"I want everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community to know that I treasure everything that you are, and everything you do to make this world more inclusive, more creative, and more beautiful." That's how Demi Lovato put her personal message of hope, optimism, and resilience while addressing the virtual crowd for Stonewall Day, the superstar Pride Live event honoring the anniversary and legacy of the 1969 Stonewall Inn Uprising and the continued fight for LGBTQ+ equality.

HBO's Euphoria found Zendaya tapping into a much darker, grittier role than her Disney Channel beginnings on Shake It Up would have forecasted. But as she revealed in a new roundtable interview for The Hollywood Reporter, that evolution was only one piece of the other stress she felt in making her next acting move.

Over the weekend, two women accused Justin Bieber of sexual assault. They posted their accounts to Twitter, one to an anonymous account and one on an accuser's own page, where the stories were widely circulated.

Long before he was the Billboard Hot 100 record-breaking, Grammy- and VMA-winning megastar maestro behind "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X was a Barb. Still is, in fact.

Dominic Fike has been poised for his debut breakout moment for the past few years now, scoring a No. 1 on the Alternative Songs chart in 2018 ("3 Nights") and palling around with Brockhampton.

In the days after J.K. Rowling, the author behind the hugely popular fantasy series Harry Potter, published a slew of transphobic tweets, many celebrities and organizations have responded by doubling down on their support for the transgender community.

Over the past week, as international demonstrations in support of Black lives and against racial injustice and violence have grown to unprecedented numbers, Justin Bieber has used his Instagram page to share his own support. He's posted that "all lives do not matter until Black lives matter" and a guide to being an anti-racist ally, as well as how to honor Breonna Taylor on what would have been her 27th birthday on June 5.

A Forbes headline from earlier this year declared that "Kanye West is now officially a billionaire (and he really wants the world to know)." This was further backed up by the magazine's new "The Celebrity 100" list it unveiled today (June 4), placing West as the highest-paid musician in the world and the second-highest paid celebrity.

The Rock has one simple message for President Trump: "Where are you?" In a long message posted early this morning (June 4), Dwayne Johnson went in, not directly addressing the president by name but calling out his lack of visibility at a time of mass protests and demonstrations against police violence and killings. "Where is our leader at this time?" he asked.