HARRY CONNICK JR. TO HOST GRAMMY SALUTE HONORING ESSENTIAL WORKERS: Harry Connick Jr. is set to host a Grammy special honoring essential workers. United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to the Unsung Heroes will air June 21st on CBS and CBS All Access. Connick Jr. and his filmmaker daughter, Georgia Connick, will take a road trip in an RV to thank and celebrate essential workers. Oprah Winfrey, Sandra Bullock, Drew Brees, Queen Latifah, Brad Pitt and Renee Zellweger will join the duo to deliver surprise messages to essential workers. Jamie Foxx, Jon Batiste, Andra Day, John Fogerty, Herbie Hancock, Cyndi Lauper, Little Big Town, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews, Tim McGraw, Rockin Dopsie, Irma Thomas, Trombone Shorty and Connick Jr. will perform. The special will also promote donating to charities such as No Kid Hungry, Ellis Marsalis Center for Music and the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.

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BURGER KING TICKS OFF TAYLOR SWIFT FANS: Burger King is in big trouble with Taylor Swift fans after firing off a sarcastic tweet at the singer’s expense. It started after a Taylor Swift fan on Twitter asked Burger King what its favorite Swift song was. The chain replied with a snarky, now-deleted, response: “The one about her ex.” Swift fans saw the comment as a sexist dig and responded by getting the hashtag #BurgerKingIsOverParty trending. Even McDonald’s got in on the action by claiming they “would never” poke fun at Taylor. Burger King attempted to move on from the controversy, tweeting with a winky face, “let’s shake it off. celebrate #BurgerKingIsOverParty with the $3 shake + fries deal in the app.”

‘TODAY’ CONCERT SERIES TO FEATURE KELLY CLARKSON, RICKY MARTIN, CHANCE THE RAPPER, & MORE: Today has announced a lineup for its new Citi music series, which kicks off Friday with a performance by Lady Antebellum. The concert series will feature virtual performances, interviews with the artists, viewer surprises and expanded digital content. Chance the Rapper, Alanis Morissette, Freestyle Love Supreme and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dixie Chicks, Chloe x Halle, Rascal Flatts and other artists will also perform. Performances will be virtual and without live audiences due to the pandemic.

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CELINE DION, MICHAEL BUBLÉ AND MORE JOIN CALL FOR CODE CLIMATE CHANGE & COVID-19 AWARENESS CAMPAIGN: OneRepublic, Jonas Brothers, Celine Dion, Cher, Michael Bublé and Rod Stewart have teamed up with more than 50 other celebrities in support of a climate change and COVID-19 awareness campaign called Call for Code. The initiative is designed to advocate for “new tech solutions to help people suffering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.” Other music artists participating in the social media awareness campaign include Barbra Streisand, Carole King, Rob Thomas, Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper, Pentatonix and Jason Mraz. Artists participating are using their socials to share messages like, “Let’s fight back against #COVID19 & #ClimateChange. Join @CallforCode & its partner @UNHumanRights to help create solutions for the world’s most vulnerable people.” For more info, visit CallforCode.org.

BILLIE EILISH CALLS OUT BODY SHAMERS IN SHORT FILM – (05/28/2020)

Billie Eilish protests body shaming in a new short film titled “Not My Responsibility.”

The video opens with Eilish wearing a hoodie as she stands in a dark pool of liquid. The singer undresses as she challenges body shamers and her haters before slipping underwater.

“Do you know me, really know me?” Eilish asks. “You’ll have opinions about my opinions, about my music, about my clothes, about my body.”

Eilish is both criticized and praised for often wearing baggy clothes. “Some people hate what I wear, some people praise it, some people use it to shame others, some people use it to shame me, but I feel you watching,” the star says. “Nothing I do goes unseen.”

Eilish wrote and produced the project, which was first shown during her “Where Do We Go?” world tour. The remaining dates of the tour were postponed in March due to the pandemic.

However, she’s stayed busy through the lockdown and has performed livestream concerts, created face mask merch, and chatted with Rainn Wilson about her crippling obsession with The Office.

Eilish has apparently made her way through the entire nine-season series 15 times. It’s a baffling accomplishment that even Rainn Wilson, who starred on the sitcom as Dwight Schrute, finds ridiculous.

Wilson recently invited the 18-year-old to join him on Hey There, Human, a quarantine-specific Instagram Live series that he runs as part of his SoulPancake uplifting content-creation network. During the show, the pair discussed a number of things, including Eilish’s interesting quarantine TV binge habits.

“Well, I just finished watching The Office for a 15th time two days ago,” Eilish told the actor when asked about what she’s been doing to take care of her mental health during this difficult time. Wilson let out an exasperated sigh before letting off, “William, it is time to move on.” (He calls her “William” throughout the interview) “It is time to move on to another show. Really. Please,” he begged.

“I have tried, okay,” she responded. “But, you know, I can’t do anything about it. I don’t know.” “Every time I hit that episode that says finale, I’m always like, goddamn it.”

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TRAVIS SCOTT AND RIHANNA DATED BACK IN 2015 – (05/28/2020)

It has been confirmed that Travis Scott secretly dated Rihanna back in 2015.  According to US Weekly, Throwing Fits cohost Lawrence Schlossman was chatting with fellow podcaster James Harris and journalist Jonah Weiner about the experience of celebrities hating something they had written about them and Schlossman said that Travis wasn’t too happy when he broke the news about the rapper dating Rihanna.

Schlossman explained, “I broke the news about him and Rihanna, which they told me not to do. Apparently, what La Puma, our boy Joe the Puma [a Complex editor], told me was that it hurt Complex’s relationship with Travis. This was in 2015/16 I wrote this. But apparently, for the next couple of years, he would complain about that.”

Schlossman added, “It’s not because he’s like, ‘Don’t tell anyone I’m smashing Rihanna.’ It’s because Rihanna’s like, ‘Don’t tell anyone that I’m smashing Travis Scott, please.’ [It’s] obviously embarrassing as f*ck.”

Two years later, Travis started dating Kylie Jenner.

JUSTIN AND HAILEY BIEBER THREATEN TO SUE PLASTIC SURGEON OVER TIKTOK VIDEOS – (05/28/2020)

Justin and Hailey Bieber are threatening legal action against a plastic surgeon who posted a video about the model on TikTok.

Attorneys sent a cease and desist letter to Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Daniel Barrett accusing him of using the 23-year-old model’s “name, image and likeness” to “commercially advertise your plastic surgery practice and to spread false, uncorroborated claims that Mrs. Bieber has undergone plastic surgery.”

Barrett featured Hailey in a video and claimed that she’s had a skin tightening procedure, jawline contouring, chin augmentation, as well as filler in her cheeks and lips.

Justin also accused the doctor of using “copyrighted protected lyrics” from his song “Sorry.”

The couple is seeking a public statement from Barrett renounce the claims he made and remove any and all posts containing non-approved references to them.

Barrett claims that the purpose of his TikTok account is to educate viewers and “increase the transparency of plastic surgery.” He also said: “I was definitely shocked as I was simply sharing my opinion on what I thought she may have had done. I felt like I was being bullied. I do not make money off of the TikTok account and the ‘cease and desist’ was overreaching.”

Dr. Barrett noted that Hailey is not one of his patients, but he did some research and found photos of her that appeared to be unaltered. “I compared them side-by-side and gave my opinion as to what plastic surgery procedures I thought she had done,” he explained, adding that people tagged Hailey and she “posted a comment that she felt it was flattering that people thought that she had plastic surgery.”

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JIMMY FALLON APOLOGIZES FOR BLACKFACE ‘SNL’ SKETCH – (05/27/2020)

Jimmy Fallon took to Twitter to apologize about an old clip that resurfaced of him impersonating Chris Rock on Saturday Night Live in blackface. Shortly after 20 year old clip resurfaced, the hashtag #jimmyfallonisoverparty began trending on Twitter.

Fallon tweeted, “I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock while in blackface. There is no excuse for this.”

He added, “I am very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive decision and thank all of you for holding me accountable.”

HALSEY BREAKS HER ANKLE, TOES & STUDYING LAW – (05/27/2020)

Halsey is opening up about a mishap she experienced in her home that left her with a broken ankle.

Appearing virtually on Capital Breakfast Tuesday, Halsey revealed she suffered the break while attempting to load her dishwasher. “I was loading the dishwasher and I pulled the door down to load the dishwasher, and the kitchen floor was wet and I tripped over the dishwasher door,” she recalled. “And after, you know, 2,000 live shows, where I’m jumping around for two hours, I finally fractured my ankle. In the kitchen. At my house.”

Halsey clarified her injury in a Twitter Q&A that she “slammed” her “ankle bone into the metal and fractured it.” When a fan asked how she was doing a few days later, she admitted to additionally breaking two toes on her other foot. Halsey shared an update on Instagram, posting a bikini mirror selfie without her ankle brace.

The singer also revealed that she is currently studying Constitutional Law and said she is studying for the bar exam.

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KYLIE JENNER ISN’T MAD AT DRAKE FOR CALLING HER A ‘SIDE PIECE’ – (05/27/2020)

Kylie Jenner isn’t too bothered by Drake calling her a “side piece” in an unreleased song. Last week, the rapper played the track during a livestreamed episode of “Night Owl Sound” where he rapped: “Yeah, I’m a hater to society / Real sh*t, Kylie Jenner that’s a side piece / Yeah, I got 20 motherfu**in’ Kylies.”  According to E! News, Kylie “wasn’t surprised” by the song or the lyrics because she knew about it beforehand.

A source said, “She has no hard feelings about it. She knew it was old. Her and Drake are still very good friends and she just laughed it off.” The source added that Kylie “appreciated” Drake’s quick apology. 

Rumors swirled a couple of years back that Kylie and Drake were dating. The two never confirmed or denied.

JENNIFER LOPEZ A LITTLE HEARTBROKEN’ ABOUT POSTPONING HER WEDDING TO ALEX RODRIGUEZ – (05/27/2020)

Jennifer Lopez is feeling “a little heartbroken” that her wedding to Alex Rodriguez has been put on hold due to the pandemic – but she told Today she is leaving the matter in God’s hands.

Lopez didn’t divulge too much about what the couple had planned but did reveal that everything is paused right now.

“There’s no planning right now. You just have to kind of wait and see how this all plays out,” she explained. “It’s disappointing on one level, you know, after the Super Bowl and after [filming] World of Dance … I planned to take time off, which is what we’re doing kind of right now. But at the same time, you know, we had a lot of plans for this summer and this year but, everything’s kinda on hold right now.”

For now, Lopez and Rodriguez are enjoying the time at home with their family. Lopez has 12-year-old twins, daughter Emme and son Max, with her ex-husband Marc Anthony, while Rodriguez has two daughters, Natasha, 15, and Ella, 12, with his ex-wife, Cynthia Scurtis.

JLo and ARod got engaged in March 2019 with the former Yankee player proposing on vacation with a reported $1 million emerald-cut diamond ring.

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