Taiwan tracked dozens of Chinese warplanes and navy vessels off its coast Friday on the second day of a large exercise China’s People’s Liberation Army held in response to the island’s new leadership. The defense ministry said it tracked 49 warplanes and 19 navy vessels, as well as Chinese coastContinue Reading

Shonda Rhimes’ talent knows no end, as she’s the mind behind classic TV shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Scandal and more. In the film world, she wrote many hits including 2002’s Crossroads starring Britney Spears. The Television Hall of Famer recalled meeting the pop star before filming to JenniferContinue Reading

20 Questions With Subtronics: ‘I Always Say Subtronics Is a Company I Started, But I Just Turn the Knobs’

It’s 9 p.m. on a Monday when Subtronics materializes on Zoom. In the last 72 hours, the artist born Jesse Kardon played his first set on the main stage at EDC Las Vegas, bringing a crowd of roughly 80,000 on the sonic rollercoaster ride that his thunderous dubstep facilitates. TheContinue Reading

Vince Staples Drops ‘Dark Times’ Album: Stream It Now

Vince Staples released his Dark Times album on Thursday night (May 23) via Blacksmith Recordings and Def Jam Recordings. Dark Times is Staples’ seventh and final project on Def Jam. “Eleven years ago, a young, uncertain version of myself was given an opportunity with Def Jam Recordings. I released myContinue Reading

Live Nation’s Biggest Problem in the DOJ Antitrust Case May Be Its CEO’s Own Emails 

The Department of Justice dropped a wide-ranging antitrust complaint against Live Nation on Thursday (May 23), highlighting more than a dozen examples of the company’s “anticompetitive and exclusionary” behavior in accusing it of operating live music’s largest monopoly. The evidence looks particularly bad for Live Nation chief executive Michael Rapino,Continue Reading

Avicii Radio Channel Launches on SiriusXM

Six years after the death of Avicii, the producer is getting a SiriusXM channel centered around his catalog. Related Avicii’s 15 Best Songs: Critics’ Picks 04/20/2023 On Thursday (May 23), SiriusXM announced Avicii Radio, now available exclusively via the SiriusXM app. The channel features Avicii classics, remixes and never-before-heard music fromContinue Reading

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 continues to rise up the Nielsen Streaming Top 10 (Originals) chart, and Discovery season 5, episode 5. “Mirrors” even outranks a fan-favorite episode of Star Trek: Picard season 3. “Mirrors” saw Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) enter interdimensional space, where she found the ISS EnterpriseContinue Reading

A SWAT team raided rapper Sean Kingston’s rented South Florida mansion on Thursday and arrested his mother on fraud and theft charges that an attorney says stem partly from the installation of a massive TV at the home. Broward County detectives arrested Janice Turner, 61, at the 14,000-square foot (1,300-squareContinue Reading

Dallastown Area High School hosted the quarterfinals of the PIAA District III Girls Class 3A and 2A Lacrosse playoffs. Two local teams hit the field but ended up with different outcomes. Susquehannock girls’ lacrosse earned the District III Class 2A No. 2 seed but couldn’t keep up with an underseededContinue Reading

Post Malone‘s newly released collaboration with Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help,” is riding atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and Posty is already teasing a collab with another country vocalist: Blake Shelton. Post Malone shared a video on Instagram on Thursday (May 23), in which he’s seen cracking openContinue Reading

Usher Re-Slates Special ‘Confessions’ Performance for 2024 Essence Festival of Culture

Three weeks after the cancellation of the Lovers & Friends Festival in Las Vegas, the prayers of Usher fans are being answered. Billboard can exclusively report that the eight-time Grammy Award winner will now perform his classic album Confessions during a special one-night-only performance at the 2024 Essence Festival of Culture. PresentedContinue Reading

Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden is on the state’s 2024 ballot. The special session was called for Tuesday. “Ohio is running out of time to getContinue Reading

Dutiful, managerial, a bit dull — Keir Starmer is no one’s idea of a firebrand politician. The Labour Party hopes that is just what Britain needs. Starmer, the center-left party’s 61-year-old leader, is the current favorite to win the country’s July 4 election. Starmer has spent four years as oppositionContinue Reading

Google is tried to confront the latest in a succession of legal attacks on its digital empire on Thursday as federal judge began to address anticompetitive practices in the app market for smartphones powered by its Android software. The San Francisco court hearing before U.S. District Judge James Donato comesContinue Reading

FC Dallas edged the Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-1 Wednesday night at Al Lang Stadium to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2024 U.S. Open Cup.   Playing their home field and pummeling Dallas with shots in both halves, the Rowdies were unable to secure a goal until the 85th minute withContinue Reading

Christian Nodal and Cazzu have ended their relationship, confirming the unexpected split via social media on Thursday (May 23).  The former couple — who first went public in November 2022 and had their first baby together the following year — shared a joint statement on their Instagram Stories. “The timeContinue Reading

Kelly Clarkson has settled a lawsuit against her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock over commissions he was paid during his time as her manager, according to a new report in Rolling Stone. Clarkson requested a dismissal of the case on Tuesday (May 21), while Blackstock and his father’s management firm, Starstruck Entertainment,Continue Reading

Yard Act’s James Smith Talks Finding ‘Balance’ & Capturing Life’s Complexities on ‘Where’s My Utopia?’

Yard Act’s frontman and lyricist James Smith is Zooming in from the back of an automobile. The car is not moving, but Yard Act surely is. The night before, the band played Milan, Italy, and is about to head to Zurich, Switzerland, on the European leg of a tour thatContinue Reading

Drake Attends Toronto WNBA Expansion Announcement Fresh Off Kendrick Lamar Beef

For the first time in the league’s history, the WNBA will be expanding outside the United States by adding a team in Toronto starting with the 2026 season. So naturally, the Global Ambassador for the Toronto Raptors was in attendance. Related WNBA 2024: How to Watch the New York LibertyContinue Reading

Rihanna’s Wore These $1,100 Bottega Veneta Sock Boots & They’re Almost Sold Out

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Rihanna’s had fans doing a double take when she stepped out in New York over theContinue Reading

The Florida Department of Education is investigating Sumter County’s public school district amid allegations of moving low-performing students so they don’t affect school grades. News 6 obtained a letter Education Commissioner Manny Diaz sent to the chairman of the Sumter County School Board in March after receiving a tip fromContinue Reading

High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark beetles. The climbers descended the towering 2,200-year-old tree with good news on Tuesday. “The General Sherman tree is doing fine right now,” said Anthony Ambrose, executiveContinue Reading

A six-day-old U.S. pier project in Gaza is starting to get more aid to Palestinians in need but conditions are challenging, U.S. officials said Thursday. That reflects the larger problems bringing food and other supplies to starving people in the besieged territory. The floating pier had a troubled launch, withContinue Reading

by Madeleine Hubbard   Northwestern University President Michael Schill admitted Thursday that he got an “F” rating from the Anti-Defamation League during a back and forth between him and Rep. Elise Stafanik, R-N.Y. during a hearing to address antisemitism. “Isn’t it also true that Northwestern earned an ‘F’ for yourContinue Reading

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist Is a Surprising, Spooky Ecological Parable by Chase Hutchinson There is nothing quite like the thrill of seeing a filmmaker gain widespread acclaim for a movie and then following that project up with something completely different in almost every way. Just when you thinkContinue Reading

In the third episode of ‘Billboard Unfiltered,’ Billboard staffers Damien Scott, Carl Lamarre and Trevor Anderson discuss the aftermath of the 2016 video of Diddy physically assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura as well as new sexual assault allegations against him and how this will forever tarnish his legacy. They also debateContinue Reading

Target Launches Collection With Style Expert Jeneé Norman: Shop Summer Items Under $40

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Target has dropped a new collection with content creator Jeneé Naylor. The Future Collective collection, the latestContinue Reading

I’m concerned about Tom Holland’s Spider-Man 4, especially after the latest update on the upcoming MCU movie. The last MCU Spider-Man movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, wrapped up Holland’s trilogy in spectacular fashion. Not only did the No Way Home ending finally complete Peter Parker’s origin story – complete withContinue Reading

American comedian Dave Chappelle said Thursday a “genocide” is striking the Gaza Strip amid the Israel-Hamas war to cheers during his performance in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, while urging Americans to fight antisemitism so Jews don’t feel like they need to be protected by Israel. Chappelle’s commentsContinue Reading

Arizona doctors can temporarily come to California to perform abortions for their patients under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. California’s law is a response to Arizona’s Supreme Court last month upholding an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions in that state. The Arizona Legislature responded byContinue Reading

Tennessee’s attorney general said Thursday that his office is looking into a company’s attempt to sell Elvis Presley’s home Graceland at a foreclosure auction, a move that was stopped by a judge after the king of rock n’ roll’s granddaughter filed a lawsuit claiming fraud. Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti saidContinue Reading

Families of four of the five Marines killed when their Osprey crashed in California in June of 2022 filed a federal lawsuit Thursday alleging that the aircraft’s manufacturers failed to address known mechanical failures that led to the deaths. The Marines were killed when their MV-22 Osprey experienced a catastrophicContinue Reading