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Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber Speak Out After ‘Stuck With U’ Hits No. 1
Following the announcement that Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s collab “Stuck With U” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Grande her third Hot 100 topper and Bieber his sixth, Grande wrote a lengthy Instagram note addressed to fans and even some skeptics about the success of the charitable single, which will benefit the First Responders Children’s Foundation. “Thank u to everybody who supported this song, this cause and made this happen. we love uuuuu so much,” Grande wrote Monday (May 18) afternoon. “There’s so much to celebrate today. However, i would like to say a few things. anyone who knows me or has followed me for a while knows that numbers aren’t the driving force in anything i do. i’m grateful to sing. grateful to have peop...
5 Seconds of Summer, Sam Smith and More Set for NBC’s Red Nose Day Special, Mandy Moore to Host
Mandy Moore and Justin Hartley will co-host NBC’s Red Nose Day special to raise money and awareness for children in need. The network’s sixth annual event, airing 9-11 p.m. EDT Thursday, will include musical performances, sketches and short films that illustrate how donations are used for children living in poverty in America and other countries. Among the actors and musical artists taking part: Julia Roberts, John Legend, Bryan Cranston, Kelly Clarkson, Paul Rudd, OneRepublic, Steve Martin, 5 Seconds of Summer, Sarah Silverman, Ray Romano, Sam Smith and James Taylor. Funds raised by this year’s Red Nose campaign will be directed to help combat the effect of COVID-19 on youngsters and the organizations that aid them. In the pandemic, “some of the most vulnerable parts of our population are...
DaBaby Eyes Another Week Atop U.K. Chart With ‘Rockstar’
DaBaby’s “Rockstar” (Interscope) featuring Roddy Ricch is on track for a second week atop the U.K.’s singles chart, while Sleaford Mods have the early edge on the national albums survey. Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn, the Nottingham electronic duo who record and perform as Sleaford Mods, lead the Official Charts Update with the career retrospective All That Glue (Rough Trade), ahead of Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (EMI). Capaldi’s hit debut LP is surging a year to the week since it first led the chart and it’s the most-streamed album at the midweek stage. It’s tight at the top. According to the Official Charts Company, just 1,100 chart sales separate the top 5. Also new to the midweek albums chart is Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit who are looki...
Robbie Williams Will Reunite With Take That For a Fundraising Virtual Gig
It’s happening…Take That are getting the old band back together. The British ’90s hitmakers are reuniting with Robbie Williams for a one-off virtual gig this Saturday (May 29), to sing those records that made the pop band a powerhouse. Williams will join Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Gary Barlow from their homes for the fundraising gig, though retired former bandmate Jason Orange is absent from the lineup. Since splitting from the band in 1995 and embarking on a solo career, Robbie has (almost) never looked back. The “Angels” singer is recognized as the most successful British solo act in Official Albums Chart history, and has sold more than 70 million records worldwide. Over the years, Williams has won 18 Brit Awards (including those with Take That), more than any other ar...
Harry Styles Throws A Fruit Orgy On The Beach In ‘Watermelon Sugar’
“This video is dedicated to touching.” That’s how Harry Styles‘s bleary-eyed new clip for “Watermelon Sugar” begins, and in perfect Styles fashion, it escalates from there. He’s got a watermelon, you see, and he’s touching it. Well, first he’s not — and then he is, and then he really is. And now he’s eating it. The whole thing’s a vision of ecstasy and summer haze that eventually culminates in what I feel most comfortable calling a fruit orgy. It’s not quite that cheap, though; this is Harry Styles we’re talking about. Rather, it’s a celebration of pleasure that, by the time it wraps, harkens back to his 2017 “Kiwi” video, reminding us of the man’s own sagely words from before his second a...
The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Release Date Announced With Adorable Dance Montage
Your favorite motley crew of superhero siblings — The White Violin, Spaceboy, The Rumor, The Kraken, and The Boy — are returning for a second season. Netflix announced on Monday (May 18) that The Umbrella Academy Season 2 will premiere Friday, July 31. The announcement arrived via a socially distant montage video of the cast dancing around their bedrooms and living rooms to Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now.” The new run will feature returning actors Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, and Justin H. Min, all of whom joined for the announcement reel. Check it out below. The first season of The Umbrella Academy released February 15, 2019, becoming the third most popular series released...
For Snowpiercer Star Daveed Diggs, The Professional Is Political
By Tre’vell Anderson Ever since Daveed Diggs shot to international acclaim in 2015 as an original cast member of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, for which he won both a Grammy and Tony, Hollywood’s been the actor-rapper-everything man’s oyster. Unlike others who might say “yes” to every project that comes their way, however, the Oakland-born polymath is judicious with his choices, keenly attaching himself to works with greater meanings than pure entertainment. Because the professional, like the personal, is political. “I come from a culture of protest,” he tells MTV News over the phone from his Los Angeles home, observing stay-at-home orders as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In high school, he says, he was part of walkout protests every other week. With a Black father and Jewi...
Justin Bieber And Ariana Grande Scored Their First No. 1 Song Together: ‘Just You And Me’
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber debuted their stay-at-home serenade “Stuck With U” earlier this month with a charming video that mashed up home-quarantine videos from fans and celebrity friends, and with positive change in mind. With proceeds from sales and streams going to the children of COVID-19 frontline responders via grant funding and scholarships, the single-for-a-good-cause quickly struck a chord with listeners, and on Monday (May 18), Billboard announced that the track has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The achievement marks Grande’s third time leading the chart, Bieber’s sixth, and their first together; it is also both singers’ third song on the Hot 100. Notably, only industry giants Mariah Carey and Drake (who m...
