Nicki Minaj marked Election Day with a seemingly AI-created graphic of horror movie icon Chucky in a pink suit with a pin that reads: “Vote Red.” The Republican messaging was hardly a surprise given the rapper has closely aligned herself with Donald Trump and his MAGA fanbase in recent months, but one person who staunchly opposed to her X post was…

The Weeknd has broken the record for the highest-grossing tour by a male artist in history as his “After Hours Til Dawn” stadium tour wrapped with a final performance at TM Stadium National in Kuala Lumpur, bringing the final gross to over $1.3 billion. While there is no official touring chart analogous to Luminate (for recorded music), the tally,…

Influence Media Partners, in collaboration with funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, has completed its $600 million-plus acquisition of “substantially all” of Anthem Entertainment’s assets, which includes shares in hits by the Weeknd, Britney Spears, Justin Timbelrake, Rush, OneRepublic and many more. T he assets span music publishing catalogs,…

Warner Records was hit with approximately a dozen layoffs across the company this week, including executive marketing VPs Victoria “Torie” Mason and Dalia Ganz and senior VP of publicity Fount Lynch, sources confirm to Variety. At least five of the layoffs took place at the company’s Nashville office, where Mason and Lynch are based; VP of radio…

Actress Kimmarie Johnson best known for her roles in "Beverly Hills, 90210" and "Dude, Where's My Car?" is dead after suffering heart issues Rhonda Scott, Kimmarie's niece, says Kimmarie had a "heart event" on October 27 at her home in Los Angeles and had to be rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, where doctors diagnosed her with a "heart aneurysm…

Russell Brand, the former actor and comedian, was convicted on three counts of sexual assault and one count of rape in his London criminal trial. He was found not guilty of two other rape charges and a count of attempted indecent assault. The judge, Mr Justice Bennathan, informed Brand that “obviously a custodial sentence of some length will result”…

Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing a $581,893.75 bill from his former civil lawyers, and that number covers only one of his lawsuits.Judge John P. Cronan Sher Tremonte LLP asked the court to set its retaining lien at that amount in Combs' defamation case against Courtney Burgess, Ariel Mitchell, and Nexstar. The firm is also asking for a charging lien in…

During a Nov. 1 appearance on the Quiet Part Out Loud podcast, the former morning-show host said Martinez’s contract allegedly crept toward its expiration date without the station locking down one of its most valuable personalities. Jones stopped short of accusing Ebro of intentionally forcing Martinez out, but she made it clear where she believes…

During Tuesday night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late-night host mocked the president over the election results while referencing his recent comments about Minaj and Ohio Senator Jon Husted. "After all of the talk about Nicki Minaj's ass, John Husted's ass. The only ass on Trump's mind tonight is the one that got handed to him," Kimmel…

During a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, Mona Love discussed a resurfaced clip from Cardi's 2024 Instagram Live, arguing that colorism played a role in her career. "Cardi is very talented, but part of the reasons why she's there is because she's light," Love said. "Colorism does take part in a lighter person making it further. It's a fact."…