Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET In the wave of year-end music lists, YouTube has compiled a collection of 2023 songs deemed most popular by fans. The top-10 list is based on YouTube’s Shorts trends. Nabbing the #1 spot is rapper/singer Toosii and his “Favorite Song.” The video garnered 143 million views, and the single topped Billboard‘s Hot 100 and Hot R&B Songs charts.…
Ricky Vigil M/Justin E Palmer/GC Images Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing a new sexual abuse lawsuit that names him, former Bad Boy Entertainment president Harve Pierre and an unnamed third defendant. Now the fifth complaint filed against the hip-hop producer, the new suit identifies a woman by the name Jane Doe who says she was sex trafficked and gang raped when she was…
Amazon MGM Studios Amazon MGM Studios got to unwrap a Christmas gift early this year: The streaming numbers are in, and Eddie Murphy‘s holiday film, Candy Cane Lane, had the studio’s biggest debut yet. Released December 1, the movie is in the top slot worldwide on Prime Video and among the top 10 worldwide movie…
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Music fans can now listen to the first recording made by Michael Jackson. Billboard reports the song, “Big Boy (One-derful Version),” will be available to purchase as part of a limited release by Recordpool, which owns the song, and anotherblock, the blockchain-based music and royalty marketplace. The song was recorded July 13, 1967, during The Jackson 5’s…
Credit: Peter Yang Tributes began pouring in for legendary TV creator and cultural icon Norman Lear, who passed away Tuesday, December 5, at age 101. In a comment left on Lear’s Instagram page, one of the multiple sites his family confirmed his death, Ava DuVernay wrote, “You did beautiful things with your long and mighty life, kind sir. Will always remember your kindness and personal advice. Grateful.”…
Leon Bennett/Getty Images Doechii‘s been pretty tight-lipped about her upcoming new album. But in a recent conversation with ABC Audio, she gave up a few details on what to expect from her full-length debut. “There are big features. There’s one particularly really big feature,” she said. While she fought off the urge to reveal the artists…
ABC The list Forbes recently published about its 2023 100 Most Powerful Women is similar to its annual billionaire list. Rihanna and Oprah Winfrey, who hold spots as the richest entertainers, are also now featured as some of the most influential. Coming in at #31 is Winfrey, who’s recognized for her transition from reputable talk show host to media and business mogul. Rihanna…
Courtesy CROCS Lil Nas X will help keep your feet toasty this winter — not by holding them to the fiery furnaces of hell, as some may think, but by enveloping them in some cozy Crocs. The rapper’s Lil Nas X Sherpa Mega Crush Clog is now available on Crocs.com and at select wholesalers for $110. The exterior is wrapped…
ABC/Eric McCandless People revealed its list of 25 Most Intriguing People of the Year, naming music and entertainment stars who “kept us talking in 2023.” Singer/songwriter Halle Bailey, one-half of the musical duo Chloe x Halle, landed atop the list for her career expansion into the movie and film world. She “made a big-screen splash,” People says, as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid and is gearing…
Jeremy Soma Tyla, the visionary behind one of the year’s music anthems “Water,” is headed on tour. Starting in March, she’ll embark on a 34-city global road show where she’ll travel to cities across the U.S., U.K. and Europe. Tyla will make first stops in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and France, among other overseas locations, before her…