Month: December 2023

Ed Sheeran is looking back on some of his standout memories of 2023. On Sunday (Dec. 31), the British pop superstar shared a photo gallery on Instagram with numerous throwbacks of the past year, including one of him and Thor star Chris Hemsworth posing with the superhero’s hammer Mjölnir. “2023 dump,” Sheeran captioned the carousel. “See ya in 2024 have a good one yeah nice one love you.” Earlier this […]

What is Taylor Swift doing New Year’s Eve? Cheering on boyfriend Travis Kelce in Kansas City, as the Chiefs take on the Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead Stadium. The pop star, who is back at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 1989 (Taylor’s Version) and making history as the solo artist with the most weeks spent at No. 1 on the chart, was filmed by local fans and media arriving […]

Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) locks up a fifth nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Jan. 6, 2024), as the set earned 98,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 28 (down 28%), according to Luminate. With a fifth week at No. 1, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) equals the total combined weeks at No. 1 of Swift’s three previous re-recorded albums. The Taylor’s Version […]

As Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) ties up a fifth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Jan. 6, 2024), Swift also carves out a new piece of chart history. Swift’s total weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — across all 13 of her chart-topping releases — now climb to 68 weeks, surpassing Elvis Presley for the most weeks at No. 1 by a soloist. […]

It’s a merry and bright top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated Jan. 6, 2024, as half of the region is populated by holiday titles. The top 10 last hosted five seasonal albums on the Jan. 7, 2023, ranking. The Jan. 6, 2024, chart reflects the tracking week of Dec. 22-28, 2023. Leading the holiday pack is Michael Bublé’s chart-topping Christmas, which climbs 4-2 with 78,000 equivalent album […]

Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las Vegas lounge headliner and was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest standup acts of his generation, has died. He was 97. His widow, Marie Musso Green, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that her husband died early Sunday (Dec. 31) at their home. She said her husband of 41 years died of […]

Lewis Capaldi is giving fans an update on his mental health after taking a step back from the stage in June. About six months after announcing that he was going on hiatus from touring, the 27-year-old Scottish musician revealed in a lengthy New Year’s Eve message that he’s noticed an improvement in his overall health but that he’s still not ready to step back into the spotlight. Related Lewis Capaldi […]

Wonka is dominating the New Year’s weekend box office race. The Willy Wonka origin story, starring Timothée Chalamet, is on track to earn $31.8 million in the U.S. during the four-day holiday weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Those numbers will reportedly give the Paul King-directed musical a total domestic tally of $142 million through Monday (Jan. 1). Wonka, which opened in mid-December, also topped last weekend’s box office to […]

Taylor Swift‘s brother Austin got a holiday stamp of approval from the Kelce family this week, thanks to his thoughtful Christmas gift for Taylor’s boyfriend Travis Kelce. The Swifts spent Dec. 25 cheering on Kelce at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, where the Chiefs played against the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders defeated the Chiefs, 20-14. “The worst, I’m not gonna lie,” Travis said of Christmas on the Dec. 29 episode of […]