Wendy Geller

Carrie Underwood (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

It’s only Tuesday, but it’s already been quite the week for Carrie Underwood fans.

On Sunday (Apr. 8), the superstar posted a mysterious photo of her eye, covered in glittery tears, to social media with a notification that a big surprise was coming on Wednesday. On Monday, she followed that up with another big surprise: An announcement that she’d be returning to the stage for the first time after being injured last fall, at April 15’s Academy of Country Music Awards.

Now, on Tuesday morning, Underwood decided to reveal yet more about what she has up her sleeve. She posted a full-face shot of herself in the glittery eye makeup, with a URL directing fans to a lengthy letter detailing her upcoming new music, as well as a health update.

Good morning! Just a couple of updates to share with you… smarturl.it/o9yuge

A post shared by Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) on Apr 10, 2018 at 6:34am PDT

“I’ve been in the studio writing and singing a TON,” she told fans. “But I’ve also been able to be creative in a way that I’ve never been before, which has been very fulfilling and empowering.”

She explained that she has an album on the way, and also cleared up the mystery of the glitter. “The first single is a song I love so much and can’t wait to share with you. It’s called ‘Cry Pretty,'” she wrote. “The title refers to when emotions take over and you just can’t hold them back. It really speaks to a lot of things that have happened in the past year and I hope when you hear it, you can relate those feelings to those times in your life. It’s emotional. It’s real. And it ROCKS!”

Underwood reminded fans the song will be available to hear Wednesday, as well as performed live on the ACM Awards broadcast.

She additionally addressed how she’s feeling physically: “I’m doing pretty darn good these days! My wrist is almost back to normal, about 90% there…and the docs say that last 10% will come in time. And my face has been healing pretty nicely as well. I definitely feel more like myself than I have in a while.” 

Underwood added that her period of “forced relaxation” allowed her some quality family time with husband Mike Fisher and son Isaiah. “Sometimes I think things happen in order to make us slow down,” she said.

Underwood’s last album was 2015’s platinum-selling Storyteller.

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Longtime LGBTQ rights advocate Kesha has just released the video for “I Need a Woman to Love,” which is a reimagining of Janis Joplin’s rock song “I Need a Man to Love” with gender-flipped pronouns. And it actually celebrates that love, showing her officiating a real same-sex wedding between two women in Las Vegas.

The women, identified only as Dani and Lindsay, were selected to appear in Kesha’s video after submitting a clip explaining their wish to get married.

The video includes dialogue from both women, explaining their history. “I had put in my mind that there were just certain parts of life I wasn’t going to participate in,” noted Lindsay. “Because of who I was. Even when I didn’t know who I was, I knew I was different.

“When we first met, getting married legally wasn’t an option so I don’t think it was something that we kept as a step that we could do,” she continued. “It was just, ‘That’s not for you.'”

The ceremony — which featured rainbow-colored decor, including Kesha herself in a multicolored fringed tunic — took place at the Bellagio resort on March 26. The video reminds viewers that this date is the anniversary of the first-ever marriage license issued to a same-sex couple in the United States.

The two women wrote their own vows, some of which Kesha read, and some they spoke directly to each other. They ranged from traditional sentiments (“I knew from the moment I saw you that you were unlike any other person on earth, and after meeting you I would never be the same”) to ones that are bit heartbreaking (“I promise to always hold your hand, no matter what anyone around us thinks”).

Before Kesha declared them married, the couple swore to create their own “wonderfully weird” family. They kissed under a shower of rainbow confetti, with family and friends observing with smiles and tears.

Kesha is no stranger to officiating same-sex marriages; as she explains in the video, this marks her third. She performed one for lesbian friends in 2012, and one for her hairstylist and his husband in 2015.

At the end of the video, Lindsay and Dani express optimism for an eventual future where it won’t be controversial to be a gay couple.

“It won’t be a big deal,” they conclude, to which Kesha responds “F*** yeah!”

“I Need a Woman to Love” is from the compilation album Universal Love, which has a variety of famous love songs with pronouns changed to reflect same-sex relationships. Bob Dylan, St. Vincent, Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, and Valerie June also contributed to the project.

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After months of concealment following what she termed a “gruesome” facial injury, Carrie Underwood finally showed her entire face last week. However, she’s back to showing just select areas of her visage again.

This Wednesday, April 11. 6am ET.

A post shared by Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) on Apr 8, 2018 at 6:01pm PDT

This time, though, it seems it’s for a more positive reason. The Instagram shot she shared Sunday night — which mysteriously is just of her eye, covered in glittery makeup suggesting tears — is captioned in a manner that suggests she’s got something new coming our way on Wednesday.

The news already broke early Monday that the singer would be making her first performance since her accident — of a new single! — at the Academy of Country Music Awards on April 15. So the Insta picture most likely hints towards the direction of her new single.

Underwood also posted a photo to social media last week showing herself in the studio, so it’s also possible she might be ready to announce a new album in the works.

Fans, of course are impatient to hear the news. We only have to wait two days, but, oh we are about to cry tears, from wondering!

OMG!!!! What is this???? I mean hmmmmm glitter tears whatever it is I’m 1300000000000% ready for it!!!! ✨

— DarcyRep13 (@uniquebaubles7) April 9, 2018

Glitter tears…..hmmm

— Carrie Venskoske (@OrangeCru5h) April 9, 2018

Tears of joy!

— [email protected] (@jessesmith6283) April 9, 2018

There were, even, some practical queries to Underwood regarding her enticingly vague post:

How do yall keep the glitter out of your eye ball? I remember halloween costumes years past and i dont think my eyesight ever recovered

— Gwen Goode Hurt (@goode_hurt) April 9, 2018

Underwood’s last album was 2015’s platinum-selling Storyteller.

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Carrie Underwood, who has been hiding her face since suffering an accident last fall that caused extensive injury to her face, finally showed off her features earlier this week on Instagram.

She looked as beautiful as ever; however, discerning fans noticed one thing: She posed in profile, only showing half of her face. So, what was on the other side?

Underwood herself had told fans she “might look a bit different” following the accident, which she said resulted in a whopping 40 to 50 stitches to her face, so it stands to reason there’d be speculation that she was still trying to hide her scars.

On Friday, Underwood quieted those rumors by finally posting a photo that revealed her entire face, while rehearsing in the studio with her band.

Missed these guys. #bandrehearsals

A post shared by Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) on Apr 6, 2018 at 8:04am PDT

It’s not a closeup shot. Still, even without zooming in, she appears pretty much the same as pre-accident, with no scarring to be seen. Whether this can be credited to makeup or talented plastic surgery (or perhaps just time and TLC) remains unknown.

What also remains unknown is why exactly she’s rehearsing, with no immediately impending live dates on her calendar. A likely guess is that she will be making an appearance at the April 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, where she is nominated in two categories, including Female Vocalist of the Year. If this is the case, fans will likely be hungry for news of a new album as well, since she has been posting shots of taking time in the studio.

Underwood has also hinted that she might have some surprises up her sleeve in conjunction with husband Mike Fisher’s NHL team, the Nashville Predators, at whose games she’s performed in the past.

Regardless of her motives, it’s good to see the singer looking happy and healthy again. Since her November accident, in which she also broke her wrist, Underwood has slowed down considerably on social media, only posting photos of herself that obscure her face with strategic poses, scarves, or other accessories.

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Music (and gossip) fans have already spent a good deal of time examining Cardi B‘s debut album, Invasion of Privacy, before the set even dropped. Now that it’s finally here on Friday, no need to worry — there’s still plenty to chatter about.

First off, Cardi name-drops both Chrissy Teigen and Rihanna on the song “She Bad.” But quite not the way you’d expect. Let’s just say this callout leaves room for imagination.

"I need @ChrissyTeigen / Know a bad bitch when I see one / Tell RiRi I need a threesome"

—@iamcardib on "She Bad" #InvasionOfPrivacy https://t.co/josPScRu1d pic.twitter.com/NcGwMOchZm

— Rap-Up (@RapUp) April 6, 2018

Teigen responded in her typical humorous manner, reacting with amused shock:

Gasp!! *drops biscuits* https://t.co/COfLAuTs7H

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 6, 2018

Cardi also put to rest the rumor that her single “Be Careful” was delivered as a veiled warning to her allegedly unfaithful fiancé, Offset of Migos. 

“No, I wasn’t talkin’ about Offset, I was just talkin’ about things I relate to and that have happened to me,” she said in a Beats 1 interview this week. “First of all, I heard the record before I even was in love with Offset like that.”

In the same interview, she additionally addressed gossip floating around about a possible pregnancy. “People can’t expect me to be open about everything. Certain things, to me, have to be private,” she asserted. “You cannot invade my privacy — I’m not a damn animal at the zoo.”

At any rate, fans seemed to be simply on fire for the set, which was clearly worth everyone’s wait.

If you need me, I'll be recovering from all 13 tracks of Cardi's Invasion of Privacy album.#InvasionOfPrivacy #BardiGang

— Tanisha Long (@Tanishaevonne) April 6, 2018

Me 0:01 seconds into #InvasionOfPrivacy pic.twitter.com/1sRCOwylku

— Kevin Figz (@kevinfigman) April 6, 2018

Invasion of Privacy features a variety of guest appearances, including Chance the Rapper, SZA, J. Balvin, Bad Bunny, Kehlani and YG. Cardi B, who became a viral sensation after appearing on reality show Love and Hip Hop, has also been high-profile adding to hits such as “Finesse” with Bruno Mars, “No Limit” with G-Eazy, and “MotorSport” with Migos and Nicki Minaj.

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A voicemail from the late Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan has surfaced — which appears to be her last one ever — and it portrays the singer in a positive, upbeat mood.

The Jan. 15 message, which was obtained by TMZ (hear it here) was left on the day of her death. It was apparently for her friend, record label executive Dan Waite. In it, O’Riordan noted she was in London, and discussed a cover of the Cranberries hit “Zombie” by the band Bad Wolves.

“I think it’s f**king awesome! It sounds f**king terribly good,” she said enthusiastically of the track.

O’Riordan was set to record her vocals over the band’s version of the hit, and she sounded excited about the project: “I think I can come into the studio if you need me,” she said.

The timestamp of the voicemail was 1:12 a.m. London time. She would be found dead in her hotel room just a few hours later, at 9 a.m.

Fans have speculated her death may have been a suicide, taking into account the 46-year-old’s history with depression. However, her official cause of death has yet to be disclosed.

The Bad Wolves cover of “Zombie” was released a month after her death, with the band earmarking proceeds for the late singer’s three children. It has, to date, racked up more than 28 million views on YouTube.

Last month, the Cranberries’ surviving members announced two upcoming releases: An unnamed studio album featuring contributions from O’Riordan, and a 25th-anniversary reissue of Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, which was originally released in March 1993.

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John Schneider (l) poses with co-stars Tom Wopat and Ben Jones in the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard, circa 1983. (Photo by Fotos International/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

John Schneider has a lot of credits on his résumé, including his current starring role on the OWN series Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots, as well as a hit-making musical catalog that spans several decades. However, for many out there, there’s only one way to think of him: He still is — and always will be — “Bo Duke” from beloved classic show The Dukes of Hazzard.

That’s A-OK with Schneider. In fact, he’s even celebrating his most famous role this weekend in a completely Bo-centric way. For his 58th birthday on Apr. 8, he will do something he’s never done. He’s going to jump the Dukes’ famous orange car, the General Lee, over a ravine at his ranch in Louisiana —  and fans are invited to come watch.

Now some folks, especially the new-generation wave of youngsters who are just now starting to enjoy series re-runs with their parents, might be shocked to learn that Schneider was never behind the wheel when the 1969 Dodge Charger routinely performed a hair-raising stunt on the CBS series. 

“All these years people thought I jumped the General Lee,” Schneider says, citing how he’s seen fans’ faces “just drop” when he admits he never did. “It’s almost like fraud! So I decided I had to do it — and if I’m going to do it, I need to do it now.”

Catching air over a Louisiana swamp might sound a tad treacherous, but Schneider assures us he’s going to be in good hands under the direction of Jack Gill, a stunt man he’s known since high school. “He not only was one of my doubles on Dukes of Hazzard, he went on to be the stunt coordinator on every Fast and Furious movie that they’ve done. So if Jack says ‘This is safe, you can do it’ — it’s safe and I can do it.

“But, I’m still looking at this … swamp,” he adds, bursting into laughter. “And I’m thinking, it’s kind of like, you can’t send someone to the dentist for you? That’s a lot of faith in a 40+ year friendship, but I’m gonna do it.”

Schneider says that his main concern is hitting the precise speed he needs to complete the stunt, which translates to about 50 mph as the sweet spot for clearing the swamp. “[That’s] plenty fast on a dirt road,” he says.

A dry dirt road, that is. “If we have any rain between now and then, that’s going to be an issue for me,” he admits.

So, is he checking the weather app obsessively on his phone? “I never look at that. It’s never right,” he deadpans, then adds, almost as an afterthought, “It’s supposed to rain tonight.”

If that suspense weren’t enough, there’s even more to add to the fun: Schneider, realizing that the General Lee has no reason to make a jump unless there’s someone in hot pursuit, set out to find someone who’d sit in for the role of Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (portrayed by the late James Best, who passed in 2015). 

Big shoes to fill? No problem. Schneider called upon one of his buddies, retired NASCAR star Carl Edwards, to do the honor. The pair met after Schneider sang the national anthem at a race, and Edwards sent word he’d like to take a lap in Schneider’s car. “I had my own General Lee there,” he explains. “I thought ‘That’ll be fun.'”

The two traded off laps, with Schneider hitting 120 mph to Edwards’s 150 — “And we were friends ever since,” the actor says.

Schneider’s big stunt won’t be the end of his birthday celebration. The entire three-day weekend, Bo’s Extravaganza, will be celebrated with a Southern-style swamp bash, at which his Haves co-stars Renee Lawless and Peter Parros, Dukes co-star Tom Wopat, country music stars Kix Brooks and Paul Overstreet, Duck Dynasty‘s Mountain Man, and more will be attending.

If Schneider himself makes it safely through the jump — or has any nerves left after it — he’ll be performing music himself. Tickets are available to the general public starting at $20 for a one-day pass (more info here).

Schneider plans to make the event an annual thing… yes, he plans to make that jump every single year, complete with a different “Rosco” chasing him.

Another endeavor that Schneider has been revisiting of late is his musical career, which he returned to in 2017. This year, he decided to make another “jump” and tackle a monumental project. He’s releasing a new song each week of 2018, with the full collection — dubbed The Odyssey — available at the end of the year.

“I was in the music business for a long time, and I stopped for a longer time,” he says. “[I’m] trying to make up for lost time … doing an entire body of work in one calendar year, why not?”

He’s working with a slate of top country songwriters, such as Overstreet, Chuck Cannon, Bill Anderson, and more on the project — “So that’s why Sunday’s so important,” he jokes. “I gotta [finish this].”

Speaking of music, back to that jump. Does Schneider plan to have Waylon Jennings’s famous Dukes theme song, “Good Ol’ Boys,” blasting when he attempts the feat?

“Well, why not,” laughs the actor. “I’m going to be wearing the yellow shirt!”

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As fans of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why are eagerly making guesses as to when its second season will finally be released, a conservative watchdog group is hoping the controversial series won’t have a return date anytime soon.

The Parents Television Council has asked Netflix to hold off on releasing the new season of the drama until “experts in the scientific community have determined it to be safe for consumption by an audience that is comprised heavily of minor children.”

“When a film or TV series centers entirely on high school-aged children for its storytelling, it is high school and junior high school children who watch and who feel most emotionally-connected to the characters,” PTC President Tim Winter said in a release. “Grown-ups don’t put themselves into the position of high schoolers; but other children do.”

“The impact of season one of 13 Reasons Why, which culminated with a graphic suicide scene of a high school-aged character, was powerful and intense: millions of children watched; the Google search term for how to commit suicide spiked 26 percent; and there were news reports of children literally taking their own lives after the series was released,” he added.

13 Reasons Why premiered last year, and even though it is largely critically acclaimed (and earned star Katherine Langford a Golden Globe nomination), its focus on suicide and other mature content has drawn controversy, including concern and criticism from parents and mental health professionals.

Netflix addressed these concerns last month by commissioning a study that revealed surprisingly positive results about its influence on young people:

Nearly three-quarters of teen and young adult viewers reported that they tried to be more considerate about how they treated others after watching the show.

More than half of teen viewers reached out to apologize to someone for how they had treated them; and more than two-thirds were more motivated to help someone who was depressed, bullied or sexually assaulted.

Nearly three-quarters of teen and young adult viewers said the show made them feel more comfortable processing tough topics.

More than two-thirds of parents reported that watching the show prompted them to communicate with their children about difficult topics; 71% of teens and young adults we inspired to discuss the show and related issues with their parents.

Netflix also added a special viewing guide and additional resources. 

The PTC praised Netflix for these efforts, but said they simply aren’t enough. In addition to their request to delay the next season, the organization also urged Netflix to implement a pricing structure that allows opting out of adult or explicit programming, and work to increase filtering options. 

Additionally, it suggested Netflix consider using the show as a platform for suicide prevention messages (citing rapper Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” as a successful pop-culture example to follow), and participate in a national dialog on protecting children from inappropriate content. 

“Parents may believe that Netflix is ‘safer’ for their families than other forms of entertainment, but the reality is that it is not,” Winter concluded.

Season 1 of 13 Reasons Why is now streaming on Netflix. Season 2 will premiere in 2018.

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Britney Spears in her new Kenzo campaign. (Photo: Peter Lindbergh/Kenzo)

Britney Spears has finally established herself as a true work of art. She’s made it to the world-famous Musee de Louvre in France.

Well, okay, she’s not in the Louvre. But she’s hanging on it. A billboard advertising her first luxury fashion campaign, with the brand Kenzo, is taking Paris by storm. 

Spotted ! @britneyspears is on the Louvre in Paris, photographed by @peterlindbergh for @kenzo – La Collection Memento N°2. #KenzoLovesBritney #KENZO #CollectionMemento2 pic.twitter.com/al2CTjN0PV

— KENZO (@kenzo) April 4, 2018

The label chose Spears to be the face of its second nostalgia-based La Collection Momento for Spring 2018. The campaign was shot in Los Angeles by Peter Lindbergh, and features retro-’80s-feeling pieces, with lots of denim and many items stamped with a version of the original Kenzo logo.

Spears, 36, told Vogue last month that she approves of the colorful throwback styles. “Ugly was the way to go in the ’80s,” she admits, adding, “It was all just completely obnoxious — but there was also something so refreshing about that and the fact that we didn’t care what anyone thought about our clothes.”

It should be noted that Spears was born in 1981, Kenzo Jeans made its runway debut in 1986, and Britney was only nine when the decade ended… so we will hope it goes without saying that she didn’t care what anyone thought of her clothes at that tender age.

At any rate, fans from around the world — posting in a variety of different languages — raved about Spears’s Louvre billboard on social media.

Britney en el #Louvre #France #Francia @britneyspears. Que hermoso https://t.co/GeYzuAnH02

— Región Britney (@regionbritney) April 4, 2018

Mona Lisa, who? ❤️

— P. Consuela Banana Hammock (@FaelFreitas) April 4, 2018

Gurl, she should be IN the Louvre! Cuz she is what?! SICKENING! YASSSSSSS BRITNEYYYYYYY!

— Jesus Heaux (@jesusheaux) April 4, 2018

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SO everyone… we all know how there’s the news. Then there’s FAKE news. Then there’s TRASH news…. like those who “write” for @okmagazine . There’s so many things I chose to ignore because I could honestly care less about what these sad excuses for news outlets have to write about me or anyone else for that matter… but I feel the need to be honest with the people who choose to follow me and especially the young girls and boys who look up to me at any degree. There are such nauseating and truly not so glamorous aspects to having any part in this industry. One of them being that since I was a young child, I’ve lived my entire life under a microscope, forever being analyzed by a bunch of complete morons. From publicly living through my parents divorce, to every wardrobe malfunction, private conversation, fun night out drinking with friends, checking MYSELF into a rehab facility for Post Traumatic Stress, to everything that falls in between, I have no idea what privacy truly feels like. @okmagazine wants to come out with an article that the Daily Mail already reported. I went out drinking with friends on St. Patrick’s Day eve, got too drunk off of green beer, stumbled out of a bar and went home in an Uber. I wasn’t caught driving home drunk. I wasn’t caught doing a line of coke off of an asscrack. I wasn’t caught dumping a body into a lake. I was doing what most 22 year olds were doing on St. Patrick’s Day. They want to write about how I am a cry for help, how I need to go to rehab, how “friend’s” of mine commented on the matter… all so beyond untrue and sad. Not sad for me because not only do I know my truth and so do the people who are closest in my life, but sad because… don’t you people have absolutely anything else to write about? I mean really. I feel obligated to come clean and be honest with the people who have uplifted me and cared for me on here for so long. Don’t believe anything that you read. Not only about me but about anyone really. In this day and age, with everything we have to fight against and for in this world, we should be building people up rather then still making a profit from lies and misconstrued bullshit. Thank you

A post shared by Ireland Basinger-Baldwin (@irelandbasingerbaldwin) on Apr 2, 2018 at 5:50pm PDT

Ireland Baldwin, the 22-year-old model/actress daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, has long been tabloid fodder — starting as far back as age 11, when she was infamously called “a thoughtless little pig” by her father in a ranting phone call. She’s since kept gossip afloat by posing nude (multiple times) and fending off various dating rumors.

Well, now the model has declared time’s up on being clickbait, and she decided to clap back at the tabloids before they could peck any more at her.

In an epic rant on Instagram, Baldwin — oddly dressed in a Teletubbies costume — calls out OK! Magazine for allegedly wanting to resurface a St. Patrick’s Day incident that she claims already ran in UK outlet, The Daily Mail.

The post Baldwin appears to be referencing is this one, where she is exiting a Los Angeles bar, and in which the outlet raises a virtual eyebrow at her revealing dress (unbuttoned to show most of her bra), unkempt appearance, and lack of a coat on a chilly night.

However, Baldwin writes all of this off as being what “most 22-year-olds were doing on St. Patrick’s Day.” She admits she had too much beer and was therefore unsteady coming out of the bar — and points out she was waiting for an Uber, not driving herself home drunk.

Given her side of the story, the tone of the article does come off as a bit alarmist (“they want to write about how I am a cry for help,” Baldwin grumbled).

Ireland Baldwin attends the NYFW Sherri Hill Runway Show on February 9, 2018 in New York City. (Photo: Jennifer Graylock/Getty Images North America) 

And, she does have an explanation for losing her temper on social media:

“Since I was a young child, I’ve lived my entire life under a microscope, forever being analyzed by a bunch of complete morons. From publicly living through my parents divorce, to every wardrobe malfunction, private conversation, fun night out drinking with friends, checking MYSELF into a rehab facility for Post Traumatic Stress, to everything that falls in between, I have no idea what privacy truly feels like.”

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Wondering what the secret is to rising to the top in the competitive genre of hip-hop? If anyone knows the key, it would be rap mogul Jay Z. And he’s got an idea where to start: “You can have a great voice, and you can say just about anything,” he says.

In this first look at David Letterman’s interview with Jay Z from his Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, the rapper explains just what it is about two of his genre’s most iconic stars — Snoop Dogg and Eminem — that makes their sound unique.

Jay Z explains rap to David Letterman. (Courtesy: Netflix)

To illustrate Snoop’s “great voice,” Jay fires off that famous “one, two, three, and to the four” opening line from Dr. Dre’s “Nuthin But a G Thang,” to the delight of the audience. “It’s just like ‘oh my God!'” he grins.

As for Eminem, Jay praises his “amazing cadence” and flows right into a Slim Shady-worthy demonstration to prove his point.

“There’s multiple ways to be good, and some people really just have it all,” he concludes.

You can catch the full Jay Z episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman on Friday, Apr. 6. The series features the host sitting down with legendary names from various walks of life, including former President Barack Obama, George Clooney, Malala Yousafzai, and Tina Fey. 

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Watch out, Taylor Swift. There might be an artist out there who has more intense fans than you do! That seems to be the case this Friday (Mar. 30) for Abel Tesfaye, aka the Weeknd, who just dropped a new six-song EP, My Dear Melancholy, and consequently sent social media into a frenzy dissecting what/whom inspired the lyrics for each tune.

That’s not too surprising, considering that the singer has two particularly high-profile breakups on his current résumé: Selena Gomez (whom he split with last fall) and Bella Hadid (who was history in fall of 2016). Fans appear bent on assigning his new songs — which fall largely into the, well, melancholy category — to one ex or the other.

Let’s take a look, track by track, at what the masses are surmising.

1. “Call Out My Name”: This may be the most bizarre theory of all, with fans speculating that the singer might have planned to give Gomez one of his kidneys when she required a transplant last year. They cite the line “I almost cut a piece of myself for your life.”

“i said i didn’t feel nothing baby, but i lied, i almost cut a piece of myself for your life.”

THE WEEKND WAS GOING TO DONATE HIS KIDNEY TO SELENA GOMEZ. pic.twitter.com/dl6qPdyeQz

— ‎ً (@kalenminaj) March 30, 2018

2. “Try Me”: Whose heart will this song — which seems to be about him wanting to reunite with “the best I ever had” — pierce more? Gomez’s or Hadid’s? The Twitter jury is out.

Bella Hadid pulling up to The Weeknd’s crib after listening to try me and wasted time pic.twitter.com/qjRr9D6fHf

— zoinks (@annieayersx) March 30, 2018

Try me by The Weeknd is about selena and my emotions are all over the place pic.twitter.com/8nKWw3CjYj

— you (@IsabelAldape) March 30, 2018

3. “Wasted Times”: Fans also seem to think this song references both exes, specifically the Weeknd’s perceived regrets about moving from Hadid to Gomez (“Wasted times I spent with someone else/She wasn’t even half of you”).

Selena when listening to The Weeknd’s album and it changes from Call Out My Name and Try Me to Wasted Times. pic.twitter.com/XKSV5k8918

— Kris (@BlacksScreaming) March 30, 2018

4. “I Was Never There”: No clear consensus on this track, but the heartrending tune clearly hits a note that has some fans blaming Gomez for all the pain (“What makes a grown man wanna cry?/What makes him wanna take his life?”).

I already listened to 'I was never there' by The Weeknd like 10times❤I dont know whether to hate or thank Selena

— Amanda N27•08•96 (@Mandalz101) March 30, 2018

5. “Hurt You”: This song also has particularly troubling lyrics, including another reference to suicidal thoughts: “All the nights you thought about taking your life.” Fans seem to think it points toward Gomez, which is disturbing in and of itself. 

If "Hurt You" is about Selena Gomez then that means The Weeknd is saying that she tried to Kill herself multiple times cause of all the pain she was in and my heart cannot take that right now. #MyDearMelancholy #TheWeeknd pic.twitter.com/Iong9kfnsu

— Kenny M (@kennaymart) March 30, 2018

Selena really broke this mans heart damn https://t.co/DTt7umhW8o

— Taylor Burress (@tayburress17) March 30, 2018

6. “Privilege”: Given that this song seems to be about a girl with a rich upbringing, it wasn’t too hard to point this one toward Hadid, the daughter of a Beverly Hills real estate developer.

Privilege is clearly about Bella

— El Bichan (@RandyBarter) March 30, 2018

Meanwhile, as listeners debate the clues rippling through his EP, the Weeknd is getting ready for his headlining set next month at Coachella 2018, where he’ll be sharing the bill with Beyoncé and Eminem. His last release was 2016’s Starboy.

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Having one of those days? If you’re not exactly feeling like a queen, at least you can take heart that you can wear a queen. Beyoncé has released her new spring merch collection, which features images of herself dressed as ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti. 

Courtesy shop.beyonce.com

The striking pictures of the superstar in a jeweled crown are transferred onto a variety of t-shirt/hoodie styles; you can shop the entire collection here.

Courtesy shop.beyonce.com

Courtesy shop.beyonce.com

Queen Bey would be hard-pressed to find a stronger, or more forward-thinking, female image with which to align her own already mighty one. Nefertiti was queen alongside Pharaoh Akhenaten from 1353 to 1336 B.C., and is thought to have possibly ruled the New Kingdom outright after her husband’s death. Like the singer, she is also revered as a timeless icon of female beauty. 

At any rate, in terms of all things Beyoncé, perhaps this will take some of the spotlight off of the rabid gossip swirling about the great mystery put into place by Tiffany Haddish: Namely, who exactly did bite Beyoncé?

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Ever wondered why you might need a $600+ performance suitcase? If that question has been weighing heavily on your mind, you’re in luck: Luggage brand TUMI has just released an epic, 5-minute commercial starring Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood, Big Little Lies) that will have you ready to justify that purchase in no time flat.

That is, if you’re able to make sense of the commercial. It’s touting TUMI’s newest premium, hard-shell solution, the TUMI Latitude, which according to a press release is “built to handle any journey with the utmost class.”

Skarsgård silently (really, he doesn’t utter a word throughout) exhibits this by wielding his trusty case through a variety of adventurous locations, including Hungary, Lake Como (no, he doesn’t visit the Clooneys, unfortunately), the Pacific Northwest, and Mongolia. Along the way, the case receives some wear and tear, but remains functional and stylish. 

Alexander Skarsgard lounging on the job. (Photo: Courtesy: TUMI)

All fine and well? Ready to plunk down your credit card? Well, not so fast. There are so many unanswered questions about this mysterious ad that we are almost worried about the overall credibility of the product, and whether this mysterious, classy suitcase will actually do all that it is touted to do.

The first question is: What is this, besides a pleasant extended video of Skarsgård looking hot? It might not actually be an ad at all. Could it be a James Bond audition in disguise?

Then there’s the simple matter of logistics. Does he really need to have his case with him at all times? Why would anyone deliberately dip a $600+ piece of luggage in the water? And if the case never leaves his side, and he’s not afraid of getting it wet, where did the case go during that steamy make-out moment in the lake?

YouTube/TUMI

And there’s more! Why is he using the case as a pillow in a barn, when there’s a much more comfortable-looking bale of hay available? What is it about this case?

And, aside from the case, how does Skarsgård manage to keep that nice light-colored suit looking so clean and crisp throughout the entire journey through remote locales? 

One has to wonder: Is it the case itself, or the adventure that makes it all so sexy and worth the money? Is a suitcase on wheels actually sexy? Will the suitcase still be as glamorous of a chick-magnet if the only place it travels to is one’s parents’ house in the Midwest, or is this seductive attractiveness only potent in scenic locations?

And… the biggest unsolved mystery of all: WHAT IS IN THE CASE?

We may never know. But you can, indeed, buy the piece and see for yourself if it works out as well for you as it did for the Emmy-winning actor. Let us know how it goes.

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Kim Kardashian strikes a pose. (Photo: JB Lacroix/ WireImage)

Nothing like a walk down memory lane when doing a bit of spring cleaning, right? On Tuesday, Kim Kardashian decided to post to her Instagram Stories some highlights of the things she recently found while rifling through her memorabilia. As it turns out, she has a treasure trove of priceless Kardashian moments to share.

Kim’s collection includes many heartwarming photographs of her late father, attorney Robert Kardashian, whom she said “wrote her contracts” for such things as getting a new car (in true lawyer style!) and gave her certificates promising “one hour of conversation” (i.e., his undivided time and attention) for her birthday. He also appeared quite dapper with Kim and older sister Kourtney at a 1994 father-daughter dance.

Photo: Kim Kardashian West/Instagram

Proving that she was always a trendsetter, Kim went into the Wayback Machine and showed off what she termed her “first selfie,” which was obviously taken way before iPhones existed. Cute!

Photo: Kim Kardashian West/Instagram

She also showed off some of her sexier moments — including a lush early teen-era bikini shot that proves she has been rocking those famous curves for quite some time now — and she revisited her super-hot calendars from 2008 and 2009.

Photo: Kim Kardashian West/Instagram

Photo: Kim Kardashian West/Instagram

Noting dryly that her whole family will want to kill her, Kim shared an adorably awkward sibling photo posing with her grandparents, poking a little bit of fun at sister Kourtney’s “miserable” expression. She checked her own look — choker and thick brows — as being totally on point, however.

Photo: Kim Kardashian West/Instagram

We’ll just see how things go when her own little ones, North, Saint, and Chicago, are old enough to share their own family memories. Dad Kanye West at a high school dance? Grandma Kris in a similarly forced shot? The possibilities are endless.

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Turns out Christina Aguilera knows where to go for some good old-fashioned satisfying gossip about heartbreak.

After the “Beautiful” singer, made a surprise appearance on the Season 10 premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race, she settled down on the aftershow Untucked — and revealed something that made the queens sit up and take notice.

When talk turned to her song “Infatuation,” off 2002’s Stripped, which details a Latin lover, the contestants were curious about the inspiration. Was it about an actual boyfriend?

Aguilera confirmed that was the case, then added, “It was heartbreaking because I found out he played for your team, not mine.”

“He’s gonna see this, he’s gonna be mad,” Drag Race star Vanessa Vanjie Mateo cautioned.

“I hope so, girl!” Aguilera replied. 

The 37-year-old singer also discussed her song “Fighter” from the same album. “I’m reading the lyrics, and you read him for the back room,” contestant Monique Heart said.

Aguilera didn’t give any juicy revelations here, but merely mused, “He deserved it, he deserved it.”

Aguilera — a longtime supporter of the LGBTQ community (her 2002 video for “Beautiful” earned a GLAAD Media Award for its positive portrayals of gay and transgender people) — additionally took time to get serious with the contestants, offering them some sage advice about how to pursue their careers as they welcomed her to the “Drag Race family.”

RuPaul’s Drag Race airs Thursdays at 8 p.m., followed by Untucked at 9:30 p.m., on VH1.

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Lisa Marie Presley in Marilyn Manson’s new video “Tattooed in Reverse.”

The new video from shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, “Tattooed in Reverse,” dropped Friday — and, it’s predictably a piece of NSFW work, involving a creepy hospital theme that will keep even the most stoic up at night.

The video has been grabbing headlines for days regarding its Courtney Love cameo, but Elvis fans are tittering about another, very unexpected, appearance that was kept under wraps until the video was released — namely that of Lisa Marie Presley.

Love shooting @marilynmanson new video "Tattooed In Reverse" it was fun and I got to bite him…..HARD https://t.co/6WoEYP3Wi4

— Lisa Marie Presley (@LisaPresley) March 23, 2018

Yes, that’s Elvis’s daughter in the video, playing what appears to be the role of a psychotic doctor.  She’s holding Manson down on an operating table, sporting bared teeth and fright-wig messy hair. You can watch the whole video here, but be forewarned it is filled with disturbing imagery (there is even a warning preceding the clip itself).

It’s definitely a unusual and dramatic look for the 50-year-old heiress, who has been largely out of the spotlight these days except for news regarding her financial woes and messy divorce from fourth husband Michael Lockwood. It’s safe to say she looks even more wild than the infamously unpredictable Love, who plays a creepy but icily controlled nurse in the video.

However, Presley has long been a fan of Manson’s, and has even cited him as far back as 2003 as an artistic influence.

Elvis fans, who are notoriously meticulous about following all things Presley, took to social media immediately to comment on this latest undertaking — with most comments surprisingly on the positive side.

Awesome video & he is an amazing Artist. Good to see you back on the screen Lisa xx

— Tara Campbell (@Tiaraphotos) March 23, 2018

Wow! That was freaking heavy

— ELVISvr3 (@Elvisvr3) March 23, 2018

You look great hope to hear your new music soon x

— LMPRESLEYUKFANS (@lmpresleyukfans) March 23, 2018

Presley has not released any of her own music since her 2012 album Storm & Grace, and has not appeared in any music videos since 2006, when she took part in one by Johnny Cash. She inherited a $100 million trust after her father’s 1977 death, but in 2005, after a few bad business moves, decided to sell 85 percent of the stake in Elvis Presley Enterprises. The mismanagement of her inheritance is currently under examination in multiple law suits. 

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