The highest new entry this week belongs to Lil Nas X, whose “Industry Baby” (Sony) featuring Jack Harlow, bows at No. 6. It’s Lil Nas X’s third Top Ten appearance in Australia, and the first single to chart from his forthcoming album Montero, following “Holiday” (which peaked at No. 42) and former leader “Montero (Call…

It also reached the summit on the Adult R&B Airplay chart, becoming the fastest to reach the No. 1 spot by male artists in the chart's history. A studio album, An Evening with Silk Sonic, is said to be coming soon-ish. “Skate” is another funky throwback ‘70s vibe.  On it, Mars sings, “Got your hair in the…

"I want to put my cellphone lighter up and pray for your ignorance," she added. "No one dies of AIDS in 2 or 3 weeks anymore. Thank God." Madonna went on to address his comments about women as well and to ask him to treat all people "with dignity and respect." "Your sexist remarks about…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Article content TOKYO — Colombian Mariana Pajon’s long reign as queen of women’s BMX racing came to an end on Friday when she ceded her place to Britain’s Bethany Shriever, but the Medellin native said she had a new goal…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Article content TOKYO — Ryan Murphy lost the second of his Rio backstroke titles to Russian Evgeny Rylov at the 2020 Olympics on Friday and the U.S. swimmer then suggested doping had played a part in his demise as events…

4:14 PM ETESPN News ServicesESPN bolstered its response to a Big 12 conference letter that accused the network of trying to "destabilize" the league, writing in a letter of its own that ESPN has "engaged in no wrongful conduct" and that "there is nothing to 'cease and desist.'"The letter from Burke Magnus, ESPN president of…

playLamar Odom defeats Aaron Carter in celebrity boxing match (0:46)Former NBA player Lamar Odom defeats singer Aaron Carter by knockout in their celebrity boxing match. (0:46)3:02 PM ETBen BabyESPN Staff Writer CloseESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduateFormer heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe is getting…

Dua Lipa is the new female alpha in the palace in the new music video of “Demeanor,” a collaboration with the late hip-hop rapper Pop Smoke which premiered Thursday (July 29). The video begins with Lady Dua at the dressing table, applying makeup as her lady-in-waiting whispers to her. The footage then shows a large…

Lady Gaga is returning to the screen in a new true crime film. She will appear in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, starring as the notorious Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted of killing her ex-husband Maurizio Gucci in an infamous court trial back in 1998. And on Thursday (July 29), she gave a sneak peek…

Photo: Sam RutherfordIf you’re an owner of an older Kindle e-reader, your device may soon lose support for an important feature: internet access. In advance of this change, Amazon has begun sending emails out to older Kindle owners informing them about the situation. The issue is that because a number of wireless carriers are beginning…

Ladies and Ghouls, the mansion has new guests...Image: Disney ParksMoonhaven’s cast continues to grow. Issa Rae and J.J. Abrams are working on an adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Fledgling for HBO. Plus, new pictures from Day of the Dead and Legends of Tomorrow’s return, and what’s next for American Horror Stories. Spoilers get!Haunted MansionTHR reports Tiffany…

Slipknot's Joey Jordison Emotional 911 Call ... 'I Think He's Dead' 7/29/2021 12:50 AM PT Here's the tragic 911 audio from former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison's death, and while it starts off fairly matter-of-fact ... his ex-girlfriend ends up getting very emotional about what she's discovered. In the audio, obtained by TMZ, the caller is…

NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday blamed BJP for the logjam in Parliament and said the government was “avoiding” discussion on the use of Pegasus spyware since it has “much to hide”. Accusing BJP MPs of “collectively insulting” Parliament with their conduct in the meeting of the House panel on information technology on Wednesday, which had…

MUMBAI: Five youths, two of them engineers and one a minor, were recently arrested for allegedly running a nationwide racket in which they filmed men in the buff, indulged in sextortion and sold the obscene video clips on the internet. Police said the accused had made video clips of nearly 250 men and the money…

Not that the quarter's MAU tally was a surprise. Spotify pointedly stated in its Q4 2020 earnings that 2021 guidance would be hard to pin down because of "substantial uncertainty." Investors didn’t like to hear that, either: Spotify's share price fell 9% that day. It goes to show you can’t please everybody. The essence of Q2 2021 earnings can be…

24. Earth, Wind & Fire, "Let's Groove" (dir. Ron Hays) This was a relatively high-budget, technically ambitious video for its time, reflecting EWF’s status as one of the premier R&B acts of the previous decade. The video features electronic effects created by director Hays using an analog computer system. Bruno Mars wasn’t even born when…

Goodbye, Doctor.Image: BBCThe BBC has announced that current Doctor Jodie Whittaker as well as showrunner Chris Chibnall, will depart Doctor Who in 2022. The duo will, after the upcoming season 13, will say farewell with three special episodes to air throughout next year.“In 2017 I opened my glorious gift box of size 13 shoes. I could…

Dead sheep are on a road near the center of the town of Cuglieri on July 26, 2021.Photo: Valentina Sinis/AFP (Getty Images)What had been a rich Mediterranean landscape of maquis, ancient olive trees, and ruby vineyards is now a charred skeletal tangle clinging to hills above the pristine Sardinian sea.The road to the village of…

10:33 PM ETESPN News Services TOKYO -- Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini has apologized for yelling at himself with an anti-gay slur during a loss in the Olympic tennis tournament.Fognini used the offensive Italian word repeatedly during the three-set loss to Russian Olympic Committee player Daniil Medvedev in the third round on Wednesday.Fognini wrote in…

10:02 PM ETESPN News Services Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic have dominated the men's pair in Olympic rowing, cruising to victory in a race they led from the start Thursday at the Tokyo Games.The Croatians were the heavy favorites. They won double sculls in 2016, then switched boat disciplines and won two world championships…

It’s his first No. 1 on any Billboard chart. Luis Figueroa is officially a Billboard chart-topping artist, as his single “Hasta El Sol de Hoy” rises 2-1 on the latest Tropical airplay chart (dated July 31), marking his first No. 1 on any ranking. The track reaches the summit with 3.9 million radio airplay audience…

Things that use to feel totally normal -- such as fans shouting their hearts out during the "who are you?!" section near the end of "The Pretender" -- were oddly fraught (at least for this attendee), though any hesitance was instantly evaporated by Grohl's iconic rock 'n' roll cheerleader enthusiasm. He dumped a bottle of…

“The irreparable loss of Johnny Ventura for me and my work team, led by my Manager Pedro Núñez Del Risco, is totally tragic and difficult to assimilate,” Quezada, who has collaborated with Ventura multiple times, expressed on Instagram. Dominican bachata crooner Prince Royce said: “Your music will always be part of the soundtrack of our…

Leslie Jordan DaBaby's Homophobic Rant Stupid Comments Torment LGBTQ Community 7/29/2021 1:00 AM PT TMZ.com Leslie Jordan says ignorant, uninformed comments about HIV/AIDS from people like DaBaby are exactly why some gay people aren't comfortable being themselves ... so Leslie's slamming the rapper's homophobic rant as stupid and clueless. We got Leslie outside Kings Road…

More reflections on the passing of “a straight cat.” July 29, 2021 I once asked Bob Moses, who died on July 25 at the age of 86, for an example of empowering grassroots leadership. He replied, “Well, Mrs. [Hazel] Palmer… She really came to symbolize for me…this leadership phenomenon that Ella [Baker] pointed us to…

And why Democratic attempts to cure excesses through censorship are not only wrong but stupid. July 29, 2021 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, France—Like a mattress tag—or one of those cookies-authorization things you sometimes have to click off your screen—it’s something you never stop to read: the words defense d’afficher / loi du 29 juillet 1881. Here in…

Something’s awake in the woods... and hungry.Image: Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora, and Tamra Bonvillain/Boom StudiosWe’ve been enamored with Once and Future’s modern twist on Arthurian fantasy ever since it kicked off and gave us a sweeping tale of magic, terror, and shitty nationalists being thwarted by grandmas with machine guns. But now the series is…

As part of a slew of ongoing efforts to make Instagram less of a cesspool of awful content for awful people, the company announced a slew of new changes for accounts belonging to the teen and tweenage set meant to keep them safer on the platform. First off, Instagram says it will now switch the…

Jul 28, 2021Gustav ElvinChris WrightKansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes has become the latest celebrity to buy a stake in a football club: Major League Soccer's Sporting Kansas City.The 25-year-old, currently preparing for his fifth NFL season, has added a percentage of his local soccer team to his burgeoning portfolio of local sports franchises.This…

12:35 AM ETESPN News Services American world-champion pole vaulter Sam Kendricks will miss the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19.Kendricks' father posted on social media that his son had no symptoms but was informed while in Tokyo that he tested positive and was out of the competition.The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee confirmed the news…

Summer Olympics Bravery Means More Than Gold Bravery Means More Than Gold The criticism directed toward Simone Biles is unwarranted, misplaced and unfair, Martin Rogers writes. 9 hours ago Aaron Rodgers Freedom of Speech Freedom of Speech Aaron Rodgers went on the record about the ongoing saga between him and the …

Summer Olympics Bravery Means More Than Gold Bravery Means More Than Gold The criticism directed toward Simone Biles is unwarranted, misplaced and unfair, Martin Rogers writes. 9 hours ago Aaron Rodgers Freedom of Speech Freedom of Speech Aaron Rodgers went on the record about the ongoing saga between him and the …

1:10 PM PT -- Though Dusty wasn't supposed to play ... the band has canceled its show that was scheduled for Wednesday night in Simpsonville, SC. ZZ Top's longtime bassist, Dusty Hill, has died ... TMZ has learned. Dusty passed away at his home in Houston, TX -- this according to his bandmates, Billy Gibbons…

News   •   Jul 28, 2021&nbsp17:30&nbspBST Four officers have been told they have no case to answer for misconduct following a complaint made by a man who was subject to a stop and search.The complaint was received after the man was stopped and searched in a car in Walworth Road, SE17, on Tuesday, 5…

A woman whose sleight of hand played an integral role in a £4.2million diamond heist has been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court.Lulu Lakatos – 60 (26.06.61) from the Saint Brieuc region of France, was found guilty of conspiracy to steal on Wednesday, 28 July following the conclusion of her trial.She was sentenced on the…

A penis snake, or Typhlonectes natans, pulled from a Miami canal. Image: Noah MuellerDNA analysis confirms that an eel-like creature pulled from a Florida canal two years ago is a caecilian, otherwise known as the “penis snake.” The same canal has since yielded several other specimens, leading to concerns that the non-native amphibian has taken…

Astrophysicists have detected light coming from the far side of a black hole, using telescopes to see physics predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity but not yet directly observed. The new findings affirmed ideas about how black holes warp light.A team of researchers recently inspected the coronal flares produced by the supermassive blackhole I…

7:00 AM ETNFL NationESPN NFL training camp for the 2021 season opened last week for the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers, who will play in the Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 5. The reigning champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened camp Sunday, while the rest of the league followed Tuesday.The NFL got back to a…

Jul 27, 2021Associated Press SAITAMA, Japan -- The U.S. women's basketball team won, as usual. It just wasn't in the dominant fashion that the Americans are accustomed to at the Olympic Games.The winning streak for the world's top-ranked team is now 50 games and counting in Olympic competition. A'ja Wilson scored 19 points and grabbed…

Kaitlynn told Caroline that she's expecting a baby during last week's New Beginnings episode; Caroline was the first non-family member to find out about the bundle of joy. Next priority: Kaitlynn wanted to figure out the "right time" to tell Brody. And during tonight's brand new Hills episode, the mama-to-be -- who has wanted to…

Malone added in his caption, "The festival will be 2 days this year and completely outdoors:) love you guys we’re so happy to be back @postyfest." News of this year's Posty Fest comes nearly three weeks after Post Malone released his new song "Motley Crew," with its speedy, race-car-themed music video. The song has so far…

After DaBaby was roundly criticized for his homophobic comments onstage at Rolling Loud Miami on Sunday night, GLAAD has released a response, calling the rapper's remarks "inaccurate, hurtful, and harmful" to the LGBTQ community and those living with HIV. During his set at Rolling Loud's closing night, DaBaby told the crowd, "If you didn’t show…

Top 10 NXT Moments: WWE Top 10, July 27, 2021 4 HOURS AGO • Fox Sports WWE 2K Battlegrounds available to PlayStation Plus subscribers for free through Aug. 2 WWE 2K Battlegrounds is available for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, who can brawl without limits now through Monday, Aug. 2. …

NFL training camp is heating up and buzzing as it kicked off this week, which also means it’s time for notable quarterback battles in several teams, including the New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers. In New England, Bill Belichick was asked whether Cam Newton or Mac Jones will start …

Born in La Vega, Dominican Republic, Ventura kicked off his career in the early ‘60s and was coined as "El Caballo Negro." Some of his biggest titles include tropical hits such as “Patacon Pisao,” “¿Pitaste?” and “Merenguero Hasta la Tambora,” all of which have become staples in Latin households. Ventura’s timeless music has entered various…

Each video in the Sound Mind Unmasked series features an artist sharing their mental health journey, opening up about the toll touring and recording can take. Unmasked is focused on as shining a light on free mental health resources available to everyone, as well as fostering an open dialogue about mental health for artists and…

Adams has clocked 14 studio albums since 1980, the most recent being 2019's Shine a Light. The first nine were part of his extremely fruitful A&M years and included four straight that cracked the Billboard 200 top ten: Cuts Like a Knife (1983, No. 8), Reckless (1984, No. 1), Into the Fire (1987, No. 7)…

Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)A former eBay security manager has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after helping to orchestrate a batshit insane plot to terrorize a Massachusetts couple who occasionally criticized the company in their newsletter.Philip Cooke, 56, is the first of seven former high-level eBay employees to be sentenced in connection to…

Hobbit bros, through thick and thin.Image: New Line/Warner Bros.Although Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings saga makes many tweaks in bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s world to the big screen, it is by and large a faithful adaptation. But pressure from the studio in one weird way would’ve taken it down a very different path: a bit…

A group of GOP senators said Wednesday they had reached an agreement with democrats on the major issues of a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure package.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told lawmakers to be ready for a vote as soon as Wednesday night.  “We now have an agreement on the major issues,” Sen. Rob Portman…