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Kourtney Kardashian is giving fans more content surrounding her wedding festivities with Travis Barker, and in her latest Instagram post, she shared the dark aesthetic of the couple’s joint bachelor celebration.
“Romeo and Juliet vibes for the Bach,” she captioned the series of photos, which show the couple kissing in a luxurious, gothic-style dining room, surrounded by candles, red roses and religious imagery. “Kravis 4EVER” is seen written on a red, heart-shaped cake.
The reality TV star and the blink-182 drummer’s over-the-top nuptials were equally glam with gothic touches, as they were married by a priest in Portofino, Italy on May 22 with a clifftop ceremony before a gilded, candlelit altar covered in dark red roses.
Kardashian’s sisters — Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner — and mom Kris Jenner were all in attendance along with Barker’s bandmate Mark Hoppus and close pal and collaborator Machine Gun Kelly.
The couple wore romantic looks by Dolce & Gabbana for their big day, with Kardashian donning a short, corseted dress and massive veil hand-embroidered with the Virgin Mary — taking inspiration from the large tattoo on the top of her rocker groom’s head.
“happily ever after,” the couple, who began dating in late 2020, captioned a series of photos from their big day.
It’s been five months since Bob Saget‘s untimely death, and on Friday (June 10), Netflix is honoring the beloved comedian by bringing his famous friends together for a tribute special.
The streaming platform unveiled its teaser for Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget tribute on Thursday (June 9), which features an appearance from the late star’s dear friend, John Mayer.
In one scene of the trailer, the “New Light” singer is seen sitting onstage with a guitar behind Saget’s Full House costar John Stamos. “I want to read my last text from Bob,” Stamos shares, pulling out his phone, “It said, ‘I love you so much. I will say God gave me the brother that I wanted.’ I said, ‘Well, you have a lot of God-given brothers, but I’m first, right?’ And he said, ‘Mayer is an amazing friend, but he’s more fair-weathered. You are always there, so you’re number one.’”
Mayer immediately burst into laughter upon hearing the contents of the text, and in another scene, the seven-time Grammy winner says of his departed pal, “He accepted us, and acceptance is the boring part of love but it’s just as important.”
The comedian was found dead at age 65 in his Orlando hotel room on Jan. 9. At the time, the sheriff’s department said no signs of foul play or drug use had been found. In February, Saget’s relatives confirmed that authorities have determined the cause of death to be head trauma.
“They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep,” the family stated of the investigation into Saget’s death.
Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Jeff Ross, Mike Binder, Paul Rodriguez and Saget’s widow Kelly Rizzo-Saget all also make appearances in the nearly two-minute clip. See the full Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget trailer below before it hits Netflix on June 10.
Britney Spears‘ first husband, Jason Alexander, reportedly showed up at her wedding to fiancé Sam Asghari on Thursday (June 9) and was arrested by police.
Alexander, who was married to his childhood friend Spears for 55 hours in 2004, went live on Instagram prior to the event, in screenshots captured by TMZ and a video uploaded to Twitter by fans. According to the publication, he approached event security and told them the pop star had invited him, and that she was his first and only wife.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Spears’ residence to investigate a trespassing complaint, according to Variety. Alexander was then found to have an out of county warrant and was placed under arrest for that offense, though officers are reportedly still on the scene.
In a statement sent to Billboard, Spears’ attorney, Mathew Rosengart, said: “I am livid by this outrageous, criminal intrusion and I am working closely with law-enforcement to ensure that he is fully and aggressively prosecuted. I thank the Ventura county sheriff’s office for their prompt and good work.”
Billboard has also reached out to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office and Spears’ team for comment.
Earlier in the day, it was confirmed that Spears and Asghari would hold their wedding ceremony on Thursday (June 9). The couple met in 2016 on the set of the singer’s “Slumber Party” music video, and were engaged in September 2021.
In July 2021, Alexander was a guest on the Toxic: The Britney Spears Story podcast, where he claimed that the pop star’s team made him sign legal documents to annul their brief marriage. “They told me if I would sign the contracts – the annulment – they would let me and Britney continue our relationship, and if we felt the same way in six months they would give us a proper marriage,” he said. “So I had no reason to believe otherwise. I thought that’s what the truth was. They were allowing Britney and I to still have phone communication. So we were talking every day and I still believed the story I was told, that they were going to let us continue to talk and then we would have this marriage, right, in the future if we felt the same way.”
Spears and Asghari have yet to publicly comment on their wedding or the incident with Alexander.
So far in 2022, only two songs with a “feature” credit have entered the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 — the lowest number in more than two decades. Meanwhile, co-billings are skyrocketing, with 21 percent of all Hot 100 top 10s this year being co-billed. What’s behind the change, and what does this mean for the future of collaborations? The latest episode of Billboard Explains (above) dives in.
A feature essentially means that a song includes a guest appearance from another artist. Featured billings first became popular in the late ’90s, as hip-hop collaborations across pop and R&B grew in popularity. Featured listings for Hot 100 top 10s peaked in 2003 and remained steady in around the 20 to 30 percent range until this year, which has seen more co-billings instead.
In a co-billing, artists are credited equally in a song, often labeled with an “and,” an ampersand or an “x,” as seen, for example, in Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI‘s 2021 Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Stay.” The driving force behind the shift is Spotify, according to entertainment attorneys Karl Fowlkes and Matt Buser.
“It really is Spotify more than other streaming platforms that’s driving this change in the way that artists are referred to on songs, and making it so that more artists are co-leads or co-bills rather than features because of the way Spotify classifies these songs,” Billboard‘s deputy editor Andrew Unterberger says of the streaming platform, which tracks monthly listeners and streams for both artists on a collaboration when they are both considered primary artists on a track.
Watch the latest episode of Billboard Explains above to learn more about “feature” credits.
After the video, catch up on more Billboard Explains videos and learn about the evolution of girl groups, BBMAs, NFTs, SXSW, the magic of boy bands, American Music Awards, the Billboard Latin Music Awards, the Hot 100 chart, how R&B/hip-hop became the biggest genre in the U.S., how festivals book their lineups, Billie Eilish’s formula for success, the history of rap battles, nonbinary awareness in music, the Billboard Music Awards, the Free Britney movement, rise of K-pop in the U.S., why Taylor Swift is re-recording her first six albums, the boom of hit all-female collaborations, how Grammy nominees and winners are chosen, why songwriters are selling their publishing catalogs, how the Super Bowl halftime show is booked and why Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” was able to shoot to No. 1 on the Hot 100.
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Christina Aguilera is kicking off Pride Month with Fun Wine. Ahead of her performance at the 2022 L.A. Pride Festival this weekend, the pop icon partnered with the wine brand to host the opening of her merch pop-up shop at Momenti LA in West Hollywood, Calif., on Wednesday.
“I wanted to do things that allowed me to not only be a businesswoman, [but] things that I believed in that feel expressive and — no pun intended — fun! And allowed everyone else to express their individuality,” Aguilera told Billboard of working with Fun Wine as their first Chief Culture Officer.
In her new position, Aguilera will work alongside Fun Wine’s founder and CEO Joe Peleg to help continue the brand’s global expansion.
“As soon as I saw the bottle, I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ It popped,” she explained of the vibrantly colored Fun Wine bottles. “I’m so into visuals and self-expression, and the bottle said it all for me. I loved that and I wanted to share it. It’s the perfect time: summer and celebrating with fans,” Aguilera noted before adding, “There’s nothing I like more than being in my backyard and entertaining, and their bottles are so eye-catching.”
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 08: Christina Aguilera attends the Christina Aguilera X Fun Wine LA Pride Pop Up at Momenti LA on June 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
Hundreds of Aguilera’s fans packed the exclusive, invite-only event, where attendees got a chance to taste Fun Wine and had first dibs on Aguilera’s Pride-themed merchandise. The X-Tina Pride 2022 collection is available at shop.christinaaguilera.com and includes an L.A. Pride 2022 T-Shirt ($50), an XTina Heart Tee ($55), Say Gay Hoodie ($125) and L.A. Pride Trucker Hat ($40).
The pop-up shop, located at 7710 Santa Monica Blvd., will be open to the public on Thursday (June 9) and Friday (June 10) from noon until 6 p.m. PT.
Fun Wine carries a variety of tantalizing flavors such as Passionately Peach, Strawberry Moscato, Coconut Chardonnay and Sangria. Purchase bottles directly through the Fun Wine website or at retailers such as Total Wine.
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