After Megan Thee Stallion sent the internet into a frenzy as eagle-eyed fans uncovered a vacation IG photo featuring Klay Thompson in the background, the Dallas Mavericks star leaned into the rumors and soft-launched his relationship with the Houston rapper over the weekend.

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Thompson took to Instagram with a photo dump of a recent trip to the Bahamas, and one picture appears to show Megan Thee Stallion’s backside as Klay shares a kiss with the Houston Hottie. A second photo appears to feature Megan’s hand — which features what appears to be the same manicure as in her own IG post — holding his as they walked the beach together.

Fans and the four-time NBA champion’s peers flooded the comment section of the post, which has more than one million likes.

“Klay should change his name to @easymoneysniper with that accuracy,” former NBA player Nate Robinson joked.

Megan continued to fuel relationship rumors with Klay as she posted and deleted a TikTok video on Monday (July 14) unwrapping a plush Labubu toy from what appears to be Thompson’s lap.

Billboard has reached out to Megan Thee Stallion’s rep for comment.

The athlete is currently enjoying his offseason before coming back for his second campaign with the Dallas Mavericks after spending more than a decade with the Golden State Warriors. The 35-year-old shooting guard, who is fifth all-time in three-pointers made in NBA history, has never been married and has no kids.

Into the early part of 2025, Megan Thee Stallion appeared to be still dating NBA player Torrey Craig, but it’s unclear when the relationship broke off.

On the music side, Thee Stallion unleashed her “Whenever” single in April, but has laid low since.

Boy George has never been one to play by the rules. The queer icon born George Alan O’Dowd who blazed trails in the early 1980s as the androgynous, heavily made-up lead singer of Culture Club is still bucking against the system.

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In an interview with The Times on Friday (July 11), George, 64, pushed back against the “identity politics” of the modern queer community. “I don’t think it’s helped anyone. We’re not a thing,” he told the publication. “It’s like, ‘This is what black people are, this is what Jewish people are, this is what trans people are.’ No! Everybody is diverse because nobody is like anybody else, so you’re starting from the wrong perspective.”

At a time when increased acceptance and visibility — amidst the current U.S. administration’s efforts to roll back transgender rights — have put the LGBTQ+ community in the spotlight, the “Karma Chameleon” singer said he thinks reality and what we experience online are very different things. “Trans people are the new people to hate, but I always say: How many trans people have you met today?” he said. “There’s the world on the internet, which is hideous and full of anger. Then there’s the real world, which is entirely different so in reality people have nothing to be nervous about.”

In his trademark biting wit, he added, “If I’m really lucky my own sexuality takes up about three hours a month. We’ve all got cats to feed, families to visit, jobs to do. I said in an interview when I was 17, ‘Being gay is like eating a bag of crisps. It’s so not important.’ I still think that now. What do you care about someone’s sexuality unless you’re going to have sex with them?”

While George was hit with accusations of transphobia in 2020 when he tweeted “Leave your pronouns at the door,” he’s recently defended trans rights in a social media dust-up with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. The billionaire author has denied being transphobic despite sharing a number of anti-transgender views online, including actively participating in campaigns to bar trans women from sports and from using public restrooms that align with their gender. Last month, he responded to Rowling’s question, “which rights have been taken away from trans people?” and her follow-up comment about her feelings that her speech is being curtailed by writing, “The right to be left alone by a rich bored bully!

The subject of trans lives came up in a discussion about George’s drive to revive his Tony-nominated 2002 musical Taboo, which chronicled the hedonistic 1980s nightclub of the same name founded by Leigh Bowery, the Melbourne-born performance artist/club promoter whose outrageous performances inspired a young George.

“What I want to explore in the show is the odd relationship between Leigh and his wife, Nicola Bowery,” he said. “Long before non-binary, here’s a gay guy who married a straight woman and there was real tenderness and love between them. Yes, part of the reason he married Nicola was to piss everyone off, but I do think he really loved her.”

According to the writer’s reckoning, for George, outliers like himself and Bowery were birthed from a period when the idea was to present your true self, without trying to “represent a wider community who identify as queer, non-binary” or any other label. ““Oh totally. Someone said the other day, ‘Leigh Bowery was the blueprint for gay identity. He would have hated that. Hated it!,’” said George.

The New York Comedy Festival — the largest and longest running annual event of its kind in the United States — has announced its initial slate of headliners for 2025, its 21st anniversary, and, as usual, the lineup includes some of the biggest names in comedy and improv, along with stars of the burgeoning podcast world.

The masters of mirth headlining the festival — which runs from Friday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 16 — includes Margaret Cho, Louis C.K., Morgan Jay, Hannah Berner, Michael Blackson, Pete Homes, Chris Fleming, Strangers With Candy featuring Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert, Jay Ismo, Ryan Long, Nurse John, Yohay Sponder, Trevor Wallace, Joe Santagato and Frank Alvarez of The Basement Yard podcast and Alex Edelman performing his new show What Are You Going to Do.

Founded by Caroline Hirsch in 2004, the festival will play host to more than 200 comedians performing in more than 100 shows over 10 days across all five boroughs of the city, and will take place at such iconic Manhattan venues as Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, the Beacon Theatre and Town Hall.

“We’re thrilled to unveil this year’s incredible lineup — a dynamic mix of global headliners and rising voices that reflect where comedy is right now and where it’s headed,” said Hirsch in a statement. “In a constantly shifting landscape, we stay committed to spotlighting new voices, championing fresh perspectives, breaking form and shaping a festival that sets the standard both creatively and commercially.”

Among those new voices are Santagato and Alvarez of The Basement Yard. In a statement, the former said, “I have no idea how many planets had to align for this opportunity to be given to two kids from Queens, but we are so excited and will give New York the best possible show we can.”

In addition to this initial slate of headliners, the festival will announce additional shows in the coming months and additional details for what have become staples of the proceedings. They include Stand Up for Heroes, the Bob Woodruff Foundation’s fundraiser for military veterans and their families, which draws A-list comedians and musicians, including such regulars as Jon Stewart, Jim Gaffigan, Jerry Seinfeld and Bruce Springsteen, who has proven himself a master of bawdy jokes. Other annual programming includes the New York’s Funniest Stand Ups Presented By Threads competition and Comics to Watch.  

More information can be found on the festival’s website and on Instagram, Threads, X and Facebook

Hard Rock Hotel New York will return as the official host hotel for the NYCF for the fourth year, and Bread Financial is the official sponsor. The Bread Cashback™ American Express® Credit Card will serve as the Official Card of the event, and cardmembers can purchase pre-sale tickets to NYCF shows beginning Wednesday, July 16, at 11 a.m. ET until Friday, July 18, at 10 p.m. ET. They can also purchase preferred tickets until Monday, Aug. 11. 

Tickets for all shows are available to the general public starting Monday, July 21, at 11 a.m. ET. Tickets can be purchased through the NYCF website.

Here’s an initial list of scheduled performances. Dates and times are subject to change so check with the festival’s website for the most up-to-date information.

George Kittle won’t be forgetting this year’s Tight End University any time soon, especially because of the spontaneous duet he shared with Taylor Swift at a bar in Nashville during the event.

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While speaking to NBC Sports Bay Area & California‘s Matt Maiocco recently, the San Francisco 49ers star reflected on hanging out with the pop star at the NFL tight end summit — which he cohosts with Travis Kelce and Greg Olsen every year — in June. “We have a fun Monday night welcome party at our hotel in Nashville for Tight End University,” he explained. “Taylor and Travis came, and they were like, ‘Hey, wanna go to Broadway?’”

After heading down to a bar on the famous Nashville strip with Kelce, Swift and Claire Kittle — who is married to George — the California athlete said that something magical happened. “I was in the process of handing Claire and Taylor drinks for the night, and I was like, ‘I just gotta tell her that ‘Love Story’ is one of my favorite songs, definitely my favorite Taylor Swift song,” he recalled.

“And as I was telling her, it came on the speakers, and I was like, ‘I’m not going to miss this opportunity,’” Kittle continued. “You don’t get to sing ‘Love Story’ with Taylor Swift very often. It was just an absolute riot and something I’ll probably remember forever.”

Shortly after the event, Kittle shared a video on Instagram of himself and Swift jumping up and down while belting out “Love Story” together. Kelce also makes a cameo in the clip.

Tight End University took place over the course of three days in Music City, with many of the NFL’s tight ends coming together from all over the country for group training and community-building activities at Vanderbilt University. In addition to attending the welcome party with Kelce, Swift showed up at the Tight Ends and Friends concert at the Brooklyn Bowl — where she surprised the crowd with an unscheduled performance of Billboard Hot 100-topper “Shake It Off.”

While later reflecting on the event on his New Heights podcast, Kelce revealed that his famous girlfriend’s performance was entirely last-minute — as in, she didn’t even practice before taking the stage with headliner Kane Brown and his band. “Tay just kind of went up to [Brown] and the band and went, ‘Hey, if you guys are down, I’ll go up there, play a song and see if we can pop the roof off this place,’” Kelce reflected earlier in July.

He added at the time, “[She] just went out there without practicing, and it was pitch-perfect.”

HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from the soundtrack to the hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters, conquers the competition on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts to become the biggest song in the world. It rises 2-1 on the former ranking and 5-1 on the latter.

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KPop Demon Hunters premiered June 20 in a limited theatrical release in the U.S., and on Netflix, alongside its soundtrack. For the week ending July 6, it ranked at No. 2 on Netflix’s Top 10 Movies in United States chart.

Meanwhile, as HUNTR/X earns its first No. 1 on the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S., it becomes the first fictional act to reign — “Golden” is by KPop Demon Hunters’ protagonist trio whose music is voiced by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami.

HUNTR/X outpaces its rival KPop Demon Hunters boy band Saja Boys, though the latter act claims two tracks in the top 10 of the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S.: “Your Idol” (up 10-3 and 15-5 on the respective charts) and “Soda Pop” (up 13-6 and 17-7, respectively). The Saja Boys songs feature the vocals of Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo and samUIL Lee.

Elsewhere, Drake’s “What Did I Miss?” debuts at No. 9 on the Global 200.

The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020 — and three weeks earlier marked their 250th week — rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

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HUNTR/X’s “Golden” crowns the Global 200 with 67.7 million streams (up 40% week-over-week) and 6,000 sold (up 27%) worldwide July 4-10.

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” drops to No. 2 on the Global 200 after 10 weeks on top beginning in May.

Saja Boys’ “Your Idol” soars 10-3 on the Global 200 led by 45.7 million streams worldwide (up 22%) and “Soda Pop” buzzes 13-6 with 41.3 million (up 24%). Each song sold 3,000 globally.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” slips 3-4 on the Global 200, after 18 weeks at No. 1 starting last September, and ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” ascends 6-5, following 12 weeks at No. 1 beginning in November.

Plus, Drake’s “What Did I Miss?” enters the Global 200 at No. 9 with 35.5 million streams and 7,000 sold worldwide from its July 5 release through July 10. He ups his total to a record-extending 37 top 10s since the chart began. (Taylor Swift ranks second with 33 top 10s, followed by Bad Bunny with 25.)

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“Golden” rules Global Excl. U.S. with 49.1 million streams (up 40%) and 2,000 sold (up 38%) outside the U.S.

“Ordinary” falls to No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. after eight weeks in the lead starting in May; “Die With a Smile” holds at No. 3 after 17 weeks at the summit starting last September; and “APT.” extends its lease at No. 4 after reigning for a record 19 weeks beginning in November.

“Your Idol” blasts 15-5 on Global Excl. U.S. powered by 30.3 million streams outside the U.S. (up 21%) and “Soda Pop” bounds 17-7 with 29.8 million (up 23%). They sold 1,000 and 2,000 beyond the U.S., respectively.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated July 19, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, July 15. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

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After making a guest appearance overseas in Paris, Jay-Z blessed the Atlanta audience with a Cowboy Carter Tour cameo on Sunday night (July 13).

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Rocking a black leather jacket, Hov joined his wife, Beyoncé, on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium stage for a performance of their “Crazy in Love” collaboration. “Give it up for my man, Jay-Z,” Bey told the sold-out crowd.

The Brooklyn rap deity also stuck around to rip through his 2003 The Black Album hit “Public Service Announcement” with ease.

Before heading out, Jay and Bey shared a rare moment of PDA on stage with a kiss. “Please give it up for my favorite human in the world, my husband,” she gushed during night three of the Atlanta show.

Jay-Z ended a seven-year performance drought with his wife when he hit the stage in Paris with Beyoncé on June 22. However, Sunday marked the first time they reunited for a performance stateside this decade.

The Cowboy Carter Tour continues with a fourth show in Atlanta on Monday (July 14), and will wrap up in Las Vegas with a pair of dates at Allegiant Stadium on July 25 and July 26.

Jay has been more active on the performance side, but some thought he’d step into the booth with a feature on Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out album. However, when the project dropped on Friday (July 11); Hov was nowhere to be found on the release.

“He was sent ‘Chains & Whips,’ ‘M.T.B.T.T.F.’, ‘So Be It,’” Pusha T told The Breakfast Club. “Hov had the album. It was all for him to [do] whatever he wanted to do.”

Raphael‘s life story is headed to Netflix with an eight-episode series that will release exclusively in Spain and Latin America. According to the streamer, the series — titled Aquel — began filming in June and will trace the Spanish star’s humble beginnings in Spain to his rise as a global star with a career that spans 60-plus years.

“I am deeply excited about this project, the result of more than three years of work,” the Spanish star said in a statement. “It has been months of intense scriptwriting, casting, production design and close collaboration with the directors, alongside three exceptional partners: Caracol, DLO and Netflix. Filming finally began in June, and I couldn’t be happier with the initial results. This biopic not only tells my story; it also reflects a shared history: more than six decades of a career marked by unforgettable moments — some well-known, others more intimate; some bright, others more difficult — but all deeply meaningful.”

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Known for Spanish-language anthems such as “Toco Madera,” “Maravilloso, Corazón, Maravilloso” and “Escándalo” — which reached No. 2, No. 7, and No. 9, respectively, on Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart — Raphael will be honored as the Latin Recording Academy’s 2025 Person of the Year in November. In 2022, the legendary artist was honored with the Billboard Lifetime Achievement Award.

“I have told my life story without filters, and the screenwriters have interpreted it with complete freedom,” Raphael added in the statement. “This is not a biopic that idealizes my career, but an honest, unadorned portrait that does not shy away from any aspect, no matter how complicated it may have been. For all these reasons, I believe that Aquel has a special value. I am looking forward to seeing the final result and, above all, to sharing it with all of you.”

Aquel‘s cast includes Javier Morgade and Carlos Santos in the role of Raphael throughout different life stages. The series is produced by Dlo Producciones (El jardinero, Ni una más) in association with Caracol Televisión and is directed by Tito López Amado, Javier Pulido and Beatriz Sanchís.

Will Drake’s “What Did I Miss?” or Hunter/X’s “Golden” hit No. 1 on Hot 100 Top 10?

Tetris Kelly: An animated K-pop group and a new smash from Drake race up the chart. This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated July 19. Slipping to 10 are Gaga and Bruno. Teddy is at No. 9 in his 99th week on the chart. “I’m the Problem” falls to eight. Kendrick and SZA slip to seven. “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters makes its way into the top 10. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is down to five, as is “Just in Case” to four, and Morgan and Tate’s duet to three. Drake is asking “What Did I Miss?” as he debuts at No. 2. And picking up a sixth week at No. 1 is Alex Warren with “Ordinary.”

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Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” adds a sixth week atop the Billboard Hot 100. The song has linked its lead consecutively, having become the singer-songwriter’s first No. 1 on the chart.

Plus, two songs soar into the Hot 100’s top 10, led by Drake’s “What Did I Miss?,” which debuts at No. 2. The track — the week’s most-streamed and top-selling song — arrives as his record-extending 81st top 10. At No. 6, HUNTR/X’s “Golden” races from No. 23. The song is from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, which jumps to No. 2 on the Billboard 200.

Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen logs his 10th career week with at least three simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s, a mark that only five acts — and no core country artists — previously reached. His I’m the Problem, the parent set of all three of his current top 10 hits, scores an eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Browse the full rundown of this week’s top 10 below.

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They’re a K-pop boy group that has hit the Billboard charts, only they’re not a real group.

Despite being fictional, Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters‘ boy band Saja Boys have made it big. Saja Boys now has three Billboard Hot 100 entries (and a top 40 hit to boot). The demonic K-pop act is so popular in fact, that it has its own merch, and it’s currently available on sale at Amazon. You can rep the faux group in style with a slew of merch options in vibrant hues from tees to crew necks.

Some of our favorites include the official Saja Boys tee, which comes in sizes for men, women, youth and girls. You’ve got eight colorways to choose from, including Lemon Yellow and White, that all stand in contrast to the boy group’s neon pink logo.

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A sweatshirt featuring all the members of the Saja Boys on the front.


Another favorite is the Heartthrob Sweatshirt, equipped with a colorful neon graphic of the Saja Boys members Jinu, Abby, Mystery, Romance and Baby. This unisex sweatshirt comes in four different colorways and sizes ranging from small to XX large. The unisex Heartthrob Hoodie boasts the same graphics and sizing options but in five colorways. Each piece of merch is made of majority cotton, keeping the wearer nice and comfortable while streaming their fave fictional K-pop acts.

The success of the animated film comes as no surprise, considering that K-pop has skyrocketed in popularity in the past few years. Pair that with the punchy animation style a la Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, energetic action sequences and foot-tapping original music tracks, and you’ve got a recipe for success. The K-pop-centric film was directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, and first released in June. The movie was heavily inspired by Kang’s South Korean roots and South Korean folklore surrounding demons and mythology. Of course, Kang’s love of K-pop was also a huge inspiration. It is available to stream right now on Netflix.

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The movie centers around world-renowned K-pop girl group Huntr/x, as the members balance their lives in the spotlight with their secret identities as demon hunters. Each character was based loosely on real K-pop acts from BLACKPINK, MONSTA X to Itzy and EXO. You’ve also got tracks sung by former and current K-pop idols such as Kevin Woo from UKISS to Twice’s track “Takedown” sung by members Jeongyeon, Jihyo and Chaeyoung.

Watch the KPop Demon Hunters trailer below: