Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker shared a steamy and cheeky update from their current desert vacation.

On Monday (April 26), Kardashian shared a picture of the two getting hot and heavy, with the shirtless blink-182 drummer holding up the bikini-clad Keeping Up With the Kardashians star in the middle of the desert, her legs wrapped around his waist. Her “Just Like Heaven” caption references the song by The Cure, which hit the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988.

Barker, who commented “EVERYTHING” underneath her post, posted the song on his Instagram Story, which Kardashian later reshared on hers. Blink-182 performed a cover of The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” in 2018 during KROQ’s Weenie Roast music festival.

The two took a skiing trip to Utah with both of their families earlier in April, but it looks like these two might get some alone time this time around.

Barker shared another PDA-filled tribute to his girlfriend on her 42nd birthday April 18. “I F—ING LOVE YOU! YOU’RE A BLESSING TO THIS WORLD,” he captioned the series of NSFW snapshots from their relationship over the last three months.

See Kardashian and Barker’s latest PDA-packed picture below.

Miley Cyrus will rock out as Saturday Night Live’s next musical guest with host Elon Musk on May 8, but who should take the stage next?

Olivia Rodrigo and Lil Nas X found themselves at the center of the long-running sketch comedy show’s “Drivers License” and “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” SNL skits recently, so maybe it’s time these two took their Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits straight to Studio 8H in non-parodied forms.

Before pulling double duty as host and musical guest in 2016, Ariana Grande brought out special guest The Weeknd to perform their first collaboration “Love Me Harder” in 2014. Maybe she could perform some cuts from her latest Billboard 200 No. 1 album Positions and bring back The Weeknd to perform their latest “Save Your Tears” remix.

Some of the biggest superstars in the world, such as Post Malone, BTS and Blackpink, have surprisingly never been musical guests on SNL, and the wait for their long-overdue stint could be over if they’re booked.

So which artist should be a musical guest on SNL next? Vote below!

 Billboard announced a new partnership with Hot Topic on a limited-edition clothing collection celebrating the past, present and future of pop music culture.

The new, one-of-a-kind collection with the retailer specializing in music and pop culture-inspired fashion contains 50 T-shirts with retro designs highlighting the power of music, including the Billboard and Billboard Hot 100 logos from different decades and boombox decals. T-shirt prices range from $22.90-$26.90.

“Music has the power to drive different aspects of culture, especially fashion,” said President of Billboard Julian Holguin in a statement. “We’re thrilled to partner with Hot Topic, a retailer known for its celebration of individuality, to honor music’s unique influence and share Billboard’s content with fans through exciting verticals.”

This partnership marks the Billboard brand’s first domestic licensing launch since joining P-MRC Holdings in September 2020. The joint venture between MRC and Penske Media Corporation, which also includes The Hollywood ReporterRolling StoneVariety and Vibe, among other magazines, recently signed a deal with South by Southwest. P-MRC is reportedly taking a 50% stake in SXSW and plans to bring its “media expertise and new avenues for discovery” to the iconic event, while looking for expansion opportunities with new events and business models.

See the limited-edition collection on Hot Topic’s website here.

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As the 93rd Academy Awards took over Los Angeles’ Union Station and the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on Sunday night (April 25), Lin-Manuel Miranda joined the festivities to introduce a brand new trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of his Broadway musical, In the Heights.

The minute-and-a-half trailer shows Anthony Ramos as Usnavi, Stephanie Beatriz as Carla, Miranda himself as Mr. Piragüero and more as they portray the story of a Washington Heights bodega owner who debates closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother’s fortune.

The clip also offers sneak peeks of the film’s powerful musical numbers, including “When the Sun Goes Down” and “Carnaval de Barrio.”

The musical, which was delayed due to the global pandemic, is now hitting theaters and HBO Max on June 11, 2021.

Watch the trailer below.

 

While taking on the role as red carpet host at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25), Ariana DeBose introduced the first official trailer for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming adaptation of West Side Story, in which she is set to play Anita.

The minute-and-a-half clip shares all the emotion-filled moments from the beloved classic, including tension between the Jets and the Sharks, the forbidden love between Maria (Rachel Zegler) and Tony (Ansel Elgort) — and, of course, the infectious choreography.

Fans also get a first listen into the emotional “Somewhere,” which is heard sung over the trailer.

The film was originally set to hit theaters at the end of 2020, but the global pandemic pushed the release date to December 2021.

Watch the official West Side Story teaser below.

 

At the Oscars pre-show on Sunday (April 25), H.E.R. performed “Fight For You” from the nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah.

Starting out behind a drum kit, the artist — wearing a sparking gold suit and her signature round sunglasses — then took to the front of the stage to sing the song. Here she was joined by a band of more than a dozen members, with a brass section, guitarists, back-up vocalists and more altogether creating the ’60s inspired-soul of the powerfully smoldering track.

The performance was intercut with statements from Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton, whose image was also projected on the floor of the stage.  Judas and the Black Messiah, which documents the 1969 police assassination of Hampton, is nominated for five awards tonight including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for both Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield.

“I’m really excited for people to see it,” H.E.R. said of the performance when introducing it during the Oscars pre-show. “It’s very powerful and very important to me.

During the second half of the performance, a fleet of masked dancers — dressed, like the band, in a uniform of black leather — filled the stage, punctuating the performance with movement. The performance ended with these dancers raising their fists, while two banners proclaiming “power to the people” waved.

“We were listening to Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, we listened to a lot of Sly and the Family Stone, some of my favorites,” H.E.R. told The Hollywood Reporter of the track in February. “I picked up the bass thinking about this theme of fighting for something. Because there’s so many things that Fred Hampton was fighting for and that we are all still fighting for.”

Family members, friends and clergy members dressed in white and red honored the life and faith of hip-hop icon DMX at his homegoing celebration Sunday (April 25) in New York.

Religious leaders and musicians prayed, sang and delivered moving tributes as members of DMX’s family sat in the first rows of the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn. The private funeral service began 2:30 p.m. ET Sunday and was broadcast live on BET and the network’s YouTube channel.

The 50-year-old Grammy-nominated rapper and actor grew up just north of New York City in Yonkers and delivered iconic hip-hop songs such as “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” and “Party Up (Up in Here).” His electrifying music focused on themes of religion, violence and redemption, and inspired scores of fans and performers worldwide.

DMX arrived on the rap scene around the same time as Jay-Z, Ja Rule and others who dominated the charts and emerged as platinum-selling acts. DMX fronted the Ruff Ryders collective, which had success on the charts and on radio with its Ryde or Die compilation albums.

Crowds of close family and friends also attended a two-hour memorial ceremony Saturday at the Barclays Center in New York, which featured a moving tribute from DMX’s 15 children.

Both ceremonies were closed to the public and restricted to close friends and family because of the coronavirus pandemic.

DMX, whose birth name was Earl Simmons, died April 9 after suffering what officials called a catastrophic cardiac arrest. He spent several days on life support after being rushed to a New York hospital from his home April 2.