Lil Jon transported the 2024 Democratic National Convention to Atlanta when he made a surprise appearance to share the Georgia delegates’ votes for Vice President Kamala Harris during the DNC roll call.
The roll call took on a new format this year, with DJ Cassidy introducing each state with its own song. The Georgia delegates took it one step further when their hometown hero turned up to share their 123 votes for Harris.
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“Georgia, how do you cast your votes?,” the announcer asked, as Jermaine Dupri’s “Welcome to Atlanta” could be heard playing in the background. As the music shifted to DJ Snake and Lil Jon’s 2013 club banger “Turn Down for What,” the camera panned to the Atlanta rapper/producer walking down the stairs and letting out his signature “Yeahhhhh!,” which reverberated across Chicago’s United Center.
“Ladies and gentlemen, we are here tonight to officially nominate Kamala Harris for president,” Lil Jon hollered before rapping, “Fire up that loud, another round of shots/ DNC, turn down for what!”
Lil Jon made his way through the crowd — starting chants of “We’re not going back!” and “VP Harris!” — before ending on the floor with the Georgia delegates to officially cast their votes.
In addition the DJ Cassidy-led roll call and Lil Jon cameo, Patti LaBelle and Common also performed on day 2 of the DNC. LaBelle performed “You Are My Friend” for the night’s “in memoriam” segment, while Common performed “Fortunate,” switching up the lyrics to say “Be fortunate, y’all, for Kamala Harris.” Monday’s DNC day 1 included performances from Jason Isbell and Mickey Guyton, while James Taylor’s planned set was cut for time when President Biden’s remarks started much later than the schedule intended.
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The Kansas City Chiefs football star, and boyfriend of Taylor Swift, has landed his first movie project as an actor.
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Kelce is attached to star in Loose Cannons, an action comedy that is in the process of being set up at Lionsgate. Chad Stahelski, the John Wick filmmaker who has a first-look deal with Lionsgate, is producing with Jason Spitz, his partner at 87Eleven Entertainment, as well as Alex Young. Tim Dowling, whose credits include Adam Sandler comedy Just Go With It, wrote the script.
The premise centers on how every police precinct, at least in this movie’s world, has a crazy, out of control, rule-breaking officer on staff. But rather than pair them with a straight arrow and by the book partner, the premise here is that unhinged person is paired with someone just as out of line as they are.
In Cannons, two loose cannons are forced to partner up after their precincts merge due to budget cuts and no one wants to work with them. The duo end up taking on the cases no one else can.
The script is described as having tones of Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys and Rush Hour, all landmarks in the buddy action comedy genres.
Cannons is the latest major step in Kelce’s climb of the Hollywood ladder. The sports star has long wanted to expand his portfolio into entertainment, appearing in an episode of Showtime comedy Moonbase 8 in 2020 and hosting Saturday Night Live in March 2023. The drive into Hollywood become more focused when the tight end signed with CAA in spring 2023.
Stahelski is deeply ensconced in Lionsgate’s feature projects, acting as overseer of the Wick franchise for the company. He is also working on a remake of Highlander, which is a franchise hopeful and is to shoot next year after years of development.
Dowling made a name for himself with several big studio comedies, among them Universal’s Role Models, starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott, and DreamWorks’ Office Christmas Party, starring Jason Bateman. On top of Sandler’s Just Go With It, he worked on the comedian’s big-budget 2015 entry Pixels. On the action front, he co-wrote the romantic spy movie This Means War, which starred Tom Hardy, Chris Pine and Reese Witherspoon.
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Los Angeles-based trio LA LOM make their first Billboard chart appearance with debut album The Los Angeles League of Musicians, as the 13-track set launches at No. 5 on the Tropical Albums chart (dated Aug. 24).
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“I know I wasn’t thinking about charts when we made the record,” Zac Sokolow, LA LOM’s guitar player, tells Billboard. “We’ve been really excited to have the opportunity to share our original music with people around the world, and we’re really happy to hear that the record is resonating with people.”
The Los Angeles League of Musicians was released Aug. 9 on Verve/VLG. That gives the label its first entry and top 10 on a Latin chart in over a decade, since Natalie Cole’s Natalie Cole En Español debuted at No. 1 on both, Top Latin Albums and Latin Pop Albums charts in January 2013.
The Los Angeles League of Musicians (LA LOM is its acronym), opens at No. 5 on Tropical Albums with a little over 2,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. for the tracking week of Aug. 9-15, according to Luminate. Most of the album’s first week sum comprises traditional album sales, with a small amount of units through streaming activity. That equates to 358,000 official on-demand U.S. streams for the album’s songs.
On Tropical Albums, one unit equals one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album.
With The Los Angeles League of Musicians, LA LOM banks its first entry on a Billboard chart and its first top 10 on any ranking.
Notably, it’s just the third album to debut in the top five on Tropical Albums so far in 2024, after Prince Royce’s Llamada Perdida (No. 2 start in March) and Marc Anthony’s Muevense (No. 4 debut in May). Further LA LOM marks the third top five debut by a group this decade, joining El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico’s En Cuarentena and Buena Vista Social Club’s Ahora Me Da Pena EP, both which achieved a No. 3 opening in April 2021 and May 7, 2022, respectively.
“We all have a background playing different styles of music that we heard around Los Angeles, the city we all grew up in,” Sokolow adds. “Everything from classic soul, rockabilly, country, jazz, to traditional music from Eastern Europe. When we play cumbia, we bring all these elements from the city to our music. The tropical/cumbia that’s most popular around LA is probably the pop cumbia style from Mexico you hear on the radio, but there are also some really great bands that play music influenced by the chicha from Peru, or the vallenato style from Colombia. We play our own style from Los Angeles.”
Thanks to LA LOM’s U.S. growing footprint, the group, composed of Zac Sokolow (guitar), Jake Faulkner (bass), and Nicholas Baker (drums/percussion), concurrently makes its debut on the Emerging Artists chart, at No. 18. The tally ranks the most popular developing artists of the week, using the same formula as the all-encompassing Billboard Artist 100, which measures artist activity across multiple Billboard charts.
Further, the album takes LA LOM to its first appearance on Top Current Album Sales, where it arrives at No. 44.
“What you hear on the record is pretty close to the way we play live, but we always play the best when we are playing to a room full of dancers,” Sokolow concludes. “We’ve been pretty busy touring the last couple months and have dates coming up all over the world. Make sure to come see us when we make it to your town!”
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The Democratic National Convention continued on Tuesday night (Aug. 21) at Chicago’s United Center, and more musical stars took the stage to celebrate Vice President Kamala Harris‘ presidential nomination.
Patti LaBelle stepped onstage to deliver her 1977 hit, “You Are My Friend,” for the night’s in memoriam segment, singing the lyrics, “Your love has made me realize/ My future looks bright to me/ Oh, because you are my friend.” The icon previously performed Sam Cooke’s classic “A Change is Gonna Come” at the 2004 DNC. Most recently, she performed on the White House South Lawn for Biden’s Juneteenth concert.
Common also took the stage at the DNC to perform his recently released Pete Rock collaboration, “Fortunate,” switching up the lyrics at one point to tell the crowd: “Be fortunate, y’all, for Kamala Harris.” Common is also no stranger to a DNC performance, as he appeared virtually during the 2020 ceremony due to the global pandemic to join John Legend for a rendition of their best original song Oscar winner “Glory” from 2014’s Selma.
The DNC’s second night featured the theme “A Bold Vision for America’s Future,” and featured remarks from former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama; Harris’ husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff; Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. Commentator Ana Navarro hosted the evening.
Harris took over the nomination from President Joe Biden, who spoke on the opening night of the DNC. Since then, surveys have shown that while Republican nominee Donald Trump was previously winning in several key battleground states, the polls are now shifting slightly in Harris’ favor, per New York Times/Siena College.
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Taylor Swift has gone on various tours throughout her career and has brought out many openers with her. We break down all of her tour openers, keep watching to see who!
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As Taylor wraps up the European leg of her Eras Tour with nine more winter shows in Canada,we’re taking a look back at some of her other tours and the artists who opened for Taylor throughout the years. Back in 2009 Taylor Swift was going out for her first headlining tour, The Fearless Tour. And she invited a then up and coming Canadian singer who was on a fast rise to becoming a superstar, Justin Bieber. The two even filmed a video backstage trying to figure out why Justin’s foot was in a cast during the tour.
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What happened Justin?
Justin Bieber:
When you told me to break a leg, I couldn’t break a leg, but I broke my foot for you.
In 2013 Taylor set out on the Red Tour with a host of supporting acts, including her close friend and frequent collaborator, Ed Sheeran. Taylor brought Ed out as a surprise guest on her 1989 World Tour a couple years later, and at one of her final era shows in London. In 2015, Taylor was heading out on one of her biggest tours, the 1989 World Tour. She invited another Canadian pop star to join her on that trip, Shawn Mendes. Shawn revealed to Billboard’s Melinda Newman what advice Taylor gave him while they were on tour together.
Are you nervous? And I was like, yeah. She goes, why?
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Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck after two years of marriage, according to Peopleand first reported by TMZ.
The documents reportedly list the date of separation as April 26, 2024, but were filed on Aug. 20, which marks the two-year anniversary of their wedding ceremony in Georgia. Lopez and Affleck have yet to publicly announce their separation.
Lopez and Affleck first began dating back in 2002 after meeting on the set of Gigli, the first of two movies they would star in together (the second being Jersey Girl in 2004), before getting engaged. The couple delayed their planned 2003 wedding before calling it quits in 2004. Just a month after the couple officially tied the knot in Las Vegas, Bennifer celebrated their marriage in August 2022 in front of family and friends at their home in Riceboro on the Hampton Island preserve outside of Savannah, Georgia.
The marriage marked Lopez’s fourth wedding, following Ojani Noa, Cris Judd and Marc Anthony. Affleck was previously married to Jennifer Garner.
“I never thought that he and I would get back together,” Lopez told Billboard earlier this year of her relationship with the actor. “I just just couldn’t give up on idea that there was something amazing out there for me, even when it got really bad — and it did at times. I always believed deep, deep down to not give up completely. It wasn’t until I got to the point where I was really OK on my own and not having to be in a relationship when I feel like universe kind of opened up and said, ‘Well here you go.’”
She added of the duo sharing the astrological sign of Leo, “Let me tell you it’s fiery! It’s great, and it’s challenging. We are both very willful. If you know what Leos are like, you know we’re passionate. Oh my God, so passionate, the both of us. One of us gets on a tangent about something, it’s like, ‘Just sit down and let him have his moment.’ Or he needs to sit down and let me have my moment. We know each other in that way and we’re getting to know each other again, which is really beautiful too.”
Reports of trouble in the marriage began in the spring, when Affleck was notably absent from the Los Angeles and Mexico City premieres of Netflix’s Atlas, which J.Lo starred in. During a promo stop in Mexico City in May, a reporter asked in Spanish, “Is your divorce with Ben Affleck real? These rumors?”
In video of the exchange, Lopez’s co-star Simu Liu jumped in and said, “Okay, we’re not doing that. Thank you so much guys, we really appreciate it. Thank you.” Lopez then looked at the the reporter and said, “You know better than that.”
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Michael Goldstone, founder and co-owner of Mom + Pop Music, will receive the second annual Seymour Stein Global A&R Award from MUSEXPO and A&R Worldwide. The award will be presented during the International Music Industry Awards gala on March 19, 2025, at the conclusion of the 25th global edition of MUSEXPO, which is set to take place in Burbank, Calif.
This award holds special significance for Goldstone, who moved to Stein’s Sire Records in 2003. While at Sire, Goldstone’s signings included Regina Spektor, Tegan and Sara and The Veronicas.
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Prior to Sire, Goldstone worked in various capacities (PR, marketing, artist development and ultimately A&R) at Chrysalis, MCA, PolyGram, Epic and DreamWorks.
In May 2008, Goldstone left Sire to launch the indie label Mom + Pop Music Company together with Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein of Q Prime management. Goldstone and Mom + Pop Music co-owner Thaddeus Rudd were named to Billboard’s 2024 Indie Power Players list, where Goldstone said being indie means “Staying true to artistic integrity and collaboration. We deeply value the relationships that we’ve built with our artists and take pride in empowering creative freedom.”
The Seymour Stein Global A&R Award celebrates excellence in A&R worldwide, and the spirit of discovery in music. The award was created by Sat Bisla, president & founder, A&R Worldwide/MUSEXPO; Sire co-founder Richard Gottehrer; and Mandy Stein, Seymour’s daughter.
The inaugural recipient was Wendy Goldstein, president/chief creative officer of Republic Records. She received the honor on March 20, 2024, during a gala dinner on the final night of the four-day MUSEXPO conference.
Seymour Stein died in April 2023 at age 80. His signings — including Madonna, Talking Heads, The Ramones, The Pretenders, Depeche Mode and The Cure — left an indelible mark on the music landscape. His dedication to the art of A&R made him a legendary figure in the music industry. This award seeks to celebrate and perpetuate his legacy.
Stein received the Ahmet Ertegun Award at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2012, he received Billboard’s Icon Award at MIDEM. In 2018, he received a trustees award from the Recording Academy (alongside composer John Williams and the late concert promoter Bill Graham).
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If you’re looking to upgrade your bag collection without spending a lot, consider getting yourself this No Boundaries Baguette Shoulder Bag with a crossbody strap. It’s currently available for just $8.41, down from its original price of $16.94. With its sleek design and classic baguette shape, you’ll be able to add a fashion-forward piece to your purse collection for less. Its compact size is ideal for carrying all your essentials including your wallet, keys, phone, and makeup.
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She’s a real tough kid, and Taylor Swift proved it with her new music video for “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” which arrived on Tuesday (Aug. 20), shortly after she wrapped up the European leg of her Eras Tour in London.
The clip features the star in rehearsals for her massive, record-breaking tour, as well as performing and having fun on stage while her fans sing along. She’s also seen backstage with her dancers and crew, showing just how much work went into the tour.
Written and released after the 14-time Grammy winner embarked on the trek back in 2022, the song captures Swift hyping herself up to perform in front of tens of thousands of people every night while going through a painful breakup. “Breaking down, I hit the floor/ All the pieces of me shattered as the crowd was chanting, ‘More’/ I was grinning like I’m winning, I was hitting my marks/ ‘Cause I can do it with a broken heart,” she sings in the chorus.
“I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” marks the second song on TTPD to get the single treatment, following the Billboard Hot 100-topping “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone. Shortly after the album’s release on April 19, “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” debuted at No. 3 on the chart.
Swift’s Eras tour continues for its final dates in Toronto, Canada, starting on November 14 before wrapping up for good in Vancouver, Canada, on December 8.
Watch the “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” video below.
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Before you even think about leaving the house, SPF should be layered on your face to protect your from damaging UV rays. In fact, just by using a 15 SPF sunscreen can help decrease your risk of skin cancer and early skin aging, the Food and Drug Administration shared on their website. Arguably one of the best sunscreens to do so, according to Amazon shoppers, is EltaMD’s UV Clear face sunscreen.
Already, the sunscreen has been purchased more than 70,000 times this month on Amazon and has garnered praise for its buildable formula that reviewers claim “glides” over moisturizer and foundation. It’s popularity has earned it both the label of a No. 1 bestseller for facial sunscreens in addition to a 4.6 star rating out of five stars. In addition to creating a protective barrier from UV rays, the sunscreen also aims to calm and protect skin prone acne and Rosacea.
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The skincare brand has gathered such praise, that another SPF has caught beauty lover’s eyes: EltaMD’s tinted face sunscreen. More than 20,000 have been purchased so far this month and it comes in two shades depending on how tinted you’d like to be.
Dry and combination skin will mostly likely be praising EltaMD’s Tinted Face Sunscreen for its use of hyaluronic acid and zinc oxide that’ll protect your face and give it a boost of hydration. It also comes with a non-greasy formula that’ll look to instantly absorb into your skin upon application.
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