A life-sized cardboard cutout of Taylor Swift became a popular fixture in Cornbrook, England, as it was on display of an apartment building near the Metrolink stop since 2017.

However, the apartment owner Red Redmond is moving out and now auctioning the affectionately called “Tram Taylor,” for a good cause. In memory of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey, a transgender girl who was stabbed to death in February in Culcheth Linear Park, proceeds for the sale will go to Mermaids, a British charity and advocacy organization that supports gender variant and transgender youth.

Redmond told BBC that Ghey’s death had a “big impact” on them, which is what inspired the decision to auction the cut-out.

Swift hasn’t publicly revealed if she’s aware of the auction, but the star is known for responding to fans. Last week, the superstar made a young Swiftie’s dream come true during The Eras tour stop in Las Vegas, when a seven-year-old named Bella set out on a mission to send her favorite singer a letter.

Her mother, Gina Lanzino, detailed the situation on TikTok. Upon arriving to the venue, Lanzino explained that Bella got an opening to have her letter delivered to Swift when she approached an usher, who agreed to try his best and deliver the note. Then, during the show, Bella and her mother receive a major update.

“We were about halfway through the show when some people came to our box and they were asking for Bella. I had actually forgot about the letter by that time, and I said, ‘That’s my daughter, what’s going on?’ And they say, ‘We wanted to give this to you,’ and it was the letter Bella gave to Taylor and she [Taylor] signed it. She [Bella] did write her section number on the back, but I really didn’t ever in a million years think that this was going to get returned to her. They filmed my daughter getting the letter back because they wanted to pass it back to Taylor.”

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From weddings to prom season, graduations, outdoor parties, music festivals, concerts and other seasonal festivities, springtime is busy for most people, which means that you might need to do some shopping.

If you’ve been meaning to restock your beauty and grooming products but are unsure of what to buy and where to buy it from, we’ve collected a list to help you out.

Below, find a roundup of new arrivals, bestsellers, trending items and more from Amazon, Ulta Beauty, Sephora and other retailers.

For additional shopping recommendations, check out our roundup of deals on men’s sneakers, celeb-loved beauty products and makeup tools for beginners.

Ulta Beauty

T3 Switch Kit Wave Trio Professional Ionic Interchangeable Curling Iron with 3 Ceramic Clip & Wand Long Barrels for Curling and Waving

Price: $299.99

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Looking for a multi-styler? The T3 Switch Kit Wave Trio allows you to switch up your look without switching hair tools. The three-in-one, interchangeable curling iron includes a 1-inch wand, 1.25-inch clip barrel and 1.5-inch clip barrel.

MANSCAPED® The Beard Hedger Premium Men’s Beard Trimmer

Price: $99.99

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Moving on to another kind of “hair tool,” the Beard Header from Manscaped is currently at No. 8 on Amazon’s list of new releases in the beauty/personal care category. The waterproof beard groomer comes equipped with an easy-to-use, intuitive wheel with 20 different length settings to choose from, a 7,200 RPM motor and high-performance battery that offers up to 60 minutes of use at a time.

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RAIN OR SHINE Anti Aging Face Sunscreen SPF 50

Price: $32.00

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Niall Horan is a fan of Jaxon Lane Rain or Shine Anti-Aging Face Sunscreen. The Voice coach used Rain or Shine sunscreen in the 21-step skincare routine that he recently shared with Vogue. Horan’s other recommendations included Jaxon Lane’s Bro Mask Cooling Under Gel Pads ($30), Make Beauty Micro Crystalline Exfoliating Face Mask ($36), Ilia Bright Start Retinol Brightening Eye Cream ($46) and Salt & Stone California Mint Lip Balm ($10).

Dots for Spots Pimple Patches for Face – Pack of 24 Hydrocolloid Acne Patch

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Dots for Spots can target those blemishes that tend to pop up when the seasons change. The vegan, ultra-thin, non-irritating, fragrance-, alcohol-, paraben- and phthalate-free blemish patches work on the face and body. For the best results, the manufacturer recommends wearing them for at least six hours (they’re also safe to wear overnight). Check out Amazon‘s Spring Beauty Premier event for more skincare options.

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e.l.f. Halo Glow Highlight Beauty Wand

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E.l.f. cosmetics’ Halo Glow Highlight Beauty Wands are trending all over TikTok. Worth the hype? There’s only one way to find out.

Sephora

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Lip Oil

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Soft Pinch Lip Oil is a newest product launch from Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty line and fans are already “obsessed” with it. The tinted lip oil is available in eight colors including muted berry, pink, rose brown and a natural shade.

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UD x Smiley Naked Mini Eyeshadow Palette

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Festival season is a good reason to buy long-lasting makeup like this Urban Decay x Smiley Naked Mini Eyeshadow Palette. The glittery palette has six “smile-inducing” eyeshadow shades that last up to 12 hours.

CHI x Barbie Dreamhouse On-The-Go Travel Kit

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If you missed out on the Chi x Barbie 1.25-inch ceramic flat iron ($109.99), triple barrel waver ($109.99) and On-the-Go Travel Kit ($109.99), there’s still time to grab Barbie-themed hair tools but you’ll have to act fast. The limited-edition travel set pictured above includes a mini blow dryer, flatiron and printed backpack and it’s almost sold out.

Fenty Beauty Hella Thicc Mascara

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Want plumper-looking lashes? Fenty Beauty dropped a new mascara to add thickness and volume to your lashes.

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Glossier Hand Cream

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Moisturized hands are a must for any season, but spring can be especially harsh on your skin. Glossier’s hand cream is made meadowfoam seed oil, coconut fruit extract and other fast-absorbing, nourishing ingredients that moisturize without the greasy residue.

[Spoiler alert: This story contains the identity of the eliminated singer on Wednesday night’s (April 5) episode of The Masked Singer.]

The contestants on The Masked Singer paid tribute to the silver screen on Wednesday’s “WB Movie Night”-themed episode. And one statuesque singer, Doll, stood tall above them all. The power singer who impressed the judges with solid covers of Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf” and Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” last week, was back in a groove with a raspy, rocking take on Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock.”

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With Dandelion taking on Judy Garland’s “Over the Rainbow” and Mantis sliding through Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock & Roll,” the competition was fierce. The judges were once again impressed by Doll’s chops, with Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg pretty sure it was punk icon Iggy Pop and Robin Thicke feeling good about KISS’ Gene Simmons given the singer’s height and pro stage moves.

Ken Jeong wasn’t even close with a guess of Elvis star Austin Butler, but Nicole Scherzinger was at least in the wheelhouse with her guesses that it was either Guns N’ Roses’ Slash or Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach.

When the head came off, though, it was none other than Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider, who tells Billboard that he was pretty sure he was going to win it all. In a chat before his elimination, Snider talks about his wild ride on the Doll side and why his least favorite body part may have given him away.

As a guy who spent years covered in garish women’s makeup and fishnet gloves, why the Doll? Seems a bit on-the-nose, no?

When they presented it to me, they were very enthusiastic about the costume. I thought it was great, but yeah, a bit too on-the-nose. Isn’t that a Twisted Sister by definition? And you could tell because a lot of people on social media guessed exactly that it was me, and Las Vegas had me as the No. 1 choice. They had me top three for winning. I’m not afraid of a pair of heels.

I don’t mean to correct you, but as you told the judges: They were pumps, not heels.

Right! Pumps are much more difficult!

The costume really showed off your legs and, as a guy who is already over 6 feet tall, it made you look like you were 7 feet tall.

With that head and heels, I was! I was gigantic, and I think my legs gave me away. Actually, Nicole said she recognized me because of those “bony kneecaps.” I mean, thanks for nothing, Nicole! That was a cheap shot, going for my weakest feature, my kneecaps. I used to wear those kind of shoes onstage for years, but the head piece was a real game changer. When I wore makeup onstage, I could at least look down and see where I was going. But in the mask, my vision was distorted and very limited and it was a bit scary, actually.

Your “Jailhouse Rock” was a bit raspier and more bluesy than we’re used to from you. What were you trying to do with that one?

It was movie night, and I’ve sung “Jailhouse” many times. People don’t know it, but the amount of times you have to sing those songs over and over — in rehearsal, technical tests — you’re burning your voice out, and quite honestly, it was raspier than I wanted it to be. It was the sixth or seventh time I sang it. I don’t sing much professionally anymore. … It’s not what I do now, so my voice is not in shape to handle that.

Well, your innate showmanship came through. You had the crowd clapping and singing along with you.

I thought that I had the crowd! When they said I was going home, I was like, what? My initial reaction was, “My wife is going to Hawaii, now I can go with her.” But I didn’t get to see the other performers. … I heard them and I wasn’t impressed. I don’t know who they were, but wow, they must have really brought it! Even when I sang “We’re Not Gonna Take It” in protest,the crowd joined me. Maybe they just didn’t like my kneecaps.

You’re a rock star, you’ve been on Celebrity Apprentice, Growing up Twisted and Celebrity Wife Swap. But is it safe to say this is the weirdest reality show you’ve ever done?

Yeah. I’ve done too much reality TV. They had a roast for me a few years ago and [Ozzy Osbourne guitarist] Zakk Wylde said, “Dee, you’ve gotta stop. This isn’t a roast, it’s an intervention!” This was definitely the hardest. It was sensory deprivation on every level.

The guesses were all over the place, from Gene Simmons to Iggy Pop, Austin Butler, Slash, Sebastian Bach and David Lee Roth. Were you offended, impressed, upset? 

I thought they were circling around in that world of Gene and Sebastian and David Lee. They were homing in on those big dogs out there. If I was on one more show, they would’ve gotten it.

You did Simple Minds and Duran Duran last week, which were a bit out of your musical wheelhouse, but you really nailed them. What were you trying to show with those performances?

I was trying to stay away form [wails] going into that range and that style so people wouldn’t know my voice immediately. “Don’t You Forget” is a guilty pleasure. As a metal guy, I could never say I really like that song, and apparently they weren’t able to get permission to use it prior until they tried to get it for me. I was honored they let me do it.

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Kelly Clarkson kicked off the Wednesday (April 5) episode of her talk show with a lovely, lilting cover of Joni Mitchell‘s “A Case of You.”

Accompanied by a lone Appalachian dulcimer, much like the original recording, the American Idol winner rolled out the story Mitchell first told on her landmark 1971 album Blue, singing, “Just before our love got lost you said/ ‘I am as constant as a northern star’/ And I said, ‘Constantly in the darkness/ Where’s that at?/ If you want me I’ll be in the bar’/ On the back of a cartoon coaster/ In the blue TV screen light/ I drew a map of Canada/ Oh, Canada/ With your face sketched on it twice.”

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The ballad was originally released as the B-side to Blue‘s sophomore single “California,” which failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 following the modest success of lead single “Carey.” Mitchell later re-recorded “A Case of You” for her 1974 live album Miles of Aisles and another version of the song also reappeared on her 2000 orchestral full-length Both Sides Now.

Other tracks Clarkson has selected for a Kellyoke spin as of late include Lenny Kravitz’s cover of “American Woman,” GAYLE’s Grammy-nominated breakout “abcdefu” — complete with tweaked lyrics to allude to her divorce from Brandon Blackstock — and Janet Jackson’s “When I Think of You.”

Meanwhile, the talk show host is also prepping the long-awaited release of Chemistry, her first new album of original, non-holiday music since 2017’s Meaning of Life. The studio set’s lead single “Mine” is set to arrive April 14 via Atlantic Records.

Watch Clarkson pay homage to Mitchell with her take on “A Case of You” below.

Live Nation president/CEO Michael Rapino is once again dipping into his personal bank account to convey his financial support and commitment to the concert promotion company he’s been building since 2005. On Friday (March 31), he purchased approximately $1 million worth of company stock “in order to maintain his strong level of stock ownership in the Company,” according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

The purchase is a bit confusing since it was part of a tax withholding effort and was technically listed as a sale of shares by Rapino rather than an acquisition. But just as he did in March 2020, Rapino spent approximately $1 million of his own money to increase the number of Live Nation shares he held in his portfolio.

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Rapino made the March 2020 purchase just as the company’s share price, and most of the stock market, was being battered by fears of a deep recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, the company was trading at $38.60 per share, down nearly 50% from weeks earlier when the stock was trading at approximately $74 per share.

Today, that $1 million Rapino invested in the company in 2020 is worth $1.8 million, with the Live Nation stock hovering around $68 to $70 per share — better than it was during the early days of the pandemic, but lower than shareholders want considering that the company enjoyed record revenue in 2022 and is poised for a big 2023 with superstar artists like Beyoncé, Drake and Madonna hitting the road. Rapino’s latest purchase is a way to shore up confidence in the company as it heads into another promising year.

Dragging the company’s share price down are concerns about debt and regulatory pressure from Washington, D.C. Live Nation carried $3.7 billion in debt prior to the pandemic and now shows a debt level of $6 billion. With nearly $5.1 billion of that debt set at a fixed interest rate, the company will easily be able to service its interest payments, but it’s unlikely to raise additional capital for acquisitions in the short term due to federal monetary shifts toward higher interest rates. On the regulatory front, the company is facing both long-term scrutiny over its 2010 merger with Ticketmaster and more recent attention over its handling of the 2022 ticket sale for Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour.

Friday’s purchase was structured differently than the March 2020 purchase, which saw Rapino buy the $1 million in company shares off the open market. Instead, it was part of a share surrender by Rapino and other executives over taxes due on vested restricted stock awards. As part of the company’s equity incentive plan, Rapino was to surrender 22,204 shares of restricted stock back to the company to cover withholding taxes but opted to pay $1 million out of his own pocket toward taxes due on his 2022 stock award, “hereby retaining ownership of 14,285 shares of common stock of the Company that would have otherwise been surrendered to the Company to pay taxes,” according to the SEC filing.

Rapino currently holds 5.2 million shares of Live Nation, consisting of 3.5 million shares of common stock, options to purchase an additional 600,000 shares and a performance share award targeted at 1.1 million shares of common stock.