Fans Choose Avril Lavigne’s ‘Love Sux’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

Avril Lavigne‘s latest album, Love Sux, has topped this week’s new music poll.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Feb. 25) on Billboard, choosing the pop-punk princess’ seventh studio album as their favorite new music release of the past week.

Love Sux, Lavigne’s first album since 2019’s Head Above Water, brought in 29% of the vote, beating out new music by Rosalía (“Chicken Teriyaki”), Kodak Black (Back For Everything), Kygo featuring DNCE (“Dancing Feet”), Rauw Alejandro (Trap Cake Vol. 2), and others.

“I really made the record I wanted to make,” the Canadian singer-songwriter told Billboard about Love Sux. “And I found really fun people and cool musicians to make this with.”

Thanks in part to collaborators like Travis Barker, John Feldmann, Machine Gun Kelly and Blackbear, Lavigne has come up with the rip-roaring pop-punk album that she’s had inside her since her “Sk8er Boi” days, with mean guitar riffs, post-heartbreak ferocity and arrangements that blend Warped Tour hallmarks with modern production details.

The 12-track collection was released through Barker’s DTA Records.

Placing second on the past week’s tally with 28% of the vote was the “other” category, followed by Rosalía’s dance-ready Latin trap song “Chicken Teriyaki” in third with 12.5%. The latest preview of her highly anticipated new album, Motomami, is two minutes of frenetic movement, with the rubbery beat coming into view before leaping into the background and the Spanish singer-songwriter demonstrating the full power of her vibrant personality.

See the final results of this week’s new music release poll below.

 

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YouTube Pauses Monetization for Russian Media Channels Following Sanctions

YouTube is pausing Russian affiliated channels’ ability to monetize on the video platform, the company announced on Saturday (Feb. 26).

In a statement, YouTube announced it would be suspending several channels’ ability to collect ad revenue, including the state-funded media outlet RT. The move comes just days after Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine on Thursday.

“In light of extraordinary circumstances in Ukraine … we’re pausing a number of channels’ ability to monetize on YouTube, including several Russian channels affiliated with recent sanctions,” YouTube said in the statement obtained by Reuters.

Additionally, videos from the blocked channels will appear less often in recommendations. Following a request from the Ukrainian government, RT and the other channels that have had their ad revenue paused are now no longer accessible in Ukraine. That request, from Ukraine’s minister of culture Oleksandr Tkachenko, was shared to Twitter on Saturday.

The news follows a similar move from Meta on Friday, which announced it is “now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world,” according to a Twitter statement from security policy head Nathaniel Gleicher.

“We also continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media. These changes have already begun rolling out and will continue into the weekend,” he continued.

In addition to blocking ads and monetization abilities for Russian state media, to assist with users being targeted, Meta is rolling out locked profiles in Ukraine, has temporarily removed the ability to view and search the “Friends” list for Facebook accounts in Ukraine, and is taking additional safety measures for its Messenger app and the WhatsApp platform that establish or expand existing disappearing message abilities.

Gleicher said that when it comes to Instagram, it is deploying privacy and account security alerts tied to password security and two-factor authentication in Ukraine. Earlier in the week, Meta created an operations center with experts from across the company, including native Russian and Ukrainian speakers, who are monitoring and responding to issues.

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

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Kanye West Claims Kim Kardashian Can’t Prove He Wrote Social Media Posts Amid Divorce Battle: Report

Kanye West is once again pushing back on Kim Kardashian’s desire to end their marriage.

The 44-year-old rapper and fashion mogul, who now goes by Ye, has reportedly filed legal documents claiming that his estranged wife can’t prove he wrote now-deleted social media posts bashing Kardashian’s parenting style and trashing her boyfriend Pete Davidson.

The Donda rapper’s attorney argues that his client’s controversial posts are hearsay and should be inadmissible during an upcoming court hearing, according to legal docs obtained by TMZ.

“Kim claims she read something online allegedly by Kanye and characterizes the posts in her declaration as misinformation,” the documents reportedly state. “Kim needed to offer the social media posts into evidence, and show that the posts were written by Kanye.”

Ye wrote on Instagram in mid-February that he was taking “accountability” for his actions following a public feud with Kardashian, which also involved repeated insults directed at Davidson. Previous shots at the Saturday Night Live comedian included Ye calling Davidon a  “d—head,” making fun of his Hillary Clinton tattoo, and publicly stating that he “WILL NEVER MEET MY CHILDREN.”

“I know sharing screen shots was jarring and came off as harassing Kim,” Ye wrote at the time. “I take accountability. I’m still learning in real time. I don’t have all the answers. To be good leader is to be a good listener.”

The rapper’s since-deleted Instagram posts also showed screenshots of texts from Kardashian expressing concern that his actions may cause Davidson to get hurt. Ye later asked his followers to not harm the late-night star.

Earlier this week, Kardashian fired back at Ye’s recent request to delay their divorce, telling a judge he’s released harmful “misinformation” onto social media, and that a quick ruling would “help Kanye to accept that our marital relationship is over.”

Kardashian filed for divorce from West in February 2021 after six years of marriage. Both sides initially said that the split would be amicable, but the relationship between the two superstars has turned increasingly acrimonious in the year since, as both have begun public romances with new partners.

The two reportedly have an extensive prenuptial agreement, and dutifully kept their assets split during the marriage, limiting the complexity of the proceedings. When the divorce was filed, it was reported that both had agreed to joint custody of their four children, but it’s unclear if that issue will be litigated in future proceedings.

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Mandy Moore Is ‘Really Grateful’ to Hilary Duff for Their Mommy-and-Me Music Pod

In a chat on The Kelly Clarkson Show this week, Mandy Moore raved about fellow singer-actress (and “super mom”) Hilary Duff.

Moore, whose son just turned one, is thankful for the pandemic-friendly pod that Duff, a mom of three whose youngest is around the same age, has organized for their group of friends. Their pod includes a few other familiar names.

“Hilary is a close friend, and she has a daughter who is six weeks younger than Gus. She’s like super mom — she has three kids — but she decided to start hosting this music class at her house. There’s lots of other new moms in our group: Meghan Trainor, Ashley Tisdale,” Moore told Clarkson.

“It’s so much fun. I think in this time of COVID and having a kid in the midst of a pandemic, finding community to lean on, have your kids sort of start to grow up together … I’m really grateful Hilary has done us all this giant favor.”

The This Is Us star previously opened up about the challenges of being a new parent during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting in an Instagram conversation with clinical psychologist and perinatal mental health specialist Dr. Ashurina Ream that she’d pictured having a community through events like “mommy-and-me classes and baby classes,” but instead faced a lot of isolation.

“And so it’s having to reframe these expectations that you’ve had about what it’s like to be a mom and what it’s like to connect with people,” Moore said over the summer, when baby Gus was only five months old. “The isolation is something that’s really hit me that I wasn’t necessarily expecting.”

During that candid conversation, Moore had shared her newfound appreciation for her This Is Us character, Rebecca Pearson: “I know it’s a television show and it’s not a reality show,” she said, “but still it’s like this is a woman who didn’t have a village — she had a supportive partner but also a supportive partner who had a job — and was sort of left to her own devices with triplets. I don’t know how she did it, and I felt that way initially, but now having one child, I’m, ‘It’s like a whole new ballgame for me.’ I kind of joke around, like, ‘Can I go back now? Can we start the series from the beginning because I just have some little inkling now what it’s like to be a parent that I didn’t before?’”

Watch Moore’s new interview clip with Clarkson below.

 

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Police Investigating Death of Performer Donny Davis in Las Vegas

Las Vegas police are investigating the death of 43-year-old comedian and performer Donny Davis, who was found unresponsive after a night with several people at a luxury hotel on the Strip.

Hotel security and Clark County paramedics discovered Davis after being summoned around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday to a Conrad hotel guest room in the Resorts World complex, according to a police report obtained Friday (Feb. 25). He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Davis was a 4-foot-2 actor who danced for several years in Britney Spears’ show in Las Vegas, toured with Joe Jonas, and was frequently seen with stars including Miley Cyrus and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

He also performed at a party bar called Beacher’s Madhouse and hosted private parties by celebrities including Mariah Carey and Demi Lovato.

Paramedics summoned police because they said they had trouble getting information from the four other people in the room, the police report said.

Witnesses told investigators that Davis went to the room after being denied service at a hotel bar for being too intoxicated.

A Clark County coroner’s office spokesman said it could take several weeks for results of blood toxicology tests and a finding of a cause and manner of Davis’ death.

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