Dijon made his Saturday Night Live debut with a trio of songs from his latest album.

The singer-songwriter and producer served as the musical guest on the Dec. 6 episode of the iconic sketch comedy series, which was hosted by two-time Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy.

For his first appearance on SNL, Dijon delivered performances from his second album, Baby, released in August. The 33-year-old opened with a powerful rendition of “HIGHER!” backed by a massive ensemble that included Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, along with the musicians who have been joining him on tour. He later returned to the stage for a medley of “Baby!” and “Another Baby!”

After the episode aired, Dijon celebrated the milestone on Instagram, sharing behind-the-scenes rehearsal photos from Studio 8H.

“tour has been gorgeous and we just got to rock on live tv snl style for those out there in da wild,” he captioned the post. “Grateful true and couldn’t do it without the most divine squad ever. Grateful and buzzin and everyone who has bought a ticket is a light.”

Dijon, who is currently on tour, recently collaborated with Justin Bieber on the pop star’s new albums Swag and Swag II. He is nominated for producer of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his work on Bieber’s projects.

SNL returns on Dec. 6 with actor Josh O’Connor as host and Lily Allen as musical guest. The British pop star, who last performed on the show in 2007, is promoting her latest album, West End Girl.

Watch Dijon’s SNL performances below and find all the ways to stream the full episode here.

President Donald Trump on Saturday (Dec. 6) presented the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees with their medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office, hailing the slate of artists he was deeply involved in choosing as “perhaps the most accomplished and renowned class” ever assembled.

This year’s recipients are actor Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gaynor and George Strait, the rock band KISS and actor-singer Michael Crawford.

Trump said they are a group of “incredible people” who represent the “very best in American arts and culture” and that “I know most of them and I’ve been a fan of all of them.”

“This is a group of icons whose work and accomplishments have inspired, uplifted and unified millions and millions of Americans,” said a tuxedo-clad Trump. “This is perhaps the most accomplished and renowned class of Kennedy Center Honorees ever assembled.”

Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center

Trump ignored the Kennedy Center and its premier awards program during his first term as president. But the Republican has instituted a series of changes since returning to office in January, most notably ousting its board of trustees and replacing them with GOP supporters who voted him in as chairman of the board.

Trump also has criticized the center’s programming and its physical appearance, and has vowed to overhaul both.

The president placed around each honoree’s neck a new medal that was designed, created and donated by jeweler Tiffany & Co., according to the Kennedy Center and Trump.

It’s a gold disc etched on one side with the Kennedy Center’s image and rainbow colors. The honoree’s name appears on the reverse side with the date of the ceremony. The medallion hangs from a navy blue ribbon and replaces a large rainbow ribbon decorated with three gold plates that rested on the honoree’s shoulders and chest.

Trump honors the honorees

Strait, wearing a cowboy hat, was first to receive his medal. When the country singer started to take off the hat, Trump said, “If you want to leave it on, you can. I think we can get it through.” But Strait took it off.

The president said Crawford was a “great star of Broadway” for his lead role in the long-running Phantom of the Opera. Of Gaynor, he said, “We have the disco queen, and she was indeed, and nobody did it like Gloria Gaynor.”

Trump was effusive about his friend Stallone, calling him a “wonderful” and “spectacular” person and “one of the true, great movie stars” and “one of the great legends.”

KISS is an “incredible rock band,” he said.

Songs by honorees Gaynor and KISS played in the Rose Garden just outside the Oval Office as members of the White House press corps waited nearby for Trump to begin the ceremony.

The president said in August that he was “about 98% involved” in choosing the 2025 honorees when he personally announced them at the Kennedy Center, the first slate chosen under his leadership. The honorees traditionally had been announced by press release.

It was unclear how they were chosen. Before Trump, it fell to a bipartisan selection committee.

“These are among the greatest artists, actors and performers of their generation. The greatest that we’ve seen,” Trump said. “We can hardly imagine the country music phenomena without its king of country, or American disco without its first lady, or Broadway without its phantom — and that was a phantom, let me tell you — or rock and roll without its hottest band in the world, and that’s what they are, or Hollywood without one of its greatest visionaries.”

“Each of you has made an indelible mark on American life and together you have defined entire genres and set new standards for the performing arts,” Trump said.

Trump was also attending an annual State Department dinner for the honorees on Saturday. In years past, the honorees received their medallions there but Trump moved the ceremony to the White House.

Trump to host the Kennedy Center Honors

Meanwhile, the glitzy Kennedy Center Honors program and its series of tribute speeches and performances for each recipient is set to be taped on Sunday at the performing arts center for broadcast later in December on CBS and Paramount+. Trump is to attend the program for the first time as president, accompanied by his wife, first lady Melania Trump.

The president said in August that he had agreed to host the show, and he seemed to confirm on Saturday that he would do so, predicting that the broadcast would garner its highest ratings ever as a result. Presidents traditionally attend the program and sit with the honorees in the audience. None has ever served as host.

He said he looked forward to Sunday’s celebration.

“It’s going to be something that I believe, and I’m going to make a prediction: this will be the highest-rated show that they’ve ever done and they’ve gotten some pretty good ratings, but there’s nothing like what’s going to happen tomorrow night,” Trump said.

See a video from Saturday night uploaded by the White House below.

Miley Cyrus is giving an encouraging update on Dolly Parton‘s health.

The 33-year-old pop star spoke about her godmother’s recent health challenges while attending the Avatar: Fire and Ash premiere in Los Angeles on Monday (Dec. 1).

“She’s always gonna keep the show going,” Cyrus told Entertainment Tonight. “The show must go on. She’s just excited to get back to work.”

In late September, the 79-year-old country music icon announced she was postponing her Las Vegas concert residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace due to undisclosed medical procedures. The residency, originally set to start in December, is now scheduled to begin in 2026.

The following month, Parton addressed her health publicly after rumors about her condition began circulating online.

“I don’t think God is through with me and I ain’t done workin’,” the Country Music Hall of Famer Dolly Parton said in a video on Oct. 8.

“I wanted you to know that I’m not dying,” she added. “There’s just a lot of rumors flyin’ around and I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was OK.”

Parton and Cyrus share a long-standing bond as both friends and collaborators. In 2024, genealogy-tracking website Ancestry.com revealed they are distantly related. Parton also appeared as “Aunt Dolly” on Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana, and the duo collaborated on a reimagined duet of Cyrus’ hit “Wrecking Ball” for Parton’s 2023 album, Rockstar.

Meanwhile, Cyrus — who recently confirmed her engagement to musician Maxx Morando — contributed the song “Dream as One” to the Avatar sequel. At Monday’s premiere, she attended with her fiancé, showing off a sparkling gold band on her left ring finger.

The couple’s engagement comes four years after they started dating in 2021. The former Hannah Montana star was previously married to Liam Hemsworth.

She sang the most legendary Mexican bolero, rocked alongside one of the most recognized frontmen of Latin rock, and on her last night at the GNP Seguros Stadium, she danced to the rhythm of “Amor Prohibido” to honor the Queen of Tex-Mex, Selena Quintanilla. That’s how Dua Lipa wrapped up her successful Radical Optimism Tour on Friday (Dec. 5) in Mexico City, where she performed three sold-out shows this week at the iconic venue.

In an atmosphere filled with nostalgia and emotion after completing 92 shows around the world, according to Lipa herself, the British star chose to sing her version of the classic song by the iconic Mexican-American singer, with whom she said she feels “a very special connection” due to their shared dual nationality.

“I chose this song because I feel a very special connection with this artist and with her feeling of belonging to two places at the same time,” Lipa told in Spanish to the 65,000 attendees (according to figures from promoter Ocesa) gathered at the stadium. “It’s something I deeply identify with, as I feel I am both Albanian and English, just as she was Mexican and American.” (Watch the moment here).

Lipa was born in London to Albanian-Kosovar parents in 1995, the same year of Selena’s death. In 2022, she reinforced her family roots by obtaining Albanian citizenship. Meanwhile, the Queen of Tejano Music was born in the U.S. with Mexican heritage.

Although she didn’t have special guests like on Tuesday, when Fher Olvera from Maná joined her on stage to sing the band’s classic “Oye Mi Amor” as a duet, Lipa shook the Mexico City stadium to the rhythm of Selena. “¡Dua, hermana, ya eres mexicana!” (“Dua, sister, you’re already Mexican!”), some attendees shouted, thanking her tribute to the country.

On Monday (Dec. 1), during her first night back in Mexico, the singer surprised the audience with the classic “Bésame Mucho” by Consuelo Velázquez, in the version recorded by Luis Miguel in 1997. The gesture was reciprocated two days later by the famous Mexican superstar on social media with an image of both their faces but no accompanying message.

Also on Friday, after the World Cup draw held in Washington D.C., where Mexico learned two of its three upcoming opponents, a fan gifted Lipa a jersey of the Mexican National Team when the artist approached her fans. The Mexican team reacted with a message on X: “One beauty with another beauty! Dua Lipa posed with our new jersey and gifted us this spectacular snapshot. The British singer and us are levitating with World Cup excitement.”

Lipa’s return to Mexico also offered a series of unforgettable experiences to her fans. At the initiative of her record label, a temporary themed taqueria was opened in a tourist-friendly neighborhood of the capital. She also held the first Latin American session of Service 95, a digital newsletter where the singer shares book recommendations and interviews with authors, at a local bookstore. Additionally, she enjoyed the city and its cuisine with friends and family, as she shared on her social media.

“Thank you so much for welcoming us with open arms and for this energy that I will carry with me until next time,” Lipa expressed in Spanish during the last of her three shows in Mexico City, which gathered a total of 195,000 people, according to Ocesa.

Lipa began her Radical Optimism Tour in Singapore in November 2024, continuing through 2025 in Australia, Europe, North America, and Latin America, where the euphoria for the artist was overwhelming. The British singer explored each city marked by the tour and performed surprise covers of local artists that captivated and connected in a special way with her fans. To see all the songs in Spanish and Portuguese she performed throughout the world tour, click here.