A judge temporarily blocks Missouri’s gender-affirming healthcare rule.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s rule to restrict gender-affirming care for minors and adults in the state was set to go into effect Thursday.
The rule would ban all medically necessary treatment for gender dysphoria unless the patient has gone through extensive therapy.
The block on the Attorney General’s rule will last until, at least, Monday while the judge considers the issue.
Rapper MoneySign Suede has died after he was stabbed in a shower at a California prison, authorities and his attorney said.
Jaime Brugada Valdez, 22, of Huntington Park was found in the shower area of the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad State Prison shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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Despite life-saving efforts, he died at a prison medical facility.
The agency didn’t detail his injuries but said his death was being investigated as a homicide.
“They said it was a stabbing to the neck,” Valdez’s attorney, Nicholas Rosenberg, told the Los Angeles Times.
Suede signed to Atlantic Records in 2021 and released his most recent album Parkside Baby in September, the Times said.
The Monterey County prison houses more than 4,000 minimum- and medium-security inmates.
Valdez was sent there after being sentenced in Riverside County in December to serve two years and eight months on two charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a gun, according to state corrections officials.
The 52-year-old rapper flew down to Washington D.C. on Wednesday (April 26) as a spokesperson for Power to the Patients, which advocates for health care billing transparency. He spoke to a crowd at Capitol Hill, sharing how his hometown of NYC’s The Bronx has “protected” him throughout his life, and that he’s ready to help out the “voiceless” people in his community in return.
“They know they got somebody here who’s willing to step up and fight for their rights and fight for their families, fight for their health,” Fat Joe is heard saying in a clip shared by TMZ. “This is not a rocket scientist thing. Just show us the prices so we can know whether we want to go to this hospital or if we want to go to the other hospital.”
Fat Joe, a longtime Power to the Patients supporter, is also set to perform at an event sponsored by the organization ahead of the White House Correspondents’ Association on Thursday (April 27), taking the stage alongside fellow rappers Busta Rhymes, French Montana and Rick Ross.
“It’s your right to know HOSPITAL PRICES,” the “Lean Back” rapper captioned a post on Instagram, in which he shared a number of snaps from his trip to the nation’s capital so far. See the post below.
Jessica Simpson is ready to soak up the sun, and is supporting another female business owner at the same time.
The star took to Instagram on Wednesday (April 26) to share a stunning mirror selfie, in which she’s seen rocking a neon green bikini from Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS swim collection. To put together the look, Simpson paired the swimsuit with a pair of hot pink platforms from her own shoe line.
While the “I Wanna Love You Forever” singer looks glowing and confident in her new Instagram post, she’s been open for years about her struggles with body image, especially when it comes to body shamers online.
In April 2021, the star’s mom, Tina Simpson, appeared on TODAY, where she discussed the hardest part about her daughter living in the spotlight. “I have to be honest: To me, the hardest thing with Jessica has been the weight. Because the way people judge her, it’s unbelievable. Body shaming is a terrible thing, and no girl should have to go through that — or guy. Period,” she told TODAY‘s Sheinelle Jones. “Because of that, it catapulted all kinds of different emotions and different things in her life, too, you know? And then it made her want to be a recluse, in a lot of ways, and to hide out and not want to get our of her house.”
Daytime Emmy voters are obviously fans of Kellyoke — and the rest of the show that surrounds that popular segment. The Kelly Clarkson Show leads all talk series with 11 2023 Daytime Emmy nominations.
The show, which has won daytime talk series the last two years running, is nominated in that category again this year, where it faces returning nominees The Drew Barrymore Show, Live With Kelly and Ryan and Today With Hoda and Jenna as well as first-time nominee The Jennifer Hudson Show.
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Kelly Clarkson has won daytime talk series host the last three years in a row. She’s nominated in that category again this year, where she faces returning nominees Drew Barrymore; Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest; Tamron Hall, a two-time winner for informative talk show host for her syndicated Tamron Hall before the categories were realigned this year; and Sherri Shepard, for the syndicated Sherri!
Ripa, like Clarkson, has won three times in this category. She and Seacrest took the award four years ago. She won in 2015 and 2016 while co-hosting Live with Michael Strahan. Seacrest recently departed Live after a six-year run. Hudson became an EGOT at the 2022 Tony Awards.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Wednesday (April 26). ABC’s General Hospital led all programs with 19 nominations.
Zac Efron is nominated for daytime program host for Down to Earth With Zac Efron, while his Netflix show of the same name is nominated for travel, adventure and nature program.
Variety received two nominations in the arts and popular culture program category, for the Lifetime special Variety Power of Women: Changemakers and the PBS series Variety Studio: Actors on Actors. The other nominees in that category are Kings of Leon @ O2 (YouTube), American Anthems (PBS), My Bluegrass Story (RFD-TV) and Working in the Theatre (AmericanTheatreWing).
“Today we not only honor this year’s outstanding programs and individuals, we mark a milestone in television history,” NATAS president & CEO Adam Sharp said in a statement. “Our golden anniversary celebrates the talented creators who have made the last 50 years of daytime television so unforgettable.”
The Daytime Emmys will air live on CBS and stream live on Paramount + on June 16. This will mark the 17th time CBS has broadcast the show.
In a highly unusual scheduling move, The Daytime Creative Arts and Lifestyle Emmy ceremony will stream live the day after the main telecast – on June 17 – at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and via The Emmys apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV and Roku. Both ceremonies will be held at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles.
The Daytime Emmys are produced by NATAS and Associated Television International. Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer from ATI.
Here’s a selected list of 2023 Daytime Emmy nominees, with a focus on names most relevant to the music community.
Daytime Talk Series
The Drew Barrymore Show, Syndicated
The Jennifer Hudson Show, Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show, Syndicated
Live with Kelly and Ryan, Syndicated
Today with Hoda and Jenna, NBC
Daytime Talk Series Host
Drew Barrymore, The Drew Barrymore Show, Syndicated
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Syndicated
Tamron Hall. Tamron Hall, Syndicated
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Syndicated
Sherri Shepherd, Sherri!, Syndicated
Daytime Program Host
Danielle Brooks, Instant Dream Home, Netflix
Mike Corey, Uncharted Adventure, The Weather Channel
Zac Efron, Down to Earth with Zac Efron, Netflix
Kevin O’Connor, This Old House, PBS/Roku
Martha Stewart, Martha Gardens, Roku
Entertainment News Series
Access Hollywood, Syndicated
E! News, E! Entertainment
Entertainment Tonight, Syndicated
Extra, Syndicated
Inside Edition, Syndicated
Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
The Hidden Lives of Pets, Netflix
Home, Apple TV+
Island of the Sea Wolves, Netflix
The Kelly Clarkson Show, Syndicated
Original Song
“Darling Darling,” General Hospital, ABC
“Everyone Dances,” The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
“Life is Sweet,” American Anthems, PBS
“Only There,” Joni Table Talk, Daystar
“Pocket Change,” American Anthems, PBS
Culinary Series
Family Dinner, Magnolia Network
José Andrés and Family in Spain, Discovery+
Martha Cooks, Roku
Roadfood: Discovering America One Dish at a Time, GBH
Selena + Chef, HBO Max
Travel, Adventure and Nature Program
Down to Earth with Zac Efron, Netflix
Guy’s All-American Road Trip, Food Network
The Hidden Lives of Pets, Netflix
Island of the Sea Wolves, Netflix
Reel Destinations, Focus Features
Wild Babies, Netflix
Instructional/How-To Program
Amanda Gorman Teaches Writing and Performing Poetry, MasterClass
Fixer Upper: The Castle, Magnolia Network
Idea House: Mountain Modern, Roku
Instant Dream Home, Netflix
Martha Gardens, Roku
Arts and Popular Culture Program
American Anthems, PBS
Kings of Leon @ O2, YouTube
My Bluegrass Story, RFD-TV
Variety Power of Women: Changemakers, Lifetime
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors, PBS
Working in the Theatre, AmericanTheatreWing.org
Daytime Special
96th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day, NBC
All Boys Aren’t Blue, Amazon Prime Video
Behind The Table: A View Reunion, Hulu
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day, ABC
Extra: Cheslie Kryst 1991-2022, Syndicated
The House that Norm Built, PBS I, Roku
Recipe for Change: Standing up to Anti-Semitism, YouTube Originals
Short Form Program
Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond, WORLD Channel
Dressed, Focus Features
Finding Pause, Healthline
Handmade, Youtube
My Mark featuring Marcus Samuelsson, Conde Nast/Bon Appetit
Ready Jet Cook, Food Network
Promotional Announcement
Access Hollywood, Syndicated: “Tow Yard”
The Drew Barrymore Show, Syndicated: “Drew’s Got the Beat”
The Jennifer Hudson Show, Syndicated: “EGOT, Hope, and Joy, and Magic”
Tones and I just keeps dancing. On Wednesday (April 26), the music video for the Australian indie sensation’s smash single “Dance Monkey” officially hit 2 billion views and counting on YouTube.
The amusing clip finds the artist otherwise known as Toni Elizabeth Watson donning old-age makeup and a gray beard to play an old man who escapes from a nursing home with his gaggle of buddies for a wild day out on the golf course.
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“They say dance for me, dance for me, dance for me, oh-oh-oh/ I’ve never seen anybody do the things you do before/ They say, move for me, move for me, move for me, ay-ay-ay/ And when you’re done, I’ll make you do it all again,” she sings as the group goes joyriding in golf carts, throws back beers at the clubhouse and boogies on the putting green.
The grooving single was an instantly viral hit when Tones and I unleashed it back in 2019 as the second single from her debut EP The Kids Are Coming. While it charted at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song hit No. 1 in more than 30 countries around the world and also earned the pop singer her first top 10 hit on Billboard‘s Pop Airplay, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Dance/Mix Show Airplay charts.
Since then, Tones and I released her debut studio album Welcome to the Madhouse, collaborated with Macklemore on “Chant,” and contributed “I Made It” to the soundtrack of the 2023 biographical drama True Spirit.
Rewatch Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey” music video below.
Once considered unorthodox, collaborations between regional Mexican music and urban artists are now considered part of the norm.
Over the past few years, the industry has witnessed unprecedented team-ups, including Bad Bunny‘s first major splash into this world alongside then-emerging corridos tumbados act Natanael Cano. In 2019, the pair released a remix to Cano’s “Soy El Diablo.”
Four years later, Bunny is back at it again, this time partnering with another newcomer, Grupo Frontera. Earlier this month, the Puerto Rican superstar and Frontera released the norteño-tinged cumbia “un x100to.”
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Peso Pluma, Mexican music’s latest hitmaker, has delivered star-studded collaborations with non-regional Mexican artists, including Nicki Nicole, Ovy on the Drums and Blessd. Both Ovy and Blessd joined Peso to sing his signature corridos bélicos.
Meanwhile, in March, Nicky Jam and Luis R. Conriquez delivered “Como El Viento,” a melodious corrido with hints of trap. “I’ve always respected regional Mexican music,” Jam previously told Billboard Español. “It’s not from my culture — in Puerto Rico, you hear more salsa, merengue and Caribbean music, but I lived 10 years in Colombia, and over there you listen to it a lot. So they showed me this song and I thought it was the perfect one for me.”
Other collaborations between regional Mexican artists and urban acts featured on our list include Grupo Firme and Maluma’s “Cada Quien,” Ivan Cornejo and Jhayco’s “Está Dañada (Remix),” and Banda MS, Snoop Dogg and Becky G’s “Qué Maldición.”
So what’s your favorite regional Mexican/urban collab? Make your vote count in our poll below:
The man accused of killing 20-year-old Taylor Swift fan Jacob Lewis in a hit-and-run accident as he left the Houston Eras Tour stop last Friday will be charged with felony murder, a prosecutor in the case says.
According toKHOU-11, Lewis and his sister April Bancroft were driving back home from the concert at NRG Stadium when they had car trouble. Lewis started pushing the vehicle to the shoulder when he was struck by a suspected drunk driver — identified by police as 34-year-old Alan Hayes — who fled the scene. A tow-truck driver witnessed the incident and led police to Hayes, who was later arrested.
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Hayes is currently being held in jail on $120,000 bond for DWI and failure to stop and render aid. Prosecutor Kelly Marshall told the outlet that Hayes has two prior DWI convictions and was arrested in Montgomery County on drug charges just a few days before the accident.
Meanwhile, Lewis’ sister has expressed gratitude toward Swift fans, who have extended kindness to her and her family in light of her brother’s death. A GoFundMe in Lewis’ name has raised more than $120,000 with the help of $13 donations from Swifties; the family will use the money for funeral costs and a scholarship in Lewis’ name.
“I cannot express the overwhelming happiness and gratitude from every #Swiftie out there,” Bancroft tweeted Sunday. “Thank you thank you thank you. I will get to your messages eventually if I haven’t already, your words have inspired me through my day so much.”
I cannot even describe the pain I feel at this moment for the loss of my brother. We loved you so much @taylorswift13. Thank you for making this our last memory together #JacobLewishttps://t.co/cRHT5T54YT