Billie Eilish returned to the Saturday Night Live stage on December 11 to serve as both host and musical guest, and she nailed both roles.

Billie, who was a musical guest on the show for the first time in 2019, began with a monologue on her look and unique style, with her new brunette hair color in full display. “Mrs. Claus going to the club,” she said of her outfit, which consisted of a flouncy, oversized white Christmas dress with red piping. She went on to say of her overall style, “Some people wonder why I started wearing baggy clothes. There was actually a good reason,” she clarified. “So it wasn’t just for comfort, or for style. This is hard to say for me, but the real reason I wore big oversized clothes back then is, I was actually two kids stacked on top of each other trying to sneak into an R-rated movie.”

Billie joked in her monologue that her childhood dream was to be in a movie, but that dream “died” after her mother wrote a script in which she cast herself and Billie’s brother Finneas, not Billie. Then Billie’s mother took the stage, wearing a sweatshirt with Finneas’ face on it.

The singer also talked about how happy she was for her upcoming 20th birthday. “It takes time and effort to accept who you really are,” Billie said. “You’ll be so happy that you did. I spent a lot of years pretending to be somebody that I’m not, basically acting.”

Billie appeared in a few holiday-themed skits throughout the show, including a “Lonely Christmas” commercial and a “Hip Hop Nativity” sketch in which she wore a feathered ’80s-style wig. She did some singing and indicated that despite her acting ambitions having “died” when she was a child, she could hold her own with the SNL team.

Billie also played two songs from her new album, Happier Than Ever, including the title track, which she sang alone before joining her band for the song’s climax. She also sang “Male Fantasy” while sitting on the floor with Finneas on guitar and dressed in a sweatshirt, shorts, and socks.

The Weeknd has secured his next major project, and it’s fair to say he’s “Earned It.”

According to Variety, the Starboy performer will collaborate on the upcoming HBO series The Idol with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. Along with Levinson and his creative producer, Reza Fahim, who are both recognized as creators, he will executive produce and co-write the series.

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Yes, he will star in the series, but no details on who he will portray have been released.

According to Variety, the show will depict a Los Angeles pop singer who begins dating a nightclub owner. What’s the major twist? In addition to being the owner of a nightclub, she is also the head of a cult.

The Weeknd simply re-posted the stories and tagged HBO on Instagram to confirm his involvement in the show.

This will be the artist’s first major role at the age of 31. The singer previously appeared in Adam Sandler’s Uncut Gems and guest-wrote and featured in an American Dad episode in 2020.

Uncut Gems director Josh Safdie earlier told Variety that the musician, née Abel Tesfaye, is a “real cinephile.”

“Like, one of his favorite filmmakers is (David) Cronenberg, and that makes sense because he’s from Toronto. But he watches a lot of movies,”  Abel even helped write the plot for the Adam Sandler film, according to the director.

And Benny Safdie claimed that The Weeknd and Adam got into a fistfight for the film. The director said, “He did it with Adam, the two of them, no doubles, both of them rolling around on the ground.” “Everybody wanted to get into it, really get down and dirty with us. It was heavily choreographed, but still, none of that stuff is easy.”

In other words, when The Idol premieres, fans should expect The Weeknd to give it his all.

HBO announced on Monday, Nov. 22, that the drama series, currently titled The Idol, would have a six-episode run. According to the announcement, Amy Seimetz will direct the whole first season, while The Weeknd and Lily Rose Depp will star in the show.

Taylor Swift only had two actors in mind for her short film All Too Well: Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien.

The Stranger Things actress and the Teen Wolf alum play love interests who are in a tumultuous relationship in the project. Taylor also stars in and directs the angst-filled film, which features a new, 10-minute version of the same-named track from her re-recorded version of her 2012 album Red, which was released on Friday, Nov. 12, amid a dispute over custody of the pop star’s music.

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“I got their numbers and sent them text messages,” Taylor said of hiring Dylan and Sadie on E!’s Daily Pop. “I had already created an entire treatment and script and like, visual kind of references of what I wanted to do.”

“I wanted to have everything ready, like, this is my DP, this is who we are using for set design, this is who we are using for editing, this is who we are using for, this is the producer. I wanted them to know all of the information so they could make a choice and sent them the song,” she continued.

“They had the song before anyone else had the song,” Taylor revealed at the premiere of All Too Well in New York on Friday. “When they said yes, I was so elated because I didn’t have backups in mind.”

When Taylor Swift asked Dylan O’Brien to star in the project, which he referred to as a “trip,” he said yes without hesitation.

“I didn’t know [Taylor] knew who I was at all,” he said. “I’ve been a fan of hers for a long time, I love her, even more now. She’s like the best person ever, she is so brilliant. So yeah, it was like an automatic yes. I think we were sort of just hanging out on the phone and she asked me a while into it, like, you know, how long I wanted to think or whatever and it’s OK if I wanted to say no, and I was like, oh it’s not even a question.”

Taylor told Daily Pop that All Too Well is a “coming-of-age film about a very specific time in someone’s life when you are between 19 and 20.”

She explained that “You have one foot in childhood and one in adulthood and you don’t quite know where to stand and how fragile that makes you in that moment. We go through life, we get our hearts broken, what does that give us, what does that take away. This is a film that ponders such issues.”

Taylor’s fans have long speculated that “All Too Well” is about Jake Gyllenhaal, whom she dated briefly when she was 20 years old in 2010.

Also on Friday, host Seth Meyers asked Taylor, who has often wrote cryptic lyrics about her real-life relationships, “I wonder if there are people who might think that they were the ones you were singing about, if it’s easier or far, far worse for them, 10 years later.”

“To be honest, I haven’t thought about their experience,” she answered.

Taylor Swift told E!’s Daily Pop that re-recording the song “All Too Well” gave her “a real buzz” since the lyrics “had been written a long time ago.”

Rebel Wilson celebrated her 41st birthday with a star-studded party!

On Marlon Brando’s private island, the Pitch Perfect actress welcomed co-stars Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Chrissie Fit, and Shelley Regner to a party.

Wilson and her friends used the hashtag “Rebel Island” to post numerous pictures from the festivities.

Wilson told Page Six of the celebrations, “I feel so lucky to get to share such an incredible adventure with those I love dearly.”

“‘Rebel Island’ was something I dreamt up years ago, and The Brando made all my dreams come true with this trip. It was beyond epic and inspiring. This place is absolute heaven — no wonder Marlon Brando worshipped it.”

According to the publication, the celebs have been enjoying a variety of beach activities.

A source stated that “The group spent their days on the eco-friendly resort island swimming, snorkeling, picnicking and exploring remote islands — as well as having many themed parties such as a ‘shipwrecked mermaid’ dinner, an ’80s pool party, and movie night playing one of Rebel’s favorite films, 1971’s Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory.”

Rebel Wilson posed for a picture with two of her closest friends who had traveled with her.

She wrote alongside the image, “Zahra is one of my besties from high school who now crushes it as a lawyer in Manhattan and Lorelei is my former Youth Ambassador friend (when we toured Southern Africa) who now works literally for world peace. And they’re both Moms who crush it every day!”

Wilson filled in fans about her “year of health” journey last year, during which she dropped 30 pounds and changed her lifestyle.

The comedian previously said that she wishes she had started earlier, but it was not her narrative.

“Now that I know I can do it, sometimes I feel sad that I didn’t do it earlier,” she said in an interview with InStyle. “Maybe I should have tried when I was 30, not 40. But everybody’s journey is different, and it’s not a race or competition.

“It’s not too late to start, no matter what age you are.”

Thanks to the fairy godmother’s magic, Camila Cabello wore a new take on a princess gown to the ball (or rather, the premiere of her latest film).

On Wednesday, Sept. 1, Camila Cabello was joined by her Prince Charming Shawn Mendes at the Miami premiere of Cinderella. Despite their appearance as real-life royals, the pair did not wear regal attire or a traditional tux and gown.

Camila was dressed in a Christian Siriano outfit with a casual white crop top and tiered tulle skirt that might have been taken from Belle’s wardrobe by stylists Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn. A playful bob ‘do, and a dab of gold eyeshadow completed the summer look for the Fifth Harmony alum.

Shawn wore a black mesh long-sleeve with a deep V-neck, loose white slacks, and a chain necklace to look just as stylish.

Shawnmila celebrated their two-year anniversary in July when the “Treat You Better” singer shared a photo of them kissing in the Caribbean and referred to her as “my baby.”

Their love was on full show at the premiere as they held hands and gazed into one other’s eyes on the red carpet. The couple was also seen on a golf cart, waving peace signs for the camera.

Camila said on Instagram this week, “It’s not every day that you get to be Cinder-fricking-rella. So proud of this film.” 

“I literally just passed out, and now I’m back, and I’m ready to read my notes,” she said to the crowd at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Aug. 30. Camila continues to say that she “believed in this movie so much, that all I wanted was to enjoy it and not f—k it up. And I’m happy I didn’t f—k it up.”  

Cinderella will release on Amazon Prime Video on September 3rd.

Emma Stone has officially signed a deal to appear in the upcoming Cruella 2 film, which will include more dramatic fashions and wicked actions.

The sequel’s development was first revealed in early June, weeks after the live-action prequel to the Disney animated classic 101 Dalmations hit theaters.

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Craig Gillespie, the director of Cruella, and screenwriter Tony McNamara, were both expected to return for the sequel, although Stone’s deal had not yet been finalized.

Regarding the new deal, Patrick Whitesell, Executive Chairman of Endeavour, said that “While the media landscape has been disrupted in a meaningful way for all distributors, their creative partners cannot be left on the sidelines to carry a disproportionate amount of the downside without the potential for upside.”

“This agreement demonstrates that there can be an equitable path forward that protects artists and aligns studios’ interests with talent,” Whitesell added.

“We are proud to work alongside Emma and Disney and appreciate the studio’s willingness to recognize her contributions as a creative partner. We are hopeful that this will open the door for more members of the creative community to participate in the success of new platforms.”

With Emma Thompson, Mark Strong, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Paul Walter Hauser, Joel Fry, and Emily Beecham in supporting roles, Stone starred in and executive produced the movie — the third live-action version of the franchise, after two roles by Glenn Close as the Disney villain.

The film has grossed more than US$85 million in the United States and US$220 million worldwide. “Cruella” was made available on Disney Plus for an additional US$30 via the streamer’s Premier Access option when it was released.

The new deal follows Scarlett Johansson’s breach of contract lawsuit against Disney over the studio’s choice to release Black Widow on Disney Plus and in theaters at the same time.

When the company adopted the hybrid strategy after the pandemic prompted schedule changes for the 2021-2022 slate, Cruella and Black Widow became the first of Disney’s big films to premiere day and date in theaters and on Disney Plus.

Since then, Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt’s Jungle Cruise has launched through the hybrid model, while Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will have an exclusive theatrical release before going to VOD.

Paris Hilton is all set to have a spectacular wedding.

On Tuesday, the 40-year-old entrepreneur went on The Tonight Show and revealed a few facts about her upcoming wedding. Hilton, engaged to Carter Reum, told host Jimmy Fallon that the wedding planning process has been “very stressful” and that picking a wedding gown is “basically the only thing” she’s done so far.

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She said that “It’s gonna be like a three-day affair. We have a lot happening,” further stating that she’s “not a bridezilla at all.”

“Lots of dresses, probably 10. I love outfit changes,” she added, joking that Reum, 40, would most likely stick to one outfit since “he’s not as high-maintenance as I am.”

The wedding will also be recorded as part of Hilton’s upcoming Peacock docuseries, Paris in Love.

“I just feel like for my documentary, This Is Paris, it ended in a way in which, you know, it was amazing but I just feel like I wanted my fans to see that I found my Prince Charming and my happy fairytale ending,” the socialite explained.

After a year of dating, Reum proposed to Hilton on February 13th. On a private island, the couple was celebrating Hilton’s 40th birthday when the author proposed with a mega-carat, emerald-cut diamond ring created by designer Jean Dousset, the great-great-grandson of renowned French jeweler Louis Cartier.

“When you find your soulmate, you don’t just know it. You feel it,” Hilton captioned her engagement photos on Instagram.

“My love and I have been together since our first date and for my birthday, he arranged a special trip to tropical paradise. As we walked to dinner along the beach, Carter led us to a cabana adorned with flowers and dropped to one knee. I said yes, yes to forever. There’s no one I’d rather spend forever with.”

Paris Hilton is excited to start a family with Reum, in addition to looking forward to her wedding day. The actress addressed rumors she was pregnant in a recent This Is Paris podcast episode titled ‘This Is… I’m Pregnant??’

“I am not pregnant.” She said, “Not yet.” “My [wedding] dress is being made right now, so I want to make sure it looks gorgeous and fits perfectly. So definitely waiting for that part.”

“I can’t wait to have children in 2022. But like I said, I am just preparing for the wedding right now.”

The Web’s Hit Music Station welcomes on the creators of the new movie “Hamlet/Horatio” David Wenzel and David Vando on The Zach Feldman Show. Wenzel talks about how he got involved in the project and how the movie has created a new way of looking at the work of William Shakespeare. Listen to the entire interview below!

With a cool, Hot Girl Summer kiss-off, Billie Eilish dumps her former beau in “Lost Cause.”

The 19-year-old pop sensation launched her new track and music video for “Lost Cause” on Wednesday (June 2). Happier Than Ever is Eilish’s upcoming sophomore album, and the song is the fourth single from it.

In the song, Billie sings about an ex-boyfriend who was meant to be there for her on a particular day but wasn’t.

Here’s a short snippet of the song’s lyrics:

“You weren’t even there that day

I was waitin’ on you (You, you)

I wonder if you were aware that day

I sent you flowers

Did you even care?

You ran to shower

And left them by the stairs.”

Eilish admits in the lyrics that she believed her boyfriend had his “s**t together,” but she was mistaken. He’s a lost cause, she says, and their relationship “ain’t nothing like it once was,” she adds, noting that he doesn’t even have an actual job.

Fans have assumed since the song’s debut that it was based on Eilish’s ex-boyfriend, Q (a.k.a. Brandon Adams, better known as the rapper 7: AMP), who was referenced in the singer’s Apple TV+ documentary.

In Billie Eilish’s Apple TV+ film, there are a few instances when her boyfriend at the time, Brandon Quention Adam, either didn’t show up or came extremely late to events Billie invited him to. It’s probable that the pre-chorus references to that.

Eilish stated in the documentary that she “just wasn’t happy” in the relationship.

Eilish said in the film that “I didn’t want the same things he wanted and I don’t think that’s fair for him. I don’t think you should be in a relationship super excited about things that the other person couldn’t care less about. And there was just a lack of effort, I think. I literally was just like, ‘Dude, you don’t even have enough love to love yourself, you can’t love me. And you don’t. Like, you think you do.'”

Eilish even admitted to feeling “lonely” and “miserable” during Valentine’s Day, as per Insider.

Adams addressed their split in an Instagram Story in March 2021.

“There’s always 2 sides to a situation,” he wrote, further stating that he was going through a lot at that time, including his brothers’ death. “Sometimes people disagree and don’t want the same things as one another. It’s on you to understand there’s several points of view to a situation.”

Here Billie Eilish’s new song “Lost Cause” on Z Radio Live!

The “Web’s Hit Music Station” Z Radio Live welcomed back singer Ute on to the latest episode of Zach & Evan. Ute appeared on the show to discuss her brand new docu-series “Music Makes Me Fly” which is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Trailer: youtu.be/q8eLLo_ApvE

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Ute’s Website: ute.world