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Pop superstar Ariana Grande fielded messages from all manner of fans and celebrities on Thursday (June 26) as the singer-actress turned 32 years old. But one of the strangest well wishes came not from a person, but a 1,400-foot-tall building. In a post to its TikTok account on Thursday, New York City’s Empire State Building shared a video celebrating the pop singer’s birthday. In the clip, the skyscraper’s iconic spire is shown through a series of aerial shots as it lights up with different colors, while a mashup of some of Grande’s biggest hits play in the background, including “Break…

This girl is off the market Allison Williams is married and Alexander Dreymon got married after six years of dating, Today.com confirmed. Speculation that the couple had tied the knot mounted after Allison casually referred to Alexander, 42, as her “husband” while discussing how they juggle parenting son Arlo, 3, and traveling for their careers. “I would be in a puddle on the ground if we didn’t have the nanny that we have, who is the reason my husband is shooting in London right now and I’m here,” the Girls alum told The Guardian in an interview published June 23. “None of this…

When Laura Low Ah Kee and Shannon Savage met while working at Lululemon in 2005, the Vancouver, Canada-based athletic apparel brand wasn’t yet the global phenomenon it is today.Image Credit: Courtesy of Left On Friday. Laura Low Ah Kee, left, and Shannon Savage, right. “The term ‘athleisure’ didn’t exist yet,” Savage tells Entrepreneur. “This whole world of women’s athletic apparel did not exist yet. So it was a really cool time to be involved in the company, and we just always had this love for this active lifestyle and product and fashion.” Low Ah Kee and Savage both took on…

Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for defamation over its coverage of a phone call the California Gov. had with President Donald Trump.  In the suit, filed Friday, Newsom says that Fox News had used deceptive edits to claim that the governor had lied in saying that Trump had not called him about deploying National Guard troops during the L.A. protests, according to news reports. He is demanding $787 million in monetary damages, which is about the same amount Fox paid in 2023 to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. “No more lies,” Newsom wrote in a…

Morgan Wallen reimagines English rock band Nothing But Thieves’ 2014 track “Graveyard Whistling,” leaning into an alt-rock sound on his version, released as an Amazon Music Original cover on Friday (June 27) Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The 19-time Billboard Music Award winner first released “Graveyard Whistling” in March 2024 as part of his Abbey Road Sessions series on YouTube. Those covers were recorded at London’s historic Studio Two at Abbey Road Studios. Amazon Music will also release the song as a limited-edition 7″ on Sept. 19, with “Dark Til Daylight”…

The last week of June certainly came as a welcome relief for the Indian startup ecosystem with a sharp rise in venture capital (VC) funding after it had hit a new low in the previous week.The 568% increase in venture capital this week was due to a higher number of deals, coupled with the presence of reasonably larger value deals, especially led by the $100 million fund raise of defence and aerospace tech startup by Raphe mPhibr.The total funding for the last week of June was $374 million across 31 deals, as compared to $57 million in the previous week.This…

Jen Affleck got more than her nails done at her latest beauty appointment.  As the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star was getting a manicure, she shared that her session had gone awry when she went into labor at 39 weeks during the pampering.  Jen wrote over the June 26 TikTok video, “POV: You start having contractions at your nail appointment.” The reality star, who was sitting in front of her nail tech, said to the camera in the June 26 TikTok video, “I’m feeling great.” After timing her contractions with her iPhone, she explained in a phone call, “I’m…

[This story contains spoilers from the first two episodes of Smoke, “Pilot” and “Your Happy Makes Me Sad.”] Jurnee Smollett will never back away from a challenge; in fact, she thrives on it. The 38-year-old actress, who first gained recognition as a child star in the ’90s with her roles in Eve’s Bayou, Full House and On Our Own, is always looking for ways to grow with her characters. She doesn’t want to ever be “pigeonholed as one type of thing,” she makes clear. “Whether it was a superhero in DC Comics or Letitia-fucking-Lewis in [Lovecraft Country], or a lawyer…

Submit questions about Billboard charts, as well as general music musings, to askbb@billboard.com. Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the United States. Or, reach out on Bluesky. Let’s open the latest mailbag. Hi Gary, I noticed that for the last four weeks, all songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 have reached either No. 1 or No. 2. The leaders: Alex Warren’s “Ordinary”; Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild”; Morgan Wallen’s “What I Want,” featuring Tate McRae; Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther”; Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”; Lady Gaga and Bruno…

Last summer — and, for what it’s worth, this summer as well — Quan, Litleboy and Trilla G’s “Someone Else” was inescapable across the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. Whether you were feting pon di road, out with friends, or humming along to your daily playlist, the song’s infectious bouyon drums echoed across the region. Bouyon, the fast-growing genre originating from the island of Dominica, is poised to follow the footsteps of reggae, dancehall, soca and konpa as the next Caribbean genre to garner global attention — yet another major moment for a region that’s wining on the precipice of…