Stevie Nicks revealed that she’s getting her own Barbie doll, with style inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors era — including a black witchy dress and her holding a tambourine. The doll costs $55, as Nicks showed it off at her recent Madison Square Garden show.
The star also talked about the honor in a new interview with USA Today.
“I tend to think all the women in the world would love to have a Barbie made of them, but they know that isn’t going to happen,” Nicks shared. “When I found out, I was really catapulted back to when the first Barbies came out in 1959 and my mom bought me a Barbie.”
Nicks extended her love even further in a new X (formerly Twitter) post. “When I look at her, I see my 27 year old self,” she wrote. “All the memories of walking out on a big stage in that black outfit and those gorgeous boots come rushing back~ and then I see myself now in her face. What we have been through since 1975~ the battles we have fought, the lessons we have learned~ together. I am her and she is me. She absolutely has my heart.”
Check out her post, which includes photos of the new Nicks Barbie doll, below. Info on where to buy the collector item can be found here.
My Stevie @Barbie has been with me now for several months. When Mattel came to me asking if I would like to have a Barbie made in the “Rumours” cover style I was very overwhelmed. Of course I questioned “would she look like me? Would she have my spirit? Would she have my heart…”… pic.twitter.com/JQXjF7XSMK
In honor of the Foo Fighters’ new album, But Here We Are, the band has announced the Everything Or Nothing At All Tour for next year. Given it marks their first true run since the passing of their drummer, Taylor Hawkins, some might still be wondering who will replace him on the road.
Back in May, they revealed that Josh Freese was taking over — and went on to make his live debut with Foo Fighters during a New Hampshire show. Freese’s past drumming work has included songs for bands like Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, Devo, Danny Elfman, and more.
Freese had been seen as a contender to be the band’s new drummer, as he played with Foo Fighters during their tribute concerts to Hawkins back in 2022. After he was tapped to be the new touring drummer, Variety noted that he left playing for Elfman and The Offspring to join them.
As for their upcoming tour, it will start next July with two nights at Citi Field before ending in mid-August in Seattle. Tickets go on sale this Friday, October 6 at 10 a.m. local time. You can find a complete list of tour dates and more information here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Last month, Lionsgate released a Saw X-themed party of Nicole Kidman’s famous “heartbreak feels good in a place like this” ad for AMC theaters, with Billy the puppet filling in for the Eyes Wide Shut actress (“Somehow, self-amputation feels good in a place like this”). I’d say you can watch it here, but you can’t: the video was removed from YouTube. What happened?
“It’s like Voldemort. It’s the Thing That Shall Not Be Named,” Saw X co-producer Oren Koules told Entertainment Weekly with a laugh. Co-producer Mark Burg added, “It was 100 percent the genius of the marketing team at Lionsgate. It’s a shame that AMC did not share our joy in it.”
Billy took out his frustrations by getting hammered.
Saw X (which is getting solid reviews) opened to #2 at the box office this weekend. It made $18 million to Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie‘s $22 million, making it the Oppenheimer to Paw Patrol‘s Barbie in Barbenheimer 2: Saw Patrol. (If any of that made sense to you, it’s time to close the computer, go outdoors, and take a relaxing bike ride. Maybe a certain puppet will join you.)
According to fascinating little detail from the new Michael Lewis biography on Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced FTX founder reportedly tried to broker a deal to stop Donald Trump from running for president again by paying him a hefty sum of $5 billion deal.
Obviously, this alleged offer was being kicked around before the infamous collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange that led to Bankman-Fried being indicted for fraud. However, while promoting the new book on 60 Minutes, Lewis revealed that it’s not entirely clear on whether or not Trump was aware the deal, or more importantly, open to the offer.
You can see the bombshell moment below:
Michael Lewis reports that Sam Bankman-Fried considered paying Donald Trump not to run for president. He even got a number: $5 billion, but never learned if it was a serious figure that came from Trump himself. https://t.co/WtGO1TPP4Apic.twitter.com/WeKCNByiTk
Lewis said during a “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday that the “number that was kicking around when I was talking to Sam about this was $5 billion,” adding, “Sam wasn’t sure that number came directly from Trump.”
Likewise, it wasn’t immediately clear if whether 45th president was even willing to negotiate with Bankman-Fried, who is slated to go on trial Tuesday in Manhattan federal court on epic fraud charges.
According to Lewis, Bankman-Fried did have some doubts about whether or not paying a politician not to run for office is legal. That did not stop him from still having those conversations right up until the point when FTX “blew up.”
Trump’s team did not respond to the Post‘s request for comment, but given the mounting legal problems facing the former president, we doubt he’s in a rush to admit he was open to a $5 billion bribe.
You can watch the full 60 Minutes interview with Lewis below:
Every Monday, Billboard unveils the top 10 songs on the latest Hot 100 chart. The most recent rankings, for the chart dated October 7, are out now, so let’s run down who had this week’s biggest hits.
Rema and Selena find themselves back in the top 10 this week after spending last week at No. 11. The song is also killing it on the US Afrobeats chart, where it’s No. 1 for a record-extending 57th week.
8. Gunna — “F*kumean”
In addition to “F*kumean” sticking around in the top 10, Gunna also recently put on a heck of a show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, as Uproxx’s Wongo Okon notes.
7. Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire”
After returning to No. 1 recently, “Vampire” is sitting comfortably at No. 7, the same position as last week.
6. Morgan Wallen — “Last Night”
“Last Night” just won’t go away: It was No. 8 last week, but now the 16-week No. 1 hit rises slightly to No. 6.
After debuting at No. 1 four weeks ago, Bryan and Musgraves hold steady at No. 5, while the song is No. 1 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts for a fifth week.
4. Taylor Swift — “Cruel Summer”
After reaching as high as No. 3 and living at No. 6 last week, Swift’s “Cruel Summer” returns to the top 5 at No. 4, which is pretty good for a song that originally came out in 2019.
3. Luke Combs — “Fast Car”
Combs’ Tracy Chapman cover continues to be a consistent top-10 presence on the Hot 100 as it spends its second week at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
2. SZA — “Snooze”
“Snooze” was No. 3 last week, and while it didn’t claim the top spot, it did reach a new high at No. 2 this week.
1. Doja Cat — “Paint The Town Red”
“Paint The Town Red” previously spent a single week back at No. 1, but after a spell away, the song is back on top, making it Doja’s first song to spend multiple weeks at No. 1.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
These days, nothing is really as it seems, and that’s all thanks to AI. Fake trailers, movie concepts, and even full AI songs can make it harder to distinguish what’s real and what’s just a randomly generated Drake verse. Luckily, a lot of people can tell the difference, but it doesn’t make it any easier for these celebrities who are out of touch with the internet (by “out of touch” I mean “older”).
Even Tom Hanks is fed up with AI, particularly one company that is using his likeness to sell some sort of dental treatment. The unnamed company has been using a fake image of Hanks to seemingly sell a plan, which is a red flag because it’s not like he’s known for having good teeth, right? Either way, Hanks wanted to be sure that out-of-touch (or older) people didn’t fall for it, so the actor took to Instagram to warn his followers.
“BEWARE!! There’s a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. I have nothing to do with it,” Hanks wrote over the photo with a clearly de-aged Hanks.
Hanks has been openly critical of AI technology, particularly in movies. Earlier this year, Hanks said on The Adam Buxton podcast: “Anybody can now recreate themselves at any age they are, by way of AI or deepfake technology. I could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that’s it. But my performances can go on and on and on and on, and outside of the understanding that has been done with AI or deepfake. There’ll be nothing to tell you that it’s not me and me alone.”
Luckily, Hank wasn’t hit by a bus, but if he was, he could probably get some good dental reconstruction work done by the unnamed company. For now, it seems like he will just have to keep warning his followers not to believe everything they see with his face on it. Much like the plot of Cloud Atlas.
LCD Soundsystem will be taking over New York City once again, as the band announced a 12-date residency that will span three venues in three different boroughs. While they’ve done similar annual shows in the past, they’ve only been held at Brooklyn Steel.
This time, Terminal 5 and Knockdown Center have been added to the mix. The dates will run from November 16 at Brooklyn Steel, giving four shows at each spot, and ending on December 10 in Queens.
Three of the shows are just for American Express cardholders, who will get early access to tickets on Tuesday, October 10. However, there still are a lot of times to catch the band — even without a card. Fans can sign up currently for presale access here, which will start on Wednesday, October 11 at 10 a.m. ET. A general sale will then be held on Thursday, October 12 at the same time.
Continue scrolling for a complete list of tour dates.
11/16 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
11/17 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
11/18 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
11/19 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel*
11/28 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5
11/29 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5
11/30 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5*
12/01 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5
12/07 — Queens, NY @ Knockdown Center*
12/08 — Queens, NY @ Knockdown Center
12/09 — Queens, NY @ Knockdown Center
12/10 — Queens, NY @ Knockdown Center
Much has been made of Britney Spears’ decision to dance with knives, which of course led to plenty of scrutiny and also prompted an LAPD welfare check. Britney has hinted that she was swept up in the spirit of Halloween and/or paying tribute to Shakira with said dancing, and it seems like almost everyone has weighed in on the controversy, so it was apparently time for Don Jr. to wade in, too.
Over the weekend, the ex-presidential son had some spare time, despite everything, and decided to share a meme that attributed the knife dancing to being of “America Under Biden.” Don Jr. also labeled a throwback photo of Britney as “America Under Trump” (and captioned the whole thing as “yup”) because I guess he thinks his dad was president in the late 1990s? No one knows, but his use of the meme was overall not a good look.
Britney’s estranged husband, Sam Asghari, decided that he wasn’t going to let this joke/meme slide. Via Page Six, Sam took to his Instagram stories and tagged Don Jr. while writing, “It’s not okay to be a bully.”
Sam and Britney announced their divorce in late August. It’s been said that he’s getting nothing in the prenup other than gifts previously bestowed by the singer. He didn’t seem forthcoming on the subject of his ex when TMZ recently caught up with him, but clearly, Sam felt that Don Jr. needs to chill out and leave Britney alone.
Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour isn’t over yet. This week, the international superstar announced the impending release of a concert film based on footage of her tour coming to AMC Theaters on December 1. However, in addition to allowing fans to relive the experience of the tour (or experience it for the first time, for those who missed out on tickets to see it live), Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé will also finally fulfill one of fans’ greatest wishes since the Renaissance LP made the “world stop.”
Will Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Film Have New Music Videos?
The answer is a resounding “yaaaas, b*tch!” According to Variety, the film will incorporate highlights from the tour as well as the highly-anticipated videos that Beyoncé has been teasing fans with for over a year. It’ll also feature behind-the-scenes footage of the recording of the album and the conception stage of the tour.
When Renaissance dropped in July of 2022, fans were eager for more of the iconic music videos that have helped make Beyoncé a fixture of pop culture. However, not even three months went by before they grew restless with the relative radio silence. Rather than give an update, though, Beyoncé decided to instead troll her loyal followers through the official Parkwood Twitter account, posting a meme that suggested they might end up getting Suga Mama old by the time she “released the visuals,” as they kept demanding.
When the tour started, she continued to tease them with a video during the presentation, as the concert narrator admonished, “You’ve asked for the visuals. You’ve called for the queen. But a queen moves at her own pace.” Now, it seems we know exactly what she was waiting for: An opportunity to once again shake up the world (and probably get a do-over on the Lion King: The Gift movie Black Is King, whose probable theater release was derailed by COVID-19). Good things come to those who wait.
Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week. So that R&B heads can focus on listening to what they really love in its true form, we’ll be offering a digest of the best new R&B songs that fans of the genre should hear every Friday.
Since the last update of this weekly R&B column, we’ve received plenty of music and news from the genre’s artists.
Here are some more releases on the new music front that you should check out:
Jorja Smith — Falling Or Flying
It’s been five years since we received a full-length Jorja Smith album, but the British has ended the drought with her sophomore release Falling Or Flying. With 16 songs in her arsenal and features from J Hus and Lila Iké, Smith said the music on the album marks the “first time I’m putting stuff out there that I can connect with right now.”
6lack — “Mean It” & “Homicide” Feat. Jessie Reyez
With his Since I Have A Lover Tour set to kick off next week, 6lack returns with a treat for fans before he hits the road. He reconnects with Jessie Reyez for their third collaboration, “Homicide,” and offers another solo record with “Mean It.” As he’s known to do throughout his discography, 6lack showcases his duality through his latest double-single.
Ne-Yo — “Link Up”
While the summer weather is a thing of the past for most people, Ne-Yo is still relishing in it thanks to his new single “Link Up.” It’s the finish official release since Ne-Yo released his eighth album Self Explanatory and the song strikes as a smooth and seductive record meant for that special someone in your life.
Cleo Sol — Gold
As if one album wasn’t more than an acceptable treat for her fans this year, Cleo Sol returns with her second project in three weeks. Gold arrives with ten join her previous release this month, Heaven, which dropped off nine songs for her first record since 2021’s Mother.
Kenyon Dixon — The R&B You Love
Kenyon Dixon is making The R&B You Love with his new album. Its 17 songs present sultry records and uptempo & groovy selections that showcase Dixon’s versatility. The R&B You Love also details the story of winning the heart of a new love interest which is precisely what The R&B You Love is supposed to help you do.
Ryan Trey — “30 Floors Up”
St. Louis singer Ryan Trey is moments away from dropping a new project, which he said is titled Streets Say You Miss Me. As the wait continues for that, he returns with “30 Floors,” a record he uses to detail his desire for a lavish life and it includes a sexual encounter with his partner and a penthouse-like view.
Marzz — “Switching Sides” Feat. Dee Gatti
Louisville’s own Marzz checks in with her second single of the year “Switching Sides” alongside Dee Gatti. It’s a sweet collaboration between the two that Marzz says “is the acknowledgment of a person not really being who I thought they were.” She adds, “Especially when discovered through cycled habits. The song makes you understand it’s ok to be direct in your feelings.”
Samaria — “Wish You Hell”
For her latest release of the year, singer Samaria steps out of her comfort with her new record “Wish You Hell.” Samaria says of the song, “I’ve never said goodbye without a chip on my shoulder or without the comfort of knowing I would someday be doing better than the person in my rearview.”
Felix Ames — “Don’t Be Alarmed”
Def Jam singer Felix Ames is back with his fifth release of the year with “Don’t Be Alarmed.” The new release is another example of his old school spirit thriving in new times, something that was previously detailed through his double-sided releases “Bend, Don’t Break/Shoestring” and “Taxi Driver/7711” this past summer.
Allyn — Lover Girl
Nearly a year after she delivered her After Hours, Pt. 2 EP, Bay Area singer Allyn has returned with another project. Lover Gurl arrives with five songs that put her softer side on display as sultry and romantic records help to showcase her inner lover girl.
Dahi & Elmiene — “Shame”
Ahead of his Marking My Time EP’s release next month, British singer Elmiene teams up with DJ Dahi for their new song “Shame.” Dahi calls it the first of many collaborations between the two and on this one, Elmiene shows off his vocals over textured and nostalgic production supplied by Dahi himself.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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