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There was a moment midway through Janet Jackson’s headlining set at the 2018 Outside Lands Festival where she took what seemed like her first full breath of the night. “It’s a lot of hits, huh?” she asked the rabid crowd. And it really was. Janet has dozens upon dozens of certified #hits, and she’ll finally be taking them on a proper tour of amphitheaters and stadiums in 2023 for the first time in years.

Dubbed the Together Again Tour, there won’t be any festival schedules to look at, just Janet. Well, and Ludacris, who’ll be supporting the “That’s The Way Love Goes” star on each of the cross country and Canada dates of next year’s tour. And as an added bonus, Janet said took to Instagram to also say that, “That there will be new music.”

Check out the full list of Janet Jackson’s Together Again Tour dates below. Fan-club pre-sale begins on Tuesday, 12/13 at 3pm local time and general on-sale tickets will also be available here.

04/14/2023 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live Arena
04/19/2023 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
04/21/2023 – Savannah, GA @ Enmarket Arena
04/22/2023 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena
04/25/2023 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena
04/27/2023 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
04/29/2023 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum
04/30/2023 – St Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
05/02/2023 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
05/04/2023 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
05/06/2023 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
05/09/2023 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
05/12/2023 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
05/13/2023 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
05/14/2023 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
05/19/2023 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
05/20/2023 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
05/23/2023 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
05/24/2023 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
05/26/2023 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
05/27/2023 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Chicago
05/28/2023 – Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Insurance Amphitheater
05/30/2023 – St Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
06/02/2023 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion
06/03/2023 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
06/04/2023 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
06/07/2023 – Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
06/09/2023 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre
06/10/2023 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
06/11/2023 – San Diego, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
06/16/2023 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
06/20/2023 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
06/21/2023 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

Karmic payback doesn’t come cheap. In The White Lotus season two finale, alleged “nice guy” Albie (played by Adam DiMarco) tells his dad, Dominic (The Sopranos icon Michael Imperioli), that he’ll put in a good word to his estranged wife, but only if he transfers 50,000 euros into his bank account. He wants the money for Lucia (the wonderfully named Simona Tabasco), an escort who he met three days ago and now wants to rescue, even though she doesn’t need saving; she’s scamming the schmuck.

But Albie isn’t the victim here — Dominic’s bank account is.

How much did he spend during his week-long stay at the White Lotus in sexy Sicily? Let’s begin with the room at the real-life San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel. The Di Grassos spent a week at the resort (I guess Saturday to Saturday), which means seven nights for three rooms. The summer-time (you can’t tell me these aren’t summertime fits) nightly rate for the “Sea-View Premium Room with Terrace” is 2,740 euros. For an entire week for three rooms with fees, that’s 63,399 euros, or 66,699 American dollars. I’ll round it up to $67,000 for simplicity’s sake (and because, unlike Cameron, Dominic might — might — leave a tip for the cleaning crew).

A daily buffet breakfast is included in the cost, but not other meals. The hotel has a Michelin-starred restaurant, and a “quite reasonable” bill for two people comes to around 400 euros. Considering how much the Di Grasso family ate and drank, Dominic is probably dropping 500 euros a night for him, Albie, and his elderly father, Bert (F. Murray Abraham). Let’s bump it up another 100 euros for lunch, and another hundred for various drinks throughout the day. We’re now at 600 euros ($631) per day on food. Would an occasional Kind Bar or Pop Tart kill them? That’s another $4,000 (I rounded down from the actual figure of $4,417 for the benefit of the doubt) on food and drinks.

Dominic gave Lucia permission to charge expenses to his room, which was not a great idea. One of her dresses cost $1,816, so she and Mia (Beatrice Grannò) spent in the ballpark of $10,000 during their shopping trips — and that’s honestly probably lowballing it. He also paid approximately $3,000 for a threesome with Lucia and Mia, and another $2,000 to cover Albie’s night with Lucia — and that’s before dropping another $52,601 so his son can “save” the sex worker, a.k.a. get scammed by pop culture’s greatest heroes.

We’re now up to $138,601 for the week, and that doesn’t include the car the family took to get yelled at by an old Italian lady, or the plane tickets from California, and other various expenses. I have the total at $145,000, at least. For [BNL voice] one week.

My only complaint about the season finale: we didn’t see Dominic’s reaction to his bill.

For the past five years now, Taylor Swift has been facing a lawsuit over “Shake It Off.” It started in 2017, when songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler filed a lawsuit accusing Taylor Swift of copyright infringement, claiming the “Shake It Off” chorus copies 3LW’s “Playas Gonna Hate,” which they wrote. Things have gone back and forth since then, with the latest news being Swift’s failed attempt at getting the lawsuit dismissed in September.

Now, though, there’s a significant update: Ahead of the scheduled trial in January 2023, Swift and the songwriters reached an agreement and the lawsuit has been dropped, Billboard reports. Their joint filing asks the judge for an order “dismissing this action in its entirety.”

This clears the way for Swift to re-record the song as part of a 1989 (Taylor’s Version) album, so naturally, Swifties are convinced that the next “Taylor’s Version” rerecording will indeed be 1989.

“I CANT BELIEVE IT REALLY MEANS 1989 TAYLOR S VERSION IS COMING ??????,” one excited fan reacted on Twitter. Another referenced Swift’s new “Directors On Directors” interview with Martin McDonagh, writing, “imagine at the end of the directors interview she randomly says oh btw 1989 Taylor’s version out at midnight.”

Check out some other reactions to the “Shake It Off” news below.

You might think that the holidays are a hard time for you and your family, and you would be right! They are hard for everyone. But they are particularly hard for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who were basically bullied and (allegedly) threatened while taking on their Royal duties. Sure, your grandma gets you the same sweater every year, but a least she doesn’t exist in a monarchy aimed at overpowering those less fortunate than herself, right? Hopefully!

The formerly royal couple have been detailing exactly why they chose to leave the infamous family, and a new clip from their upcoming documentary shines a little light on what went down across the pond.

“Our security was being pulled. Everyone in the world knew where we were,” Markle said, detailing that she and he husband were put at risk. “I wasn’t being thrown to the wolves, I was being fed to the wolves,” she added.

Prince Harry then alleged that the Royal Family was always looking out for his brother, Prince William, the heir to the throne, while throwing him under the bus. “They were happy to lie to protect my brother,” the Prince said. “They were never willing to tell the truth to protect us.” After the media continued to tear down the couple, they made the decision to do what was best for them and their future. Prince Harry added, “I said to her ‘we need to get out.’”

The duo did get out, leaving the Royal Family and stepping down from their duties in early 2020. The two now live in California with their two kids after meeting the old-fashioned way: through Snapchat. The “old” in “old fashioned” here means pre-2020, obviously.

Harry and Meghan Volume I is now streaming on Netflix, with Volume 2 continuing on December 15th.

The music video for Snow Tha Product‘s sultry collaboration with Lauren Jauregui was finally released on Friday (December 9). The alluring visual for “Piña” was worth the wait with Snow That Product nearly sharing a kiss with Lauregui.

“Piña” is one of the songs from Snow Tha Product’s To Anywhere album. In the sexy reggaeton romp, Snow Tha Product and Jauregui, who are both openly bisexual, sing about bringing all the women to the yard with appetizing pineapples. In October, Snow Tha Product shared with Uproxx that Jauregui inspired her to release her album.

“She gave me her blessing to put ‘Piña’ on [the album], and I thought it was very fitting because the balls to have a project really came from Lauren hyping me up, so I love that,” she said. “We’ve been very honest in everything that we’ve worked on together, so that’s all you can hope for as an artist and with a collaboration: to just keep it very cool, very good vibes, and very honest.”

In the “Piña” video, Snow Tha Product and Lauregui bring the Sapphic energy behind the song to life. Together, they party in bar filled with women and people in the LGBTQ+ community. Jauregui later leads Snow Tha Product to the back of the bar where they share some cozy moments. While looking like they’re almost going to kiss, Jauregui blows smoke into Snow The Product’s mouth. To see girl power and queer empowerment all in one video makes it so refreshing to watch.

The alleged affair between Good Morning America anchors Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes is still causing behind-the-scenes drama at ABC. At first, the network appeared to be leaning into the debacle with sources going so far to describe the situation as “ratings gold.” Holmes and Robach even joked about the fiasco on the air, but that’s apparently when things went south.

The Monday after the couple quipped about their wild week, ABC benched both of them pending an investigation. Turns out, Holmes has been accused of having a pre-Robach affair. His fling with Robach also reportedly caused issues with network anchors who want nothing to do with the situation. Via Page Six:

As network execs mull over the anchors’ fate amid their scandalous romance, sources tell Page Six that Robach’s “20/20” co-anchor David Muir “wants no part” of the drama.

“He’s not having it. He’s the face of the evening news and nothing about him ever makes it into the papers. He’s very private and no one at ABC likes the way Amy and T.J. handled it,” a source told Page Six.

According to sources, the official network stance was not to address the situation. However, that went out the window when Holmes made a “great week” quip on the air, which reportedly made his ABC co-workers “very unhappy.”

“If the decision is to not address it, then don’t address it!” a source told Page Six. “T.J. made light of it on-air. Amy’s smarter than that, but how else is she supposed to respond?”

As of this writing, ABC has not made a decision about Robach and Holmes’ future at the network.

(Via Page Six)

Doja Cat cracked the top 10 of Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart and hit No. 3 on the Radio Songs chart with “Vegas,” her contribution to the Elvis soundtrack, but the song unfortunately will not earn her an Oscar, according to Variety.

“The lead single from the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s Presley biopic, it was written by Doja Cat and producers Roget Chahayed and Yeti Beats, but its interpolation of the Presley classic “Hound Dog” (by Mike Stoller and the late Jerry Lieber) apparently doomed it for consideration,” the publication reported. “Oscar rules demand that both words and music must be ‘original, and written specifically for the motion picture’ and must be the result of ‘creative interaction between the filmmakers and the songwriters who have been engaged to work directly on the motion picture.’”

The same report published today (December 12) relayed that the Tár score has also been disqualified from Oscar contention: “While some sources claimed that the dramatic score exceeded the minimum 35% of total music in the film, as called for by Academy rules, it may have run afoul of another rule that states ‘a score shall not be eligible if it has been diluted by the use of pre-existing music.’”

The full nomination field for the 95th Academy Awards will be unveiled January 24, and the ceremony is slated for March 12. See the full 2023 Oscars timeline here.

(SPOILERS from The White Lotus will be found below.)

HBO’s The White Lotus did the seemingly unthinkable by killing off one of the anthology series’ most popular characters. In fact, the series showcased the demise of the connecting thread (Tanya) between the first two seasons. It’s a decision, and a shocking one, as well as tragic and funny, and at least we know that the devious gay gang got what it deserved. Where, exactly, this takes Cowboy Greg, is a whole other matter. Dude has a fat wallet now, but surely, that’s not the end of Greg’s story, right?

As it turns out, Greg has been the worst character all along, even through Season 1, and showrunner Mike White spoke with Entertainment Tonight and revealed how a conversation between Tanya and Greg laid some groundwork for Tanya’s demise, and it’s a perspective that puts her at least partially in control:

“In the end of last season, Tanya is sitting with Greg in the last episode and he’s talking about his health issues, and she says, ‘I’ve had every kind of treatment over the years. Death is the last immersive experience I haven’t tried,’” White says.

White continued to unravel how Tanya’s “journey to… death” was a way for the series to “devise our own operatic conclusion to Tanya’s life and her story.” As well, the showrunner declared that he felt it important for Tanya to rise victorious over her captors, but “it just made me laugh to think like, she would like, take out all of these cabal of killers and that after she successfully does that, then she just dies this derpy death.” And it worked. Tanya died, but at least she died on her own terms and while giving herself the pep talk that no one else would do. The franchise will miss her, but hey, maybe Portia can dig into things (knowing all that she knows now) and help expose Greg in Season 3 or 4. Fingers crossed!

(Via ET Online)

Anuel AA unleashed his collaboration-heavy album LLNM2 on Friday (December 9). Across the 33-tracks, Puerto Rican superstar teamed up with Kodak Black, David Guetta, and Lil Durk. Anuel AA’s wife Yailin La Más Viral and DaBaby also feature on the LP.

LLNM2 is a sequel to Anuel AA’s Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren album that was released last year. He doubled the the number of songs from the original Leyenda LP that featured 16 tracks. Anuel AA, who is a force in Latin trap and reggaeton, worked with many of today’s top hip-hop stars. Trap music in Spanish and English collide in the dreamy “1ro” featuring Lil Durk. Kodak Black jumped on in the salsa-infused “Sufro” with Ñengo Flow and Anuel AA. DaBaby dabbled in reggaeton in “Wakanda,” where he and Anuel AA rapped about partying in the country from the Black Panther movies.

Anuel AA also teamed up with French DJ Guetta. The two artists linked-up for the club banger “Vibra” that blended reggaeton with elements of tropical house music. Anuel AA’s wife Yailin La Más Viral featured on the hardest track of the LP, “La Máquina.” The power couple joined Puerto Rican icons Jowell y Randy and De La Ghetto for alluring reggaeton romp. Yailin La Más Viral held her among the men with her fierce bars.

LLNM2 is out now via Real Hasta La Muerte LLC. Listen to it here.

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A therapist on TikTok is wreaking havoc with his advice to clients, putting out information that could be detrimental to the mental health of therapists everywhere. OK, I’m being melodramatic, but from the comments, you can see he’s at least giving them a few heart palpitations.

Jeff Guenther, who goes by Therapy Jeff on TikTok, is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who not only owns a successful private practice and a therapist directory for clients called Therapy Den, he also creates content on TikTok. In one of his latest videos, his sense of humor is on display, which could be debated by those affected.

It’s all in good fun, messing with his global colleagues by telling clients exactly how to prank them. Yup. A therapist is giving away the code on how to mess with your therapist in session and I have to say, as a therapist, my heart would skip a beat or four if a client did any of these things. But then, we would have a good laugh, so it seems like a pretty harmless prank.

In case you were unaware, your therapist probably has anxiety and if they don’t, pulling this trick will likely induce it. Guenther tells his 2.4 million followers, “Three ways to mess with your therapist,” before listing them off. The first one being to start the session with, “Well I did exactly what you told me to do,” before telling his viewers to watch the therapist have an internal freak-out trying to remember what they told you to do. Come on, Jeff. That’s just not nice.

Of course, therapists jumped into his comments immediately. One commenter said, “As a therapist myself, please don’t do this lol,” complete with a nervous smiling emoji. Another therapist chimed in with, “I am a psychologist. I would CRUMBLE.” While many comments were fully in support of these hijinks, one person replied, “Sir, my therapist is trying to help me. Only one of use can be unhinged…”

Guenther is clearly trying to create a situation where the client is reminding the therapist how to handle an anxiety attack. Check out his other ways to cause your therapist to panic, below:

@therapyjeff

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