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bitchy | Princess Kate ‘shudders at the thought’ of living one mile away from Prince Andrew
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bitchy | Princess Kate ‘shudders at the thought’ of living one mile away from Prince Andrew

by jummy84
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In late August 2023, the Prince and Princess of Wales made their annual jaunt up to Balmoral. They rarely stay more than a few days, and they usually time their visits around a weekend, so that they can be photographed going to the local church with the rest of the family. In 2023, King Charles reportedly “ordered” William to chauffeur Prince Andrew to church that Sunday. William drove, Andrew rode shotgun, and Kate was in the back. I’m including the Telegraph’s exclusive photo at the end of the post, the one they ran on social media. It was a big moment even then, that William and Kate were visibly lending their support to a man who paid an eight-figure out-of-court settlement to a human-trafficking survivor and rape victim. Afterwards, sources close to Andrew crowed about how pleased he was with the support from Will and Kate. Two years later, and we’re being told that Will and Kate were “forced” into it by King Charles, who apparently “ordered” them to do the photo-op.

In any case, most people don’t buy William’s current tantrums about how much he hates his uncle. They can’t even keep their stories straight about William’s involvement in Andrew’s current catastrophes – either William is barking orders at MPs, or William is on vacation and not part of the ongoing discussions whatsoever. But the people close to William and Kate sure are complaining a great deal about how much they do NOT want to live close to Andrew. The Waleses literally grabbed 150 acres of a public park to make their own taxpayer-funded estate, but they can’t face Degenerate Andy one mile away?

Prince Andrew is facing mounting pressure to quit Royal Lodge before the Prince and Princess of Wales move into their nearby ‘forever home’, it has been claimed. Royal sources have told this newspaper that William and Kate want to move into Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park before Bonfire Night. The eight-bedroom home is just over a mile from Royal Lodge, where Andrew has lived for more than 20 years, and William is said to want his disgraced uncle out of his 30-room mansion by the time they move in.

Negotiations over the prince’s living arrangements are taking place on a daily basis amid a public outcry after it emerged he only pays a ‘peppercorn rent’ on the lavish property. Andrew cannot legally be evicted from Royal Lodge under the terms of his ‘cast iron’ lease but Palace insiders believe he will inevitably have to move out because of the scale of public anger.

William and Kate are said to be keen to use the half-term break to prepare their children George, 12, Charlotte, ten, and Louis, seven, for their house move.

A source said: ‘Catherine shudders at the thought of living so close to Royal Lodge while Prince Andrew is still in it. William wants him gone before they start to move in next week. It’s not about what Andrew doesn’t want to do anymore. It’s about what he’s going to be told to do.’

The Waleses moved from an apartment in Kensington Palace to Adelaide Cottage, which is just over three miles from Forest Lodge, in August 2022. The MoS has learnt that they had previously wanted to move to Royal Lodge – but Andrew insisted on staying.

‘Them going into Adelaide Cottage was never the plan,’ one well-connected source said last night. ‘But they were forced to because Prince Andrew wouldn’t shift.’ Earlier this year, however, the family set their hearts on Forest Lodge, a Georgian mansion where they hope to raise their children in a more relaxed, rural setting and remain hands-on parents.

Royal Lodge and Forest Lodge are a short walk from each other, with both nestled in quiet corners of Windsor Great Park. Andrew regularly goes horse-riding in the fields and woodland nearby. Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew’s ex-wife who also lives in Royal Lodge, was said by one insider to have been excited about the prospect of the Waleses and their young children being neighbours.

[From The Daily Mail]

As the conversation has moved so heavily into “what would it take for Andrew to leave Royal Lodge,” something occurred to me – if William and Kate really wanted to live in RL, why didn’t THEY buy out Andrew’s lease in 2022-23? That’s the conversation with Charles as well – Andrew has telegraphed for the past two years that he would be willing to leave RL, but he will only do so if someone pays him for what he’s put into RL, etc. It wouldn’t be pretty, and it would have been a terrible look for the Waleses, but how is the current situation a better look for the whole family? If anything, this strengthens Andrew’s negotiations to get more money out of Charles. “Well, you know Will and Kate want me out, so why don’t you add another $5 million and I’ll be out by the end of the week.” And at least they’re now admitting that Will and Kate were the ones trying to force Andrew out of RL in the first place. And now his presence might ruin their Forest Lodge move, the poor lazy sausages!

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.

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Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson Neil Diamond Movie
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Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson Neil Diamond Movie

by jummy84
written by jummy84

The best Neil Diamond songs share a few simple traits: they’re catchy enough to unite the largest crowds on the planet, deeply sentimental, and refuse to make even the slightest effort to be cool. They have a real egalitarian streak to them, making the case that everyone has a voice worth using and the world is a better place when we all sing along at the top of our lungs.

All of the same could be said about Craig Brewer’s “Song Sung Blue,” a soapy film about the stranger than fiction story of Mike and Claire Sardina, a couple whose Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder propelled them to the apex of the Milwaukee tribute band circuit in the 1980s and ’90s. Adapted from Greg Kohs’ 2008 documentary of the same name, it treats a middle-aged mechanic and hairdresser who cover “Cracklin’ Rosie” in sequined jumpsuits with all the seriousness that you’ll find in any “Walk Hard”-esque rock and roll biopic. The stakes might be infinitely lower, but the rise, fall, and rise again are all there.

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Mike Sardina (Hugh Jackman) has already lived a few full lives by the time we meet him on the 20th anniversary of his sobriety. A former Marine who battled addiction after coming home from Vietnam, he now plays music in any dive bar and county fair that will have him. Whether he’s playing guitar in a Black soul cover band or singing “Eye of the Tiger” under his preferred stage name Lightning, he follows the music wherever it takes him. But he becomes more and more frustrated with the fact that all of his paying gigs seem to require him to impersonate someone else. Everything seems to collapse out from under him when he backs out of playing Don Ho on a tribute act bill organized by a 52-year-old Buddy Holly impersonator (Michael Imperioli), who has been singing “Not Fade Away” for three decades longer than the real Holly ever got a chance to. Mike can’t understand why he can’t just perform as himself for a change, but a beautiful Patsy Cline impersonator points out that “nostalgia sells.”

That wise woman turns out to be Claire (Kate Hudson), who soon becomes Mike’s second wife and first (and only) performing partner. They form a new act called Lightning & Thunder — not a tribute band, they insist, but a Neil Diamond experience. A notable difference from the competition is that Mike never claims to be presenting himself as Diamond (even if his costumes are sparkly enough). They’re simply being themselves, offering interpretations of the music without the pressure to be carbon copies. Bolstered by an elite management team that includes Mike’s dentist (Fisher Stevens) and a local casino tour bus mogul (Jim Belushi), they soon find their local popularity skyrocketing once Mike reluctantly agrees to start opening with “Sweet Caroline.”

But every great music story needs a downfall, and “Song Sung Blue” offers plenty of them. At the risk of spoiling a 30-year-old true story, Claire loses a leg in a freak car accident and spirals into depression as she recovers. Mike also battles his own problems, and the pressure of keeping their blended family together while finding a way to pay their bills as working class performers weighs on them. Music brought them together and gave them the happiest years of their lives, but they’re forced to decide if it’s still enough.

Both Jackman and Hudson pour everything they have into their characters, and “Song Sung Blue” is at its most infectious when we’re watching this couple bask in the dorky pleasures of singing Neil Diamond songs loudly enough to drown out the painful realities of life. At two hours and 11 minutes, the film often feels overstuffed and too melodramatic for its own good — this movie did not need a single dream sequence, let alone multiple — and it touches on so many sensitive topics that its takes on addiction, teen pregnancy, PTSD, health insurance bureaucracy, and other social ills often feel shoehorned in with insufficient time for exploration. But even with those flaws, it’s still hard to look away from the silly sincerity that powers the film.

A dominant theme throughout “Song Sung Blue” is its defense of the kind of life that seems average and unremarkable compared to the other stories you’ll find playing at your local multiplex. “Sobriety makes you confront some hard truths,” Mike says at one point. “I know I’m not a star or a songwriter, I just want to entertain people and make a living.” The rest of the film tries to answer the question of whether someone who, by their own admission, does not have any particularly unique talent has any business pursuing such a dream. Its tensest story beats revolve around Milwaukee casino residencies and karaoke hosting gigs at all-you-can-eat Thai buffets. The biggest opportunity that’s ever at stake is the chance to play a theater show of Neil Diamond covers on the same night the real Neil Diamond is playing a show across town — even at the height of their powers, Mike and Claire are competing for the chance to be the second best opportunity to hear “Sweet Caroline” in a 25-mile radius.

But rather than mock their small-time dealings or direct them to chase brighter lights, “Song Sung Blue” treats Mike and Claire’s pursuit of tribute band glory as a sufficient driving force for a meaningful life. This isn’t a story about how you’re never too old to chase your wildest dreams and play in the big leagues; it’s about how there shouldn’t be any shame in realizing that you are. There’s no real money to be made or legacy to be forged in their line of work, but their love was never stronger than when they were belting out Neil Diamond covers together on stage. The satisfied customers who left the venue smiling each night were just an added bonus.

If that all sounds too sentimental for your tastes, fair enough — though in that case, it’s hard to imagine you were ever particularly moved by a song like “Forever in Blue Jeans,” and thus not the target audience for “Song Sung Blue.” But if the right Diamond song at the right time can turn you into mush, you’re likely to find that Brewer’s film is capable of tugging on the same heartstrings.

At the film’s AFI Fest premiere, Jackman told the audience that he had just finished a FaceTime conversation with the real Diamond (who retired from performing in 2018 due to his battle with Parkinson’s Disease) before taking the stage, and asked the legendary songwriter if he had a message for the crowd. Jackman said that Diamond’s response was simple: “Just keep singing.” Brewer’s film embodies that message to its core, and anyone who wishes they had a little more Neil Diamond in their life now has an excuse to sing a little more.

Grade: B-

“Song Sung Blue” premiered at AFI Fest 2025. Focus Features will release it in theaters on Thursday, December 25.

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Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson Find Love & Diamond
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Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson Find Love & Diamond

by jummy84
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If Song Sung Blue, which had its World Premiere as the Closing Night film of AFI Fest, weren’t a true story no one would ever have the nerve to make it. The unlikely triumphs and unspeakable tragedies of a Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute band known as Lightning And Thunder may take some dramatic liberties (what true story doesn’t) along the way but the undeniably jaw-dropping realities of their story are so astonishing – and all here – that it isn’t surprising director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow) found it irresistible material for a movie.

Based on Greg Koh’s 2008 documentary, the story revolves around a pair of working class wannabe star singers who are basically reduced to being vocal impressionists in dive bars and local clubs where they get up and sing when they aren’t doing their day jobs. Mike Sardina (Hugh Jackman) is a divorced Vietnam vet, recovering alcoholic, and mechanic who believes in his musical mojo. Claire Stengl (Kate Hudson) is a single mom of two, Rachel (Ella Anderson) and Dayna (Hudson Hensley), working as a hairdresser by day, being a good, if struggling single mom, and performing as a Patsy Cline impersonator many nights. She finds joy in the music. Mike is a little more complicated. They discover each other, and at Claire’s suggestion they form a Neil Diamond tribute band with their stage names Lightning and Thunder. Mike really didn’t see this coming but for the love of Claire and maybe a new life he goes along.

Soon he finds he is a damn good substitute for Diamond (Jackman doing a Risky Business-like routine in his underwear seals the deal), their harmony -personally and on stage- clicks with a lovely rendition of “Play Me” , leading to local gigs and increasing notoriety in Milwaukee and environs. Joined by a back up band including Mark Shurilla (Michael Imperioli) who was a Buddy Holly impersonator who plays a mean guitar; and soon a manager, Tom D’Amato (a perfect Jim Belushi), this Diamond tribute act reaches the heights locally, even opening for Pearl Jam’s Wisconsin dates with Mike duetting with Eddie Vedder (John Beckwith) on “Forever In Blue Jeans” (yes, that really happened). They are starting to live their version of the American dream. Life is good, until it isn’t. The movie’s overall joyous tone – the love story of two people finding each other for another shot at happiness and a family coming together -changes tragically for both of them, most urgently for the ever optimistic Claire.

That Brewer never loses the delicate tone of this musical comedy/drama is a miracle itself. You will find yourself asking at more than one point, “could this have really happened?”, but ultimately Song Sung Blue is not just about a tribute to Neil Diamond, but to the resilience of the humans at the center of it all. Fortunately the film also has two ever-appealing and relatable stars knocking it out of the park – musically and dramatically. Jackman, complete with Diamond-style hair, is as good as he has ever been playing a complicated guy who finds his groove in the music of an iconic singer. It isn’t easy being such a recognizable star impersonating a man impersonating an equally recognizable star, but Jackman gives him edge and likability so we are with him all the way. His Diamond vocals are flawless. As for Hudson, she is simply sensational in her best screen role since her Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winning turn as the inimitable Penny Lane in 2000’s Almost Famous. As comfortable musically as she is with the heavy dramatics the role requires, her Claire will break your heart. Anderson and Hensley are ideally cast as the kids, and King Princess as Mike’s daughter Angelina is also fine. Imperioli also scores as that Buddy Holly guy turned key guitarist, and Mustafa Shakir gets smiles as a James Brown doppleganger, Sex Machine.

Song Sung Blue is an apt Diamond tune to title this film that doesn’t shy away from showing the curves life can throw at us, but this story of two good souls finding love and Sweet Caroline together is no mere impersonation itself. It is, in fact, about as real, emotional, and unpredictable as life can sometimes get.

Producers are Brewer, John Davis, and John Fox.

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Keri Russell in 'The Diplomat' season 3.
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Keri Russell Explains Kate Hal Split, VP

by jummy84
written by jummy84

[The following story contains spoilers from the first two episodes of The Diplomat season three.]

By the second episode of season three of Netflix‘s The Diplomat, viewers may have thought that the political thriller was on the verge of blowing up its entire premise.

After a series of changes, including Allison Janney’s Grace Penn becoming president after President Rayburn (Michael McKean) dies, Celia Imrie’s Margaret Roylin dying and Penn appointing Rufus Sewell‘s former ambassador Hal Wyler as her vice president instead of his wife Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), who’d been pursuing the position, Kate is ready to leave her post as American ambassador to the U.K., the role she took in the opening minutes of the series’ first episode, and return to the U.S. with Hal with the promise of a newly created special envoy to Europe position alongside her role as second lady. But as she’s about to board the plane, she looks up at Hal from the tarmac and can’t do it. He looks back at her in a knowing moment for the long-married couple and turns around and boards the plane.

For Russell, the moment, which maintains her character’s current diplomatic position, is also an unusual shift for both Kate and many women.

“The interesting part is that she’s just gonna go along miserably and do what the good girl is supposed to do. And when Stuart (Ato Essandoh) brings it up, like maybe you could just stay, I think she hadn’t even thought of it, and I love that she chooses to stay. It’s a monumental moment to choose yourself. And I think women, in particular, don’t. I think it’s really hard for women to choose themselves,” Russell tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Women don’t do that that much for a million reasons, but at this point, Kate decides to choose herself, which is amazing.”

Kate’s choice also reminded the actress of another acclaimed series she starred in that tackled the intimate relationship of a marriage amid larger geopolitical stakes: The Americans.

“When we were making The Americans, Joe [Weisberg] and Joel [Fields], who wrote that show, said they followed a feminist guidebook, or these guidelines, so every single decision Elizabeth made followed this set of rules,” Russell explained of her Soviet spy character in the FX series. “You did it for yourself, not for your family, not for your kids. You made the decision for yourself.”

Even though there is still “more work to be done” in the U.K., particularly as CIA station chief Eidra Park (Ali Ahn) and Kate’s friend is certain she’s about to be fired, Russell says her character’s decision is more about making a break from her pattern with Hal.

“There’s been enough of following this guy and his career. Let him go do his career, let him have it, live it up,” Russell says. “The rivalry and the messiness of it and all the complications of that relationship, it was just too much. You just have to clear your head. And I think she wanted to clear the slate and focus on what her priorities were.”

The episode in which Kate and Hal part ways also features flashbacks to their early days as a couple, including Hal’s proposal, in what Russell called “contemplative in a way that is a different rhythm for our show.”

She adds, “That whole idea of, ‘How did I end up here?, What steps led me here?’ It’s interesting.”

And she praised Kate being passed over for Hal as VP as great storytelling.

“When I read that, it was so fucking good. To be stripped of that when you’re building and all the work in the first episode of handling things for the president, even though they’re at odds, doing the right thing, making everything work and then for Hal to waltz in with his good looks and his good suit, and be offered the position is just deliciously heartbreaking. It really sets this season off to a completely different place,” she says. “Any character, for me anyway, is better when you’re losing. And [creator and showrunner] Debora [Cahn] writes some pretty fantastic, humiliating losses.”

Speaking at a post-screening Q&A with former American ambassador to the U.K. Jane Hartley in New York earlier this week, Cahn joked about the real-life parallels of someone as qualified as Kate not getting a top job.

“How did we come up with the idea that a really smart woman with a lot of experience and a real granular understanding of how things work would be sort of ready, willing and able to take a big leadership job and then didn’t get it at the last second?,” she said.

But in all seriousness, she said that they wanted to keep Kate in the foreign service.

And, she said, “The idea of having two women in the White House, sadly, felt like science fiction.”

At the beginning of episode two, viewers see Kate methodically remove the multiple bobby pins holding together her vice presidential hair and sweep them away, signaling an end — at least for now — to Kate’s ambitions to be vp.

And that’s where Russell points out that Kate “didn’t want that job.”

“You get into this whipped up environment, and you do sort of think, ‘Well, maybe this is what I want, maybe this is what I’m supposed to be doing,’” she says. “And then when [Hal becomes vp], I think it just strips everything away and makes her rethink the whole thing and what she believes and what she wants. I think that’s a great place to start the season.”

Sewell was also excited by the shifting dynamics that came with Hal being picked for vp, saying he was “aghast” when he found out about the “fantastic” development.

“What it does to the dynamic is so explosive, so unexpected, it throws so much in the air. We’ve always enjoyed those kinds of things,” he says. “You don’t want to be the dog that caught the car, so the change in dynamic, I was very grateful for, because I think there’s only a limited amount of interest that you can get out of the dynamic staying the same for too long. So something that really rebalanced the status and created new problems opened the story up.”

The multiple shifts in season three, Cahn indicates, were just natural consequences of the “tiny” change of Rayburn’s death.

“We just did this one tiny little thing, which was the president dropped dead, and it created a whole lot of fallout,” she quips.

Still, she was intrigued by the possibilities of what these changes would do for the characters.

“It was really fascinating to watch a bunch of characters who believe that the world can turn over, but they will stay essentially the same. They will be the same people in relationship to each other,” she says.

And for those who think that some threads from the first two seasons have been tied up early in season three, Cahn teases that those ties may unravel yet again.

“I always think that we’re going to resolve storylines and embark on a new path, but then we end up with some new wrinkle from the old path, which I guess is a lot like life,” she says.

All three seasons, including the eight-episode third season, of The Diplomat are now streaming on Netflix.

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bitchy | Prince William & Kate welcomed Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein & Princess Rajwa
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bitchy | Prince William & Kate welcomed Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein & Princess Rajwa

by jummy84
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Project “Scooter King Rebrand” continues unabated. As many pointed out, all of the “Meghan is rebranding” stories are projections, straight from Kensington Palace. Something really broke in Prince William last month, during and after Prince Harry’s visit to the UK and Ukraine. It sounded like William had a nervous breakdown over all of it. But Jason Knauf dusted William off and they put together some kind of plan. An awkward appearance on The Reluctant Traveler, performative tears in a Kensington Palace production, and a treasury of public events to compete with his brother and sister-in-law. They even slapped an old hairpiece onto the back of Kate’s head and made her leave the house too.

On Wednesday, Prince William and Kate welcomed Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein and his wife Rajwa. William and Kate attended their wedding in Jordan in 2023, which is the only time Kate traveled out of the UK for “work” in the past three years. Kate repeated a camel-colored Roland Mouret pantsuit for the photo-op at Windsor Castle. Rajwa and Kate then went… somewhere, and probably not together, all while their husbands headed off to RAF Benson. William was especially smiley and animated at the RAF base. He seems to like Prince Hussein, who is 12 years younger than William. Oh, I just saw the Mail’s coverage – after Kate did the photocall at Windsor, she went home (I guess) while Rajwa had an event with Princess Eugenie. They highlighted the work of a mental health charity, which sounds like something Kate should have done. Alas, you’re forgetting about the school run!!

This is such blink-and-you-miss-it soft diplomacy from Kate. I’m stunned but not surprised that she couldn’t be bothered to entertain Princess Rajwa for a few hours while their husbands had an event at an RAF base.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, screencaps courtesy of KP’s video.

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New Music Friday October 17: Bon Jovi, Kate Hudson, Charlie Puth, Ed Sheeran, Ty Dolla $ign, And More
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New Music Friday October 17: Bon Jovi, Kate Hudson, Charlie Puth, Ed Sheeran, Ty Dolla $ign, And More

by jummy84
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Happy New Music Friday! The weekend is here, which means more streaming, new playlists and the best that music has to offer — and ET has you covered for everything in between.

Following last week’s release of The Life of a Showgirl, which sold over 4 million albums in the U.S., Taylor Swift will be returning to Disney+ with two brand new projects — Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The End of an Era, a 6-episode behind the scenes docuseries event chronicling the development, impact and inner-workings that created The Eras Tour, and Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show, the full concert film featuring The Tortured Poets Department for the first time, streaming Disney 12 on Disney+. Taylor shared, “We wanted to remember every moment leading up to the culmination of the most important and intense chapter of our lives, so we allowed filmmakers to capture this tour and all the stories woven throughout it as it wound down. And to film the final show in its entirety.”

Charlie Puth has announced his fourth studio album, Whatever’s Clever! will be out on March 6, 2026. He released a new single, “Changes,” where he reflects on both personal and professional changes. His wife Brooke Sansone makes a sweet cameo in the music video and they reveal a baby is on the way as they both place their hands on her stomach. Last month, Charlie kicked off a series of sold-out underplay residencies at Blue Note New York and continued this week in Los Angeles where he debuted his new song “Changes.”

The Latin Academy has announced the first round of performers for the 26th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards. Pepe Aguilar, Aitana, Ivan Cornejo, DannyLux, Gloria Estefan, Kakalo, Carin León, Liniker, Morat and Los Tigres del Norte, as well as the 2025 Person of the Year, Raphael, will all take the stage on November 13.

No Doubt have announced six additional dates for their highly anticipated No Doubt Live at Sphere residency due to incredible fan demand. The newly added shows are set for May 21, 23, 24, 27, 29, and 30. The residency marks their first extended run of performances in nearly 14 years, following their historic Seven Night Stand in Los Angeles in 2012.

LANY announced their 2026 Soft World Tour and will be taking their new album, Soft, on the road for fans across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, UK, and Europe for thirty eight dates. The tour will kick off January 23 in Dubai.

Nick Jonas and his nonprofit organization Beyond Type 1 launched a new campaign centered around debunking diabetes myths. The video, “Go Beyond,” features Nick, Billy Porter, Adonai “AD” Mitchell, and Sam Morrison, and challenges people to go beyond what they think they know about diabetes. Beyond Type 1 is a global nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of those impacted by diabetes.

Plus, new music from Bon Jovi, Kate Hudson, Ty Dolla $ign, Steve Martin & Alison Brown, Thomas Rhett & Niall Horan, Melanie C, Lauren Jauregui, HAIM and more!

“We Made It Look Easy” – Bon Jovi with Robbie Williams

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“Christmas Must Be Tonight” – Kate Hudson

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“Changes” – Charlie Puth

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Play – The Remixes EP – Ed Sheeran

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TYCOON – Ty Dolla $ign

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Safe, Sensible and Sane – Steve Martin & Alison Brown

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“Anytime” – Paul Anka

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“Old Tricks” – Thomas Rhett with Niall Horan

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“Sweat” – Melanie C

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“Ego” – Lauren Jauregui

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I quit (deluxe) – HAIM

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“Club Husband” – T-Pain
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“It Depends (The Remix)” – Chris Brown feat Bryson Tiller & Usher

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“Delulu” – Muni Long

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Lamento en Baile – Daddy Yankee

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An Offering: Live at Speakeasy Studios – Leslie Odom, Jr.

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“You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” from Nobody Wants This Season 2: The Soundtrack – Teddy Swims

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“That’s What I’ll Be” from Nobody Wants This Season 2: The Soundtrack – Baylee Lynn

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I Gave You Everything I Had – Vince Gill

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“Hard Run” – Zac Brown Band feat Marcus King

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I Didn’t Come Here To Leave – Chris Young

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“Fourth Strike” – Terror Jr & Kylie Jenner

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“Choosin’ Texas” – Ella Langley

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“Burn Burn” – Willa Ford

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“PIXELATED KISSES” – Joji

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i feel everything – Maggie Lindemann

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Kicking My Feet – Ruel

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All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade – Of Monsters and Men

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Everyone’s Talking! – All Time Low 

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“SAN ANDREAS” – Tommy Richman

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“Pretty Privilege” – Hudson Westbrook

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“Roots” – Cooper Alan

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Coydog – Carter Vail

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“Phetamines” – Ally Evenson

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“baby” – Gabriel Jacoby

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The Rest of the Story – Jordan Fletcher

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“Awakening” – Eva Under Fire

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“O Come All Ye Faithful” – Jordan Davis
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“It Feels Like Christmas” – Fall Out Boy
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bitchy | Prince William swatted Kate away when she tried to grab him in Northern Ireland
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bitchy | Prince William swatted Kate away when she tried to grab him in Northern Ireland

by jummy84
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On Tuesday, the Prince and Princess of Wales made a “surprise” trip to Northern Ireland. They played with firefighters and visited an apple orchard. Kate played with hay and she and William tried their hand at baking something in a kitchen. They’ve definitely been organizing more food/beverage/kitchen activities since With Love, Meghan debuted, that’s all I’ll say. Kate also did that thing she always does, which is bring up her kids in context of whatever random thing she sees. She saw an apple pressing machine and she claimed that she and her kids tried to hand-press apples at home, and “It was quite good fun with the children. It was very messy.” Something else happened in Northern Ireland as well – Kate tried to grab William from behind and he awkwardly swatted her away:

In all of William and Kate’s copykeening, it’s so funny that they can never manage to copy the Sussexes’ natural warmth and affection for one another. Harry is literally emotional-support-groping his wife in public, and whenever Kate tries to touch her husband, he winces and swats her away. Something else W&K could learn from Meghan and Harry is how to approach people as a couple on a physical level. Harry often walks ahead of Meghan but he waits that split-second until she’s by his side and then he greets people or shakes hands. William didn’t wait for Kate, that’s why she was grabbing at him – he didn’t make room for her.

Meanwhile, there’s more talk about Forest Lodge, William and Kate’s fifth forever home. Sarah Vine wrote this week: “I can’t say for certain, of course, but I don’t imagine Prince William – or for that matter, the Princess of Wales – has much time for friends and associates of known sex traffickers. And given that they have decided to make Windsor their ‘forever home’, are they really going to tolerate Bad Uncle Andrew living it up next door? They will want to put some serious distance between themselves and this whole stink, and that might not bode well for the Duke, especially if his brother is no longer around to shield him. Who knows what Prince William will do.” My theory is that Charles is not evicting Andrew from Royal Lodge on purpose, because Charles wants William to take that hit when the time comes.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.

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Kate Middleton Supports Baby Loss Charity, a Cause Close to the Royal Family
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Kate Middleton Supports Baby Loss Charity, a Cause Close to the Royal Family

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On October 15, people around the world light “Wave of Light” candles to honor babies who have died. It is the second year that the Prince and Princess of Wales have contributed to the effort, and in 2024, Catherine penned a heartfelt message alongside a photograph of her candle. “Baby Loss Awareness Week is such an important moment to support those who have experienced the devastation of baby loss,’ she wrote. ”Sending love, strength and hope to anyone affected. #WaveofLight.” The note was signed off with a C, to indicate that Catherine herself had written it.

Designed as a collaboration between Plum & Ashby, Tommy’s, and author Elle Wright, the candles have been created especially for the Wave of Light project. The candle comes packaged with a “remembering card,” allowing the owner to write down and reflect upon “precious names, dates, or words of love” as they pay tribute.

In 2022, both Kate Middleton and Prince William took to their official social media accounts to share a message of support and a list of resources for those who had suffered the tragedy of losing a baby.

The Princess of Wales, pictured in 2023, has been a long-time supporter of the charity Tommy’s, and on 15 October paid a touching tribute to those who have experienced miscarriages and stillbirths

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“Taking a moment this Baby Loss Awareness Week to think about all those who’ve been affected by pregnancy and baby loss,” wrote the couple on their Instagram stories, before directing followers to support services like Child Bereavement UK, the Maternal Mental Health Alliance, Sands Charity, and Tommy’s.

“Please do reach out if you feel it could help you or someone you know,” they wrote.

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bitchy | Princess Kate wore Barbour, Ralph Lauren & WNU in Northern Ireland
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bitchy | Princess Kate wore Barbour, Ralph Lauren & WNU in Northern Ireland

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Yesterday, the Prince and Princess of Wales stepped out for a “surprise” trip to Northern Ireland. There was some debate about when this visit was scheduled, and whether it came together last-minute because the Duchess of Sussex was scheduled to speak at Fortune’s summit in DC. While I think there are arguments to be made about this visit likely being on the books for weeks, let me also say that I don’t believe William and Kate have earned the benefit of the doubt. Not with how they’ve behaved in the past two months, and not after they’ve made a point of rushing around, trying to look busy whenever the Sussexes are doing anything.

Some fashion notes – for the first part of the Northern Ireland activities, Kate wore a years-old bespoke McQueen coat, one which we’ve seen her in many times. Later in the day, she removed the McQueen coat and donned her favorite Barbour jacket, which she’s also worn many times. She also wore a WNU wool cardigan which is (imo) very ugly. If the skirt looks familiar, it’s because we first saw it one month ago. It’s Ralph Lauren, and she wore it for her Scouts event with Melania Trump. It looked awful on her then and now. I think she’s trying to evoke some 1970s New England WAG vibe but it’s not working.

The Daily Mail and Mail Plus have been churning through so many “remember when” pieces in recent days, for no reason at all – there’s actual new photos and stories about the Waleses and the Sussexes, I have no idea why they’re like “hey, remember when William and Kate were thrilled when Harry and Meghan left the UK?” But that’s an actual top story in the Mail’s royals section. They also did an extremely obvious piece about how KATE is the “magical Disney princess.” Right after the British press had a meltdown over the Sussexes’ visit to Disneyland and their appearance in a pro-Disneyland program on ABC.

Here’s a video (it’s a compilation of videos) from the Waleses’ trip to Northern Ireland. In motion, you can really see that the palace gopher slapped that hairpiece onto the back of Kate’s head. It’s not blended whatsoever.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.

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