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Zooey Deschanel Enthusiastically Co-Signs Pal Katy Perry’s Relationship With Justin Trudeau: ‘I Love It’

Trending on Billboard A week after her longtime pal Katy Perry went Instagram official with new boyfriend former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, Trolls actress Zooey Deschanel has heartily co-signed the budding relationship. Explore See latest videos, charts and news During an appearance on Thursday’s (Dec. 11) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, a […]

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Hanukkah Playlist 2025: Eight Songs That Will Make Your Festival Lit

Hanukkah begins at sundown on Sunday (Dec. 14), kicking off eight crazy nights of the festival of lights with prayers, menorah-lighting, dreidel games, chocolate coins and the singing of a number of traditional songs commemorating the rededication of the second temple in Jerusalem following the outmanned Maccabean revolt against their Greek/Syrian oppressors. While the joyous […]

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It’s Kravitz, Lenny Kravitz — Rocker to Play Bond Baddie Bawma in Upcoming ‘007: First Light’ Video Game: ‘He’s Magnetic and Unpredictable’

Trending on Billboard We’re still awaiting word on who will play the next James Bond following Daniel Craig’s retirement from the iconic role in 2021 after five films. But on Thursday night (Dec. 11) we learned that rock icon Lenny Kravitz will slip into the role of a Bond villain named Bawma in the upcoming […]

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The Beatles song John Lennon almost gave up on: “And then this came out”

(Credits: Bent Rej) Fri 12 December 2025 11:37, UK It’s hard to imagine a songwriter as prolific as John Lennon having writer’s block. Since Paul McCartney boasted that the songwriting team never had a dry session when in The Beatles, Lennon was one to slave over lyrics, meticulously working until they were just right in […]

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The one and only Metallica song to feature a guest vocalist

(Credits: Tim Saccenti) Fri 12 December 2025 11:32, UK Metallica has always been known as a reasonably insular outfit. Throughout the making of their album St Anger, Jason Newsted eventually walked away from the band strictly because of the rules about not having any side projects. Though James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich may have frowned […]

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The Phil Collins song that wrote itself: “That’s jazz to me”

(Credits: Warner Music) Thu 11 December 2025 11:30, UK They don’t make pop stars like Phil Collins anymore. After a decade or so as a beardy and mysterious prog-rock drumming wizard, the London native suddenly emerged in his mid-30s as one of the most successful and accessible frontmen of the 1980s, piloting Genesis into the […]