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PRNewsfoto/Caesars Entertainment Backstreet Boys are heading back to the site of their super-successful Las Vegas residency for a series of 12 holiday-themed shows. A Very Backstreet Christmas Party will launch at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on November 11 and run through December 23. This is the first time Backstreet has done a holiday show, and it'll feature them performing holiday favorites, hits and new original songs. While it hasn't been officially announced yet, AJ McLean recently said that the group's been working on their first-ever Christmas album, so it's a good bet these shows will feature songs from that project. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, July 16 at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster. There's a presale available for Live Nation, Ticketmaster and Caesars Rewards members on Thursday, while Citi cardmembers can grab them on Wednesday. Visit CitiEntertainment.com for more information. VIP meet and greet opportunitie..

Geffen Records After spending last week in third place on the Billboard 200 chart, Olivia Rodrigo's SOUR has reclaimed the top spot. The singer's debut album sold an additional 88,000 units, bumping last week's chart leader -- the new album from Tyler, the Creator -- to sixth place. This latest move marks SOUR's third non-consecutive week at number one since its May 21 release. Most of SOUR's 11 tracks are also charting on the Billboard Hot 100, with "good 4 u" leading the pack in the number-two spot. "Deja Vu" ranks 10th while "Drivers License," which peaked at number one and remained there for eight weeks, has fallen out of the top 25 and is now idling in 29th place. "Traitor," "Happier," "Favorite Crime," "Brutal," and "Jealousy, Jealousy" are also charting on the Hot 100. Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Music mogul Scooter Braun and wife Yael Cohen are reportedly separating after seven years of marriage. Page Six, which was first to report on the split, says Braun, 40, and Cohen, 34, are not heading toward divorce but will be using the time spent apart to work on their marriage. "They’re friends," an insider told the publication, explaining that the two are still living together. The source also claims that the couple's close friends have been aware of their relationship struggles for about a month. Braun is the manager of Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande, among other stars, but he may be best known for his ongoing feud with Taylor Swift, after he acquired, and later sold, the rights to her master recordings. Braun and Cohen wed in 2014 and share three children: Jagger Joseph, 6, Levi Magnus, 4, and Hart Violet, 2. Last week, Braun publicly celebrated his and Cohen's anniversary by sharing a throwback photo of their wedding: I..

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Britney Spears may soon have new legal representation ahead of her July 14 conservatorship hearing. Her former lawyer, Sam Ingham III -- a court-appointed attorney -- resigned after Spears expressed during last month's explosive testimony that she wants to obtain her own legal counsel. According to a report from TMZ, the Grammy winner is in discussions to retain attorneyMathew Rosengart, who previously represented A-listers such as Sean Penn, Casey and Ben Affleck, Steven Spielberg and rocker Eddie Vedder. According to legal documents, Spears signed a request that reads, "Pursuant to my statement in open court on June 23, 2021, my rights, and my desire to end the above-referenced conservatorship as to my father Jamie P. Spears, it is my desire to choose and retain my own counsel, at Greenberg, Traurig, LLP as set forth above." It is unknown if Rosengart has joined the pop star's legal team. If he accepts, he will most likely work to remove ..

Columbia After teasing its release for weeks, "Stay" by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber is finally out and nobody is happier about that than LAROI himself. "wowowow I can’t believe 'stay' is finally out," he wrote on Instagram. "this song is so special to me and I’m so f***in happy that you guys finally get to hear it." "3 years ago I would of never thought I’d be here but here I am," he continued. "And I’m so f***ing grateful for everything you guys do for me. you guys have literally changed my life and there’s nothing that I can ever do to repay you." He also had kind words for Justin, writing, "dawggggggg thank you so much for being you and all the help and advice you’ve given me. I appreciate you more than you know. I love you I love you I love you guys and I’m so excited to keep movin on this journey with y’all." LAROI's journey essentially started in 2018, when he first posted his music online. He tells ABC Audio that hitting upon his current style -- a mixtu..

Mindy Small/FilmMagic One of Alessia Cara's idols is Amy Winehouse, so she was thrilled when, for one of the two singles she's releasing next week, she got to work with Amy's producer, Salaam Remi. But as Alessia tells Billboard, the connection went even deeper than that. Speaking about her single "Shapeshifter," Alessia says, "I got to write it in the room and house where [Amy] wrote all of Back to Black, which was so crazy for me. It was just one of those full-circle, beautiful, magical moments. Working with Salaam was amazing because they were so close." Back to Black was Amy's final album before her tragic death in 2011 at age 27. It won her five Grammys, including Best Pop Vocal Album. The other single Alessia's putting out next week is called "Sweet Dream," which Alessia says is about her insomnia. "I’ve always struggled with falling asleep my whole life, and being in quarantine, being alone, I didn’t have a lot going on in my life, so I was like, &#..

Getty Images for dcp Dua Lipa is the latest artist to be sued for posting a paparazzi photo of herself on her Instagram feed. Billboard reports that Dua is being sued for copyright infringement for allegedly posting the picture, which is owned by Integral Images, on Insta on February of 2019, without permission. The picture in question shows Dua at an airport while wearing a big hat. Why is this a big deal? Because, as the company notes, Dua uses her Instagram account to "accumulate followers who are directed to, via link and/or advertisement, consume and purchase [her] content," which means that "[Dua] profits from these activities." That's why Integral Images is seeking $150,000 in damages, or actual damages based on money Dua due to the posting, whichever is a bigger number. Integral also wants legal and attorney's fees, as well as an order preventing Dua from "further acts of infringement." Other stars who've been sued for posting paparazzi photos of themselves..

Christopher Polk/Getty Images for iHeartMedia Earlier this week, Britney Spears posted a photo that showed her topless, but from the back. When fans began insisting that it wasn't a photo of Britney because it didn't show her tattoos, the singer clapped back hard. Britney posted a graphic on Friday that reads, "While you're talking behind my back feel free to bend down and kiss my a**." In the caption, she wrote, "Ok so ... I edited out my tattoo on my neck cause I wanted to see what it would look like clean… and yeah I like it better so while you guys are talking behind my back go ahead and kiss my a** haters." Fans quickly flooded the comments section, with some writing "Free Britney!" and others insisting that she couldn't have possibly written that post because "Britney is never this rude." "Exes and Oh's" singer Elle King wrote, "7/14 WE SUPPORT THE REAL BRITNEY! Free Britney!" July 14 is when the next hearing in her conservatorship case is set to ta..

Harpreet Singh Following his breakthrough hit "Astronaut in the Ocean," Australian rapper Masked Wolf is back with a new track called "Say So." No, it's not a cover of that Doja Cat hit -- this song is about denying that you might need help. "Everybody gotta say they ball/Even when their castle's about to fall," raps Wolf, born Harry Michael. "You been tryna act like it's okay/But I can see you trapped in the hallway....problems don't go away." “It’s always important for me to say something with my music, even if the deeper message is hidden inside of what sounds like a fun, upbeat song," explains Wolf. "In ’Say So,’ I was writing about how, in times of trouble, we often try to act like we’re still okay, even when we really aren’t." "No matter how bad the situation is or how close we are to self-destructing, we think that, if we keep telling ourselves we’re O.K., then maybe we will be," he adds. "We think, ‘If we say so, then we say so,' but really, we nee..

Michael Campanella/Getty Images If you follow Madonna on social media, you know that she's been working hard for months on a concert film documenting her Madame X tour, which ran from September of 2019 to March of 2020. But now, we finally know when we'll be able to see it. Madonna announced on Instagram that the movie will debut in October on the new Paramount+ streaming platform. The announcement features a video of Madonna lip-syncing to the song "Killers Who Are Partying," which appears on her 2019 Madame X album. Madonna's Madame X trek was unlike any of her previous tours: Instead of her usual stadium show, she created a much more intimate performance for theaters, and played multiple nights in major cities in the United States, England, France and Portugal. The show was praised by critics, though fans were upset by the fact that Madonna often took the stage up to two hours after the announced showtime, and also asked fans not to record or photograph the perf..