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Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SXSW What rivalry? Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and AJ McLean are joining up with NSYNC members Lance Bass and Joey Fatone for a special Pride Month event. The boy band members will host a charitable game night, Bingo Under the Stars, at The Grove in Los Angeles on June 18. The event will feature 10 games of bingo, special prizes, surprise guests and more. It’ll conclude with Nick, AJ, Lance and Joey taking the stage together to perform songs from both groups. The singers teased some sort of collaboration last week on social media. A portion of ticket sales for Bingo Under the Stars will go directly to L.A. Pride, and a special gift will also be granted to The Trevor Project, which supports LGBTQ youth. Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Emma McIntyre/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images With daredevils like Pink and Carey Hart for parents, it’s no surprise their kids have taken a liking to extreme sports. Carey posted photos Wednesday of 10-year-old daughter Willow and four-year-old son Jameson on their first outdoor rock climbing trip. "Our kids are gnarly. Willz and jamo’s 1st time outdoor rock climbing," he wrote. "Willz was making quick work of this 100ft face, and it was hard to get pics of her since she was charging the top. Check out her stance in these photos." He added of his youngest, "Jamo blew me away at how he charged this rock. Under grabs and really thinking his way up the face. The stoke is real." In the pics, the kids are seen scaling the rock face in helmets and harnesses, with adults spotting them below. In one video, Jameson rappels back to the ground after his climb, with his dad cheering him on. "You did so good, bro, I'm so proud of you!" Carey says. Copyright © 2021, ABC A..

Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage; Leon Bennett/STA 2020/Getty Images for BET Mariah Carey has reunited with her "Thank God I Found You" production partners Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for their new single, "Somewhat Loved (There You Go Breakin' My Heart).” The track, released Wednesday night, highlights Mariah’s classic vocals with layered harmonies and her trademark whistle notes. She co-wrote the tune with Jimmy, Terry and The-Dream. "There you go/ Breakin' my heart, breakin' my heart/ Breakin' my heart again/ No such thing as lovers and friends/ There you go,” Mariah sings on the chorus. "Somewhat Loved (There You Go Breakin' My Heart)” will be featured on the upcoming album Jam & Lewis: Volume 1, due out July 9. Ahead of the collection, the pair previously released "He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It," featuring Babyface, and "Til I Found You," with Sounds of Blackness and Ann Nesby, Big Jim Wright and Lauren Evans. Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights..

ABC Doja Cat is ready to launch her new album into orbit. In an Instagram post, she revealed the album is titled Planet Her and will be out June 25. She also shared the out-of-this-world cover art, which features a photo of her amidst a glittery galaxy, along with the 14-song track list. Ariana Grande is featured on a song called “I Don’t Do Drugs,” while The Weeknd joins Doja on the track “You Right.” It also features her current hit, “Kiss Me More,” with SZA. On Friday, Doja will drop the track "Need to Know." Planet Her follows Doja’s 2019 sophomore album, Hot Pink. Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

MJ Kim/Spice Girls LLP via Getty Images The Spice Girls threw it back to the 1990s on Wednesday to celebrate Pride Month and Spice Girl Victoria Beckham's new Pride collection. A video posted to the Spice Girls' Instagram features Beckham and band mates Mel B, Emma Bunton, Geri Horner -- a.k.a. Geri Halliwell -- and Melanie Chisholm modeling tee shirts embossed with the "Proud and Wannabe your lover” -- a nod to their 1996 hit "Wannabe," which soundtracks the video announcement. A follow-up post shows Victoria flashing her signature peace sign while wearing one of her shirts and inviting fans to join her in supporting the cause. “I can’t wait to see you wearing yours, please tag me in your pictures! x VB,” she wrote in the caption. All proceeds from the collection, which features T-shirts and accessories, go to AKT Charity Group, a London based charity with locations all across England that seeks to help local LGBTQ+ and homeless youths. The Spice Girls -- minus Beckham..

JMEnternational/JMEnternational for BRIT Awards/Getty Images The 2021 National Music Publishers’ Association honored Taylor Swift with the Songwriter Icon Award on Wednesday, and she took the moment to thank those who helped her along the way. "I want to take a moment to thank the people who were my professors, my teachers, of the craft of songwriting," said Swift, 31, who appeared virtually, according to Billboard. "First of all, anyone who wrote with me in Nashville when I was in like eighth or ninth grade, that is insane that you did that. I am so lucky that I got to learn from some of the best writers on Music Row." The "cardigan" singer went on to name several of her collaborators, like Liz Rose, who assisted with her self-titled debut album, and Max Martin and Shellback, who helped with her make the transition to pop. Swift continued, "I think any songwriter will tell you when you get an idea, you're not quite sure where it floated down from, but if you can grab onto t..

Rich Fury/Getty Images for OBB Media Demi Lovato said the need to appear a certain way during the start of their career hindered their ability to create and express themself freely. On the latest 4D With Demi Lovato podcast episode, the "Dancing with the Devil" singer recalled the pressure they felt to look more feminine and sexually appealing -- saying they labored to fit into that mold out of fear that appearing otherwise would damage their upcoming singing and acting career. "I was so afraid at times of what my career would look like if I wasn't that super sexy, hyper-feminine pop star," Lovato, 28, recounted. The singer said it took years to feel comfortable enough to experiment with their own style, which included cutting their hair, wearing gender-neutral clothing and embracing their masculine side. "My career doesn't matter as much to me now as it does living my truth," said the Grammy nominee, who has since come out as nonbinary and pansexual. Lovato remarked on ..

Magnum ice cream/Vijat Mohinda Miley in Layers, a free virtual concert being presented in "8-D" by Magnum ice cream, streams on Miley Cyrus' YouTube channel today at 2:30 p.m. ET. Magnum's latest slogan is "Pleasure Has More Than One Layer," and Miley says experiencing the pandemic for the past year and a half has made her rediscover pleasures she never thought about before. "I forgot what an honor it is to sit with my family and have dinner with them, and when my dad wants to say grace for us," Miley explains. "That's something that before, I would have rolled my eyes and been like, 'Do we have to do this? Can't we just sit down and eat?' And now it's like, 'I didn't get to have this for a year and I missed it so much.'" Miley also reveals some of her secret pleasures: Playing football or basketball with her brothers and her dad, and spending time on her farm, doing things like washing her horses. "It seems like something that&#03..

Ethan Miller/Getty Images Several months ago, the Backstreet Boys confirmed that, at long last, they planned to record their very first Christmas album. Now, AJ McLean tells Variety that the project is coming along even better than he'd hoped. The sessions for the album were the first time the group had been able to get together since their DNA World Tour was called off in March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "It was a really happy, jolly experience,” AJ tells Variety of being in the studio with Howie, Kevin, Brian and Nick. “There was a Christmas tree and our names on stockings hanging on a fake fireplace." "This is our first ever Christmas album in [our] 28 year [career] -- it’s nuts," he adds. "It’s turning out to be a fricking gem, so I cannot wait for our fans to hear it.” AJ spoke to Variety while performing at a benefit show alongside *NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick and Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees. While Chris admits he used not be able to stand AJ, they're..

Kid LAROI: MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images; Justin Bieber: Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for Triller The Kid LAROI is riding high right now with his hit single "Without You" and a new management deal with Scooter Braun, the same guy who looks after Justin Bieber's career. Justin and LAROI collaborated on Justin's latest album, JUSTICE, and now the two are pals -- which means LAROI is now the beneficiary of Justin's many years of pop-star wisdom. Speaking to ET Canada, LAROI says, "With Justin, I just literally feel I can call that dude and ask him anything. And there's a great piece of advice he gave me. One day, I was on the way to a photo shoot, and we were on FaceTime, and I was like, 'I'm tired, I don't really wanna do this s***.'" LAROI says Justin told him, "Take it all in for a minute and just realize how lucky you are to be doing that." He notes that Justin added, "This was our dream! Like, you're literally living your dream. So j..