This week, Taylor Swift announced her “Eras Tour,” which will bring her new album “Midnights” to U.S. stadiums beginning in March 2023. This comes on the heels of Swift’s unprecedented charts feat, occupying the top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
Matthew Perry is on tour in support of his new memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” in which he gets candid regarding his battles with addiction. He received some criticism after taking a shot at Keanu Reeves, but the actor has since apologized.
The new trailer for “Avatar: The Way of Water” broke the internet, garnering millions of views and proving the world is ready to return to the world of Pandora. Will James Cameron’s anticipated sequel make as big a wave as his first film in 2009?
Daniel Radcliffe spoke out in support of the LGBTQ community and against J.K. Rowling’s transphobic comments. Clarifying why he wrote an open letter in 2020 that proclaimed, “Transgender women are women,” the “Harry Potter” star said that after Rowling’s remarks, he wanted to let fans know that “not everybody in the franchise felt that way.”
Finally, Paramount Global and former CBS chief Leslie Moonves have reached a settlement with New York state as part of an investigation that uncovered new allegations of a cover-up and insider stock sales within CBS as sexual misconduct accusations against Moonves came to light in 2017.
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