MTV announced that the 2021 #VMAs will return to New York City. The show will air live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sunday, Sept. 12.

Taraji P. Henson has joined the cast of NBC’s upcoming “Annie Live!” special. She’ll play ‘Miss Hannigan’ — the infamous head of the orphanage where ‘Annie’ lives before she is adopted by ‘Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks’. “Annie Live!” will air December 2 on NBC.

Jennifer Lopez and her production company have signed a film and TV deal with Netflix. She’ll star in two upcoming Netflix features, “The Mother” and “The Cipher”. J-Lo is currently training ahead of filming “The Mother”, which is an action film about an assassin who comes out of hiding to teach her daughter how to survive.

Miley Cyrus has sang with many different artists, but there’s one that’s still on her bucket list. In an interview with British Vogue, she was asked what artist she would love to collaborate with. Her response: “I love Billie Eilish. I think she’s just the coolest. I love her, her messaging. I’d love to work with her.”

Eagles have added 6 new dates to their 2021 “Hotel California Tour”, kicking things off a month earlier than originally scheduled, at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. After 2 dates there Aug. 22 & 24, the band will play a pair of shows each in Boston and Washington, and then continue as planned through October, when they’ll finish the tour in San Francisco.

Morrissey will headline The 2022 Cruel World festival, which was originally slated to take place in 2020. Blondie, Echo and the Bunnymen, Devo, Violent Femmes, The Psychedelic Furs and dozens more are also on the bill, set for May 14, 2022 in Pasadena, CA at The Rose Bowl.

Live music is coming back, and Drake wants in on the event planning side. Live Nation Canada and Drake have announced a new concert venue called History. The facility will be located in Drake’s hometown of Toronto. It will hold 2,500 people and is expected to open later this year.

3.6 million people watched the season premiere of ”The Bachelorette” on Monday night. The numbers are an all-time low for a Bachelorette season premiere.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle introduced Queen Elizabeth to their new daughter Lilibet during a video call.

Meghan Markle’s new children’s book, ”The Bench”, has been released in the UK. It debuted at number #205 on Amazon book chart.

Tyler Perry is doing another Madea movie even though he retired the character last year. The 12th Madea film will be titled “A Madea Homecoming” and will start streaming on Netflix in 2022.

People are selling the sweet chili and cajun dipping sauces that accompany McDonald’s BTS Happy Meals for as much as $500 on eBay.

TEYANA TAYLOR is the first black woman to top “Maxim” magazine’s Hot 100. She says, quote, “I’ve followed ‘Maxim’ for a long time and I’ve always felt like I should be on the cover.”

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY made the best out of her quarantine by dressing up every day in red lipstick and Chanel. Quote, “What is the point of these lovely things sitting in the wardrobe, when it feels quite apocalyptic and scary outside?”

CHRIS HARRISON announced on Instagram that he is exiting the “Bachelor” franchise, following the racism controversy from earlier this year. He reportedly reached a settlement and a big payday after being part of the franchise since 2002.

MAREN MORRIS announced that she’s cancelling her appearance on tonight’s CMTs, because of a scheduling conflict. She and JP SAXE were supposed to perform their song “Line By Line”. He’ll be doing it without her.

ARMIE HAMMER has checked into rehab for drug, alcohol, and sex addiction.

Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, and Keanu Reeves have joined The Rock in the cast of the animated movie “DC’s League of Super-Pets”.

Taylor Swift has extended the record for the most time spent as the top musical act in the US. The “Cardigan” singer landed on top of the Billboard Artist 100 for the 48th week. Billboard writes that her rise is due to the overwhelming sales of the newly released vinyl version of Evermore.

Bebe Rexha has teamed up with the lingerie company Adore Me to create a three-part capsule collection that she hopes will foster body positivity. The 31-year-old singer told People, “As a woman who wasn’t the cookie-cutter pop-star, I hope to inspire women to love their bodies and feel beautiful at any size.”

Kanye West’s manager Bu Thiam has teased that Ye has an album coming out. Thiam tweeted, “WestDayEver. Album OTW!” Prior to this, Ye had been working on his oft-delayed album ‘DONDA’.