Netflix has signed a groundbreaking multi-year deal with Warner Music Group to create documentaries about music icons, including Madonna, Ed Sheeran, and Dua Lipa, a first-of-its-kind partnership between a streaming service and a major record label. The deal also includes access to Warner’s extensive music catalog, featuring legendary artists such as David Bowie, Cher, Aretha Franklin, and contemporary stars like Coldplay and Charli XCX.

 

Katy Perry will headline the 2026 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony in LA ahead of the U.S. men’s national team’s first game against Paraguay on June 12. In Toronto, where Canada takes on Bosnia & Herzegovina on June 12, Michael Bublé will perform, alongside Alessia Cara and Alanis Morissette. Mexico’s opener on June 11 will feature J Balvin and Tyla.

 

Miley Cyrus will receive the 2,845th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 22. The event will feature guest speakers Anya Taylor-Joy and Donatella Versace. Over the last few months, she has received notable recognition, including a Golden Globe nomination for her song “Dream as One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and an engagement to her boyfriend, Maxx Morando.

 

The 52nd American Music Awards have added even more performers to the lineup. Keith Urban, Hootie & the Blowfish, Maluma, Teddy Swims, Twenty-One Pilots, KATSEYE, sombr, and Riley Green will take the stage. The AMAs take place next Monday from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, on CBS and Paramount+.

 

“Saturday Night Live UK” has been renewed for a second season. The first season ends next weekend, but Sky and Universal Television Alternative Studio like what they’ve seen enough to give an early greenlight for a second run, which will air an extended 12 episodes beginning this fall.

 

Gracie Abrams says that her new song ‘Hit the Wall’, out May 15, will be a tease of what’s to come in her “new chapter”. ”I feel grateful and relieved that this is the introduction. I love the song so much…It feels embodied and that feels good.”

 

Tragically Hip has partnered with Canada’s Kawartha Dairy on the new ice cream flavor ‘The Tragically Chip’. It’s a “blend of maple whisky flavoured ice cream, with dark chocolatey chunks and a rich black cherry ripple.” For added legitimacy, Kawartha Dairy is based in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, the subject of one of the Hip’s best-loved songs. A portion of sales will go to Breakfast Club of Canada.

 

The Shania Twain Foundation has partnered with luxury rose provider April & Ashley for a new rose named after her. The Shania Twain rose goes for $55 and is available now online. A portion of proceeds will support her foundation, which focuses on improving food security for underserved communities.

 

Kelly Clarkson has signed up to be a coach on season 30 of “The Voice”, her first back-to-back appearance on the show since 2023. She originally appeared as a coach on the NBC show from seasons 14 to 21 and returned for season 23. Kelly joins previously announced coach Adam Levine.

 

Riley Green will serve as a coach on NBC’s “The Voice” for season 30, the 37-year-old announced Saturday on social media. Riley joins previously confirmed coaches Kelly Clarkson and Adam Levine for the fall season, which streams on Peacock. “I guess y’all can start calling me coach… see ya this fall,” Riley posted on Instagram.

 

It was a close call at the box office over the weekend between “Mortal Kombat II”, “Michael”, and the second weekend of “The Devil Wears Prada 2”, but the Meryl Streep-led sequel looks to have come out on top, with an estimated $41 domestic gross, besting “Michael” and “Mortal Kombat II” by a few million. The concert film “Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard & Soft” netted an estimated $7.4 million in its opening weekend.

 

Ken Jennings shared that he’s recently been absorbing information on a new topic. He is currently on a quest to visit every Major League ballpark with his son, Dylan. “A lot of these are places I’ve never been, and so now I’m like, ‘Hey, I have trivia about Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. I know about the fountains and the waterfalls now.” Bottom line from the trivia king is that now, he’s “accumulating Major League ballpark trivia at an alarming rate.”

 

Ariana Grande’s “Petal” era is about to begin. She announced that her upcoming 8th studio album’s lead single is called ‘Hate That I Made You Love Me’, and it’ll drop on May 29. The album “Petal” arrives at the end of July.

 

Heart singer Ann Wilson has released the new solo song, ‘Nothing But Love’. She wrote it with late songwriting legend Burt Bacharach, who passed away in 2023. Why drop it now? “A friend suggested I finally take it to the studio and release it properly.”

 

Luke Combs left college around 20 credits shy of getting his degree, but he made up for it when he returned to his alma mater, North Carolina’s Appalachian State University, to receive an honorary degree for his “historic achievements in the music industry”. He attended the school form 2008-12.

 

NBC has greenlit four new series for the 2026-27 season, including a contemporary “Rockford Files” reboot starring David Boreanaz as private investigator James Rockford. The updated version follows newly paroled Rockford, who served time for a crime he didn’t commit, as he returns to solving cases in Los Angeles while facing threats from police and organized crime.

 

Britney Spears broke her social media silence Saturday, calling her recent troubles “a blessing in disguise” after pleading guilty to reckless driving and completing rehabilitation. She expressed gratitude for “so many new beautiful people I have met through my spiritual journey” and acknowledged needing to “learn how to be kind to myself.”

 

ABC has set July 13 for the premiere of “Dancing With The Stars: The Next Pro”, a new spinoff . The series will search for the next professional dancer to join “Dancing With The Stars” Season 35. Wildlife conservationist and Dancing winner Robert Irwin will host.

 

Abbey Romeo, star of Netflix’s “Love On The Spectrum”, performed with a late-night host supergroup Thursday at the Hollywood Bowl during an autism fundraiser. Jon Stewart played drums, Jimmy Kimmel handled bass clarinet, and Conan O’Brien played guitar as Romeo covered White Stripes songs “Seven Nation Army” and “We’re Going to Be Friends.”

 

HBO’s “Euphoria” is facing criticism from OnlyFans creators over Sydney Sweeney’s character, Cassie, launched an OnlyFans account to fund her wedding, creating content that includes dog and baby costumes. OnlyFans creator Sydney Leathers said the scenes are “ridiculous and cartoonish,” noting that age-play content “is not even allowed on OnlyFans.”