Lady Gaga shares cover of ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’

Lady Gaga dropped a surprise cover of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” featuring a soulful rock twist of the holiday classic.  The cover song follows Gag’s recent singles “Die With a Smile” and “Disease.” Per Billboard, the recording comes alongside Gaga’s appearance on the Apple TV+ special A Carpool Karaoke Christmas with Zane Lowe, …

ABC News to pay $15 million in settlement of President-elect Trump’s defamation lawsuit

ABC News will pay $15 million in settlement of President-elect Donald Trump defamation suit against the network and news anchor George Stephanopoulos. The network will contribute $15 million to  Trump’s presidential foundation and museum to settle the lawsuit, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court on Saturday. The settlement, dated Friday, was signed by …

Homeland Security Sec’y addresses aerial drones causing concern among East Coast residents

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the federal government is taking action to address the aerial drones that have prompted concern among residents in the NY/NJ area. There have been numerous reports of drone activity along the East Coast since November. Runways at Stewart International Airport in New York were shut down for an hour …

Thomas Rhett teams up with Teddy Swims for ‘Somethin’ ‘Bout A Woman’

Thomas Rhett and Teddy Swims have teamed for a special new version of “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Woman.” The track, featured on Rhett’s seventh studio album About a Woman, was first released in August. Shares Rhett: “This collaboration has been something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. Teddy and I first met through …

Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx star in the trailer for Netflix’s ‘Back in Action’

Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx are teaming up for Netflix’s Back In Action, an action comedy written by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) and Brendan O’Brien and directed by Gordon. Foxx and Diaz play Matt and Emily, former CIA spies-turned-parents of two; per the logline: “years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a …

Peacock releases trailer for ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’

Peacock has announced that ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’ – the fourth installment in the ‘Bridget Jones’ film franchise – will premiere on Thursday, Feb. 13 exclusively on Peacock. The first trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has also been released, and Renée Zellweger’s Bridget is still looking for love as she …

Carrie Underwood to headline ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest’

Carrie Underwood will ring in 2025 on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest”, taking place in New York City’s Times Square. Seacrest will be marking his 20th year as host alongside co-host Rita Ora, with Dayanara Torres set to return as co-host in Puerto Rico.  Underwood will perform a medley of some …

President-elect Donald Trump named Time Magazine’s “2024 Person of the Year”

TIME Magazine announced on Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump has been named TIME’s “2024 Person of the Year,” marking the second time Trump has earned the recognition from the publication (he previously won the honor after winning the presidential election in 2016). In his letter to readers, Time Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs credited Trump with “marshalling …

Biden commutes 1,500 sentences, issues 39 pardons in ‘largest single-day grant of clemency’

On Thursday, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals placed on home confinement, and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes, with the White House stating that the moves represented the “largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.” Biden said in a statement: “America was built on the promise of possibility …

Ringo Starr releases ‘Thankful’ featuring Alison Krauss

Ringo Starr has teamed up with Alison Krauss for the song “Thankful,” the second track off Starr’s forthcoming country music album, Look Up, set to drop on January 10, 2025. Look Up, produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett, was recorded this year in Nashville and Los Angeles, The album features 11 songs, with nine written …