Raging wildfires in Los Angeles have forced 100,000 people to evacuate, with several celebrities among those who’ve lost their homes.
Actors Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Paris Hilton, Anna Faris, and Billy Crystal are among the victims. Hilton shared her heartbreak on Instagram after learning her $10.5 million Malibu home burned down. “While the loss is overwhelming, I’m grateful my family is safe,” she wrote. Crystal, whose six-bedroom home of nearly 50 years was destroyed, said, “Every inch was filled with love. Beautiful memories that can’t be taken away.”
Anthony Hopkins, Mandy Moore, and Eugene Levy also lost their properties. Moore expressed devastation over the fires that “leveled” homes in Altadena, while Levy described the smoke as “intense” before his evacuation.
Four fires are tearing through the Los Angeles area, threatening 28,000 structures and claiming over 1,000. The Palisades Fire has spread rapidly, fueled by dry conditions and winds up to 160 km/h.
Other stars like Chris Pratt, Reese Witherspoon, and Ben Affleck were forced to evacuate. Affleck fled his $20.5 million mansion, while Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly at risk in Montecito.
Some celebrities, including Ashton Kutcher, have joined firefighting efforts, while others, like Cameron Mathison and Ricki Lake, shared their losses online. “It’s all gone,” Lake wrote, calling her home “heaven on earth.”
Authorities urge residents to conserve water as fire crews battle to save what remains.
Billboard has released their Top 100 Artists of the 21st Century, with Taylor Swift taking out the top spot. And honestly, are any of us surprised?
The music publication have ranked artists based on their performance on the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart from the start of 2000 through the end of 2024.
Swift achieved 14 #1 albums in the Billboard 200 and 12 songs in the Billboard Hot 100.
The ‘Fortnight’ singer was followed by Drake, Rihanna, Post Malone, and Eminem top make the top five.
Swift has also pulled off 86 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the most of any solo artist.
This ranking, interestingly, follows Billboard’s ranking of Tay Tay as #2 on their list of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century, in which they named Beyonce #1.
The full list of artists that have made it into the top 100 can be found here, however is only available to Billboard Pro subscribers.
The Beatles may have declared that ‘Love is all you need,’ but they didn’t write the greatest love song of all time.
That honour, according to TimeOut’s Top 50 Best Love Songs Ever Recorded, goes to Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together.’
Released in 1971, ‘Let’s Stay Together’ is about the highs and lows of love and commitment and resonates with anyone who’s chosen to stick it out through the inevitable trials.
From the article, “The lyrics to the Reverend’s landmark love song, ‘Let’s Stay Together’ articulate the solemn vows of marriage: ‘Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad.’ But sung by Green, these promises are given wings. Covered multiple times since its release, Green’s gorgeous original was given a new lease on life in ’94, when Quentin Tarantino featured it in Pulp Fiction. But our favourite boost for the song has to be when it was sung by Barack Obama at a fundraising event back in 2012.”
Rounding out their top 10 list:
2. Hall & Oates, ‘You Make My Dreams’
3. Jackie Wilson, ‘Higher & Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)’
4. Frank Ocean, ‘Thinkin’ Bout You’
5. Dolly Parton, ‘I Will Always Love You’
6. Beyonce, ‘All Night’
7. Etta James, ‘At Last’
8. John Legend, ‘All Of Me’
9. The Beatles, ‘Something’
10. Sinead O’Connor, ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’
To see TimeOut’s full list of the Top 50 Best Love Songs Ever Recorded, head here
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Former One Direction singer Liam Payne has reportedly been found dead outside of a Buenos Aires hotel.
According to reports, the 31-year-old musician fell from his hotel’s third floor.
Further circumstances around Payne’s death are as yet unknown.
More to come
During an intimate iHeartLive performance, Keith Urban opened up about the emotional backstory of his new song, “Break the Chain,” from his latest album High!
Urban revealed that the track, which closes out the album, was inspired by his own upbringing in a household impacted by alcoholism.
“I grew up with an alcoholic father,” Urban shared, reflecting on the challenges of that environment.
He explained that the song touches on his realisation, later in life, that he was repeating the same patterns.
Urban says that the song is about hope and breaking destructive cycles. “It’s never too late,” he tells the iHeartLive audience, adding that the song became a cathartic way for him to process his past and strive for a different future.
Take a watch of the full video from the iHeartLive here:
And listen to Keith Urban Artist Radio on iHeart here:
Taylor Swift’s first Australian Show of The Eras Tour is right around the corner and being a part of an enthusiastic crowd that large is always an amazing feeling, especially when you’re all in sync. So on that note, here are some chants you need to know to fully embrace the vibes.
Delicate – Once the intro is over chant “1,2,3…let’s go bitch!”
Don’t Blame Me – Scream “Take me to church” during the bridge.
You Belong With Me – Double hand clap during the bridge.
Bad Blood – “You forgive, you forget but you never let it go” during the bridge.
Style – Scream “What time is it?” before the first verse.
Anti-Hero – “Taylor you’ll be fine” during the nd verse.
Blank Space – Scream the city name during the bridge.
You Need To Calm Down – Scream as loud as you can “Cause Shade never made anybody less gay”.
Fearless – Make a heart with your hands at the “It’s Fearless” part.
You Need To Calm Down – When she says “Let me see your hands”….Wave your hands!!
Marjorie – Turn your flashlight on during the whole song.
Bejeweled – Scream “Where are you going Taylor?” at the ending of the first verse.
All Too Well – Scream “How’d that make you feel” before the line “That made me want to die”
Champagne Problems – Standing ovation after the song cause she’s great!
MOST IMPORTANTLY HAVE FUN!!
Get those ticket-buying fingers ready because the ship that you thought had just well and truly sailed might be about to turn around and steam back into port.
Okay, laboured shipping analogies aside, THERE ARE MORE TICKETS TO TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR ABOUT TO GO ON SALE.
*clears throat*
So, you know, there’s still hope for you yet.
Tickets go on sale this afternoon (Tuesday 13th February) at 2pm for the Melbourne shows and then again at 4pm for the Sydney shows until allocations are exhausted. Which we imagine will be pretty quick.
There is a small caveat, the tickets are restricted view BUT are only $65.90. Although so many Swifties who have been fortunate enough to witness Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour so far have said that there are no bad seats in the house. It might just be worth taking the punt on restricted view tix this time.
Of course, if you miss out on this final release of tickets then you know that you can win tickets through iHeart, right? All you need to do is Enter Here: https://australia.iheart.com/competition/win-tickets-to-see-taylor-swift/
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