Adele has no plans to sing one of her earliest hits ever again. Last Friday, she began her 10-night residency in Munich, Germany, performing for 75,000 fans. She also brought out one of her oldest singles, "Chasing Pavements," for a final farewell. It was the first time she performed it since 2017. Adele explained, "The reason I don't sing this song very often, and I shan't sing it again after this Munich residency, is because the way I pronounced the words in this song when I was 19 years old, I sound like I'm 19 years old. When I sing it now, I still sound 19 years old and it annoys me. But I'm going to do it for you because I love you." "Chasing Pavements" was released in January 2008 as the second single from Adele's debut studio album, 19. It's an important part of her past, even if it's not part of her future.
Britney Spears is getting a biopic. Universal Pictures announced they secured the rights to her bestselling 2023 memoir "The Woman in Me" after a big auction. Jon M. Chu, the director of "Wicked," will be directing, and Marc Platt is producing. Britney is excited to work with Marc, saying, "He's always made my favorite movies."
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards has announced this year's nominees. Taylor Swift leads the pack with ten nods, Post Malone follows with nine nominations, and Ariana Grande, Eminem, and Sabrina Carpenter each have six nominations. Fans can vote for their favorites at vote.mtv.com until August 30th. The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards take place at 8PM on Tuesday, September 10th.
Season two of "Squid Game" is officially set to drop on December 26th. Netflix also confirmed that they're moving ahead with a third season of the show, which will be its last as well. Seong Gi-hun, who vowed revenge at the end of season one, will return and joins the game again.
Zendaya, who kicked off her career at Disney with the show "Shake it Up," could have been part of Disney Channel's "Descendants" franchise. The former Vice President of Casting and Talent Relations said Z wanted to be part of the franchise and auditioned multiple times. Disney ended up putting out four "Descendants" films, but Z found equal (jk, much greater) success in movies like "Spiderman" and "Dune" as well as starring in "Euphoria."
Kathie Lee Gifford, 70, recently had hip replacement surgery, and she recently told People that she fell after the surgery and ended up in the hospital with a fractured pelvis in two places. Kathie admitted that, post-surgery, she was moving about 300 books by herself, and she tripped while answering the door. She said, "You think you know your body and the next thing you know, your body changes when you get older. And as much as I don't wanna think about it, I am." Well, she has plenty of time to think about it now that she's bedridden again.
