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Mariah Carey Mariah Carey had not performed at the VMAs since 2005. She returned to perform a career-spanning medley to celebrate her winning the Video Vanguard Award. Back home on Long Island, she played “Sugar Sweet,” “Fantasy,” “Heartbreaker,” “Obsessed,” “It’s Like That,” and “We Belong Together.” Busta Rhymes Busta Rhymes became the first recipient of the brand-new […]
Cardi B could’ve brought her New York swag to the Super Bowl stage. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper told Billboard she declined a previous offer, but would be open to doing it in the future. “I got asked to do the Super Bowl and I denied it. I feel like soon, if I get to do it, […]
The Powerball jackpot jumped to a staggering $1.3 billion after there were no big winners in Monday night’s drawing – the fifth-largest prize in game history. The lucky numbers were white balls 8, 23, 25, 40, 53, and red Powerball 5, with a Power Play multiplier of 3. While the largest prize went unclaimed, at […]
This year’s largest lottery prize and Powerball’s 5th largest ever estimated $1.1 billion with the Labor Day drawing is tonight (09/01). The lucky winner is facing astronomical 1 in 292.2 million odds. A ticket holder matching all five white balls and a red Powerball for the jackpot can choose between a payout over 30 annualized […]
The Powerball jackpot is approaching the $1 billion mark for Saturday night’s drawing. It’s at an estimated $950 million after no tickets came up winners for Wednesday night’s jackpot of roughly $850 million — the game’s sixth-largest ever at the time. Those winning numbers were 9, 12, 22, 41, 61 with a Powerball of 25. […]
As a dating term, ”Shrekking” refers to dating someone you consider below your standards, with the assumption that because you’re out of this person’s league, you’ll automatically have the upper hand in the relationship and will be unlikely to get hurt. To “get Shrekked” is to strategically “date down” in this manner, only to still […]
The majority of parents (68%) feel pressure to spend on optional back-to-school shopping and activities, according to a new Yahoo/YouGov poll of 1,729 U.S. adults. And any parent will tell you, back-to-school spending goes well beyond the class supply list, as we shell out for everything from youth sports fees to after-school care and more. […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will host this year’s Kennedy Center Honors ceremony after announcing a lineup of honorees he approved as part of his effort to remake cultural institutions he has deemed too liberal. Trump, who installed himself as chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in February, tapped “I […]
Kendrick Lamar tops the 2025 MTV VMA nominations with 10 nods, thanks largely to his hit “Not Like Us,” which followed his public feud with Drake. He’s up for Artist of the Year, Video of the Year, and Best Album, among others. “Not Like Us” already earned him five Grammys and was the closing performance […]
Russian influencer Mariana Barutkina seriously injured herself attempting the viral “Nicki Minaj heels challenge,” which involves balancing cross-legged in heels on stacked objects, mimicking a pose from Minaj’s 2013 “High School” music video. Barutkina, just weeks postpartum, attempted the stunt atop a saucepan and baby formula on a kitchen counter but fell and broke her […]
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