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It's not news that "Cats" is a bad movie. Directed by Tom Hooper, the movie uses Andrew Lloyd Webber's inscrutable and mostly plotless Broadway musical as its source material, and to say it's jarring, bizarre, and outright terrible is an understatement. Also, Taylor Swift is in it.

Let me backtrack for a moment and say this: The Broadway musical "Cats" is not my personal cup of tea, but I'm not here to crap all over it. It's one of the highest-grossing musicals in history, and to be absolutely fair, the fact that the stage version is plotless isn't a technically bad thing. Making it into a movie, though, was a patently terrible idea, and I say that with no due respect to Hooper ... and unfortunately for Swift and her co-stars Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson, and, uh, James Corden, it's a part of their creative histories now.

Justin Bieber returned to the album charts after four years with surprise album Swag, and for the first time, his LP did not debut at Number One, instead bowing at Number Two. But that only tells part of the story: Swag still marks the singer’s biggest streaming debut of his career.

Swag was a highly anticipated album, to say the least. Despite announcing the record mere hours before its release, the hype for new music had been building for quite some time. Not only did it mark his first album in four years,...

Music executive Scooter Braun has a response for Taylor Swift fans still angry that he purchased the master recordings of her music catalog and sold them for a profit. He simply doesn’t care.

“You know, me even talking about this now, there’s gonna be… They’re gonna be yelling and screaming and this, that and the other,” Braun said on a recent episode of Danielle Robay’s Question Everything podcast. “You can’t say anything right, and it is what it is. My response to that is they made the horrible miscalculation that I care. You know, I don’t know those people out there. And if I met them in person and they needed my help, as a stranger, I would help them.”

He continued, “I think people forget that when you have a fan base that big and 10,000 people are yelling at you, it feels like the world is ending,...

Another new movie centered in the world of K-pop is in the works from Hybe and Paramount!

It was just announced that Ji-young Yoo and Eric Nam are set to star in the upcoming feature, according to THR.

Ji-young is currently starring in the No 1 movie on Netflix, KPop Demon Hunters as Zoey, while Eric is, of course, a super popular American K-pop singer based out of South Korea.

“if 15 year old me could see me now … I will try my best,” Ji-young shared on Instagram.

“this one’s for the dreamers,” Eric added on his account.

Keep reading to find out more…

“This film is my love letter to K-pop – its energy, passion, magic, and the incredible community behind it,” director Benson Lee shared in statement. “I’m deeply grateful to Paramount Pictures for championing the project, to our producers for their unwavering dedication, to our talented and dynamic cast,...

Scooter Braun has a message for Swifties, who are still angry with him over the handling of Taylor Swift’s master recordings from six years ago.

The music executive and former music manager made a recent appearance on Danielle Robay’s Question Everything podcast, where he opened up about the hate he still receives from Swift’s fan base years after the original sale of her catalog to Braun’s Ithaca Holdings when he acquired her old record label Big Machine Label Group in 2019. The following year, Ithaca sold Swift’s masters to Shamrock Capital for a reported $300 million, which the singer infamously criticized, leading her to rerecord her albums.

“You know, me even talking about this now, there’s gonna be … They’re gonna be yelling and screaming and this, that and the other,” Braun said. “You can’t say anything right, and it is what it is. My...

Paramount has set an untitled K-Pop film co-produced by Korean entertainment company Hybe America for release on Feb. 12, 2027.

The film will star Ji-young Yoo, who most recently starred in the breakout Netflix/Sony Animation hit “K-Pop Demon Hunters,” as well as Eric Nam, who will star in the upcoming “Avatar: The Last Airbender” feature film “The Legend of Aang.” Yoo will play a young Korean-American woman who defies her family’s wishes to compete in a televised competition to find the next K-pop girl group.

Benson Lee, director of the 2015 Sundance teen comedy “Seoul Searching,” is attached to the film, which is set to be the first American production shot entirely in South Korea.

“This film is my love letter to K-pop — its energy, passion, magic and the incredible community behind it. I’m deeply grateful to Paramount Pictures for championing the project, to our producers for their unwavering dedication,...

Paramount has set untitled K-Pop Movie from Hybe America with Ji-young Yoo and Eric Nam (The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender and Transplant) starring.

Benson Lee (Seoul Searching) is directing for a Feb. 12, 2027 theatrical release. The movie is expected to be the first major American studio film shot entirely in South Korea.

Eileen Shim wrote the latest draft. Previous writers include Adele Lim (Crazy Rich Asians), Elyse Hollander and Lee. The movie follows a young Korean-American woman, who defies her family’s wishes to compete in a televised competition to find the next K-pop girl group.

“This film is my love letter to K-pop – its energy, passion, magic, and the incredible community behind it. I’m deeply grateful to Paramount Pictures for championing the project, to our producers for their unwavering dedication, to our talented and dynamic cast, and to the legends of the genre...

Paramount and Hybe America’s untitled K-pop film has found its stars and landed a release date, Paramount announced Tuesday.

Ji-young Yoo (KPop Demon Hunters) and Eric Nam (The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender) are set to star in the Benson Lee-directed film. Eileen Shim wrote the script’s latest draft.

“This film is my love letter to K-pop – its energy, passion, magic, and the incredible community behind it,” Lee said in statement. “I’m deeply grateful to Paramount Pictures for championing the project, to our producers for their unwavering dedication, to our talented and dynamic cast, and to the legends of the genre helping us bring this story to life.”

In North America, the movie will open in theaters Feb. 12, 2027, the beginning of the lucrative Presidents Day/Valentine’s Day weekend, opposite TriStar’s buzzed-about book adaptation The Nightingale, starring Elle and Dakota Fanning (that film’s...

Scooter Braun is opening up about his friendship with rapper Kanye West.

The 44-year-old former artist manager was a guest on the Thursday (July 17) episode of Question Everything. During the episode, Scooter opened up about where his friendship with Kanye stands now.

Keep reading to find out more…

“I don’t know him anymore,” Scooter said during the episode.

In reference to Kanye‘s recent antisemitic social media posts, Scooter said, “I think the person that I knew wasn’t someone who says those things. Sometimes the hardest thing to do with someone you care about is mourn them while they’re still here. The person that I knew is not the person that I’m seeing, so I don’t have a relationship anymore.”

When asked if Kanye could potentially be redeemed and return to the person that Scooter had known, he reiterated that he didn’t know Kanye and said,...

Scooter Braun is finally addressing speculation that Taylor Swift‘s song “Vigilante Sh-t” is about his divorce.

When the 35-year-old Grammy-winning singer first released the song from her Midnights album in 2022, many fans theorized that the lyrics was inspired by 44-year-old record executive’s divorce from Yael Cohen.

In the song, Taylor sings, “She needed a cold heart proof, so I gave her some / She had the envelope, where you think she got it from? / Now she gets the house, gets the kids, gets the pride / Picture me thick as thieves with your ex-wife.”

While appearing on the Question Everything podcast on Thursday (July 17), Scooter was asked if he thinks the song is about his divorce.

Keep reading to find out more…“No, ’cause I talk to Yael every day,” Scooter answered bluntly. “My ex-wife is one of my best friends. So, me and my ex-wife laugh about that stuff.

Justin Bieber’s seventh studio album, Swag, dropped unexpectedly on July 11, 2025. Despite a strong debut at #1 on both the Global and U.S. Apple Music and Spotify charts, the album has seen a sharp drop in daily streams. Following its release, Bieber’s surprise album occupied the top seven spots on Spotify’s U.S. chart, with the lead single, “Daisies,” hitting No.1 and reaching 8.5 million streams on day one. As of July 14, 2025, though, it remains the only track from the album still in the Top 10 and has dropped down to No. 5.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, despite the streaming drops, Swag is still projected to move between 150,000 to 175,000 album-equivalent units in its first tracking week. While there were no physical copies of the album available at launch, sources report that these numbers would mark a digital debut strong enough to secure the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. Comparatively, Bieber’s last album,...

Justin Bieber's first album in four years has received strong reactions from fans. Swag, which marks the "Baby" singer's seventh studio album, was released on July 11. Consisting of 20 tracks, the record features collaborations with Gunna, Sexyy Redd, and Cash Cobain, and includes a surprise writing credit from Eminem.

Over the weekend, songs from the album took over the daily charts on both Apple and Spotify. The superstar's new album also topped Billboard's fan-voted music poll as their favorite new music release from last week.

Now, fans have taken to social media platforms, reacting to Bieber's new album, Swag, published after the pop star's recent settlement with his manager of more than 15 years. Many are blown away by the authenticity and maturity of the music and how fast Bieber dominated the streaming charts without any promotion, including @KayyKova.

Something I really love about Justin Bieber album Swag is how mature it is.

Justin Bieber’s surprise album Swag isn’t just a new collection of songs; it’s a carefully created journey through his musical and personal evolution, marked by a subtle Easter egg that only his most devoted fans will spot. Hidden within the track Dadz Love is a drumbeat sampled from a video of a two-year-old Bieber pounding rhythms on a tabletop. Check out the video below!

While many casual listeners might miss this nostalgic gem, hardcore Beliebers have eagerly shared timestamps and clips online, celebrating this intimate glimpse into Bieber’s beginnings. But Swag is more than a nod to childhood. The album dropped amid swirling rumors about Justin Bieber’s marriage to Hailey Bieber, their growing family with baby Jack Blues, and his recent split from longtime manager Scooter Braun.

Hailey Bieber’s Role in Justin Bieber’s ‘Swag’ Amid Split Rumors A still from Justin Bieber’s...

Justin Bieber’s Swag, the superstar’s first album in over four years, is on track for a solid opening week as the album is taking over the daily charts on Spotify and Apple Music this weekend.

Sources familiar with the matter tell The Hollywood Reporter that the projections for the album — his seventh full-length — are estimated at about 150,000 to 160,000 album equivalent units for week one, while Hits magazine is projecting 175,000 units.

Those estimates would yield a respectable debut, particularly given that Swag’s week one numbers likely won’t include any physical sales. Justice, Bieber’s next-most-recent album, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart back in 2021 with 154,000 equivalent units, including 30,000 physical sales.

Current estimates could also keep Bieber competitive for a No. 1 debut on Billboard’s 200 Albums chart, where Morgan Wallen has dominated the past two months; the country singer is projected to move more than 150,000 units this week.

Freedom sounds good on Justin Bieber’s Swag. On Friday, the pop king marked his return with his new album, and a source close to the musician tells Rolling Stone it’s “the purest form” of Bieber we’ve ever seen, especially after “breaking away” from longtime manager Scooter Braun.

“Breaking away from Scooter Braun and his team has been something that Justin has wanted for so long, and now that he’s fully free, he could finally share this album with his fans and with the world,” says the source.

Hailey Bieber is calling Scooter Braun “Obsessed” over his review of Justin Bieber‘s album.

The 28-year-old model and skincare brand founder recently shared a shady response to the 44-year-old record executive. Scooter, who previously managed 31-year-old Justin, shared a review of his latest album.

Following his review, Hailey shared a simple but super shady response on her Instagram story.

Keep reading to find out more…

In a story on his own Instagram account, Scooter shared his thoughts on Justin‘s new album.

His review reads in part, “This is, without a doubt, the most authentically Justin Bieber album to date. … I have played no roll [sic] in this one, but as someone who’s always believed in him, I’m incredibly proud and impressed and genuinely enjoying the music.”

Scooter and Justin parted ways before the record executive retired from artist management. The review comes after it was revealed that...

Justin Bieber’s former manager Scooter Braun has publicly shared his thoughts on the singer’s new album Swag just one day after its release.

Braun, whose split from Bieber drew headlines when first revealed (Braun retired from music management in June 2024), decided to offer his thoughts on Swag to the mix, by writing on his Instagram Story on Saturday, “Been having a beautiful start to the weekend and been getting a lot of texts about how I feel about Justin’s new album.. so I will just leave this here.. This is without a doubt, the most authentically Justin Bieber album to date. It’s beautiful, raw, and truly him. And that matters.”

He continued, “I’ve had the privilege of witnessing his growth for almost two decades. Along every journey, there comes a time when an artist fully steps into their own — and that’s what he’s done here.

Justin Bieber’s back, and he’s “standing on business” with Swag.

A lot has changed for the superstar in the time since Bieber’s last Justice had topped the charts in 2021. He’d suffered notable health issues after a Ramsay Hunt syndrome diagnosis, canceled a concert tour, made a $200 million sale for his publishing catalog, had his first child, and severed from his longtime manager Scooter Braun.

Swag clocks in at 54 minutes on 21 tracks (though three of those are interludes featuring conversations between Bieber and online comedian Druski), with R&Bieber is full effect for much of it, leaning into the genre’s sweet spots (reverb-heavy keys), while also peppering the album with hip-hop, pop and some gospel. He’s both earnest and not taking himself too seriously on the project, (calling an album Swag in the year 2025 is itself a bold choice) with Bieber flipping between love songs...

Justin Bieber is still a wife guy on his new album Swag. The singer announced the surprise album less than 12 hours before its release, with billboards and a flurry of Instagram posts signaling its arrival.

With how fraught the past few years of Bieber’s life and career have been, many were curious about what the sound and themes of his new album would be. Since 2021’s Justice, Bieber’s been relatively quiet on the career front. He canceled most of his Justice tour dates, needing to prioritize his physical...

Justin Bieber Settles Multi-Million Pound Debt with Scooter Braun, Avoids Legal Battle After Years of Disputes Over Commissions and Advances

Justin Bieber has finally settled a long-standing multi-million-pound financial dispute with his former manager Scooter Braun, bringing to a close one of the most tense chapters in his recent career. The resolution comes after months of quiet negotiations and growing speculation about the Canadian singer’s legal future.

The conflict began when Bieber received a $40 million advance from the promoter Aeg for his “Justice” tour. However, the early cancellation of the tour forced the singer to repay $26 million. At that point, Hybe – the company led by Scooter Braun – stepped in and covered the debt owed to Aeg. Bieber agreed to repay Hybe within ten years, but made only one payment before breaching the agreement.

Now, sources close to the case confirm that Justin has paid off the full $26 million, thereby avoiding potential legal action.

With those words, Justin Bieber didn’t just stir his fan base; he cracked the internet. For an artist who once set teenage hearts sprinting with every note, it’s hard to believe that now, as insiders reveal, he stares blankly at a piano that once sparked joy. According to a stark and intimate Substack exposé by Rob Shuter, the Canadian pop superstar is knee-deep in a creative freeze, unable to write, unable to feel; his spark has dimmed.

The emotional frostbite doesn’t end there. Rumors of a crumbling marriage to Hailey Bieber loom in the background. Per the source:

He used to hear a beat and light up. Now he just stares.

Reportedly, there’s a lot of pressure on him from fans, from the industry, and from his personal life.

He’s in his head.

Sources admit he’s not giving up, but “he’s lost”. And yet,...

Blake Lively is supposed to appear for a deposition in the Justin Baldoni trial on July 17, and she is reportedly trying to delay her appearance. It is one of the crucial appearances from the actress that could determine the future of this ongoing legal issue between Lively and Baldoni.

At this deposition, Lively will be facing questions from Baldoni’s attorney, Brian Freedman, and she will have to present her mounting evidence against her co-star in court (via TMZ). However, reports suggested that she asked for a delay of an additional six weeks to review 50,000 hours of raw footage from her film, It Ends With Us.

Billy Bush, who has been covering the drama for a long time and supports Team Baldoni, has slammed the actress’s attempts to delay her deposition. He found the reason for the actress’s delay to be ridiculous. Bush called the deposition the “trial...

And just like that, Justin Bieber dropped his seventh studio album, Swag.

The new album album, released via Def Jam, was announced just yesterday (July 10th) via billboards posted in various cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York City and Reykjavik, Iceland. Bieber shared a host of videos and photos on his Instagram account, including some that revealed the album’s 21-song tracklist.

Swag is the first new Bieber album since his 2021 full-length, Justice. Guest contributors include Lil B, Dijon, Gunna, mk.gee, Daniel Caesar, Sexxy Redd, Druski, and Cash Cobain.

The album arrives during a tough year for the pop star; just last month, he took to Instagram to report feeling “broken,” writing, “Don’t you think if I could have fixed myself I would have already?”

That admission followed a Bieber representative issuing a statement denying that the pop star was ever a victim of Sean “Diddy” Combs,...

Justin Bieber is about to drop a new album, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Def Jam will release his long-awaited seventh album on Friday, July 11, sources reveal.

A representative for Bieber didn’t reply to request for comment. Def Jam declined to comment.

As THR reported, Bieber headed to Iceland in late April to put finishing touches on the project, his first since 2021’s Justice. His Nordic getaway hosted jam sessions and allowed the pop superstar to ”vibe out” with a number of musical collaborators, an insider reveals.

As of Thursday, a billboard in Iceland that depicts Bieber with the word “Swag” is starting to go viral online. Presumably, that could be the name of the album though it’s unclear at press time. The same billboard went up on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Billboard of Justin Bieber with the word “Swag” has been spotted in Reykjavik,...

Candace Owens pulled out her texts on a live podcast after she got subpoenaed by Blake Lively over her smear campaign allegations against Justin Baldoni. Earlier, Owens, along with other podcasters and interviewers, received a subpoena from Lively’s lawyers.

The actress’s attorneys claimed that Baldoni and the Wayfarer team orchestrated the smear campaign via chat sites like Reddit with the help of content creators. They alleged, “The team would then ‘amplify’ that content by sharing it with larger outlets to increase negative sentiment toward Ms. Lively.”

Owens had already responded to the news of the subpoena released by TMZ. She shared in a statement to People:

Given the fact that I have not received any subpoena yet, I appreciate Blake’s team leaking this to TMZ to alert me to it. And, of course, I have not the slightest idea what I am being subpoenaed for, as I...

Scooter Braun is ready for his next career move.

Hybe America announced on Tuesday (July 1) that Scooter would be stepping down from his role as CEO. It was announced that Scooter would be staying with the company in an executive advisory role, so he’s not leaving the company entirely.

Keep reading to find out more…

Scooter became the sole CEO of Hybe America in 2023 after an earlier merger between Hybe and Scooter‘s own company. Variety reports that Scooter‘s decision to step down as the CEO of Hybe America was so that he could focus on other projects, but he hasn’t shared what that is yet.

In a statement, Scooter said, “Being a part of Hybe and witnessing its remarkable growth has been one of the most inspiring chapters of my professional journey. Chairman Bang is a true visionary and a musical genius. What he has built with Hybe is unparalleled.

Scooter Braun is stepping back from his role as CEO of Hybe America after four years at the head of the U.S. arm of the South Korean entertainment giant.

Braun will stick around in an executive advisory capacity, serving as director of the board and senior advisor to Hybe Chairman Bang Si-Hyuk. This will allow Braun to pursue other ventures outside of Hybe going forward. (He still remains the second-largest individual shareholder in the conglomerate behind global superstars like BTS and Tomorrow X Together.)

In a statement, Chairman Bang called Braun “an extraordinary partner,...

Scooter Braun is transitioning his role at Hybe, the South Korean entertainment giant, moving from CEO of Hybe America to an advisory position that will have him joining the Hybe Board of Directors as a director and a senior adviser to chairman Bang Si-Hyuk. The move marks the end of a five-year run at Hybe, which is home to such K-pop acts as BTS and Katseye.

The news was announced to Hybe staffers on Monday when Braun dialed in from his vacation to notify employees that the move was “in the works for quite some time,” according to a source who adds that the five-year plan was initiated with the sale of Braun’s Ithaca Holdings to Hybe in 2021. Braun will remain active in current Hybe projects, like the just-launched girl group Katseye. Braun intimated that he “isn’t going anywhere” and will “still help guide” the artists on the Hybe roster.

Hugh Jackman was seen avoiding Blake Lively questions! Kjersti Flaa from the infamous “congrats on your little bump” interview, who is also covering the whole legal drama in detail, received a new video from the same photographer who recently captured Jay Leno dismissing the idea of Blake Lively as a motorcycle passenger, saying “anyone but her”.

This time, the focus was on Hugh Jackman. The photographer seemed determined to get Jackman to say something, anything, about Lively, and spent the day trailing him around New York City trying.

Across three different encounters, the question was repeated in slightly different forms, always circling back to Blake Lively and her recent legal victory. Whether Jackman was walking into a building or on a sidewalk, the photographer was ready with a camera and the same persistent line of questioning.

Despite the effort, Jackman remained silent throughout. It was clear he had no intention of engaging,...

Orlando Bloom and Sydney Sweeney are enjoying some time together!

The 48-year-old actor and the 27-year-old actress were seen walking the streets of Venice, Italy on Saturday afternoon (June 28) after attending the Bezos-Sanchez Wedding the night before.

Orlando and Sydney were joined by a group of friends, including Tom Brady (not pictured), Karlie Kloss and her husband Joshua Kushner, and Scooter Braun. They joined the newlyweds at a private luncheon following the wedding.

There have been headlines about Orlando, Tom, and Sydney being at the wedding as they’re all single at the moment, with many wondering if they’re also ready to mingle.

TMZ reported, “We’re told the gang’s been hanging at the hotel bar, partying and dancing … and Tom is taking center stage as the life of the party — even spending some time chatting up Sydney.”

The outlet also has photos of Orlando and Sydney walking side-by-side on Saturday.

Orlando Bloom is single, but “not ready to mingle” while attending the biggest wedding of the year.

The 48-year-old actor looked dapper in his tuxedo while leaving the hotel and getting on a water taxi to head to the Bezos-Sanchez Wedding on Friday (June 27) in Venice, Italy.

Orlando was seen with his friends Scooter Braun, Usher, and his wife Jenn Goicoechea.

TMZ is reporting that Orlando is “not trying to hook up with other wedding guests.” He’s attending the wedding just days after it was confirmed that he split from longtime partner Katy Perry.

“Orlando is being very guarded in the way he’s dealing with women in Venice … even though he’s around some very sexy, single and eligible celebs,” a source said.

Check out the full list of celebrities who attended the wedding!

Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun’s story was a classic music industry fairytale: An ambitious young manager plucks a young prodigy out of obscurity and makes him a star. Their lives and careers have been intertwined for nearly two decades, with their names and careers synonymous with one another well beyond most artist-manager relationships. Thee wasn’t a project Bieber pursued, music or otherwise, that Braun wasn’t involved in, while each of Braun’s clients outside of Bieber would get a direct boost from one of the 21st century’s biggest stars.

Members of the Kardashian family have arrived in Venice, Italy, presumably for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez‘s wedding – which is taking place this coming weekend.

Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, and mom Kris Jenner were seen arriving by boat on Thursday (June 26) to the Italian city. You can see all of the arrival photos in the gallery of this post.

At the hotel, they greeted Orlando Bloom outside, as well as Scooter Braun (in the white t-shirt) and Dolce&Gabbana‘s Domenico Dolce (in the black t-shirt). There have been reports that Orlando is now single after a split from longtime partner Katy Perry.

There are lots of celebrities on the guest list for the big event, including the Kardashian fam! See who is set to attend, and who turned down the invite.

Browse through the gallery for all the photos of Kim and Khloe Kardashian, as well as Kris Jenner,...

As of June 2025, the No. 1 song in both the U.S. and the U.K. is “Ordinary”, a hit penned by Alex Warren, an artist likely unknown to millennial and older audiences.

Meanwhile, the top debut on the Billboard 200 for the week of June 16 was Addison, by a buzzing singer you might’ve heard of, Addison Rae. If you are younger, you likely know both Warren and Rae very well, as they are some of the biggest influencers of the pre-covid-era TikTok, who are now experiencing parallel rises to music fame, both plausible contenders to win the Grammy for Best New Artist. But their rise to music stardom, while unique in its way, also responds to a bigger trend throughout this century: the primacy of social media.

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Five Finger Death Punch have found themselves in a similar situation as Taylor Swift was in before she recently acquired her master recordings. The metal band is taking inspiration from the pop star by re-recording its earlier material.

As Billboard reports, early on in their career, Five Finger Death Punch entered into a record deal with Prospect Park. That label’s owner, Jeff Kwatinetz, recently sold the band’s masters without the band’s knowledge, leading Ffdp to start re-recording select songs from their catalog.

Swift famously re-recorded a number of her albums after her old record label Big Machine sold her masters to Scooter Braun. Last month, she paid roughly $360 million to gain ownership of all her masters.

Ffdp guitarist Zoltan Bathory remarked, “[Taylor Swift] could have gone into a costly lawsuit, or she could have felt sorry for herself. [Instead] she just sprung into action and did what she had to do.

Former Call Her Daddy co-host Sofia Franklyn is comparing her exit from the podcast to another famous celebrity feud.

Recently, her former co-host Alex Cooper spoke on her Hulu docuseries Call Her Alex about Sofia‘s exit from the podcast. Now, the 32-year-old is sharing her side of the split.

Keep reading to find out more…

Sofia appeared on the Trading Secrets podcast with Jason Tartick where she explained her side of her departure from Call Her Daddy.

Since leaving Call Her Daddy, Sofia has been relatively silent about what lead to her departure from the podcast. During her guest appearance on Jason‘s podcast, she opened up about fearing that she would be seen as “crazy” if she spoke about her issues with Alex and shared the celebrity feud that made her feel better.

“When I saw the Taylor Swift stuff and looked into it, he looked like a horrible human being.

Justin Bieber has been documenting what appears to be an intense period of self-reflection through a series of Instagram posts for more than three months. In his latest upload, the 31-year-old responded to the people who “keep telling me to heal,” writing: “Don’t you think if I could have fixed myself I would have already? I know I’m broken. I know I have anger issues.”

Bieber added: “I tried to do the work my whole life to be like the people who told me I needed to be fixed like them.

Scooter Braun Opens Up About His Current Relationship with Justin Bieber: “It’s Not the Same” Xmag UK Xmag Editorial

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(Updated with more details) Blake Lively just had a major win in her multi-lawsuit, multi-million-dollar legal war with Justin Baldoni, and now Taylor Swift’s pal is opening up a brand-new battlefield with the Shake It Off star’s grand nemesis and his company.

Former mega-manager and very public Baldoni buddy Scooter Braun’s Hybe America is being subpoenaed in the sprawling case, I’ve learned. A notice of subpoena was sent today from Lively’s lawyers, with the first attempt to serve it set for Thursday.

(L-r) Scooter Braun & Justin Baldoni in 2019 (Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Braun has been the CEO of the US arm of the K-Pop corporation Hybe since early 2023, about two years after his Ithaca Holdings merged with the Seoul-based parent company in a just over $1 billion deal.

This new subpoena seeks to hoover up any documents and information that...

Scooter Braun has opened up about the “guilt” he’s reeling from his long-standing career as a former artist manager.

During a recent interview on The Diary of a CEO, the former music manager admitted he feels guilty because he previously worked with a lot of young up-and-coming artists who had to grapple “being judged by the whole world at a very young age.”

“At this age, I feel a lot of guilt because I worked with so many young artists,” he said. “I hadn’t taken the time to look at myself or do the therapy myself until I was older, so I didn’t understand at 25, 27, 30 years old that they were coming from very unique backgrounds of their own stuff with their own families and their own childhood growing up this way and being seen by the whole world and being judged by the whole world at a very young age.

Scooter Braun is opening up like never before.

The 43-year-old record executive appeared on The Diary of a CEO podcast for an interview that was released on Monday, June 9.

In the interview, Scooter opened up about his divorce from Yael Cohen, battling suicidal thoughts, his very public feud with Taylor Swift, and his rumored fallout with Justin Bieber.

Following the interview, we compiled the biggest highlights Scooter shared.

Browse through the slideshow for the highlights from Scooter Braun’s interview…...

Scooter Braun hung up his hat as a music manager nearly two years ago, though he wasn’t officially retired until around this time last year. And just as his professional title has changed, so have his relationships with his former clients. During a recent appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Braun noted that his relationship with Justin Bieber is “not the same that it was.”

“I think there comes a point where I understand he probably wants to go on and show that he can do it,...

Taylor Swift’s Reputation has slithered its way back into the Billboard 200 albums chart at Number Five after the musician announced that she finally owns her entire catalog of music. The record previously spent four weeks at Number One following its 2017 release and has racked up 349 total weeks on the chart. It’s also the one album Swift hasn’t finished re-recording, though she doesn’t really need to anymore.

Last week, pre-masters victory, Reputation sat at Number 78 on the chart. The surge, per Variety, is the result of a...

In the movies, one of the primary rules of time travel is that you don’t do anything that could cause a tear in the space-time continuum. Plot lines that move between the past, present, and future emphasize the fragility of choice. Back in 2021, Taylor Swift started building an alternate reality by dismantling her first six studio albums and repurposing them as part of an extensive re-recording process to regain ownership of her music. The question became, “What if we could do it all over again, even bigger?”

With the...

To get her music back, first Taylor Swift had to re-record it. After a consortium led by Scooter Braun bought the rights to the masters for her first six albums in 2019, much to Swift’s displeasure, she hatched a simple, if wildly labor-intensive plan: Make new Taylor’s Versions of her catalog available, and then ask her massive fanbase to stream them instead of the originals.

No one had ever tried anything like it before, but fans complied by the millions. The strategy worked exactly as intended, devaluing the masters...

Hailey Bieber sold her beauty brand, Rhode, to E.L.F. Beauty last week for a reported $1 billion, officially making her richer than her famous husband, Justin Bieber.

Justin sold his music catalog in 2020 for $300 million but quickly squandered it on reckless spending. He reportedly owes ex-manager Scooter Braun $8.8 million from an aborted tour.

But Hailey isn’t gloating yet. She remains dedicated to affordable skin-care solutions.

Rhode was launched in 2022 and only features 10 products, but it was a major breakout in the cosmetics world, netting $212 million in sales over the past year. Hailey will stay with Rhode as the chief creative officer and head of innovation, as well as serving as a strategic advisor to E.L.F. moving forward.

Among the cheaper products is the Cosrx Advanced Snail Mucin Glass Glow Hydrogel Masks, which Haley has shown off in several TikToks and costs about $15 for a pack of three.

The masks,...

Taylor Swift finally gained ownership of her first six albums in a momentous deal she announced to the world last Friday, and with the superstar officially reunited with her music, Spotify streams on her Big Machine-era recordings quickly skyrocketed that day.

According to figures Spotify shared with The Hollywood Reporter, streams on all of the original versions of her older albums at least doubled on Friday, May 30, compared to the albums’ average daily streams from April 1 through May 29. (Spotify didn’t disclose specific streaming numbers themselves, only percentage changes.)

Speak Now had the biggest individual spike, with streams rising 430 percent globally. Interestingly, Swift’s 2006 eponymous debut and 2017’s Reputation — neither of which have a “Taylor’s Version” released yet — came in second and third, as Taylor Swift streams jumped 220 percent, while Reputation streams rose 175 percent. Fearless climbed 160 percent, Red jumped 150 percent and 1989 got a 110 percent boost. Swift is one of...

The biggest music dispute of our times appears to have come to an end, as Taylor Swift regained ownership of the masters to her six earlier albums. It came after a five-year-long dispute, with things turning ugly between Swift and record executive Scooter Braun. The dispute was even the subject of a two-part docuseries on Max, Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood.

In 2019, Swift wrote an explosive letter on Tumblr, telling the world that her masters had been sold without her consultation. She accused Braun of being a bully, while the former music manager claimed that his purchase of the masters was very much legal. Swift had resorted to re-recording her albums before she could call the albums her own again.

Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun dispute: The singer’s accusations Taylor Swift in the music video of Anti-Hero | Credits: Republic Records

Swifties unleashed their wrath on Scooter Braun...

Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber are two names that have practically soundtracked a generation, don’t you agree? While one began her journey strumming heartbreak anthems in cowboy boots, the other danced his way from YouTube to global superstardom with a flip of his signature swoop.

From stadium tours to chart-topping albums, both artists have grown into full-blown music moguls, redefining pop culture on their own terms. Swift’s pen bleeds poetry and revenge, while Bieber’s voice matured from teen heartthrob to R&b-infused vulnerability.

Though they’ve had their ups, downs, reinventions, and reinvigoration, they’ve stayed massively relevant. But recently, the buzz isn’t just about their hits but their hustle. With Bieber selling his music catalog and Swift famously reclaiming hers, the internet’s got opinions. Swifties and Beliebers are at it again, but it’s all about the business this time.

All about Justin Bieber...

Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez are celebrating.

The 35-year-old “All Too Well” singer and the 32-year-old “Love You Like a Love Song” singer went out to celebrate on Saturday night (May 31) in New York City.

The two were spotted enjoying a dinner for two at the Manhattan restaurant Monkey Bar after Taylor‘s victorious purchase of the masters of her discography.

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Taylor could be seen seated across from Selena in a booth in a snap that went viral on social media, as the two look deep in conversation.

Scooter Braun purchased her original masters in 2019 from Big Machine Label Group without Taylor‘s consent. In 2020, he told them to Shamrock Capital, which recently sold the music library back to Taylor.

After Taylor broke the good news on social media that she bought them back, Selena responded publicly to the happy news.