Tate McRae is having a moment: After headlining Lollapalooza and Canada's Osheaga festival in a single weekend, and going viral for dipping herself in gold paint at the end of her performances, she's been honored with a special award.

At Variety's Power of Young Hollywood event on Wednesday, Tate was given the Triple Threat Award, honoring her achievements as a singer, songwriter and performer. Accepting her award, Tate said, "I've realized that I'm incapable of doing anything casually in my life." 

She then described how ballet lessons led her to a professional dance career, while an interest in poetry led her to become a songwriter, which then led her to her current status as a global pop star.

"So, I guess I have a slight problem with doing the most at all times," she continued, laughing. "It's not like I was soaking in gold paint two days ago or anything."

"But honestly, I think that obsession has always been the thing that drives me," she continued. "When I love something, I really love it. I wanna know everything about it. I wanna get better at it. And I pretty much let it consume my entire life." 

"Dance was my first love, writing became the way I understood myself, and music somehow gave me a place where I could put it all together. The fact that I get to do all three for my actual job is a dream come true, so thank you."

Tate was given her award by Madison Beer at the event, which also featured Sombr receiving the Songwriter of the Year award from Fleetwood Mac guitar legend Lindsey Buckingham. Plus, Sienna Spiro performed her song "Pure" live.

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It was truly a millennial throwback moment at Hilary Duff's concert at New York's Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.

As captured on social media, Hilary took the stage wearing a Good Charlotte T-shirt and then brought out the band, led by twin brothers Joel Madden and Benji Madden, to perform the Good Charlotte hit "The Anthem." But it wasn't just the music that was a throwback — Hilary and Joel dated from 2004 to 2006.

Hilary is currently married to musician Matthew Koma, while Joel is married to Nicole Richie and Benji is married to Cameron Diaz. All the families are close, though. Matthew, Hilary, Benji, Joel and Nicole all posted a photo of themselves backstage at MSG to their Instagram Stories. It was captioned "FAMILY NIGHT."

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Michelle Branch is back on the Billboard charts with her new version of "The Game of Love," the Grammy-winning hit that she originally released with Carlos Santana back in 2002. The new version is a duet with Gregg Alexander of New Radicals, who wrote the song. But Michelle said she originally wanted the new version to feature a current female star.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Michelle said, "Originally, Gregg and I were wanting Olivia Rodrigo to sing [the remake of ] 'Game of Love,' and we were like, 'Let's ask her, and maybe we'll produce it or something.' Like, we didn't really know what we were gonna do."

But after she and Gregg went into the studio and sang the song together, they realized how good they sounded. Michelle says, "We were like, 'Wait a minute. Actually, we should do this. This is crazy.'"

"The Game of Love" remake is the first single from Michelle's upcoming EP, Everywhere and Back Again, which drops Nov. 6 and features reimagined versions of her hits. She's kicking off a sold-out tour Sept. 27 in Seattle.

Twenty-five years into her career, the "Everywhere" singer tells ET, "To still have fans showing up, singing the words, caring about not only the old music but the new stuff and still along for the ride is, like, the biggest gift. I think it's really because we all grew up together."

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Sombr was chosen by one of his celebrity fans -- Taylor Swift -- to perform her songs as she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at a June ceremony in New York City.  Now, he tells Variety that he spent the performance desperately trying to keep himself from looking at Taylor as he sang.

"If I looked at her for three seconds during the performance, my mind would have completely blanked because that’s Taylor Swift,” he says of his performance of her songs "Cardigan" and "Dear John." “That’s a goddess. I remember looking at her for a split second while performing and almost losing it, but then I looked away.”

Taylor was pleased with the performance, declaring, "Sombr is the future."

As for how Sombr got the gig, when he found out that Taylor had praised him in an interview, he sent a thank-you note; she sent him back a letter and a necklace, and now they're pals. "I freaked out and fangirled. And somehow I haven’t f***** it up,” he says of their friendship. 

So what's their relationship like now? "I don’t know if I want to get too into it. I don’t want to talk about her without her permission,” he tells Variety. But he definitely approves of Taylor's husband.

"I f****** love Travis Kelce,” he says. “That guy is the nicest guy ever.”  

Sombr will start a run of European festival shows on Aug. 11, and then return to North America in September for more dates.

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As the world waits for a new Rihanna album, her partner, A$AP Rocky, admits that he's partially to blame for keeping her away from music -- but reveals that she is, in fact, working on something.

Appearing on BET's The Jason Lee Show, Rocky acknowledged the fact that over the last few years, Rihanna has been too busy having children with him to make music. The couple have three kids: Sons RZA and Riot and daughter Rocki.

He also added, "And traveling. She's traveling with me."

"But yo, she in the studio right now," he continued. "Yeah, I said it." Then, addressing Rihanna, he said, "Sorry babe." He added, to Lee, "She cooking, bro. No funny s***. Damn, I'mma get in trouble for this!"

But when Lee suggested that Rihanna team up with Rocky to make a double album "of you both together on every song," Rocky shook his head.

"Nope. I would hate Rocky and Rihanna if they both did that. That's trash!" he said, referring to himself and Rih in the third person. "Nobody want to hear us together, bro! I make subversive weird a** indie rap. Like, I got a cult following, bro."

He went on to insist, "The music that I make is for a niche demographic of people who actually get this s*** ... I make music for pretty boys. I make music for people that is misunderstood."

"But your girl is a universal icon," Lee argued. "She has songs with Paul McCartney and I mean, y'all can figure it out!" 

"Bro, no!" Rocky responded.

With or without Rocky, if Rihanna does ever release another album, it'll be the follow up to Anti-, which came out in 2016.

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Shawn Mendes has gone Instagram official with his girlfriend.

The singer celebrated his girlfriend Bruna Marquezine’s birthday with a loving post.

“Feliz aniversário my baby,” he wrote in a message to the Brazilian model/actress. “You are a light and a mãe in every room you walk into. Not to be tooooo sappy but you’ve truly changed my life, and I am so so grateful for you.”

The post featured video of the two visiting Rio de Janeiro’s Casa Amarela Providência, a cultural center for local children.

Shawn concluded the post by writing in Bruna’s native Portuguese, “Eu te amo muito muito muitoo,” which translates to “I love you so, so, so much.”

Shawn and Bruna reportedly began dating in December. Shawn previously dated Camila Cabello from 2019 to 2023.

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Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was transported to a Miami area hospital this week, where he was said to be receiving medical attention after appearing to harm himself on a TikTok livestream video, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

The update, which did not mention Hilton by name, comes after law enforcement in Miami responded to Hilton's home on Tuesday after receiving multiple calls claiming Hilton was "livestreaming acts of self-harm on social media," according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.

"The individual has been safely recovered and transported by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to a local hospital, where he is receiving medical attention," the Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. "The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Crisis Response Unit and Licensed Mental Health Professionals are also on scene providing support and resources to the individual's family."

Hilton's TikTok livestream on Tuesday allegedly appeared to show him harming himself with a knife, with a bloody torso and face.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said in a previous statement Tuesday that deputies spoke with his family members on scene and "tactically disengaged while continuing to monitor the situation."

"In many incidents involving a person experiencing a mental health crisis or actively harming themselves, deputies prioritize de-escalation by creating time, distance, and opportunities for communication," the Sheriff's Office said, adding this tactic can "reduce the likelihood of a suicide-by-cop encounter and minimize the risk of injury to the individual, deputies, and the public."

Hilton's representatives, Golden Artists Entertainment, released a statement Tuesday night, saying they were "aware of the concerning content circulating online involving our client."

"At this time, we have not been able to make direct contact with him, despite our ongoing efforts to reach him. Our primary concern is Perez's health and well being, as well as the well being of his family," the statement added.

ABC News has reached out to TikTok for a comment.

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide — free, confidential help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call or text the national lifeline at 988.

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An online meme claiming that Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson "looks like a white Snoop Dogg" has been floating around since 2024, and on Tuesday, the two finally came together to see if the claim holds up in person.

At the premiere of the animated film PAW PATROL: The Dino Movie, Kevin and Snoop were seen meeting and embracing on the red carpet. Backstreet Boys recorded the song "Bottle Up" for the film's soundtrack, while Snoop voices a character named Dave. The caption read, "It finally happened… iykyk."

Back in 2001, the comparison was even more apt: Kevin had his hair in cornrows, which led his own bandmates to compare him to Snoop Dogg.

In the comments, *NSYNC's Lance Bass shared handclapping emojis, while one fan wrote, "Snoop looking like damn he really is my white twin lol." Another wrote, "Why are there two Snoops in this picture?" Yet another commented, "Kevin found his long-lost twin."

Baylee Littrell, son of Backstreet's Brian Littrell -- who is Kevin's first cousin once removed -- wrote, "I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life."

Of course, now fans are calling for a collab, with one writing, "They truly need a show or a podcast like Snoop and Martha [Stewart]."

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They've been linked since late 2025, but now Role Model — the name that Tucker Pillsbury records under — has confirmed that he and Dakota Johnson are dating. However, that doesn't mean he was eager to put her on his latest album.

Speaking with NYLON magazine, Role Model talks about Johnson appearing on the album, Chuck Timely & the Hourglass, which is coming out Aug. 7. On the song "Love I You," the two have a spoken-word conversation in which Role Model says, "Hey, I think you're perfect." "You say that to everyone,” Johnson replies. “K, well, is it working?” he says. “Yeah, but don’t tell anyone,” she answers.

Role Model tells NYLON he always wanted a woman on the song, but didn't even think of his girlfriend as an option. "I had a lot of names to pick from for that, and then Dakota came to the studio one day, and [my guitarist and producer] was like, ‘Why don’t you do it?’” he says.

“I was like, ‘Stop! We’re not mixing work and relationships. She was like, ‘I’ll do it,’ and stood right up and got in the booth and knocked it out better than we could have imagined," he notes. "So I was like, OK, if she’s down — I mean, that’s an amazing cameo.”

But Role Model was not with Dakota when she attended Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding last month in New York City. He tells NYLON, "I couldn’t go. I was busy in the middle of an album rollout, but it looked amazing.”

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The Voice's panel of coaches is star-studded, but now the contestant lineup will be as well.

NBC is launching The Voice: Celebrity, a new version of the show that will air in the spring of 2027. Joe Jonas will join the panel as a coach, along with Queen Latifah and country star Riley Green. Meanwhile, Keke Palmer will host, in place of The Voice's regular host, Carson Daly.

The twist is that all the contestants on the show will be actors, musicians, athletes, comedians and reality stars, as opposed to unknown musicians. Deadline was the first to report the news.

Joe's has already been a coach on The Voice Australia, and he appeared as a Battle Advisor several times on the U.S. show. And he's not even the first of the Jonas Brothers to appear on the franchise; Nick Jonas was a coach for seasons 18 and 20.

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Maybe Billie Eilish's video for "What Was I Made For?" was an audition for her feature film debut acting role.

In that video, Billie was dressed in a '50s-style hairdo and outfit, and that's the style she's seen wearing in the first photos from the set of the movie The Bell Jar. As published by People, Billie is seen as Esther Greenwood, the young writer who is the main character of Sylvia Plath's 1963 novel.

Billie is seen in the photos dressed for the 1950s New York City setting, wearing a short-sleeved sweater, pleated skirt, and matching heels and handbag.

The movie is directed by Sarah Polley, and stars Carey Mulligan as Esther's mother and Heated Rivalry's Connor Storrie in a yet-to-be-announced role.

The Bell Jar is Billie's first acting role in a feature film; she made her acting debut proper in the 2023 Prime Video movie Swarm. But unlike many first-time actors, Billie has already co-directed a feature film of her own — Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live), which opened in May. Plus, she's already won two Oscars, both for best original song.

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After headlining both Lollapalooza and Canada's Osheaga festivals in one weekend, Tate McRae is plotting her next move and she hopes you'll "Just Keep Watching."

Speaking to Vogue, Tate says, "I’m pretty much going back into creative mode. I’ve been spending a lot of time working on something I’m really excited about, so the rest of my summer is definitely going to be pretty heads down.”

“I’m really excited for everyone to see what I’ve been making—hopefully soon," she adds.

What she's making may involve new music. Variety reports that she has started working on her fourth album. She started it in February, working with Amy Allen, who co-wrote her hits "Greedy" and "Just Keep Watching." Amy has also co-written hits for Sabrina Carpenter, Rosé, Harry Styles and Olivia Rodrigo.

Tate tells Variety one of her inspirations for the new album is a book of Dolly Parton's lyrics, as well as some of the country icon's songs. When it arrives, it'll be the follow-up to her 2025 release, So Close to What.

Meanwhile, you can see photos and footage of Tate's festival performances on the Instagram page of her creative director, including the moment at Osheaga where she dipped herself in gold.

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Gracie Abrams used to worry that being happy would make it hard for her to write songs. Turns out the opposite was true, as she tells Rolling Stone for her new cover story.

Gracie is currently dating Irish actor Paul Mescal. She says before they got together, she had "far less experience sitting down to write when I was filled with security and joy and love and safety."

"And I was like, ‘Oh, s***, how am I going to approach this?’ Or, you know, ‘How’s it going to impact the quantity of songs I write?’" she continues. "And it’s had the most amazing effect on my writing. It has given me the most amount of space to reflect on everything in my life."

She continues, "It has held a mirror to me in ways that I didn’t know a relationship with another person of any kind could. It has given me all the perspective that I could have ever hoped for, on previous relationships, on my relationship with my family, on my friendships. It is the greatest gift, period.”

The couple's relationship has put them under public scrutiny, even more than they were before. And while you'd think Gracie would be used to that, as the daughter of famed director JJ Abrams, that's not the case. She tells Rolling Stone that any time she spent in the public eye as a child was "very contained." She adds that she didn't even know what her father did for a living until her elementary school classmates asked her for insights on Lost, one of his shows.

"Like, it was fun the handful of times that we visited my dad on set," she notes. "But regardless of what your parents do, growing up, nothing is less cool than your parents."

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Ariana Grande is speaking out following the announcement of her decision to step away from the public eye after her current tour wraps up. 

As previously reported, Ariana's team issued a statement over the weekend saying she would be "taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny," including dropping out of a West End revival of Sunday in the Park with George.

Ariana addressed fans at her concert at Chicago's United Center Monday night, and her comments were later shared on social media.

"So basically, the announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing," Ariana said. "It is something that I had decided. It's a plan that I had quietly made a long time ago and it's a decision that was made from a thoughtful and empowered place."

"I heard that my fans were worried that negativity was ruining things for me, but I just have to say, that could not be more the f*** opposite," she continued, to a loud cheer from the audience.

"Multiple things can be true at the same time. Boundaries need to be set, human beings can need a break sometimes, and also, this can be, and will continue to be, the greatest experience of my professional career and life," she noted, adding, "So I just wanted to make that quite plain."

Her Eternal Sunshine tour concludes its Chicago run on Aug. 6; Ariana then heads to London to wrap up with 10 shows at the O2 Arena.

Meanwhile, for the next 24 hours, a special iTunes edition of her album petal, called hello, i love to sing, is available for download, featuring live versions of the songs "stay" and "oh well."

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Summer’s not over yet but David Archuleta is already getting into the holiday spirit. The singer has announced his Warm Me Up holiday tour, set to kick off Nov. 28 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The trek wraps Dec. 20 in Modesto, California. Tickets go on sale Aug. 7.

Ariana Grande is set to play the first of three shows in Chicago Monday night, following news that she’d be stepping back from public visibility once her Eternal Sunshine tour is over. She posted a message to fans on her Instagram Story, writing, “i love you, my sweeeetests & cannot wait to be with you tonight ! ! ! ! !” 

JENNIE is on the cover of the latest issue of Cosmopolitan. She tells the mag the person whose career she admires the most is Rihanna. “Rihanna will always be my biggest dream in terms of how much influence she has over pop culture and also music culture and art itself,” she says.

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Stella Lefty is following up her debut Lollapalooza performance with a debut album.

The singer has announced Long Way Home will be out Aug. 21. Her new single off the album, “Lean In, Kiss Me,” drops Aug. 7, the same day the album becomes available for preorder/presave.

Her album follows the May release of her EP, Is This Heaven?, featuring her viral hit “Boston.”

Stella performed in front of over 12,000 fans Sunday at Lollapalooza in her home city of Chicago. It marked a full-circle moment for the singer — she’d been attending the festival as a fan since she was 15 years old.

During the performance, she brought out her boyfriend, country star Vincent Mason, to perform “Something to Lose.”

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Taylor Swift left quite a first impression on Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Phil Collins.

Collins appears on the latest installment of BBC Radio 2's Tracks of My Years podcast, where artists reveal the 10 songs that have soundtracked their life. Because of that first encounter with Taylor, Collins chose her Fearless song “White Horse” for his list.

Collins explains that he met Taylor “way, way back” at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, where he was introduced to her by one of his daughters, Emily in Paris star Lily Collins.

“I’d kind of known the name, but she wasn’t anywhere near the star she is today,” Collins says. “Then she got up onstage with a guitar and sang ‘White Horse,’ and it blew me away completely, cause not only was the song great, and the sentiment of the song really got me, but she sang it beautifully and it was just so simple, you know, her on the guitar.”

“So, I’ve always had a soft spot for this song since then,” he adds.

Collins says he’s “so pleased that she’s the hugest thing in the world now."

“It kind of feels like she deserves it, you know," he says.  “It’s easy to knock someone that’s got so much success but I think she really deserves it.”

Swift performed “White Horse” at the 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction, where she received the Hal David Starlight Award. In May, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Olivia Dean brought out Sam Fender during her headlining set at Lollapalooza on Saturday for a joint performance of "Rein Me In."

The rendition marked the first time Dean and Fender have played the song together in the U.S.

"@lollapalooza that was mega," Fender wrote in an Instagram post alongside footage of the performance. "Thank you for having us @oliviadeano."

Olivia posted her own reaction to playing the festival, writing, “@lollapalooza my first time headlining a festival in america. 97,000 of you !!! truthfully i had been crying all day beforehand trying to process how we even got to this point.”

The performance comes after "Rein Me In" broke a 73-year-old British chart record in becoming the longest-running #1 single in the history of the U.K.'s Official Singles Chart. The track has led the ranking for 19 weeks.

"Rein Me In" originally appeared on Fender's 2025 album, People Watching. The duet version with Dean was later released as part of the deluxe version of the record.

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Over the weekend, there was an unexpected live appearance by Olivia Rodrigo, a quick recovery by Harry Styles, and a sudden cancellation from Benson Boone.

At Lollapalooza in Chicago Friday night, Olivia continued her track record of joining legendary alternative rock acts onstage when she popped up to duet with Smashing Pumpkins during their set. It was the Chicago band's first appearance at the festival since 1994. Olivia sang "Thirty-Three," a song from the band's biggest album, 1995's Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

Over the past few years, Olivia has performed onstage with Talking Heads singer David Byrne, The Cure singer Robert Smith, the band Weezer and No Doubt.

Meanwhile, Harry Styles avoided serious injury when he slipped on the wet stage during his Saturday night concert in Mexico City. The "Aperture" star was singing "Are You Listening Yet?," a track from his latest album, while skipping down the stage, when his feet shot out from under him and he went down. He landed on his side, but was unbothered: He propped himself up on his elbow and kept on singing without missing a beat.

Finally, Benson Boone was forced to call off his Sunday night concert in Spokane, Washington. A note on his Instagram Story read, "There has been an enormous amount of wildfires and smoke filling the area, hundreds of people are out of power and unable to make the show." The show has been rescheduled to Sept. 6, and tickets will be honored for the new date. Benson added, "I hope everyone is staying safe in Spokane. I love you guys so much, can't wait to see you in a month."

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Ariana Grande plans to step back from public appearances after completing The Eternal Sunshine Tour, her representative confirmed to ABC News.

The singer will also no longer star in the upcoming West End revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, which would have reunited her with her Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey.

"Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour," her representative said in a statement to ABC News on Sunday.

"She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny," the statement continued. "This tour has been a beautiful experience for her. She loves her fans and has loved every minute of this tour so much."

A source close to Grande said the singer is disappointed to leave the production but remains supportive of the creative team.

"She cannot wait to support the brilliant team bringing this project to life," the source added.

The representative did not specify what prompted Grande's decision to step back, though the statement cited "endless, ongoing public scrutiny" tied to her public-facing work and appearances.

Grande's appearance has been the subject of public discussion and body-shaming in recent years, with renewed online commentary following the release of the music video for her latest single, "Petal," from her newly released album of the same name.

The Grammy winner has previously addressed comments about her body, including in her 2024 song "Yes, And?," in which she sings, "Don't comment on my body."

Grande launched her The Eternal Sunshine Tour in June in Oakland, California. After wrapping up the remaining U.S. dates, she will head to London, where the tour is scheduled to conclude Sept. 1.

The tour marks Grande's return to the stage after several years focused on acting and recording music, including her starring role as Glinda in the Wicked films.

After the tour concludes, Grande is next set to appear on the big screen in Focker-in-Law, the latest installment of the Meet the Parents franchise, alongside Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. The film is scheduled to be released in theaters Nov. 25.

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