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Chris Willman Music WriterSometimes you learn about a collaboration in the making that sounds so promising, your first instinct is to completely dial down expectations, lest there be too much disappointment when the uncertain chemistry goes pfff instead of pow. So it was when Halsey just recently revealed one of music’s best kept secrets, that an entire album was in the bag with the production team of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Kim Gordon will co-edit a new book of essays about pioneering female artists, written by female writers.This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music will be edited by the co-founding Sonic Youth member alongside former music journalist Sinéad Gibson, and is set to arrive in April 2022 via the publishing imprint White Rabbit.

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Tamron Hall will feature in-studio audience for the first time since the start of the pandemic when the syndicated daytime talk show launches its third season Sept. 6. The show’s New York City studio has been redesigned to accommodate a fully vaccinated, 50% capacity, socially distanced in-studio audience.

There has been a lot of buzz around the guest list for the 2021 Met Gala and how it will likely include influencers and social media stars like Addison Rae.

Becca Kufrin was in for a surprise when she was asked to clarify where her relationship with Blake Horstmann stands.

When George Segal died in March, Wendi McLendon-Covey and her collaborators on ABC comedy series The Goldbergs were put in a difficult situation—unable to pay tribute to him in Season 8, given they were days away from wrapping production.

Although his operation had been “completely successful,” in order to avoid delaying the tour any further amid the coronavirus pandemic, Charlie asked musician Steve Jordan to replace him, before his tragic death.Watts said in a statement earlier this month: "For once my timing has been a little off.“I am working hard to get fully fit but I have today accepted on the advice of the experts that this will take a while."Mick Jagger's daughter, model Georgia May Jagger, recently posted a series of throwback snaps of her time on tour with the band from when she was little.The first snap featured her standing in front of her godfather Charlie, while he played drums in the background.Georgia captioned the post: "Starting of with my incredible

airing Sunday on TLC. fans are at this point very familiar with Corey and Evelin's rocky relationship, which started when the two met while Corey was on vacation in Ecuador.

Europa Conference League lesson. The disappointed manager stated there was no embarrassment as his side were beaten by a far better team.Aberdeen crashed 3-1 at Pittodrie last night and 4-1 on aggregate to the Azerbaijani side.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Bizarre footage shows a dad taking a stand for face masks by stripping nearly naked at a school board meeting in Texas.In the clip, James Akers appears to support the wearing of face masks and makes a fiery speech mocking people who will not follow rules to help others in the coronavirus pandemic.He then takes off his tie and jacket, followed by a shirt and a vest, and his trousers, before security approaches and a speaker makes him stop while he still has his boxers on.In the background, other parents appear to be whooping and wolf-whistling at him, while others quietly grumble.Speaking at the Dripping Springs school board meeting, James says: "I'm here to say that I do not like

all the latest gossip from the villa straight to your inbox with our Love Island newsletterLove Island's Priya Gopaldas turned heads in the Love Island villa with her intelligence and blossoming medical career, and since leaving the island she has donated her earning from the show to an NHS charity.The kind-hearted 23-year-old posted a screenshot of her donation of £750 to her Instagram story.She captioned the pic: "Love Island pay cheque put to use," next to the picture showing her bank payment.It revealed that she donated her earnings from the time in the villa to the charity, NHS Charities Together. Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, she explained: "Being in the villa was just such a positive experience.

“Sobering,” is how Los Angeles County Director of Public Health described the Covid infection data from L.A. schools for the week of August 16.

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ABC News.Kimberly Erway has requested a jury trial, unspecified damages, and an injunction preventing TSA officials from subjecting other transgender people to similar strip-searches.“Jamii would like to be able to fly again,” lawyers for the Erways wrote in the complaint, “and an order from the Court that would ensure that Jamii would never encounter the situation described would assist in reducing the recurring emotional distress that currently prevents her from doing so.”On its website, the TSA advises transgender passengers that a security officer will press a button designating male or female “based on how you present yourself.”“The machine has software that looks at the anatomy of men and women differently,” the TSA site says.

St Johnstone ’s Euro dream came to an explosive end with a 2-0 defeat in Perth. Saints finished the game with nine men after sub David Wotherspoon was red carded for elbowing Florian Flecker just 60 seconds after coming off the bench and shortly after Husein Balic had given the Austrians a 72nd minute lead.

Europa Conference League as their 14-year wait to reach a group stage continues.

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Manchester City fans who are licking their lips at the prospect of signing Cristiano Ronaldo - Jack Grealish will be too. The midfielder has adjusted pretty quickly to his new surroundings, impressing in the opening day defeat to Tottenham and scoring City's second goal in their 5-0 rout of Norwich City last weekend.

Boy band BTS is responding to accusations that they and their massive fanbase, the Army, have manipulated music charts to repeatedly score the number one spot on the Hot 100.The K-Pop sensations hit back at the claims during a lengthy interview with Billboard, suggesting that their international popularity and infamous fans make them 'easy targets' for these types of accusations.In July, two of the band's hits, Butter and Permission to Dance, ping-ponged between the number one and number seven spots leading to questions from social media users about whether the large jump back and forth was legit.

Angelique Jackson “Stranger Things” breakout Priah Ferguson is sticking to the spooky (and spunky) theme, signing on to star opposite Marlon Wayans in his upcoming Halloween adventure-comedy movie for Netflix.Ferguson stars in the yet-to-be-titled movie as a teenage girl who accidentally unleashes an ancient and mischievous spirit on Halloween, causing decorations to come alive and wreak havoc. In order to save the town, she must team up with the last person she’d want to — her skeptical father (Wayans).Ferguson is best known for playing Erica Sinclair on Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” joining the show in its second season, with Season 4 set to premiere in 2022.