Taylor Swift Announces New Album ‘Midnights’ During VMAs Acceptance Speech - Billboard

Taylor Swift has a new album – as in, not a re-recorded album, a new album.

The superstar made the enormous announcement while taking home the final MTV Video Music Award on Sunday night (Aug. 28) at the Prudential Center in Newark. While accepting the video of the year award — the third of her career, a VMAs record — for her “All Too Well” short film, Swift revealed that her next full-length is out on Oct. 21.

“I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that my brand new album comes out October 21,” said Swift. “And I will tell you more at midnight.”

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After a countdown on TaylorSwift.com, the celebrated singer-songwriter did just that. “Midnights, the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life, will be out October 21. Meet me at midnight,” Swift wrote on her Instagram (her website, unsurprisingly, crashed exactly at midnight as fans flocked to see the revelation).

“We lie awake in love and fear, in turmoil and in tears. We stare at walls and drink until they speak back. We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t – right this minute – about to make some fateful life-altering mistake,” Swift wrote next to a photo of herself cradling her head in a darkened room. “This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. The floors we pace and the demons we face. For all of us who have tossed and turned and decided to keep the lanterns lit and go searching – hoping that just maybe, when the clock strikes twelve… we’ll meet ourselves.”

The upcoming album will be Swift’s first since the acclaimed one-two punch of Folklore and Evermore, a pivot towards indie-folk that were recorded in secret in the early days of the pandemic and released in the second half of 2020. Folklore and Evermore were both nominated for album of the year at the Grammys, at the 2021 and 2022 ceremonies, respectively; Folklore won the top prize, giving Swift a record-tying three career wins in the category.

Following the release of Evermore in December 2020, Swift began rolling out the re-recorded versions of her first six studio albums, a project she announced in 2019 after being unable to buy back her master recordings. Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version), the first two re-recorded albums, scored two of the biggest debuts of 2021 on the Billboard 200.

The 10-minute version of Red fan favorite “All Too Well” topped the Hot 100 chart upon its release last November. Swift has yet to announce the release of her next re-recorded album, although multiple ‘Taylor’s Version’ tracks from 1989, including “Bad Blood” and “Wildest Dreams,” have been unveiled in recent months.

Swift appeared at the 2022 VMAs with five nominations, all for the All Too Well short film that she directed last year, and took home three awards, including for best longform video and best direction. Swift had previously won the video of the year trophy twice, for the “Bad Blood” and “You Need To Calm Down” visuals in 2015 and 2019, respectively.

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Britney Spears' mom, Lynne, responds to bombshell audio: 'I have tried my best' - Page Six

Britney Spears’ mother, Lynne Spears, responded to the pop star saying in a bombshell audio clip that she felt abandoned by the matriarch amid her conservatorship.

“Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes!” Lynne, 67, wrote on Instagram Sunday alongside an old black-and-white photo of her and the “Hold Me Closer” singer, 40, laughing together.

“And also, I have tried my best to help you out of hardships! I have never and will never turn my back on you!”

Lynne claimed Britney was the one who turned her back on her, adding, “Your rejections to the countless times I have flown out and calls make me feel hopeless! I have tried everything.”

She then ironically concluded the public post, “I love you so much, but this talk is for you and me only , eye to eye, in private. ❤️🙏.”

A few hours earlier, Britney called out her family for the alleged abuse she experienced throughout her 13-year conservatorship but pointed out she felt “more angry” with her mom than her father and former conservator, Jamie Spears.

Britney Spears’ mom clapped back at her daughter’s claims that she didn’t help her amid the conservatorship.

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“I heard when reporters would call her [Lynne] at the time and ask questions of what was going on, she would innocently hide in the house and she wouldn’t speak up,” the “Toxic” singer alleged in the now-deleted 22-minute audio clip that she uploaded to YouTube.

“It was always, like, ‘I don’t know what to say. I just don’t want to say the wrong thing. We’re praying for her.'”

Britney said she “feels like” her mother could have gotten her a lawyer in “literally two seconds” if she really wanted to help her.

“My friend helped me get one in the end, but every time I made contact with a firm, my phone was tapped and my phone would get taken away from me,” the “Overprotected” singer claimed.

Lynne claims she feels “hopeless” because of her daughter’s rejection.

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Britney and her mother have been feuding publicly for months since the “Stronger” singer’s conservatorship was terminated in November 2021.

That same month, Page Six exclusively learned that Lynne flew from Louisiana to Los Angeles to see Britney — weeks before the conservatorship ended — but the Grammy winner “didn’t even let Lynne into her house.”

“She is furious with her,” a source told us at the time. “Lynne tried over a number of days to try to visit, but Britney just shut her down.”

Around that time, Lynne had filed a petition asking for her daughter to cover more than $650,0000 in legal fees from the conservatorship battle.

Britney was under a conservatorship from 2008 to 2021.

More recently, Britney shared screenshots of text messages on social media that she sent her mom, a friend and a lawyer from a mental health facility in 2019 — all of which the “Lucky” singer insisted got “no response.” Lynne also denied those claims.

Britney has even accused her mother of being “the one who gave [Jamie] the idea” for her conservatorship.

As a result of the bad blood between them, Lynne did not receive an invitation to Britney’s fairy-tale wedding to Sam Asghari in June.

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US theaters will sell $3 movie tickets on September 3rd - Engadget

For all the conveniences of streaming, there’s still something to be said about venturing out to see a film at a movie theater. Sure, there isn’t an endless amount of choice, and you can’t pause when something else requires your attention but seeing a compelling film on the silver screen is its own treat.

On September 3rd, US cinemas will make it more affordable to enjoy that experience. As part of a newly announced National Cinema Day, more than 3,000 theaters across the US, including chains like AMC, will offer discounted $3 tickets. With all major film studios and more than 30,000 screens involved, there’s a good chance a theater near you is participating.  

“After this summer’s record-breaking return to cinemas, we wanted to do something to celebrate moviegoing,” said Cinema Foundation president Jackie Brenneman. “We’re doing it by offering a ‘thank you’ to the moviegoers that made this summer happen, and by offering an extra enticement for those who haven’t made it back yet.”

While people are returning to theaters to see films like Dune and Top Gun: Maverick, the promotion comes at a time when the industry is still dealing with the aftermath of COVID-19. The pandemic saw movie studios like Universal significantly shorten theatrical windows, and many chains, including Regal Cinemas, struggled to stay open amid strict lockdown measures in the US and other parts of the world.

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Netflix's Resident Evil has already been canceled - The Verge

Netflix’s Resident Evil series has been canceled a little over a month after its initial debut, according to a report from Deadline. The streamer reportedly decided against renewing the series due to lackluster ratings and viewership.

Like the many other Resident Evil adaptations, Netflix’s live-action series attempts to put yet another spin on the video game franchise it’s based on. The show, which was helmed by Supernatural’s Andrew Dabb, flashes between two different timelines, centering around Umbrella executive Albert Wesker (Lance Reddick) and his two daughters (played by Tamara Smart and Siena Agudong).

In our review of the series, my colleague Charles Pulliam-Moore notes that it “keeps things feeling fresh up to a point,” but it’s dragged down by a “predictable plot that ultimately suffers from being such a late entry in the modern-day zombie craze.” Resident Evil made Netflix’s top 10 list of its most-watched shows the week it debuted and the two weeks that followed, but largely fell off the map after that. It also doesn’t help that it premiered only a couple of months after the season four debut of Stranger Things, which potentially stole some of Resident Evil’s spotlight.

In addition to its live-action adaptation, Netflix also has an animated four-part series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness that it released last year. The series focuses heavily on the lore of the Resident Evil franchise and was also met with mixed reviews. Even if Netflix’s live-action Resident Evil wasn’t quite the hit it intended, the streamer has several other video game adaptations on tap, including ones based on Horizon Zero Dawn, Tomb Raider, Far Cry, and Bioshock. Netflix already has an anime based on Castlevania and recently debuted an animated adaptation of Tekken.

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Sydney Sweeney Defends Family Photos Perceived to Be Pro-MAGA: ‘Please Stop Making Assumptions’ - Yahoo Entertainment

Sydney Sweeney has addressed the social media firestorm that erupted after she posted a photo dump on Instagram in celebration of her mother’s 60th birthday, one photo which featured an unidentified man donning a Blue Lives Matter shirt.

“You guys this is wild,” the two-time Emmy nominee wrote on Twitter. “An innocent celebration for my moms milestone 60th birthday has turned into an absurd political statement, which was not the intention. Please stop making assumptions. Much love to everyone

♥

and Happy Birthday Mom!”

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The “Euphoria” breakout had posted the photos from the celebration earlier on Saturday. “No better way to celebrate my momma than a surprise hoedown

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,” she captioned the post, in which the second photo depicts herself, her mother and several other individuals around a birthday cake. A man can be clearly seen in the background with the MAGA-affiliated outerwear. In separate photos posted by her brother, Trent, attendees are depicted in MAGA parody hats that read: “Make Sixty Great Again.”

It didn’t take long for social media to raise eyebrows at the picture, with Twitter users using Sweeney’s own memed clips from “Euphoria” to poke fun at the whereabouts of her family during the January 6 riots. Others stepped in to defend the actress, writing, “Has the thought crossed anyone’s mind that it’s possible Sydney Sweeney strongly disagrees with the politics of her parents, just like an enormous proportion of Millennials/Gen Z? She isn’t responsible for her family’s ideas anymore than you are. Leave her alone.”

Some were left dissatisfied by the response, calling the choice to post the photos where the ultra-right wing and anti-Black Lives Matter imagery is visible an “absurd political statement” in and of itself.

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Maren Morris and Cassadee Pope Slam Brittany Aldean Over "Tomboy" Post - E! NEWS

While Cassadee did not mention Brittany by name, Maren fired back at Jason's wife and doubled down on her own nickname for her in the comments section.

"You know, I'm glad she didn't become a boy either because we really don't need another a--hole dude in the world," she wrote. "Sucks when Karens try to hide their homophobia/transphobia behind their 'protectiveness of the children."

She added, "F--k all the way off to Insurrection Barbie and the fellow IB's trolling this comment section with their hypocritical, hateful asses."

Cassadee responded to Maren with four queen emojis.

Amid the feud, Britney and the singers all received support on their social media pages from their respective fans as well as fellow singers.

Mickey Guyton responded to Cassadee's London post with four red heart emojis, while Joy Oladokun commented, "Proud of you! also people tend to say 'who are you' when you are winning and more talented than their dry ass fave. keep killing it."

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Fans flee Wiz Khalifa show at Ruoff mid-concert; no weapon found - IndyStar