Beth GarrabrantTaylor Swift s The Tortured Poets Department had already broken many records on its way to what was a certain #1 debut on the Billboard 200 album chart. Now it s accomplished that and racked up the highest sales week in nine years.The album takes the top spot on the chart with 2.61 million equivalent album units earned. That s the largest amount of equivalent album units since 2015, when Adele blasted in with 3.482 million units of her album 25.Of those 2.61 million units, 1.914 million copies came from traditional album sales, meaning digital downloads, CDs, vinyl and cassettes, as opposed to streaming. That gives Tortured Poets the third-largest sales week in the modern era, which Billboard dates to 1991, the beginning of electronic sales tracking. The only two albums that have sold more in a single week are Adele s 25, with 3.378 million, and NSYNC s No Strings Attached, with 2.416 million.What s more, Taylor now ties Jay-Z for the solo artist with the m
Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesSophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris went red carpet official as a couple while attending the White House Correspondents Dinner this weekend.During the Saturday outing, the pair appeared at the event in coordinating looks, wearing all-black ensembles by the same designer, Harbison Studio.Bush stunned in a black strapless dress with a corset bodice, meanwhile, Harris opted for black pants and a matching vest with gold button details.The couple sported huge smiles on their faces while posing for the camera.Their red carpet debut comes a few days after Bush opened up about finding new love with the former soccer player in a personal essay she wrote for Glamour."I didn t expect to find love in this support system. I don t know how else to say it other than: I didn t see it until I saw it," she wrote in her cover story that was published Thursday.Last year, Bush filed for divorce from husband Grant Hughes on Aug. 4, 2023, noting the date of separation as June 27,
Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty ImagesThe trailer to Spacey Unmasked, a documentary about Kevin Spacey from the U.K. s Channel 4 that will debut there on May 6, has debuted online.Thanks to a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, the doc will also air in the States at some point, Variety reports.In 2017, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning House of Cards star s career was sidelined by sexual assault allegations. He was found not guilty in July 2023 in a London court of a series of sexual assaults against several accusers.The trade says the documentary was in the works before Spacey s acquittal and the film s producers acknowledge it.According to a logline published by the trade, "Spacey Unmasked is a forensic look at a man who was once one of the most admired and respected actors in the world. Featuring never-seen-before interviews and archive, the series examines his life from childhood to early success on Broadway and subsequent meteoric rise to stardom."Producers explain, "This two-part
Netflix/Ed AraquelOn Thursday, Netflix dropped all eight episodes of the supernatural series Dead Boy Detectives, based on the beloved comic series from The Sandman s Neil Gaiman.Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) are best friends and as the title suggests, they re dead. However, as ghosts, they re tasked with solving paranormal mysteries.One of their allies in their quests is Tragic Mick, sort of the Q to the specter sleuths James Bond.The actor who plays him, Michael Beach, says there s more to the eccentric character, however."He s a man who used to be a walrus, but because of some mystical thing and it will come up in the show he has been a human for 200 years," Beach says. "And he spent that time, all of that time trying to find potions and spells . to turn him back into a walrus, because he misses living in the sea."Beach explains, "He s developed this shop where people can come and get potions and spells
Daniel PrakopcykLauv s first new song and video of 2024, "Potential," shows him coming to terms with his sexuality.Ahead of the release of the song, Lauv wrote on Instagram, "it’s genuinely a big deal to me, i’ve been writing songs for so long and have always seen myself as someone who was only allowed to be into girls. and then i started opening that up and now i feel just so so so much. and this song is the first one im gonna put out about a boy. so yeah, hope u love."In the video, Lauv is pulled this way and that by both male and female dancers, until finally he and a male dancer end up embracing. Lauv says in an official statement, " Potential’ is about realizing you have feelings for someone and dreaming about the potential of what it could be. It’s the beginning of my next, most authentic chapter, and I can’t wait to share this and everything that’s coming next.”In March 2024, Lauv posted on Instagram, "i finall