DISRUPTOR/Columbia RecordsThe Chainsmokers have announced the release of their first EP since 2019.No Hard Feelings, featuring six tracks, will arrive May 10. Included are the duo s two previously released 2024 singles, "Addicted" and "Friday," plus four brand new songs: "No Shade at Pitti," "Bad Advice," "Tennis Court" and "Green Lights."The news of the EP comes following The Chainsmokers appearance at the Stagecoach Festival on April 27. During their set at Diplo s Honky Tonk, they played remixes of country songs, like Taylor Swift s "Mean," as well as EDM tracks and their own hits, including "Closer" and "Something Just Like This." They were also surprised onstage by Beyoncé s Cowboy Carter collaborator Shaboozey, who sang along to his track "A Bar Song (Tipsy)."The last EP from the duo was World War Joy back in 2019. Their most recent non-single release was the eight-track album S
NetflixProducer Greg Berlanti, of Arrow-verse fame and whose new show Dead Boy Detectives just debuted on Netflix, is in business with the streamer for Scooby-Doo! The Live-Action Series, Deadline is reporting. Officially, Netflix is still mum at this time.According to the trade, however, the show will be written by Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg, who brought another animated property to real life for Netflix with Cowboy Bebop.Berlanti s production company also shepherded You and the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina shows to the streamer.The titular dog, his pal Shaggy, and the rest of the Mystery Inc. gang were seen in live-action on the big screen in 2002 s hit Scooby-Doo and 2004 s Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed, both written by eventual Guardians of the Galaxy writer-director James Gunn.The Scooby gang was also seen in the flesh in a pair of TV movies: Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins in 2009 and 2010 s Scooby Doo! Curse of the Lake Mons
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
MGMChallengers, Luca Guadagnino s romantic tennis drama starring Zendaya, opened in first place at the domestic box office, grabbing an estimated $15 million. The film added an estimated $10 million overseas, for a global tally of $25 million.Meanwhile, Zendaya s other release, Dune: Part Two, crossed $700 million at the global box office.The faith-based drama Unsung Hero finished a distant second at the North American box office, earning an estimated $7.75 million in its opening weekend, followed by Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, delivering an estimated $7.2 million in its fifth week of release. The latest film set in the so-called Godzilla Monsterverse has racked up $181.7 million domestically and $519.4 million worldwide.Last week s top film, Civil War, dropped to fourth place, grossing an estimated $7 million in its third week of release. The film has grabbed $56.2 million in North America thus far and $86.2 million globally.Rounding out the top five was the horror film Abig
Taylor Swift s The Tortured Poets Department has scored the biggest opening of an album in the U.K. in seven years, according to the Official Charts Company. The record is her 12th #1 album and her biggest opening ever in that country. It also set a new U.K. record for the amount of vinyl sales in a week by any album in the 21st century. She surpassed her own album, Midnights, to achieve the recognition.Speaking of Taylor, she showed her support for boyfriend Travis Kelce s Kansas City Chiefs Thursday after Xavier Worthy was drafted by the team. Taylor liked an Instagram video the official Chiefs account posted welcoming their newest player to the team. "The moment @worthyyy became a Kansas City Chief," the video s caption reads.After Day 3 of the NFL Draft concludes on Saturday, April 27, singer-songwriter Bazzi will take the stage and close out the 2024 Draft Concert Series. Taking place in Detroit, Michigan, the event will celebrate the city and shine a spotlight on the cu