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Billie Eilish Is Top Winner at 2025 American Music Awards

Billie Eilish swept the 2025 American Music Awards, winning in all seven categories in which she was nominated – artist of the year and favorite female pop artist; album of the year and favorite pop album for Hit Me Hard and Soft; song of the year and favorite pop song for “Birds of a Feather” and favorite touring artist.
This unexpectedly strong showing makes up for a couple of disappointments Eilish has experienced in the past year. Hit Me Hard and Soft peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, becoming her first studio album not to reach No. 1. And she was shut out at the 2025 Grammys, despite seven nominations.
The AMAs were presented on Monday (May 26) at Fontainebleau Las Vegas in a ceremony hosted by Jennifer Lopez.
Runners-up with three wins each were Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, who won two awards (collaboration of the year and favorite music video) for their smash “Die With a Smile” and each won one additional award. Gaga took favorite dance/electronic artist for the second time. Mars took favorite male pop artist for the third time.
Next on the leaderboard, with two wins each, were Post Malone, SZA, The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Eminem and Twenty One Pilots.
Taylor Swift, who leads all American Music Award winners with 40 awards, did not add to her collection this year, despite six nominations. Other artists who were shut out despite large numbers of nominations were Chappell Roan and Shaboozey, with seven nods; and Sabrina Carpenter, with six nods.
Gracie Abrams won new artist of the year, beating a strong field of rivals – Benson Boone, Chappell Roan, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims and Tommy Richman. Abrams was nominated for the Grammy for best new artist in 2024, but lost to Victoria Monét.
Post Malone won two awards – favorite male country artist and favorite country song for “I Had Some Help” (featuring Morgan Wallen). This ups Posty’s collection of AMAs to five – spread across three distinct genres. He previously won two awards for rap/hip-hop and one for pop/rock.
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter won best favorite country album. It’s the third time a Black or biracial artist has won in this category. Charley Pride was the inaugural winner in 1974 for A Sunshiny Day With Charley Pride. Kane Brown won in 2018 for Kane Brown. Cowboy Carter won the Grammy for best country album (as well as album of the year) in February, but the project was shut out in the nominations for both the Country Music Association Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Beyoncé also won favorite female country artist. These two awards up her career total of AMA wins to 13, which puts her in a tie for fifth place among women with Rihanna. Only four women have won more – Swift (40), Whitney Houston (21), Carrie Underwood (17) and Reba McEntire (15).
Dan + Shay won favorite country group for the fifth time, which puts them in a tie for second place in this category. Alabama leads with 17 wins in the category, followed by Brooks & Dunn, also with five wins.
Bad Bunny won favorite male Latin male artist and favorite Latin album for the fourth time each. Enrique Iglesias won eight times in a gender-neutral predecessor category, favorite Latin artist.
The Weeknd won favorite male R&B artist for the fourth time and won favorite R&B album for the third time.
Eminem won favorite male hip-hop artist for the record-extending fourth time.
Becky G won favorite female Latin artist for the third time. She previously won in 2020 and 2021.
Tyla won favorite Afrobeats artist. She was also nominated for favorite female R&B artist, but lost to SZA.
Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 won favorite soundtrack, in a major upset over Wicked: The Soundtrack. Arcane League of Legends is the soundtrack to the second season of the 2021 animated television series Arcane, set in Riot Games’ League of Legends fictional universe. It’s the second time a TV soundtrack has won in this category. Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers won in 2010.
The AMAs this year presented five awards each in country and Latin categories, more than any other genres. They presented four awards each in pop, R&B and hip-hop; three in rock; and one each in dance/electronic, Afrobeats and K-pop.
Nominees are based on key fan interactions – as reflected on the Billboard charts – including streaming, album and song sales, radio airplay and tour grosses. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and Luminate, and cover the data tracking eligibility period of March 22, 2024 through March 20, 2025.
The American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.
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No ‘Good’ Deed Goes Unpunished for Ariana Grande’s Glinda in Final ‘Wicked: For Good’ Trailer

In the final trailer for Wicked: For Good, Ariana Grande‘s character learns that a big price comes with being Glinda the Good.
Released on Wednesday (Sept. 24) — about two months before the Wicked sequel finally premieres in theaters on Nov. 21 — the preview shows how the blonde leading lady wrestles with her new role as Oz’s spokeswoman, as Cynthia Erivo‘s Elphaba attempts to expose the Wizard’s evil agenda while living in hiding. At first, Glinda is “obsess-ulated” with the gorgeous gown, tiara and mechanical flying bubble her public-facing life affords her — but everything quickly comes crashing down when she realizes that she’s on the wrong side of history, and that she just might be too late to save her former schoolmate from the wrath of Oz’s brainwashed citizens.
“I’m a public figure now, people expect me to …,” Glinda tells Elphaba at one point, with Dorothy’s fallen house and the Yellow Brick Road visible in the background.
“Lie?” the green-skinned witch cuts in, to which Glinda says defensively, “Be encouraging.”
Grande’s character is less sure of herself when she is confronted by Jonathan Bailey’s Fiyero, who accuses, “You can’t resist this.”
“Who could?” Glinda asks, to which the Winkie prince replies, “You know who could.”
Arriving one year after the first Wicked hit theaters and shattered movie-musical box-office records, For Good will serve as the film adaptation of the second act of the Broadway musical on which the live-actions are based. The soundtrack will also drop on Nov. 21, complete with two brand new songs sung by Grande and Erivo.
As revealed when the tracklist dropped a week prior to the new trailer, the title of Glinda’s bonus song is “The Girl in the Bubble,” while Elphaba’s added balled is called “No Place Like Home.”
Watch the final trailer for Wicked: For Good above.
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Priscilla Presley Says That Leaving Elvis Presley Was ‘The Only Way to Survive’ in New Memoir ‘Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis’

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Priscilla Presley was with Elvis Presley for around 14 years before they split; however, the pair had known each other for years before they wed in 1967.
The time in between and following Priscilla and Elvis’ divorce was a tough spot for Priscilla, and one she wasn’t super open about — that is, until now. In her new memoir Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis, the actress shares the difficult but inspiring journey beyond the walls of Graceland post-split with the King, choosing to put herself and her daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, first.
A hardcover version of the book is now on sale and can be purchased now on Amazon for $22.38, while paperback will run you $32. A Kindle version retails for $15.99. If you’re a superfan of Priscilla and the Presley family, you can also snag a signed version of the memoir via Barnes & Noble for $32. The piece makes a great gift for the avid Elvis collector in your life. If you’d rather listen to the memoir, we won’t judge, you can do so with Audible via a subscription which costs $7.95 a month, a price tag less than a physical copy.
Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis
A new memoir by Priscilla Presley.
If you didn’t know, Priscilla met Elvis when she was just 14 and he was 24. The singer was serving in the U.S. Army in 1959 in Germany. The pair remained romantically connected for years, even with distance between them and in 1967, they were wed in a simple and very secret ceremony in Las Vegas. While their separation in 1973 was painful for Priscilla, this novel highlights why it was so important for the Naked Gun star to leave.
It seems that Priscilla lost touch with herself throughout her relationship with Elvis. Leaving allowed her to find herself again. Through the book, we are treated to snippets of Priscilla’s life pre- and post-Elvis and how she had to reinvent herself a second time as the single mother after the performer’s death in 1977.
Today, we are taken through how Priscilla was able to transform Graceland into an international destination and helped guide the development of Elvis Presley Enterprises, turning the King’s legacy into a full-on business. If you are an Elvis fan, this gives readers a unique perspective on his life, as told by his ex-wife. It also gives Priscilla’s story more context for those who aren’t too familiar with her life and career.
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Calvin Harris’ Ex-Business Manager Denies $22M Fraud Claims: ‘Categorically False’

Calvin Harris‘ former longtime business manager is firing back against bombshell fraud claims, saying he never stole from anybody and that the Scottish DJ willingly agreed to invest in his Los Angeles real estate development project.
Thomas St. John, an entertainment industry-focused accountant who runs the eponymous firm Thomas St. John Group, is currently wrapped up in thorny arbitration proceedings with his former client Harris (Adam Wiles). He’s accused of abusing his access to Harris’ accounts in order to fund his side venture: the construction of a recording studio and office space complex in Hollywood.
Harris claims that St. John tricked him into investing $22.5 million in the project, known as CMNTY Culture Campus, which he says turned out to be a “complete boondoggle” that he “has not received a single penny in return for” — while suggesting that St. John pocketed much of the money for himself.
However, a representative for St. John says in a new statement that the allegations are “categorically false.” The rep denies that St. John engaged in any self-dealing, adding that Harris is one of nine above-board investors who “knowingly signed investment agreements” to get involved in CMNTY Culture.
“Not a single dollar has been misappropriated, all investor entitlements remain intact, and the project continues to advance within the normal entitlement timeline,” says St. John’s rep in the Tuesday (Sept. 23) statement. “We will continue to take every necessary step to set the record straight and to ensure that these malicious, bad-faith attacks are recognized for what they are: entirely without merit.”
While CMNTY Culture was initially designed to house a recording studio and office space, St. John has since shifted the plans and is now developing a residential apartment complex on the same tract of land in Hollywood. According to his rep, the project is proceeding apace and “is expected to approach a $1 billion valuation” upon completion.
“While the entitlement process has naturally taken longer than initially projected due to unprecedented interest, macroeconomic conditions and significant city red tape, it remains firmly within its promised schedule and is now on the verge of securing final entitlements, an important milestone that will unlock substantial value,” adds St. John’s rep.
Thomas St. John Group has offices in Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam and Stockholm. The management firm’s U.S. arm recently filed for bankruptcy, citing hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid rent in L.A. and multiple pending legal actions.
One creditor listed in the firm’s bankruptcy papers is Philip Lawrence, a songwriter and producer who made his name collaborating with Bruno Mars. Lawrence used to be a client of St. John’s and at one point invested $10 million from the sale of his catalog into CMNTY Culture Campus, according to court filings in Lawrence’s own personal bankruptcy case.
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