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  • Beyoncé adds Las Vegas show on ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour

    Beyoncé adds Las Vegas show on ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour

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    • Beyoncé will conclude her “Cowboy Carter” tour with a final show in Las Vegas.
    • The final performance is scheduled for July 25 at Allegiant Stadium.
    • General ticket sales commence on March 25, with a Beyhive presale starting on March 20.
    • The tour, which kicks off in April, has already sold over 94% of its tickets.

    Beyoncé has finally revealed more information about her final stop in Las Vegas on her “Cowboy Carter” tour.

    The megastar will bring her Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin Circuit Tour to Sin City on July 25 at Allegiant Stadium. General-sale tickets for this show will begin March 25 at noon local time at beyonce.com. However, there will be multiple presales, including a Beyhive presale which will begin March 20 at noon local time.

    Until now, Beyoncé only revealed show dates up until her Atlanta stop, which wraps July 14. Tickets went on sale without any Vegas shows listed and without any further details about concerts there, despite listing the Las Vegas in her initial announcement. Many fans began speculating how she might end her “Cowboy Carter” stint in Vegas. Now the time has finally come.

    The tour will kick off in April 28 in Los Angeles, covering 31 stadium shows across the U.S. and Europe. Tickets for the show are over 94% sold, and Beyoncé has already made history with her scheduled shows.

    Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour new dates

    • Atlanta: July 10, July 11, July 13, July 14 at Mercedes Benz Stadium
    • Los Angeles: April 28, May 1, May 4, May 7, May 9 at SoFi Stadium 
    • Chicago: May 15, May 17, May 18 at Soldier Field  
    • New Jersey: May 22, May 24, May 25, May 28, May 29 at MetLife Stadium
    • London: June 5, June 7, June 10, June 12, June 14, June 16 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
    • Paris: June 19, June 21, June 22 at Stade de France
    • Houston: June 28, June 29 at NRG Stadium 
    • Washington, D.C.: July 4, July 7 at Northwest Stadium 
    • Las Vegas: July 25 at Allegiant Stadium.

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    Follow Caché McClay, the USA TODAY Network’s Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reporter, on InstagramTikTok and X as @cachemcclay.

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    See Princess Kate celebrate St. Patrick's DayCelebrities

    See Princess Kate celebrate St. Patrick’s DayCelebrities

  • YG’s Trump impersonator helps Rolling Loud get political

    YG’s Trump impersonator helps Rolling Loud get political

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    During his set at Rolling Loud Saturday night, YG brought out an unexpected guest: President Donald Trump. Well, kind of.

    The rapper closed out his performance at the Los Angeles music festival with a presidential impersonator. The Trump look-alike riffed on Elon Musk and having “street cred” after his assassination attempt. He also parodied the president’s hard-line approach to immigration and oft-derogatory comments about undocumented migrants.

    “I love Los Angeles. So many illegals,” the impersonator told the crowd. “You know who you are. More importantly, I know who you are. We’re going to build a beautiful wall. It’s going to be made of solid gold.

    “I like rap too,” he continued. “I love rap. As a matter of fact, with my illegal friends, my favorite rap song is ‘Ice Ice Baby.’”

    Before he could finish his commentary, YG shoved the impersonator off the stage and kicked off a performance of “FDT,” an expletive-laced track made alongside late rapper Nipsey Hussle that takes aim at the president and has become an anthem for his detractors.

    Released amid Trump’s first successful run for president in 2016, the lyrics blast him for being racist and a fraud and beg the American people not to put him in office. Trump was subsequently elected president in 2016 and again in 2024.

    YG’s outspoken performance, which featured call-and-response moments with the crowd, comes as the administration ramps up a crackdown on dissent. The president has not yet responded to the performance, but, when it was first released, the rapper told New York magazine that Trump was so spooked he had the Secret Service pressure YG’s record label to omit some of the more brazen lyrics from the final album release.

    Rolling Loud featured several other high-profile Hip-Hop performers over the weekend, including Playboi Carti and A$AP Rocky, fresh off his shooting trial. A$AP also offered a political statement, dedicating his set to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires and those targeted by Trump’s fresh immigration crackdown.

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    10 TV shows to watch this spring: PhotosTV

    10 TV shows to watch this spring: PhotosTV

  • Anne Hathaway, Penn Badgley turn out at snowy Moncler fashion show

    Anne Hathaway, Penn Badgley turn out at snowy Moncler fashion show

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    It was a white Christmas in March over the weekend in the French Alps, where celebrities bundled up in winter coats on a gorgeous, snowy night to take in some elevated fashion — literally.

    Anne Hathaway, Penn Badgley and Jessica Chastain were among the stars who sat front row at the Moncler Grenoble fashion show, which was held on the runway of the Courchevel Altiport in France. The highest airport in Europe, it is located more than 6,500 feet above sea level.

    Models walked the runway as the snow came down to show off the fashion brand’s fall/winter collection, which included ski suits, coats and knitwear. The company said its 140 looks drew inspiration from a desire to remain “true to one’s city style while being fully prepared for the slopes.”

    In addition to Hathaway, Badgley and Chastain, Adrien Brody, Vincent Cassel, Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz Beckham, Nina Dobrev, Chloe Kim and Ashley Park were also spotted at the show.

    On Instagram, Badgley said he was “treated to quite the experience” by Moncler, writing that the brand is “in a world of their own” and noting that the show “began as a storm set in.”

    In the front row, Chastain, Brody and Badgley sat next to each other, bundled up in oversized white Moncler coats with large hoods to keep them warm at the snowy show.

    Ahead of the show, Chastain shared a video of herself arriving at the Courchevel ski resort holding a large bag. “Brought the crew to Courchevel,” she captioned the clip, which showed members of her team each stepping out of the bag like a clown car.

    Brody, fresh off his Oscar win for best actor, shared a photo of himself with Chastain in the mountains and joked that he was “chilling like a #bondvillain.”

    Hathaway, meanwhile, shared a clip showing how she “styled my favorite archival Moncler pieces” in preparation for the event, joking in the caption that this was “outfit repeater chic.”

    Moncler described its collection as a “fantasy line-up of elevated looks, defying the conventions of sport or mountain wear and inspired by the world of tailoring.”

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    What to watchEntertainment

    What to watchEntertainment

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    Celebs tell allEntertainment

  • What to know about age, hometown, job

    What to know about age, hometown, job

    “The Bachelor” Grant Ellis is down to his final three choices and the four are now heading to the Dominican Republic for the Fantasy Suites where Grant will have overnight dates and exciting experiences with them all.

    While in the Dominican Republic, “Grant takes one woman on an exhilarating ATV ride, connects in an intimate yoga session with another and ends the week with a zipline adventure through the gorgeous green foliage,” says ABC about the upcoming episode.

    The upcoming episode will also have “Bachelor Nation favorites” Daisy Kent, Rachel Nance and Kaity Biggar stop by to “offer guidance to the women as they near the end of their journeys.”

    Among the women who will be accompanying Grant on this trip is Zoe McGrady, the model and engineer from New York. Here’s what to know about her.

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    Who is Zoe McGrady? Age, hometown, job

    Zoe, 27, is a tech engineer, model and content creator from New York, New York. Zoe, who refers to herself as a “proud woman in STEM and creative” on her website, grew up in southern Virginia, where she lived with her biological sister and her adopted parents.

    “The Bachelor,” meanwhile, describes Zoe as someone who “isn’t afraid to go after what she wants.”

    “And what she wants now is to find her Prince Charming,” ABC said.

    Zoe graduated from Duke University with a degree in mechanical engineering. Her favorite things include babies, puppies, and tacos, which she “can’t and won’t live without.” While her celebrity crush is Bradley Cooper, she’d love to meet Kim Kardashian, someone Zoe aspires to be.

    Zoe loves being outdoors, and when she is not working, she like “likes to adventure outdoors with activities like boating, jet skiing, surfing and ice skating,” which is not a surprise given she is a Pisces. The model documents all her life happenings and adventures on her Instagram, which also showcases her modelling talent and campaigns.

    “The Bachelor” contestant’s love language is cooking fancy dinners for her partner, and she hopes to “meet a man with transparency who is supportive and as committed as she is,” says ABC.

    Fun fact: Zoe was the first female wrestler to join her high school wrestling team.

    Zoe on ‘The Bachelor’

    Zoe told Bachelor Nation that being on “The Bachelor” taught her “how to be vulnerable when dating” and expressing emotions.

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    Why did Grant Ellis choose Zoe?

    Grant told Bachelor Nation he “thought Zoe was somebody who I saw who had so much strength, who had been through a lot.”

    “People don’t know what it’s like to be bullied because of what you look like or your skin color,” Grant said. “And I saw that in her, and I saw how she showed up to every group date, and every event, and she put her best foot in front of her.”

    “And I thought that was really attractive,” he added.

    How to watch ‘The Bachelor’

    “The Bachelor” airs on ABC on Mondays, with new episodes available to stream on Hulu the next day.

    Episode 8 of Season 29 of “The Bachelor” will air on Monday, March 17 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/PT.

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    The season finale is expected to air March 24, according to Variety.

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    Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.

  • Sam Rockwell on ‘White Lotus’ has Walton Goggins, Leslie Bibb ties

    Sam Rockwell on ‘White Lotus’ has Walton Goggins, Leslie Bibb ties

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    Suddenly, Sam Rockwell is on “The White Lotus” Season 3, reuniting onscreen in Thailand with his longtime friend Walton Goggins.

    Rockwell, 56, appears as Frank, the mystery friend Rick Hatchett (Goggins) enlists to settle a deeply personal score in Thailand in Season 3 of the HBO series (Sundays, 9 ET/PT). His appearance is the second major surprise in Season 3, after Jon Gries’ Greg returned in Episode 1.

    While most of the other “White Lotus” storylines in Sunday’s episode deal with drunken partying, the meeting between old friends Rick and Frank in the swanky lobby of a Bangkok hotel is subdued, with 10-months-sober Frank drinking chamomile tea. Frank, a local, brings the gun Rick needs to enact revenge against Jim Hollinger, who co-owns the White Lotus resort.

    Rick has traveled to Thailand with girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) because he believes that Jim killed his do-gooding father before Rick was born (though his father’s body was never found).

    There are many Sam Rockwell connections to ‘White Lotus’

    Rockwell’s casting is fascinating on many levels. The “Iron Man 2” villain is the longtime partner of his Marvel co-star Leslie Bibb, who stars as Kate in another “White Lotus” storyline.

    Goggins hinted at Rockwell’s top-secret appearance by posting an Instagram photo during the May 2024 Thailand shoot featuring Rockwell and Pedro Pascal (who has not appeared in “White Lotus”).

    “Even paradise can get lonely,” Goggins wrote. “Gatdamn I miss you all!…and these two. I miss and love you boys so much.”

    Goggins, who starred with Rockwell in 2011’s “Cowboys & Aliens,” tells USA TODAY that the screen reunion was challenging. “Sam is one of my best friends, and he’s also one of my heroes. It was riddled with anxiety because we know each other so well, and I certainly didn’t want to let him down.”

    He does not. The scene between the two emotionally wounded longtime friends is one of the season’s most intense, mind-altering scenes.

    “The first words that came out of our mouths, it was as if we were these people our whole lives,” says Goggins. “And it was like we truly had met up after leading this kind of criminal expat life forever. It was everything that I had hoped it would be.”

    Frank and Rick are a mystery in ‘White Lotus’

    Rick keeps his past mysterious trauma locked up. But at least Frank seems to be further along the road to discovery or recovery, as he reveals to Rick during their first-ever sober meeting. Frank had partied and explored his sexuality to the limit in Thailand before quitting alcohol and shallow sex.

    Goggins says viewers still “don’t know the story between Rick and Frank” but that “it says a lot about excess and how one lives one’s life.”

    The story continues in next week’s episode as Rick convinces Frank to help him with the next step in his revenge plan (promising not to really use the gun!). Goggins appreciates riding again with Rockwell.

    “There’s not a better person I could have gone through it with than Sam,” says Goggins. “I’m just so grateful for that time together with my buddy.”

  • Gene Simmons talks future of KISS

    Gene Simmons talks future of KISS

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    Seconds after KISS took its final bow at Madison Square Garden in December 2023, the band teased a new chapter.

    “A new KISS era starts now” beamed onto the video screens as digital avatars of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer appeared, playing the anthem “God Gave Rock ‘N’ Roll to You II.”

    KISS offered fans an update on that new era about a year ago with a video posted to their YouTube channel showing the band wearing motion capture suits and headgear with cameras attached.

    Simmons tells USA TODAY that KISS made a pilgrimage to George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic complex in Northern California to film the band as they “dressed up like X-Men” with “cameras all over us.”

    KISS is working with Pophouse Entertainment, the same company that acquired the band’s music catalog, brand name and likeness last year for more than $300 million, according to Bloomberg, and helped develop ABBA’s virtual Voyage concert in London.

    Simmons likened the future of KISS to a caterpillar going into its cocoon and emerging a butterfly.

    “That’s what’s about to happen with KISS,” he said. “The avatars are just a placeholder. … This is unlike anything the fans or I could have imagined.”

    Simmons gave a two-year timeline for the project but wouldn’t elaborate on whether it was two years since unveiling the band’s digital counterparts at the end of 2023 or two years from now.