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The backflipping, Grammy-nominated pop artist announced the American Heart Tour on May 5, ahead of an upcoming album of the same name, which will drop June 20.

The American Heart run, which will kick off on Aug. 22 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, will stop in major cities across North America, including New York, Los Angeles and Toronto, before closing out in Salt Lake City on Oct. 8.

The tour announcement follows a busy week for Boone, who made his musical guest debut on “Saturday Night Live” on May 3 and played the RiverBeat Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee, on May 4.

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Boone, whose success has snowballed over the past year, also recently released “Mystical Magical,” his second single from “American Heart,” following up the release of “Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else” in February.

She’s relaxed and chatting with friends in the backseat of their shared car. Then comes the ding of a text notification.

“He’s already starting to text,” she says, unlocking her phone to see a note sent by husband Jax Taylor, who is at a rehab facility.

The scene in Episode 3 of Season 2 of “The Valley,” a spinoff of reality Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules,” highlights how people with alleged anger issues can continue to harm loved ones using digital platforms, even while receiving professional help. The scene depicts a kind of emotional injury that occurs outside the context of physical and/or sexual violence, and its verbal and psychological nature can be much more difficult to prove as a serious type of hurt.

Taylor, who is in therapy nearly seven hours a day at the time of episode three, “rage checks in on me” during 15-minute breaks amid his therapy sessions, Cartwright says in the episode. The deluge of messages inquire about her activities, interactions with others and relationship with him, she says in a confessional interview.

The actor, 38, unexpectedly popped up for a small but important role in the opening scene of the HBO series’ latest episode, which aired May 4.

In an opening flashback sequence, Peck played a FEDRA soldier who tells his comrades a vulgar story about a violent encounter with citizens. The tone in the scene quickly shifts after the sergeant, Isaac Dixon (Jeffrey Wright), calls out Peck’s character for his thoughtlessness.

But any fans who expected Peck to be a new series regular were sorely mistaken. Isaac soon betrays and murders the soldiers, including Peck’s character, and defects to the Washington Liberation Front. The scene serves to provide an origin story for Isaac, who is later seen in the show’s present as leader of the WLF.

As he entered the Manhattan courtroom on May 5, Combs hugged his lawyers as they, and the prosecution, began the laborious task of selecting the 12 people who could free or doom the rap mogul.

Combs, whose empire once extended to fashion, traded the jail garb he has donned since September for a navy blue sweater over a white collared shirt. Dark glasses shielded his eyes, while salt-and-pepper tufts flecked his goatee.

Jurors were questioned one at a time by the judge, the prosecution and defense, their stated mission to try and seat a jury of 12 in just three days. May 5’s slow pace could put that timeline in jeopardy, as finding jurors who remain unbiased in such a high-profile case could prove challenging.

In a social media post May 4, President Donald Trump announced he’s authorized his administration to slap a 100% tariff on movies produced outside of the U.S. because, as he put it, “the Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death.” He called the incentives used to bring filmmakers and studio productions to other countries “a National Security threat” and “propaganda,” and concluded his message by writing, “WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!”

The post took the movie industry by surprise – director BenDavid Grabinski quoted Trump’s post and added a “?????????” on X – but mainly it was met with confusion. Does the president actually want to bring film production back to the U.S. or is this a shot across the bow at Hollywood, a home for many Trump critics like George Clooney? Can he actually levy a tariff on a movie or will this random missive just die on the vine? (In context, the same night Trump also announced he was reopening Alcatraz as a prison and ripped into Republican strategist Karl Rove after a scathing appearance on Fox News.)

Let’s try to make some sense of these potential movie tariffs:

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The actress was seen out with Machine Gun Kelly and fellow “White Lotus” alum Patrick Schwarzenegger in a photo she posted on her Instagram stories at the grand opening of the Palm Tree Beach Club in Las Vegas on May 3, according to People and TMZ. The outing comes days after the star partied with friends and took pictures with Paris Hilton, Lance Bass and Luke Combs while attending Stagecoach in Indio, California, on April 29.

The appearances come months after the “Euphoria” actress and fiancé Jonathan Davino are facing breakup rumors after around seven years of dating. Neither has publicly commented on the possible split.

USA TODAY has reached out to Sweeney’s reps for comment.

Here’s a look at their relationship timeline.

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2018: Sydney Sweeney first linked to Jonathan Davino

Sweeney and Davino, a Chicago-born businessman and movie producer, were first linked together in 2018 after the pair was spotted at multiple events together. The following year, the actress made her “Euphoria” debut, a breakout role for the star who also had credits on “The Handmaid’s Tale” and the dramedy “Everything Sucks!”

2022: Sydney Sweeney spotted with ring on that finger

As Sweeney’s star rose, her relationship with Davino appeared to culminate in an engagement, as the actress was spotted with a diamond on her left ring finger. Sweeney has rarely spoken publicly about her relationship, but multiple outlets reported at the time that the couple was excited about moving to the next step as a couple.