Houston school girl and her papa battle wind and rain to complete charity challenge

Ava Max was destined to be a pop star. Growing up, the Wisconsin native listened to the likes of Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears and Beyoncé, studying their craft in hopes of one day becoming their peer.

In the music industry, sometimes a song becomes tangled in a game of eeny, meeny, miny, moe before it lands in the right hands. Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" could've been Pink's had she not passed; Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" was originally intended for Janet Jackson, and Sia originally reached out to Katy Perry for "Pretty Hurts" before it went to Beyoncé.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerIf you tuned in late to the Kansas City Chiefs-Houston Texans NFL season opener on Thursday night, you missed the most important action of the game.The final score and the night’s big plays took a backseat today to the social activism on display, which included fans booing a pre-game show of unity by the two teams, who linked arms at mid-field before the kickoff.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Education bosses have been forced to apologise to parents after some Renfrewshire schoolchildren were sent out on their breaktimes in torrential rain.Councillor Jim Sheridan, who represents Linwood, Houston and Crosslee, questioned what the council's current position was on sending children outside during the school day at a board meeting, after discovering pupils in his ward had been sat in class with wet

Taylor Swift's folklore spent its sixth week at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, officially tying her with late music icon Whitney Houston as the two women with the most cumulative weeks at No. 1.

Taylor Swift just tied the late Whitney Houston’s record for the most weeks on the Billboard 200 among female artists. The “Folklore” singer just reached her sixth week at No. 1 for her new album.

Billboard 200 chart for a whopping six weeks, making it the album with the most weeks atop the list in nearly four years.Whitney Houston holds the record for the most cumulative weeks at number among women.

Taylor Swift has another massive hit on her hands with Folklore, and Billboard reports that the album has just spent its sixth consecutive weeks at the No. 1 spot in the Billboard 200 chart.

Taylor Swift is still on top – and might be breaking another record soon!

Sister, Sister brought double the sisters and double the fun beginning with its debut episode in 1994.The ‘90s sitcom, which ran for six seasons from 1994 to 1999, introduced fans to real-life twins, Tia and Tamera Mowry (who played Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell) and viewers have never stopped rooting for their career and personal success.The separated-at-birth comedy also starred Jackée Harry as Tia’s mom, Lisa Landry, and Tim Reid as Tamera’s dad, Ray Campbell.

Simone Biles showed off her “Houston heat” — aka, boyfriend Jonathan Owens — in a new Instagram post on Tuesday. The U.S. Olympic gymnast, 23, and the Houston Texans player, 25, cuddled up together as Jonathan wrapped his arm around Simone from behind. The first photo was a clear shot of the NFL star’s muscular physique, while the second showed him with his chin on Simone’s head.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerOn Saturday, all 30 MLB teams played, marking the first time since late July everyone was in action, and just the third overall day in the season for a complete schedule.On Sunday, that streak endedThe Oakland A’s announced Sunday morning that they have a member of their organization testing positive for COVID-19, and so have postponed their scheduled game against the Houston Astros.

MTV Video Music Awards have evolved as much as the artists they’ve nominated throughout the awards show’s decades-long history.