Mickey Guyton Recalls Performing in Front of Confederate Flags and People Questioning Her 'Authenticity'

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticThe story of women in country music is being written anew every day, but it needs its actual scriveners, too, to keep a record of what progress is or isn’t being made in a genre that sometimes has wavered between nourishing and ignoring its queens. That role has been well-filled in recent years by music journalist Marissa R.

Camila Cabello gave the biggest performance of her career this year, on May 28th. She performed a 5 minute set at the UEFA Champions League Final, singing a medley of some of her most famous songs.Camila Cabello criticizes ‘rude’ soccer fans after her Champions League performanceCamila Cabello and Shawn Mendes performed on the same stage during the 2022 Wango Tango festivalThe 9 minute clip titled “Road to the UEFA Champion’s League Final” shows some of Cabello’s work ethic and drive to give the audience the best performance possible. It also touches upon her personal life, and how, with being more at ease with herself, her performances have improved.Cabello was involved in the look and feel of the show, explaining that her vision was to get people excited and happy for the game, bringing the energy of soccer to the stage.

Drake and the Backstreet Boys may have just become the collab we never knew we needed. Drizzy joined BSB on stage during the group's DNA World Tour stop in the rapper's hometown of Toronto, Canada Saturday night to help them perform their hit, «I Want It That Way.»But before lending his vocals to one of the group's most iconic songs, Drake explained why the late '90s hit holds such a special place in his heart.After BSB introduced Drake as the «6th member» of the boyband, the «Texts Go Green» rapper hit Toronto's Budweiser Stage to share that when he was 13, he had a crush on a girl he knew but wasn't sure that the feelings were mutual, till at his Bar Mitzvah, when the girl came up to him and asked him to dance to none other than Backstreet's «I Want It That Way.»Drake, who went on to call the song «one of the greatest songs of all time,» said that moment was the first time in his life he felt like he «had a shot at being cool.»Fans then got a treat when Drake sang along to the song with BSB, and even busted out some of their signature boy band dance moves.Both Drake and the Backstreet Boys shared snippets of the performance on Instagram, with the boy band writing, «What’s better than I Want It That Way? I Want It That Way….

Mickey Guyton has her 1-year-old son, Grayson, to credit for her desire to speak out against disparities in the country music industry.“The reason why I even started using my voice was I did see such disparities in my particular industry against women and women of color,” the 39-year-old country singer told ET. “And then once I became pregnant, it was like, how could I not say something? Like, I don’t want my son when he grows up to look back and know that I said nothing. He's been a huge motivation for that. I realize, no matter what career you have, you can’t enjoy it if you see people struggling.” She continued, “It will never be OK for me and that’s something where I can sleep at night knowing that I’m seeing so many incredible artists of color coming up in this industry.

and then you donate to their cause.”The late night host did concede that the Biden Administration is doing something in response to the decision, having vowed to fight any attempts to restrict access to the abortion pill nationwide as well as protect people who travel across state lines to get an abortion.“Plus, the Senate judiciary committee says that they’re gonna hold a hearing next month to explore its options,” he added. “Yeah, so they’re coming through with both too little and too late.

Alicia Keys is a proud mama! The pianist, singer, and songwriter took to social media to share a video of her 11-year-old son Egypt Daoud Dean playing the piano in front of 17,000 people. According to Keys, she was nervous before exposing her son to a big crowd; however, after witnessing his performance, she realized she had nothing to worry about.

Thania Garcia For the first time at the Premios Tu Música Urbano awards, female artists took over the spotlight. The annual celebration — which was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Thursday — had Karol G taking home the gold with nine awards, including artist of the year, top social artist, tour of the year for “Bichota,” and collaboration of the year for the Becky G-featuring “Mamiii.”The ceremony featured a variety of 19 performances, most notably, Christian Nodal performed his regional urban single “Botella Tras Botella” and joined Valeria Fernandez for an unexpected regional urban medley.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDiego Boneta was 15 years old when he was close to starring in “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.” “They did the audition in Mexico City,” the “Father of the Bride” actor tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “They flew me to L.A.

Jimmie Allen and Lindsay Ell are living it up.

Chloe, a mesmerizing psychological thriller starring The Crown's Erin Doherty. (If you'll recall, Doherty played Princess Anne for the last two seasons of the Emmy-winning drama and was the show's .)In this series, though, she stars as a woman who infiltrates the life of an old childhood friend and becomes obsessed with living what she thinks is this girl's perfect life. (Spoiler alert: It's not.) Although it's easy to draw parallels here between Anna Delvey () and Elizabeth Holmes (The Dropout), Chloe is its own story without the pomp and circumstance and high-profile media storm. On a lighter front, two new comedy series also premiere this week, and each one is worth your time.

D12 rapper Bizarre has spoken about the time Suge Knight stopped by 50 Cent‘s ‘In Da Club’ video shoot in an attempt to intimidate the G-Unit head honcho.Speaking to Math Hoffa on My Expert Option, Bizarre recalled how things changed for him and the rest of the Shady/Aftermath artists once 50 signed to the roster in June 2002.“Shit definitely changed like how we was moving,” Bizarre explained. “We was in some shit.

Batman is heading to Mexico.

Anna Marie de la Fuente HBO Max Latin America has unveiled a new take on the Dark Knight in the upcoming animation feature “Batman Azteca: Choque de Imperios” (“Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires”) in the first ever collaboration between Warner Bros. Animation, Particular Crowd, Mexico’s Anima and “Book of Life” producer Chatrone.

After raking in ~$770 million at the box office on a $200 million budget, it’s safe to say “The Batman” is the wild success Warner Bros wanted it to be. And with that financial success, Matt Reeves‘ plans for future projects in his version of Gotham City are secure.

The stars of Father of the Bride are bringing their new movie to Mexico!