&#8220;Backstreet Boys&#8221; member Nick Carter is being sued for an alleged 2001 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexual-assault" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexual assault</a>, with a source close to the singer calling the claims &#8220;categorically false.&#8221;
In a press conference live-streamed on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/914059282943723/?ref=newsfeed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> Thursday, the 39-year-old singer was accused of allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl more than two decades ago after the boy band&#8217;s concert in February 2001 in Tacoma, Washington, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/12/08/nick-carter-accused-of-raping-underage-autistic-fan-in-2001/?utm_source=like2buy.curalate.com&amp;crl8_id=7dd1f0c4-d070-495c-8fb7-05f02eebf41b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> reported.
&#8220;The last 21 years have been filled with pain, confusion, frustration, shame and self-harm that are a direct result of Nick Carter raping me,&#8221; Shannon &#8220;Shay&#8221; Ruth shared in a tearful speech.
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&#8220;Even though I&#8217;m autistic and live with cerebral palsy, I believe that nothing has affected me more or had a more lasting impact on my life than what Nick Carter did and said to me,&#8221; she added.
&#8220;After he raped me, I remember him calling me a &#8216;r*****ed b****&#8217; and grabbing me and leaving bruises on my arm,&#8221; Ruth continued. &#8220;Carter tried to scare me into silence … he was nasty and threatening.&#8221;
Ruth said she never told anyone because she thought she could &#8220;go to jail,” but said she is speaking out now to allegedly &#8220;stop&#8221; Carter from &#8220;assaulting more teens and women&#8221; and &#8220;hold Nick Carter accountable.&#8221;
A source close to Carter reportedly told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/08/nick-carter-sued-sexual-battery-alcohol-minor-backstreet-boys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a>, &#8220;This accusation is categorically false, Nick is focusing on his family and mourning the death of his brother.&#8221;
Earlier in the press conference, the attorney detailed the claims made in the lawsuit. He alleges that his client — who was a minor — was invited on the bus after the concert where she was given a &#8220;red colored&#8221; drink that Carter reportedly called &#8220;VIP juice.&#8221; The attorney said his client thought the drink tasted &#8220;funny&#8221; and believes she was given a cocktail of alcohol and cranberry juice.
Carter then allegedly took the girl to the &#8220;bathroom&#8221; and &#8220;ordered her to perform sexual acts on him.&#8221; The attorney said Ruth claimed she was crying the entire time, but the singer reportedly &#8220;kept instructing her.&#8221;
His client claimed that the pop singer then took her &#8220;to a bed on the bus&#8221; and continued sexually assaulting her despite her repeated pleas. The attorney said she was a virgin at the time, and after the alleged interaction contracted HPV.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-pop-star-nick-carter-raped-me-when-i-was-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carter</a> previously faced multiple allegations of rape. He denied them and has never been charged with any crime, the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11517975/Nick-Carter-sued-sexual-battery-star-accused-assaulting-disabled-minor-2001.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> noted.

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Mariah Carey once tried to trademark the name &#8220;Queen of Christmas,&#8221; but in a late-night TV appearance Wednesday, the songstress said if the title belongs to anyone, it would be the Virgin Mary.
During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">52-year-old singer&#8217;s</a> appearance on &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCdOya5knaI">The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</a>,&#8221; the pop singer shut down the host when he started out a question in her interview with, &#8220;Because you are the Queen of Christmas&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;First of all, may I say I never called myself the Queen of Christmas. Can we please be clear on that?&#8221; Carey insisted.
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&#8220;But others have [said], &#8216;the self-proclaimed Queen of Christmas.&#8217; I&#8217;m like, &#8216;really? I&#8217;m gonna do that?'&#8221; the superstar singer shared. &#8220;They can look up every interview I&#8217;ve ever done, and not to get super religious, but if anybody would be the Queen of Christmas that would be Mary.&#8221;
&#8220;Christmas is for all,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And I just happened to actually really love Christmas because I grew up and I had kind of a tough childhood. And I always wanted Christmas to be perfect. And it never was.&#8221;
The &#8220;All I Want For Christmas Is You&#8221; hitmaker lost her bid to trademark &#8220;Queen of Christmas,&#8221; a moniker she&#8217;s been referred to as for years, after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mariah-carey-loses-bid-to-trademark-queen-of-christmas">rejected her bid</a> last month.
Carey recently made an appearance in the annual Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Twitter followers had a field day with the singer as she appeared to lip-sync her performance, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-has-field-day-over-mariah-careys-appearance-in-thanksgiving-parade">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
In a video posted on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVJYcs-MhdA">YouTube</a>, the singer was decked out wearing an off-the-shoulder, hot-pink, floor-length dress while holding a sparkling umbrella in one hand and a microphone in the other. She wore a tiara, and she stood on a giant star.
Carey tried to make it look like she was singing her monster hit Christmas song, but it appeared from the footage that the music was just playing in the background, and many Twitter users accused her of lip-syncing, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/24/mariah-carey-performs-at-the-macys-parade-and-the-internets-reaction-is-hilarious/?utm_source=like2buy.curalate.com&amp;crl8_id=1d2c40df-79e4-4779-86b6-95044aedb999">New York Post</a> noted. Others noticed that the &#8220;One Sweet Day&#8221; hitmaker was flanked on all sides by dozens of energetic dancers as she basically just stood motionless.

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Iconic singer Celine Dion revealed Thursday that she is suffering from an incredibly rare disease that prevents her from currently performing.
The singer, who shot to international stardom after her duet with Peabo Bryson for “Beauty and the Beast” in 1991, stated she has been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome (SPS), a progressive disease that leaves its victims as “human statues” who cannot walk or talk, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11516313/Celine-Dion-diagnosed-incurable-neurological-disease-Stiff-Person-Syndrome.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Daily Mail.
SPS currently has no cure, although treatments can slow its progression. Last spring, Dion canceled the North American dates of her Courage World Tour, three months after she canceled her Las Vegas comeback.
“Hello, everyone,” Dion said softly. “I’m sorry it&#8217;s taken me so long to reach out to you. I miss you all so much and can’t wait to be on stage talking to you in person. As you know I’ve always been an open book and I wasn’t ready to say anything before but I’m ready now.”
She then revealed ongoing health problems, including the rare neurological disorder.
“I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time and it’s been really difficult for me to face my challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through,” she said. “Recently I’ve been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called the stiff-person syndrome which affects one in a million people.”
She said that the condition had caused spasms that made it difficult to sing.
“While we’re still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms I’ve been having,” she acknowledged. “Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal chords to sing the way I’m used to.”
Tearing up, Dion, who has three sons from her marriage to her late husband René Angélil, said her family was giving her hope.
“It hurts me to tell you today that this means I won’t be ready to restart my tour in Europe in February. I have a great team of doctors working alongside me to help me get better and my precious children who are supporting me and giving me hope,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I&#8217;m working hard with my sports medicine therapist every day to build back my strength and my ability to perform again but I have to admit it’s been a struggle.&#8221;
“All I know is singing,” said Dion, who became a singing sensation in Canada barely in her teens. “It’s what I’ve done all my life and it’s what I love to do the most. I miss you so much. I miss seeing all of you, being on the stage, performing for you. I always give 100 percent when I do my shows but my condition is not allowing me to give you that right now.”
“For me to reach you again I have no choice but to concentrate on my health at this moment and I have hope that I’m on the road to recovery. This is my focus and I&#8217;m doing everything that I can to recuperate. I want to thank you so much for your wishes and love and support on my social media. This means a lot to me. Take care of yourselves. Be well. I love you guys so much and I really hope I can see you again real soon,” she concluded.
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a> tour drama continues as fans are now suing Live Nation Entertainment for breach of contract and fraud following the presale fiasco for her “Eras Tour” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">tickets</a>.
News of the Ticketmaster website crashing and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">fans</a> waiting hours to secure tickets they pre-registered for made headlines following the presale event on November 15 and 16. The general sale scheduled for November 18 wound up getting canceled due to “extraordinarily high demands on ticket systems” and “insufficient remaining ticket inventory.”
Now fans are coming together to sue Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation, for the events that unfolded, per <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/taylor-swift-fans-sue-ticketmaster-fumbled-presale-rcna60014">NBC News</a>.
The plaintiffs accuse the company of breach of contract, intentional misrepresentation, fraud, fraudulent inducement, and antitrust violations. They are seeking a penalty of $2,500 against Ticketmaster for every violation of the Business and Professions Code, section 17200, NBC noted.
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“Based on information and belief, Ticketmaster has effectuated this anticompetitive scheme by forcing fans of musicians to exclusively use Ticketmaster for presale and sales prices, which are above what a competitive market price would be,” the lawsuit says. 
“Ticketmaster has also forced attendees to exclusively use Ticketmaster’s ‘Secondary Ticket Exchange’—i.e., the platform Ticketmaster operates for the resale of concert tickets.”
Plaintiffs also accuse Ticketmaster of “intentionally and purposefully” tricking customers by allowing “scalpers and bots” to attain codes for the presale. They further allege that the company was fully aware the general sale would be canceled due to demand.
“We believe that both Taylor Swift and her fans were hurt by Ticketmaster,” attorney Jennifer Kinder said in a statement, per NBC. “Ticketmaster messed with the wrong fan base.”
Meanwhile, Ticketmaster had previously stated that it did not anticipate the demand for “Eras Tour” tickets. The company said that 3.5 million fans pre-registered for the Verified Fan program, the largest registration in its history, and that 2.4 million tickets were sold in the presale. 
“Even when a high demand on sale goes flawlessly from a tech perspective, many fans are left empty handed,” the company said. “For example: based on the volume of traffic to our site, Taylor would need to perform over 900 stadium shows (almost 20x the number of shows she is doing)… that’s a stadium show every single night for the next 2.5 years.”
Swift also addressed the situation, sympathizing with fans who wanted tickets but could not get them. 
“Well it goes without saying that I’m extremely protective of my fans,” the “Anti-Hero” singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-finally-breaks-silence-after-eras-tour-ticket-fiasco">shared</a>. “We’ve been doing this for decades together and over the years I’ve brought so many elements of my career in house. I’ve done this SPECIFICALLY to improve the quality of my fans’ experience by doing it myself with my team who care as much about my fans as I do.”
“It’s really difficult for me to trust an outside entity with these relationships and loyalties, and excruciating for me to just watch mistakes happen with no recourse,” she continued. “There are a multitude of reasons why people had such a hard time trying to get tickets and I’m trying to figure out how this situation can be improved moving forward. I’m not going to make excuses for anyone because we asked them multiple times if they could handle this kind of demand and we were assured they could.”
“It’s truly amazing that 2.4 million people got tickets, but it really pisses me off that a lot of them feel like they went through several bear attacks to get them,” Swift concluded. “And to those who didn’t get tickets, all I can say is that my hope is to provide more opportunities for us to all get together and sing these songs.”

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Taylor Swift Fans Sue Live Nation Over 'Eras Tour' Ticket Presale Fiasco

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Former “American Idol” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contestant</a> David Archuleta said that a few &#8220;dozen&#8221; fans in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/utah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Utah</a> left one of his concerts after he shared his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coming out</a> story.
The 31-year-old musician told the story to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/02/american-idol-david-archuleta-fans-walk-out-concert-queer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a>, saying he gave an account of his coming out story during a break between songs. Archuleta claimed that this inspired the exodus. Then he shared an email he allegedly exchanged with the venue manager. In it, the employee expressed disappointment over Archuleta choosing to talk about his sexuality onstage.
&#8220;I do not believe that, that concert was a setting for that to happen,” the email read in part. “We have some very upset patrons that I will [be] dealing with today. I would hope in the remaining concerts, that would not be allowed.”
The musician then told TMZ that he has no intention of keeping quiet about his sexuality or coming out story.
Archuleta came in second place on “American Idol” during season seven in 2008, just behind that season’s winner David Cook. He grew up in a Salt Lake City suburb and was raised <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mormonism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mormon</a>. He came out as gay to his family in 2014, but in 2021 admitted that he wasn’t sure of his sexuality, giving a rundown of his thoughts via a lengthy <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CQB0FNtlLrs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> post.
He talked more about struggling with his faith and how it related to his sexuality. 
“There are people experiencing the same feelings of being LGBTQIA+, (i know that’s a lot of letters that a lot of people don’t understand, but there are a lot of unique experiences people feel and live that make them feel isolated and alone that are represented) who are wrestling to follow their beliefs that are so important to them, just as I have,” Archuleta said in the post.
“Idk what to make of it and I don’t have all the answers,” Archuleta continued, before asking that readers show compassion to people who are LGBT. 
The post concluded with the “American Idol” contestant saying, “You can be part of the LGBTQIA+ community and still believe in God and his gospel plan,” Archuleta added.

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Jennifer Lopez revealed the one movie role she wished she hadn&#8217;t turned down — in the 2002 romance, thriller &#8220;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250797/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unfaithful</a>&#8221; — with the leading roles going to Richard Gere and Diane Lane.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-lopez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">53-year-old</a> actress opened up about a wide variety of topics for <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/73-questions-with-jennifer-lopez">Vogue&#8217;s</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVAb-iLIwfA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">73 Questions with Jennifer Lopez</a> in a clip posted on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVAb-iLIwfA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a> on Wednesday. One of the questions from the magazine was &#8220;is there a movie you really regret turning down.&#8221;
&#8220;Unfaithful,&#8221; Lopez answered as she shook her head yes. She did not however explain what role it was she turned down.
When asked which of her movies she would most like to make a sequel to, her answer was the movie she and husband Ben Affleck met and starred in together, and that was &#8220;Gigli&#8221; that came out in 2003.
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Among the other revelations the &#8220;Marry Me&#8221; star shared was what she would do if she could go &#8220;unrecognized for 24 hours.”
Her answer was simple: &#8220;walk through a crowd.&#8221;
Other questions arose such as what her favorite holiday is — to which Lopez replied, &#8220;Christmas&#8221; as she shared it’s the one time of year she eats those special foods like &#8220;pasteles&#8221; and &#8220;pernil.&#8221; She also said it&#8217;s her favorite because it&#8217;s &#8220;the most sparkly holiday of all.&#8221;
When asked by the magazine what she wanted for Christmas, the &#8220;Jenny From The Block&#8221; hitmaker replied, &#8220;I have everything I want.&#8221;
In a recent interview, the &#8220;Hustlers&#8221; star spoke about how she and Affleck found each other again for what she called their fairy-tale ending after she went through three marriages and two broken engagements, according to <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/jennifer-lopez-december-cover-2022-interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vogue</a>.
According to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jennifer-lopez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lopez</a>, after she and former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez called off their engagement, she got an email from Affleck, for whom she said she always felt &#8220;real love.&#8221; The two continued talking, then started seeing each other privately.
&#8220;Obviously we weren&#8217;t trying to go out in public,&#8221; the singer explained. &#8220;But I never shied away from the fact that for me, I always felt like there was a real love there, a true love there. People in my life know that he was a very, very special person in my life. When we reconnected, those feelings for me were still very real.&#8221;
Lopez and the &#8220;Good Will Hunting”&#8221;star were first engaged in 2003 before breaking things off in 2004, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jennifer-lopez-opens-up-about-why-she-was-going-to-quit-hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. In 2021, the two started dating again, and eighteen years after their initial break, they finally walked down the aisle in July.
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Christine McVie, the English singer-songwriter who helped launch the rock band Fleetwood Mac into international fame, has died. She was 79.
McVie’s family said in a statement that she passed away “peacefully” Wednesday morning at the hospital “following a short illness.”
The family said that they were with her when she passed away and they asked for privacy during this time.
The band issued a statement Wednesday afternoon, calling McVie “truly one-of-a-kind, special and talented beyond measure.”
&#8220;She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;We were so lucky to have a life with her.&#8221;
&#8220;Individually and together, we cherished Christine deeply and are thankful for the amazing memories we have,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;She will be so very missed.&#8221;
Born in England on July 12, 1943, she followed in her father&#8217;s footsteps as a musician and began playing the piano when she was 11 and later became interested in rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll as a teenager.
McVie was originally known professionally by her maiden name, Christine Perfect, when she catapulted to fame in the late 60s as a member of the British rock combo Chicken Shack, Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2022/music/news/christine-mcvie-dead-fleetwood-mac-singer-songwriter-1235445846/">reported</a>. By that time she had already married John McVie, a member of Fleetwood Mac.
After divorcing John McVie in 1976, she was engaged to Beach Boys’ drummer-songwriter-vocalist Dennis Wilson for three years before that relationship ended. She married Eddy Quintela in 1986 and later divorced him in 2003.
She first appeared on the band&#8217;s sophomore album “Mr. Wonderful” in 1968 before becoming a permanent member of the band in 1971.
Variety notes that the band transformed into a &#8220;a pop music juggernaut&#8221; after the American duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the band in the mid 70s.
&#8220;Ms. McVie was the more levelheaded, kindly voice alongside the band’s other two songwriters: Ms. Nicks — sometimes dreamy, sometimes vindictive — and the guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, who tucked angry, wounded lyrics into virtuosic guitar parts,&#8221; The New York Times’ critic Jon Pareles wrote in a 2014 review. &#8220;Ms. McVie’s demure alto bound together the group’s vocal harmonies; her songs promised that loyal affection was still possible.”
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Superstar Mariah Carey made an appearance in the annual Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, and Twitter followers had a field day with the singer as she appeared to lip-sync her performance.
In video posted on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVJYcs-MhdA">YouTube</a>, the 52-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">singer</a> was decked out wearing an off-the-shoulder hot pink floor-length dress while holding a sparkling umbrella in one hand and a microphone in the other. She wore a tiara as she stood on a giant star.
Carey tried to make it look like she was singing her monster hit song &#8220;All I Want For Christmas Is You,&#8221; but it appeared from the footage that the music was just playing in the background, with many Twitter users accused her of lip-syncing, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/24/mariah-carey-performs-at-the-macys-parade-and-the-internets-reaction-is-hilarious/?utm_source=like2buy.curalate.com&amp;crl8_id=1d2c40df-79e4-4779-86b6-95044aedb999">New York Post</a> noted. Other noticed that the &#8220;One Sweet Day&#8221; hitmaker was flanked on all sides by dozens of energetic dancers as she basically just stood.
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&#8220;Mariah Carey is getting millions right now to just stand there with her umbrella and honestly I&#8217;m not mad. Mad respect,&#8221; sports journalist Ian Hest tweeted.
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Mariah Carey is getting millions right now to just stand there with her umbrella and honestly I’m not mad. Mad respect.
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&#8220;I love the lack of energy Mariah Carey gives in her performances,&#8221; another person wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s the one thing we can all count on.&#8221;
While another shared, &#8220;Mariah Carey getting paid to just stand there at the Thanksgiving Parade and not even pretend to be actually singing to the backing track lmfao queen behavior.&#8221;
Carey supporters came to her defense as they noted that no one in the parade was performing live.
&#8220;There&#8217;s no way that not one single artist performs live at this parade, yet people are mad at Mariah for it. Are you all ok?&#8221; one person wrote.
Others joked that the pop singer had been thawed out or had come out of hibernation in time to celebrate the holiday.
&#8220;This is not a drill,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;Mariah Carey has been thawed out. Christmas has begun.&#8221;
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL. MARIAH CAREY HAS BEEN THAWED OUT. CHRISTMAS HAS BEGUN. <a href="https://t.co/vCHJoaTgmw">pic.twitter.com/vCHJoaTgmw</a>
&mdash; Zach Cronin-Hurley 🎥🐐 (@zCroninHurley) <a href="https://twitter.com/zCroninHurley/status/1595824149481590793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Mariah Carey has come out of hibernation [Macys Parade],&#8221; another wrote.
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Mariah Carey has come out of hibernation <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/macysparade?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#macysparade</a> <a href="https://t.co/1MXYsT9v5Y">pic.twitter.com/1MXYsT9v5Y</a>
&mdash; SΞAN (@Seanlofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/Seanlofficial/status/1595824079147339776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The &#8220;Hero&#8221; hitmaker recently lost her bid to trademark &#8220;Queen of Christmas,&#8221; a moniker she&#8217;s been referred to as for years, after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decided that wasn&#8217;t possible, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mariah-carey-loses-bid-to-trademark-queen-of-christmas">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.

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Famed rock musician Wilko Johnson, who played guitar with the group Dr. Feelgood and later had a part in the TV series “Game of Thrones,” died on Monday at the age of 75 after a remarkable battle fighting pancreatic cancer.
As far back as 2012, Johnson, whose <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBBfVBqQif8">choppy style of playing the guitar</a> became famous, was diagnosed as terminal and told he would live less than a year, but he later had a huge six-pound tumor removed and was termed “cancer free.”
“This is the announcement we never wanted to make, &amp; we do so with a very heavy heart: Wilko Johnson has died,” Johnson’s Twitter feed posted on Wednesday morning. “He passed away at home on Monday 21st November. Thank you for respecting the family&#8217;s privacy at this very sad time. RIP Wilko Johnson.”
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This is the announcement we never wanted to make, &amp; we do so with a very heavy heart: Wilko Johnson has died. He passed away at home on Monday 21st November. Thank you for respecting the family&#39;s privacy at this very sad time. RIP Wilko Johnson. (Image: Leif Laaksonen) <a href="https://t.co/1cRqyi9b9X">pic.twitter.com/1cRqyi9b9X</a>
&mdash; Wilko Johnson (@wilkojohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/wilkojohnson/status/1595358840400248832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2022</a></blockquote>
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At the time of Johnson’s terminal cancer diagnosis, his manager, Robert Hoy <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11461117/Wilko-Johnson-dies-aged-75-following-pancreatic-cancer-battle.html">stated,</a> “He said he wants to make the very best of the time he has left, playing and partying when he can. He is currently in good spirits and is not yet suffering any physical effects and can expect to enjoy at least another few months of reasonable health and activity.”
In 2013, Johnson <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/wilko-johnson-game-thrones-actor-dr-feelgood-guitarist-dies-75-rcna58518">told AP</a>, “I suddenly found myself in a position where nothing matters anymore. I’m a miserable so-and-so normally &#8230; I’d be worrying about the taxman or all the things that we worry about that get in the way of the real things. And suddenly it doesn’t matter. All of that doesn’t matter.
He added, “You walk down the street and you feel intensely alive. You’re &#8216;Oh, look at that leaf!&#8217; You’re looking around and you think, ‘I’m alive. Ain’t it amazing?’”
“That year thinking my life was at an end was one of the greatest years of my life,” Johnson recalled in 2017. “The way I handled it was at all times to understand. ‘Yes, I&#8217;m gonna die’ but don&#8217;t sit there wishing you aren&#8217;t gonna die because we&#8217;re all gonna die. I never felt self-pity. I was never in tears all that time.”
“Looking out at thousands and thousands of people [at Fuji Rock in Japan] and they all know you&#8217;re gonna die&#8230; oh man. I&#8217;m gonna die, but it&#8217;s alright. What a high,” he continued, adding, “It&#8217;s hard to know there are people suffering from cancer who don&#8217;t survive, and then me.”
Johnson appeared with Dr. Feelgood on various albums, including “Down by the Jetty,” “Malpractice,” “Sneakin&#8217; Suspicion,” and “Stupidity.” He later created the band Solid Senders before joining The Blockheads.
Johnson later played silent executioner Ser Ilyn Payne on “Game of Thrones.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/food" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Skittles</a> is urging fans to stop throwing candy at musicians, and the company has even taken out a full-page ad to spread the message.
The candy brand’s new campaign appears to be a direct response to an incident involving <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harry-styles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harry Styles</a>. Apparently, a concertgoer kept throwing Skittles at the “Watermelon Sugar” composer while he was onstage at a recent event. TikTok videos show Styles keeping his cool but shielding his eyes from the rainbow-colored candies flying toward him.
The official Skittles account addressed the matter first on Twitter, sharing on November 15, &#8220;Didn’t think I needed to say this: Please don’t throw Skittles.&#8221;
But that wasn’t all. A recent edition of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles-times" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Times</a> featured a full-page ad intended to spread the message even further. 
“Protect the rainbow. Taste the rainbow. But please, don’t throw the rainbow,” the text said over a graphic of heart-shaped sunglasses with a green Skittle being thrown toward them. The bottom of the image included a public service announcement for fans. “PSA: Protect your eyes from Skittles (by eating them, not throwing them),&#8221; it said.
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PSA: Protect your eyes from Skittles (by eating them, not throwing them) <a href="https://t.co/1qy1bOYeSt">pic.twitter.com/1qy1bOYeSt</a>
&mdash; SKITTLES (@Skittles) <a href="https://twitter.com/Skittles/status/1594048049042554887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Styles’ bandmate Pauli the PSM held an Instagram Live session following the Skittles incident and told fans the musician was fine, but that they should stop throwing things at him. “But do me a favor, don’t throw no more Skittles on stage,” he said, per <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/harry-styles-eye-skittles-los-angeles-concert-watch-1235172074/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard</a>. 
For some reason, Styles’ fans have a penchant for throwing food items at him while he’s performing. Over the summer, the “Night Changes” singer got pelted with a chicken nugget as he was singing.
&#8220;Who threw the chicken nugget?&#8221; he said, as the fans in the crowd chanted, &#8220;Eat it!&#8221;
Styles replied, &#8220;I don&#8217;t eat chicken, sorry. I don&#8217;t eat meat.&#8221;
The Skittles brand is owned by Mars, Incorporated, a multi-billion dollar, privately-owned confectionery company based in McLean, Virginia. Earlier this summer, the brand also faced backlash for refusing to remove an allegedly toxic ingredient from Skittles candies.
Per a lawsuit filed at the time, Mars had pledged to remove the colorant titanium dioxide (TiO2) from its ingredients list back in 2016 but had failed to do so. The food additive is banned in the European Union due to potentially harmful side effects. TiO2 is often found in paint, adhesives, plastics, and some roofing materials.
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Taylor Swift finally broke her silence on Friday after Ticketmaster crashed this week for fans with presale codes for her &#8220;Eras Tour&#8221; and then the site canceled the public sale of tickets because of &#8220;extraordinarily high demand.&#8221;
In a message shared on the <a href="https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1593652003959279617?s=20&amp;t=ivMZQgl85vvyzjcJImSnUg">32-year-old singer&#8217;s</a> Instagram story, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Swift</a> said she was &#8220;assured&#8221; by Ticketmaster, owned by Live Nation, multiple times that it could &#8220;handle this kind of demand&#8221; and admitted the debacle &#8220;really pisses [her] off.&#8221;
&#8220;Well it goes without saying that I&#8217;m extremely protective of my fans,&#8221; the pop star wrote. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been doing this for decades together and over the years I&#8217;ve brought so many elements of my career in house. I&#8217;ve done this SPECIFICALLY to improve the quality of my fans&#8217; experience by doing it myself with my team who care as much about my fans as I do.&#8221;
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Taylor Swift releases statement regarding the Ticketmaster sale of her Eras Tour:
“It’s truly amazing that 2.4 million people got tickets, but it really pisses me off that a lot of them feel like they went through several bear attacks to get them.” <a href="https://t.co/zrDWK8dIHg">pic.twitter.com/zrDWK8dIHg</a>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s really difficult for me to trust an outside entity with these relationships and loyalties, and excruciating for me to just watch mistakes happen with no recourse,&#8221; she added. &#8220;There are a multitude of reasons why people had such a hard time trying to get tickets and I&#8217;m trying to figure out how this situation can be improved moving forward. I’m not going to make excuses for anyone because we asked them multiple times if they could handle this kind of demand and we were assured they could.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s truly amazing that 2.4 million people got tickets, but it really pisses me off that a lot of them feel like they went through several bear attacks to get them,&#8221; Swift continued. &#8220;And to those who didn&#8217;t get tickets, all I can say is that my hope is to provide more opportunities for us to all get together and sing these songs.&#8221;
The &#8220;Love Story&#8221; hitmaker closed out her post by thanking fans for &#8220;wanting to be there&#8221; and telling them they have &#8220;no idea how much&#8221; it means to her.
The &#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; hitmaker&#8217;s comments came after Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino offered an explanation for the crash of the Ticketmaster site on the day presale tickets were available, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/taylor-swift-tour-tickets-pre-sale-1235264178/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
&#8220;We invited a million and a half on that day to come and buy those tickets, but it&#8217;s kind of like having a party,&#8221; Rapino shared. &#8220;Everybody crashed that door at the same time with 3.5 billion requests.&#8221;
&#8220;We sold 2 million tickets, the most we&#8217;ve ever sold in one day in history, and another million tickets of other artists on the same day,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So although we regret it was a slowdown in some queues and some error codes for a short period for some fans, we did manage to recover.&#8221;
On Thursday, fans who were still hoping to get tickets to Swift&#8217;s upcoming concert tour were upset when Ticketmaster posted a message on Twitter that read, &#8220;due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow&#8217;s public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled.&#8221;
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Taylor Swift Finally Breaks Silence After ‘Eras Tour’ Ticket Fiasco

Taylor Swift Finally Breaks Silence After 'Eras Tour' Ticket Fiasco

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mariah Carey</a> wanted to become the official Queen of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christmas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christmas</a>, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told her that would not be possible.
The 52-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pop singer</a> has been unofficially referenced as such for years, thanks in part to her massively successful single, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” Carey was interested in trademarking the title so she could use it on various merchandise, including fragrances, lotions, nail polish, jewelry, cups, mugs, chocolate milk, coconut water, ornaments, toys, dog clothing, masks, lingerie, and sweatshirts, per <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/15/mariah-carey-queen-of-christmas-trademark-blocked/">TMZ</a>.
The “Fantasy” songstress filed the patent request in 2021 but faced opposition from fellow recording artists Darlene Love and Elizabeth Chan, who believed it wasn’t fair for Carey to &#8220;monopolize&#8221; the word &#8220;Christmas.&#8221; Chan filed an opposition, which was ultimately successful.
Chan shared in a statement with TMZ: &#8220;Christmas is a season of giving, not the season of taking, and it is wrong for an individual to attempt to own and monopolize a nickname like Queen of Christmas for the purposes of abject materialism.&#8221;
Despite Carey losing out on making her unofficial title a merchandising goldmine, she’s still raking in profits from the hit single every season. This year, she got into a back-and-forth with Martha Stewart after hyping up the song the day after Halloween, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/martha-stewart-calls-out-mariah-carey-for-promoting-christmas-music-you-cannot-give-up-thanksgiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“Mariah, you know me, I’m a traditionalist with a twist. And you cannot give up Thanksgiving just because you don’t like turkey,” Stewart said during an appearance on The Today Show. “I love turkey, and many, many other people love turkey. So do not think we are going to give up Thanksgiving just because you say so.”
Carey replied, saying she was still planning to celebrate Thanksgiving even though she was getting into the Christmas spirit early. “Dearest Martha!! NEVER will I give up Thanksgiving!!” the singer shared in her reply. “But we can still start getting into the festive spirit now!” 
She continued, “P.S I’d love to have you at my Thanksgiving dinner although I’ve yet to be invited to your Thanksgiving extravaganza! And THAT is MAJOR! Esp if Snoop’s coming!”
“All I Want For Christmas Is You” was released in 1994 and has been a holiday season staple ever since. It has sold an estimated 16 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling Christmas single by a female artist.

Mariah Carey Loses Bid To Trademark ‘Queen Of Christmas’

Mariah Carey Loses Bid To Trademark 'Queen Of Christmas'

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