Singer Nick Lachey has reportedly been ordered to complete an anger management class and attend Alcoholics Anonymous following an incident that took place in March of 2022.
According to a <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11881447/Nick-Lachey-ordered-attend-anger-management-Alcoholics-Anonymous-meetings.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> published Monday by The Daily Mail, photographer Jody Santos was taking pictures of Lachey — and his wife Vanessa Lachey — as they exited Beverly Hills eatery Mastro&#8217;s Steakhouse, and the 98° singer approached her vehicle.
Santos kept the camera rolling as Lachey allegedly came closer, shouting profanities at her and reaching into the car, apparently attempting to grab her camera and her phone. She responded by rolling up the window.
&#8220;In all my years of photographing celebrities, no one has ever tried to hit me. I am just relieved that I rolled up my window as fast as I did, otherwise he would have knocked me out. No doubt about it,&#8221; Santos said, describing Lachey as behaving &#8220;drunkenly.&#8221;
&#8220;He then started punching the window. I thought he was going to break his hand; that’s how hard he was hitting the glass. I am surprised he didn’t shatter the window,&#8221; she added.
Santos filed a police report at the time, but she claimed that it was not until she suggested that authorities were giving Lachey &#8220;<a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/03/21/nick-lachey-ordered-to-anger-management-aa-after-accosting-pap/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preferential treatment</a>&#8221; that the wheels of justice began to turn.
&#8220;Finally they called me back and said, &#8216;No, he’s not getting preferential treatment&#8217; and explained that they have a program with the courts where they don’t let misdemeanors just walk; they have to attend anger management classes and AA meetings,&#8221; Santos revealed, adding that Lachey was reportedly given a year to complete the requirements.
&#8220;He has to complete them within a reasonable time which is like a year or so. If he fails to do so, they will move forward to prosecute him with non-compliance and he will get arrested,&#8221; she said.
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Lachey acknowledged the incident at the time, claiming in a tweet that Santos had &#8220;harassed&#8221; him and admitting that he may have gone too far.
&#8220;Last night, after enjoying a great dinner with my wife and our dear friend, the paparazzi harassed us as we walked back to our hotel. I clearly overreacted. I’ve been in this game long enough to know that their antics are sadly part of the deal. Stupid of me. Done,&#8221; he said.
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Last night, after enjoying a great dinner with my wife and our dear friend, the paparazzi harassed us as we walked back to our hotel. I clearly overreacted. I’ve been in this game long enough to know that their antics are sadly part of the deal. Stupid of me. Done.
&mdash; Nick Lachey (@NickLachey) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickLachey/status/1508467482616500224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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According to Santos, however, Lachey has never apologized to her for the incident. &#8220;He&#8217;s had plenty of time to apologize, but instead he just figured I would go away. What he did was wrong. Attempting to bust his fist through my car window when all I was doing was taking photographs of him. He should have been thanking me for the free publicity. I mean, really. Talk about an oversized ego,&#8221; she said.

FOX’s Alter Ego – Season One

90s Boy Band Star Ordered To Anger Management, AA After Accosting Photographer

90s Boy Band Star Nick Lachey Ordered To Anger Management, AA After Accosting Photographer

Celebrities

Music

Music Industry

Photos

U.S.

Twitter lit up with furious posts accusing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music-industry">Ticketmaster</a> of charging more in fees than The Cure asked for concert tickets.
“The cure deliberately kept <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">ticket prices</a> low and [Ticketmaster] was like ‘lol bet’ and charges more in fees than the band is for the actual show,” one viral tweet says. The message includes a screenshot of the transaction breakdown, showing a $20 ticket charge along with a service fee, facility charge, and order processing fees that add up to more than that.
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the cure deliberately kept ticket prices low and <a href="https://twitter.com/Ticketmaster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ticketmaster</a> was like “lol bet” and charges more in fees than the band is for the actual show <a href="https://t.co/Ig0U5Ywcpw">pic.twitter.com/Ig0U5Ywcpw</a>
&mdash; frank costanza’s lawyer (@_carrrmen) <a href="https://twitter.com/_carrrmen/status/1636008176431640578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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As of Thursday, the tweet has more than 10 million views. 
The tickets were released as part of Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program, which seeks to discourage scalpers from buying up ticket batches and reselling them at higher prices. 
The Cure <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">guitarist</a> Robert Smith reacted to Ticketmaster with multiple posts on his Twitter account this week. 
“I am as sickened as you all are by today’s Ticketmaster ‘fees’ debacle,” the 63-year-old musician shared with fans. “To be very clear: the artist has no way to limit them,” he posted Wednesday night. “I have been asking how they are justified. If I get anything coherent by way of an answer I will let you all know.”
“We had final say in all our ticket pricing for this upcoming tour, and didn’t want those prices instantly and horribly distorted by resale,” the guitarist had previously tweeted on Tuesday. 
“We didn’t agree to the ‘dynamic pricing’/‘price surging’/‘platinum ticket’ thing … because it is itself a bit of a scam? A separate conversation.” In a follow-up, he referred to dynamic pricing as “a greedy scam – and all artists have the choice not to participate … if no artists participated, it would cease to exist.”
In all his tweets, the band’s founding member insisted they agreed to Ticketmaster&#8217;s suggested ticket sale strategies to combat scalpers and make tickets available at fair prices to fans.
Ticketmaster has come under fire several times in the past few months as fans complained about dynamic pricing and issues with the verified fan ticket sales. One of the most talked-about examples happened when Taylor Swift&#8217;s “Eras” tour tickets <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-finally-breaks-silence-after-eras-tour-ticket-fiasco">went on sale</a> and crashed the entire system due to “extraordinarily high demand.”

The Cure Perform In Milan

The Cure Fans Furious That Ticketmaster Fees Cost More Than Tickets, Robert Smith Responds: ‘Sickened’

The Cure Fans Furious That Ticketmaster Fees Cost More Than Tickets

Entertainment

Ticketmaster

Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne kicked a topless woke protester off stage during Monday night’s Juno Awards ceremony in Edmonton, Canada.
Lavigne told the streaker, who had woke phrases written all over her body, twice to &#8220;get the f*** off!&#8221; before security finally jumped on stage and had her removed.
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A topless woman interrupted Avril Lavigne onstage at The JUNO Awards: 
“Get the fuck off, bitch!” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JUNOS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JUNOS</a> <a href="https://t.co/XzyCw2Qeft">pic.twitter.com/XzyCw2Qeft</a>
&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1635449177533734912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The streaker had phrases like &#8220;save the green belt&#8221; and &#8220;land back&#8221; written on her body.
CTV News <a href="https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/toronto/2023/3/13/1_6311856.amp.html">reported</a> that the phrases appear to be connected to a regulation ordered by the Ontario government back in November to &#8220;remove 7,400 acres of protected Greenbelt land and open it up for housing.&#8221;
&#8220;Officials said they expect about 50,000 new homes to be built on the former Greenbelt land, with construction to begin by no later than 2025,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;The move is under investigation by both Ontario’s auditor general and integrity commissioner and has been met with fierce criticism by some.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvrilLavigne?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AvrilLavigne</a> tells topless woman who crashed the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JUNOS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JUNOS</a> to “get the fuck off, bitch.” 👏🏼 <a href="https://t.co/MjLr6QulfG">pic.twitter.com/MjLr6QulfG</a>
&mdash; MuchMusic (@Much) <a href="https://twitter.com/Much/status/1635439722511097856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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2021 MTV Video Music Awards – Arrivals

Avril Lavigne Kicks Woke Topless Protester Off Stage: ‘Get The F*** Off, B****!’

Canada

World

A South African rapper died over the weekend after a video emerged showing him collapsing on stage at a music festival.
The rapper, Costa Titch, whose real name is Constantinos Tsobanoglou, was 28 years old.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/africa/costa-titch-death-intl/index.html">reported</a> that the musician was performing at Ultra South Africa on Saturday when the incident happened. No cause of death has been given.
&#8220;Death has tragically knocked at our door. Robbing us of our beloved son, brother and grandson, Constantinos Tsobanoglou (28), who South Africa had come to love and idolize under his stage name &#8216;Costa Titch&#8217;. It is with deep pain that we find ourselves having to acknowledge his passing at this time,&#8221; the musician&#8217;s family said in a statement. &#8220;We are thankful for the emergency responders and all those present in his last hours on this earth.&#8221;
&#8220;As a family we are faced with a difficult time as we try to make sense of what has befallen us and ask that we be afforded the time and space to gather ourselves,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;The Tsobanoglou family thanks you for the love and support you have given to our son and may you continue to uplift him even in spirit. Please keep us in your prayers and uplifted in the Lord.&#8221;
USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/12/south-african-rapper-costa-titch-dead-28/11459806002/">confirmed</a> that videos circulating on social media did show the moment that the musician collapsed on stage.
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This is how it happened. 💔
Rest in peace Costa Titch.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPCostaTitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RIPCostaTitch</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CostaTitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CostaTitch</a> <a href="https://t.co/BTRm0Gy6JR">pic.twitter.com/BTRm0Gy6JR</a>
&mdash; MDN NEWS (@MDNnewss) <a href="https://twitter.com/MDNnewss/status/1634692006717865984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The musician had a successful career in dance before getting into music. His song &#8220;Big Flexa&#8221; was popular across the country and was a hit on TikTok, CNN added.
Ultra South Africa released a statement on Sunday: &#8220;We are devastated by the sudden loss of the beloved South African artist Costa Titch, who tragically passed away this weekend.&#8221;
&#8220;Costa was a galvanizing voice amongst South Africa&#8217;s amapiano scene &#8211; a talented rapper, dancer, songwriter, collaborator, and friend to the festival,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;Our deepest thoughts and most sincere sympathies are with his family, friends, and our entire community who are together mourning this heartbreaking loss.&#8221;
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Family and friends bid farewell to Riky Rick at Wanderers Stadium in South Africa

South African Rapper Dies At 28 After Video Shows Him Collapsing On Stage

Rap Music

South Africa

Actress and singer <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/selena-gomez-reveals-the-three-words-she-couldnt-say-while-working-for-disney/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Selena Gomez</a> admitted to having one major regret since leaving her role as teen wizard Alex Russo on the hit Disney sitcom &#8220;The Wizards of Waverly Place&#8221;: not keeping in touch with other members of the cast.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/only-murders-cast-members-roast-each-other-on-emmys-stage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gomez</a> revealed her regret when she joined two of her former cast mates — David DeLuise, who played her father Jerry Russo, and Jennifer Stone, who played her best friend Harper Finkel — for Monday&#8217;s episode of their podcast, &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97TBj7Svgy4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97TBj7Svgy4">Wizards of Waverly Pod</a>.&#8221;
DeLuise prompted the exchange with a prewritten question pulled from a &#8220;crystal ball&#8221; on the table, asking her to describe her &#8220;biggest mistake&#8221; with one caveat: &#8220;you can&#8217;t say a boy&#8217;s name.&#8221;
&#8220;Okay, Jesus,&#8221; Gomez reacted, leaning back in her chair. &#8220;You know what? Probably not staying in touch with you guys.&#8221;
&#8220;Oh s***, you&#8217;re gonna make me cry,&#8221; DeLuise responded, removing his glasses and pushing back in his chair.
&#8220;I think I slowly became &#8230; kind of shamed. I felt ashamed of the decisions that I made. I didn’t want you guys to see me in the state that I was in because, a.) you would have told me the truth which terrifies me, and b.) I didn’t want to let you down,&#8221; Gomez told the two hosts, admitting that despite her fears at the time, she felt bad about not doing a better job of staying in touch with them.
&#8220;That’s really sweet and thank you for saying that,&#8221; DeLuise replied. &#8220;We obviously … I miss you and I’m happy you’re doing well now.&#8221;
&#8220;I appreciate you saying that too. To be perfectly blunt, like you know there has been times where I’m like … &#8216;Did we stop being friends because I didn’t tell her what she wanted to hear?&#8217; You know what I mean … so I appreciate you being here,&#8221; Stone added.
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&#8220;I appreciate you guys … dearly and I love you so much in a way that I’ve never loved anybody else,&#8221; the &#8220;Only Murders in the Building&#8221; star continued.
Stone jumped back in then, saying that what was truly &#8220;beautiful&#8221; was the fact that as they continued to get older, they learned from mistakes like that.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t have to stay in that place,&#8221; Stone said, and Gomez agreed: &#8220;Absolutely.&#8221;
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Disney Channel’s “The Wizards of Waverly Place” – Season Four

Selena Gomez Cops To One Major Regret Since Leaving Disney’s ‘Wizards Of Waverly Place’

Selena Gomez Cops To One Major Regret Since Leaving Disney's 'Wizards Of Waverly Place'

Disney

Selena Gomez

Television

Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pink">Pink</a> recalled being told early in her career that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/motherhood">having children</a> would destroy her shot at fame, but she found the opposite to be true.
The 43-year-old star, whose real name is Alecia Beth Moore Hart, shares two children with husband Carey Hart. During an appearance on The Zane Lowe Show, she talked about the reaction in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music-industry">music industry</a> when she mentioned having kids, per <a href="https://people.com/parents/pink-recalls-being-told-having-kids-would-end-career/">People</a>.
&#8220;Everyone told me, &#8216;If you have children right now, your career&#8217;s over,'&#8221; Pink recalled. But instead of struggling, Pink said becoming a mom only expanded her creative horizons and helped her singing career.
&#8220;Obviously, we&#8217;re all much more complex than any of that, but when I had a child, I think it softened me to the world, the part that didn&#8217;t understand me,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And I think that&#8217;s when my career began, really. I mean, I did a lot of stuff before that, but really, truly, I think it&#8217;s when I started to really understand myself and understand the world and my place in it.&#8221;
The “So What” singer went on to discuss how her own complicated upbringing helped spur her desire to create a stable home life.
&#8220;Having a family was really important to me because my family life was screwed as a kid, and I&#8217;m super affectionate and cuddly and goofy. Just doing music wasn&#8217;t enough for me,&#8221; Pink said during the interview. &#8220;I was lonely. I was so lonely. It&#8217;s a very lonely business.&#8221;
&#8220;I love writing songs. I love singing songs. I love performing. Sitting with a guitar is one of my favorite things I&#8217;ll ever do, but cuddling with my babies and taking them camping and being dirty for three days is also one of the coolest things I&#8217;ll ever do, and making wine also happens to be pretty cool,&#8221; Pink said.
Pink is known for being pro-abortion. In June 2022, she set off fans by tweeting a message to conservatives in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned.
“Let’s be clear: if you believe the government belongs in a woman’s uterus, a gay person&#8217;s business or marriage, or that racism is okay — THEN PLEASE IN THE NAME OF YOUR LORD NEVER F***ING LISTEN TO MY MUSIC AGAIN. AND ALSO F*** RIGHT OFF. We good?” she <a href="https://twitter.com/Pink/status/1540816633039466496">tweeted</a> at the time.

2021 Billboard Music Awards – Backstage

Pink Was Told Having Kids Would Ruin Her Career, Explains Why She Had Them Anyway

Motherhood

Pink

Legendary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">songwriter</a> and composer Burt Bacharach <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/death">died</a> Wednesday at the age of 94, according to multiple reports. 
The music industry legend is responsible for classic tunes including “I Say A Little Prayer,” “Walk On By,” and “What The World Needs Now Is Love.”
He also helped compose the theme songs for several iconic films, including &#8220;What&#8217;s New, Pussycat?&#8221; &#8220;Alfie,&#8221; and &#8220;Arthur,&#8221; per <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64587070">BBC News</a>.
During the course of his decades-long career, the songwriter scored 73 Top 40 hits in the United States. Bacharach is a <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/10084664/Burt-Bacharach-interview-what-was-it-all-about.html">six-time</a> Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, plus his songs have been recorded by more than 1,000 different artists.
He collaborated with some of the most famous musicians in the business, including Dionne Warwick, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Aretha Franklin, and Elvis Costello, to name a few.
Bacharach’s musical career began after high school when he began studying music theory and composition. During his time in the military, the composer toured army bases and played the piano for the troops. 
Next, he became Marlene Dietrich’s personal conductor, which he described as a stroke of luck.
&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t chasing it. I didn&#8217;t know what I wanted to do. I was caught in the drift of things,&#8221; Bacharach said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not a person who will walk over people, kill people, step on people to get to the next place where they want to be. Things just happened for me. I was very fortunate.&#8221;
The music legend was married four times: to Paula Stewart in 1953, to actress Angie Dickinson in 1958, to musical collaborator Carole Bayer Sager in 1982, and then to Jane Hansen in 1993.
He is survived by Hansen and their children, Oliver and Raleigh, and his son Cristopher, who he shares with Sager. Bacharach’s daughter Nikki died by suicide in 2007 when she was 40.

Glastonbury Festival 2015 – Day 2

Legendary Songwriter Burt Bacharach Dead At 94

Death

Oddly enough, there’s something less sinister about the over-the-top evil vibes of the 65th Annual Grammy Awards than if Sam Smith and Kim Petras had chosen a bit more subtlety.
By now, most people have seen snippets of the “Unholy” performance. Smith donned a red suit and devil horns to sing about a man abandoning his family for sexual perversion as scantily clad dancers gyrated around in a circle.
The costume was reminiscent of something a trick-or-treater might find at Party City.
Many conservative viewers reacted strongly to this “satanic” performance, which only made the Left more gleeful in their derision. &#8216;How could anyone fall for such a blatant caricature of the devil,&#8217; they wondered. &#8216;How pathetic.&#8217;
Smith, “Unholy,” the transgender artist Kim Petras, and indeed the whole Grammys broadcast weren’t really about the fallen angel who wanted to become more powerful than God, however. As many pundits rightly pointed out, modern-day Satanism isn’t usually about worshiping the devil; it’s about worshiping the self. 
And no one is better at that than Hollywood celebrities, including all the musical artists clapping along in the audience.
The whole spectacle was engineered to elicit a big reaction. Before the performance, Smith <a href="https://twitter.com/samsmith/status/1622338593808158720" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> black and white snapshots from the show rehearsal and wrote in the caption, “This is going to be SPECIAL.”
That prompted the official CBS to reply in a now-deleted tweet, &#8220;….you can say that again. We are ready to worship!&#8221;
Smith and Petras’ performance delivered the publicity it promised. Reactions were strong from everyone from politicians and business leaders to regular Twitter users who couldn’t believe how blatant the whole thing was.
“End of days vibes,” Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/end-of-days-vibes-elon-musk-other-public-figures-slam-demonic-performance-at-the-grammys" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to a clip from the performance.
Country music singer John Rich tweeted, “The Grammys looked like hell last night. If God doesn’t bring judgement on America he’ll have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.”
Even the song choice fits the theme of radical self-worship. “Unholy” is about a man who chooses sexual fulfillment over his familial obligations. Does it get much more satanic than that?
As the lyrics say:
<blockquote>Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot
At the body shop, doing something unholy
He’s sat back while she’s dropping it, she be popping it
Yeah, she put it down slowly
Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, he left his kids at
Ho-ee-oh-ee-ome, so he can get that
Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot
At the body shop, doing something unholy (woo)</blockquote>
It’s worth pointing out that many artists choose to thank God during their acceptance speeches. It’s unclear whether that’s out of habit or because they truly believe, but it does make for an interesting juxtaposition between the “Unholy” drama and the gushing speech portion of the evening.
“I’m trying not to be too emotional. I’m trying to just receive this night. I want to thank God for protecting me. Thank you, God,” Beyonce began her speech when she made Grammy history by breaking the record for the most wins ever as she won the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album trophy.
Petras, meanwhile, thanked Madonna and the transgender community.
The German-born singer specifically thanked, “all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open for me so I could be here tonight,” including the late electronic artist/producer SOPHIE. Petras also said, “This is a huge moment for me, Sam. Thank you. You are a true angel and hero in my life, and I love you.”
Petras, who is a male who identifies as transgender and medically transitioned at 16, also mentioned the controversy following the show.
“I think a lot of people, honestly, have kind of labeled what I stand for and what Sam stands for as religiously not cool,” the singer said.
“And I personally grew up wondering about religion and wanting to be a part of it, but then slowly realizing it doesn’t want me to be a part of it,” Petras continued. “So it’s a take on not being able to choose religion and not being able to live the way that people might want you to live, because, you know, as a trans person, I’m kind of already not wanted in religion.”
Daily Wire co-founder and host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1662-getting-satanic-at-the-grammys-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> summed it up well, pointing out how the satanic performance was both intentional trolling and unintentionally accurate.
“The Grammys annual trolling of traditionally moral people continued apace this year with a full-on Satanic performance from two white men, Sam Smith and Kim Petras,” Shapiro <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1622610253442342915" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> after the show. 
“To even note that this happened is to draw fire: “Hey, why are you even noticing? Why do you even care?” This is the Face Tattoo Syndrome™ in action: do something highly provocative, then act shocked and appalled when people are provoked.”
“But there’s something deeper happening here, too. The elite in our society are fully in line with the ideology of Satanic fealty expressed by Smith and Petras,” he went on. “So what’s the story with Satan and the transgressive ideology? For most of religious history, Satan was the great villain, an emblem of rebellion against the Good and the True, a symbol of resistance to the Holy.”
He next described how John Milton made Satan the villain in “Paradise Lost” but the poet Percy Shelley made the opposite interpretation.
“Why did [Shelley] believe this? Because he believed that the essence of ‘love’ is ‘liberty,’ that the goal of life is subjective ‘happiness,’ and that ‘religion and morality, as they now stand, compose a practical code of misery and servitude,’” Shapiro went on.
“This is the message of our modern-day Satanists as well,” he concluded. “Religion and morality are evils. Worship of ‘authenticity,’ particularly in the sexual realm, is the highest possible good. Worship Satan by worshiping yourself.”
Yes, the red cape and devil horns are overkill. They’re meant to inspire big reactions just so mainstream media can laugh at religious zealots for being ridiculous. But ultimately, the type of religion that Hollywood celebrates is Satanism, which worships the self even as they claim to be thanking God.

65th GRAMMY Awards – Show

Thanking God While Heiling Satan: How The Grammy Awards Worshiped On The Altar Of Self-Expression

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Did you see the Devil at The Grammy Awards <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-88-and-the-grammy-goes-to-satan-2">Sunday night</a> — the Devil being Sam Smith?
At least that&#8217;s what he dressed up as for his performance of his hit song, “Unholy.”
Did you catch who sponsored it?
I did not watch it live — I never watch these shows — but if you did, then you were treated to Sam Smith&#8217;s satanic performance of “Unholy” alongside his &#8216;transgender&#8217; musical partner Kim Petras.
The provocative number was clearly meant to rankle conservatives. We know the Left believes, &#8216;Haha, conservatives, Christians, you guys are so dramatic. You keep saying that Hollywood is demonic.&#8217;
‘Well,’ Sam Smith said, ‘Hold my beer — because you&#8217;re going to watch us in latex as we turn the entire room red and dress up like the Devil and Demons.’
Now, as the brief clip below shows, Sam, Petras, and his backup singers were adorned in red, wearing horns like the Devil, and performing a derogatory act.
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The real kicker is that when it came to an end, everybody in the room applauded, and then a booming voice said, “The 65th Grammy Awards Are Sponsored By Pfizer” as the Big Pharma’s company logo displayed across the screen.
That’s not a joke.
I thought it was perhaps the most honest thing that has ever been seen on television. Hollywood applauding and throwing themselves over to the demonic? Supported by Big Pharma? Sounds pretty accurate to me.
You might be wondering what exactly the song “Unholy” is  about. Does it actually glorify sin? Well, yes, it does. 
Here are some of the  lyrics:
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Mummy don&#8217;t know daddy&#8217;s getting hot
At the body shop, doing something unholy
He&#8217;s sat back while she&#8217;s dropping it, she be popping it
Yeah, she put it down slowly
Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, he left his kids at
Ho-ee-oh-ee-ome, so he can get that
Mummy don&#8217;t know daddy&#8217;s getting hot
At the body shop, doing something unholy (woo)
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So “Daddy” is committing infidelity as he leaves his family at home. The entire sorry excuse for entertainment speaks volumes about the state of our culture.
Sam Smith is &#8216;non-binary&#8217; — which means nothing. It just means he&#8217;s an idiot. Not only is he an idiot, but he is going to use his platform and talent to promote absolutely disgusting displays that denigrate the good, the true, and the beautiful. As I have said earlier, Sam Smith has tremendous gifts. There is no need for him to do this sort of stuff for attention.
I’m always torn about whether I should be sad or laugh at this sort of garbage.
What I do know is that it needs to serve as a call for us to insert ourselves into the culture.
Being counterculture has never been more important. Offering a different path forward — one based on faith and God — is essential at this moment.
Interestingly, Sam Smith’s Grammy appearance was so grotesque that it received condemnation from both the Left and the Right. It wasn’t universal criticism, but conservatives weren’t the only ones speaking out about it on social media.
Perhaps it helped really put things in perspective that, yes, America is battling against the Devil right now.
Many on the Left deny that the Devil even exists, let alone can see how their radical gender theory and disregard for sexual morality are works of the Devil. The far Left pushes Satanism. 
But, we all know the Devil is a liar and the Devil works to alter our perceptions of truth and falsehoods. He sets out to deceive us. Yet, even for non-Christians and non-conservatives seeing a &#8216;non-binary&#8217; man paying overt sexual homage in Devil horns while shaking it in leather pants is pretty absurd.
Perhaps people on the far Left saw that and said, “Okay now maybe we&#8217;ve gone a little bit too far.”
So if there&#8217;s any good that will come out of this, maybe it served as the most pointed warning imaginable that things have become really dark in our culture.
You now have to picked a side. You&#8217;re going to have to pick good or evil. You&#8217;re going to have to pick overt Satanism or God. It is up to you.

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The Senate Judiciary Committee warned Ticketmaster that they’ll be watching what happens with ticket sales for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beyoncé</a>’s recently announced Renaissance tour.
The committee&#8217;s Twitter account said, “We’re watching, [Ticketmaster],” in response to a headline announcing the tour. The warning comes on the heels of a highly-publicized disaster with ticket sales for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a>&#8216;s Eras Tour last November.
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We’re watching, <a href="https://twitter.com/Ticketmaster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ticketmaster</a>. <a href="https://t.co/LuWjoXrWX4">https://t.co/LuWjoXrWX4</a>
&mdash; Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryDems/status/1621191756531236866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Multiple senators blasted Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, during a hearing about the ticket sales fiasco. This was all spurred by allegations that Ticketmaster has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ticketmasters-botched-sale-of-taylor-swift-tickets-converted-gen-zers-into-anti-monopolists-ftc-chairman-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">monopolized</a> the industry after merging with Live Nation in 2010.
When fans tried to purchase <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music-industry">tickets</a> for the Eras tour after pre-registering, the entire site crashed, leaving some people waiting in line for hours only to never secure their tickets. Eventually, the general sale was called off because demand was too high to match availability.
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino said they were simply not equipped to handle the demand for Swift concert tickets. 
“We invited a million and a half on that day to come and buy those tickets, but it’s kind of like having a party,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-finally-breaks-silence-after-eras-tour-ticket-fiasco">explained</a>. “Everybody crashed that door at the same time with 3.5 billion requests.”
“We sold 2 million tickets, the most we’ve ever sold in one day in history, and another million tickets of other artists on the same day,” Rapino continued. “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.”
“This whole concert ticket system is a mess — it’s a monopolistic mess,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said during the hearing.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) agreed. “I believe in capitalism, and to have a strong capitalist system, you have to have competition,” she said. “You can’t have too much consolidation – something that unfortunately for this country, as an ode to Taylor Swift, I will say we know ‘All Too Well.’”
Live Nation anticipates that ticket demand for the Renaissance tour will be high, but they’ve put some new systems in place to help avoid what happened before. 
The company wrote in an email to fans this week that the number of pre-sale registrations “already exceed the number of available tickets by more than 800%” in some locations, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/03/senate-warns-ticketmaster-were-watching-beyonce-tour-sales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per</a> The New York Post. 
“It is expected that many interested fans may not be able to get tickets because demand drastically exceeds supply,” the email said. 
Some measures used to facilitate the buying process include staggered sales and Verified Fan technology, which was also used for Swift’s concert tickets. This is done to avoid tickets being resold by third-party sites for inflated prices.

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Senate Warns Ticketmaster ‘We’re Watching’ Beyoncé Ticket Sales Following Taylor Swift Debacle

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Legendary rock star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ozzy-osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a> has announced he’s retiring from touring and will cancel the remainder of his shows.
The 74-year-old former Black Sabbath <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">lead singer</a> was scheduled for multiple upcoming appearances in the U.K. and Europe throughout the remainder of the year. He is currently recovering from spinal surgery.
Osbourne made the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">announcement</a> official on social media, saying he was grateful to fans who have remained dedicated all along. He said his “singing voice is fine,” but he can’t physically commit to traveling and performing.
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&mdash; Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) <a href="https://twitter.com/OzzyOsbourne/status/1620678367812124672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“I am honestly humbled by the way you’ve all patiently held onto your tickets for all this time, but in all good conscience, I have now come to the realization that I’m not physically capable of doing my upcoming European/UK tour dates, as I know I couldn’t deal with the travel required,” the “Crazy Train” rocker wrote.
&#8220;Never would I have imagined my touring days would end this way,&#8221; Osbourne went on. “My team is currently coming up with ideas for where I will be able to perform without having to travel from city to city and country to country.”
The rock star underwent major surgery last summer which involved realigning pins in his neck and back. His wife Sharon Osbourne said the “major operation” would “determine the rest of his life.”
In September, Osbourne discussed how he wasn’t ready to step back and stop touring. “It’s where I belong,” he <a href="https://people.com/music/ozzy-osbourne-determined-to-tour-after-nightmare-health-setbacks/">told</a> People of being on stage. “The relationship I have with my audience is the biggest love affair of my life.”
&#8220;I am determined to get back on stage even if I have to be nailed to a board and wheeled on,&#8221; Osbourne continued. &#8220;Survival is my legacy.&#8221;
The rocker has experienced many challenges throughout his career, including alcohol and substance abuse struggles and multiple hospitalizations. His current physical issues result from a near-fatal ATV accident in 2003. He’s gone through several surgeries since then.
Osbourne has been open about the pain of recovery ever since then, saying he’s experienced &#8220;agony&#8221; following the surgery. 
&#8220;It got so bad that at one point I thought: &#8216;Oh God, please don&#8217;t let me wake up tomorrow morning’&#8221; he <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/28/ozzy-osbourne-i-have-sung-that-song-for-55-years-i-am-not-going-to-forget-the-words">told</a> The Guardian.

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Ozzy Osbourne Announces He’s Done Touring, Cancels All Remaining Shows

Ozzy Osbourne Announces He's Done Touring, Cancels All Remaining Shows

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Priscilla Presley has reportedly contested her late daughter&#8217;s will, filing court documents on Thursday in Los Angeles that challenge the validity of a 2016 amendment removing her and a former business manager as trustees.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/lisa-marie-presley-daughter-of-elvis-presley-dead-at-54/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lisa Marie Presley</a>, Priscilla&#8217;s daughter with her late husband and singer Elvis Presley, had died two weeks earlier after going into cardiac arrest at her home. She was 54 years old.
According to a <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/01/29/priscilla-presley-contests-lisa-marie-presleys-will/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from entertainment site Page Six, Presley, 77, has requested the court determine &#8220;the authenticity and validity&#8221; of the amendment — which removed both Presley and Lisa Marie&#8217;s former business manager Barry Siegel as trustees and replaced them with her two children from her first marriage — Riley and Benjamin Keough. But since Benjamin&#8217;s death by suicide in 2020, it left her daughter Riley as the sole trustee.
According to the court documents Page Six obtained, Siegel and Presley had first been named trustees in 1993, when Lisa Marie had &#8220;executed a revocable living trust, which she amended and completely restated on Jan. 27, 2010.&#8221;
Presley claimed that she had not ever seen the 2016 amendment until after her daughter&#8217;s passing and alleged in the court filing that the signature did not appear valid and may have even included a misspelling of her daughter’s name. It &#8220;appears inconsistent with her usual and customary signature,&#8221; she claimed.
Further <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/30/lisa-marie-presley-life-insurance-policy-death-money-priscilla/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reporting</a> from entertainment site TMZ revealed that Lisa Marie had been several million dollars in debt when she died — allegedly owing more than $2 million to the IRS alone — but she also had some $35 million in life insurance. That money was reported to be left in equal amounts to her children — Riley Keough and 14-year-old twins, Finley and Harper Lockwood.
Because the twins are minors, the money is to remain in trust until they come of age — which is when the conflict between Presley and her granddaughter Riley could potentially arise.

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