Lady Gaga Visits Wildfire Evacuees At Shelter
Lady Gaga was one of many celebrities forced to evacuate their homes due to the California wildfires, and she’s doing what she can to bring a smile to the faces of others who had to leave everything and move to safety.
The singer stopped by a Red Cross shelter at Pacific Palisades High School on Sunday, and spoke to folks there, telling them, “I extend my love ... I know we do not know each other, but I love you. This is an emergency, but you are not alone."
She spent about 90 minutes at the shelter giving out gift cards and even singing. She also advised people to talk to mental health counselors at the shelter, noting, “share your stories and talk to each other during this time,” adding, "Let's keep the faith, together."
Ariana Grande Has Her First Hot 100 Number One
Ariana Grande has her first-ever Hot 100 number one. The singer’s latest track, “Thank U, Next,” debuts on top the “Billboard” Hot 100 singles chart this week.
In its first week in release, the song had 55.5 million U.S. streams and 81,000 downloads, which also puts it on top the Streaming Songs chart and the Digital Songs Sales chart. “Thank U, Next” is also the 32nd track to debut at number one, and the first track by a women to debut on top since Adele did it with “Hello” back in 2015.
Elsewhere on the chart, Maroon 5’s former number one, “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, drops to two, followed by Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” at three, Marshmello and Bastille’s “Happier” is at four and Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” is at five. Rounding out the Top Ten are: Halsey’s “Without Me” at six, Post Malone’s “Better Now” at seven, Kodak Black's "ZEZE," featuring Scott and Offset, at eight, SheckWes' "Mo Bamba" at nine and Lil Baby and Gunna's "Drip Too Hard" at ten.
John Mayer Reflects On Two-Years Of Sobriety
John Mayer is celebrating two years sober and reveals that he decided to get clean after making “a fool” of himself at Drake’s 30th birthday party, which resulted in a six-day hangover.
"That's how big the hangover was,” he tells “Complex” magazine. “I looked out the window and I went, ‘OK, John, what percentage of your potential would you like to have? Because if you say you’d like 60, and you’d like to spend the other 40 having fun, that’s fine." He adds, “But what percentage of what is available to you would you like to make happen? There’s no wrong answer. What is it?’ I went, ‘100.’”
As for advice for other people, John notes that getting sober is “the most personal thing to people.” He adds, “Try talking to someone else about drinking. Try talking to someone else about how you haven’t had a drink in two years and watch what happens to them,” noting, “It is just so particular to your own spirit and psychology that it's almost impossible to develop one way of explaining it to someone else.”
Music Quickie
Julia Michaels to open for Pink: Pink is set to kick off the 2019 leg of her “Beautiful Trauma” tour in March, and she just announced that Julia Michaels will be coming along with her as her opening act. The trek kicks off March 1st in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and wraps with two nights at Madison Square Garden, May 21st and 22nd.