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The legendary annual show has been marking the end of the year from New York's Times Square for decades, and 2018 is no exception. Mariah Carey will return to make amends for her ill-fated performance on last year's show. Camila Cabello, Sugarland and Nick Jonas are also slated for the Times Square broadcast, co-hosted by Jenny McCarthy. Britney Spears will beam in a performance from her residency in Las Vegas.

The Dick Clark show will celebrate the new year across America's time zones, heading down to New Orleans with Imagine Dragons, Walk the Moon and Lucy Hale to see 2018 kick off in the Central Time Zone.

"They took me off. And put 21 on," T-Pain said on Twitter, referring to 21 Savage, featured on the released version. "Me and Joey had it first," he added, in regards to Joey Bada$$.

Gucci Mane hopped on Twitter on Thursday (Dec. 28) to announce the new effort, which will be entitled "The Evil Genius," the post also showed him posing next to a large semi-truck.

"In with this bathing suit�," Lovato posted on Instagram next to the photo of the singer wearing a black and white one-piece with red accents and a plunging neckline. See the image below.

'sorry, i just made the terrible mistake of listening to a chainsmokers song. at least the first 6 seconds of it," the contentious EDM artist tweeted. "i was trying to do something."

And he didn't leave it at that. Deadmau5 tagged the 'Smokers in his next tweet to make sure they didn't miss his vitriol, 'I ALSO NEED TO LEARN HOW TO UNROLL A SUIT@thechainsmokers i used to just say you were s- for fun. now im 100% convinced you're s-."

The DJ continued to spread the hate, slamming everyone in the Top 40. Engaging with one of his almost four million Twitter followers, Deadmau5 explained that he disliked everything he heard.

The larger legal battle between Dr. Luke and Kesha will continue in New York. The full statement from Dr. Luke's representative reads "Dr. Luke vigorously disputes and denies that he ever raped Kesha Sebert, and he is asserting claims of defamation in a New York court against Kesha Sebert for making statements to the contrary, which statements Dr. Luke adamantly maintains are false.

"We were outside Telluride at the bluegrass festival (which Bentley performed at) and we were renting a house there with a bunch of people," Bentley explained.

"There's a loft above the bunkbeds, about 12-13 feet; he thought his grandfather was going to catch him, but there was an obvious miscommunication there."

His temperature spiked when the subject turned to biopic, or as the Academy Award-nominated director deemed it, "the debacle." "Are you displeased because of the final product, or that you didn't get to do it?" asked Big Tigger, on The Ryan Cameron Morning Show with Wanda Smith.

"A little bit of both," replied Singleton, who was once part of the project that was released last week under the direction of lauded music video lensman, Benny Boom.

While it wasn't the right time for Twain to begin working as she didn't have any songs ready, she was hesitant to take Prince up on his offer due to his "no swearing in the studio" policy.

A native of Ontario, Canada, Twain told Shelly Easton of 92.5 XTU swearing was the norm for her. 'When I'm working with music and I'm relaxed, I swear," Twain said.

The five-time Grammy Award winner admitted she questioned how she was going to be creative without swearing, something she has a pretty good control over since the birth of her son. "I said oh no, how am I ever going to be creative if I couldn't swear?"

The comment came during a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight Canada ."I suppose right now it would be a bit weird," he added, "but I never rule anything out, to be honest."

The "Slow Hands" singer left the group last year to pursue his own solo career. While Horan and other One Directioners might not want to collaborate with each other anytime soon, he said he is open to working with other artists on his album.

When asked if he'd be defending his longtime pal, Swift, Sheeran said there's no need. 'I don't think she needs that at all," he told People. "There's always been beef songs. It's mainly been like Carly Simon."

The three brothers have continued to tour, make music and give interviews--including one with Australia's Triple J radio in which they call Justin Bieber "chlamydia of the ear."

A host played a snippet of Bieber's hit "Despacito" for the trio and their reviews weren't kind. "I prefer not to get any venereal diseases so whenever Justin Bieber gets near me or near my ears'" said one brother.

The revelations came over last weekend during a four-day-long reality show-style live stream, promote her new album Witness. Not all of the event was confessional and revelatory. The live stream also depicted Perry practicing yoga, meeting guests like celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and sleeping after a long, draining day.

During one scene in the video, Gomez is dancing by herself in her bedroom. On the wall behind Gomez, fans have spotted two posters that feature women who eerily resemble Swift.

"As for replacing, what people know The Black Eyed Peas to be, nobody is replacing Fergie," will.i.am reportedly told the magazine. "She's working on her solo project at the moment."

Now, the band is refuting these claims on social media. In a series of two tweets, will.i.am wrote, "Lies�@Fergie is focusing on #DoubleDutchess & @BEP is doing #MastersOfTheSun�That doesn't mean @fergie is out of the group #BEP4ever �People will report whatever they want to report regardless of the sources� It's a crazy world�"

U.S. District Court judge William H. Pauley III determined that the usage of the clip was covered under fair use, reports Pitchfork. The line for Smith's song goes, 'Jazz is the only real music that's gonna last. All that other bull-- is here today and gone tomorrow. But jazz was, is and always will be."

The Drake version cut down the words to include, 'Only real music's gonna last. All that other bull-- is here today and gone tomorrow." Judge Pauley explained that Smith's phrase 'is an unequivocal statement on the primacy of jazz over all other forms of popular music," while Drake's edit turns it into 'a statement that 'real music,' with no qualifiers, is 'the only thing that's gonna last.'"

The 'Malibu" singer posted a shot of herself in a classic red bikini and her two pups having a picnic. "Summmmmer is heeeeerrrre! Bring on Z fruit , sunshine (always spf) , & goooood times!," she wrote.

At the premiere of HBO's The Defiant Ones, which chronicles the relationship between Dre and producer Jimmy Iovine, Xzibit sent a clear message to the legendary MC's haters.

"These people dissing Dr. Dre, they need to get off their cell phones for about a week and come back to reality," said Xzibit. "They have no idea. Do what he did and then talk to me."

Footage of the standoff hit Twitter and shows two figures in a tense exchange. Witnesses told TMZ that Brown pushed Migos' Quavo but the confrontation was quickly defused.

The report notes that police were called to the scene but by then, the fight had fizzled. Migos and Joe Budden had a verbal dispute of their own during the BET Awards pre-show--a night of squabbles for hip-hop's rising stars.

She also had a powerful message to deliver to the entire audience. She stressed the importance of helping victims from the Grenfell Tower fire and asked fans to donate money. The June 14 Grenfell Tower fire in West London killed 80 people, reports BBC News.

The pricey shirts co-opted classic shirts from artists like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, late rap star Notorious B.I.G. and more and were being sold for $125 each, according to Radio.com.

The sisters pulled the shirts, after the met with backlash from the likes of Sharon Osbourne who tweeted "Girls, you haven't earner the right to put your face with musical icons. Stick to what you know... lip gloss," along with a photo of a shirt superimposing one of the sister's faces over Ozzy's.

Kendall took to social media to apology soon after the line was pulled from their online store. She wrote "These designs were not well thought out and we deeply apologize to anyone that has been upset and/or offended, especially to the families of the artists.