Party on! Why classic college drinks like Jell-O shots are making comebacks as high-end cocktails

Party on! Why classic college drinks like Jell-O shots are making comebacks as high-end cocktails

Once a staple of house parties and college gatherings, Jello-O shots are making a comeback — and not just at home. A neon-colored party gimmick of days gone by is now being reimagined with craft spirits and layered flavors at bars across America. This isn’t the first time the gelatin-based drink has surged in popularity: Jell-O shots drew national … Read more

The sound of silence: Paul Simon soaks in the ‘Quiet’ on comeback tour at sold-out NYC show

The sound of silence: Paul Simon soaks in the ‘Quiet’ on comeback tour at sold-out NYC show

Only Paul Simon could command the sound of silence like this. In the opening act of the first of five sold-out shows of his comeback tour at NYC’s Beacon Theatre, the music legend played the entirety of “Seven Psalms,” his 2023 album that was conceived to be listened to in its entirety as a seven-part … Read more

Mariah Carey is back to heat up summer with a new bop — 20 years after ‘We Belong Together’

Mariah Carey is back to heat up summer with a new bop — 20 years after ‘We Belong Together’

For years, Mariah Carey has reigned as the Queen of Christmas. With that unsnatchable crown, the 56-year-old diva has seemed perfectly content to chill until defrosting herself right after Halloween to rule the holiday season with “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” But now MC is heating up a different season — summer — … Read more

Jessica Simpson performs first show in 15 years after Eric Johnson split: ‘You write some good music when you go through heartbreak’

Jessica Simpson performs first show in 15 years after Eric Johnson split: ‘You write some good music when you go through heartbreak’

Jessica Simpson is getting her groove back after her split from estranged husband Eric Johnson. The 43-year-old pop star behind hits such as “I Wanna Love You Forever,” “I Think I Love You” and “With You” performed her first show in 15 years at the Recording Academy’s Block Party at South by Southwest in Austin, … Read more

Armie Hammer says women were ‘my bags of dope with skin on it’ before cannibal scandal: ‘Gave me a sense of power’

Armie Hammer says women were ‘my bags of dope with skin on it’ before cannibal scandal: ‘Gave me a sense of power’

Armie Hammer is opening up about his past actions. The actor, 38, who was shunned by Hollywood after being accused of rape by one woman and sharing violent, cannibalistic fantasies with other women, has previously admitted to infidelity. Hammer confessed to cheating on his now ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers, 42, but denied the accusations against him. … Read more

Justin Timberlake gets his groove back — and reunites with *NSYNC — on comeback album

Justin Timberlake gets his groove back — and  reunites with *NSYNC — on comeback album

It’s been six long years since Justin Timberlake’s last studio album, 2018’s “Man of the Woods,” on which the pop superstar got his Americana on. But many of the fans who had rocked their bodies to his previous hit LPs — from 2002’s “Justified” to 2006’s “FutureSex/LoveSounds” to 2013’s “The 20/20 Experience” — weren’t feeling … Read more

This is … a flop: Jennifer Lopez’s comeback album crashes in chart debut

This is … a flop: Jennifer Lopez’s comeback album crashes in chart debut

There’s a point in Jennifer Lopez’s new documentary “The Greatest Love Story Never Told” when the Bronx-born diva questions just how much the public might care about her — and her much-hyped comeback album “This Is Me… Now” — in today’s pop landscape. After all, it has been 10 years since Lopez’s last studio LP, … Read more

Justin Timberlake’s new single ‘Drown’ is a failed rescue attempt

Justin Timberlake’s new single ‘Drown’ is a failed rescue attempt

It’s never a good sign when a pop superstar like Justin Timberlake moves on from the first single to the second one within less than a month. Especially when you’re launching a critical comeback attempt like “Everything I Thought It Was” — his first album since 2018’s “Man of the Woods” — which arrives on March … Read more

Usher on his upcoming tour: ‘I’m in your face! You have to put your phone down!’

Usher on his upcoming tour: ‘I’m in your face! You have to put your phone down!’

They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. But apparently that doesn’t apply to Usher’s sold-out “My Way” residency, which led to him scoring the biggest gig in music — the headlining spot at the Super Bowl halftime show — at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas last Sunday. After his epic halftime show — … Read more

For the longest time: Billy Joel has a senior moment with first single in 17 years, ‘Turn The Lights Back On’

For the longest time: Billy Joel  has a senior moment with first single in 17 years, ‘Turn The Lights Back On’

“Did I wait too long to turn the lights back on?” So wonders Billy Joel — a legend for all lifetimes — on “Turn the Lights Back On,” his return from his self-imposed songwriting retirement that arrived Thursday morning, 50 years after his “Piano Man” breakthrough in November 1973. And man, he can still sing … Read more

He’s bringing sensitive back: Justin Timberlake makes a smooth comeback with new single ‘Selfish’

He’s bringing sensitive back: Justin Timberlake makes a smooth comeback with new single ‘Selfish’

He’s bringing sensitive back. Justin Timberlake’s highly anticipated comeback single, “Selfish” — which dropped Thursday morning — finds the pop superstar getting in his falsetto feels over a smooth midtempo groove. “So if I get jealous, I can’t help it/I want every bit of you, I guess I’m selfish,” he sweetly croons in the chorus … Read more

40 years of Madonna in 20 songs: Our set list wish list for her concert comeback

40 years of Madonna in 20 songs: Our set list wish list for her concert comeback

From “Like a Virgin” to “Like a Prayer,” here are 20 tunes that we hope Madonna gives a twirl when her Celebration Tour opens at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday. Source link #years #Madonna #songs #set #list #list #concert #comeback

Elvis Presley nearly lost his crown — here’s how ‘The King’ got it back

Elvis Presley nearly lost his crown — here’s how ‘The King’ got it back

On Dec. 3, 1968, Elvis Presley emerged from eight years of shallow Hollywood mediocrity to reclaim his crown as the unmistakable King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. An hourlong NBC special, “Elvis,” taped the previous June in Burbank, featured a slim, black-leather-clad Presley, 33, in a pared-down, informal, acoustic concert before a small studio audience. It … Read more

Miley Cyrus is back to Disney — here’s how she was saved from child-star curse

Miley Cyrus is back to Disney — here’s how she was saved from child-star curse

On her unshakable smash “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus rises triumphantly from the ashes of her very public — and very nasty — breakup with “The Hunger Games” actor Liam Hemsworth after just eight months of marriage in 2019. With the viral TikTok bop spending six weeks at No. 1 since it was released on Jan. 13 … Read more

Brendan Fraser reveals he almost died shooting ‘The Mummy’: ‘I was choked’

Brendan Fraser reveals he almost died shooting ‘The Mummy’: ‘I was choked’

Having just won for best lead actor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday, Oscar hopeful Brendan Fraser may be living his best life right now. But the 54-year-old star of “The Whale” almost didn’t survive filming his 1999 hit “The Mummy.” In fact, on Tuesday’s episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” Fraser revealed that … Read more

Dear Abby: Snappy comebacks to being asked how old you are — ‘Age is just a number, mine’s unlisted’

Dear Abby: Snappy comebacks to being asked how old you are —  ‘Age is just a number, mine’s unlisted’

DEAR ABBY: In response to “Ageless Lady in Washington” (Oct. 8), who sought a retort to people who ask her age, I had an aunt who refused to divulge her age. She would say to anyone inquiring, “I’ll excuse you for asking, if you’ll excuse me for not answering.” — JANE M. IN FLORIDA DEAR … Read more