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| Drake's 'Iceman' tops U.S. album chart for 2nd week | Rapper Drake's Iceman is the No. 1 album in the United States for a second week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Ella Langley's Dandelion, followed by Noah Kahan's The Great Divide at No. 3, Morgan Wallen's I Am the Problem at No. 4 and Michael Jackson's Thriller at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Jackson's Number Ones at No. 6, Drake's Habibti and Maid of Honor at Nos. 7 and 8, BTS' Arirang at No. 9 and Le Sserafim's Pureflow at No. 10. |
| 'Buffy,' 'Ted Lasso' icon Anthony Stewart Head dies at 72 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Merlin and Ted Lasso icon Anthony Stewart Head has died of pneumonia at the age of 72, his family announced Friday. "it is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father," his daughters Emily and Daisy said in a statement. "He passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family," they added. "It has been, and forever will be, an honor and a privilege to be his daughters, and to have witnessed firsthand the impact both he and his work have had on so many." Sarah Michelle Gellar and James Marsters paid tribute on social media to their former Buffy co-star. The horror-dramedy's family lost another member, Nicholas Brendon, in March. He was 54. |
| Famous birthdays for June 6: Ashley Park, Sandra Bernhard | Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include: -- Painter Diego Velazquez in 1599 -- American patriot Nathan Hale in 1755 -- Painter John Trumbull in 1756 -- Clothier David T. Abercrombie in 1867 -- Writer Thomas Mann in 1875 -- Musician Jimmie Lunceford in 1902 -- Astronaut David Scott in 1932 (age 94) -- Musician Levi Stubbs (Four Tops) in 1936 -- Musician Gary "U.S." Bonds in 1939 (age 87) -- U.S. |
| 'Lioness' Season 3 to premiere on Paramount+ in August | Lioness will return for a third season on Paramount+ in August. The streaming service announced an Aug. 2 premiere date for Season 3 in a press release Friday. Lioness is a spy thriller from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan starring Zoe Saldaa and Nicole Kidman as Joe McNamara and Kaitlyn Meade, a CIA case officer and her supervisor. Other cast members include Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner and LaMonica Garrett. Season 3 will see the Lioness team take on their "most personal assignment yet" as "hidden networks, foreign operatives and personal betrayals collide." "Joe (Saldaa) walks the line between duty and home as unseen forces circle her world. |
| Phoebe Bridgers to kick off 'Lost' tour in September | Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers is going on tour. Bridgers, 31, who performs as a solo artist and as a member of the supergroup Boygenius, announced The Lost Tour, a new tour of North America and Europe, on Friday. The North American leg kicks off Sept. 15 in Indianapolis, Ind., and will include stops in Chicago, Brooklyn, N.Y., Nashville, Atlanta, San Francisco and other cities before wrapping up Oct. 31 in Inglewood, Calif. Musician Alex G will join Bridgers as a special guest. In the caption, Bridgers told fans "no phones" at her concerts. "I'm going on tour no phones," she wrote. Bridgers will begin the U.K. and European leg of the tour Nov. 23 in Dublin, Ireland, and bring the venture to a close Dec. |