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Like his friend Ed Sheeran, Lewis Capaldi is a big Lego lover, so he was in his element on Tuesday when he visited a Lego "Chalet of Play" pop-up event in London — and was presented with a massive Lego statue of himself.

The statue, which took 207 hours to create, was made of 41,000 Lego bricks. Lewis posted a video of himself unwrapping the statue on his Instagram Story. In a separate video, Lewis reminisced about building Legos with his brother and also showed off a mini-figure of himself. 

Lewis, who's struggled with his mental health, said in a statement, "Having LEGO around helps take my mind off stuff, I'm so focused on putting it all together that I’m able to put other stuff that’s going on to the back of my mind. There’s also a nice nostalgia tied into it, it’s a lovely feeling.”

During his visit Lewis also received a replica of his new EP, Survive, completely made of Legos. 

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ABC's Dancing with the Stars has often cast beloved Gen X and millennial celebrities, but there's one who you aren't ever going to see compete for that Mirror Ball trophy.

While answering fan mail for InStyle with his brothers, Kevin Jonas read one that urged him to appear on the show, prompting brother Nick Jonas to reveal, "They've asked you pretty much every season, for the last 20 years, is that the deal?"

Kevin replied, "For a long time." He added, "I have said no. It's not just for me."

"Can't afford him," Joe Jonas joked.

"I will say, we watch the show. It's very fun," Kevin said. "I feel like it's really back. Like Dancing with the Stars is fully back."

Nick added that he's "pulling for Mr. Irwin" — that would be Robert Irwin, son of the late Steve Irwin, who's on the show this season, while Kevin also gave props to contestant Dylan Efron.

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Sabrina Carpenter has received six Grammy nominations for her album Man's Best Friend, but it turns out her non-musical activities also bring her awards love.

Sabrina's been honored at the fifth annual Anthem Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. The Anthem Awards, an offshoot of the Webby Awards, celebrate social impact. 

Sabrina got a Gold award by partnering with PLUS1, a nonprofit that helps artists support various causes, to launch the Sabrina Carpenter Fund. Through that fund, she then turned her Short n' Sweet tour into a "vehicle for impact," according to the Anthem Awards. She used one dollar from each ticket sold, plus money from her brand collaborations, to raise funds for LGBTQ+ rights, mental health and animal welfare.

In less than a year the Sabrina Carpenter Fund raised $1 million, making it PLUS1's fastest-growing fund.

The Anthem Award winners are selected from over 2,000 submissions in 42 countries.

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If you feel like Taylor Swift is your friend despite the fact that you've never met her, then the Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year is for you.

The word is "parasocial" and, according to the dictionary's publisher Cambridge University Press & Assessment, refers to "a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc. or an artificial intelligence."

A press release explains that "millions of fans related to Taylor Swift’s confessional lyrics about dating, heartbreak and desire," so when Taylor and Travis Kelce announced their engagement, many fans celebrated the news as though it came from their best friends.

The Taylor/Travis moment helped drive spikes in lookups for "parasocial" on the Cambridge Dictionary website, which led to it being crowned word of the year. 

But the dictionary also notes that millions of people have formed parasocial relationships with other singers or celebrities, podcast hosts and even ChatGPT.

Colin McIntosh, of the Cambridge Dictionary, said, "Parasocial captures the 2025 zeitgeist. It's a great example of how language changes. What was once a specialist academic term has become mainstream."

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Teddy Swims is throwing his 12th annual hometown benefit in Atlanta in December — and if you happen to be a musician from that city, you could share the stage with him.

The benefit is called The Nightmare Before Kegsmas and takes place Dec. 11 at Atlanta's Coca-Cola Roxy. Teddy is headlining, and all proceeds will go to support the Atlanta Community Food Bank. 

"We have always kept this event local to Atlanta from local Atlanta artists and bands," Teddy writes on Instagram. "We are doing something a bit different this time around and looking for some new local talent to come and open up the evening!"

"Submit yourself and/or band now! We will choose one band/artist to perform the show with us!" he writes. "Can’t wait to hear all the amazing talent coming out of our beautiful city!"

"We're gonna have a helluva night," Teddy promises in an Instagram video.

You have until Nov. 26 to submit your music at the link in Teddy's Instagram bio.

Meanwhile, if you want to buy tickets for the event, a presale starts Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET; the general sale starts Friday at 9 a.m. ET.

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Variety has already announced that Sabrina Carpenter will receive its Hitmaker of the Year Award during its annual Hitmakers celebration. Now some other chart-topping stars have been announced as honorees at the event.

Tate McRae has been named Powerhouse of the Year; EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, the singing voices of "Golden" group HUNTR/X, have been named KPop Demon Hitmakers of the Year. Alex Warren will receive the Breakthrough of the Year award. The Marías are the Anti-Hit Hitmakers of the Year, whatever that means. Jack Antonoff, Mustard and Sounwave will be honored as Producers of the Year.

The honorees will receive their awards at a brunch on Dec. 6 in LA. Other stars will be announced in the coming weeks.

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It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but some people have been bumping Christmas music since Halloween. Pentatonix have been out on their Christmas In the City tour since Nov. 8 so, as the Christmas experts, what do they think is the best time to start listening to holiday tunes?

"You can start in the 'ber,' months," the groups Kirsten Maldonado tells ABC Audio. That's September, October, November and December.

"A long time ago, I would have said, don't do it before Halloween, because Halloween was like my favorite holiday," she says. "But now Christmas is so year 'round that ... the 'ber' months feel appropriate."

The Christmas In the City tour features nearly 30 songs, including much of their new Christmas In the City album. "It's the longest show we've done. And it's hard because we're singing the entire time!" says Kirstin. 

It was also hard figuring out the perfect mix of old songs and new material.

"I think we balanced it by bringing back some of our super classics -- like, we brought back 'Little Drummer Boy,' we, of course, are keeping 'Mary Did You Know?' 'Hallelujah' ... So we try to pull from, like, 'old old' so people would be happy, and then grab all the 'new new.'"

The group's also grateful that all their members are at full strength. If he hadn't gotten eliminated in October, Scott Hoying would have simultaneously been doing the tour and competing on Dancing with the Stars, which Kirstin says "would've been a lot."

"We were very excited for him and wanted him to be able to continue," Kirsten says, noting that they changed their schedule to accommodate him. "But he would have very stressed, because I don't know how he was even doing it with rehearsals .... he would've had to be drinking a lot of energy drinks and coffee!" 

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When you were writing letters to Santa, Olivia Rodrigo was writing Christmas songs. The singer has released the first holiday song she ever wrote, at the ripe old age of 5. The song, called “The Bels,” is up on TikTok now.

And speaking of Christmas, Mariah Carey’s sophomore holiday album, 2010’s Merry Christmas II You, is now available on a special vinyl to celebrate its 15th anniversary. The vinyl, available exclusively at Amazon, features “When Christmas Comes,” “All I Want For Christmas Is You (Extra Festive)" and “Oh Santa!"

Just in time for holiday shopping,Taylor Swift has released a comfy, cozy TS Collection featuring sweats, PJs, slippers and more. All the items are in peachy orange tones to match herThe Life of a Showgirl aesthetic.

Tate McRae has revealed the track list for her SO CLOSE TO WHAT??? (deluxe) album, coming out Friday. The additional tracks include the previously released “Tit for Tat,” as well as “Trying on Shoes,” “Anything but Love,” “Nobody’s Girl” and “Horseshoe.”

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Charli XCX has released the music video for “Chains of Love,” a song from the upcoming Wuthering Heights movie.

The visual features Charli dressed in all white as she spins and tumbles across a long white banquet table. Things get progressively more turbulent as wind blows, the table lifts off the ground, chairs slide across the floor and glass breaks.

“Chains of Love” is featured in the official Wuthering Heights trailer. Charli created an entire album of songs for the film, which is available for preorder now and comes out Feb. 13, 2026, the same day the movie is released in theaters.

Charli previously released the song “House” off the album, featuring The Velvet Underground’s John Cale.

Wuthering Heights, based on Emily Brontë’s classic novel, is directed by Emerald Fennell and stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

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Jewel isn’t just a music artist, she’s a visual artist as well.

The singer-songwriter is set to debut an art exhibition at the Salone Verde in Venice, Italy, called Matriclysm: An Archeology of Connections Lost.

The exhibition, Jewel’s largest to date, will feature paintings, sculpture, tapestry, original music and voicework exploring themes of “motherhood, feminine power and the consequences of its loss.”

“At first glance, this exhibition centers on issues of femininity, power, and ecological consciousness, but at its core it is about memory, both profoundly personal and alarmingly global,” Jewel says in a statement. “If something of a cautionary tale, my hope is that the show reminds us what it feels like to be in closer harmony, inviting us to unearth ways to reconnect us to ourselves, each other, and the world around us.”

The exhibition will be on display from May 10, 2026, to Nov. 22, 2026.

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