TikTok to host New Year’s Eve party
TikTok will host a livestreamed New Year’s Eve party featuring performances from Charlie Puth, Kali Uchis and Rico Nasty as many people are planning stay-at-home celebrations amid the latest COVID-19 surge. The hour-and-15-minute event will go live at 9 p.m. Eastern time Friday.
The concert will feature performances from three music artists who made their mark on TikTok this year. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Puth was one of the mostviewed artists on TikTok in 2021, Uchis’ song “Telepatia” was the top Latin song of the year on TikTok, and rapper Rico Nasty is a prolific creator on the app with 1.8 million TikTok followers.
Along with the artist performances, TikTok’s New Year’s Eve live event will feature appearances from popular creators.
Author Brown settles lawsuit:
“The Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown and his ex-wife have agreed to settle a lawsuit in which she alleged he led a secret life during their marriage that included several affairs.
The couple agreed to voluntary dismiss the lawsuit and “any and all claims and counterclaims in this matter,” according to court papers filed Monday in a New Hampshire court.
“Blythe Brown and Dan Brown have reached an amicable resolution of their disagreements, and will have no further comment,” Blythe Brown’s attorney Harvey Wolkoff said in a statement.
No further details on the settlement were provided.
In her lawsuit filed last year, Blythe Brown called her ex-husband’s behavior “unlawful and egregious” and accused the bestselling
author of secretly diverting funds to pay for gifts to an unnamed horse trainer.
At the time of the lawsuit, Dan Brown said he was “stunned” by the allegations and called the complaint “written without regard for the truth.” He said he never misled his ex-wife on their finances during their divorce and that she ended up with half their holdings after they split up.
The couple divorced in 2019 after 21 years of marriage.
Rodrigo, BTS among most streamed acts:
Olivia Rodrigo, the pop music upstart with seven Grammy nominations, is one of the most streamed music acts across all forms of music in 2021.
According to the Digital Media Association — which compiles data from Amazon, Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify and YouTube Music — Rodrigo
is the top of the pops, followed by K-pop supergroup BTS and Doja Cat.
The singer, 18, ranked as No. 1 among Spotify’s top songs list with her “drivers license,” which was also No. 2 on Apple Music and No. 5 on Amazon Music. Spotify also identified Rodrigo’s “Sour” as the most streamed album.
BTS landed in the top spot on Apple Music’s top songs list. On Spotify, the South Korean teen heartthrobs were No. 3 among the leading streaming platform’s top artists.
Dec. 29 birthdays: Actor Jon Voight is 83. Singer Marianne Faithfull is 75. Actor Ted Danson is 74. Actor Patricia Clarkson is 62. Journalist Ashleigh Banfield is 54. Director Lilly Wachowski is 54. Actor Jude Law is 49. Actor Mekhi Phifer is 47. Actor Katherine Moennig is 44. Actor Alison Brie is 39. Actor Jane Levy is 32.