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MICHAEL BUBL & WIFE REVEAL BABY GIRL’S NAME: Michael Bubl and his wife Luisana Lopilato has revealed the name of their newborn daughter. The couple, who welcomed their baby girl last week, named the family’s new addition Vida Amber Betty. “The family is back home and are overjoyed with the new addition,” Michael’s rep told People. While Vida means “life” in Spanish, the rep added that the couple chose Amber for Michael’s mother and Betty for Luisana’s mother.
DAN REYNOLDS OF IMAGINE DRAGONS RAISES $1 MILLION WITH LOVELOUD FESTIVAL: Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons announced his LOVELOUD Festival over the weekend was a rousing success. The event, held Saturday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, reached its goal of raising $1 million for LGBTQ+ organizations, including the Trevor Project. Among the artists on the lineup were Imagine Dragons, Zedd, Linkin Park’s Mark Shinoda, Neon Trees’ Tyler Glenn, Grace Vanderwaal and more. Also participating as speakers or performers were Apple CEO Tim Cook, Jussie Smollet, Julianne Hough, Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara and Mary Lambert. This was the second year Reynolds hosted the LOVELOUD Festival, to support LGBTQ+ youth and encourage acceptance. The festival, and Reynolds’ mission, were documented in the film Believer, which premiered on HBO in June.
ZENDAYA’S HBO SERIES ‘EUPHORIA’ GETS PICKED UP, DRAKE EXECUTIVE PRODUCE: Zendaya will be headed back to television in the upcoming HBO show Euphoria, which has been ordered to series. The 21-year-old will be starring in the teen drama following a “group of high school students as they navigate drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Among the supporting stars in the cast are Eric Dane, A Wrinkle in Time’s Storm Reid, The Kissing Booth’s Jacob Elordi, The Handmaid’s Tale’s Sydney Sweeney, and Other People’s Maude Apatow. The series will feature 10 episodes. Drake has joined the series as an executive producer. No word yet on when Euphoria will debut.
CODY SIMPSON SNAPS UNDERWEAR SELFIE FOR NEW SINGLE: Cody Simpson puts his body on display in a new selfie that he snapped while just wearing a pair of tighty whities. The 21-year-old singer leaves little to the imagination in the bathroom selfie, which he captioned, “been swimming type ha.” Cody has been hard at work on new music and he’ll be dropping his new song “Underwater” this Friday. “underwea-UNDERWATER i mean,” Cody joked after posting the selfie of himself in his underwear.
