Sideshow: Adele refuses to get political
Adele: Back off, candidates! It doesn't matter if you're conservative or liberal. As far as Adele is concerned, neither side in the American presidential race has a right to use her music.
Adele: Back off, candidates!
It doesn't matter if you're conservative or liberal. As far as Adele is concerned, neither side in the American presidential race has a right to use her music.
"Adele has not given permission for her music to be used for any political campaigning," the mega-selling singer's rep, Benny Tarantini, said Monday in a statement.
The British warbler was reportedly miffed that GOP front-runner Donald Trump had used snippets from "Rolling in the Deep" and "Skyfall" at recent rallies.
Trump's not the only guilty party: Adele's "Hello" has been used separately by Mike Huckabee and Gov. Christie.
Mariah kids and remarriage
Mariah Carey is grappling with a question familiar to many single moms: How to tell her kids, 4-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan, she's about to marry again? The singer last month became engaged to James Packer.
"I haven't talked to them about it completely because they are so young so they don't really understand things yet," Carey tells E! News.
"So [I] have to go slowly and explain things and always make sure they know that this is only going to be good for them."
This will be Carey's third marriage. She had the twins with second hub Nick Cannon.
'Grease' is a big hit
Fox's first foray into the live musical genre has paid off: Sunday's three-hour Grease: Live! starring Julianne Hough and Aaron Tveit, drew 12.2 mil viewers, according to Nielsen, beating out last year's The Wiz: Live! on NBC, which got 11.5 mil viewers. But it doesn't hold a candle to NBC's The Sound of Music Live, which started the trend in 2013. It drew 18.3 mil viewers.
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