Mientras muchas figuras de Hollywood optan por la cautela, Javier Bardem no duda en ser directo cuando se le consulta sobre temas políticos o culturales. En el pasado salió en defensa de Woody Allen y, durante la más reciente ceremonia de los Premios Óscar, lanzó un contundente ‘¡Palestina libre!’ antes de presentar el galardón a mejor película internacional.
Ahora, desde el Festival de Cannes 2026, donde presenta The Beloved, el actor español volvió a posicionarse sobre Gaza y sobre el miedo que, durante meses, ha rodeado a actores, directores y músicos que han hablado públicamente en favor de Palestina.
‘El miedo existe, claro’, dijo este sábado durante una conferencia en Cannes, según reportó Variety. ‘Pero uno tiene que hacer las cosas incluso si siente un poco de temor. Hay que ser capaz de mirarse al espejo y mirarse a los ojos, y ese fue mi caso’.
Lejos de mostrarse cauteloso, Bardem aseguró que percibe un cambio dentro de la industria cinematográfica y que Hollywood ya no responde igual frente a quienes se posicionan políticamente sobre Gaza.
‘Creo que quienes elaboran esas supuestas “listas negras” quedarán expuestos, y serán ellos quienes sufran las consecuencias a nivel público y social. Esto representa un cambio trascendental. Todos están empezando a darse cuenta de que esto es inaceptable’, afirmó.
Las declaraciones llegan apenas meses después de que Susan Sarandon asegurara haber sido marginada profesionalmente tras pedir un alto al fuego en Gaza en 2023, año en el que varias figuras de Hollywood denunciaron presiones, cancelaciones y silencios corporativos alrededor del tema palestino.
Bardem, sin embargo, sostuvo que su experiencia ha sido distinta. Según explicó, después de pronunciarse públicamente sobre Gaza ha seguido recibiendo ofertas de trabajo desde Estados Unidos, Europa y Sudamérica.
Para el actor, buena parte de esa transformación proviene de una generación más joven que consume el conflicto en tiempo real desde redes sociales y teléfonos móviles, lejos del filtro tradicional de los estudios y los grandes medios. ‘La generación joven está mucho más consciente de las cosas que vivimos directamente desde nuestras pantallas’, expresó.
Más adelante, durante la conferencia, Bardem también fue consultado sobre la democracia y aprovechó para criticar la concentración mediática tras la fusión entre Paramount Global y Warner Bros. Discovery.
‘Creo que existe un monopolio cada vez mayor en el mundo de la información. Ese es uno de los problemas que vemos, por ejemplo, con Paramount y Warner Bros. y su fusión’, afirmó. ‘En términos de información, ¿quién va a controlar realmente todo esto? ¿Lo que escuchamos? ¿Lo que vemos?’.
Asimismo, aseguró que el genocidio que se está cometiendo en Gaza es un ‘hecho’. ‘Puedes combatirlo, puedes intentar justificarlo o explicarlo. Eso es un hecho. Puedes estar en contra de ello o puedes justificarlo’, dijo Bardem. ‘Si lo justificas con tu silencio o con tu apoyo, eres pro genocidio. Para mí, esos son hechos’.
“Pero pueden afrontarlo con diferentes declaraciones. Mi declaración es que éste es el poder que ustedes me dieron. No tengo otro poder, ni más poder que ustedes, que éste, y lo uso de la mejor manera que sé.”
‘Este [el poder dar declaraciones] es el poder que ustedes me dieron. No tengo otro poder más que este, y lo uso de la mejor manera que sé’.
Finalmente, arremetió contra líderes mundiales como Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin y Benjamin Netanyahu, a quienes señaló como ejemplos de una conducta marcada por la masculinidad tóxica.
‘Y ese problema también incluye al señor Trump, al señor Putin y al señor Netanyahu, esos hombres de “grandes pelotas” diciendo: “Mi polla es más grande que la tuya y voy a bombardearte hasta la mierda”’, declaró. ‘Es un puto comportamiento masculino tóxico… así que sí, tenemos que hablar de ello. Y estamos hablando de ello porque, afortunadamente, somos más conscientes de ello’.
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We’re gonna miss him when he’s gone. Well, except for one particular perennially online resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., anyway.
After 11 years and nearly 1,800 episodes, Stephen Colbert is winding down his run on The Late Show on May 21. The CBS late-night show has been a frequent target of ire for President Trump over his two terms in office, with Colbert relentlessly skewering the man he’s dubbed “Tangerine Palpatine” and Mar-a-Lardo” in his nightly monologues.
And while Trump and the FCC have not threatened Colbert in the same way they’ve attacked fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, in July 2025, CBS confirmed it was ending the franchise Colbert took over from David Letterman — who ended his run on May 20, 2015 — due to what it claimed were “financial constraints” and declining ad revenue.
Colbert has had plenty to say about why he thinks the beloved show is really ending, hardly holding his fire about his contempt and distaste for the Trump administration’s actions to restrain criticism of his administration, in much the same way he held previous presidents’ feet to the fire. OK, maybe a bit more, but can you blame him?
One of the things fans will miss the most is Colbert’s thoughtful, engaged interviews with his guests, from his deep geek-out sessions with most frequent guest astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, to last August’s toe-to-toe with Josh Brolin during an impromptu back-and-forth recitation from act 3 of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
We’ll also miss his team’s razor-sharp song parodies of the day’s headlines, short, pithy bits that often opened the show, setting the stage for finely tuned monologues filled with cutting wit and comedic bull’s-eyes of contempt. And while we’re at it, we threw in a few original tunes from the team that are just so perfectly perfect.
So, in honor of the last hurrah, we’ve gathered 11 of our favorite song parodies and loving tributes, from the anti-anti-immigration ditty “ICE ICE Baby” to the absolute papal banger “They Not Pious” and, of course, the Lord of the Rings tribute “Number One Triller.”
Check them out.
Spain’s National Court has acquitted Shakira in a tax fraud case after eight years, ordering the government to return 60 million euros ($69 million) to the Colombian superstar. According to a judicial document obtained Monday (May 18) by Billboard Español, the court concluded that Shakira did not meet the minimum residency requirement to be taxed in Spain during 2011.
“After more than eight years enduring brutal public accusations and sleepless nights that took a toll on my health and my family’s well-being, the National Court has finally set the record straight,” Shakira said in a statement. “There was never any fraud, and the Administration itself was never able to prove otherwise.”
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The case revolved around whether Shakira was obligated to pay taxes in Spain on income generated during her world tour that year, during which she performed 120 concerts in 37 countries. Tax authorities had argued that the artist had spent enough time in Spanish territory to be considered a tax resident, a claim the court ultimately rejected.
The ruling also dismissed the notion that Spain was the main center of her economic activities and ordered the return of 60 million euros withheld, along with interest and legal costs. According to the verdict, Shakira did not meet the minimum stay required to be taxed in Spain during the investigated period.
In the same statement, the singer’s lawyer, José Luis Prada, described the ruling as the end of “an eight-year ordeal” and stated that Shakira “had the strength and resources to see it through to the end” in a process that, he said, “suffocates many anonymous taxpayers who lack the resources to defend themselves.”
The artist added that she hopes the ruling “sets a precedent” for other taxpayers facing similar disputes with Spain’s Tax Agency.
This is not the only case Shakira has faced with the Tax Agency. In November 2023, she reached an agreement with Spanish authorities over a separate case related to the years 2012 to 2014, when she lived in Barcelona with her then-partner, Gerard Piqué. Shakira acknowledged six charges for unpaid taxes, received a suspended three-year sentence, and paid a fine of $7.6 million.
The ruling comes as Shakira prepares to close the European leg of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour in Madrid, where she has already scheduled 12 dates for October at the temporary “Shakira Stadium,” built specifically for the tour’s final stretch. The news also coincides with one of the singer’s most prominent moments on the international stage, following her performance for 2.5 million people at the Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro and her upcoming halftime show at the FIFA World Cup 2026 final alongside BTS and Madonna.
Reggaetón icon Don Omar will kick off his The Last King World Tour on Sept. 25, Billboard can officially announce.
The tour will hit 21 cities (to date), beginning Sept. 25 at Santander Arena in Reading, Pa. it will then travel to arenas in Boston, Dallas, Miami, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, among others.
The tour, produced by Don Omar (real name William Omar Landrón) and promoted in the U.S. by Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN), comes two decades after the release of Don Omar’s seminal sophomore album, King of Kings. The set was groundbreaking in its day for including collaborations with both Latin and mainstream artists. The album reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart, and spent 11 weeks on the top spot. It also reached No. 7 on the Billboard 200 (for the week dated June 6, 2006), a massive achievement in the pre-streaming era. It would spend a total of 30 weeks on the chart.
Don Omar’s The Last King World Tour follows his 2024 Back to Reggaetón Tour, which was his first outing in over a decade. That tour would eventually sell more than 335,000 tickets in 2024 alone, earning more than $32.9 million over 39 shows and ending 2024 ranked 10th among Billboard’s top Latin tours of the year. Back to Reggaetón was also promoted by CMN.
Presale for The Last King World Tour begins Tuesday, May 19 at 10 a.m. local time for members of the Kingdom fan club and ends May 22. A CMN presale begins May 21. General public tickets go on sale May 22 at 10 a.m. local time.
Here is the full list of dates:
• 9.25.26 – Reading, PA – Santander Arena
• 9.26.26 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
• 9.27.26 – Hartford, CT – PeoplesBank Arena
• 10.1.26 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
• 10.3.26 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center
• 10.4.26 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center
• 10.8.26 – Chicago, IL – Allstate Arena
• 10.10.26 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
• 10.11.26 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
• 10.14.26 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
• 10.15.26 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
• 10.17.26 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
• 10.22.26 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center
• 10.23.26 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
• 10.25.26 – El Paso, TX – UTEP Don Haskins Center
• 10.29.26 – Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena
• 10.30.26 – Las Vegas, NV – Michelob Ultra Arena
• 11.1.26 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center
• 11.5.26 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center
• 11.6.26 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
• 11.8.26 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center
OsamaSon is heading to Australia for the first time. The 22-year-old South Carolina rapper will play three shows across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in October on the Psykturnal Tour, Live Nation announced Monday (May 18), marking a significant milestone for one of underground rap’s most compelling breakout voices.
The run opens at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Oct. 10, moves to Enmore Theatre in Sydney on Oct. 11, and concludes at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on Oct. 14. General tickets go on sale Friday, May 22 at 10 a.m. local via livenation.com.au, with a Mastercard presale opening Wednesday, May 20 at 10 a.m. and a Live Nation presale from Thursday, May 21 at 10 a.m.
OsamaSon first broke through with his 2025 LP Jump Out, which debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200. Built on an aggressive, distorted take on rage-leaning trap, Jump Out introduced an artist with a singular sonic identity — one capable of commanding chaos in a live room while still maintaining the melodic instincts that set him apart from his peers.
Less than a year after Jump Out, OsamaSon returned with Psykotic, the album from which the Psykturnal Tour takes its name. Recorded almost entirely on the road during the 20-stop nationwide Jump Out Tour, Psykotic represents a return to what OsamaSon has described as his “Flex Musik era” — the experimental phase of his early career before he sharpened his sound into the rage-trap blueprint that made Jump Out a critical phenomenon.
In releasing two back-to-back, sonically independent albums in the same calendar year, OsamaSon joins a lineage of artists including DMX and Future who have used rapid double releases to consolidate momentum and demonstrate range simultaneously.
The Australian dates arrive at a pivotal moment in OsamaSon’s trajectory. Having already played major festival stages including Rolling Loud 2026 and completed extensive touring across North America, the move into international headline touring signals a significant step up.
At just 22, with two critically acclaimed albums, a growing cult following and a live show built for exactly the kind of high-energy rooms he’ll be playing in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, the Psykturnal Tour shapes up as one of the most anticipated underground rap debuts on Australian soil in years.
Madonna and Peggy Gou‘s “I Feel So Free (Peggy Gou Energy Mix)” tops this week’s best new music poll.
Listeners voted in a poll published Friday (May 15) on Billboard, choosing the dancefloor-ready remix as their favorite music release of the week over a stacked field that included Drake’s historic triple album drop and new projects from Maluma, Gracie Abrams, Givēon and more.
The winning single is the latest preview of Madonna’s forthcoming album Confessions II, due July 3 — her first full-length release in seven years and the long-awaited sequel to her landmark 2005 dance record Confessions on a Dance Floor.
The original “I Feel So Free” was co-produced by Stuart Price, who helmed the original Confessions on a Dance Floor and serves as musical director on several of Madonna’s tours. The Peggy Gou remix transforms the track into a bouncy, high-energy club anthem that leans into the Berlin-based DJ and producer’s signature house sound — a natural pairing given Gou’s crossover breakthrough with her 2023 hit “(It Goes Like) Nanana”.
Madonna teased the track during her surprise appearance at Sabrina Carpenter’s Coachella weekend two headlining set last month, where the two also performed “Like a Prayer” together and debuted what appeared to be another new track from Confessions II.
The biggest competition in the poll this week came from Drake, who dominated New Music Friday with a sweeping triple album drop — Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour — comprising a combined 43 tracks featuring Future, Molly Santana, Sexyy Red, PARTYNEXTDOOR and 21 Savage.
Maluma also made a strong showing with his new album Loco X Volver, in which the Colombian superstar sharpens his focus on family and his roots.
Gracie Abrams entered the race with “Hit the Wall,” the lead single from her forthcoming album Daughter From Hell, once again joining forces with producer Aaron Dessner for a verbose track that signals a more mature creative chapter. Tove Lo dropped “I’m Your Girl Right?” — the dance-floor-ready first taste of her upcoming Estrus LP — while Rostam and Clairo teamed up on “Hardy” from Rostam’s new American Stories album.
Elsewhere, Jorja Smith delivered the basement club-tinged “What’s Done Is Done,” Shakira and Burna Boy linked up on “Dai Dai,” and Martin Garrix and Ed Sheeran reunited on “Repeat It.” Full projects also arrived from Givēon (Beloved: Act II), Shaggy (Lottery), Kenny Mason (Bulldawg), Mýa (Retrospect), Tone Stith (The Edge), and Tank and the Bangas (The Last Balloon).
See the final results of this week’s poll below.
Killswitch Engage are returning to Australia and New Zealand for their biggest headline run in the region yet, the Massachusetts metalcore band announced Monday (May 18). English metal outfit Sylosis will serve as special guests across all dates.
The run marks the band’s first headline shows in Australia and New Zealand since 2018, and their first visit to the region since September 2024, when they supported Iron Maiden on their arena tour.
The upcoming tour will kick off in New Zealand with a show at Auckland’s Powerstation on Oct. 31, followed by Wellington’s Meow Nui on Nov. 1. The band then moves through Australia, playing Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Nov. 3, Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Nov. 6, Wollongong’s Waves on Nov. 7, Melbourne’s Forum on Nov. 10, Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall on Nov. 12, and concluding at Metropolis Fremantle in Perth on Nov. 14.
A Spotify presale opens Tuesday, May 19 at 10 a.m. AEST using the code KSE26, followed by a promoter presale Wednesday, May 20 at 10 a.m. AEST with the code KSEAUS. General tickets go on sale Thursday, May 21 at 10 a.m. AEST via SBM Presents.
Formed in Westfield, Massachusetts in 1999, Killswitch Engage are one of the defining acts of the American metalcore movement, having placed seven albums on the Billboard 200 including three top 10 debuts. Their 2016 album Incarnate remains their highest-charting record, debuting at No. 6, while Disarm the Descent (2013) and their 2009 self-titled album both debuted at No. 7. Atonement (2019) peaked at No. 13 and topped both the Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts.
The band has earned three Grammy nominations for Best Metal Performance — for “The End of Heartache” (2005), “In Due Time” (2014) and “Unleashed” (2020). Their most recent studio album, This Consequence, was released in February 2025.
Ella Langley and Cody Johnson dominated this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards trophy winners on Sunday night (May 17) in Las Vegas, with Johnson picking up both male artist of the year and entertainer of the year, while Langley took home the lion’s share of the accolades, with song and single of the year (for “Choosin’ Texas”), female artist of the year, artist-songwriter of the year, and musical event of the year (for the Riley Green collab “Don’t Mind If I Do”).
Parker McCollum took home album of the year, while The Red Clay Strays picked up group of the year and Brooks & Dunn won duo of the year. When it came to performances, more than a dozen performances were packed into just over two hours, highlighting both multi-ACM Award winners such as Lainey Wilson and Miranda Lambert, to newcomers including Tucker Wetmore and Carter Faith.
Held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the stars came out to play, as the performances leaned heavily on newer song releases from artists including Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town, while there were also a plethora of ballads from artists including Dan + Shay, Carter Faith, and Riley Green.
Shania Twain hosted the awards ceremony, which was streamed again on Amazon Prime Video, and highlighted both established hitmakers and rising newcomers to the stage.
Billboard ranked every performance at Sunday night’s ACM Awards, counting down to the top performance.
The American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.
Harry Styles has added a fourth and final Melbourne show to his Together, Together global residency run, Live Nation announced Monday (May 18), citing extraordinary demand for tickets.
The new date — Friday, Dec. 4 at Marvel Stadium — marks the final Australia date added on the tour and joins three previously announced Melbourne shows on Nov. 27, Nov. 28 and Dec. 2.
Sydney shows follow at Accor Stadium on Dec. 12 and 13, with Fousheé supporting across all Australian dates alongside Baby J. General tickets for the new Melbourne date go on sale Friday, May 22 at 11 a.m. AEST via hstyles.co.uk/tour, with an American Express presale running Wednesday, May 20 at 11 a.m. and a Live Nation presale Thursday, May 21 at 11 a.m.
Together, Together is one of the most ambitious touring operations of 2026, comprising more than 60 performances across Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York, Melbourne and Sydney.
Highlights of the run include 30 consecutive nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden — Styles’ only U.S. shows — and a 12-night run at London’s Wembley Stadium, which the tour claims breaks the record for the most performances by any artist at the venue in a single calendar year.
Each show features an in-the-round stage production blending new material with career highlights, with support acts varying by city — including Robyn in Amsterdam, Shania Twain at Wembley, Jorja Smith in Mexico City and Jamie xx at MSG.
Styles is one of the biggest touring acts in Billboard Boxscore history. Love On Tour grossed $617.3 million and sold more than 5 million tickets across 169 shows, making it the fifth-highest-grossing tour in Boxscore history. His first three solo albums — Harry Styles (2017), Fine Line (2019) and Harry’s House (2022) — all debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. “As It Was” spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the fourth-longest-running No. 1 in the chart’s history and the longest ever by a UK act.
The tour supports Styles’ fourth studio album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., released earlier this year and executive-produced by Kid Harpoon. The album spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while lead single “Aperture” topped the Billboard Hot 100. Styles launched the tour with the first two of 10 Amsterdam shows at Johan Cruijff ArenA over the weekend.
The tour’s charity partner is Choose Love, with whom Styles has partnered for a decade, supporting humanitarian aid including food, shelter and education for displaced people globally.
Cody Johnson caught up with Ellie Thumann & Billboard’s Tetris Kelly at the ACM Awards 2026.