Dua Lipa filed a $15 million lawsuit against Samsung on Friday (May 8), alleging the company has continuously used her image and likeness to sell TVs without permission or compensation.

The complaint says the company “prominently featured” an unauthorized image of the pop star — of which she’s the registered copyright owner — on Samsung television boxes for retail sale in 2025-2026. It names copyright infringement, trademark infringement and violation of Dua Lipa’s right of publicity.

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP filed civil action documents on Friday with the United States District Court in the Central District of California, stating Dua Lipa became aware of Samsung using her image in June 2025 and at that time demanded the electronics company cease and desist. The law firm claimed, “Samsung has refused to comply with Ms. Lipa’s repeated demands that it cease and desist from infringing on her rights by the continued exploitation of the Infringing Products. Samsung’s response has been dismissive and callous, and the Infringing Products remain on the market to this day, still being sold throughout the country in ongoing acts of willful infringement.”

“Samsung’s willful and deliberate misconduct has caused, and continues to cause, substantial, manifest, and irreparable harm to Ms. Lipa, while enriching Samsung at her expense,” the complaint says. “By this lawsuit, Ms. Lipa seeks to bring Samsung’s conduct to a stop and to obtain damages for Samsung’s theft of her intellectual and personal identity assets.”

An image of Dua Lipa featured on a Samsung TV box is presented in the court docs; the plaintiff says it’s registered to the artist, who retains sole ownership of the copyright. The picture is described as one taken backstage at Austin City Limits in 2024.

Photos Dua Lipa fans have shared on social media of the Samsung product in question are also featured in the complaint. One fan post is quoted as saying, “I wasn’t even planning on buying a tv but I saw the box so I decided to get it.”

The lawsuit points out Dua Lipa’s commercial success in music, and that she’s previously earned revenue in exchange for approved usage of her image for campaigns in partnership with a variety of major brands: Puma, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Porsche, Apple, Chanel, Tiffany & Co., the 2026 Winter Olympics, Bvlgari and Nespresso.

Among Dua Lipa’s successes are two hit studio albums — 2020’s Future Nostalgia, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and 2024’s Radical Optimism, which launched at No. 2 — and three Grammy wins.

Caitlin Clark joined Morgan Wallen in his concert walkout in Indianapolis Saturday night (May 10), the second of two nights the country hitmaker played Lucas Oil Stadium on his 2026 Still the Problem Tour. Indiana Fever point guard Clark is the latest big name to help Wallen kick off crowd cheers at the start of his show, a concert tradition the singer started in 2023.

The WNBA star made an entrance with Wallen following Indiana Fever’s game against the Dallas Wings on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, just half a mile away from the stadium.

Indiana Fever saw a narrow loss, falling three points behind in the final score of 107-104. Clark was all smiles by the time she made it to Wallen’s nearby gig.

Wallen and Clark’s walkout can be seen in a video Wallen posted on Instagram on Sunday, and in additional fan-filmed footage the basketball pro shared on her stories. Wallen’s clip shows him shooting mini hoops backstage before walking alongside the actual athlete, whom he hugs before hurrying out to greet his fans. Dressed in denim, a crop top and a leather jacket, Clark looks confident hyping the audience while strutting out to the stadium floor with Wallen.

There was no special guest in Wallen’s walkout the previous evening at Lucas Oil Stadium.

He also went solo last weekend in Las Vegas — “Y’all got some flaky a— people in this town. I had like five different people lined up to do the walkout and they all bailed on me last minute,” he told the crowd at Allegiant Stadium — but last year’s I’m the Problem Tour and his previous One Night at a Time Tour both rounded up a long list of well-known walkout partners by the time each trek wrapped.

The Still the Problem Tour started recently and visits 11 cities total, with a pair of shows at each stop. Up next, Wallen — whose former No. 1 album, 2025’s I’m the Problem, still hangs onto the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200 nearly a year past its release, landing at No. 4 currently — heads to Gainesville, Fla., May 15-16. Ella Langley, who duets with Wallen on the new hit “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” which is already setting chart records, opened Saturday night’s show and is on the schedule for select upcoming dates.

See Clark’s walkout with Wallen in the video from Indianapolis below.

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Slipknot’s M. Shawn Crahan says he will need heart surgery after being diagnosed with a cardiac condition following the metal band’s recent tour.

The 56-year-old percussionist, better known as Clown, shared the news during an appearance on Rick Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast, which was posted to YouTube on May 7.

In the wide-ranging interview, Crahan — Slipknot’s sole remaining founding member — explained that he sought medical attention after not feeling well following the tour, where doctors discovered an issue with his heart’s electrical system.

“I have a skipping heart and I got to get a surgery,” Crahan told Rubin. “I found this out after my last tour. I went in, I wasn’t feeling good, and I went in and the nurse was trying to get an EKG thing going on and it just wasn’t happening. I kind of fell asleep and I woke up. I’m like, ‘Are you going to get this thing?’ And she’s like, ‘Oh, it’s not working.’ They thought I was having a heart attack right there. My heart skips and apparently I’ve taught myself to be like a cross-country runner.”

The musician said the condition affects his heart rate significantly, describing sudden drops that leave him feeling unwell.

“I’m overweight and my brain is so strong that it tells this stuff what to do,” he continued. “My standing heart rate at night is 43 and during the day I get down to 33. Hasn’t happened since I’ve been here with you, which is good, because I’ll go from ‘on,’ to just straight up I feel like I’m dying. I got to get a surgery. It’s a very easy surgery. You’re usually out on the same day. It’s not like they rip you open. This is something about the electricity.”

Clown also recalled briefly thinking he might need a pacemaker, joking that it could have been an easy way out of touring, but said his doctor instead told him it would likely improve his condition.

“I just I lost it. I was like, I can’t get out of this to save my life,” Crahan joked. “I’m like, there is nothing, not even my heart. It’s going to be better because of Slipknot.”

The percussionist added that he now has access to specialized medical care due to his career, and said doctors expect him to improve with treatment.

“I got a concierge doctor because I’m in Slipknot and I’m able to go to levels and they’re like, ‘No, you’re going to feel better. You better get in shape because you got to do more now at 56,’” he said. “And it’s just like I just can’t believe it, man, that this was me. It’s wonderful. I’m lucky.”

Check out Crahan full interview on Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast below.

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The WNBA is back for its 30th season with superstar A’ja Wilson and her WNBA Finals champions Las Vegas Aces looking to repeat, while superstars from across the league, such as Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese, Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and others, looking to hoist the WNBA Championship Trophy.

The five-and-a-half-month long season goes from May until Tuesday, Oct, 20, if the WNBA Finals goes to seven games, with a two-week break in August and September for the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup tournament. Check out a complete WNBA 2026 regular season schedule here.

Where to Watch 2026 WNBA Season, At a Glance:

Keep reading for ways to stream WNBA games online live for free.

How to Watch 2026 WNBA Season Online

For the 2026 regular season, WNBA games broadcast across ABC, ESPN, NBC, NBC Sports, USA Network, ION Television, CBS, CBS Sports Network and NBA TV. In addition, games livestream on Peacock, Paramount+, ESPN Unlimited and Prime Video. You can also catch games on WNBA League Pass.

If you have access to live channels, through cable, streaming or satellite, check your local listings for channel information. Sports fans who don’t have cable can stream ABC, ESPN, CBS, NBC and other channels on platforms, such as DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and others.

You can stream a bunch of WNBA games on DirecTV, including networks such as ABC, ESPN, NBC, NBC Sports, USA Network, ION, CBS and NBA TV.

DirecTV offers “Choice” in their signature streaming package with more than 125 live channels, which includes plenty of other sports channels: ESPN2, FOX Sports, FS2, NHL Network and more. For a limited time, new subscribers can join DirecTV for just $84.99 per month for the first 24 months of service (reg. $94.99 per month). Sign up for a five-day free trial to start watching WNBA games.

If you don’t have a Hulu + Live TV subscription, the streamer offers a free trial that’ll get you your first three days free to access ABC, ESPN, NBC, USA Network, CBS and CBS Sports Network. Once the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription fee starting at $89.99 per month. For even more content, Hulu + Live TV bundles with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited at no extra cost to watch even more exclusive and original sporting events and programming.

With prices starting at $48.99 per month for the first month of service, Fubo’s “Pro” plan is a cable alternative streaming service that offers WNBA games broadcasts on ABC, ESPN, ION, CBS, CBS Sports Network and NBA TV.

It features more than 200 other channels, including FOX, FOX Sports, ESPN2, MLB.TV, MLB Network, NHL Network and others. Fubo comes with a five-day free trial, so you can try out the service before you commit month-to-month.

A subscription to Sling Orange + Blue, which comes with ABC, ESPN, NBC, USA Network and ION, gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels. You can watch local networks such as FOX (in select markets), while you can watch many cable networks too. Please note: Prices and channel availability depends on your local TV market. You can learn more about Sling TV here.

For WNBA on Prime Video, sign up for a 30-day free trial to take advantage of all that Amazon Prime has to offer, including Prime Gaming, Prime Reading and Amazon Photos; fast free shipping in less than two days with Prime Delivery; in-store discounts at Whole Foods Market; access to exclusive shopping events — such as Prime Day and Black Friday — and much more. Learn more about Amazon Prime and its benefits here.

If you’d like to watch WNBA on NBC, then it’s best to subscribe to Peacock, which is the official NBC streamer. You can watch games featured on NBC, NBC Sports and USA Network with the Peacock Premium plan for $10.99 per month. Unfortunately, there is no free trial for the streaming platform

The Paramount+ Essential Plan, which gives you access to WNBA games on CBS and CBS Sports Network, as well as other TV shows and movies with limited commercials, for $8.99 per month (or $89.99 per year). The ad-free plan goes for $12.99 per month (or $129.99 per year), but it now includes Showtime, along with everything in the Essential Plan and access to your local CBS station.

Select WNBA games livestream on ESPN Unlimited. You can get the sports streaming service for just $29.99 per month. It features every ESPN network, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes, SEC Network, ACC Network, as well as ESPN on ABC, ESPN+, ESPN3, SEC Network+ and ACC Network Extra — all in one app.

Meanwhile, basketball fans can watch WNBA out-of-market games with a subscription to WNBA League Pass. Prime Video subscribers can opt to include the service as an add-on with prices starting at $14.99 per month, or $39.99 per year to access live out-of-market games, plus every game on-demand and hundreds of archival games.

Prime Video comes included with a subscription to Amazon Prime, which is free for the first month and $14.99 per month after the trial period ends. Click here to launch your 30-day free trial to Amazon Prime, and a seven-day free trial to WNBA League Pass.

Are Celebrities Making Appearances During WNBA Games?

It’s likely there might be a number of celebrities and recording artists in attendance throughout the season, such as WNBA fans, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Aubrey Plaza, Natalie Portman, Common, Spike Lee, Flavor Flav, Ben Platt, Jason Sudeikis and others. Tune in to games to find out who’s sitting courtside.

The Gold Gala returned to Los Angeles for its fifth edition on Saturday (May 9).

Held at downtown L.A.’s The Music Center, the annual event brought together celebrities and leaders from across industries to honor impactful Asian Pacific and multicultural changemakers.

Among the attendees were EJAE, Bowen Yang, Hayley Kiyoko, H.E.R., GIRLSET, Halsey, Simu Liu, Charles Melton, Eileen Gu, Jet Li, Chloé Zhao, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen. The gala celebrated Gold House’s 2026 Gold100 List, recognizing the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific leaders of the past year.

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas received the inaugural Global vanguard honor, while Beef season two star Charles Melton was presented with the Gold artistic achievement honor. Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu earned the Gold impact award, and Avengers: Doomsday star Simu Liu received the Gold mogul award. Martial arts icon, actor and philanthropist Jet Li was honored with the Gold legend award.

During the event, Hayley Kiyoko performed “Girls Like Girls” alongside ARKAI and Lindsey Stirling ahead of the release of her directorial debut. H.E.R. and actress Liza Soberano also shared an exclusive first look at their upcoming movie, Forgotten Island.

The Gold Gala was followed by the Billboard x Gold House Founders Party, which featured performances by RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Nymphia Wind and Plastique Tiara, along with a DJ set from Mortal Kombat II star Joe Taslim.

The afterparty also included a Maybelline New York-sponsored celebrity karaoke room, where KPop Demon Hunters filmmaker Maggie Kang teamed up with actors Ross Butler and Saagar Shaikh to belt out Linkin Park’s “In the End.”

Ahead of the 2026 Gold Gala, Billboard caught up with several stars to hear about their favorite cultural foods. Hayley Kiyoko recommended trying the Japanese hot pot dish sukiyaki, while H.E.R. shouted out the popular Filipino dessert halo-halo. Priyanka Chopra Jonas suggested Indian chutney, and Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying and husband Mark Hoying recommended traditional Filipino rice cake.

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See more stars in attendance at the 2026 Gold Gala below.

Perched about 100 feet in the sky without a harness, Playboi Carti dangles atop a gothic staircase in front of over 60,000 fans locked in on his every move.

Rocking a Michael Jackson-esque outfit with a white dress shirt, leather pants and a YSL black suit jacket with tassels, which is accessorized in Carti fashion with star diamond earrings, piercings, a glistening chain, sunglasses and a du-rag, King Vamp is at home.

Carti returned to Rolling Loud Orlando to perform on Saturday night (May 9) for his record-breaking sixth headlining set. He took the stage around 10 p.m. ET as temperatures cooled off at the festival to “HBA,” which sent the Opium-favoring crowd into a frenzy.

Carti came out swinging with fan-favorites to kick off the set like “Pop Out,” “Evil J0rdan,” “Stop Breathing” and “Sky,” which led into the moshpits and chaos of “FE!N,” as plenty of pyrotechnics lit up the Under Armour Stage.

MUSIC topped the Billboard 200 upon its arrival in March of last year, and Carti’s album has remained on the album chart for all 59 weeks since being released.

It’s all about Opium this weekend at Rolling Loud, as Destroy Lonely and HXG performed ahead of Playboi Carti’s set, while Ken Carson is filling in for NBA YoungBoy as Sunday’s (May 10) headliner.

The Opium family reunited on stage as Carti stood alongside his mentees, which made for a heartwarming moment and a snapshot of who’s dominating rap when it comes to crews in 2026.

Playboi Carti reunites with Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely on stage at Rolling Loud Orlando. pic.twitter.com/fJxH0myCce

— billboard hip-hop/r&b (@billboardhiphop) May 10, 2026

Carson actually premiered a rage-filled unreleased track, which could be a taste of what’s to come on the Lord of Chaos’ The Xperiment album. Carti got back in the driver’s seat while running through “Rockstar Made,” “OPM BABI,” “K Pop” and “Like Weezy.”

A standout moment came when Carti took it back to the intro of his 2017 self-titled mixtape with “Location” and there would’ve been tremors that registered on the Richter scale if Lil Uzi Vert popped out for “Shoota.” At one point, Carti even took off his belt and began whipping the railing in between screeches.

While he never went to college, graduation was weighing heavily on the Atlanta rap titan’s mind throughout the set, as he shouted out those who graduated during this academic year a few times. “Congratulations, you made it, b—h,” he said while performing “Long Time.” “Congratulations to the class of 2026. Congratulations to everyone who graduated. You made it.”

As the 11 p.m. ET curfew neared, Carti insisted he would blow past that and deal with whatever financial consequences would come after. “I got too many songs, just do it. F—k the budget,” he relayed to DJ Swamp Izzo before leading into “Rather Lie.”

Playboi Carti says «F–k the budget» to keep the show going at Rolling Loud Orlando. pic.twitter.com/IfUjfDZwNo

— billboard hip-hop/r&b (@billboardhiphop) May 10, 2026

There weren’t many surprises in the 30-year-old’s set, but he shocked fans when performing the Vory-assisted “24 Songs.” The vulnerable track has traces to the top of the 2020s and leaked in full back in 2023.

Down the stretch, the set lost a bit of steam, as unpredictability can be a bit of a gift and a curse for King Vamp. He mustered up the energy needed to close out with “Crank” and stamp his king of Rolling Loud title, but it was DJ Swamp Izzo who had the last word and had fans’ ears perked up. “Baby Boi on the way,” he teased of Carti’s rumored upcoming project.

Carti vanished into the darkness around 11:15 p.m. ET.

Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 (dated May 16) following its debut a week ago. The set earned 163,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending May 7 (down 58% compared to its opening of 389,000), according to Luminate.

The Great Divide is the first rock album to spend at least two weeks at No. 1 in nearly three years. Zach Bryan’s self-titled set was the last rock set with two weeks at No. 1, in September 2023. (Rock albums are defined as those that are eligible for, or have charted on, Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart.)

Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Kacey Musgraves collects her sixth top 10 — all of which have debuted in the top five — as Middle of Nowhere starts at No. 3. Plus, the success of the Michael Jackson biopic Michael continues to shine on the chart, as Jackson has two albums in the top 10. His former No. 1 Thriller rises 7-5 and the hits collection Number Ones jumps 13-6.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 16, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on May 12. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.

Of The Great Divide’s 163,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 137,000 (down 35%, equaling 139.5 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it spends a second week at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 26,000 (down 85%; it falls 1-2 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise the remainder (down 66%).

Ella Langley’s former leader Dandelion holds at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 103,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8%).

Kacey Musgraves’ Middle of Nowhere debuts at No. 3 with 100,000 equivalent album units earned, her best week ever by units. It’s the singer-songwriter’s sixth top 10, all of which have debuted in the top five. Of the album’s starting figure, album sales comprise 64,500 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 35,000 (equaling 35.54 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs, it debuts at No. 10 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 500.

Middle of Nowhere is Musgrave’s sixth studio album and was announced in early March. The project — which features collaborations with Gregory Alan Isakov, Miranda Lambert, Willie Nelson and Billy Strings — was led by the single “Dry Spell” (peaking at No. 15 on Hot Country Songs in March) and released on May 1. Musgraves’ Middle of Nowhere arena tour launches on Aug. 21 in Chicago and continues through the end of October.

The new album’s first-week sales were aided by its availability across 16 physical variants (including signed editions) and a deluxe download edition with two bonus tracks.

Chart-watchers take note: This is the second top 10-charted album with the exact title Middle of Nowhere. Brother trio Hanson reached No. 2 with their album of their same name in 1997.

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 I’m the Problem falls 3-4 on the latest Billboard 200 with 83,000 equivalent album units earned (up 3%).

Michael Jackson has a pair of albums in the top 10 as the buzz generated from the Michael biopic continues to resonate on the chart. His chart-topping Thriller climbs 7-5 (62,000 equivalent album units, up 36%) and best-of set Number Ones, released in 2003, reaches the top 10 for the first time, rising 13-6 (62,000 units, up 65%), becoming his 11th top 10.

With Number Ones’ ascent, Jackson, who died in 2009, has now claimed at least one new top 10 album in every decade from the 1970s onwards as a soloist. And, he’s only the fifth act overall to do so, joining Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and James Taylor.

Jackson found two new top 10s in the 1970s (first with Ben peaking at No. 5 in 1972 and then with Off the Wall, which reached the top 10 in September 1979 and peaked at No. 3 in February 1980); two in the ’80s (Thriller, No. 1 for 37 weeks in 1983-84; Bad, No. 1 for six weeks in 1987); two in the ’90s (Dangerous, No. 1 for four weeks in 1991-92, and HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book 1, No. 1 for two weeks in 1995); two in the 2000s (Invincible, No. 1 for one week in 2001, and his first posthumous top 10, the soundtrack to Michael Jackson’s This Is It, No. 1 for one week in 2009); two in the ’10s (Michael, No. 3 in 2011 and Xscape, No. 2 in 2014); and now one in the ’20s with Number Ones.

BTS’ chart-topping ARIRANG falls 5-7 on the latest Billboard 200 (49,000 equivalent album units earned, down 13%), Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving is steady at No. 8 (42,000, down 3%), Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time is a non-mover at No. 9 (40,000, up 3%), and Bad Bunny’s former No. 1 DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS climbs 12-10 (37,000, down 3%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.