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Ariana Grande está siguiendo los pasos de su novio Ethan Slater porque ella también ha solicitado oficialmente el divorcio de su marido de 2 años, Dalton Gómez, y él también lo ha hecho.

La abogada de Ariana, Laura Wasser, presentó la primera demanda el lunes citando "diferencias irreconciliables" como la razón para el divorcio.

Dalton inmediatamente hizo lo mismo presentando su respuesta en un esfuerzo claramente coordinado. Nos dicen que todo estaba resuelto antes de ir a la corte. Las fuentes dicen que Ariana cortará Dalton un cheque, y eso será todo.

Además, tenían un acuerdo prenupcial. La fecha de separación es el 20 de febrero de 2023.

En cuanto a por qué tomó tanto tiempo entre la fecha de separación y la presentación del divorcio, una fuente con conocimiento directo nos dice que los dos se tomaron su tiempo para limar detalles y llegar a un acuerdo. Nuestra fuente dice que no hay resentimientos, "han sido realmente cariñosos y respetuosos el uno con el otro en cada paso de este proceso."

Como informamos, Ariana comenzó a salir con su coprotagonista de "Wicked", Ethan Slater, después de separarse de Dalton durante el rodaje de la película en el extranjero. La noticia hizo enloquecer a los fans.

Desde entonces, Ethan ha solicitado el divorcio de su esposa Lilly Jay. Los 2 fueron novios en la escuela secundaria y se casaron en 2018. También comparten un niño juntos, a quien dieron la bienvenida el año pasado.

Las fuentes también nos dijeron que Ethan quiere "desesperadamente" coparentar a su hijo en medio de su divorcio y ambos aparentemente han aceptado.

Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid says Jann Wenner's comments about Black and female artists don't come as a total shock to him -- and he's calling on some white rock legends to speak out, but only if they keep it real.

Vernon joined us Monday on "TMZ Live," telling us why the Rolling Stone co-founder calling some iconic Black and female artists inarticulate was "staggering, but not surprising at all."

Keep in mind, Wenner was referring to people like Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and Grace Slick.

If anything, Vernon's glad Wenner put, in his opinion, his true self out there for all to see.

Maybe the more shocking part is that Vernon says thoughts and feelings like Wenner's are not new to the music industry -- it's just rare for anyone to say it out loud.

TMZ broke the story ... Wenner was kicked out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Board of Directors after sharing his controversial thoughts in an interview with the NYT -- discussing his upcoming book, "The Masters," which highlights his interviews with 7 white, male artists.

In Vernon's opinion, folks in the book like Bruce Springsteen and Bono should speak out about Wenner's comments, on one condition -- that it comes from the heart, rather than issuing performative statements for PR purposes.

Tamar Braxton says her car was broken into and ransacked -- and she's lamenting the fact she doesn't feel safe, even at home ... which is understandable considering the video.

The singer posted 4 clips on IG Monday, which show a handful of men going through a vehicle in a covered, seemingly subterranean garage ... rummaging around and removing various items as they appear to be staging a getaway in another car.

Tamar writes, "I got robbed. At home. I’m not safe anywhere. I don’t know why I keep getting violated. I had a lot in my car cause I don’t live anywhere cause I’m not safe anywhere or with anyone."

It's unclear when exactly this took place, but if it was on Sunday ... that's shocking, because she was at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to sing the National Anthem ahead of the Packers-Falcons game. Tamar is known to have property in the ATL area, too.

The other notable thing about this is the fact that Tamar says she doesn't "live" anywhere anymore because of situations like this ... which has sparked concern online.

112, the peaches-and-cream blending R&B group from Diddy's Bad Boy era, has been operating as a duo for years -- but recent events have one of the ex-members calling for a reunion, stat!!!

OG member Quinnes "Q" Parker left the group in 2018 but says he had a change of heart on Sunday.

According to Q, he was shaken to the core over the weekend by the sudden passing of 702 singer Irish Grinstead, who died on Saturday after a "long battle" with illness her family says ... and once again when his homie Brandon Casey of Jagged Edge posted the aftermath of a car accident he recently survived.

Q says he now realizes life is precious and publicly asked remaining members Marvin "Slim" Scandrick and Mike Keith to return his calls so they get back to biz.

112 were a key part of Diddy's musical empire back in the day ... the Atlanta-bred quartet released several platinum albums with Bad Boy and even won a Grammy in 1997.

Q's timing could possibly net some traction too. Slim recently appeared on "TMZ Live" to confirm Diddy had indeed returned their publishing rights after all these years.

Slim and Mike have momentum as a duo so it'll be interesting if they let Q back into the mix.

Tamar Braxton dice que su coche fue roto y saqueado - y ella está lamentando el hecho de que ella no se siente segura, incluso en casa ... lo cual es comprensible teniendo en cuenta el video.

La cantante publicó 4 clips en Instagram lunes que muestran un puñado de hombres que van a través de un vehículo en un garaje cubierto, aparentemente subterráneo, hurgando y quitando varios elementos. Los sujetos parecen tener el escape listo en otro coche.

Tamar escribe: "Me robaron. En casa. No estoy segura en ningún sitio. No sé por qué me siguen violando. Tenía mucho en mi coche porque no vivo en ningún sitio porque no estoy segura en ningún sitio ni con nadie".

No está claro cuándo ocurrió exactamente, pero si fue el domingo... es chocante, porque ella estaba en el Mercedes-Benz Stadium de Atlanta para cantar el Himno Nacional antes del partido Packers-Falcons. Se sabe que Tamar también tiene propiedades en la zona de ATL.

La otra cosa notable es el hecho de que Tamar dice que ella no "vive" en ningun lugar debido a situaciones como esta. Todo esto ha desatado preocupación en línea.

Taylor Swift is being used as punishment for Universal Studios guests looking for late-night scares past business hours -- as heard in this hilarious closing-time message from the park.

Check out this seemingly pre-recorded message that was blasted over the intercom during Sunday night's Halloween Horror Nights ... where folks traverse the massive theme park to hit haunted mazes and rides into the wee hours of the morning.

HHN officially shuts down at 2 AM, and based on this YouTube streamer's video ... it sounds like stragglers were hit with a warning for sticking around -- namely, loud Swiftie tunes!

Here's what a man could be heard saying, "The rides are closed, mazes are closed there is no reason to stay here any longer. You don’t have to go home but you can't stay here we only have 7 hours to get the park ready for tomorrow. Hit the bricks, take a hike gather your belongings and your drunk friends and go or we start playing Taylor Swift at full volume."

He delivers it in a humorous way, so this is obviously a gag. The interesting part is that this really sounds like a recording, and not just an employee riffing off the cuff. If true, even funnier.

People might've thought they were seeing Tina Turner's ghost last week in London, but it was just Kanye West's wife doing her best imitation ... with her own unique spin.

Bianca Censori turned heads for London Fashion Week Friday as she and hubby showed up at the Mowalola SS24 catwalk show. Ye himself was dressed down, going for a subdued all-black look with his head completely covered. But BC ... well, she was baring it all.

Take a look ... she's wearing some kind of burlap body suit that shows off a lot of leg and a lot of her ass, too.

It's not quite as risqué as some of the outfits she's been wearing in Italy lately -- where her boobs were on full display in very sheer tops -- so we suppose it's a step forward in that regard.

The big takeaway from Friday's getups, however, wasn't even on her body ... it was perched on top of her head. She was wearing some sort of mane-like headdress that ran down her back and completely covered her eyes. Indeed, SIA would blush over this one.

It's certainly a fashion statement, no doubt, and you can bet KW had a hand in dressing her.

50 Cent's 'Final Lap' tour just summoned its biggest guest yet -- Eminem, who gave the crowd the surprise of a lifetime just outside his hometown.

The tour stopped in Clarkston, MI Sunday night at Pine Knob Amphitheater and you can hear the place practically erupt when Em hit the stage to perform his "Patiently Waiting" verse from Fif's classic LP "Get Rich or Die Tryin."

Em also stuck around to perform "Crack a Bottle" from his own "Relapse" album, and fired up the crowd in celebration of the ongoing HipHop50 celebrations -- a milestone heavily influenced by both artists.

As you've surely heard hundreds of times ... Dr. Dre signed Em, who signed 50 and together they all sold like a kajillion records together!!!

Em called 50 one of the "best friends" he's ever known" -- and the union is still going strong with several other projects scheduled to release in the near future and 50's due for his Diamond cert for 'Get Rich' any minute now.

La gente podría haber pensado que estaban viendo el fantasma de Tina Turner la semana pasada en Londres, pero era sólo la esposa de Kanye West haciendo su mejor imitación (con un toque personal).

Bianca Censori hizo girar cabezas en la Semana de la Moda de Londres el viernes cuando ella y su marido aparecieron en el desfile Mowalola SS24. El propio Ye se vistió a la moda, con un discreto look negro y la cabeza completamente cubierta. Pero Bianca, bueno, ella lo llevaba todo.

Echa un vistazo, ella lleva una especie de traje de arpillera que muestra un montón de pierna y un montón de su culo.

No es tan arriesgado como algunos de los trajes que ha estado usando en Italia últimamente —donde sus tetas estaban en plena exhibición en tops muy transparentes— por lo que suponemos que es un paso adelante en ese sentido.

Sin embargo, lo más llamativo del atuendo del viernes no estaba en su cuerpo sino en su cabeza. Llevaba una especie de tocado en forma de melena que le bajaba por la espalda y le tapaba completamente los ojos. De hecho, SIA se sonrojaría por esto.

Sin duda es una declaración de moda y puedes apostar a que Kanye tuvo algo que ver a la hora de vestirla.

La gira "Final Lap" de 50 Cent acaba de convocar a su mayor invitado hasta la fecha: Eminem, quien le dio a la multitud la sorpresa de su vida a las afueras de su ciudad natal.

La gira hizo una parada en Clarkston el domingo por la noche en el Pine Knob Amphitheater y se puede escuchar el lugar prácticamente en erupción cuando Eminem subió al escenario para interpretar su verso "Patiently Waiting" del clásico LP de Fif "Get Rich or Die Tryin".

El rapero además se quedó para interpretar "Crack a Bottle", de su propio álbum "Relapse", y animó al público con motivo de las celebraciones de HipHop50, un hito en el que ambos artistas tienen mucho que ver.

Como seguramente habrás oído cientos de veces Dr. Dre fichó a Eminem, que a su vez fichó a 50, ¡¡¡y todos juntos vendieron un monton de discos!!!

Em llamó a 50 uno de los "mejores amigos" que ha conocido" y la unión sigue viento en popa con varios proyectos programados para un futuro próximo y 50 está a punto de recibir su certificado de Diamante por "Get Rich" en cualquier momento.

*NSYNC's JC Chasez and Lance Bass are teasing the potential for fans to see more of the group ... and it sounds like we shouldn't rule out anything just yet!

We got JC at LAX, where he told us how fun it was to get back in the studio to record "Better Place," the song featured in the upcoming film, "Trolls Band Together" ... especially coming 2 decades after their last studio effort.

Now, sources have told us the track would be a one-off for the fellas -- but we couldn't pass up the chance to ask JC his feelings about *NSYNC doing more ... especially because their reunion's drawn so much attention.

He played it coy ... telling us he's just focused on the single for now, but he didn't completely crush the hopes of fans, and even said, "anything is possible."

Lance was also at LAX, separate from JC, and when we asked him the same thing, he had an interesting response -- putting the focus on the ongoing writers' and actors' strike.

He said if people wanna see the group reunite again -- for a tour or a full album -- they better start supporting the strike.

Now, this could be one of 2 things -- he could just be using his platform to shine a light on the thousands of union workers out of jobs. Or ... it's possible the gang is already in talks for another fun reunion, but the strikes might be throwing a wrench in whatever they want to do next.

Just some food for thought. 🤔

As you know, the band's iconic reunion at the MTV VMAs had people in shock, including Taylor Swift, who accepted an award from them early in the night.

Seeing them in the studio is a great sign, too ... and, at the very least, JC and Lance are saying there's a chance for them to do more.

Halle Berry is still firin' shots at Drake after using a pic of her covered in slime for his new song ... clarifying that he did reach out for her permission, and she said no way.

Folks have been chiming in all weekend about the cover art for Drake's new track, "Slime You Out," featuring SZA ... one fan asked why Halle's so pressed about a photo that's owned by Getty Images.

She had an answer --"Cuz he asked me and I said NO that’s why." She added, "Why ask if you intend to do what you want to do ! That was the f*** you to me. Not cool You get it?"

Halle went online shortly after Drizzy dropped the single Friday, cryptically shading him.

She said Drake didn't get her permission to use the photo of her from the 2012 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards -- "When people you admire disappoint you you have to be the bigger person and move on!"

Drake still hasn't responded, but he also went the cryptic route Sunday, sharing a snap of him at the cards table with a shirt that says, "What the hell is going on?"

Is Halle Berry overreacting by being mad about Drake using her photo for his new track's cover art? Vote below.

Maren Morris se está divorciando del género musical en el que se hizo famosa, diciendo que la música country de hoy en día es irreconocible para ella y se ha transformado en pura política.

La cantante, que se formó en el country y, durante mucho tiempo fue considerada una de las favoritas de Nashville. Se ha ido a la "tierra quemada" con sus compañeros después de publicar dos nuevas canciones esta semana que hablan de su ira y desilusión sobre cómo están las cosas en el negocio.

En uno de los vídeos musicales de sus nuevas canciones, se puede ver a Maren alejándose de una ciudad en llamas y ha insistido en ello en una entrevista con el LA Times.

Dice: "Pensé que me gustaría quemarla hasta los cimientos y empezar de nuevo. Pero se está quemando sola sin mi ayuda". Continúa diciendo que se siente muy distanciada de muchas de las historias que cuentan los artistas country de hoy en día y añade que ha intentado evitarlo.

Maren continúa diciendo que se ha cansado de intentar encajar su estilo musical en el paradigma del country tradicional, señalando que todo el género le parece rancio y fuera de onda últimamente.

Ella va a la yugular diciendo esto: "Después de los años de Trump, los prejuicios de la gente estaban en plena exhibición. Simplemente reveló quiénes eran realmente las personas y que estaban orgullosas de ser misóginas, racistas, homofóbicas y transfóbicas."

Maren termina con este pensamiento final: "Todas estas cosas estaban siendo celebradas y estaba encajando extrañamente con esta rama hipermasculina de la música country. Yo lo llamo butt rock".

Maren Morris is divorcing herself from the music genre she got famous in -- saying modern-day country music is unrecognizable to her ... and has morphed into pure political posturing.

The singer -- who cut her teeth in country and, for a long time was considered a Nashville darling -- has gone scorched earth on her peers ... this after dropping two new tracks this week that speak to her anger and disillusionment over where things stand in the biz.

In one of the music videos for her new songs, Maren can be seen walking away from a burning town ... and she hit that point home in a follow-up interview with the LA Times.

She says, "I thought I'd like to burn it to the ground and start over. But it's burning itself down without my help." She goes on to say that she feels very distanced from a lot of the stories that mainstream country artists are telling today ... adding she's tried avoiding that.

Maren goes on to say that she's done trying to fit her musical style within the traditional country paradigm -- noting that she finds the entire genre stale and out of touch lately.

She goes for the jugular by saying this ... "After the Trump years, people’s biases were on full display. It just revealed who people really were and that they were proud to be misogynistic and racist and homophobic and transphobic."

Maren finishes with this final thought -- "All these things were being celebrated, and it was weirdly dovetailing with this hyper-masculine branch of country music. I call it butt rock."

Travis Kelce is said to be "hanging out" with Taylor Swift -- something the NFL world just can't get enough of ... and which bled into Sunday's broadcast of his big game.

NFL announcer Ian Eagle -- who called the Chiefs game Sunday -- snuck in a Swift reference after TK scored his first touchdown of the season against the Jags. It was a simple toss from Mahomes into the end zone ... but a big deal since Trav missed last week's opener.

As Travis and his teammates were celebrating ... Eagle said, "Kelce finds a blank space for the score!" His broadcasting partner didn't say anything, but everyone picked up on it.

Even right after this, Eagle kept it going ... saying Kelce was able to shake it off considering he didn't play last week following an injury. So, yeah, everyone's still giddy about the news.

ICYMI ... word of Travis and Taylor possibly dating first started to percolate earlier this week after The Messenger reported they've been seeing each other lately. Other outlets confirmed they're spending time together ... but stopped short of saying they're full-blown dating.

Based on what Travis's bro had to say about it on TNF ... sounds like they're just banging.

Remember, back in July ... Travis revealed he tried shooting his shot with Taylor during one of her concerts -- but apparently got denied at the time. Since sharing this story, however, it sounds like TS got in touch and then some -- which just goes to show, manifesting is real!

If Taylor and Trav are, in fact, keeping it casual ... that lines up with how she handled the Matty Healy fling earlier this year. TayTay's obviously doing her thing post-Joe Alwyn.

Tinashe says she regrets her collaboration with Chris Brown -- something he heard loud and clear, and which he didn't kindly to ... trashing her by suggesting she's not big time.

The singer was on a podcast earlier this week and at one point, she was asked about her R. Kelly and CB joints in 2015 ... which made Tinashe cringe, not to mention explain. She actually laughs out loud in distancing herself, saying she didn't want to work with them.

For the R. Kelly team-up -- 'Let's Be Real Now' -- she says she blocks that memory out of her mind. Tinashe also says it was strictly a label decision ... and says the same thing applied for her Chris collab. From her POV, having him on the song didn't make sense.

Of course, most media outlets ran headlines pointing out Tinashe seemingly bashing Chris -- even though she really didn't go all that hard on him -- and Chris caught wind of it.

He responded to an IG post that captured a headline which read, "Tinashe Regrets 2015 Collaborations with R. Kelly & Chris Brown: 'That Is So Embarrassing.'" In the comments, Chris wrote, "NAME 5 TINASHE songs or die ... EVERYBODY DEAD."

After Chris's burn, the Internet has reacted a couple different ways -- naturally, many people are slamming Chris for trying to diminish Tinashe's career ... and some are even saying they couldn't name 5 Chris Brown songs with a gun to their head. Twitter's calling cap, though.

Fact is, Chris has far more recognizable of a catalog than Tinashe does ... and a more decorated music career in general. Others are also saying the song they did -- that Tinashe now regrets -- is actually a bop ... going on to speculate that she's only saying this because it's fashionable these days to stiff-arm CB over his controversial personal history.

Joyner Lucas put it quite well in a video ... saying he'd defend Chris to the death, and that he wouldn't accept any slander of him. Per usual, everyone's divided on the issue.

As for Tinashe ... she's moving on. On Sunday, she appeared to respond to all the hubbub, taking to Twitter and writing ... "Anyways ... stream NEEDS." It's her new single, and that's clearly what she wants to focus on -- as opposed to ancient history.

Still, it is interesting that Chris continues to be as polarizing as he is. Anytime somebody works with him these days -- or even reflects on working with him -- it creates a buzz.