Investigators are searching for culprits in shootings that killed two people at a music festival in east central Georgia.

Local news outlets report the shooting in Sandersville killed William Mykell Lowery, 17, and Christopher “Scooter” Dunn, 30.

Both men were attending a Freaknik festival at a local park. Freaknik was once a spring break festival in Atlanta attended by students at historically Black colleges and universities. But the name is now used by music promoters for dances, concerts and events nationwide. Sandersville is about 100 miles (165 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta.

Witnesses said the shooting sparked a stampede.

“You just heard gunshots go off and then the whole crowd just started running. Everybody just started hiding behind cars and stuff and a lot of folks were rushing out with cars because the whole field was packed,” Timothy Pace told WJBF-TV.

Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran told WMAZ-TV that the first deputy arrived to find as many as a thousand people attending.

“Once he got there to the location, more shots were being fired. He radioed for assistance and there, far out, he found a victim that had been shot. We later found out that another person had been shot and was driven to the hospital by a civilian,” Cochran said.

Pace said the crowded event had little security and no one checking for weapons.

Cochran’s office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are handling the inquiry.

America’s Got Talent is back on our screens, and, for Tuesday night’s (May 31) season 17 premiere, XOMG POP provided all the screams.

XOMG POP was founded by JoJo Siwa and mom Jessalynn, both of whom stood in the wings as the sparkly girl group lit up the room with an original song, “Candy Hearts.”

“I’m guessing this is about world domination,” Simon Cowell said ahead of the performance. He was only half kidding.

The energetic routine was slick and colorful and had the youngsters in the audience grooving along.

This wasn’t just the kick-off of AGT, it will be remembered for the debut presentation of Siwa’s new project. 

“Wow, that’s how you do it,” Cowell enthused afterwards.

“You should have your own show, you should be touring, and I think that’s exactly what you’re going to do,” fellow judge Howie Mandel remarked.

“That was so much fun. Every little girl in America is gonna go crazy when they see you on AGT,” Sofia Vergara added.

Cowell didn’t like it, however. He loved it. “What’s there to not like about you. Your energy, your enthusiasm. It was like a mini explosion,” he said. “I’m really, really, really excited and happy that you came to audition for us.

And with this, the troupe scored four “yeses” and they progress to the next round.

Watch below.

For his new interview with Bustle published on Tuesday (May 31), Charlie Puth was an open book, sharing his journey to finding his musical sound, the photos on his Raya dating profile and the story behind losing his virginity.

Yes, the “Light Switch” singer revealed that he had sex for the first time when he was 21 years old, after playing a small gig in Boston. “This girl came up to me and was like, ‘Can you sign my chest?’ I was like, I feel like a rock star,” he told the publication. “I never saw her again. She was lovely, but it makes me sad sometimes because I wish the older version of me was like, ‘Hey, you might want to just make this like a little more memorable.’”

That wasn’t the only NSFW story Puth told. He also revealed that the first song he ever “jerked off to” was Maroon 5‘s 2002 hit, “This Love.” “Now I’m good friends with Adam Levine,” he added. “[I told him] and he was like, ‘That’s really weird.’”

For him, sex and music are intertwined. “This is a really weird sentence, but if you took the instrumental only of my music, I want people to almost get turned on by the frequency,” he explained, revealing that he can’t listen to music while having sex. “I will analyze the music playing in the background and I’ll start to see the music notes in my head and I will not be able to get hard.”

Read the full interview here. Puth is currently working on self-titled third album, Charlie, which will feature recently released singles “Light Switch” and “That’s Hilarious.”

Heeseung covers Justin Bieber’s ‘Off My Face’, Chris Martin is raving about the BTS collab, and BTS is the act that earned the most money off their tour in the month of April.

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The 2022 leg of Harry Styles’ Love On Tour is already shaping up to be a mega-successful jaunt — and it hasn’t even started yet. Last week, Styles added a handful of additional shows in New York City and Los Angeles and, of course, tickets sold out pretty quickly.

For the Stylers who are willing to pay a little more to see the “As It Was” singer live, we rounded up some of the places that you can buy tickets online without spending an arm and a leg.

Currently, tickets for Styles’ 42-date Love On Tour are available at Seat Geek starting at $88 and $91 on StubHub. You can also find passes on Vivid Seats for around $105 and up, depending on location and date of the show.

The European leg of the Love On Tour, promoting Styles’ third studio album, Harry’s House, kicks off June 11 at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Great Britain. The North American tour kicks off in Canada on Aug. 15 before making its way to Madison Square Garden for a mini-residency that will run from Aug. 20 until Sept. 21. Styles will perform a string of shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., from Oct. 23 until Nov. 15.

Harry’s House was released on March 20 and went on to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 200 with an impressive 521,000 units sold in its first week. In wake of the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, last week, Styles and his tour sponsor, Live Nation, announced that they will be donating $1 million to the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, an educational, research and litigation arm of the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country.

“Along with all of you, I have been absolutely devastated by the recent string of mass shootings in America, culminating at Robb Elementary School in Texas,” said Styles. “On our North American tour, we will be partnering with Everytown who work to end gun violence, donating to support their efforts, and sharing their suggested action items.”

Looking for gear to celebrate Styles’ new album and wear to the Love On Tour? Be sure to read our list of the best gifts for Harry Styles fans.

Nicki Minaj shared the news Tuesday (May 31) that she’s become the global ambassador for MaximBet, the sports betting lifestyle brand launched by Maxim last year.

As part of the collaboration, the superstar rapper will become creative director for Maxim magazine and collaborate with MaximBet on merchandise, events, fan experiences, other partnerships, branding and more. She will also advise MaximBet’s current board of directors.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been prouder of a collaboration,” Minaj said in a statement. “Merging business savvy power moves with my natural, creative, sexy, fun, and fashion-forward expression is just so spot on as it relates to this partnership. I’m ready to fully step into my potential as a young, influential queen and owner and open doors for others to dream big. Get ready for the sexy parties and remember: scared money don’t make NO MONEY!!!! HA!!! Place your bets!!!! Let’s GO!!!”

After making the announcement, the “Do We Have a Problem?” rapper posted multiple carefree TikToks posing in a hot tub while wearing a pink swimsuit emblazoned with the MaximBet logo. “Global Ambassador of @maximbetusa & creative director of @maximmag – let the games begin,” she captioned the first, and she set the second to “We Go Up,” her recent collab with Fivio Foreign.

Earlier this month, Minaj arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the 2022 Met Gala in a black leather Balenciaga baseball cap and connected with Katy Perry at the A-list party, with her “Swish Swish” collaborator admitting in a behind-the-scenes video that she’s a self-described Barb.

Check out Minaj’s flurry of MaximBet announcements below.

Back before Noah Cyrus was an artist in her own right, she was the adorable baby sister of then-Disney Channel star Miley Cyrus, and would often appear walking alongside the “7 Things” singer in paparazzi videos.

In a video uploaded to TikTok on Monday (May 30), Noah recreates one of those throwback paparazzi videos, in which she’s seen at the post office with Miley and their mom, Tish. In the clip, a young, blonde haired Noah watches as a fan takes a photo of her older sister on a flip phone — and proceeds to stare, cross armed, as the fan walks away.

Cyrus has been open about how living with a famous sister and father (Billy Ray Cyrus) affected her upbringing. Back in 2020, for in tmrw magazine’s The Mischief Issue, the “Lonely” singer cited being called “Hannah Montana’s sister” and other names that weren’t her own. “Somebody not even coming up to you and calling you by your name?” the youngest Cyrus said. “That’s going to really f— you up as a kid, make you feel like you don’t f—ing even matter to the population — for them to not even know your name.”

Noah described a long list of misconceptions attached to her famous name, including having an impermeable shield against harmful comments, but she painfully felt the impact of those words hurled at her even from across a computer or phone screen. “I think what’s weird about people on the Internet is that they think if you have a well-known last name that whatever they say to you may not hurt your feelings or that whatever they say about you couldn’t possibly make its way to you or hurt you,” she told tmrw. “There’s no mercy from people who see you only as public. I would say what bothers me the most is that people think that they can just say whatever the f— they want, and it doesn’t really have a consequence to it or it doesn’t affect anything ‘cause it’s said over the internet. There’s so much power to the internet. Whether you’re well-known or not, it still f—ing hurts somebody so bad to read the s— that I’ve been reading since I was so young. So many people get that every day, and it’s so f—ed up, man.”

The 22-year-old star is set to release her new LP, The Hardest Part, on July 15 via RECORDS/Columbia.

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion put their football gear on the latest ‘Cardi Tries’ episode to learn how to play football.