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Exclusive Kanye West's bid to get on the Illinois ballot for President has just hit a bump in the road -- as in, serious objections about the petition signatures he's submitted. TMZ's learned there have been 3 objections filed with the Illinois Board of Elections ... which means it will now evaluate the validity of the signatures on his petition, and then hold a special meeting to decide whether Kanye's name gets printed on the state's ballots. Here's how it works ... officials tell us anyone can request to take a closer look at Kanye's 412 petition papers he submitted last week and every single signature can be objected to for various reasons -- including possible...

TayTay is blowing away her rivals in the U.K. chart race. Taylor Swift’s surprise album release Folklore (EMI) has raced to the lead of the midweek chart, and is outperforming the rest of the Top 5 combined, the Official Charts Company reports. Swift’s eighth and latest album was the most downloaded and streamed LP over the weekend, according to the OCC, and is on track to become the pop star’s fifth U.K. No. 1 following Red (2012), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017) and Lover (2019). As previously reported, three songs from the new set are tracking for Top 10 debuts on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, led by “Cardigan” at No. 4 (“Exile” with Bon Iver is at No. 7 on the Official Chart Update and “The 1” starts at No. 9). Folklore should enjoy another chart punch in months to ...

Demi Lovato beaming in Beverly Hills as she bares $1M ring while out with fiance Max Ehrich on Rodeo Drive By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 23:24 EDT, 27 July 2020 | Updated: 00:30 EDT, 28 July 2020 Demi Lovato and her fiance Max Ehrich were seen Monday on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, where Demi donned her engagement ring that's estimated to be worth around $1 million.  The 27-year-old singer and her beau, an actor on The Young and the Restless, both wore masks amid strict social distancing guidelines in Southern California in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The Anyone artist had on a red and black top with an Ozzy Osbourne graphic with blue jeans and her dark locks pulled back into a ponytail.  The lates...

Lana Del Rey has released the audiobook version of her new poetry collection Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. Read by Del Rey, the project also features music from her frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff. It’s out now via Interscope and available for purchase. Check out the sample track “LA Who Am I To Love You” below. The singer announced Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass in December. The hardcover and ebook versions will come out September 29, with CDs and LPs arriving a few days later on October 2. It’s the first of two new poetry projects that Del Rey has shared plans for this year. The other, titled behind the iron gates - insights from an institution, does not yet have a confirmed release date. Del Rey shared a selection titled “patent leather do-over” from that collection i...

Taylor Swift tells the story of "The Last Great American Dynasty" in her Folklore track about one of the wealthiest women in America, Rebekah West Harkness. Billboard found out more information about the 20th-century socialite and how she compares to the Grammy award-winning singer. Harkness acquired an enormous amount of wealth after her second marriage to William Hale Harkness. The St. Louis-born patron of the arts has many more titles to her name than "middle-class divorcée," which Swift calls her in the first verse. That's how she was commonly regarded before marrying William Hale Harkness, the heir to the Standard Oil fortune. With Standard Oil being the largest oil refiner in the world as well as the world's first and largest multinational company in the late 1800s and...

Kim Kardashian West reunited with her husband Kanye West on Monday, after flying into Wyoming where she was pictured sobbing during an intense conversation with the troubled rapper. The 39-year-old reality star appeared distressed and cried as she talked to Kanye, 43, in a vehicle, following his political campaign rally and Twitter meltdown last week, where he discussed how they once considered having an abortion and hinted she had an affair with rapper Meek Mill, which Kanye has since publicly apologized for.  It is the first time that the married couple has been pictured together since before his disastrous first campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, after announcing his unlikely bid for presidency.  Crisis talks: Kim Kardashian West reunited with her ...