Headlines: BMA’s Reveal First Performers, Tyra Banks on DWTS Challenge

First performers announced for the Billboard Music Awards – dick clark productions and NBC today announced the first round of performers for the “2020 Billboard Music Awards,” including superstars Alicia Keys, Bad Bunny, Luke Combs and Post Malone. Hosted by Kelly Clarkson, the “2020 Billboard Music Awards” (BBMAs) will broadcast live from The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. – via press release

Jordin Sparks, Ashley Everett and Melissa Butler Raise a Glass to the Beauty of Black Women in Barefoot Wine’s ‘We Stan for Her’ Web Series – Barefoot Wine, a brand committed to inclusivity and amplifying diverse voices, brings Jordin Sparks, Ashley Everett and Melissa Butler together for We Stan for Her, a dynamic four-part web series centered around the unique beauty experience of Black women in America. In the series, which launches today, each woman shares their personal journeys, challenges and wins that will make viewers laugh, relate and, most importantly, learn. – Read more at PRNewsWire – Watch the series on YouTube

Tyra Banks ‘Knew What She Was Getting Into’ Taking Over as ‘DWTS’ Host – On why there was an elimination on Disney Night, which is unusual for the show “I didn’t have anything to do with that decision. The producing team informed me of that. I thought, ‘Wow, people [might be assuming] that no one would go home this week,’ but they decided that someone would.” “The first week, there’s a lot of choreography that [had] to go on. There’s a lot of what we call ‘cueing yourself,’ meaning that the director doesn’t tell me to go or to speak. So, I walk out on stage and just feel a lot of things naturally. People don’t see that the director and different producers…are in my ears, telling me, ‘Cut them off! Judges are talking too long! We’ve got to get to a commercial! We’ve got to go…!’ “There’s so much happening. And there’s a teleprompter and a cue card. It’s a lot so that first week, I was very nervous. And I don’t normally get nervous [but] it’s a new job … – Read more at TV Insider

How Carole Baskin Plans to Unwind After ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Elimination – Baskin confided she is ready to go home to her husband Howard. What’s the first thing she’s going to do? She answered, “Get in the jacuzzi with my husband. We used to do that every night, and we haven’t been able to do it since… the end of August, so I am ready for that jacuzzi.” – Read more at Extra

Derek Hough Tries To Smize Like Tyra Banks – Derek Hough returns to “The Kelly Clarkson Show” to share how he’s kept busy during quarantine. Plus, he talks about making the switch from contestant to a judge on “Dancing with the Stars.”

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