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Tuesday, August 11

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Below are the latest entertainment news stories.

Parents of toddlers everywhere, prepare yourselves. YouTube sensation and music teacher Ms. Rachel and her husband, Aron Accurso, will release their debut album, the 23-track “I’m So Happy,” on Sept. 25.

“Music is such a wonderful way for people to bond, for parents to bond. I know from the minute my kids were born, we’re singing to them,” Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, said.

Ms. Rachel launched her mega popular YouTube channel in 2019 with her husband, known online as Mr. Aron.

Usher is shutting down rumors that he’s been sending out an imposter to perform in his place during his recent joint tour with Chris Brown.

Fans have been doing double takes for days after footage from a recent “The R&B Tour” concert has convinced many of them that the man performing on stage was a fake.

Sunnya Sultan, who saw the tour in person Aug. 7 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, shared a TikTok video questioning if the 47-year-old “Yeah” singer was truly the one dancing in front of her.

In a rare mention of his personal life, Brad Pitt says in a new interview that he has never been suicidal “except for one little period” that was related to “family stuff.”

The 62-year-old Hollywood icon made a short reference to his family situation in an interview with Esquire published on Aug. 10 in which he talked about “oppressive” pain that led him to a dark place where he could “understand suicide.”

In the Esquire interview, Pitt initially shared his thoughts about going to dark places in life, unconnected to any question about his family.

Chrissy Metz is opening up for the first time about her decision to use a GLP-1 medication.

The “This Is Us” actor, 45, was wary at first, she recalls to TODAY.com. “I’m just not a girl who just wants to do something because some of my friends are doing it.”

But when a friend told her about the various ways the increasingly popular medications can improve health, Metz, who witnessed her father’s obesity-related complications, thought, “Oh, maybe I can get ahead of it.”

Josh Hutcherson has seen just how much of an impact shelter pets can make on a person’s life. Now, he’s advocating for all the shelter animals out there still in need of a forever home.

“The Hunger Games” actor has teamed up with Hill’s Pet Nutrition to support Clear The Shelters, NBCUniversal Local’s annual pet adoption and donation campaign.

It marks an encore for Hutcherson, who also took part in the 2025 campaign. His efforts last year included volunteering at a Pasadena, California, shelter.

Ben Jones, who played the good ol’ boy mechanic in “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV series and parlayed his fame into a political career and two terms in the U.S. House, has died. He was 84.

Jones had a heart attack in his home Sunday in Washington, Virginia, as he was waiting to watch his beloved Atlanta Braves play baseball, his wife, Alma Viator, said on social media. Rappahannock County Sheriff Connie Compton confirmed his death.

Jones’ fame came from his role as Cooter Davenport, the mechanic who got the Duke boys out of jams as they tried to do the right thing and fight the corrupt Boss Hogg in the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia.