With just hours to go until Sabrina Carpenter takes over SNL, the singer reminded fans to tune with an Instagram post full of backstage snapshots.
“TONIGHT,” Carpenter captioned her photo post, tagging @nbcsnl and topping it off with a red lips emoji.
The pics give viewers a glimpse at her dressing room and outfit options. There’s also a peek at what looks to be a table read or writing session, and at the actual cue card that was used filming this week’s promo spot — all at SNL‘s 30 Rock headquarters in New York City.
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Saturday night (Oct. 18) marks Carpenter’s first time hosting SNL, and her return as musical guest. The “Manchild” hitmaker performed during a May 2024 episode and was featured on February 2025’s SNL50 special, for which she sang a duet with Paul Simon and co-starred in one of Marcello Hernandez’s “Domingo” sketches. (She’d already had a run-in with Domingo at one of her concerts on the Short n’ Sweet Tour, during her “Juno” bit; he was the crowd member arrested for being too hot at a Los Angeles stop.)
With a background in sitcoms, plenty of experience on the live stage and a knack for penning punchy song lyrics, Carpenter is primed to let her comedic side shine Saturday night.
As musical guest she’s promoting her latest album, Man’s Best Friend, which made its debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in August.
Scroll through Carpenter’s Instagram snapshots from her SNL rehearsal week below.
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Sabrina Carpenter is set to play host as well as musical guest during this week’s Saturday Night Live on Saturday (Oct. 18). Season 51 kicked things off with Bad Bunny earlier this month, but now the Man’s Best Friend singer is bringing her comedic chops and pop ballets to the iconic Studio 8H stage once again. After sharing a hilarious promo video of her channeling Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw walking through 30 Rock, expect some can’t miss laughs from the pop singer’s hosting debut tonight airing on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT.
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Keith Urban had a hilarious reaction to a fan’s comment during his recent tour stop in Nashville.
The 57-year-old country star’s split from Nicole Kidman came up during the final show of his High and Alive World Tour at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Friday (Oct. 17).
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In a video shared by media agency Nashville Experience on Instagram, Urban crouched down to ask a fan her name while interacting with the crowd, but was caught off guard by her response.
“What’s your name?” the “Blue Ain’t Your Color” singer asked. The woman’s reply was initially inaudible through the microphone. “What? I’m not going to like your name? What?” he said, prompting the fan to reveal, “It’s Nicole.”
Urban responded playfully by dropping to the ground, raising his arm as the crowd erupted in laughter, before popping back up to continue the show.
Kidman, 58, filed for divorce from Urban on Sept. 30 after 19 years of marriage, citing “marital difficulties and irreconcilable differences.” The couple, who began dating in 2005 and married in Sydney in 2006, share two teenage daughters.
Urban’s lighthearted moment with the fan came just one day after he canceled his concert at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C., on Thursday (Oct. 16) due to laryngitis that had affected him for several days.
His longtime laryngologist had advised “complete vocal rest,” according to a statement from the arena.
“Hey Greenville, I’m so SO sorry to have to cancel the show,” Urban said in a statement of his own (per People). “I know all the logistics it takes to get to a concert these days and I’ve never taken any of that, or any of YOU for granted. I’m looking forward to getting back there when we can!!!!!”
Selena Gomez seems to be responding to recent remarks made by Hailey Bieber about their respective beauty brands.
The 33-year-old Only Murders in the Building star shared a social media post that many interpreted as a reaction to Bieber, 28, whose Rhode Beauty line is now available at Sephora alongside Gomez’s Rare Beauty.
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“Just leave the girl alone,” Gomez wrote in a since-deleted Instagram Story on Friday (Oct. 17). “She can say whatever she wants. Doesn’t affect my life whatsoever. It’s just about relevance not intelligence.”
“All brands inspire me,” she added. “There is room for everyone. And hopefully we can all stop.”
Her post came days after Bieber’s interview with WSJ Magazine, where the model — who married Gomez’s ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber in 2018 — discussed Rhode’s expansion and emphasized that she isn’t interested in competing with other brands on store shelves.
“It’s always annoying being pitted against other people,” Bieber said. “I didn’t ask for that. When people want to see you a certain way and they’ve made up a story about you in their minds, it’s not up to you to change that.”
She added, “I think there is space for everybody. I don’t feel competitive with people that I’m not inspired by.”
Although reports of an alleged feud between Gomez and Bieber have swirled over the years, both have denied any bad blood between them. In March 2023, Gomez came out in defense of Bieber after after learning she was facing criticism online.
“Hailey Bieber reached out to me and let me know that she has been receiving death threats and such hateful negativity,” Gomez wrote on Instagram post at the time. “This isn’t what I stand for. No one should have to experience hate or bullying.”
She added, “I’ve always advocated for kindness and really want this all to stop.”
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” video was full of her serving face and hair, and we’re taking you through how to re-create the exact look. From getting her voluminous curls to re-creating her shimmery shadow and rosy cheeks, keep watching for the full breakdown of how to achieve the look!
Meghan Mahar:
Today I’m going to show you how to rock the look. We’ll be re-creating Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild” music video, look, oh boy.
Dominique Noëlle:
What did you really like about her look in the video?
I love Sabrina Carpenter’s hair. You know, people are always talking about it online, wondering if she’s wearing a wig. But in the “Manchild” video, in particular, the curls were so big, voluminous.
I really love, like, the big, voluminous curl looks particularly because it’s very, very retro. It gives me, like, those ’70s vibes. I think that she really liked Sophia Loren, when I was looking through some of her references because that’s just, like, I just love the hyper-femininity that’s happening right now. I started off by just spraying some dry heat protectant on your hair. We always have to protect our hair while we are using heat. Right now, I’m using a T3 curling iron just to, like, get some of that curl in there, you can use any one inch, one and a half inch barrel roller to get these curls, and then just a Velcro rollers just helps with setting it.
I really love Sabrina’s take on country pop. Yeah, I think that a lot of people are trying to do country, country hybrids, country features across the board. It’s so cute on her when she does the whole like powerful, feminine, little country girl thing. She’s been putting in work for years. For me, ‘Emails I Can’t Send’ has to be my favorite album of hers.
K-pop stocks’ poor showing highlighted another down week for music stocks. For the week ended Oct. 17, South Korean companies were a major reason why losers outnumbered winners.
The 19-company Billboard Global Music Index (BGMI) fell 0.5% to 2,885.17. The three-year-old BGMI last posted four consecutive weeks of declines in July and August 2024. The index also suffered four straight down weeks in July and August 2023. Even after dropping 7.0% over the last four weeks, the index’s year-to-date gain stands at 33.8% — more than double the 2025 gains of the Nasdaq composite and S&P 500.
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Music stocks underperformed some major indexes, although results were mixed globally. In the U.S., the Nasdaq composite index rose 2.1% to 22,679.97 and the S&P 500 gained 1.7% to 6,664.01. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 fell 0.8% to 9,354.57. South Korea’s KOSPI composite index jumped 3.8% to 3,748.89 and hit a record high on Thursday (Oct. 16) after the International Monetary Fund raised its growth forecast for South Korea and the U.S. appeared close to wrapping up a trade deal with the Asian country. China’s Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.5% to 3,839.76.
Bucking the KOSPI’s upward trend, YG Entertainment fell 9.6% to 90,000 KRW ($63.30) after the company, reacting to South Korean media reports that BLACKPINK will release new music before the end of the year, stated that no decision about the group’s comeback has been made. Earlier in the week, Hana Securities raised its price target on YG by 12% to 145,000 KRW ($101.99). YG Entertainment shares are up 95.9% in 2025, third-best among music stocks behind Netease Cloud Music (up 117.1%) and Tencent Music Entertainment (up 100.5%).
Three other K-pop stocks also posted losses. SM Entertainment, which fell 7.8% to 116,400 KRW ($81.87), has dropped 23.9% in the past four weeks, although it’s still up 60.3% year to date. JYP Entertainment declined 4.5% to 71,700 KRW ($50.43), bringing its year-to-date gain to 5.8%. HYBE slipped 1.1% to 269,500 KRW ($189.56), though shares have risen 34.1% this year and stand to rise even more when BTS returns from its three-year hiatus with new music and a global tour.
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Music streamer LiveOne was the week’s greatest gainer, rising 13.1% to $4.50. On Tuesday (Oct. 14), the company announced that it had regained compliance with the Nasdaq listing requirements for minimum share prices. LiveOne conducted a 10-to-1 reverse stock split on Sept. 26, which increased its share price by reducing the number of outstanding shares.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment climbed 5.1% to $43.90. Sister company Sphere Entertainment Co. fell 0.5% to $58.70, about the same price as five weeks ago, after the success of The Wizard of Oz caused the stock to spike 46% over four weeks. Sphere shares have cooled off since Sept. 12, though, and have fallen 3.7% in the last two weeks.
Warner Music Group (WMG) rose 2.8% to $32.99. On Tuesday (Oct. 14), Wells Fargo upgraded WMG shares to “overweight” with a $39 price target, citing the performance of Atlantic Records in Q3 U.S. market shares reported last week by Billboard. Led by hits from Alex Warren and Twenty One Pilots, and helped by the new inclusion of 10K Projects’ market share, Atlantic was No. 3 behind REPUBLIC and Interscope/Geffen/A&M.
Live Nation snapped a four-week losing streak, rising 1.5% to $155.19. The concert promoter and ticketing company will announce Q3 earnings on Nov. 4.
Universal Music Group rose 1.9% to 23.60 euros ($27.52). The company will announce Q3 earnings on Oct. 30.
Spotify, the BGMI’s most valuable component, fell 2.0% to $671.52. The streaming company’s share price is now more than $110 below its all-time high of $785.00 set on June 27. Still, Spotify is up 43.9% year-to-date and remains one of the year’s best-performing music stocks of 2025. The company will announce Q3 earnings on Nov. 4.
