Clay Aiken & Ruben Studdard going on tour… TJ Holmes & Amy Robach update… Becky G is engaged… Tory Lanez trial… and Taylor Swift’s lawsuit for ‘Shake It Off’ has been dropped

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In celebration of their 20th anniversary competing against each other on Season 2 of “American Idol,” Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken are going on tour. Ruben — who was nicknamed the Velvet Teddy Bear by Paula Abdul — made the announcement on his Instagram. There are only a couple dozen shows, kicking off April 12 in Troy, NY, and ending May 16 in Wausau, Wisconsin. But Ruben does say this is just the first leg, so maybe they’ll extend it based on how this goes. You can see where they’re going and buy tickets at RubenandClay.com.

There were rumors that Amy Robach would return to host the third hour of “Good Morning America” while T.J. Holmes’ dating history with ABC employees is investigated. But yesterday ABC News president Kim Godwin sent an email to employees that said, “Amy and T.J. will remain off-air pending the completion of an internal review, and there will be a rotation of anchors at GMA3 for the time being.” She also thanked everyone for staying focused on their jobs with all the “distracting” coverage in the press. Even though Amy and T.J. want us to believe their affair didn’t begin until August, Page Six’s source insisted it started back in March. Whether or not Amy’s husband Andrew Shue knew about T.J., they were far along in their separation that their divorce is close to being finalized. But a staff source told Page Six that while T.J. and his wife had been separated for months, she was under the impression they were trying to work things out. The source says his wife was blindsided by the affair.

Celebrity relationship roundup! Congratulations to Becky G, who is now engaged to professional soccer player Sebastian Lletget, who plays for FC Dallas. They were introduced in 2016 by Becky’s “Power Rangers” co-star Naomi Scott and her husband Jordan Spence, who is Sebastian’s former teammate for West Ham United FC. Sebastian dropped down on one knee and proposed at sunset on a pier in Santa Monica. He presented Becky with a custom-designed oval-cut diamond, which is a little over 3 carats.

At age 58, “Say Yes to the Dress” star Randy Fenoli told “People” he never thought it would happen for him. But back in January, Randy met Mete Kobal at the Marmara Park Avenue hotel in NYC, where Mete was working as the restaurant manager. And they fell in loooooooove. For the past few months, Randy planned his surprise proposal to Mete, which he finally pulled off Saturday at the hotel where they met, surrounded by their closest family and friends. He even set up a monitor so all of Mete’s friends in Turkey could watch on Zoom.

And Dua Lipa reportedly is dating Jack Harlow, whose latest album happens to feature a song called “Dua Lipa.” Before his album came out in May, Jack said he FaceTimed Dua to get her blessing. While things were a little awkward on that call, she ultimately did. The two of them finally met face-to-face at an industry brunch in LA last month and sources say Dua was smitten! Jack even flew to NYC to meet up with her after her appearance at the Z100 Jingle Ball on Friday.

Day one in Tory Lanez vs. Megan Thee Stallion shooting trial revealed a few interesting details. In their opening statements, prosecutors claimed that Tory and Megan Thee Stallion were intimate — which contradicts what Megan told Gayle King — and that Megan had gotten jealous of Kylie Jenner at that pool party earlier in the night. Prosecutors said Megan wanted to leave the party and Tory did not, so Kylie allegedly “insisted the Meg leave.” That led to a fight between Megan and Tory. But prosecutors also are going to try to point the finger at Megan’s ex-best friend Kelsey Nicole Harris, who was in the back seat of the car when the shooting took place. Remember that apologetic phone call Tory made to Kelsey? According to Tory’s attorney, that wasn’t about the shooting. Tory was apologizing because he cheated on Kelsey with Megan! He was sleeping with both of them! What will Day 2 bring???

The copyright lawsuit that’s been dogging Taylor Swift for five years is finally over. Songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan sued Taylor, claiming she stole lyrics from 3LW’s 2001 song “Playas Gon’ Play” for her song 2014 hit “Shake It Off.” The lawsuit was dismissed years ago, but got brought back up in a different court and was set to go to trial in January. But yesterday, lawyers for both sides asked the court to drop the lawsuit “in its entirety,” and the case was officially dismissed. And in good news for Taylor’s fans — Several Swifties woke up yesterday to an email from Ticketmaster saying they’ll soon be allowed to buy two tickets to Taylor’s upcoming tour because they were “identified as a fan who received a boost during the Verified Fan presale but did not purchase tickets.” They apologized for how difficult things were in the initial sale last month, adding that Taylor’s team asked them to create another opportunity for them to buy tickets.

 

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