Kelly Clarkson’s Christmas special… Chris Brown sued… Justin Timberlake backlash… Taylor Swift is officially a billionaire… and Kylie Jenner launches Khy

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It’s that time of year! Kelly Clarkson announced that she will be hosting and performing in NBC’s annual “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” special on Nov. 29. CBS has released its holiday calendar. The holiday classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” airs the night after Thanksgiving, FYI. TBS and TNT have released their holiday specials calendar, as well. They’re both airing a 24-hour marathon of “A Christmas Story” starting at 7pm Central Christmas Eve through 7pm Central Christmas Day. But if you are REALLY into holiday specials, you need to check out ChristmasTVSchedule.com. They list every single holiday-themed movie, TV special, game show and news magazine by the hour, and it’s not just Christmas movies. They have Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Hanukah specials listed as well. They update it a week at a time for accuracy. And this is literally every channel you can imagine — Cartoon Network, Freeform, TV Land, Food Network, Travel Channel, MeTV, ION, SYFY, even MSNBC. Yes, there’s a Dateline Halloween special that airs at 4am Central tomorrow, if you happen to be up.

Chris Brown is being sued over an incident that reportedly happened in a London nightclub back in February. In the lawsuit obtained by TMZ, Abe Dias says he’s known Chris for at least seven years and thought Chris was coming up to give him a hug. Instead, Abe claims Chris grabbed a bottle of tequila — Don Julio 1942, by the way — and smashed him over the head three times, knocking him out cold on the club floor. But Chris didn’t stop. Abe claims Chris started stomping on him while he lay here AND he says there is surveillance footage to back him up. Abe also says London police have copies of the video and that Chris is now considered a fugitive in the UK. As a result of the beatdown, Abe says he was hospitalized with cuts on his head and torn ligaments in his leg. He claims some of his injuries may be permanent and he’s suffering from emotional distress and trauma, so he’s suing Chris for damages. TMZ reached out to Chris but haven’t heard back yet.

After Britney Spears revealed some unpleasant and embarrassing things about him in her memoir, Justin Timberlake is laying real low. A source told the “Daily Mail,” “Justin is not at all happy about what has come out in this book.” But the source said Justin hasn’t reached out to her about any of it and he’s not going to “because there is nothing he can say to her.” Justin also doesn’t want to hear what anyone else has to say about it. He’s turned off the comments on his Instagram page.

When it rains, it pours — both good and bad! The Billboard Music Awards announced their nominees yesterday, and Taylor Swift leads with 20. With 29 trophies so far, Taylor holds the Billboard record for the most wins for a female artist. But this year, she could surpass Drake, who holds the overall record with 34! The show airs Nov. 19, but not on TV. This will be a digital awards show that you can watch on Billboard’s social media channels or Billboard.com. Meantime, Bloomberg News says that according to their analysis, Taylor has now reached billionaire status! Thanks to the earnings from “The Eras Tour” SO FAR — because it picks back up again in a couple weeks — Taylor’s estimated net worth stands at $1.1B. And, just a reminder — “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” is out today.

Coincidence or competition? On Tuesday — two days before Kim Kardashian launched her SKIMS Mens collection — Kylie Jenner announced she was launching her own clothing line Khy, which is a play on her nickname. And then the SAME day Kim dropped her men’s line, Kylie hosted her launch party, with sister Kendall and BFF Hailey Bieber showing up in head-to-toe Khy. This didn’t steal Kim’s shine one bit. SKIMS had its biggest day of sales since the day it first launched, breaking website traffic records and selling 25K orders within the first 5 minutes. She earned millions in those first 300 seconds alone! Meantime, Kylie is getting both love and hate for her new collection. She features nothing but faux leather, which PETA obviously loves. But designer Betsy Johnson — not to be confused with the crazy, cart-wheeling, red-headed fashion designer Betsey Johnson — has accused Kylie of stealing ideas from her label, Products. She blasted Kylie and her design team for stealing ideas she’s sent them six months ago, posting “INTERESTING CONCEPT KYLIE:… INTERESTING. Thanks for the co-sign … (BLANK) your support.” Then she posted a screen grab of her $60K student debt, captioning it, “Worked my a** off for this. Like so many other working class kids who bust their a** for expertise they weren’t born into to realize their ideas.” Kylie hasn’t responded, but in making the announcement of Khy, she explained she partnered with designers for the independent label Namibia for her her first collection. She will work with different designers for future collections. Khy features sizes from XXS to 4X, with prices ranging from $48 to $198. You can start online shopping Nov. 1.

 

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