Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and actor Hailee Steinfeld tied the knot on Saturday, according to multiple media reports.

Pictures emerged from the power couple’s wedding that took place in Southern California, where both Allen and Steinfeld live.

Photos obtained by “People” magazine show Steinfeld, in a white strapless gown, walking down the aisle as well as the couple sharing a kiss.

The timing and location of the wedding were closely guarded secrets, though Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins let the cat out of the bag in March by revealing the date as May 31. He later backtracked, saying he didn’t know anything.

Despite the pending wedding, Allen was present for the start of the Bills voluntary series of spring practices, which opened on Tuesday. The Bills return to practice on Monday, though Allen isn’t scheduled to address the media until the Bills open their mandatory sessions on June 10.

Allen, who turned 29 last week, and the 28-year-old Steinfeld were engaged during the Bills bye week in November, when the quarterback proposed on a California cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The two were first linked in the spring of 2023, when they were photographed dining together in New York City. Steinfeld has since begun attending Bills home games and the couple was inseparable at the NFL Awards ceremony in February, when Allen credited Steinfeld upon accepting the league’s MVP honor.

Allen followed suit in April in being spotted with Steinfeld arriving for an after-party following premier of the movie “Sinners,” which stars Steinfeld.

Steinfeld began her acting career at the age of 10, and earned an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress for her role as Mattie Ross in the Coen brothers’ 2010 remake of “True Grit.”

Allen is entering his eighth NFL season. In March, he signed a contract extension worth $330 million.

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Eminem publisher accuses Meta of unlicensed song usage on Facebook, Instagram

DETROIT — Eminem's music publisher has filed suit against multinational tech company Meta, alleging the Detroit rapper's songs are used on Meta's social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram without proper licensing.

In a complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, Eight Mile Style LLC said Meta has created and stored copies of Eminem's songs on their servers and distributed them to billions of users around the world in violation of copyright law. The publisher said the rapper's songs have been utilized by social media users in millions of videos that have collectively been viewed billions of times.

Through Meta's online tools, users can also “steal” music from another user's posted content to use in their own video, “resulting in exponential infringement,” Eight Mile Style alleges in the lawsuit.

The complaint says the tech giant is “actively encouraging” users to stream Eminem's work by making his songs available for user posts on Facebook, Instagram and the WhatsApp messaging service. The apps' algorithms allegedly directly promote the music to users via “For You” and “Trending” features.

The Ferndale-based company had previously brought the issue to Meta's attention, according to the complaint, and Meta responded by removing several of Eminem's songs from its libraries, including his 2001 mega-hit “Lose Yourself.” However, it has kept a karaoke version, an instrumental piano version and a cover version of the track available to its users, in addition to other prominent Eminem songs like “Till I Collapse,” Eight Mile Style alleges.

“Meta’s yearslong and ongoing infringement of the Eight Mile Compositions is another case of a trillion (with a ‘T’) dollar company exploiting the creative efforts of musical artists for the obscene monetary benefit of its executives and shareholders without a license and without regard to the rights of the owners of the intellectual property,” the complaint states.

Menlo Park, California-based Meta did not immediately respond Friday to a message seeking comment.

Eight Mile Style is seeking damages including “for the diminished value of the copyrights by (Meta's) theft of them,” in addition to Meta's “profits attributable to the infringement.” It says the maximum statutory damages would equate to more than $109 million.

The company also seeks an injunction to stop what it characterizes as “Meta's ongoing infringement.”

This is the latest of several lawsuits Eight Mile Style has filed over the past several years in a bid to protect the world-famous rapper's library.

In January, the company sued a Metro Detroit car dealership over allegedly unauthorized use of “Lose Yourself” in ads for the Ford F-150. That case was dismissed last month at the company's request.

In 2019, Eight Mile Style accused Spotify of streaming hundreds of Eminem songs billions of times without proper licensure. A Tennessee judge ruled last year that while Spotify did not have a license to stream the songs, it was also not liable for lost royalty payments, Rolling Stone reported.

In 2017, a New Zealand judge ruled that the country's conservative National Party breached copyright by using a rip-off of “Lose Yourself” in campaign ads.

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Shakira performance for World Pride opening concert abruptly canceled due to technical issues

WASHINGTON — One day before the kickoff concert for World Pride 2025 in the nation's capital, headlining performer Shakira has abruptly canceled due to equipment difficulties.

“We are deeply disappointed that unforeseen circumstances have forced the cancellation” of the concert, the Capital Pride Alliance, the main World Pride organizer, said in a Friday statement. “Updates about the relocated Opening Ceremony program will be released as soon as they are finalized!”

The multiplatinum singer had been scheduled to headline the opening celebrations Saturday night at Nationals Park. The reasons are apparently an extension of equipment issues related to her Thursday night concert in Boston's Fenway Park, which was also canceled hours before it was set to begin. A Friday night concert at Fenway for country star Jason Aldean was also canceled.

“Due to complications with the previous show in Boston, Shakira’s full tour production cannot be transported to Washington, D.C. in time for her scheduled performance at Nationals Park,” the Capital Pride Alliance statement said. “Despite every effort to make it happen, it is not possible to move forward as planned.”

The Alliance noted that the full slate of citywide events was still on for opening weekend, and said the kickoff ceremony would be relocated and reorganized.

The cancellation presents a further challenge for the Alliance, but at least a nonpolitical one. Organizers have already said they expected international attendance to measurably suffer as a result of concern and anger in the LGBTQ+ community over President Donald Trump's policies.

Trump’s public antipathy for trans protections and drag shows has already prompted two international LGBTQ+ organizations, Eagle Canada and the African Human Rights Coalition, to issue warnings against traveling to the U.S. at all. The primary concern is that trans or nonbinary individuals would face trouble entering the country if passport control officers enforce the administration’s strict binary view of gender status.

Some potential international participants have already announced plans to skip this year’s events, either out of fear of harassment or as a boycott against Trump’s policies. But others have called for a domestic mobilization to flood the capital.

Capital Pride Alliance Executive Director Ryan Bos said that security fencing would be installed surrounding the final two-day concert and rally on a multi-block stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Early hotel reservation numbers for the final World Pride weekend, June 6-8, were originally down from the previous year, according to Destination D.C., which tracks reservations.

But Destination D.C. President Elliott Ferguson told reporters on Thursday that, “what we’re seeing now is a surge at the last minute, especially with the national community.”

Ferguson speculated that concerns about international attendance had “galvanized the local community, the national community to want to come to the city.”

From combined wire services