{"id":934395,"date":"2026-09-16T04:16:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/ed-sheeran-addresses-macklemore-drama-and-more-top-us-stories\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T04:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:16:04","slug":"ed-sheeran-addresses-macklemore-drama-and-more-top-us-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/ed-sheeran-addresses-macklemore-drama-and-more-top-us-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran Addresses Macklemore Drama and More Top Us Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<main><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Get a rundown of <em>Us<\/em>\u2018 top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on September 15, 2026. Here are the key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Ed Sheeran<\/strong> addressed <strong>Macklemore<\/strong>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ed-sheeran-speaks-out-after-macklemore-is-dropped-from-tour\/\">controversial exit<\/a> from his <em>Loop Tour<\/em>, claiming the decision was the promoter\u2019s, not his, after venues threatened to pull shows in response to the rapper\u2019s \u201cFree Palestine\u201d chant during opening sets in New Jersey, Sheeran wrote on Instagram. The singer said he respects Macklemore as an artist and spent the week trying to \u201cbuild bridges\u201d with venues without success.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/o.bttn.io\/1fhzJw4MBHZ\" rel=\"sponsored\"><\/p>\n<figure itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/michael-kors.png?w=300&#038;h=300&#038;crop=1&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all\"   alt=\"Entertainment Michael Kors Women's Jet Set Large Wallet Crossbody Bag\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Brittany Mahomes<\/strong> shared a screenshot of ESPN\u2019s <em>Get Up<\/em> showing all four panelists picking the Broncos, captioning the post \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/brittany-mahomes-calls-out-espn-after-chiefs-win-over-broncos\/\">Oopsies<\/a>\u201d after the Chiefs beat Denver 31-10 on <em>Monday Night Football<\/em>. The season opener marked Patrick Mahomes\u2019 return from a season-ending torn ACL and LCL he suffered in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Adult film star <strong>Christian Styles<\/strong>, real name was Zachary Christian Jaghab, died of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/adult-film-star-christian-styles-cause-of-death-revealed\/\">alcohol and mitragynine toxicity<\/a> in an accidental death, according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner\u2019s report obtained by <em>Us<\/em>. His parents found the influencer unresponsive on August 20 after what the report described as a prolonged \u201cbender of various substances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Edited by Samantha Benitz. Story produced with AI assistance<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ed-sheeran-addresses-macklemore-drama-more-top-us-stories\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Samantha Benitz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get a rundown of Us\u2018 top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on September 15, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: \u2022 Ed Sheeran addressed Macklemore\u2018s controversial exit from his Loop Tour, claiming the decision was the promoter\u2019s, not his, after venues threatened to pull shows in response to the rapper\u2019s \u201cFree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":934396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[513,1798,550],"tags":[9528,5925],"class_list":["post-934395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-addresses","category-entertainment","category-sheeran","tag-addresses","tag-sheeran"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}