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Dolly Parton Celebrates Beyoncé’s History-Making Billboard Hot Country Hit
Beyoncé’s history-making No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart was celebrated by a country icon: Dolly Parton. After Beyoncé’s single “Texas Hold ‘Em” became a hit, turning the superstar into the first Black woman to have a chart-topping track on the Billboard Hot Country chart, Parton released a statement on social media, applauding […]
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Taylor Swift Unveils Another ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Bonus Track
Taylor Swift has announced yet another special edition of the Tortured Poets Department, this one featuring the bonus track “The Albatross.” The superstar singer-songwriter made the announcement on her social media early Friday morning, just a week after she announced a separate special edition of the new album, set for release April 19, with the […]
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Sexual Assault Case Against Steven Tyler Dismissed
A federal judge in New York has dismissed a case stemming from an alleged 1975 incident in which Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler is accused of sexual assault against a teenage girl. Jeanne Bellino filed the suit against Tyler under the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, a New York City law that extends the statute […]
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Cynthia Strother, One-Half of the Singing Bell Sisters, Dies at 88
Cynthia Strother, the singer and songwriter who teamed with her younger sister Kay as The Bell Sisters, a popular teenage act that found overnight success in the 1950s with their very first song, “Bermuda,” has died. She was 88. Strother died Friday of heart failure at a hospice facility in Las Vegas, her nephew Rex […]
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Ben Lanzarone, Pianist and Composer for ‘Dynasty’ and ‘Happy Days,’ Dies at 85
Ben Lanzarone, the composer, arranger, musical director and pianist who wrote music for such shows as Dynasty, Happy Days, Mr. Belvedere and The Tracey Ullman Show, has died. He was 85. Lanzarone died Friday in his Los Angeles home of lung cancer, his family announced. The Brooklyn native toured with the likes of Frank Sinatra, […]
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Brian Wilson’s Team Petitions for Conservatorship After Death of Wife, Amid Mental Decline
Brian Wilson’s business manager LeeAnn Hard and his longtime publicist and manager Jean Sievers have filed a petition to become the Beach Boys frontman’s conservators, overseeing his personal and medical decisions, according to the Associated Press. According to documents filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, including a doctor’s declaration, Wilson has a […]
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Paramore’s Hayley Williams Rejects Tennessee Honor in Solidarity With Allison Russell: “The Blatant Racism of Our State Leadership is Embarrassing and Cruel”
Following Paramore’s first two Grammy wins, Tennessee Democrat State Representative Justin Jones proposed a resolution to honor the Hayley Williams-fronted group alongside first-time Grammy winner Allison Russell. However, while the state’s House of Representatives unanimously approved the Paramore resolution, House Republican Caucus Chair Jeremy Faison objected to the Russell resolution and kicked it back to […]
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Usher Speaks Out on Justin Bieber Not Joining Super Bowl Halftime Show
Usher is addressing the speculation that he asked Justin Bieber to join him during the Super Bowl halftime show. During an interview with The Breakfast Club on Friday, the singer confirmed that he did reach out to Bieber about an appearance but said that the two weren’t able to join forces onstage. “It didn’t work out […]
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Usher Says ‘Confessions’ Album Has “a Great Deal of Truth”
Two decades after Usher made fans question if every time he was in L.A., he was with his ex-girlfriend, the R&B sensation finally gave an answer. In a People cover story following his Super Bowl halftime performance, Usher opened up about his Confessions album, which features several songs with lyrics about a man cheating on […]
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Osage Nation Songwriter on His ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Oscar Nom: “Our Whole Tribe Was Going Crazy”
This year’s Academy Award nominees for best original song include previous winners — Billie Eilish/Finneas, Jon Batiste, Mark Ronson/Andrew Wyatt — and a songwriter with a record-making 15th nomination, honorary Oscar recipient Diane Warren. The fifth nominee? An Osage Nation tribal member who works as a housing director accommodating low-income Native Americans and is also […]
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Taylor Swift Makes $100K Donation to Family of Chiefs Parade Shooting Victim
Taylor Swift is among the thousands of people who have posted GoFundMe donations for the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the radio DJ and mother of two who was killed in the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade mass shooting on Wednesday. The attack amid the Valentine’s Day celebration in Kansas City, Mo., for the Super Bowl […]
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Gwen Stefani Says She’ll Have to Relearn Old No Doubt Songs for Coachella: “I Don’t Remember Them”
While Gwen Stefani is excited about reuniting with her No Doubt bandmates for Coachella, she admitted that she has some homework to do before they hit the stage in Indio, California, this April. During a Wednesday night appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the singer opened up about the No Doubt reunion with Tom Dumont, Tony […]
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Berlin: Matt Damon on Partnering With Cillian Murphy on Irish Drama ‘Small Things Like These’ After ‘Oppenheimer’
Matt Damon first heard about Small Things Like These, the latest effort from his and Ben Affleck’s Artists Equity, while filming Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, working opposite Cillian Murphy. “I was out in the New Mexican desert with Cillian. I was sitting across from him, watching what he was doing in Oppenheimer,” remembers Damon during a […]
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Bad Bunny Says He Would’ve Worked in Culinary Arts If Music Career Didn’t Work Out
Bad Bunny has revealed what he may have been doing if he wasn’t creating smash hits in the studio. During a recent interview for the cover of Interview Magazine, the Puerto Rican rapper and singer shared that if a music career hadn’t worked out, he would’ve pursued culinary arts. “I saw cooking as something creative because […]
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Usher and Jennifer Goicoechea Wed in Post-Super Bowl Ceremony
Pop superstar Usher and his longtime partner, Jennifer Goicoechea, quietly married in Las Vegas mere hours after the R&B singer’s blockbuster halftime show during Sunday’s Super Bowl game, The Hollywood Reporter can confirm. Surrounded by close friends and family, “they both look forward to continuing to raise their children together surrounded by love and thank […]
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Kylie Minogue Signs With UTA (Exclusive)
Fresh off of winning her second career Grammy, Kylie Minogue has signed with UTA for live representation in the United States and Canada and acting worldwide. The Australian singer won the best pop dance recording Grammy — a new award — earlier this month for her viral hit “Padam Padam.” The song is from her […]
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