Superstar, singer, and CEO, Rihanna, will be performing tonight during the Super Bowl’s halftime show. The star has not released any new music or performed since her album Anti in 2016. Three months ago, her single “Lift Me Up” was included in the soundtrack for the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Surprisingly her fans did … Continue reading
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Juan Gabriel, a superstar Mexican songwriter and singer who was an icon in the Latin music world, died Sunday, Aug. 28, at his home in California at age 66, his publicist said. Juan Gabriel was Mexico’s leading singer-songwriter and top-selling artist. His ballads about love and heartbreak and bouncy mariachi tunes … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — He’s been a rapper, actor, singer, entrepreneur, record producer and clothing designer. Now Sean “Diddy” Combs has taken on a new job as the founder of a charter school in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. Combs announced Monday that the Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School will open in the fall. The … Continue reading
Justin Bieber, “Purpose” (Def Jam) Justin Bieber’s new album is peppered with songs full of apologies and redemption. The troubled star claims he’s changed. And maybe he has. Or not. But one thing’s for sure — his music has gotten better. So much better. “Purpose,” Bieber’s first album since 2013’s R&B-influenced “Journals,” finds the … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Hunt may be celebrating the one-year anniversary of his debut album, but most of the songs from “Montevallo” have been living online since 2013. Hunt, who released “Montevallo” last year, first released a free mixtape in 2013. Seven of the 10 songs from “Montevallo” were originally on his 15-track … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tamar Braxton has taken herself out of the competition on “Dancing with the Stars” because of illness. Series producer BBC Worldwide Productions said Wednesday that Braxton asked to withdraw from the ABC TV dance contest for medical reasons, which it did not specify. On her Instagram account, Braxton wrote that she’s … Continue reading
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Janet Jackson is canceling her Oct. 9 and Oct. 10 shows at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino to rest her vocal chords, and the Las Vegas stop on her “Unbreakable” tour will move to a new 20,000-seat arena in May. Live Nation Entertainment said Thursday that ticketholders will be refunded and … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — If Chita Rivera ever wants a quick reminder of her past, she only needs to walk down a hall and knock on Michelle Veintimilla’s Broadway dressing room. There she’ll find a smiling, effervescent 22-year-old just out of school who is a spitting image of the theater icon when she was just … Continue reading
May 24: Actor-comedian Tommy Chong is 77. Musician Bob Dylan is 74. Actor Gary Burghoff (“M(asterisk)A(asterisk)S(asterisk)H”) is 72. Singer Patti LaBelle is 71. Actress Priscilla Presley is 70. Country singer-songwriter Mike Reid is 68. Actor Jim Broadbent is 66. Actor Alfred Molina is 62. Singer Rosanne Cash is 60. Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 55. … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Nelly and Florida Georgia Line. Ludacris and Jason Aldean. Darius Rucker and Jay Z? The Hootie & the Blowfish frontman-turned-country singer says he’s hoping to jump on a song with a rapper. “I don’t have much left on my bucket list. One of the things that I’m dying to do is … Continue reading
The odds were stacked against Eleanora Fagan, who was born to unwed teenage parents in Philadelphia on April 7, 1915. But she would become perhaps the most influential jazz singer ever, Billie Holiday, whose centennial is being celebrated with new albums honoring her legacy. Unlike Ella Fitzgerald, Holiday lacked the vocal technique that would have … Continue reading
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman,” a desperate, soulful ode to the lengths a man will go to for the woman he loves, was his only big hit but it had staying power. When he stepped into a recording studio in 1966 he unleashed a haunting wail of loss … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aloe Blacc raised the spirits of attendees at a pre-Grammy concert that celebrated giving back. The singer, whose album “Lift Your Spirit” is up for best R&B album at this year’s ceremony, was among more than a dozen performers Thursday, February 5, for “Lean On Me: A Celebration of Music and Philanthropy,” … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — If fashion had a monarchy, she would be its queen. Kate Moss certainly acted like one from her regal seat in the center of Louis Vuitton’s front row in Paris. The 41-year-old model held court in a large fur coat, giggling and chatting loudly to almost everyone in her vicinity, even ostensibly waving … Continue reading
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