Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on classics such as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”, died. He was 81 years old. His death was announced […]
Anytime, anywhere…they probably won’t get back together. Shakira took to Instagram to shake her famously truthful hips after her allegedly cheating ex, Gerard Pique, went public with his new girlfriend. “Las mujeres ya no lloran las mujeres bailan merengue!” the Colombian pop star, 45, captioned a split-screen video showing her dancing and speaking the lyrics […]
Riley Keough has shared the last photo she took with her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, before she died on January 12. The photo showed the mother-daughter duo sitting together in a restaurant and smiling sweetly at the camera while leaning together. For the occasion, Keough wore a matching silver and gold top and bottom while […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. senators on Tuesday denounced Live Nation Entertainment’s lack of transparency and failure to block robotic ticket purchases, in a hearing called after a major fiasco involving ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming concert tour. Ticketmaster, a subsidiary of Live Nation Entertainment Inc (LYV.N), which has been unpopular with fans […]
New York CNN — Legislators are ready to grill the top leaders of the event ticketing industry on Tuesday after Ticketmaster’s inability to process orders for Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour left millions of fans unable to buy tickets or without their ticket even after purchase. Joe Berchtold, president and chief financial officer of Ticketmaster’s parent […]
London CNN — Buckingham Palace on Saturday revealed details of King Charles III’s coronation, which is expected to be less extravagant than his mother’s ceremony 70 years ago, reflecting the cost of living crisis facing many Britons. Three days of celebrations will take place, with the coronation on Saturday May 6, a “Coronation Big Lunch” […]
CNN — The Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug and a racketeering co-defendant conducted a melee drug deal during a court hearing, prosecutors said in a motion filed in Atlanta. Fulton County prosecutors said the alleged exchange was captured on courtroom surveillance video Wednesday. The rapper, real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, and Kahlieff Adams are charged with […]
ANGELS — The man who shot and injured Lady Gaga’s dog walker last year by stealing her French bulldogs has reached a plea deal and was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Monday, officials said . The Lady Gaga connection was coincidental, authorities said. The motive was the value of French bulldogs, a breed […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Artists such as Gladys Knight or the Irish group U2 would usually headline a concert for thousands of people, but at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday the roles will be reversed as they and other artists will be the ones celebrated for their lifetime of artistic contributions. Actor, director, producer and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy-winning singer and actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the cut title track from the hit 1980 film “Fame,” then sang the 1983 hit “Flashdance…What a Feeling” from “Flashdance” died. She was 63 years old. His publicist, Judith A. Moose, announced the news on social media, […]
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