Classic Hits & Oldies
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Kevin Mazur/WireImage A biopic on Michael Jackson is in the works, and it just nabbed an A-list director. Variety reports Antoine Fuqua, known for such flicks as Training Day, starring Denzel Washington, and 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen, has been tapped to direct the flick, Michael, which is expected to begin filming this year. “The first films of my career were music videos, and I […]
Rich Polk/NBC The estate of late singer Whitney Houston has expressed disappointment over a joke made by comedian Jerrod Carmichael at the Golden Globe Awards. During the ceremony, which Carmichael hosted on Tuesday, he made a reference to Houston’s fatal overdose in 2012. “So, we are here, live, from the hotel that killed Whitney Houston, the Beverly Hilton,” he […]
Andrew Chin/Getty Images) Two of today’s most beloved artists are getting ready to release a collaboration. During an appearance on the Tamron Hall Show, Dionne Warwick revealed she’s teaming up with newly inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dolly Parton on a new song. “She sent me a song that she wanted me to record, and I said, ‘OK, that sounds […]
Don Smith/Radio Times/Getty Images The late Nat King Cole has set a new chart record. The legendary crooner’s classic holiday tune “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)” lands at nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this week, giving him the record for the longest break between Top 10 hits. The new Top 10 single comes 59 years, six months […]
Rob Verhorst/Redferns Fred White, a drummer for classic ’70s superband Earth, Wind & Fire, has died, according to an Instagram post from his older brother and former bandmate, Verdine White. As of Monday, the cause of Fred’s death was unknown. He was 67. Verdine wrote on Instagram on Sunday, “Our family is saddened today With the loss of an amazing and […]
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images Anita Pointer, founding member of the legendary sister act the Pointer Sisters, passed away Saturday at the age of 74, with her publicist noting she was “surrounded by family at the time of her death.” “While we are deeply saddened by the loss of Anita, we are comforted in knowing she is now […]
Sony Pictures Whitney Houston‘s mentor Clive Davis says before the singer’s shocking death in 2012, she was trying very hard to get clean. The superstar singer was found unconscious in a bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel on February 11 and didn’t respond to CPR. She was 48. The coroner’s report ruled her death accidental, […]
Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment The guy who co-wrote Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” apparently has some issues with the way that she’s described the song’s origins and is sharing his version in a podcast. Speaking with the podcast Hot Takes & Deep Dives with Jess Rothschild, Walter Afanasieff — sometimes called Walter A — discusses his […]
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