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Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images Smokey Robinson and Sheila E are among the artists set to perform live on A Capitol Fourth, the annual PBS special celebrating Independence Day. The celebration, America’s longest-running live national July Fourth TV tradition, will air July 4 at 8 p.m. ET and will feature a telecast of the fireworks live from the West […]
Dave Simpson/WireImage Happy milestone birthday to the woman nicknamed the Empress of Soul. Gladys Knight turned 80 on Tuesday, and the legendary singer took to Instagram to reflect on her life and career. “80 years of beautiful life, love, service, celebration, achievement, falling down, faith, fun, lessons, blessings, friendship, collaboration, soul sharing and more,” she wrote. […]
L-R: Jake Bongiovi, Millie Bobby Brown, Jon Bon Jovi, Dorothea Bon Jovi Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Netflix Stranger Things have happened: Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi, the son of Jon Bon Jovi, married in secret over the weekend of May 18, People magazine has learned. It’s not clear where the nuptials took place. In […]
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Elvis Presley’s eldest granddaughter, actress Riley Keough, is fighting to keep Elvis’ legendary Memphis home, Graceland, from going on the auction block. According to legal documents, a company called Naussany Investments & Private Lending has claimed that Elvis’ only child, Lisa Marie Presley, borrowed $3.8 million from them, putting up Graceland as collateral, and then didn’t pay […]
CNN Films/OWN Films Luther: Never Too Much, a documentary about late singer/songwriter Luther Vandross, will premiere next year on CNN, OWN and Max, it was announced Wednesday. The film, directed by Dawn Porter, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in January. It tells the musician’s story through interviews with his friends and musical collaborators, such […]
Richard E. Aaron/Redferns Prince fans now have a chance to stay in the house featured in his iconic movie Purple Rain. In connection with the film’s 40th anniversary, Paisley Park and the Prince Estate have teamed up with Airbnb to offer up the home for a once-in-a-lifetime experience as part of Airbnb’s Icons program. It marks the […]
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Succession star Jeremy Strong may have found his next role. Variety reports that the Emmy winner is in talks to join the cast of the Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, where he’ll play The Boss’ manager, Jon Landau. Deliver Me From Nowhere follows Springsteen’s efforts to make the 1982 solo album […]
Melissa McCarthy and Barbra Streisand in 2016; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BSB While she was around when it was invented, Barbra Streisand still doesn’t seem to understand how social media works. After being dragged online for a seemingly insensitive comment she made on a friend’s post, she’s now apologizing. On April 29, actress Melissa McCarthy […]
NPG Records/Paisley Park Enterprises/Sony Music Entertainment The 20th anniversary celebration of Prince’s 28th studio album, Musicology, continues with the digital release of “Magnificent,” which originally came out as a virtual B-side to the album’s title track. This is the first time the song has ever been released to streaming services; it was sourced from master tapes discovered in […]
Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Dionne Warwick is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year in the Musical Excellence category, and she is certainly happy with the recognition. “In every game it’s usually 3 strikes and you’re out. I guess I hit a home run this […]
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