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Tina Turner in 2018; Franziska Krug/Getty Images A longtime friend of Tina Turner tells People that the late Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll was ready to embrace the end of her life. Stephen Sills — that’s Sills, not Stills — is a designer who helped decorate Tina’s home in the South of France and visited her every year in Switzerland. Speaking […]
Courtesy BET/ET Tina Turner will be the focus of an exclusive BET special that will delve into her life and yearslong career. BET & ET Present Tina Turner: Life and Legacy will air May 25, featuring archival footage from ET, which includes over 30 Tina interviews throughout the course of her career. It will see her discussing her acting […]
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Legendary singer Tina Turner, known for her sultry voice and a string of Platinum hits, has died at age 83. The news was confirmed on Turner’s official Facebook page. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner,” the statement said on Facebook. “With her music and her boundless passion […]
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images A new movie about Bob Marley got its first look at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week. A trailer for the film, Marley, was shown to theater owners, with the reggae legend’s son Ziggy Marley on hand to introduce the clip. “It’s great to be here today on behalf of this movie about my father,” Ziggy […]
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for NARAS After making headlines by claiming that the amount of royalties Sting gets from Diddy‘s song “I’ll Be Missing You” is $5,000 a day, Diddy now claims it was a big joke. Earlier this week, Diddy replied to a clip of Sting confirming that he makes $2,000 per day in royalties […]
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for NARAS Diddy‘s 1997 number-one hit “I’ll Be Missing You” is based on the 1983 number-one hit “Every Breath You Take” by The Police, written by the band’s frontman, Sting. On Wednesday, Diddy revealed just how much money Sting makes from the use of that sample. After Diddy sampled “Every Breath You Take” without […]
CBS/The Recording Academy Backstage and on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, artists were grateful for the recognition, though some had a hard time believing that they’d actually won. Harry Styles’ Harry’s House beat out albums by Adele and Beyonce to win the Album of the Year trophy. Backstage, the pop […]
On this day, January 31, 1981… Blondie’s single “The Tide Is High” became their third number one song. The track was a remake of a 1967 rocksteady song originally recorded by Jamaican group The Paragons. In addition to the U.S., “The Tide Is High” also went on to top the charts in the UK, Canada and […]
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