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A$AP Rocky Returns to Sweden Months After Assault Conviction
A$AP Rocky will perform in Sweden several months after he was convicted of assault in a street brawl.
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Whitney Houston's Friend Robyn Crawford Opens Up About Their Romance
Whitney Houston’s close friend Robyn Crawford opens up for the first time about their romantic relationship in a new memoir, NBC News reports. The two met around 1980 in New Jersey when they were in their late teens and immediately formed a bond, Crawford writes in her book, “A Song For You: My Life with Whitney Houston.”...
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Lizzo Promotes Self-Care at We Can Survive Benefit Concert
Lizzo is always here to make us feel good as hell. On Saturday night, Oct. 19, the Hollywood Bowl hosted the 7th Annual We Can Survive benefit concert supporting the American Cancer Society. The sold-out show featured some of today’s billboard chart-toppers including the “Truth Hurts” singer herself, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Jonas Brothers, Marshmello, Becky G and...
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Adam Lambert: Happy More LGBTQ Artists Finding Success
Adam Lambert, who rose on the music scene as the runner-up on “America Idol” in 2009, says he’s happy to see more mainstream LGBTQ artists find major success.
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Justin Bieber Gets Into Country Music With Dan + Shay on ‘10,000 Hours'
Justin Bieber just released new music. The newly married singer teamed up with country duo Dan + Shay (a.k.a Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) for the new single, “10,000 Hours,” marking Bieber’s first venture into the country genre. The 24-year-old co-wrote the love song alongside Smyers and Mooney, which channels the same sentimental and romantic vibes as the Grammy-winning duo’s...
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21 Savage Says Kids in US Illegally Should Become Citizens
Rapper 21 Savage believes immigrants like him who lived in America illegally as children should automatically become U.S. citizens.
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Garth Brooks to Receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Country music superstar Garth Brooks has more than just friends in low places. The Library of Congress said Wednesday the Grammy winner will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in March 2020. Previous recipients include Tony Bennett, Paul Simon, Carole King and Willie Nelson. Brooks is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. His...
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Cardi B Says Photographer Sexually Harassed Her During Magazine Photo Shoot
Rapper Cardi B said she was sexually harassed by a photographer during a magazine photo shoot, and that when she told the publication’s owner he showed little concern. During a clip of Thursday’s episode of WeTV’s “Untold Stories of Hip Hop,” the rapper told host Angie Martinez that the photographer was “trying to get close” to her during the shoot....
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Southland Museums Open for Free Saturday for Annual Event
A host of museums across the Southland will offer free admission Saturday as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 15th annual Museum Day.
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Merriam-Webster Adds Nonbinary ‘They' Pronoun to Dictionary
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary is adding a new entry to the definition of the pronoun “they”: a way to refer to a nonbinary individual, one who identifies as neither exclusively male nor female, NBC News reported. It’s been a year of heightened visibility for nonbinary people, from the popularity of MTV’s “sexually fluid” season of the dating show “Are You the One?”...
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Kylie Jenner Strips Down for NSFW Nude Playboy Photo Shoot With Travis Scott
Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are teaming up for a very intimate photo shoot. The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” star and the Grammy nominee are set to be featured in Playboy magazine’s upcoming Pleasure Issue. Ahead of the magazine’s release, Kylie took to Instagram to tease a NSFW photo from the shoot.
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Ed Sheeran Announces 18-Month Break From Live Performing
After more than 250 performances on the road, Ed Sheeran may be headed back to the castle on the hill. On the final stop of his Divide tour earlier this week, the Grammy winner announced his break from music. “As you may or not know, I’ve been on the Divide tour for over two years now and this is the...
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Alanis Morissette Announces Birth of Son
The Morissette-Treadway house has a new addition: singer Alanis Morissette has given birth to her third child, a son. The Grammy winner announced the arrival of her son, Winter Mercy, on Instagram on Monday. The post included a black-and-white photo of the boy snuggled peacefully in a blanket. The newborn is Morissette’s third child with her husband, rapper Mario Treadway....
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Ariana Grande Returns to Acting Roots in ‘Kidding'
Ariana Grande returns to her acting roots with an appearance in Jim Carrey’s series “Kidding.” The Grammy-winning singer with the big vocal range guests in season two of the Showtime series that returns on Nov. 3. And yes, she sings.
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Christian Rapper Awarded $2.7M in Katy Perry Copyright Infringement Case
A Christian rapper was awarded $2.7 million in damages Thursday by a federal court jury that determined Katy Perry’s hit “Dark Horse” included a musical passage lifted from the rapper’s earlier song titled “Joyful Noise.”
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Rapper Cardi B Postpones Indianapolis Concert Due to Threat
Rapper Cardi B postponed an Indianapolis concert following what police described as an unverified threat to the Grammy-winning artist. A post on her Twitter account offered an apology to fans about Tuesday’s planned show at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, saying: “My safety and your safety first.” The post said Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, had earlier rehearsed at...
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Katy Perry's Megahit ‘Dark Horse' Earned Her Millions. So How Much Will Christian Rapper Flame Get?
An attorney told a Los Angeles federal jury Tuesday that Katy Perry’s megahit “Dark Horse” and album “Prism” earned a total of $41 million and it was up to the panel to award fair compensation in damages to a Christian hip-hop artist for what was determined to be copyright infringement.
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Jury Sides With Christian Rapper and Says Katy Perry Lifted Parts for Song ‘Dark Horse'
A downtown Los Angeles jury Monday sided with a Christian rapper who claims a portion of Katy Perry’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” was lifted from his song “Joyful Noise,” with the panel calling the passages in the two songs substantially similar. With the jury’s finding, the federal trial will now move to a damages phase to determine how much money...
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Mary J. Blige to Star in First of Several “Power” Spinoffs
The end of the hit Starz series “Power” is the beginning of several planned spinoffs, the first featuring Mary J. Blige. The Grammy-winning singer and actress said the announcement was probably the most exciting thing that would happen to her this year. Blige’s casting in the new show, titled “Power Book II: Ghost,” was announced Friday at a TV critics’...