Jennifer Hudson belts a stunning snippet of Aretha Franklin‘s “Respect” in the first teaser for the upcoming biopic about the late singer, Respect. The film is set to open in 2020, although an exact release date has yet to be announced. The short clip finds Hudson, as Franklin, on an …
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Two-time Grammy winner John Prine has been named one of the recipients of the Recording Academy’s 2020 Lifetime Achievement Awards. The singer-songwriter, whose self-titled 1971 debut LP was enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015, scored three Grammy nominations last year for his album The Tree of Forgiveness. …
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Days after quietly reaching an agreement in a long-simmering lawsuit over Tom Petty’s estate, the rocker’s widow Dana Petty and daughters from a previous marriage, Annakim Violette and Adria Petty, announced that both parties have “resolved their differences and dismissed all litigation matters.” “Each of them sincerely regrets that in …
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A telephone conversation with Anthony Daniels can be unnerving, particularly when a crackly connection lends his already familiar voice a slight mechanical quality, making it all feel impossibly close to an actual chat with C-3PO. Daniels, 77, has played that droid since 1977 in movies, cartoons, video games, and various …
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The late rapper Juice WRLD claimed the Number One spot on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, notching 179.9 million song streams for the week of December 6th through December 12th. Juice WRLD died tragically and unexpectedly December 8th at the age of 21 after reportedly suffering a seizure at …
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“This thing will come to the Senate, and it will die quickly, and I will do everything I can to make it die quickly,” Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said of the coming senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump during an interview with CNN. When asked if expressing an opinion …
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The cult soul singer Swamp Dogg has announced details for Sorry You Couldn’t Make It, his upcoming country-tinged album featuring contributions from John Prine, Jenny Lewis, Justin Vernon and more. The album, produced by Ryan Olson, arrives two years after his Justin Vernon-assisted, Olson-produced 2018 comeback record Love, Loss & …
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Tekashi 6ix9ine expressed remorse over his actions and affiliations with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in a letter to Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, viaThe New York Post, ahead of the rapper’s sentencing next week, December 18th. Back in February, 6ix9ine — real name Daniel Hernandez — pleaded guilty to racketeering …
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Los Angeles punk heroes Bad Religion and Alkaline Trio will embark on a co-headlining North American tour next spring. The run will kick off March 26th with a hometown show at the Palladium in Los Angeles and include stops in cities like Denver, Austin, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Chicago before …
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President Trump has made a few friends around the world since taking office, but none are as “special” as Kim Jong-un, the murderous North Korean dictator with whom he has met three times, tweeted at repeatedly, and exchanged at least one piece of novelty-size correspondence. In recent weeks, however, their …
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