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Music industry icon Quincy Jones, who shaped the sound of American music by working with legends like Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra, has sadly died at the age of 91. Arnold Robinson, his publicist, confirmed the tragic news that he died at home in Bel Air on Sunday night, surrounded by his loving family.

Music titan Quincy Jones - who worked with stars including Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles - has died aged 91. The news was confirmed by his publicist Arnold Robinson.

Chris Morris Music ReporterQuincy Jones, who distinguished himself over the course of a 70-year career in music as an artist, bandleader, composer, arranger and producer, has died. He was 91.Jones died Sunday night at his home in Bel Air, Calif., according to a statement shared with Variety by his rep Arnold Robinson.

Quincy Jones, the musician, composer, producer and songwriter whose oeuvre spanned seven decades and everything from Michael Jackson’s Thriller to frequent collaborations with Frank Sinatra, producing the big-screen adaptation of The Color Purple and composing some of the most memorable film and TV music ever has died. His death was first reported by the Associated Press, which cited Jones’ publicist Arnold Robinson. He was 91.

Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91.Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” the family said in a statement. “And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him.”Jones rose from running with gangs on the South Side of Chicago to the very heights of show business, becoming one of the first Black executives to thrive in Hollywood and amassing an extraordinary musical catalog that includes some of the richest moments of American rhythm and song.

Cyndi Lauper sang “When You Were Mine,” her synthful Prince cover from her 1983 debut “She’s So Unusual.”It was a reminder that, at 71, she had outlived other ’80s music icons such as Prince, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and George Michael.And for the first time since her 1986 “True Colors” tour, the New York native was playing her hometown arena again. Who would’ve thought it would take her 38 years to get back there?But while Lauper never again reached the heights of her ’80s superstardom — her last Top 10 hit was 1989’s “I Drove All Night” — she has survived and evolved: She went from winning a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1985 to winning a Tony for Best Original Score for “Kinky Boots” in 2013.And now she is riding the wave of nostalgia for her pop career that has included a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination, her documentary “Let the Canary Sing” and a “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” sample by Nicki Minaj (on “Pink Friday Girls”).Seizing her moment to play arenas again on this farewell tour — although that doesn’t mean she is retiring from music or live performance — Lauper is unwinding the second hand back to her glory days.And when she took the stage at a sold-out Garden to “She Bop” — her giddy ode to masturbation that riled up the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) as one of its “Filthy Fifteen” in 1985 — she was that punky rebel celebrating the joys of self-pleasure with her hiccuping vocal ticks that are singularly Cyndi.Maybe she couldn’t pull that off in another few years, but she still can now.

Mariah Carey defrosts, here are 12 tunes for your pumpkin-pumping pleasure.Still getting ghouls grooving in “Thriller” line dances all over the world four decades later — and that Vincent Price rap remains, well, priceless.Michael Jackson also sang guest vocals on this haunting hip-shaker from 1983 that gives all the eerie feels. The King of Pop shared a Motown connection with Rockwell, who is the son of label founder Berry Gordy.They somehow keep making “Ghostbusters” films after 40 years — hello “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” — and Parker’s No.

Kim Wilde is one of the most famous singers of the 80s. In 1981, her pop debut, Kids In America, was a global hit and she went on to sell more than 30 million records. Overnight, she became the poster on every teen’s bedroom wall – the voice of a generation of rebellious youth.

Rihanna‘s ‘SOS’ has revealed a pattern on the song that’s gone unknown for nearly two decades – see what the pattern is below.In a recent interview with Behind the Wall, songwriter Evan ‘Kidd’ Bogart — who co-wrote the song’s lyrics alongside Edward Cobb and Jonathan Rotem — unveiled new information about the 2006 hit. Bogart wrote the entirety of the song’s second verse, which he now reveals is a tribute to 1980s song titles.Bogart said: “When I wrote it, I had no idea what I was doing.

Lisa Marie Presley lived an incredible life as the daughter of the late King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, and Priscilla Presley. However, her posthumous memoir, ‘From Here to the Great Unknown,’ reveals her wildest and darkest secrets and details never publicly shared. Her marriage to Michael Jackson may be the most bizarre of all.Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley had a lot in common.

Janet Jackson has paid tribute to her brother Tito on social media, one month after his death.News of Tito Jackson’s passing was first announced by Entertainment Tonight on September 15, and it was later confirmed by People. The singer’s cause of death has yet to be confirmed, although his former manager Steve Manning believes that the 70-year-old musician suffered from a heart attack while driving from New Mexico to Oklahoma.Now, after staying silent on social media following the loss, Janet Jackson has paid tribute to her brother on Instagram.Taking to her stories yesterday (October 15) – exactly one month after his death – the 58-year-old singer shared her respects by posting a black-and-white throwback photo of them both in their childhood.In the image, a young Janet is seen facing her older brother, who is wearing a printed shirt and a fedora.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic However sad you are expecting “From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir” will be, take heed: it’s sadder than that. This new volume, started by Lisa Marie Presley before her 2022 death and completed recently by daughter Riley Keough, falls squarely into the realm of autobio-tragedy — bracingly looking at how depression and addiction issues repeat themselves generationally, with almost none of the sentimentalized overlay you might expect a book of this kind to impose.

K.J. Yossman Documentary filmmaker Dan Reed, whose work includes Michael Jackson doc “Leaving Neverland” and HBO’s recent “The Truth vs Alex Jones,” has found his calling in getting people to relive “the worst day in their life,” as he describes it.

Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir has shared details about her relationship with Michael Jackson, and claimed that he was “still a virgin” when they began dating.The claims were first shared in her posthumous memoir, From Here To The Great Unknown, which was shared yesterday (October 8) and recalls her time in Graceland as a child, her battle with opioid addiction, the loss of her son Benjamin and more.Lisa Marie – who is the only daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley – began working on the book before her death in January 2023. It was completed by her daughter Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & The Six), who listened to tapes of memories left behind by her mother.One part of the memoir sees Lisa Marie open up about her relationship with Michael Jackson, who she began dating in 1994 and married later that year.The two met when they were young and got together romantically after Jackson declared his love for her in Las Vegas – leading her to divorce her then-husband Danny Keough.“Michael said, ‘I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’m completely in love with you.

“From Here to the Great Unknown,” completed by her daughter, Riley Keough, following her death in January 2023, the late singer said that the King of Pop, who passed away in 2009, never had sex before they became a couple in 1994.“He told me he was still a virgin,” Presley wrote in the book. “I think he had kissed Tatum O’Neal, and he’d had a thing with Brooke Shields, which hadn’t been physical apart from a kiss.

Lisa Marie Presley‘s posthumous memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown,” is now available to purchase.

Marcelo Cajueiro After plunging during the pandemic, Brazil’s theatrical market has been recovering since 2021, but the pace of the recovery has been hampered this year by 2023’s Hollywood double strike. Total ticket sales in the country sharply decreased from 173 million in 2019 to just 39 million in 2020, according to Brazil’s cinema agency Ancine. Sales then increased significantly year by year and reached 114 million in 2023, giving the impression that a full recovery to the pre-pandemic level was soon to be achieved.

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Lisa Marie Presley fans anxiously await the late daughter of Priscilla Presley and King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley‘s post-death memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir, which will officially hit shelves on October 8th.Many details of Lisa Marie’s life will soon be revealed. Sadly, Lisa Marie Presley suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on January 12, 2023, before she could finish her memoirs. One month before Lisa died, she reached out to her oldest daughter, Riley Keough, to ask if she could land a hand in helping her finish her book.However, Presley died just one month later from cardiac arrest, leaving Riley to grant her mom’s wishes and finish the memoir.