Tina Turner: Last News

Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, has died, ET has confirmed. She was 83.In a statement to ET, the singer's rep said Turner died peacefully on Wednesday after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. Turner's verified Instagram account also posted a statement confirming the tragic news.«It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner.

Tina Turner has died aged 83, her spokesperson has said.“Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock’n Roll’ has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness,” the legendary singer’s representative said in a statement.“With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model.”The American musician is known for songs like ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’, ‘The Best’ and ‘Break Every Rule’.This is a breaking news story, head back to NME for further updates.

was shared on Turner’s Instagram account on Wednesday.“Verified It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner. With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow,” the statement read. “Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music.

Ghost have shared a cover of Genesis‘ ‘Jesus He Knows Me’, announced a covers EP and spoken to NME about new music, the future, and being inspired by personality politicians like Trump.Following the release of their rendition of Genesis’ 1992 hit ‘Jesus He Knows Me’ over Easter, yesterday (Sunday, April 9) the band followed up with the news of a new five-track EP, ‘Phantomime’ – featuring more re-imagined songs from Iron Maiden, Tina Turner, Television, and The Stranglers.As frontman Tobias Forge told NME, ‘Phantomime’ could “cast a glimpse as to where I want to go with the band now”.“That doesn’t mean that all of a sudden we’re going to sound like Television!” he said. “It just means that there are practical things in there that have inspired me to record this EP in a slightly different way than I have done previously.”Speaking about his decision to put ‘Jesus He Knows Me’ as the lead single for ‘Phantomime’, Forge believed the “song is more relevant today than it probably was in 1992”.

Ghost have shared a cover of Genesis‘ ‘Jesus He Knows Me’, announced a covers EP and spoken to NME about new music, the future, and being inspired by personality politicians like Trump.Following the release of their rendition of Genesis’ 1992 hit ‘Jesus He Knows Me’ over Easter, yesterday (Sunday, April 9) the band followed up with the news of a new five-track EP, ‘Phantomime’ – featuring more re-imagined songs from Iron Maiden, Tina Turner, Television, and The Stranglers.As frontman Tobias Forge told NME, ‘Phantomime’ could “cast a glimpse as to where I want to go with the band now”.“That doesn’t mean that all of a sudden we’re going to sound like Television!” he said. “It just means that there are practical things in there that have inspired me to record this EP in a slightly different way than I have done previously.”Speaking about his decision to put ‘Jesus He Knows Me’ as the lead single for ‘Phantomime’, Forge believed the “song is more relevant today than it probably was in 1992”.

actress was a guest on and revealed that she has officially signed on to play Dionne Warwick in an upcoming film.«We're already working on it,» Taylor told Hall when asked about possibly playing the legendary songstress.«We're at the building process right now,» the 31-year-old triple-threat star said. «I always wanted to make sure I could lock in with any person I would be playing.»Taylor went on to reference Angela Bassett's Oscar-nominated performance as Tina Turner in  and Jamie Foxx's Oscar-winning performance as Ray Charles in. «I miss when movies was like that,» she shared.

Teyana Taylor is stepping into the shoes of Dionne Warwick for a biopic.

was sold at auction for $15,300.It was famously struck by an upside-down Tina Turner — who used her feet to bang it — when she was a guest video jockey on the network in 1986.The Paiste steel-hammered lot has the iconic MTV logo emblazoned on its front.It is believed to be one of two gongs made for the 24-hour cable channel, the first solely dedicated to music when it launched in the Big Apple in 1981.The iconic piece of MTV history was sold by Bonhams, a privately owned international auction house, as part of its online music auction, which ended Friday afternoon. Among the other memorabilia included in the sale was a black Texas Hatters Hi-Roller hat worn by Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant in 1976, the year before he, two bandmates, a road manager and two pilots tragically died in a plane crash in Mississippi.

Teyana Taylor is taking on the role of a lifetime!

fantastic. Standing blonde and bold at 11 inches tall with tip toes and preternaturally perky tits, Barbie, full name Barbara Millicent Roberts, was introduced by Mattel Inc. on March 9, 1959, at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.In astrology it’s not only people but pets, places and plastic effigies that have birth charts.

A man who couldn’t read or write until he was 18 is set to become Cambridge’s youngest black professor. Jason Arday made the major milestone after being diagnosed with autism and global delay, which left him unable to speak until he was 11. He broke through barriers and has since become a prominent figure in the black community.

Thirty years after her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do With It, Angela Bassett is once again a contender. But this nod, for her heart-wrenching turn in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, feels different. “I was just shell-shocked last time,” Bassett says. “It’s still very exciting. But last time, it was just mind-blowing.” Her second nomination is no less meaningful — it’s the first performance in a Marvel movie to be recognized by the Academy. Bassett talks about the historical and emotional nature of Wakanda Forever and finding the marrow in everything she does.

Tina Turner.Speaking on the Celebrity Catch Up podcast, the group’s Cheryl Baker and Jay Aston made the claim, revealing that the song was meant for their fourth studio album ‘I Hear Talk’.Baker said: “If I have to be completely honest, I preferred Tina’s version,” with Aston adding: “She made the version which was like the original demo. The fact that it was sung by a woman was so much cooler and of the day and edgy.”Baker noted on the podcast that the group get a mention in TINA, the career-spanning documentary on the legendary singer.“In the Tina biopic, they mention the song and Bucks Fizz,” she said.

Angela Bassett has gone where no Marvel character has gone before. On Tuesday the star received a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.The historic nod made her the first woman, the first person of color and the first Marvel Studios actor to be nominated for an Oscar for their performance in a comic book adaptation.At 64, she is the second oldest black woman to be nominated for an acting Oscar, following Ruby Dee, who was nominated for her role in 2007's American Gangster at the age of 84.  History: Angela Bassett, 64, made history Tuesday as the first Marvel star to be nominated for an Oscar for  their role in a Marvel film.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe finally broke through in the above the line categories at the Oscars this morning as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s Angela Bassett earned a supporting actress nomination for her turn as Queen Ramonda.

Angela Bassett made history on Sunday night at the 2023 Golden Globes, winning the first major acting award ever for a Marvel Studios movie.The 64-year-old actress won her second Golden Globe, taking home her first in 1994 for her portrayal of Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It.She won Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, beating out Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness) and Carey Mulligan: She Said), taking to the stage at The Beverly Hilton to deliver a rousing acceptance speech, just a day after attending The Women of Wakanda event in Los Angeles. History-making: Angela Bassett made history on Sunday night at the 2023 Golden Globes, winning the first major acting award ever for a Marvel Studios movie Speech: She won Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, beating out Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness) and Carey Mulligan: She Said), taking to the stage at The Beverly Hilton to deliver a rousing acceptance speechShe took to her phone, handing off the award to presenter Jennifer Hudson, saying, 'I've got to find my words.

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (★★★☆☆), which just shimmied into the National Theatre, three stops into a 30-city national tour.But the show’s creators, including book writer Katori Hall, a Pulitzer winner for her drama The Hot Wing King, don’t seem to have been too sure what to do with Turner’s cache of classics, succeeding only half the time at persuasively reimagining the songs within the context of the singer’s tumultuous life story.You know the story, told via Turner’s multiple memoirs, plus the beloved 1993 biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It and the stellar 2021 documentary Tina, not to mention semi-autobiographical songs like “Nutbush City Limits.”Tina the musical turns “Nutbush City Limits” into a rousing spiritual, dominated by the gospel wail of Ann Nesby portraying Tina’s Gran Georgeanna. One of the savvier uses of Turner’s catalog, the number introduces young Anna-Mae Bullock (a delightful Ayvah Johnson), a little girl with a big voice, from a broken home in rural Tennessee.In another crafty use of an early hit, teenage Anna-Mae, played on press night by the equally big-voiced Naomi Rodgers (the role is played on select nights by Zurin Villanueva), is introduced by sister Alline (Parris Lewis) to the faster scene in St.

Soul Survivor that she was sexually assaulted by Ike Turner.In a new interview with The Telegraph, Arnold discussed her time as an Ikette, noting that Ike “trapped her in a room and raped her”.“What can I say? It was awful,” she said. “I despised Ike on that level, but I didn’t know how to express myself. I was told Tina [Turner] wanted to get rid of me because Ike was after me.

the Telegraph about her book, “Soul Survivor,” she said Turner trapped her in a room and raped her in the mid-1960s.“What can I say? It was awful. I despised Ike on that level, but I didn’t know how to express myself,” the now 75-year-old said.Arnold held a grudge after that against Turner, claiming that she didn’t know how to process her anger at the time.

Express.co.uk about the "imposter" Luzahnn who is now "pretending" to be Livin Joy.Janice joined Livin' Joy in the early 90s, releasing the single Dreamer before going solo in 1999.The singer released her own solo album, The Color Within Me, in 1999 and even toured with Tina Turner in 2000.When Janice left the band, Tameko took over and released the single Don't Stop Movin'.She also wrote and sung the band's only album, of the same name, but all went quiet for Tameko when she returned to the USA.Disaster struck for the pair when Janice noticed in 2001 a stranger performing as Livin' Joy in London Pride.The individual in question, Luzahnn, has performed at several UK festivals including Mighty Hoopla and Back To The 90s.She even has a Facebook page under the bands name, with the information saying that she has "all the qualities to provide a world class vocal performance which is worthy of Livin’ Joy’s seminal house records".Speaking about the "injustice" that is happening, Janice said to Express.co.uk: "What's happening today is injustice. We are victims.

Rolling Stones in Milan, Italy. She took it, but, somehow, the other shoe dropped — the gig appears to have resulted in Haynes getting fired from her dream role of portraying Tina Turner in London's West End musical.In an interview with, the New Orleans native told the venerable magazine that she was canned from the  musical and barred from completing the final three shows shortly after accepting a last-minute invitation from The Stones to fly from London to Milan to replace backup singer, Sasha Allen, who had to bow out due to an unspecified reason. «Gimme Shelter» has been a staple in the Rolling Stones' setlist for decades now, and a duet between Mick Jagger and Allen. The band was told about Haynes, and after watching some of her past performances the band wondered if she could fly up to Italy, stat.«I can't say exactly when I got the call because I don't want to give timelines,» she told.