Whitney Houston: Last News

Chlöe Bailey is opening up about her music and why her songs are still categorized as R&B despite venturing into different genres.

Hollywood Reporter. Callner was a 12-time Emmy nominee who was best known for the numerous iconic music videos he directed, as well as creating the HBO series Hard Knocks.Among the first music videos he directed were Twisted Sister‘s ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’, Cher‘s ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ and Pat Benatar‘s ‘We Belong’.

Lizzo has hit back at people criticising her music and other Black pop icons in the past – see what the ‘Truth Hurts’ singer had to say below.Lizzo recently announced news of her new album ‘Love In Real Life’ when she previously released the LP’s title track as the lead single last month, and has since gone on to drop the unapologetic song ‘Still Bad’.Since then, the star has drawn some criticism for the song on social media and has made her return to X/Twitter since moving to BlueSky in November last year – save for a few promotional posts – to address criticism of her music and the mistreatment of Black women in pop as a whole.Addressing her own music, she wrote: “Saying my brand of ‘poptimism’ doesn’t work in a ‘post-Covid world’ is a lazy take… as if I didn’t release ‘About Damn Time’ post pandemic…” She doubled down, continuing: “As if I didn’t write ‘About Damn Time’ to be a post lockdown anthem to inspire us to get outside and together again… and was successful at it btw”.Saying my brand of “poptimism” doesn’t work in a “post Covid world” is a lazy take..As if I didn’t release ‘about damn time’ post pandemic..— LIZZO (@lizzo) March 17, 2025As if I didn’t write ‘about damn time’ to be a post lockdown anthem to inspire us to get outside and together again..

The critically acclaimed musical, The Bodyguard, is heading to Manchester on its UK tour in 2026, with tickets going on sale for as low as £15 each. In a genre-bending twist, the show is a romantic thriller that follows a Secret Service agent and a high-profile star who ultimately fall in love.

Roy Ayers has died, aged 84.Ayers death was confirmed via an announcement from his team through Ayers’ Facebook account. The post, which notes he died from a “long illness” reads: “It is with great sadness that the family of legendary vibraphonist, composter and producer Roy Ayers announce his passing which occurred on March 4th, 2025 in New York City after a long illness.”“He lived a beautiful 84 years and will be sorely missed.

The Masked Singer is back!

Lauryn Hill has shared a tribute to Roberta Flack, who died earlier this week at the age of 88.“We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning,” Flack’s representatives wrote in a statement on Monday (February 24). “She died peacefully surrounded by her family.

IVE have returned with their third mini-album ‘IVE Empathy’, alongside a music video for title track ‘Attitude’.‘Attitude’ is one of two title tracks for ‘IVE Empathy’, the other being the song ‘Rebel Heart’, which was released last month. Wonyoung is credited as a co-lyricist on ‘Attitude’, alongside frequent IVE collaborator Seo Ji-eum.

Carlos Santana had no idea about the kind of otherworldly magic that his “Supernatural” album was going to conjure up when it swept the Grammys 25 years ago.“I didn’t have any expectations, but I had what I call ‘willingness,’” the 77-year-old guitar god told The Post via email. “I just opened my heart to manifest blessings and miracles.“Before the show, my kids were asking me about it,” he continued.

Kevin Costner honored his friendship with the late and great Whitney Houston on his 70th birthday over the weekend.

Jack Dunn As Kevin Costner turns 70, he remembers his once costar Whitney Houston. On his birthday, Jan. 18, Costner shared a photo to his Instagram Stories of himself and Houston on the set of 1992’s “The Bodyguard,” in which the pair costarred.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in action is a remarkable study in contrasts. Even after months of their omnipresence on social media and TV screens — as fans have consumed every morsel of the ongoing press tour for their film “Wicked,” in which tears have been shed (and shed, and shed!) — it’s hard not to be mesmerized as the London-born theater actor and the Boca Raton-born pop singer, newly minted co-stars, pose for photographs in a New York City studio in early December. Erivo is stoic, silent, channeling the power of her character Elphaba, though once she’s off-camera she lets loose watching her director Jon M.

Whitney Houston‘s former bodyguard opened up about the nature of their relationship in a new interview.

ITV's Pop Idol star Rik Waller looks almost unrecognisable 23 years after the show - and has an unpredictable new career.

Pop Idol was one of the biggest TV hits of the early noughties, and despite only running for two series, the show spawned the careers of Gareth Gates and Will Young. However, it also made a star of Kent-born singer Rik Waller, who was tipped to win the first series of the singing reality show. In 2001, the then 20-year-old impressed judges Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman, Nicki Chapman and Neil Fox with an impressive vocal performance and successfully made it into the final ten.

Mariah Carey — these 10 yule tunes never fail to turn up the holiday spirit.If you’re going to anoint a song as the Christmas song, you better be able to bring all the holiday feels. And whether or not you’ve ever roasted a chestnut in your life — really, who has? — this is the definitive version of the definitive Christmas song.When it comes to hanging under the mistletoe, nothing beats the old-school R&B romance of Hathaway’s 1970 classic.

It’s the season finale of The Masked Singer!

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the Season 12 finale of The Masked Singer, including the winner and their identity.

Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa have appeared in Apple TV’s A Carpool Karaoke Christmas.The festive special aired last night (December 15), with an hour-long instalment of the show put out on Apple’s platforms in a surprise release.Taking over from James Corden, Zane Lowe took on the role of guest driver and part-time backing singer as he shuttled the three artists around Missouri, Tokyo and Los Angeles, with Roan and Lipa covering Christmas classics as well as their own hits.The ‘Good Luck, Babe’ singer took on Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ – which she recently performed alongside Sabrina Carpenter on A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter -while Lipa tackled the Ronettes’ ‘Sleigh Ride’.Gaga, true to form, elected to sing an original, joking to Lowe she prefers “a song that the whole family can get together and sing,” before breaking into 2008’s ‘Christmas Tree, in which she sings: “Underneath the mistletoe, everybody knows we will take off our clothes.”Throughout her segment, Gaga discussed her “crazy” collaboration with Bruno Mars and her upcoming album, ‘LG7’. After showing a clip of her late grandmother singing ‘Highway to Hell’, Lowe also surprised her and made a pit-stop to pick up AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, prompting the ‘Born This Way’ singer to recall being an extra in one of their videos when she was a teenager.Lipa also reflected on her teenage years while out Christmas shopping with Lowe in Tokyo, telling him she once got up on stage at a Katy Perry gig to perform a Whitney Houston cover alongside other audience members.

Jon Burlingame David Foster, composer-producer-songwriter extraordinaire, never stops. “I am a workaholic,” he confesses, “and I move around a lot.” Foster and his wife, singer-actress Katharine McPhee, will tour during December and January, with multiple dates scheduled for California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. “Kat and I started touring together four or five years ago,” he says.

Steven Gaydos Executive VP of Content When David Foster created his philanthropic David Foster Foundation nearly 40 years ago, the venture to support the medical needs of Canadian families wasn’t the byproduct of a music mogul enjoying international fame and fortune. Quite the contrary.

Fans have been left amused by the bored expression on Coleen Rooney’s son Kit’s face in a video taken during the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! wrap party on Monday night. Kit, who is eight years old, was at the party as his mum and her campmates celebrated after nearly three weeks living in the jungle, but while the grown ups joined in for a singalong to Whitney Houston’s I Have Nothing and danced the night away, Kit stood with his arms folded, looking unimpressed by the festivities.