9/16/23: Last News

NEW YORK — Jann Wenner, who founded Rolling Stone magazine and was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as denigrating Black and female musicians.“Jann Wenner has been removed from the Board of Directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation,” the hall said Saturday, a day after Wenner’s comments were published in a New York Times interview.A representative for Wenner, 77, did not immediately respond for a comment.Wenner created a firestorm doing publicity for his new book “The Masters,” which features interviews with musicians Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Townshend and U2’s Bono — all white and male.Asked why he didn’t interview women or Black musicians, Wenner responded: “It’s not that they’re inarticulate, although, go have a deep conversation with Grace Slick or Janis Joplin. Please, be my guest.

Dolly Parton will always love Elvis Presley.In a recent interview with BBC Radio 1, Parton revealed she would have loved for Presley to have recorded her song, “I Will Always Love You.” However, his manager Colonel Tom Parker’s request made it impossible. She explained everything was prepared to have Presley record the song, but the night before, Parker told Parton he doesn’t allow Presley to record anything without “at least half the publishing [rights].”“This is the most important copyright in my whole publishing company, and I can’t do that,” Parton told Parker.She said she was “heartbroken” the deal fell through because she really wanted to hear the rock star sing the song and knew how much he loved it.“See, Elvis loved the song.

bombshell sexual assault allegations made by four women in a new report published by The Times of London. But the British comedian has already amassed a fortune, despite previously describing himself as an “anti-capitalist.”Brand, 48, is reportedly worth $20 million, The Mirror reports, citing data obtained by Celebrity Net Worth.

th governor of California — the septuagenarian superstar can add “Life Coach” to his resumé.In “Be Useful: Seven Tools For Life” (Penguin), Schwarzenegger reveals the key rules, traits, and philosophies that have helped him on his path to happiness and show just how readers too can learn from his experience.“These tools have always worked. They will always work,” he writes. “I think of them like elements of a blueprint or a road map to a happy, successful, useful life — whatever that means for you.”The title was inspired by the words of wisdom offered by his late father, Gustav, who, whenever the young Arnold sought his counsel invariably replied: “Be useful, Arnold.”“It is the best piece of advice my father gave me, advice that stuck in my brain and never left,” he writes.

“You’re Gonna Die Alone (& Other Excellent News)” (Blackstone) stands out. “You might think it is a trite, unimportant, vacant collection of barely-thoughts from a sad, narcissistic internet clown,” she writes of this collection of personal stories designed to address a wide range of issues and emotions.