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Award-winning actress Connie Chiume, who is best known for her role in Black Panther, has died at the age of 72.The star died in hospital in Johannesburg, her family have announced.The South African star played Zawavari, a member of the Wakandan tribal council and former leader of the mining tribe in the hugely successful Marvel movie Black Panther and its sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever alongside Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett and the late Chadwick Boseman. Her family of two sons and two daughters announced her passing in a statement on Instagram that said: “The Chiume Family regrets to inform you of the passing of the internationally acclaimed award-winning actress Connie Chiume.

Beyoncé has shown her support for superstar gymnast Simone Biles.The US has been performing incredibly well at the latest instalment of the Olympic Games since it kicked off last Friday (July 26) – currently leading in overall medals and is behind only China when it comes to Gold medals.Now, pop legend Beyoncé has shown her support for the US gymnast Simone Biles in a new video for NBC Sports, and hailed the athlete as both “inspiring” and “brilliant”.The clip offers an overview of the journey Biles has taken to get to the 2024 Olympics, and comprises several clips of her performances over the years. It also comes with narration from Bey, who expresses how seeing the progress made by Biles has inspired her.“Let’s talk about power.

Nia Archives has spoken to NME about her experience supporting Beyoncé, as well as her plans for Reading & Leeds 2024 and top tips for surviving a post-rave hangover.The Yorkshire jungle and drum & bass star appeared on the red carpet at the launch of the Mercury Prize last week (Thursday July 25), where it was announced that she’d been shortlisted for acclaimed 2024 album ‘Silence Is Loud’ – facing off competition from records by the likes of Charli XCX, CMAT, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Last Dinner Party, Ghetts, English Teacher, Beth Gibbons, Barry Can’t Swim and more.“I’m an overwhelmed, emotional junglist right now,” she told NME shortly after the announcement. “All the albums that have been nominated are amazing.

Beyoncé has appeared in a promotional video introducing some of the athletes competing for the USA at the Paris Olympics – check it out below.Dressed in a USA-branded white bodysuit, blue cowboy hat and white cowboy boots – in reference to her current country era with her new album ‘Cowboy Carter’ – Beyoncé hyped up several high-profile members of the USA’s Olympic team. These were gymnast Simone Biles, sprinters Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles and swimmers Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky. The video was soundtracked by her recent single ‘YA YA’.“Get a look at America, y’all,” Beyoncé said in the video.

English Teacher have spoken to NME about being shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, their ‘rivalry’ with Beyoncé and progress on their second album.The Leeds indie upstarts received the Mercury nod yesterday (Thursday July 25), with the former NME cover stars‘ acclaimed debut ‘This Could Be Texas’ being shortlisted alongside records by the likes of Charli XCX, CMAT, Ghetts, The Last Dinner Party, Corinne Bailey Rae, Beth Gibbons, Barry Can’t Swim and more.Asked by NME about what it meant to be nominated, frontwoman Lily Fontaine described it as “mental” and called this year’s nominees as “the best year yet. Not just because we’re on it!”Quizzed on what ‘This Could Be Texas’ tells us about life in 2024, guitarist Lewis Whiting said that it aimed to capture the idea “that places are often far apart are often eerily similar”.A post shared by NME (@nmemagazine)For a band who have been very vocal about how difficult it is for artists to survive and thrive in the current climate, English Teacher said that the honour felt all the more profound.“There’s a lot of temptation to not continue making music because you physically can’t,” Fontaine admitted.

Slayer and Exodus guitarist Gary Holt has called Beyoncé “the most overrated talent on earth”, but has singled out Taylor Swift and Adele for high praise.The metal musician was speaking on a recent episode of the Scandalous podcast, where he was talking up the talents of the ‘Cruel Summer’ singer in particular, and asked why artists like Beyoncé get so much praise when the likes of Swift gets “hated” on.“Beyoncé will put out a song and there’s 30 fuckin’ people on [the credits],” Holt said. “How can 30 people write a song all gathered together? It’s like you’re not a songwriter, Beyoncé.”“I mean, her daughter got a songwriting credit and a Grammy because she probably threw some kindergarten rhyme on one line and like, ‘Yep! Give her a Grammy.’ She now has one seventh of the Grammys Prince — the greatest artist that ever was or ever will be — ever got.”“But Taylor writes everything. So I give her credit.

Kamala Harris has used Beyoncé‘s song ‘Freedom’ as the soundtrack to her first presidential election campaign video. Watch below.The United States’ Vice President shared her official presidential election campaign video this morning on X/Twitter.

TikTok star Harry Daniels has caught Kamala Harris off-guard by serenading her with a rendition of Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’. Check out the moment below.The moment took place less than one day after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the presidential race over the weekend (July 21), and it was confirmed that vice president Kamala Harris would be representing the Democratic party in the upcoming election.In a clip shared online, Daniels – a TikTok star who frequently goes viral for singing to celebrities at random run-ins – is seen meeting the Democratic candidate in a hallway, and proceeding to serenade her with the opening lines of the 2016 song.“Y’all haters corny with that Illuminati mess / Paparazzi, catch my fly, and my cocky fresh / I’m so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress,” he belted to Harris, as she looked back in disbelief.It was a fitting choice of song too, as the Vice President had just made her first public appearance since Biden’s announcement, and arrived at her first campaign staff meeting in Delaware by walking out to another Queen Bey track: ‘Freedom’.“Uh, hi?” she is seen saying to the influencer following the singing coming to an end.

Kamala Harris has made her first public appearance since President Joe Biden announced on Sunday (July 21) that he’s dropping out of the 2024 presidential election and endorsing Harris to run in his place as the Democratic nominee.On Monday (July 22), Harris appeared at her first campaign staff meeting in Wilmington, Delaware, where she walked out to a powerful anthem: Beyoncé‘s ‘Freedom’.On the 2016 track from ‘Lemonade’, Beyoncé sings: “Freedom / Where are you? / ‘Cause I need freedom, too / I break chains all by myself / Won’t let my freedom rot in hell/ I’ma keep running / ‘Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves.”Watch the clip below.Kamala Harris walking out to “Freedom” by Beyoncé. pic.twitter.com/Ensco4CvGW— Complex (@Complex) July 22, 2024During her speech, Kamala Harris directly addressed her opponent in Donald J.

It seems Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet's romance is reaching the next level, despite rumours of a potential split. Insiders have dished to The U.S. Sun that the pair are chatting about tying the knot and even teaming up for a reality TV cameo.

Bruce Springsteen was born to rock.But even a certified rock god like the Boss is rolling into country territory now: This week his “Sandpaper” duet with Zach Bryan marks the first time that Springsteen has ever appeared on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart since the New Jersey legend first greeted us from Asbury Park, N.J. on his debut album way back in 1973.And not only does Springsteen hit No. 26 on the Hot Country Songs chart with his genre — and generation-crossing collaboration from Bryan’s new album, “The Great American Bar Scene,” but he scores his first appearance on the overall Hot 100 tally since 2009.Forty years after “Born in the USA,” the man has been revived at the ripe old age of 74.And the No.

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Meghan Markle is said to be making eleventh hour attempts to save her famous friendships, including sending a subtle message to Beyoncé in public. The royal reportedly wore a specific clothing brand while shooting a new Netflix series in Beverly Hills Park last week with the aim of letting the singer know that "they're still friends", according to a celebrity insider.The Duchess of Sussex, 42, was spotted "specifically" wearing a tracksuit from Beyoncé's Ivy Park brand at the shoot.

Noah Kahan‘s ‘Stick Season’ is still the biggest single of 2024 so far after landing the Number One spot on the Official Singles Chart for seven consecutive weeks at the beginning of this year. The song remains the longest-running Number One single of the year so far.According to the Official Charts Company data, ‘Stick Season’ has shifted 1.37million chart units, including 160million combined audio and video streams in 2024 so far.

greatest diva seasons in pop history — from Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine” and Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” to Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department,” Dua Lipa’s “Radical Optimism” and Billie Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft.”But as we set summer off, there are no signs of diva fever cooling off, with the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, Gracie Abrams and Chappell Roan bringing that femme heat.And let’s not forget about Camila Cabello, who is back with her new album “C,XOXO,” out on Friday. It’s her fourth album since going solo from Fifth Harmony — and how the hell did that happen? Wasn’t she just, like, breaking up the group?Well, since then, she hasn’t exactly become the next Beyoncé.

Cowboy Carter‘, a number of country musicians have teamed up to reinvent some of Beyoncé’s older classics.In a series of covers for Apple Music Nashville Sessions, six Black country artists have taken on Beyoncé songs and made them their own. Tiera Kennedy, who appeared on ‘Cowboy Carter’s ‘BLACKBIIRD’ and has covered ‘1+1’ for Apple Music, said of the covers: “Beyonce has opened a door that’s going to be really hard to close.”Meanwhile, Brittney Spencer and Tanner Adell (who also appeared with Kennedy on ‘BLACKBIIRD’ will also score covers of their own, with the two singing ‘Irreplaceable’ and ‘Drunk In Love’ respectively.

dolled up, thanks to this pretty, plastic plaything. Black Barbie stormed onto the toy scene as the “dynamite” antithesis to her Malibu sun-kissed, pink-obsessed predecessor, Barbie, in 1980. With richly brown skin and a cutely curly coif, the African-American doll not only became the first figurine of color to bear the blond’s buzzy name, but the unsung heroine also kicked open the door for black powerhouses to be forever immortalized in her haute image.

Dolly Parton has revealed she was surprised that Beyoncé’s cover of her seminal song ‘Jolene’ featured different lyrics.In an interview with E! News, Parton said “it was very bold” of Beyoncé to give her 1973 song a new spin on her latest album ‘Cowboy Carter’. “When they said she was gonna do ‘Jolene,’ I expected it to be my regular one, but it wasn’t,” Parton said.“But I love what she did to it.

Security officer and youth worker Harrison Pettman, 23, made one of the most memorable entrances during the audition stages of Britain’s Got Talent this year. He was sitting in the audience with his family and told them he was getting up to use the toilet – then appeared on stage and stunned them and the audience with his moving version of the song With You from Ghost the musical. “I said ‘I’m going to the toilet’ because I didn’t know what else to say,” he laughs.

aespa singer NingNing recently covered songs by Tori Kelly, Beyoncé and more during her guest appearance on Lee Mu-jin Service. aespa’s NingNing made an appearance on the May 28 episode of the popular YouTube talk show, Lee Mu-jin Service.

Beyoncé has revealed how the pop superstar dealt with bullies during her childhood.Speaking to Vogue in a recent interview, Knowles opened up about what Beyoncé, her sister Solange and Kelly Rowland were like when they were children. She shared a clip of the interview on her Instagram account where she was asked about her favourite memories from when her children were young.She explained: “With Beyoncé, she was very shy and she got bullied a bit,” she began. “But, the day that she stood up for someone – she didn’t stand up for herself – but she stood up for them, I couldn’t have been more proud of her.”A post shared by Tina Knowles (@mstinaknowles) She continued: “Solange was her signing a petition in school.