Impressions: Last News

Jerry “The Iceman” Butler, who had a national hit with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act The Impressions before leaving for a successful solo career and later entering Chicago politics, died Thursday at his home, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. He was 85. No cause of death was reported, but Butler had been struggling with Parkinson’s disease.

Chris Morris Music Reporter Chicago soul giant Jerry Butler, who succeeded early hits as lead singer of the keystone R&B group Impressions and a notable solo career with years as a Windy City politician, has died, according to the Chicago Sun TImes. No cause of death was announced, although he had suffered from Parkinson’s disease; he was 85. Alongside singer-guitarist Curtis Mayfield, with whom he had sung in the Northern Jubilee Gospel Singers, 19-year-old Butler broke onto the charts in 1958 with the doo-wop-inflected ballad “For Your Precious Love,” by the act initially billed as Jerry Butler and the Impressions.

Ariana Grande is back on Saturday Night Live! And she’s reminding everyone who the queen of impressions is!

Billy Crystal hit the stage at the 2024 Emmy Awards on Sunday (September 15) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Penélope Cruz is shedding a light on her life with Javier Bardem. The two, who met in 1992 while shooting the film “Jamon, Jamon,” have been together since 2008 and share two kids together. In a new interview, Cruz discussed her life with her husband and mentioned her children.

Katcy Stephan Are your Spidey senses tingling? Peter Parker and Miles Morales are back for a new web-slinging adventure in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac Games, out exclusively on PlayStation 5 on Oct. 20. Ahead of the release, Variety played roughly three hours of content during a special preview event in L.A., taking on several story missions and exploring the vast recreation of New York City.

BBC sketch show The Big Impression which ran between 2000 and 2004, discussed the state of his career during an interview with The Scots magazine (via the Independent).“I still do some live shows but that is drawing to a close now as I am not feeling motivated enough,” McGowan said. “When I have done certain events recently, I have noticed that younger audiences just don’t watch television in the way they used to.“The younger audience particularly has no idea who these people are, so my whole methodology doesn’t really work for a modern audience.

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has forcefully disputed a Bloomberg article maintaining that a “surge” of harmful content on the Elon Musk platform has spooked advertisers.

An inside joke about Elton John between two best friends of 30 years ended in the tragic death of a beloved mum-of-four.

The official Outlander Instagram account has shared a funny video of the cast's impressions of Scots star Sam Heughan's character Jamie Fraser.

A successful relationship. Kieran Culkin and his wife, Jazz Charton, have been by each other’s sides for nearly a decade.

Two Doors Down's Kieran Hodgson has gone viral on Twitter after impersonating star from BBC hit show Happy Valley.

Aubrey Plaza has been waiting to host Saturday Night Live for a while.

Slam it to the left! Melanie Chisholm spilled all about her ups and downs as Sporty Spice in her memoir.

Oasis‘ classic song ‘Roll With It’ has been trending on TikTok, with users uploading clips of them singing along to the single in their best Liam Gallagher impression.The song, which appears on the Manchester band’s second album ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory’ and is also known for being their infamous chart battle song against Blur’s ‘Country House’ in 1995, appears to have a new audience with children and teenagers alike engaging with the trend.#RollWithIt sees TikTok users play the intro to the track – usually wearing a bucket hat or displaying “lad” behaviour – before singing the lyrics “You gotta roll with it” with makeshift mics above their heads in classic Liam style.Friends and/or family members are often spotted holding up the mic or rocking with the fake Gallaghers as the tune rings out. In some clips, people pretend to get into fights before taking to the stage.

Opera singer Merissa Beddows packed a huge surprise in her performance for this week’s “America’s Got Talent” semifinals.

Associated Press) that her father was surrounded by family when he died peacefully on Thursday (August 4) in his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was less than a month away from celebrating his 88th birthday, which would have come around on September 2.No cause of death has been confirmed, however according to Chattanooga Radio And TV, Gooden’s health waned in his later years “as he suffered from breathing difficulties and kidney problems”. Gooden formed The Impressions in 1958 alongside Jerry Butler (who stuck around until 1960), Curtis Mayfield (until 1970) and the Brooks brothers, Richard and Arthur (both until 1962).

The Gray Man star opened up about taking his daughters, seven-year-old Esmeralda Amada and six-year-old Amada Lee, to The Louvre. According to the girl dad, Amada was not impressed. "My youngest has a real power move," told Fallon, per . We got to work in France, so we went to The Louvre.

Roman Kemp has been leaving fans in hysterics over his impressions of famous faces.The Capital Breakfast host, who recently spoke out on his sleep apnea, posted a video on his social media last night in which he did impressions of stars including Harry Styles, Iain Stirling, Caitlyn Jenner – and Love Island’s Davide Sanclimenti. “Welcome to TikTok, where this time around Davide is trying to tell Ekin-Su what she should put on her CV!” the 29 year old quipped in the Love Island voiceover star's voice.

 is back for season 15! Ten new singles are entering into Lifetime's social experiment, as it heads to San Diego, California, its first time on the West Coast.Ahead of the season's July 6 premiere, ET spoke to the five duos, who reflected on what prompted them to sign up for the show, how their friends and family reacted to their choice, and their thoughts when they first saw their spouse-to-be at the altar.Keep reading to see everything that the couples told ET, and tune into Lifetime on July 6 at 8 p.m. ET to see their journeys unfold.A post shared by Married At First Sight (@mafslifetime)Alexis told ET that she signed up for the show because she «was tired of the vicious dating cycle,» which she called «draining.» Likewise, Justin said his way of dating «just wasn't working.»Though Alexis hadn't even seen a season of the show and Justin «literally knew nothing about» it, they both opted to give it a chance, with the support of most of their friends and families.«My friends actually encouraged it,» Justin said.

Evan Rachel Wood! During an appearance on Thursday's , the  star showed off her major vocal chops, channeling the likes of Madonna, Alanis Morissette and Janis Joplin.The actress unleashed a trio of stellar singing impressions after the topic of her role as Madonna in the upcoming «Weird Al» Yankovic biopic came up. As the star noted to Fallon, she's set to play Madonna in the '80s, which calls for a certain type of speaking.