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N.W.A., Laurie Anderson, Donna Summer and more have been announced as recipients of this year’s Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.The 2024 cohort, which also includes Gladys Knight, Tammy Wynette and The Clark Sisters, will receive their awards at the Special Merit Awards ceremony on February 3. It will precede the Grammy Awards, which will take place the next day at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.“What luck! To be part of a group of some of my all-time favourite artists”, Anderson wrote on social media.

Grammy Award-winning singer Michael Bolton has opened up about a horrifying brush with brain cancer that led to him needing immediate surgery.The 70 year old star, whose hits include When A Man Loves A Woman and How Am I Supposed To Live Without You, took a break from performing live while he underwent the delicate operation at Christmas. Michael shared a message on Facebook, explaining that he is now "recuperating" after undergoing "immediate surgery".

has been with the 35-year-old music producer and food critic since in early December. After secretly dating her and fellow foodie for six months, Gomez told wary fans that he's “the best thing that's ever happened to me.”While some haters have shared some rude opinions that don't bear repeating, others were concerned about the coupling for more valid reasons.

Kim Kardashian just stepped out at an art gallery in a long fur coat, an oversized fur trapper hat with padded ear flaps, and a furry clutch purse to boot… and then immediately got reamed for it by the internet because she supposedly stole the look from Bianca Censori! Uh-oh!

Cher‘s son, Elijah Blue Allman, has contested his mother’s legal attempts to establish a conservatorship over him.

Taylor Swift has not yet commented on her best friend Selena Gomez‘s love life, but the next best thing just happened. Her boyfriend Travis Kelce is showing the “Single Soon” pop star some love amid her romance with Benny Blanco.

ASAP Rocky has starred in a new advert for his partner Rihanna’s new lip balm product – check out the clip below.The rapper appears in the promotional video for the Fenty Skin product Lux Balm, which the post describes as “juicy, Barbados Cherry-powered lip balm packed with vitamin E and shea butter”.The footage included in the Instagram post is clipped from the video for Rocky’s 2023 single ‘Riot (Rowdy Pipe’n)’.A post shared by FENTY SKIN (@fentyskin)Rocky directly references the lip balm in the lyrics to ‘Riot (Rowdy Pipe’n)’. “Nah bitch, this ain’t lip gloss / Lux Balm up in my palm / New collab with my baby mom,” he raps.

Kesha is gearing up to drop her first new single since parting ways with Dr. Luke, and it’s going to be a collaboration with Lil Nas X.

Kelly Clarkson has opened up about the “extraordinarily hard” depression that she went through following her recent divorce.The singer was married to her former manager, the entertainment producer Brandon Blackstock, from 2013 to 2022, and they share two children, River Rose, 9, and Remington, 7.Speaking to People magazine, she has described how writing the music for her latest album ‘Chemistry’ forced her to confront the emotional turmoil that followed the divorce.“I cannot express how appreciative I feel for having that kind of healthy outlet,” she said. “Because the level of depression and things that come with divorce or grieving is extraordinarily hard.

Lana Del Rey and Tyler, the Creator are reported to be two of this year’s Coachella Festival headliners.The report comes from HITS Daily Double, a music industry trade publication, which states that “rumour has it” that the two artists have been “confirmed” to headline the event.The same story also suggests that Doja Cat is in line to be the third headliner, although that is described as “not yet confirmed”.Back in June, the festival’s organisers confirmed that the 2024 edition would fall across the weekends of April 12-14 and April 19-21 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. All the latest news about ticket availability can be found here.Rage Against the Machine were reportedly being chased to headline, until the news arrived earlier this week (January 3) from the band’s drummer Brad Wilk that they “will not be touring or playing live again”.Other names that were apparently under consideration at various stages during the booking process are said to include Dua Lipa, Shakira, The Rolling Stones, Olivia Rodrigo and Travis Scott.Del Rey’s performance at last year’s Glastonbury was abruptly cut short after she came on stage 30 minutes late and ran beyond the site’s strict curfew.

Eurovision 2023 entry Alessandra has shared her energetic new single ‘Narcissist’. Check it out below.Produced by Carl-Philip Ström and written in collaboration with Clara Hagman (Hanna Ferm, NOTD), the track describes a toxic relationship with lyrics: “Giving me the whole world / Then set it all on fire / ‘Cause you do it for the hell of it / You’re a goddamn narcissist” highlighting the turbulent contradictions between the two lovers.Speaking about the song in a press release, Alessandra said: “I’ve been in toxic relationships before, where I cared too much about what my partner thought of me.

Taylor Swift-themed question has gone viral on X/Twitter.During The Hollywood Reporter’s latest actress roundtable, which featured fellow actors Margot Robbie, Lily Gladstone, Emma Stone, Greta Lee, and Annette Bening, the Maestro star, was asked: “If you were a Taylor Swift era, which era would you be?”“What does that mean?” Mulligan replied, to which Stone joked that the Promising Young Woman actor had “never heard of [Swift]”.Snippets of the interview are now doing the rounds on social media, with Mulligan’s endearing attitude towards the topic winning over fans.Reacting to the exchange, freelance pop culture writer Matt Jacobs wrote on X: “Okay, give Carey Mulligan every award.”Okay, give Carey Mulligan every award pic.twitter.com/RQIkgHgoZ3— Matt Jacobs (@majacobs) January 4, 2024Several other X users replied to Jacobs’ post with additional snippets from the interview, in which Mulligan asked if an “era” referred to an album, before making it clear that she is most definitely a fan of Swift’s.“I’d be Folklore. My husband [Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons] sings on Folklore.

Timothee Chalamet looks as stylish as ever during an outing in West Hollywood, Calif.

along on a work-related trip to Cabo San Lucas, where he and his brothers performed a private New Year’s Eve concert at a hotel.Jonas and Bree had been seen at a private airport in Cabo on the day Jonas arrived, but it was initially unclear if they had traveled together. We do know, however, that they left Mexico together. On Wednesday, January 3, the model joined the pop star on a getaway to Aspen, Colorado, where they were spotted dining at Italian restaurant Casa Tua in a blurry photo shared the following day by .Bree and Lucky Blue Smith in 2017.Bree, whose real name is Stormi Henley, is a former Miss Tennessee Teen USA.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set a January 29 streaming premiere date for The Greatest Night in Pop, a feature doc just announced as world premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on the 19th of this month.

David Bowie is set to be opened next week – meaning France will have a street to honour the musician, while his home country of the UK does not.News that the French capital would be naming a street after the iconic singer was first shared back in 2020, when Mayor Jérôme Coumet – a professed fan of Bowie – revealed that he was planning the move.Now, the street is set to open next Monday (January 8), and will be a new road near Austerlitz train station, rather than a pre-existing one that has been renamed.According to Coumet, the idea for the “rue David Bowie” emerged as the “Space Oddity” singer had “a strong link with the city of lights” (via The Connexion).An inauguration party is also set to be held at Salle des Fetes that same day to celebrate the launch, and a variety of photographs and paintings related to the singer will be showcased at the Galerie Athéna until January 14.As highlighted by The Connexion, Bowie’s ties to France not only include his countless shows across the country, but also his time recording music at the legendary Miraval studio – which is now owned by Brad Pitt.While his home country of the UK does not yet have a street named after the late music legend, his birthplace of Brixton does have a famous mural of the singer, painted by Australian artist James Cochran.Bowie died in 2016, following a cancer diagnosis.In other news about David Bowie, back in November it was reported that the artist’s handwritten lyric sheet has been estimated to fetch up to £100,000 at auction.The documents contained the late singer’s corrections, drafts and notes to his tracks ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide’ and ‘Suffragette City’.

Stormzy, Clairo and more have performed a benefit concert to raise funds for those in Palestine and Sudan. Find footage of the show below.Held in New Jersey last night (January 4), the event was titled ‘Artist For Aid’ and saw numerous musicians from all genres come together to help raise funds for the ongoing humanitarian crises in Gaza and Sudan.The benefit show took place at Newark Symphony Hall and was spearheaded by rapper and poet Mustafa, who is from Sudan.Among those performing was British rapper Stormzy, who took to the stage to perform two of his hits ‘Holy Spirit’ and ‘Hide & Seek’.

Billie Eilish has recalled going through a “dark episode” before writing ‘What Was I Made For?’, her song for the Barbie soundtrack.The song was released back in July as part of the highly anticipated film’s official soundtrack, and has been nominated for Best Original Song at the 2024 Oscars alongside Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo and more.Last night (January 4), the song won the Chairman’s Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival, and Eilish spoke of the difficulties she had before writing the song during her acceptance speech.“I would really like to say that this award and any recognition that this song gets, I just want to dedicate to anyone who experiences hopelessness, the feeling of existential dread and feeling like, what’s the point, why am I here and why am I doing this?” Eilish said.“I think we all feel like that occasionally, but I think if somebody like me, with the amount of privilege that I have and the incredible things that I get to do and be and how I have really not wanted to be here … sorry to be dark, damn, but I’ve spent a lot of time feeling that way.”She added: “I just want to say to anyone that feels that way, be patient with yourself and know that it is, I think, worth it all.Eilish went on to discuss how she “was in a dark episode and things didn’t make sense in life” when she was asked to write a song for Barbie. “I just didn’t understand what the point was and why you would keep going.

Paramore have pulled out of their headline performance at the ALTer Ego Festival, prompting fan speculation about their future.It comes after the band wiped their social media accounts last month. The trio, comprised of frontwoman Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro, took down all posts and images from their X, Facebook and Instagram profiles just after Christmas, while their official website now just displays a 404 error message.They were set to play the festival show for iHeartRadio in Los Angeles on January 13, but have now announced they will no longer be playing.

Girl In Red has teased an upcoming track that she has deemed the “song of the summer”, adding “2024 baby!”The singer – real name Marie Ulven – took to her official Instagram page today, January 4, to share a video clip of her on a set dancing around to a new unreleased song with the words “Woow did I just make the song of the summer, I think so” appearing on the screen.“You think I’m weird when I get too excited / I think it’s weird how you’re so empty-minded / yeah, you’ve been dragging me down all of these years / with your coolness and I don’t care” she sings along to a bright and bouncy pop beat. The video’s caption read: “2024 baby!”A post shared by girl in red (@girlinred)Girl In Red’s last release was her single ‘October Passed Me By‘ which was produced by The National‘s Aaron Dessner.

Alanis Morissette has discovered that her great-uncles died in the Holocaust while appearing as a guest on Finding Your Roots. A synopsis for the PBS show, hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., reads: “In each episode, celebrities are presented with a “book of life” that is compiled with information researched by professional genealogists that allows them to view their ancestral histories, learn about familial connections and discover secrets about their lineage.”Morissette was one of the guests on the first episode of the show’s 10th season which aired on Tuesday (January 2).