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Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack,  whose work in classics like “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly with His Song” has been described as “rapturous, spellbinding mood music,” announced today through a representative that she has ALS and can no longer sing.

A representative for Roberta Flack announced Monday that the Grammy-winning musician has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and can no longer sing.The progressive disease 'has made it impossible to sing and not easy to speak,' Flack's manager Suzanne Koga said in a release, adding: 'But it will take a lot more than ALS to silence this icon.'The announcement of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diagnosis comes just ahead of the premiere of Roberta, a feature-length documentary debuting Thursday at the DOCNYC film festival.Flack is known for hits like Killing Me Softly With His Song and The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face, the latter of which catapulted her into stardom after Clint Eastwood used it as the soundtrack for a love scene in his 1971 movie Play Misty for Me. Roberta Flack, 85, announces she now has ALS and can no longer sing: Rep says it is 'impossible' for the Grammy-winning star to perform The release says that the Grammy-winning singer and pianist, now 85, 'plans to stay active in her musical and creative pursuits' through her eponymous foundation and other avenues.The Antonino D'Ambrosio-directed documentary will be in competition at the festival and available via DOCNYC's website for a week after, before airing on television Jan.

Recent divorcees Kelsea Ballerini, Kelly Clarkson and Carly Pearce brought down the house with a powerful performance at the 56th annual CMA Awards on Wednesday.While performing their collaborative single, You're Drunk, Go Home, the trio took to the stage to show the world their doing their 'our thing' and not tolerating unwanted advances from tipsy men. 'You're drunk, go home/If you're trying to hook up/Gotta do it alone,' the performers. 'The way you're slurring and the way you stumble/Ain't no way you're gonna get my number.'  Girl power! Recent divorcees Kelsea Ballerini, Kelly Clarkson and Carly Pearce brought down the house with a powerful performance at the 56th annual CMA Awards on WednesdayThey went on to urge any creeps to 'walk away' as none of them are 'looking for a one night rodeo' in the tongue-in-cheek track, off Ballerini's new album Subject to Change.

Indie distributor Utopia, currently in theaters with Holy Spider, anticipates music documentary Meet Me In The Bathroom will be its biggest weekend opening to date.

Luke Evans feels "vulnerable" when he sings. The 43-year-old star has revealed that recording his second studio album, 'A Song for You', was a totally different challenge to acting. Luke - who has starred in movies such as 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Fast and Furious 6' - explained: "In a film I’m not playing myself, I’m always playing someone else’s story.

Charlize Theron shared that she surprised her good friend on her birthday with a private concert by Michael Bolton on Tuesday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.'She loves, loves Michel Bolton,' said the 47-year-old actress, dressed in a royal blue sweater and matching blue leather skirt. 'And her husband.

Jack Black has received praise for an interaction with Abraham, a terminally ill 15-year-old whose favourite movie is School of Rock. Black stars in the film as a musician who poses as a substitute teacher, forming a band with the young students.Footage of Black meeting the fan was shared to viral aggregator Upworthy last Friday (October 14), and was filmed while Black was taking part in the Layla Paige and Friends Walk for TrinityKids Care.

Carrie Underwood.The country superstar — whose powerhouse pipes have led her to win eight Grammys, including six for vocal performance — is not a fan of singers who can’t deliver the goods when they do their recordings live.“Growing up and going to concerts or seeing my favorite artists on TV, if they didn’t sound like they were supposed to sound, it was always so deflating. I’d lose respect for them,” Underwood, 39, told Rolling Stone. “Or when I’d go to a concert and hear them drop keys, I was like, ‘You can’t hit the notes! Why’d you record them if you can’t sing them?’ That stuff is important to me.”Indeed, when Underwood goes from the studio to the stage, she has had no problem bringing her recordings to life with her prized instrument that won her the American Idol title in 2005 (back when people still cared about “American Idol”).“I love to sing, and I’ve always taken pride in the work I’ve put in on my vocals,” she said.

Phoebe Bridgers will join Danny Elfman as he reprises his live-to-film performances of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in London this December. Bridgers will sing the character Sally's parts with Elfman starring as Jack Skellington. Broadway star Ken Page will sing also return as Oogie Boogie for the shows, which are scheduled for December 9-10 at London's OVO Arena Wembley.

Kelly Clarkson and Dwayne Johnson paid tribute to late country music legend Loretta Lynn in the most fitting fashion — duetting her hit 1967 hit, «Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind).»On Monday's episode of , Johnson and Clarkson performed the impressive arrangement, trading off verses of the song's opening and coming together in harmony for the chorus. The honky-tonk hit tells the story of a woman who turns away her lover's advances after he comes home from a night drinking on the town. «No, don’t come home a drinkin’ with lovin’ on your mind / Just stay out there on the town and see what you can find / ‘Cause if you want that kind of love, well, you don’t need none of mine / So don’t come home a drinkin’ with lovin’ on your mind,» Clarkson and Johnson sang.The musical tribute comes nearly two weeks after Lynn died at 90 years old. An undeniable giant in the country music world, Lynn scored over a dozen No.

It's been 20 years in the making, but Sugababes' original line-up of Siobhan Donaghy, Keisha Buchanan and Mutya Buena have finally kicked off their headline tour of the UK.

everybody, to help me on this one,” Weir told the crowd, “We’re gonna sing Happy Birthday to a guy named John Mayer.”The crowd erupted into cheers when hearing Mayers name, followed by a singing heartfelt Happy Birthday that left the venue shaking. In 2015, Mayer joined Dead & Company, filling the role of rock music icon Jerry Garcia, who died in 1994.

Olly Murs has said he is "sick of hearing people sing" and secretly wishes he could be on stage while he judges from the The Voice hotseat.Murs opened up on his career during an intimate album launch party and touched upon how he feels when he's on the judging panel.He said: “I love sitting in the chair on The Voice but it bores the hell out of me as well! I want to perform, I’m sick of hearing people sing. I want to sing! I love presenting Starstruck but, again, I don’t want to be talking for two hours.

Liverpool took a moment to celebrate their star's birthday as they prepared for their crucial Premier League clash with Arsenal on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp was at the heart of the celebrations, and he said: "Trent turned 24 today, so congratulations!" The squad burst out into a traditional German happy birthday song - before versions of the song were followed up in English, Spanish, French and Dutch. Ahead of each new rendition, Klopp can be heard yelling out the name of the next language.READ MORE: Where Jurgen Klopp's first Liverpool line-up are now seven years on from his appointment Liverpool are in need of the three points against Arsenal, while Alexander-Arnold needs a good performance after struggling as of late.

Entertainment Weekly recently.The 62-year-old went on: “She was very fragile emotionally and, you know, you understood how she could create such moving material, because she has a great depth of feeling and it was very very tragic.”The executive continued: “What an incredible talent, what an incredible voice, what an incredible person she was and it was very, very sad.”The “Back to Black” crooner died at the age of 27 and was found dead in bed at her London home in July 2011. She suffered from drug and alcohol problems for years prior to her death.Winehouse and her musical partner Mark Ronson composed — but never finished — recording a theme in 2008.The 007 bosses decided to go a different route and hired Alicia Keys and Jack White of The White Stripes to record instead.Ronson, 47, announced at the time that he pulled his demo with Winehouse and said she’s “not ready to record any music.” The “Uptown Funk” producer also noted that it would take “some miracle of science” to finish it.White discussed getting the Bond gig in an episode of the podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend this past July and noted that he scored the job at the last minute.

Jeffrey Dahmer. With the Netflix series, , drawing attention once more to Dahmer's grizzly killings, many are commenting both on the show, and Dahmer's sinister story.In a video shared to Twitter, Jennings revealed that Dahmer asked him to sing «Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)» by Mint Condition while they were in prison together.«One day, we're in maximum security, and they're like, 'Everyone against the wall,' because I was a porter in the little thing, the little bridge where they put inmates and stuff like that,» Jennings, who was served 10 years for a 1992 conviction, began.

Kimberley Walsh says Girls Aloud will not sing together in tribute to Sarah Harding when they reunite at a charity gala in memory of their late bandmate. The 40-year-old told The Sun on Sunday night (02. 10.

Girls Aloud are set to reunite later this week on Saturday October 8 as they throw a charity gala requested by and in memory of their late bandmate Sarah Harding.The singer tragically died on 5 September 2021 aged 39 after a battle with cancer and bandmate Kimberley Walsh, 40, revealed that one of Sarah's dying wishes was for the rest of the band, including Cheryl, Nicola Roberts and Nadine Coyle, to put on a charity gala to raise money.The money raised will go towards funding a study, headed by Sarah’s oncologist, focusing on why so many women are suffering from the disease at such a young age. Speaking to The Sun, Kimberley said that Girls Aloud have vowed not to sing together at the event, which they have been working on for over a year, saying: "It doesn’t feel right without her.

Lea Michele's son "cried hysterically" when he heard her sing. The 36-year-old actress - who has two-year-old son Ever Leo with husband Zandy Reich - is best known for her role as singing diva Rachel Berry on hit series 'Glee' but now stars as comedienne Fanny Brice in Broadway musical 'Funny Girl' and was advised to "incorporate" the little one into her work more as she returned to the stage. Speaking on 'The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon', she said: "[Starting 'Funny Girl' was] the first time I’ve gone back to work [since he was born].

A humbling moment. Christian Bale thought he and costar John David Washington were doing a great job singing while filming Amsterdam – until director David O. Russell had Taylor Swift step in to set them straight. 

Tate McRae is not resting on her laurels and has released a brand-new single, UH OH, coming this Friday.