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Bonnie Tyler’s family says the singer is no longer in a coma, but the Welsh music icon remains hospitalized and faces a lengthy recovery following emergency intestinal surgery. In a statement released Monday, Tyler’s family confirmed that the 74-year-old singer is still being treated in the intensive care unit of... Read More »
Thirty years after the first Tibetan Freedom Concert transformed a largely overlooked human rights issue into a global cultural movement, a new podcast is revisiting the story behind one of the most ambitious activist-driven music events of the 1990s. Launching June 15, Freedom Needs a Soundtrack is a six-part narrative... Read More »
Amanda Seyfried spent years preparing to portray Joni Mitchell in a planned biopic that ultimately never made it to production, but the actress says the experience fundamentally changed her relationship with music. In a new interview with GQ, Seyfried reflected on the extensive preparation she undertook for the role, revealing... Read More »
The long-running sexual abuse lawsuit brought by Wade Robson and James Safechuck against companies associated with Michael Jackson will not reach a courtroom until 2028, following a California judge’s decision to postpone the trial once again. During a hearing on Friday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael E. Whitaker... Read More »
For years, Hollywood has treated YouTube as the competition: a platform pulling viewers away from movie theaters and shortening attention spans one viral video at a time. But the recent success of two breakout horror films suggests a different reality may be emerging. Rather than replacing traditional filmmaking, the internet... Read More »
America’s Next Top Model creator and former host Tyra Banks has filed a lawsuit against Netflix over its recent docuseries Reality Check, alleging the streaming giant and the project’s filmmakers manipulated her interview footage to create a false and damaging portrayal of her role on the reality show. Banks says... Read More »
Oliver Tree, the genre-blending singer and songwriter known for viral hits including “Life Goes On” and “Alien Boy,” has reportedly died at the age of 32 following a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro. Authorities said six people were killed when two helicopters collided in midair over the Brazilian city.... Read More »
Maggie Gyllenhaal is lining up her next directing project at Warner Bros., with the filmmaker set to adapt Rachel Kushner’s bestselling novel Creation Lake for the studio. The project marks another collaboration between Gyllenhaal and Warner Bros. following the release of The Bride!, her ambitious reimagining of the classic Bride... Read More »
A federal judge has issued a final ruling addressing attorney’s fees, one of the last unresolved issues in the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. In a decision issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ruled that Baldoni must pay certain legal fees incurred by Lively after his... Read More »
Rapper Lil Wayne has secured a legal victory after a California judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing the rapper of assaulting a security guard and ordered the plaintiff and his attorney to pay more than $29,000 in sanctions. According to court documents, plaintiff Christian Carlos and his lawyer have been held... Read More »
Taylor Swift has spent nearly two decades turning her life into songs. On Thursday night, as she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she took a rare moment to look back at the life that made those songs possible. The singer-songwriter became one of the youngest artists ever... Read More »
The team behind Prime Video’s breakout romance series Off Campus is calling for respect within its fan community as production moves forward on the show’s highly anticipated second season. In a statement shared across the series’ official social media channels on Thursday, the creative team addressed what appears to be... Read More »
For the first time in more than a decade, Shakira returned to a FIFA World Cup opening ceremony. The Colombian superstar joined Burna Boy in Mexico City on Thursday night to perform “Dai Dai,” the official song of the 2026 tournament, closing a star-studded ceremony at Estadio Ciudad de México... Read More »
Jack White has officially entered a new album cycle with the release of “Dollar Bill,” the latest preview of his forthcoming seventh studio album, Frozen Charlotte, due out on July 10. The new track arrives as the third offering from the project and further showcases the raw, unpredictable energy that... Read More »
Chris Brown has reached a settlement with a lyricist who claimed he was denied songwriting credit and compensation for two songs that went on to become significant hits in Brown’s catalog, bringing an apparent end to one portion of a lawsuit that raised questions about authorship, royalties, and ownership rights.... Read More »