Keith Gattis, a Nashville songwriter, producer, and solo artist who had his songs recorded by Kenny Chesney and George Strait and who produced Randy Houser’s Americana pivot, Magnolia, has died at 52. A source close to Gattis confirmed his death on Sunday to Rolling Stone. According to a GoFundMe campaign …
Read More »Shakira Named Woman of the Year for First-Ever Billboard<strong> </strong>Latin Women in Music Event
The first-ever Billboard Latin Women in Music event will present one of the night’s biggest honors, Woman of the Year, to Shakira when the ceremony takes place on May 7 in Miami, Florida. “Shakira is the ultimate Woman In Music. Thanks to her, Latin women all over the world were …
Read More »Michelle Obama Tells Oprah She 'Slow-Ghosted' Friends When Reaching White House
A new Netflix special, The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, will premiere April 25 on Netflix, five months after the release of the former first lady’s bestselling self-help book of the same name. The special, running an hour and thirty minutes, features a sit-down conversation in Los …
Read More »Richard Lewis Reveals Parkinson's Diagnosis, But Says 'Everything Is Cool'
Comedian Richard Lewis revealed that he has Parkinson’s disease and plans to step away from stand-up comedy, but not acting and writing. “I have Parkinson’s disease, but I’m under a doctor’s care, and everything is cool,” Lewis said in a video shared on social media yesterday, April 23. “I love …
Read More »Coachella Closers: Blink-182 and a Power Trio of DJs Fill a Void Left by Frank Ocean
A big question hung over the final night of Coachella 2023‘s second weekend: What now? Seven days earlier, on April 16, Frank Ocean had closed out the festival’s first weekend with a performance that he himself acknowledged as chaotic at best. Some fans were devastated by it, while others found …
Read More »Len Goodman, Longtime 'Dancing With the Stars' Judge, Dead at 78
Len Goodman, the longtime Dancing With the Stars judge and professional dancer, has died at age 78. “It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully, aged 78,” Goodman’s agent Jackie Gill shared in a statement. “A much loved husband, father and grandfather who will …
Read More »'I Poured My Soul Into This Album': How Suga Let Go of the Past and Stepped Into His Future
Of all the BTS members, Suga is probably the one who is most familiar with the daunting feeling that comes before dropping a solo project — but he’d never released something the size and scale of D-DAY before. The 30-year-old rapper/producer/songwriter born Min Yunki has two full-length mixtapes using his …
Read More »Grimes on AI Songs: 'Feel Free to Use My Voice Without Penalty'
Grimes has weighed in on the growing use of artificial intelligence in music creation, saying she’s all for it. On Sunday night, she took to Twitter to share that she’d be happy to divvy royalties on a lucrative track that utilizes her singing. “I’ll split 50 [percent] royalties on any …
Read More »'Barry' Season 4 Finds Its Funny Thanks to an SNLer and a Legendary Director
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Barry, “You’re Charming.” Among the more frequent objections I’ve heard about Barry since Season One is that the show has grown so dark that it no longer feels like a comedy most of the time. It’s an understandable concern. Heck, I …
Read More »'Succession': The Roy Siblings Meet Their Match in Alexander Skarsgård's Lukas Matsson
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Kill List.” “Kill List” opens with Kendall Roy being driven to the Waystar offices for his first official day as co-CEO. He is blasting Jay-Z’s “Takeover,” because of course he is, and he is walking with unmistakable confidence through the …
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