Onyeka Onwenu, who had a storied career across Nigerian entertainment, media, and politics, has died at age 72 in Lagos. The country’s president, Bola Tinubu, released a statement mourning the loss from his official X handle on July 31. Peter Obi, who ran for president against Tinubu in 2023 and …
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A 17-year boy has been charged with three counts of murder for killing three girls at a dance class in Southport, England earlier this week. The teen, identified in court Thursday as Axel Rudakubana, has also been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of …
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It’s a Brat and Billie summer! On Thursday, Charli XCX and Billie Eilish released a remix for Charli’s song “Guess” that’s sending the internet into a frenzy. The pair also released a video that follows the stars at a steamy house party with underwear flying, playing on Charli’s lyric, “You …
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Snoop Dogg and Queen Elizabeth, BFF? In a recent interview with England’s Capital FM, held during afternoon tea at London’s Mandarin Oriental, the rapper reflected on his long-time connection to Queen Elizabeth II. “I’ll go by the palace, see if they let me in,”Snoop told interviewer Jordan North during the …
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Soccer Mommy will ring in the fall season with the new album Evergreen, out Oct. 25 via Loma Vista Recordings. Sophie Allison previewed the record with the stunner “M.” Similar to her previous single “Lost,” the track shows Allison grappling with grief over stark chords and an uplifting, almost hopeful …
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Five weeks after the three major record labels filed filed lawsuits against A.I. music startups Suno and Udio, accusing them of “trampling the rights of copyright owners,” Suno fired back Thursday in a legal filing, acknowledging that they trained their music-generating model on copyrighted music — while insisting that doing …
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The judges slot that Katy Perry left vacant upon her departure from American Idol has been filled with a familiar face. Carrie Underwood, who won the fourth season of the series nearly two decades ago, will join Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan as a judge on the upcoming season premiering …
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Legal representatives for R. Kelly are petitioning to have the disgraced singer’s federal sex abuse conviction overturned. An appeal filed to the Supreme Court this week argues that the charges against him relating to sex crimes involving minors fall outside of the statute of limitations. The argument set forth by …
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StubHub, the online ticket resale platform, was accused of deceiving customers through a “convoluted junk fee scheme” in a new lawsuit brought by Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb. Coming on the heels of the DOJ’s efforts to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the new lawsuit accuses StubHub …
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Two years ago marked a decade of Josh Tillman performing as Father John Misty. The singer-songwriter will look back on his career with the compilation Greatish Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl, out now digitally and on vinyl Aug. 16 via Sup Pop. Paired with …
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