Thursday, April 25, 2024

Music

Oscars New Normal: Elton John, David Furnish Selling Tickets to Public for Virtual Pre-Party AIDS Foundation Fundraiser

This is the new normal, kids. Elton John and David Furnish are throwing an Oscar Zoom pre-party on April 25th to raise money for the...

“American Idol” Uses Claudia Conway Again: Kellyanne’s Daughter Advances Even Though Audition is Dreadful

Claudia Conway is back. Kellyanne and George Conway's teenage daughter returned to "American Idol" last night. The show gave her star treatment, her own...

WalMart Discovers 60s Soul First With Aretha Franklin, Now with Wilson Pickett Song in Commercial

WalMart really wants Black customers. Over Christmas, they used Aretha Franklin singing "You're All I Need to Get By" for their commercials. And the really...

Happy Birthday Russell Thompkins, Jr, the Famed Falsetto Lead Singer of The Stylistics Turns 70 Today

I may have told Russell Thompkins, Jr this once, but back in 1972 I spotted the Stylistics tour bus parked near the Lincoln Memorial...

Nick Jonas Is Having a Problem: Despite Catchy Songs and Good PR New Album “Spaceman” Is DOA

Pop fans are fickle, that's for sure. One day you're up, the next day... Take Nick Jonas. Nicest guy in the world. Happily married to...

Bigger than Anything: Verzuz Announces Greatest Battle of All, Earth Wind & Fire vs. The Isley Brothers

Forget everything else. Verzuz will crack Instagram wide open on April 4th. They've got Earth Wind & Fire battling The Isley Brothers. This is BIG. The...

TV: “Genius: Aretha” Is Worth Watching for Cynthia Erivo and Courtney B. Vance, But Not for the Essence of Aretha Franklin

"Genius: Aretha" debuts Sunday night a two hour special at 9pm on National Geographic, and then continues on for the next three nights in...

Duets: How Sting and Sam Moore Recorded “None of Us Are Free” After an Unknown Lady Gaga Finished Rehearsal at NYC Club

"None of Us Are Free," the proper version, with Sam Moore and Sting is included on Sting's new "Duets" album. It came from Moore's...