Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Music

EXCLUSIVE: Recording Academy CEO Ouster May Result in Filing of Major Lawsuit As Exec Assistant Hires High Powered Hollywood Law Firm

EXCLUSIVE The saga of the ousted Recording Academy CEO continues to take sharp turns. I'm told that Claudine Little, the beloved executive assistant to Deborah...

Grammy Awards’ Other Problem is Taylor Swift: Snubbed in Best Album Category, Will Pop’s Princess Play?

From the beginning of August when it was released, Taylor Swift's "Lover" album looked like it would be Album of the Year at the...

Exclusive: Grammy Awards Lose PR Firm in Fight with Ousted CEO as Sunshine Sachs Exits from Public Argument

Exclusive: Ken Sunshine and Shawn Sachs are still repping the Grammys for press next Sunday. But I am told that they've resigned-- or shall we...

Grammy Turmoil UPDATED: Ousted CEO Deborah Dugan Dug Her Own Grave, Refusing to Be Political or Diplomatic

Ousted NARAS/Grammy CEO Deborah Dugan dug her own grave. She arrived with good intentions, but she ultimately her own worst enemy. Problems began last spring,...

Turmoil at the Grammy Awards as CEO Deborah Dugan Is Ousted After Six Months, A Week Before Show

Turmoil at the Grammys and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences: they've ousted new CEO Deborah Dugan, who began work on August...

Mariah Carey Gets into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Despite Plagiarism Claims, Others Include Pharrell, Steve Miller, Eurythmics, The Isley Bros.

The 2020 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees have been announced. Mariah Carey, who's never written a song by herself and was accused of plagiarism...

Elton John’s Dilemma: He Appoints Four Hosts for Oscar Party Since He’s an Academy Award Nominee for First Time in 25 Years

Elton John has a dilemma. Every year he and David Furnish host their Oscar dinner and party in West Hollywood for their Elton John...

Rock Hall of Fame Ignores Popular Vote (Except for Doobie Brothers), Snubs Dave Matthews’s 1 Million Votes, Pat Benatar’s 800K, for Whitney, T Rex,...

Only one of the top 3 vote-getters in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's public voting will be inducted this year: the Doobie...