Celine Dion’s rare statement on health battle: ‘Hardest experiences of my life’

Celine Dion’s rare statement on health battle: ‘Hardest experiences of my life’

Celine Dion has given a rare update as she continues to battle the rare neurological disorder stiff person syndrome (SPS). The singer shared a photo with her three sons René-Charles Angélil, 23, and twins Eddy and Nelson, 13, to mark International SPS Awareness Day. “Today the world recognises International SPS Awareness Day,” she said in … Read more

How a Crossroads in Katie Crutchfied’s 30s Helped Shape Waxahatchee’s New Album, ‘Tigers Blood’

How a Crossroads in Katie Crutchfied’s 30s Helped Shape Waxahatchee’s New Album, ‘Tigers Blood’

The decision to collaborate with MJ Lenderman seems like such a natural fit. How did that happen? It was a sort of, “We have to collaborate” at first sight with him. I was at SXSW in early 2022, and Brad and Allison [Crutchfield] texted me at the same time, and they were like, “We’re going … Read more

On Kacey Musgraves’s New Album, Still Waters Run Deep

On Kacey Musgraves’s New Album, Still Waters Run Deep

It does, especially after the past few years of her life and career. Her Golden Hour follow-up, 2021’s Star-Crossed, was a breakup record of dramatic proportions, accompanied by an ambitious 50-minute film that saw Musgraves as a lonely bride with diamanté eyebrows, strutting around the desert with drag queens. It also prompted heated debate about … Read more

Beyoncé’s country songs are boosting streams for Black artists

Beyoncé’s country songs are boosting streams for Black artists

Beyonce leaves the Luar fashion show at 154 Scott in Brooklyn during New York Fashion Week on February 13, 2024 in New York City.  James Devaney | GC Images | Getty Images Country music, meet Cowboy Carter. Superstar singer-songwriter Beyoncé Knowles is foraying into country music — taking on a genre that has excluded women … Read more

Music Review: Justin Timberlake returns on nostalgic ‘Everything I Thought It Was’

Music Review: Justin Timberlake returns on nostalgic ‘Everything I Thought It Was’

LOS ANGELES — In its better tracks, Justin Timberlake’s first new album in six years, “Everything I Thought It Was,” is a return to form for the musician. In the moments when his immediately recognizable falsetto eases into a familiar kind of future funk, it works. In others, it feels like poorly timed nostalgia. Once … Read more

Pink’s hilarious reaction after fan hands her Vegemite shapes at Melbourne concert

Pink’s hilarious reaction after fan hands her Vegemite shapes at Melbourne concert

Pink loves Australia — but she doesn’t seem to love this iconic Aussie snack. The singer was performing at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium when she was handed a box of Vegemite Shapes by a fan during a pause between songs. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Pink tries out Vegemite Shapes. Stream the world’s best reality, entertainment and … Read more

A trove from Pattie Boyd’s life with George Harrison and Eric Clapton is up for sale

A trove from Pattie Boyd’s life with George Harrison and Eric Clapton is up for sale

LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Pattie Boyd was at the epicenter of the Swinging 60s, but not always the center of attention. The model and photographer, who was often in the shadow of her rock icon husbands George Harrison and Eric Clapton, comes into sharp focus through a trove of letters, photos and other items … Read more

Theater Review: Without Gosling or geese, Broadway’s ‘The Notebook’ goes for the guts, without guile

Theater Review: Without Gosling or geese, Broadway’s ‘The Notebook’ goes for the guts, without guile

NEW YORK — The romantic tearjerker “The Notebook” lands on Broadway in awkward musical theater form this spring having previously conquered books and movies. It is intent now on making a live audience openly weep by employing massive doses of schlocky sentimentality without the aid of Ryan Gosling. The bombastic musical that opened Thursday at … Read more

‘Freaknik’ documentary tells untold story behind the massively popular Atlanta street party

‘Freaknik’ documentary tells untold story behind the massively popular Atlanta street party

LOS ANGELES — If you participated in Atlanta’s wildest gathering called Freaknik back in the day, then beware: You might be featured in Hulu’s new documentary about the legendary street party that became popular through folklore tales involving gridlock traffic, public nudity and highway debauchery. Many of those images will certainly be on full display … Read more