George Clooney Hooks Up Matt Damon for Lucrative Nespresso Ad (See!)
Matt Damon has jumped on the gravy train ridden by many actors to a quick payday in commercials overseas....
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Taylor Swift Turns Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ into ‘Hick Hop’ (listen!)
Taylor Swift proved one thing about rapping, it’s a lot harder than it looks. She sang a cover of Eminem’s 2002 classic “Lose Yourself” during a radio interview on Pittsburgh’s The Danger Show at 94.9 Froggy and spit what can only be called Hick Hop. The 23-year-old singer gave it her best show, but clearly showed a lack of timing and cadence....
Miley Cyrus ‘Summertime Sadness’ Cover a Tip to Lana Del Rey (watch)
Miley Cyrus toned down her act to sing an acoustic cover of Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness” on BBC-One Radio’s “Live Lounge,” a show that features music stripped of all but the bare essentials. Miley keeps her clothes on this time, but does manage a small tongue wag when she introduces the show....
Elton John’s Hot New ‘Diving Board’ Overlooked on Radio, WTF?
Elton John’s latest album, The Diving Board is his first solo album in six years and first recording since his collaboration with Leon Russell and T. Bone Burnett (The Union) in 2006. Needless to say, we’re loving it. But the pop icon seems to be trapped in an interesting dynamic for so-called legacy artists....
Hildebrand Gurlitt, Notorious Nazi Art Thief, Surfaces in Art Probe
Hildebrand Gurlitt hailed from a family that was well known in artistic circles in pre-World War II Germany. His father was an architect and art historian, one brother was a musicologist and a nephew was an art dealer. But a deep, dark secret set him apart. During World War II, Gurlitt, a specialist in modern art, was hired by Joseph Goebbels, the feared Nazi propaganda minister, to loot priceless artworks from homes and museums across Nazi-occupied Europe....
Rebecca Holden, of ‘Knight Rider’ Fame, Lifts Music Career With Duet
Rebecca Holden is best known as a television actress, but she’s also a singer who has charted two singles and has just released a new song, “Dreams Come True,” with Abraham McDonald. It’s already broken into the Top 20 on the Country charts. Holden, 55, was discovered in New York City and began working as a model. She eventually segued into commercials and made the move to Hollywood to become an actress....
Monkee Micky Dolenz Releases B. B. King Show on New Album (video)
Monkee Micky Dolenz has just released a new album based on his performance last October at the famed B.B. King Bar & Grill in New York City. Micky and his band deliver a solid, 23-song set to the sold-out crowd that included celebrities like Tony Danza. While Micky was performing solo, most of the songs were from the Monkee’s catalog of hits from the ’60s and ’70s....
Justin Bieber Tells More of His Story in New Song, Bad Day (audio)
Justin Bieber may be lout but he’s sticking to his promise to release a new song every week as part of his “Music Mondays” series. His latest “Bad Day,” is another weeper that features Justin’s falsetto voice soaring on the high notes as he signs about love gone wrong. The tune features mainly guitar with an R&B sound that actually suits Justin well. Listen to it here. ...
Celine Dion New Album, ‘Loved Me Back to Life,’ Full Stream! (Listen!)
Celine Dion could have gotten by singing pop standards forever, but she’s about to release her most daring album yet. Loved Me Back to Life, her first in English in six years, is edgier, but still modern and contemporary and all Celine. The 13-song set definitely has an edgier feel with a decidedly more contemporary urban, R&B vibe. ...
Justin Bieber New Song ‘Recovery’ Has Tracy Chapman Vibe (Listen)
Justin Bieber has released a new song “Recovery,” that has almost a jazz sound, with refrains that seem to have an early Tracy Chapman vibe. What ever the case, it’s a more sophisticated sound for the pop singer. Bieber, 19, has been releasing songs as part of what he calls his #MusicMondays series....
Lady Gaga Pays Homage to Love in New Song ‘Venus’ (listen!)
Lady Gaga rolled out another song, “Venus,” from her upcoming album ARTPOP. It’s a driving dance tune featuring the goddess of love. Although it’s decidedly different, it still evokes Madonna’s 1990 song “Vogue.” It could just be the way Gaga interjects the word “Venus,” in the song and how much it sounds like a similar interjection, “Vogue,” in Madonna’s song....
Riley Keough, Michelle Williams Light Up Whitney Gala (photos!)
Riley Keough, granddaughter of the late King of Rock Elvis Presley, and actress Michelle Williams were among celebrities who polished their artsy cred at the Whitney Museum of American Art Gala & Studio Party in New York City last night (Oct. 23). Riley, who had a rough go in the tabloids recently, was the picture of hipster chic in her Louis Vuitton black mini-dress, with a white jacket from the designer’s spring 2013 collection....
Taylor Swift Sings ‘Sweeter Than Fiction’ in New ‘One Chance’ Trailer
Taylor Swift sings her new song, “Sweeter Than Fiction,” and talks about why she wrote it in a new trailer for the movie “One Chance.” Music mogul Simon Cowell makes a cameo appearance and guitarist Jack Antonoff plays along with Taylor. The song is off the “One Chance” soundtrack and has been released in iTunes. It went viral on the Internet Oct. 21....
Katy Perry Reveals ‘Prism’ Secrets at iHeart Album Party (video!)
Katy Perry unveiled Prism, her first studio album in three years, last night (Oct. 22) at an album listening party that doubled as the inaugural event for the new iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles. The album, she said, helped her find her own voice. Perry, 28, kicked off the evening in front of about 400 close friends and fans, known as “Katycats,” with an electrified performance of her hit song “Roar.”...
Wallace Hartley’s Titanic Violin Fetches $1.5M at London Auction
Wallace Hartley, a second-class passenger on the Titanic, went down with the ship, but the violin he was playing on the night the liner stuck an iceberg survived and was sold at auction over the weekend for a surprisingly titanic sum, $1.5 million. The instrument was recovered in 2006 along with Hartley’s travel bag, which also was auctioned by Henry Aldridge & Son in London. The bag contained the violin and sheet music....