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NEED TO KNOW Acclaimed jazz singer Cleo Laine died on Thursday, July 24 at the age of 97News of her death was confirmed by the Stables, a British arts center that she founded with her late husband, John DankworthThroughout her career, she earned one Grammy nomination and one Tony nomination Cleo Laine, a renowned British jazz singer and Tony-nominated actress, has died. She was 97. News of her death was confirmed by The Stables, a U.K. arts center that Laine founded with her late husband, John Dankworth, in Buckinghamshire, England. The New York Times confirmed she died on Thursday at her…
NEED TO KNOW Hulk Hogan’s close friend and on-screen manager Jimmy Hart spoke with PEOPLE about the late professional wrestler’s deathHart said Hogan’s assistant told him the retired wrestler was “doing great” the night before he died of cardiac arrest at 71Hart shared stories of what it was like to travel and work with Hogan, whose fame reached “unbelievable” levels throughout his hall of fame career One day after his close friend Hulk Hogan’s unexpected death on Thursday, WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart said he’s still in shock that the “Hulkster” is gone. “I called [Hogan] on Wednesday night,…
NEED TO KNOW Didi Conn opens up to PEOPLE about filming Grease and forging a friendship with Olivia Newton-JohnConn played Frenchy in the 1978 musical filmConn says that she used improvisation to help get into character and to soothe Newton-John’s nerves When Olivia Newton-John brought Sandy’s first day jitters to life, she was experiencing her own. Didi Conn, who played Sandy’s friend in the beloved 1978 film Grease, opens up to PEOPLE exclusively about working with Newton-John, who died in 2022 at age 73. Conn, 74, says that on their first day on set, Newton-John, who had found success as…
NEED TO KNOW JoJo Siwa is giving fans a candid look at a sweet conversation with boyfriend Chris HughesIn a video shared to her social media accounts on July 24, Siwa tears up after Hughes compliments her on having a “really good hairline” after she was previously bullied for it”Him saying this out of thin air literally finished healing a part of me,” she wrote of the heartfelt moment JoJo Siwa is giving fans a candid look at a sweet conversation with boyfriend Chris Hughes. In a video shared to her social media accounts on Thursday, July 24, the 22-year-old…
Taylor Swift has a new favorite movie, and it just so happens to star one of her favorite people: Travis Kelce. On the day of the Netflix premiere of Happy Gilmore 2 — in which the Kansas City Chiefs tight end appears alongside Adam Sandler — the pop superstar posted her review of the film on her Instagram Story on Friday (July 25). Sharing the film’s poster, she wrote that the project “had me cackling and cheering the whole movie!” “An absolute must watch,” she continued, rating it a “13/10.” The 14-time Grammy winner added, “Go watch it on @netflix…
NEED TO KNOW Dermot Mulroney said in an interview with the New York Post that “there is talk of a sequel” to 1997’s My Best Friend’s WeddingMulroney costarred with Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz in My Best Friend’s Wedding, which follows a food critic who resolves to try and break up her best friend’s impending marriage to another woman”Last I heard, quote, lawyers were talking, unquote,” Mulroney said of a potential sequel happening Dermot Mulroney is RSVP-ing ‘maybe’ to another big screen wedding. Mulroney, 61, told the New York Post in an article published Friday, July 25 that “there is…
Erotic thrillers are a subgenre of movies that were at their most popular a few decades ago, yet one Amazon Prime Video original film harkened back to those days. Some of the most famous iterations of the erotic thriller are 9 1/2 Weeks, Basic Instinct, and the cult classic Showgirls, all released in the 80s and 90s. Their popularity waned over time to the point where finding a modern erotic thriller that made waves is difficult. A lot of them either don’t go quite as far as they did in their heyday or they end up as straight-to-video releases that…
NEXT GEN is more than a spotlight – it’s a statement. Billboard Georgia New Generation Covers In a world defined by digital discovery and borderless creativity, the future of music isn’t born in one place – it blooms everywhere at once. NEXT GEN, Billboard Georgia’s first-ever international editorial project, captures this global rhythm through a handpicked lineup of 24 rising artists from nine countries – each redefining what it means to be part of the sonic DNA of a new generation. From Georgian soul and Italian rap rebellion to J-pop reimaginings, Afro-French lyrical fire and vibrant Vietnamese pop, these artists…
Billy Joel may sing “my silence is my self-defense” on his Billboard Hot 100 No. 37 hit “And So It Goes,” but he’s not interested in remaining quiet about what he considers to be very wrong. The musician is once again condemning Donald Trump’s 2017 speech about the white nationalist’s Unite the Right rally that took place in Charlottesville, Va., in which the president said there were “some very fine people on both sides.” In part two of his Billy Joel: And So It Goes documentary on HBO Max, the five-time Grammy winner says that while he “never liked getting…
The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack has already been slaying on the charts, and now, David Guetta is joining the project to give one of its songs an extra boost. Released Friday (July 25) and described in the press release as “a sparkling power pop version of ‘Golden,’ the viral song of the summer,” a new remix finds the DJ infusing the track with his signature EDM juice to ramp up the energy on the song, which appears on the June-released Demon Hunters album. The LP — which debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the…