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XO/Republic The Weeknd‘s hit “Blinding Lights” has set many records, including being the first song to spend an entire year in the top 10, but now, it has hit an especially impressive milestone. The track, from the artist’s 2020 album After Hours, has become the first song in Spotify history to hit 4 billion streams. […]

Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Netflix Sorry, Oscars: It’s a no from Kevin Hart. The stand-up icon and star of Netflix’s action comedy Lift was famously set to host the Academy Awards back in 2019, when old tweets and stand-up routines that were said to be homophobic resurfaced.  After apologizing, the gig was reportedly offered to him again, but Hart […]

ABC/Heidi Gutman Ava DuVernay says if she had gone the “traditional route” with trying to bring to life her new film, Origin, the filmmaking process would’ve been tough.  The award-winning director told Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts that because of the content of the movie — a portrayal of Isabel Wilkerson‘s seminal book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, which describes racism in the United States as an aspect of […]

Heidi Gutman/ABC Michael Strahan‘s 19-year-old daughter Isabella Strahan is battling a malignant brain tumor known as medulloblastoma, the Good Morning America co-anchor and Isabella shared Thursday. “I literally think that in a lot of ways, I’m the luckiest man in the world because I’ve got an amazing daughter,” Michael Strahan said in an interview with his fellow co-anchor, Robin Roberts. “I know she’s […]

ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Angela Bassett accepted an Honorary Oscar at the 14th Governors Awards Tuesday night. During her speech, she shouted out “trailblazing” Black actresses that paved the way for her, including Ruby Dee, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Rosalind Cash. “They were my North Star, my guiding light, proof that while the […]

Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Fantasia Barrino-Taylor might’ve acquired a new fanbase of sports lovers after she delivered a powerful rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” during Monday night’s college champion football game.  Ahead of the Michigan Wolverines win over the Washington Huskies, the Grammy winner took center stage on the field at the NRG Stadium in […]

NPG Records/Warner Records The hit Prince film Purple Rain may one day be on Broadway. Producer Orin Wolf just announced that the blockbuster film is being developed for the stage, using Prince’s original music. Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is on board to write the book, and Tony Award nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz is set to direct.  “It’s been almost 40 years since Prince’s legendary […]

Kayla Oaddams/Getty Images Kid Cudi is days away from releasing his new album, INSANO, so he’s giving fans a glimpse of what to expect. Taking to Instagram Monday, he unveiled a star-studded track list boasting appearances from A$AP Rocky, Lil Yachty, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, the late XXXTentacion and Travis Scott, who appears on two tracks: “Get Off Me” and the previously released “At the Party,” also featuring Pharrell. The […]

Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation After an online troll posted an edited clip of Madonna performing onstage and made fun of her age, a fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has come to her defense. During Madonna’s Celebration Tour, she performs several songs while standing in a moving “frame” that transports her high up into the air and across […]

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio Rolling Stone has released its list of 100 Greatest R&B Songs of the 21st century, naming Usher‘s “Confessions Part II” in the #1 spot.  The magazine recognizes the 2004 hit, which lands on Usher’s Grammy-winning fourth album, Confessions, as one of the early 2000s tracks that helped define the era of R&B music that also […]