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Taylor Swift attended the London premiere of “Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé” yesterday, returning the favor after Bey made a special appearance at the Los Angeles premiere of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour back in October”.
Timothée Chalamet’s “Charlie and the Charlie Factory” prequel musical “Wonka” has finally been unveiled to critics, and first reactions are mixed. Critic Courtney Howard wrote “Wonka” is “a winning confection, filled with perfect amounts of charm, whimsy & poignancy”, and called Timothée “a charisma factory”. Gizmodo called Timothée infinitely charming & a blast to watch,” but added, “The movie around him isn’t as good but it’s enjoyable.” “Wonka” opens December 8.
“Bob Hearts Abisola” will officially be coming to an end after its upcoming 5th season. This news comes a little over 2 weeks after CBS announced another Chuck Lorre produced show, “Young Sheldon,” is also coming to an end. “Bob Hearts Abisola” is set to return on February 12, as previously announced.
While fans still wait on a release date for Taylor Swift’s “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)”, she has dropped ‘You’re Losing Me (From the Vault)’ to streaming for the first time, as a thank you to fans who helped have her named Spotify’s Global Top Artist in 2023. The song was originally a “Midnights” bonus track.
Cher says she walked out of the recording session for her #1 hit ‘Believe’ 25 years ago, because the song was “a mess”: “The only thing good…was the chorus, and it just was like, ‘Hold your breath and get through the verse.’” Later, the producer coaxed her into trying “a pitch machine.” That pitch machine was the Auto-Tune software that “Believe” pioneered, now standard practice for many stars.
Pearl Jam has confirmed their next album is completed. The LP is “in the can, mastered, mixed, ready to go”, and it is expected to be released in 2024. The band used producer Andrew Watt, who also oversaw the latest Rolling Stones album, and has worked with Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and Ozzy Osbourne.
Dolly Parton is bringing her life story to Broadway, because of course she is. She told Vulture: “I’ve written all the songs, and we have the script. We’re hoping to be on Broadway in 2025. That’s very ambitious because there’s about 30 or 40 pieces of music in it.”
Back in the ’80s, Richard Pryor bet Eddie Murphy $100,000 he would never release an album of just music with no comedy. Eddie did just that in 1985, but he says Richard never paid him.
Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband must pay her over $2.6 million, because he took commissions for different deals he made as her manager, that should’ve been handled by her talent agent.
SZA is a proud fan of Nickelback and Creed. She also gave a shoutout to Creed’s “Higher” and compared it to a gospel song. Quote, “The vocals are going crazy and it’s also somehow slightly romantic, it just feels so fun.”
Everyone knows Taylor Swift has a cat named Olivia Benson . . . which is Mariska Hargitay’s character on “Law & Order: SVU”. Well, Mariska has finally returned the favor. She now has a cat named Karma . . . which is the title of one of Taylor’s songs.
Cher’s “DJ Play a Christmas Song” is #1 on Billboard’s Dance / Electronic Digital Song Sales chart, giving her a #1 hit in seven straight decades. The Rolling Stones are the only other act that’s done it.
Rolling Stone released its list of The Best Albums Of 2023 yesterday, and SZA leads the way with her hit “SOS”. The magazine calls the record “cunning and full of surprises,” and notes that spent a record-breaking 10 weeks at No. 1 this year, along with earning SZA nine Grammy nominations.
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