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Provident Entertainment Promotes Holly Zabka to President, Terry Hemmings to Depart
Provident Entertainment president/CEO Terry Hemmings will exit the company at the end of August, while Holly Zabka has been promoted to president. Zabka will report to Randy Goodman, chairman/CEO at Sony Music Nashville. Over the course of two decades at Provident, Hemmings forged a roster of faith-based artists including Casting Crowns, CAIN, Kirk Franklin and Zach Williams. Zabka, a 14-year veteran of Provident, most recently served as senior vp of Essential Music Publishing and head of creative for Provident Label Group. During Zabka’s career at Provident, the company has earned over 60 No. 1 songs and partnered with artists and songwriters including Jason Ingram, Ethan Hulse and Matt Maher. Goodman said via a statement, “Over the last two decades, Terry has played an important part in ...
Bob Dylan’s Lawyers in Sex Abuse Case Demand Punishment For Attorneys Who Filed Lawsuit
In the wake of a failed lawsuit that claimed Bob Dylan sexually abused a child in 1965, the singer’s legal team is now demanding serious penalties against the lawyers who filed it – citing “brazen” misconduct in a case that they “should not have brought.” The suit, filed last year by an unnamed woman, included salacious allegations against the iconic singer, but historians said it wasn’t chronologically plausible and the accuser suddenly dropped the case last month after Dylan’s lawyers said she had destroyed key evidence. Now, Dylan’s attorneys are out for blood – demanding “real consequences” for attorneys Daniel Isaacs and Peter Gleason over their “systematic discovery violations” while handling the case. “Mr. Isaacs and Mr. Gleason should not have brought this action — accusing defenda...
Kathy Hilton Says Britney Spears & Sam Asghari Were ‘Having the Best Time’ at Their Wedding
Kathy Hilton is dishing the details about attending Britney Spears and Sam Asghari‘s wedding in June. During the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star’s Watch What Happens Live appearance on Wednesday (Aug. 10), she was asked about the pop star and fitness trainer’s nuptials, and shared how intimate of an event it was. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Donatella, Madonna … it was a very small group. Drew Barrymore … we were all just in a small group. Forty-nine people. It was beautiful,” Hilton shared. “And he is very cute. Sam … oh my goodness. I met him once before, but this guy’s hot and they were having the best time.” Hilton attended the wedding alongside daughters Paris and Nicky Hilton, and were joined by Donatella Versace, Madonna, ...
Forever No. 1: Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Magic’
Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor our charts have to offer — a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single — by taking an extended look back at the chart-topping songs that made them part of this exclusive club. Here, we honor the late Olivia Newton-John, who died this week at age 73, with Joe Lynch, Billboard’s executive digital director, east coast, celebrating the fact that flops can beget bops, as was the case with 1980’s Xanadu and its hit single “Magic,” her fourth No. 1. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news At the outset of Xanadu, the Olivia Newton-John-starring musical that followed Grease by two years, we see the one-time Sandy Olsson in a role that’s ne...
Loyle Carner Drops Madlib-Produced Track “Georgetown”
Hot on the heels of last month’s delivery, “Hate,” Loyle Carner has returned with a second summer track, dubbed “Georgetown.” The bouncy single, which samples Afro-Guyanese playwright John Agard’s Half-caste poem in its opening and closing bars, sees the South London rapper reunite with multi-hyphenate producer Madlib for the first time since 2020’s “Yesterday.” In the accompanying visuals, directed by Machine Operated, Agard recites his verses among tranquil sceneries in Georgetown, Guyana, while a closed-eyed Carner listens. The video then showcases life in the Guyanese capital via stunning shots of people riding horses through sunlit fields, chefs concocting authentic plates, children swinging in playgrounds and communities engaging in religious ceremonies, among several other sequ...
Run the Jewels Play “A Few Words for the Firing Squad” on Colbert
Run the Jewels were the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Killer Mike and El-P performed an intense “A Few Words for the Firing Squad” from their 2020 album RTJ4. Check it out below. The episode also included a performance from the Eagles’ Joe Walsh, who is hosting a residency on Colbert with the show’s house band Stay Human. St. Vincent started her own residency the week of July 25, followed by James Taylor’s starting August 1, and Walsh’s starting August 8. RTJ4 included the singles “Yankee and the Brave,” “Ooh La La,” and “Ju$t.” The duo recently teamed up with Danger Mouse, Black Thought, and A$AP Rocky on the Cheat Codes song “Strangers.” Read Pitchfork’s interview “Run the Jewels’ Universal Theory of Not Giving a Fuck.” Content This content ...
Madonna and the Roots Play “Music” With Classroom Instruments on Fallon
Madonna was a guest on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. After sitting down for an interview with Jimmy Fallon, the pop icon joined the host and the Roots to play her 2000 single “Music” using classroom instruments. Watch that happen below. Madonna recently collaborated with Beyoncé on “The Queens Remix” of “Break My Soul,” and, while speaking with Fallon, she revealed that she’d like to work with one of Beyoncé’s esteemed peers: “There’s one artist that I worship more than anything in life, and I would love to collaborate with him, and that’s Kendrick Lamar,” Madonna revealed. “His new record is history-making, mind-bogglingly brilliant” she continued, referring to Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. “So talented.” Earlier this year, Madonna released the compi...
Rage Against the Machine Cancel European Tour, Per “Medical Guidance” for Zack de la Rocha
Rage Against the Machine have canceled the European leg of their reunion tour, but will go ahead with their three-night run at Madison Square Garden starting tonight. They wrote on social media that bandleader Zack de la Rocha had been instructed not to proceed with the intensive European run on the advice of his doctor. Canceled dates including headline shows at Reading and Leeds festivals. North American dates early next year are scheduled to go ahead. Although the band did not specify the ailment, de la Rocha sustained a leg injury during a July 11 performance in Chicago. He concluded the set while seated on a monitor. The show ended with de la Rocha’s band mates embracing him before crew members carried him off stage. El-P, who is supporting the reunion tour with Killer Mike in Run the...
Megan Thee Stallion Releasing New Album Traumazine Tonight
After some teasers, Megan Thee Stallion has officially announced a new album: Traumazine is out Friday, August 12. Guests on the Houston rapper’s Good News follow-up include Key Glock, Rico Nasty, Latto, Pooh Shiesty, and Jhené Aiko, as well as Dua Lipa (who’s on the single “Sweetest Pie”) and Future (who’s on “Pressurelicious”). The LP also features Megan’s spring single “Plan B.” Find the tracklist, artwork, and album trailer below. Megan Thee Stallion discussed the new album in a recent cover story interview with Rolling Stone. “I want to take you through so many different emotions,” she told Rolling Stone’s Mankaprr Conteh of the new set of music. “At first you was twerking, now you might be crying.” She added: “I just always want people to remember, ‘Yes, Megan Thee Stallion, she was ...
Cordae Turns Inward on Two New Tracks “Unacceptable” and “So With That”
On the heels of last month’s single release, “Multi-Platinum,” Cordae has shared two more new songs. “Unacceptable” and “So With That” are stylistically different tracks, but both hear the rapper reflect on his relationship to success and those around him. On the fast-paced “Unacceptable,” Cordae drops bars about grappling with personal trauma, including the deaths of his grandfather and close friends. In the second verse, he recalls a conversation he had with his father where he admits to struggling with depression, in spite of how others may perceive his success and Hollywood lifestyle. “I gotta get rid of this trauma, it’ll bring them demons with ya,” he raps. The Maryland rapper slows down on “So With That,” juxtaposing rap with an R&B sound. Harmonizing with a female vocalist, Cor...
BLACKSTARKIDS Announce New Project CYBERKISS*, Share “SEX APPEAL”: Stream
BLACKSTARKIDS are back with the announcement of their new project, CYBERKISS*, out September 23rd via Dirty Hit. As a first preview, they have shared a fresh track called “SEX APPEAL.” Check it out below. CYBERKISS* marks the follow-up to the Kansas City group’s 2021 debut album, Puppies Forever. The 17-song collection features a sole collaboration with labelmate beabadoobee. Check out the artwork and tracklist below; pre-orders are ongoing. Calling back to early aughts hip-hop, “SEX APPEAL” is a maximalist hit of braggadocio from BLACKSTARKIDS, as TheBabeGabe, TyFaizon, and Deiondre rap over blaring sirens and quirky percussion. “I’m up for the night, I don’t need a pill/ Don’t talk to me unless you got sex appeal,” the trio insist. In the single’s music video, they dance around a washed-...
Matt Stone and Trey Parker Celebrate 25 Years of South Park with RUSH, Primus, and Ween
A small girl sarcastically sang “JOE BIDEN TOOK OUR JOBS!” into a microphone while South Park co-creator Matt Stone laughed uproariously, Dean and Gene Ween provided backup vocals, Primus’ Les Claypool played bass and Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush sat silently smiling. The plumes of smoke emanating from the 9,545 fans jammed into Red Rocks Amphitheatre were especially thick at this moment on Wednesday night (August 10th). It was the second of two sold-out South Park 25th-anniversary shows, starring Stone and his partner, Trey Parker, as ringleaders of a circus in which Ween performed on stage left, Primus manned stage right and “Blame Canada,” “Uncle Fucka,” “What Would Brian Boitano Do?” and other profane “South Park” classics wafted from the middle. If the satire didn’t always come ...
