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Billie Eilish, Cher, Phoebe Bridgers and More to Play Cyndi Lauper’s Home for the Holidays Benefit
Cyndi Lauper has announced her 10th annual Home for the Holidays benefit concert, featuring such stars as Billie Eilish, King Princess, Cher, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Osbourne, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, Bette Midler, Billy Porter, LL Cool J, Adam Lambert, Whoopi Goldberg, Youth Pride Chorus and many more. Home for the Holiday premieres on Dec. 11 exclusively on Lauper’s TikTok at 8PM EST, along with an additional stream Dec. 13 on Lauper’s YouTube and Facebook at 8PM EST. One hundred percent of the net proceeds go to True Colors United, the organization she co-founded to prevent and end homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth. “It’s been a crazy year, but I am grateful for so many things,” Lauper said in a statement. “My immensely talented and generous f...
Paul McCartney Says the Beatles Struggled With Mental Health Issues
Paul McCartney recently revealed that The Beatles were most likely struggling with mental illness at the height of their fame. Instead of talking about it with each other, “they talked about it through [their] songs.” In The Sunday Times, McCartney discussed how he, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison would all hide their problems by making fun of them. He mentioned how John especially would use songwriting as a way to express his issues. “‘Help! I need somebody,’ he wrote. And I thought, ‘Well, it’s just a song,’ but it turned out to be a cry for help,” McCartney said. He continued: “Same kind of thing happened with me, mainly after the break-up of the band. All of us went through periods when we weren’t as happy as we ought to be.” He added: “Ringo had a major drinking...
Bob Dylan Sells Entire Songwriting Catalog to Universal
In a blockbuster deal, Bob Dylan has sold the publishing rights to his entire back catalog, which goes back to 1962, to Universal Music Group. The New York Times reports that the deal was for a whopping $300 million. In the deal, UMG acquired over 600 of Dylan’s songs, which the legendary singer-songwriter controlled the copyrights to. It includes all of his songs through this year’s Rough and Rowdy Ways. Of course, UMG gets all Dylan’s big early hits as well: “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Tangled Up In Blue,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Lay Lady Lay,” “The Times They Are a-Changin’” and like a Rolling Stone.” “It’s no secret that the art of songwriting is the fundamental key to all great music, nor is it a secret that Bob is one of the very greatest practitioners of that art,” L...
Chadwick Boseman Honored During MTV Movie & TV Awards Special
Cheadle added: “Each time he stepped on the set, he inspired and influenced everyone there, and with every role he created a new legion of fans. He had an incredible power to unify people in their love for his work and their respect for him as a person. The way he lived his life united people behind a higher purpose, and that will be his legacy.” Cheadle also noted that while Boseman is best known for his role as Black Panther, the actor also made his mark portraying real-life luminaries Thurgood Marshall (in Marshall), James Brown (in Get on Up) and Jackie Robinson (in 42). “Chadwick will forever be known as the Black Panther, but he also painted incredibly powerful portrayals of iconic and influential real men who changed the world,” Cheadle said, adding: “H...
Universal Music Publishing Buys Bob Dylan’s Song Catalog
Another factor, industry sources say, is that the generation of singer-songwriters who came of age in the sixties and seventies is at a point where they’re thinking about their legacies, as well as estate planning. On December 4, Primary Wave Music Publishing announced that it had acquired a majority stake in the catalog of singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks, in a deal that The Wall Street Journal reported valued her compositions at $100 million. That deal and Dylan’s could trigger more big catalog transactions. This is a unique prize, however. Among the songwriters of the rock era, only the Beatles are as influential as Dylan, the only songwriter to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The catalog includes more than 600 compositions, written over the course of six decades, including “Blo...
Dustin Lynch, Lee Brice, Big & Rich & More to Salute Lee Greenwood at 40th-Anniversary Tribute Concert
Lee Brice, Dustin Lynch, Riley Green and Big & Rich are among the artists lining up to celebrate Lee Greenwood‘s 40 years as a hitmaker at an Oct. 12 concert at Huntsville, Ala.’s Von Braun Center. Among the other artists saluting the Grammy winner — whose hits include “It Turns Me Inside Out,” “I.O.U.,” “Going, Going, Gone,” “Don’t Underestimate My Love for You” and “God Bless the U.S.A.” — include Michael W. Smith, Jamey Johnson, Alabama’s Randy Owen, The Oak Ridge Boys, Sam Moore and Crystal Gayle. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and ...
Cardi B Offers to Match Charitable Donations From Fans
Reacting to the backlash, Cardi reminded folks that she donated $1 million to coronavirus relief earlier this year, another milli to fans through cashapp two months ago as well as donating 20,000 meal supplements to New York medical workers. “Also I got 7 uncles an 3 aunts on my daddy side,9 aunts and 3 uncles on my momma side a whole bunch of cousins I had to help cause of the pandemic ….If I want to splurge I can with out yall asking for hand outs like me and my husband don’t do so.Thank you,” she added. When someone suggested she donate the $88K to people that need help right now, like her fans, Cardi noted that she’s already donated $2 million this year and promised that she’s doing “something very special in another country” next year. &#...
Steve Aoki & Travis Barker Proclaim ‘You’re the Best’ at 2020 MTV Movie & TV Awards
If you’re going to honor the “Greatest of All Time,” there’s only one thing you can say: You’re the best around. At Sunday night’s “MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time” special, Steve Aoki and Travis Barker acted as the night’s house band, with Aoki spinning classic movie music (think “Footloose” after Kevin Bacon accepted the GOAT: Dance Your Ass Off award) as Barker banged away on his drum set along to the songs. While they gave us little snippets throughout the night, the duo wrapped up the Vanessa Hudgens-hosted show with a full finale of Joe Esposito‘s “You’re the Best” from the 1984 Karate Kid soundtrack, in honor of William Zabka’s GOAT: Zero to Hero prize. Aoki and Bark...
Ariana Grande Edges Mariah Carey on U.K. Singles Chart
With three more weeks until Christmas, there’s plenty of time for Carey to snag the title. There’s Christmas cheer up and down the chart, as Wham’s “Last Christmas” (RCA) flies 20-3, The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl’s “Fairytale of New York” (Warner Bros) zooms 26-8, and 18 more holiday hits impact the Top 40, the Official Charts Company reports. The highest new entry on the chart this week belongs to Liam Gallagher, with his charity fundraising singer “All You’re Dreaming Of” (Warner Records) opening at No. 35. It’s the former Oasis frontman’s fourth solo Top 40 single. Proceeds of the single will benefit Action For Children, a charity that protects and supports vulnerable children and young people across the U.K. Over on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, Barlow’s...
AC/DC Holds Off Powderfinger For Australian Chart Title
Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus bags her sixth Top 10 title as Plastic Hearts enters at No. 3 on the ARIA chart. It’s Cyrus’ first studio album since Younger Now, which peaked at No. 2 in October 2017, though the U.S. pop singer did drop an EP last year, She Is Coming, which reached No. 10 on the survey. Closing out the Top 5 are BTS’ BE (down 2-4) and Taylor Swift’s former leader folklore (up 6-5), respectively, while Andrea Bocelli’s Believe climbs into the Top 10 for the first time. In its third week on the chart, Believe lifts 24-10, and becomes the Italian tenor’s eighth Top Ten title in the land Down Under. Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, 24kGoldn’s “Mood” featuring Iann Dior is the champion for the eighth week. The San Francisco rapper’s first leader in Australia has now logged the seco...
Mariah Carey and Wham’s ‘Christmas’ Hits Battle For U.K. No. 1
It could be a very special Christmas indeed for Mariah Carey, whose “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is on pace to hit No. 1 in the U.K. for the very first time. Carey’s festive classic is in pole position after the weekend, with a lead of 1,300 combined sales over Wham’s “Last Christmas,” another holiday standard which has never reached the top of the chart tree. Carey’s “Christmas” was released in 1994 and has a U.K. peak position of No. 2. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their ...
Tiffany Cross, Jonathan Capehart Tapped To Host MSNBC Weekend Shows
Source: Marla Aufmuth / Getty Veteran journalists Tiffany Cross and Jonathan Capehart are the new hosts of two new shows on MSNBC. According to Deadline, MSNBC is launching two new weekend shows with political analyst Tiffany Cross and Washington Post opinion columnist Jonathan Capehart. After weeks of competing for the coveted weekend slots on the network, previously held by Joy Reid‘s “A.M. Joy”, both were announced to be filling the slots, with Cross anchoring MSNBC on Saturdays between 10 a.m. and noon, while Capehart leads Sundays in the same time period. Both anchors revealed in an interview that they want to build on the efforts of Reid, whose show created a new weekend habit for curious MSNBC viewers eager to gain perspective on the headlines. “The people w...
