2013 may have seen Cher tell Andy Cohen she and fellow pop icon Madonna were ‘totally good’ (click here to watch), but fans thought the decades-old beef was reheated after the ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ singer turned up on ‘Ellen’ today to throw some hilarious shade.
While on the daytime talk show the 72-year-old played the “5 Second Rule” – a game that gives players only five seconds to answer three questions. When quizzed for three stars she’d like to duet with, see how she responded:
Celine Dion has been one of the most rejuvenating forces on the Las Vegas strip. However, as the age old adage goes, “all good things must come to an end.”
And for the 50 -year-old icon, its her Sin City residency.
The next chapter of Lady GaGa‘s career is set to be golden.
Now free of the pressure to deliver major sales with her albums, the star now sets her sights on Hollywood where she is to soar- if early reviews of her first movie ‘A Star is Born‘ are anything to go by- as an actress.
How she is celebrating the movie’s release on October 5th? By taking a trip to Japan to share news of its forthcoming unveiling with her friends and fans in the market.
Despite popularising the phrase “on fleek”, the African-American entrepreneur Peaches Monroee is yet to receive her fair share of the cash the likes of Forever 21 & H&M have made exploiting it with their clothing.
How Peaches aims to ensure she gets whats hers?
By putting plans in place to erect a beauty empire she hopes will be powered by the French company Sephora.
The ‘OTR II’ tour’s wrap date may not be until October 4th, but Beyonce‘s already feeling nostalgic for her second joint tour with husband Jay Z – a feat evidenced by a compilation video lifted to the singer’s Instagram recently.
Filled with snaps and behind the scenes footage of the hitmaking duo prepping for the various stages their high octane show has landed on since the trek’s kick off, look inside to see some of the magic from ‘OTR II’ ahead of its soon-to-come closing date:
Today we celebrate Mariah Carey’s classic album ‘Butterfly’, which turned 21 this month.
Its title track is this week’s From The Vault pick.
They say “if you love someone, set them free. If they come back they’re yours.“
Said sentiment was echoed in the beautiful ballad, one of the last written and produced by Carey alongside Walter Afanasieff.
Due to a technicality at the time, the song wasn’t eligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100; still it reached the sixteenth position on the Hot 100 Airplay count.
It wasn’t properly released in Europe, so never reached the heights of Mimi’s previous and subsequent successes. Still, it remains one of the songbird’s most celebrated tracks by her fans – especially given that butterfly has ever been her spirit animal.
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Carey has stated that the lyrics to the song are the words she wished her former husband, Tommy Mottola, would have said to her towards the end of their relationship.
In bringing the powerful anthem to life, Carey enlisted director Daniel Pearl –whodelivered a stunning visual.
The star is seen somewhat captive in a gloomy house, finally breaking out at the track’s climax. Soon enough, speculation started about whether the video served as symbolism about her deteriorating marriage to Mottola.
[Fun Fact: Part of the clip was based on Tennessee Williams’ book ‘Baby Doll,’ which is also the name of a song on the ‘Butterfly’ LP.]
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Over two decades later, Carey’s sixth effort has aged like a fine wine (tasting better with time); it’s a project she candidly embraces as her favorite body of work ’til this day — and understandably so!
From its perfect dosage of Urban and Pop, to lyrical content that delved into love, heartbreak, sex, bi-racial discrimination and liberation; it’s a timeless piece of art which is a perfect testament to what “Mariah Carey” has brought to the world during her illustrious career.