#KatyCats rejoice! Your chart-topping leader, Katy Perry, has officially (and finally) announced the title and release date of her new album.
As if that’s not enough to send her fans into a frenzy, the pop star also unveiled a slew of tour dates to support the project.
Details inside:
Former Fifth Harmony star Camila Cabello hasn’t skipped a beat since the shocking announcement of her departure from the hitmaking quintet in December 2016. Evidence of this can be found in the number of high profile musical and press features the songstress has enjoyed since the turn of the year, most notably the Pitbull & J. Balvin international hit ‘Hey Ma.’
Now, after months of building her solo profile, it appears Cabello is finally ready to turn the page on her own music. Sending fans into a frenzy over Sunday night, the recently unveiled announcement from her camp not only reveals the title of her debut solo project, but also its first single (which is reportedly set to drop soon….very soon)!
Details below:
Nicki Minaj is determined to elevate her fans to higher ground with the power of eduction.
After shocking a number of them by erasing their student loan debt, she has announced plans to build a charity designed to give young people the opportunity to educate themselves without the burden and fear of financial woes.
Brilliant.
Minaj’s fan base can expect her new album to make its way to Pop’s shores later on this year.
Aaron Hernandez, the athlete who murdered Odin Llyod, stunned the world when he committed suicide during time as an inmate at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.
Tonight, as his family faces claim the murder and suicide were ignited by his supposed desire to conceal his alleged (and potentially baseless) dalliances with men, his fiancee’ will make her to Dr. Phil to bare all.
What she shared may surprise you.
He was very positive, so excited to come home. I spoke to him the night before and he was so, “Daddy’s going to be home,” and “I can’t wait to sleep in the bed with you guys, and I can’t wait to just hold you and love you.” There was no indication at all of such events.
‘I remember him saying “Babe I’ve got to go, they’re shutting the doors” and I honestly don’t think we said I love you to each other and that was it.
I just know that the feedback I was getting from our last talk had nothing to do with any suicidal thoughts.
I felt like we were looking so bright. We were going up a ladder to a positive direction.
Catch the interview in full when it airs in two parts on Monday and Tuesday.
90s babies rejoice!
This month, to celebrate and honour their respective fans and discographies, Bell Biv Devoe and En Vogue have announced that they are to embark on a join tour!
Its name? ‘The Three Stripes Tour’, named after Devoe’s latest album.
Want dates?
May 13 – Metropolitan Park – Jacksonville, FL
May 14 – Mahaffey Theater – St. Petersburg, FL
May 20 – Wolf Creek Amphitheater – Atlanta, GA
May 26 – Foxwoods Resort Casino – Mashantucket, CT
May 27 – Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel – Niagara Falls, NY
June 1 – Mann Center for the Performing Arts – Philadelphia, PA
June 2 – Kings Theater – Brooklyn, NY
June 9 – Verizon Theatre – Dallas, TX
June 10 – First Security Amphitheater – Little Rock, AR
June 16 – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – St. Louis, MO*
June 17 – Providence Amphitheater – Kansas City, MO
July 2 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Houston, TX*
July 22 – Firstmerit Bank Pavilion – Chicago, IL*
July 28 – Cincinnati Music Festival – Cincinnati, OH
July 29 – Chene Park Amphitheater – Detroit, MI
Aug. 6 – Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD
Dates marked with * indicate dates on which En Vogue won’t hit the stage.
Devoe continues to tour as part of the group New Edition and continue to ride on the positive waves whipped up by the force’s BET biopic!
If L.A Reid‘s shocking exit from Sony‘s Epic Records last week seemed sudden – it’s because it was. And it left many scratching their heads.
Indeed, why would Reid leave an imprint he helped rebuild during long-worked-for high and why would he bounce after only just relocating himself and the label from NYC to LA?
At the time, the only plausible reason seemed connected to changes in Sony’s higher hierarchy.
Well, it turns out there’s a far more chaotic situation at hand.
For, according to The New York Post, Reid’s Epic exit comes after a female staff member filed an “unlawful harassment” suit.
The report explained:
The music industry veteran allegedly made inappropriate physical advances toward an assistant at last December’s company holiday party, among other instances, according to a March 22 letter a lawyer for the woman sent to Julie Swidler, Sony Music’s General Counsel, said a source who provided details from the letter.
The female assistant, whose name is being withholding, also claims Reid, who has led Epic for nearly six years, also asked her to lie down in bed with him and give him a hug while the two were at a hotel while traveling on business, the letter alleges.
Reid, who is married, also made comments about what clothes he liked her to wear and described her as looking “fine,” the letter claims.
It’s not been determined if Sony’s investigation had confirmed any of the letter’s allegations. However, the company’s one-sentence statement about Reid’s departure – issued shortly after the initial news hit – is open to interpretation.
For what it’s worth, one person in Reid’s camp tells Billboard that the accuser’s letter contains inaccuracies.
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Details are scarce, hence, the matter must be approached with delicacy. It must also be stressed that, at present, the allegations are just that — allegations.
That said, in the wake of a very public takedown of Dr Luke and the recent woes of Bill O Reilly, maybe the label didn’t want any battle remotely like that on their hands? Who knows.
What does become even more intriguing now is what Reid, age 60, will do as his next move. Both personally and professionally.
Will he release a statement combatting the claims? Keep quiet? Take up appointment elsewhere? There’s talk of him heading to Warner Music Group.
In the interim, it’s being reported that Epic will be shepherded by Reid’s deputy Sylvia Rhone.
During his unprecedented run at labels under both the Sony and Universal umbrellas, Reid has elevated careers of artists like Toni Braxton, Usher, Mariah Carey, and Justin Bieber – to name but a few.
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Needless to say, the weeks and months ahead should be interesting. For Reid as well as the acts he leaves behind at Epic such as Fifth Harmony, DJ Khaled, Future, Camila Cabello, J.Lo, and a newly re-signed Mariah Carey.
Katy Perry is prepping a major reveal tomorrow and is giving fans a preview ahead of time.
Today on Twitter she shared a snippet of a new song named ‘Witness’ – a track widely believed to be the title track of her hotly anticipated fourth studio album.
What are you waiting for? Take a listen below…
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) May 14, 2017
With fans speculating about everything from a surprise release, to tour dates, it appears she’s enjoying keeping folk guessing.
In any case, an answer is due in a mere matter of hours.
Stay tuned.
Jason Blum, one of the minds behind the hit movie ‘Get Out‘ has teamed up with the charismatic creative Dee Rees to create a lesbian horror movie inspired by the release.
In a New York Times-penned piece named ‘The Scarily Profitable Hits of Jason Blum‘, the publication reveals:
Rees, it emerged, was a serious horror fan. She told Blum about two recent movies that she especially admired, “Hush” and “Creep,” and Blum said that as it happened they were also Blumhouse projects. Rees said she had an idea for her own low-budget horror picture — one location, tiny cast — set in a small town not unlike the one where she has lived for the last year. Blum listened carefully. “You’ve got me and my wife, two black lesbians, and when we first moved in, we fought every day over all these little things: ‘Why is this over there? Did you move that?’ ”
A few weeks after Blum met Rees, I called her to see if anything had come of their impromptu pitch meeting. Something had, Rees said. They’d met for lunch and talked about a deal. She told me what was most surprising wasn’t that she was suddenly developing a horror movie centred on the domestic lives of black lesbians in rural America but that Blum had followed up at all. “I can’t tell you how rare it is that people mean what they say in this business,” she said. “He’s just letting me make the best possible version of what I want to make.”
The creatives are yet to unlock details on the black lesbian horror project set in rural America but Rees, who is to thank for the movie ‘Mudbound‘, did say this about its plot.
Maybe it was a ghost. Or maybe it was some other force — like us not wanting to be there or fitting in.
Unfamiliar with Rees?
Watch the interview below…
Katy Perry is reportedly in advanced talks to join the revived ‘American Idol.’
According to TMZ, the ‘Bon Appétit’ belter is “very interested” in a judging role on ABC‘s incarnation of the singing show. So much so that she’s said to be willing to map out her upcoming tour around Idol’s taping schedule.
The only (major) detail being hashed out presently is money.
Although, with ABC losing out to NBC‘s no holds barred approach to snagging talent they were interested in (see: both Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson joining ‘The Voice’), Perry appears to be in a great position at the negotiation table.
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This actually makes an abundance of sense.
For Katy, Idol – regardless of the naysayers – will command an audience sizeable enough to be beneficial to her career. It’ll also line her pockets handsomely at a time when it’s uncertain what the returns would be from her music and touring efforts (see: current underperformance).
Meanwhile, for the show, Perry lends a heightened degree of star-power right out of the gate.
Make…it…happen!
Hankering for a new Shonda Rhimes legal drama?
You’re in luck!
Soaring towards ABC as part of its 2017/2018 is ‘For the People’, a ‘Law & Order’ style series packed with scandal, murder, crime, corruption, lies, and deception.
You’d like to see a teaser?
Press play…
A premiere date for the series, which follows the lives of new lawyers battling the aforementioned evils within the New York City judicial system, is yet to be set.
Want more from Shondaland?
Click here to learn about ‘Scandal’s forthcoming final season and here for details on its sister series ‘How To Get Away with Murder’.
Join us as we celebrate the ladies who truly run our world with Whitney Houston’s ‘I’m Every Woman.’
A remake of Chaka Khan’s signature song written by legendary duo Ashford and Simpson, ‘Woman’ was the second single from the soundtrack of blockbuster movie ‘The Bodyguard’ – which is still is the best selling OST of all time.
Released in early 1993 after the gigantic ‘I Will Always Love You’ – which by the time of its release was still at the top of the charts – it peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The cut was another worldwide hit for the diva, reaching the Top 5 in the UK and Top 20 in France, Germany and Sweden. Houston’s rendition was a bigger chart hit than Khan’s and has ironically become one of her signature songs too.
The track’s video was an all-female affair where a heavily pregnant Houston rocks out and, as ever, runs the show. Her famous guests included the ladies of TLC, the tune’s songwriter Valerie Simpson and of course ‘I’m Every Woman’s originale Chaka Khan.
Still a favorite amongst fans ’til this day, the Randee St. Nicholas visual won in the Outstanding Music Video category at the NAACP Image Awards.
To all the mothers and mother-figures, we salute you today and everyday. Happy Mother’s Day from all at That Grape Juice!
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