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Ariana Grande Song Streams Spike After ‘Fortnite’ Concert

Ariana Grande’s rainbow-filled, pastel-hued concert in Fortnite last weekend may have lasted under 10 minutes, but its impact lingered long after the show, helping fuel a spike in streams for the songs included in her set. During the concert, an avatar version of the pop star performed hits like “7 rings” and “Positions” in a […]

Stevie Wonder & Common to Perform Together for Stand Up to Cancer Telethon

Stevie Wonder and Common will perform together for the seventh Stand Up to Cancer telethon, with Anthony Anderson, Sofia Vergara and husband-and-wife Ken Jeong and Tran Ho as hosts. Brittany Howard also will perform on the hourlong special on Aug. 21 (8 p.m. ET), with Matthew McConaughey, Chandra Wilson, Kate del Castillo, Jennifer Garner, MJ […]

Walter Yetnikoff Was a Wolf Among ‘Hit Men,’ But That Was His Undoing

A Music King’s Shattering Fall. It was September 1990, and Time magazine’s lead business story related that Walter Yetnikoff had been fired as CBS Records’ chief executive. Then the world’s largest record label, CBS had issued many of the top-selling albums of the 1980s, among them, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA, […]

Beanie Feldstein to Star in ‘Funny Girl’ Broadway Revival

A Broadway revival of Funny Girl is aiming to open next year with Beanie Feldstein in the starring role originated by Barbra Streisand. Producers announced Wednesday (Aug. 11) that Feldstein, the Booksmart and Lady Bird actor, will star as Ziegfeld Follies comedian Fanny Brice in spring 2022 at a Broadway theater to be announced. Funny […]

The Weeknd’s Next Album Is Taking Inspiration From These 2 Britney Spears Songs

The Weeknd is taking our breath away with his latest single, and he’s taking inspiration from another superstar on his next project: Britney Spears. During the Wednesday (Aug. 11) episode of his Apple Music 1 radio show Memento Mori, The Weeknd played “Everytime” and “Toxic” from Spears’ 2003 album In the Zone. According to a description of the […]