Singers

Jennifer Lawrence was not in the mood to hold back when it came to discussing toxic masculinity and her experiences in working with male directors in the industry. The Hunger Games actor made sure everyone knew that she had worked with her X- Men director Bryan Singer so she knows a thing or two about ‘emotional men’ who throw ‘hissy fits’. (Also read: Jennifer Lawrence says she lost sense of control post Hunger Games success)Jennifer Lawrence has starred in three of Bryan Singer’s X-Men films, First Class (2011), Days…

Earlier this year, R. Kelly’s team reported the theft of 300 to 500 of his master recordings that the culprits later allegedly demanded money for, per TMZ.Back in February, a man named Keith Calbert called police to report the theft of the disgraced Chicago’s recordings from an Illinois storage facility. He said the recordings were valued millions of dollars, but he also told authorities that two roadies had moved the masters to California sometime in 2021. When he asked one of them to return the material, the alleged…

The family of Naomi Judd is dropping a lawsuit that it filed in an attempt to block the public release of police-captured images showing the Grammy-winning country musician dying slowly after she shot herself earlier this year.In a statement obtained by the Guardian, representatives of Judd’s family – which includes the actor Ashley Judd – said they are instead going to focus on supporting legislation in their home state of Tennessee which would clarify that such graphic materials from investigations into suicides and…

When it comes to singing, bats have most species beat tooth over claw. Sure, their tunes might not be on everybody's top 20 list, but their cries span a tremendous frequency range of around 7 octaves from 1 to 120 kilohertz, rising well outside the range of human hearing. Thanks to a new study of bat anatomy by researchers from the University of Southern Denmark, we now have a better idea about how they make them, and why.At higher frequencies, bat calls are used for echolocation. Lower frequency cries are how bats talk…

In 1975, a group of teenage siblings in Aberdeen, Mississippi, recorded an album of gospel songs focused on toil, conflict, succour and redemption. They named themselves the Staples Jr Singers in tribute to Mavis and co, their Mississippi forebears, because “a lot of Staples songs had a meaning to them”, says Annie Caldwell (then Annie Brown). She was 14 when they released When Do We Get Paid, although the album’s title track could serve as an anthem for any adult who finds themselves overworked and under-compensated.They…

Image: Sony PicturesIn a reveal so bonkers that it could only come from Jennifer Lawrence, the Oscar winner revealed to the New York Times that mega-superstar Adele (one of her good friends, actually) advised her not to sign on to2016's Passengers. “Adele told me not to do it!” Lawrence said to the Times. “She was like, ‘I feel like space movies are the new vampire movies.’ I should have listened to her.”Personally, I agree. That movie was bad news from the moment it started getting shopped around. A sci-fi…

Chaka Khan isn’t a fan of Auto-Tune.The Grammy-winning singer explained her position during Monday night’s Angie Ball at Cipriani Wall Street, where she performed hits like “I’m Every Woman” and “Tell Me Something Good.” During the charity event, Khan spoke to entertainment reporter and Page Six writer Tashara Jones about the current landscape of music, and how certain artists were simply too reliant on auto-tune—so much so, they should consider getting a new job.“There is some great stuff out there and there are some…

Last week, BTS fans in Argentina got an unexpected but joyous piece of news. Kim Seok-jin, more commonly known as Jin, the oldest member of the South Korean K-Pop group, would be performing his new single “The Astronaut” for the first time as a special guest at a Coldplay concert in Buenos Aires. As excited as fans were, they also faced a challenge: How would they welcome Jin and show their support for him at the concert when many of them didn’t have the expensive and hard-to-get ARMY bombs?For the uninitiated, a BTS ARMY…

Screenshot: Megan Thee Stallion/TwitterIt’s no secret that hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion is a huge pop culture stan. Her music videos like for “Sweetest Pie” are filled with horror motifs, she dons anime cosplay on stage and social posts dedicated to her love of genre (she knows her shit). There’s even a horror screenplay in the works from the artist, who hopes Jordan Peele might consider directing. And let’s not forget her recent appearance on She-Hulk as one of Jen Walter’s clients. In the meantime while we…

Florence Pugh & Harry Styles Had Their Flirt Game On Before Olivia Wilde Walked Over Them?(Pic Credit: Instagram) Every new day, there’s an update on Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles’ relationship. So far, there have been a lot of twists and turns. Ever since Wilde’s kids’ former nanny started to drop truth bombs, there have been more unfolding of scandalous truths. Now, recently, we got to know that during the shooting of Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Pugh and Styles had allegedly flirted with each other. Shocking?…