Sometimes in the whimsical world of pop, it’s not so much about the tempo, but the timing — the temperature of the moment. Such was the case when Dua Lipa — the “New Rules” breakout who went from working the runway to working the dance floor with her self-titled 2017 debut. The 28-year-old diva seemed … Read more
Taylor Swift fans are anxiously counting down the hours, the minutes and the seconds for when she drops her upcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department” on Friday. The Grammy winner, 34, has added an actual clock to her website to help speed up time — but for a possible separate surprise. The “For a Fortnight” page … Read more
Are you ready for it? Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” is about to turn us all into wannabe bards when it is dropped from the pop heavens. The LP got the grandest of announcements on the Grammy stage in February — after Swift won Best Pop Vocal Album for 2022’s “Midnights.” … Read more
What a difference a rodeo makes. A mere eight weeks ago, Jay-Z made a controversial speech at the 2024 Grammys — while accepting the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award with eldest daughter Blue Ivy, 12, by daddy’s side — in which he called out the Recording Academy for wife Beyoncé’s failure to win the most … Read more
We can’t “Believe” how amazing they look. Meryl Streep and her best friend Cher dazzled Monday night at the iHeart Radio Music Awards in outfits reminiscent of those the pair wore to the premiere of their film “Silkwood” in 1983. Photos obtained by The Post show Streep, 74, in a white Lanvin dress while the … Read more
Beyoncé responded to her Grammys Album of the Year snubs the best way she knows how: through music. The record-breaking 32-time Grammy winner cleverly addressed never winning one of the Academy’s most coveted trophies in her new song “Sweet Honey Buckin’” included on Friday’s “Cowboy Carter” album release. “AOTY [Artist of the Year], I ain’t … Read more
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has always pushed the boundaries of musical expression — earning Grammys in the R&B, pop, rap, urban contemporary and dance/electronic music categories. In fact, she’s won more Grammys (32) than anyone ever. Now she’s dropped a revenge record. More than just a stylistic shift, her new “country” album, “Cowboy Carter,” is a protest against … Read more
“Barbie” — the summer blockbuster that none other than Meryl Streep said “saved the movies” in 2023 – may have been snubbed in some of the major categories at the 2024 Academy Awards. (Shout-out to Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig!) But there is no stopping that arch-footed doll in at least one category — Best … Read more
Easygoing crooner Steve Lawrence, who shot to fame as half of the singing duo Steve and Eydie with his wife, Eydie Gormé, died Thursday at his home in LA. He was 88. The cause of death was complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to family spokesperson Susan DuBow. Lawrence and Gormé, who died in 2013 at … Read more
It took eight months to plan Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs’ surprise performance of “Fast Car” at the 66th Grammy Awards. The idea to have the duo sing Chapman’s 1988 hit was first floated in May 2023 by Grammys executive producers Raj Kapoor and Patrick Mention, Kapoor told Rolling Stone. To reach Chapman, who keeps … Read more
Usher is all for it when Jay-Z has got the nerves bad. In fact, the 45-year-old pop superstar — who was recruited by Jay-Z and his Roc Nation company to headline the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show on Sunday — defended the 54-year-old rapper for his tense takedown of the Grammys on music’s biggest night … Read more
Calvin Harris’ Beverly Hills house caught fire on Wednesday days after his ex-girlfriend, Taylor Swift, strutted right past him at the Grammys. TMZ reports multiple fire engines responded to a call around 8:25 p.m. from a person complaining about the smell of smoke inside the three-story house. The Los Angeles Fire Department allegedly sent about … Read more
She can buy herself flowers — and whip herself into shape. Miley Cyrus, 31, wowed the crowd with her performance and many outfit changes Sunday night at the Grammys, showing off her toned body through it all. From stepping onto the red carpet in her revealing custom metal Maison Margiela look, which appeared to be made … Read more
She looked blindsided by the loss. Kelsea Ballerini has opened up about the now-viral reaction she had during Sunday’s 2024 Grammy Awards when country star Lainey Wilson won the Best Country Album category. “Ohhhh yall,” Ballerini, 30, said in an Instagram Story on Monday. “You can be bummed for your loss and happy for somebody … Read more
Howard Stern says he “felt so bad” for Grammys 2024 host Trevor Noah for having a squeaky-clean opening monologue after Jo Koy ruffled a few feathers at the Golden Globes. The legendary shock jock and his “Howard Stern Show” co-host Robin Quivers reviewed the South African comedian’s joke-less Grammys opening in which Noah praised the … Read more
“The View” host Alyssa Farah Griffin was not too keen with Jay-Z channeling his inner Kanye West and “taking away” from Taylor Swift’s moment Sunday night at the 66th annual Grammy Awards. Griffin, a self-proclaimed Swiftie, knocked the 54-year-old “American Gangsta” rapper for using his acceptance speech for the second annual Dr. Dre Global Impact … Read more
Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” rocketed up the iTunes charts after she sang her hit from 1988 on Sunday night’s Grammy Awards with country music star Luke Combs, who recorded the song last year. Just moments after Chapman, 49, and Combs, 33, finished singing the song, “Fast Car” shot to No. 1 on the iTunes Top … Read more
Everybody’s watching her, but she’s walking right past you, ooh, ooh. Taylor Swift narrowly escaped an awkward run-in with her ex-boyfriend, DJ and producer Calvin Harris at the Grammys 2024. Swift, 34, who made history Sunday as the first artist to win Album of the Year four times, was late getting to her seat inside … Read more
Meet B.Lo. With a heroic sense of humor, actor Ben Affleck poked fun at his unimpressed look at last year’s Grammy Awards … in a new commercial for Dunkin’ Donuts. In 2023, when wife Jennifer Lopez clarified that his mug of misery that became a social-media meme was actually Affleck’s “happy face,” fans joked online … Read more
The scene from the 2003 British romantic comedy “Love Actually,” featuring Joni Mitchell’s hit “Both Sides Now,” has gone viral after Mitchell’s stunning performance of the song on Sunday night’s Grammy Awards. “Watching Joni Mitchell perform at the #Grammys for the first time at the age of 80,” Gibson Johns @gibsonoma tweeted on X, formerly … Read more