Bus driver claims he’s owed rights and royalties for work on Tupac’s ‘Dear Mama’

Mariah Carey has reunited with Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson to perform ‘Oh Santa!’ in New York. The ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ star was joined by Grande and Hudson during the New York date of her ongoing ‘Merry Christmas One & All!’ tour in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night (December 9).They performed their 2020 collaboration, a re-recording of Carey’s ‘Merry Christmas II You’ cut ‘Oh Santa!’, for her Apple TV Christmas special that year, ‘Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special’.

Marc Anthony and Henry Cardenas, co-founders of the Maestro Cares Foundation, celebrated their organization’s 10th annual gala in New York City. Hosted at the Cipriani restaurant on Wall Street, Marc attended the event with his wife, Nadia Ferreira, who looked stunning for the occasion. Over the course of the ceremony, the foundation recognized its contibutors and the charity work conducted over the past year, honoring artists like Queen Latifah, Eugenio Derbez, and the businessman Sam Nazarian.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Vanderpump Rules” star Ariana Madix will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in “Chicago.” She will play the blond-haired ingenue, the one whose name is on everybody’s lips, for an eight-week limited engagement from Jan. 29 through March 24 at the Ambassador Theatre.

The wife of The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has said the late singing icon was "so vibrant and beautiful and so determined to live only a few days ago" before his death at the age of 65.

Ja Rule has announced details of UK and Ireland for 2024. Check out dates and ticket information below.The last headline show the seminal ’00s star had in the UK was 10 years ago when he, Fat Joe and Twista performed at the Indigo At The O2 in 2014.

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Susan Sarandon is apologizing for her recent comments.

who died at 65 early Thursday — the story behind his band’s Christmas-in-the-drunk-tank classic “Fairytale of New York” began with Elvis Costello.The “Alison” singer was the Pogues’ producer at the time, and he bet the band that they couldn’t write a hit holiday single.But MacGowan and Pogues banjo player Jem Finer would prove Costello wrong after writing “Fairytale of New York” — the most-played Christmas song of the 21st century in the UK — in 1985.Finer came up with the melody and original concept for the song, which was initially about a homesick sailor on Ireland’s West Coast. But Finer’s wife suggested changing up the lyrics to be a conversation between a couple at Christmas.Then the notoriously hard-drinking MacGowan took it from there and transformed it into the Broadway-style tinsel tune we know today.“I sat down, opened the sherry, got the peanuts out and pretended it was Christmas,” he told Melody Maker in 1985.“It’s quite sloppy ….

Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of Celtic punk band the Pogues who found success with the 1987 song “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday. He was 65.

Ethan Shanfeld On a cold November Saturday night, hordes of mulleted and mustachioed Brooklynites line up outside Warsaw, the Greenpoint Polish cultural center turned punk club, waiting to see indie rock band Geese. On a wall opposite the box office, a sign warns: “No Moshing.” That rule is broken not 20 minutes into the set, when the band unleashes the smoldering guitar riffs of “2122,” a shape-shifting blues-rock romp flecked with nonsense lyrics, banjo plucking and Elvis impersonations.

M. Scott Havens, who has been CEO of Bloomberg Media for almost two years, has been hired by the New York Mets.

The White Lotus season two stars Meghann Fahy and Leo Woodall have confirmed that they are in a real-life relationship.Following months of speculation, the pair were recently pictured kissing while taking a walk in the rain in New York City.While both Fahy and Woodall have shared photos of each other on Instagram and commented “I love you” on each other’s posts, neither has publicly confirmed the relationship.When Fahy was asked in January on Watch What Happens Live, she told host Andy Cohen, “Oh, I don’t kiss and tell. Come on, guys… For you, I’ll say sure.

The “Drag Show” exhibit at Cal State Long Beach’s art museum showcases New York City’s underground and pioneering gay, drag, and transgender cultures from the 1980s. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Florida’s effort to enforce a state law that targets drag performances and, critics say, imposes illegal restrictions on free speech. Photos: Q Voice News

Mariah Carey is officially on tour for her Merry Christmas One And All! shows and the first show looks like it was a hit!

and . The lookalike pair have been galavanting around New York City, as supermodels do, looking gorgeous on the red carpet, also as supermodels do.On November 15, the duo wore Ralph Lauren to the National Book Awards, where their outfits could not disguise the fact that they have practically the same face.

Cindy Crawford and Kaia Gerber chose to match outfits in a fashionable outing in New York. The two opted for all black looks at the exposition of Planet Omega at the Chelsea Factory. While they coordinated on color, the two added their own personal style to each outfit, resulting in two different looks that were in harmony.

wicked night.Ariana Grande, 30, and Ethan Slater, 31, seemingly made their Instagram debut as a couple after stepping out to see “Gutenberg! The Musical” Monday night on the Great White Way. The “Wicked” co-stars were photographed backstage at the Broadway musical with the show’s two lead actors Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad.Rannells, 45, posted the photo on his Instagram account and it may very well be the very first image of the pair as a couple.

The Wolfe Tones have announced their retirement and are set to play their final gigs next year in Ireland.Their retirement will mark the end of six decades of performing together. The group’s current members are Tommy Byrne, Brian Warfield and Noel Nagle.

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are embarking on not one, but two (!) major tours.First, the duo will team up with fellow shredder Eric Johnson for their ‘G3 Tour’ in January and February reuniting the trio after they first toured together back in 1996.“Reuniting the original ‘G3’ line up is a dream come true for me,” Satriani said. “I can’t wait to take the stage with Eric and Steve again!”Soon after, the ‘Satch/Vai Tour’ will take off sending the pair — who have played together since Satriani was Vai’s teacher when they were teens — on the road for another three months.While touring together on their first ever duo-headliner bill, Satriani and Vai will swoop into New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Saturday, April 6.They’re also scheduled to hit Red Bank, NJ’s Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre on April 8, Collingswood, NJ’s Scottish Rite Auditorium on April 10 and Rochester, NY’s Kodak Center on April 14.“(Joe) is my favorite guitarist to jam with and now we have another opportunity to take it to the stage,” Vai shared on Instagram.

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