Ariana Madix is finally being treated like the queen she is!
06.06.2023 - 19:08 / etcanada.com
Nelly Furtado’s return to music was partially inspired by fellow Canadian, Drake.
As the singer-songwriter nears the release of her seventh studio album — her first full-length record since 2017’s The Ride — she chats with Variety about how the power of positivity and encouragement from fellow artists, like Drake — whom she performed with as a surprise guest last summer, kicking off OVO Fest 2022 for the rapper’s All Canadian North Stars show — motivated her to get back into the studio.
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“I have more gratitude nowadays so I realize how blessed I am to be a performer and creator… I’m really leaning into my profession,” she told the publication. “I met Drake a year ago and we had some deep conversations about life and art and he blew up my head reminding me what a valuable artist I am and told me to ‘boss up’ and make new music, and I listened.
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“So, I couldn’t say no when he invited me on stage,” she added. “I had to be brave and boss up and start the next chapter.”
Furtado’s duet with Drake to her first smash hit, “I’m Like a Bird”, marked her first on-stage appearance since The Ride.
Ariana Madix is finally being treated like the queen she is!
Outlander has returned to our screens for the highly anticipated season seven, and best-selling author for first bringing the franchise to life, Diana Gabaldon, has opened up on her love for Scotland where the show is based in a new interview.
Adam Sandler proved he’s a rare gem while celebrating his 20th wedding anniversary with wife Jackie Sandler on Thursday, June 22.
Pregnant Laura Anderson has shared that her psychic told her that she would give birth to her baby six weeks early.
Ariana Madix isn’t ready to forgive Raquel Leviss yet.
Kelly Clarkson is opening up about her divorce from Brandon Blackstock.During an appearance on the podcast on Tuesday, the singer got real about the end of their marriage, and revealed what kept her from leaving for so long.«My ego… [I thought,] 'I can do this. I can handle so much.' My ego is, 'I can control my actions, I can control my reactions, I can do this and I can reach this person and I can get through.' It becomes a little bit of your ego that gets in the way,» Clarkson shared.A child of divorce herself, Clarkson said she didn't want to see the same thing happen to her children. The 41-year-old daytime talk show host shares son Remington, 7, and daughter River, 8, with Blackstock, whom she divorced in 2020 after nearly seven years of marriage.«If I'm being completely honest, we don't want to do what we saw done,» she continued.
Cheryl Hines opened up about her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential run and how it has impacted her career in Hollywood. The 57-year-old actress shared her thoughts on Kennedy's bid for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination in her first interview since the 69-year-old environmental lawyer announced his candidacy in April.
Sorry, but this guy wants to be president?!?
Roy Trakin The son of Canadian country dance instructors “Sheriff Norm” and “Down the Line Sue,” in a way, MNRK Music Group president-CEO Chris Taylor was destined to become one of the most legendary executives in the country’s music history. He his start in the early ‘90s as lead singer for the reggae-ska-funk band One, which signed with Virgin Records while he was still in law school. Opting for the latter as a career, Taylor opened his Toronto-based law firm in ’97 and went on to represent some of the country’s top acts — from Drake and Avril Lavigne to Nelly Furtado and Sum 41 — and launched the influential Last Gang indie label (Metric, Death from Above 1979, Mother Mother, Crystal Castles and more). When he sold the label to Entertainment One in 2016, he also shuttered his legal practice to head the eOne Music Group, which was rebranded MNRK Music Group after parent company Hasbro sold the company to Blackstone in 2021 for a reported $385 million.
Selena Gomez is promising new music on the way.
Season 10 of “Vanderpump Rules” came to a dramatic close on Wednesday with Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval‘s highly publicized affair put under a magnifying glass by Ariana Madix, the rest of the cast, Andy Cohen and Lisa Vanderpump alike.
Season 10 of came to a dramatic close on Wednesday with Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval's highly publicized affair put under a magnifying glass by the rest of the cast. Part three of the reunion was filled with tears, expletive-filled insults aimed at Leviss and Sandoval and a shocking bombshell about the timeline of their affair that came in the last five minutes of the episode. ET has learned that, upon the completion of filming the reunion, Leviss entered a voluntary inpatient behavioral health and trauma facility and remains there to date, 68 days and counting.A source close to Leviss tells ET, «She is a young woman that is and has been remorseful for her actions and has apologized repeatedly. Her treatment is helping her learn the basis of her decisions and to grow from her mistakes with the hope of making better choices and becoming a better person.»«Raquel looks forward to sharing her story with the unfiltered truth when she comes out,» the source adds.On April 14, ET exclusively reported that Leviss had checked into a mental health treatment facility and had planned to do so even before her relationship with Sandoval was brought to light. Leviss' rep told ET, at the time, «Raquel and her family decided before the relationship was discovered that she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling.»Her rep added that Leviss had planned to admit herself before the reunion was taped on March 23.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor ‘Shucked’ co-composer Brandy Clark says the ultimate goal of the Tony-nominated musical is to provide audiences with pure joy. Mixed in is also a big serving of queer representation. “I always think it’s hard to hate something that you know and love, and it’s a lot easier to hate something that’s just an idea or something you’ve heard about that you should be scared of,” Clark told me during a phone conversation from the Drama Desk Awards in New York City, where she and co-composer Shane McAnally were presented with the award for outstanding music. “So I think if you walk out of ‘Shucked’ with any hate in your heart, I don’t know if I can help you. You’re probably a descendant of Hitler.”
A controversial conclusion? Lala Kent teased that Vanderpump Rules fans are in for an unpleasant surprise during the final part of the season 10 reunion.
Thania Garcia Nelly Furtado gives fans the first taste of her long-anticipated return to music with the release of her new Dom Dolla-produced single — and her first in five years — titled “Eat Your Man.” Furtado pays lyrical homage to some of her most recognizable hits (ahem, “Maneater”) in the hypnotic club anthem that marks her re-entrance into the limelight. “I have been making new music solid, nonstop for the last year the way I like to: late nights, space to create wildly and loads of community and collaboration,” Nelly tells Variety. “I am making a pop album influenced by sounds that I love. My album touches on dance — I did a record with SG Lewis that I adore. T-Minus produced my Bomba Estereo song (T-Minus is a beast!) I am proud of that record. One of my favorite tunes is produced by Wonda Gurl – I love her energy.”
Nelly Furtado is back!
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Taking time for herself. Scheana Shay reflected on how Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval‘s cheating scandal affected her mental health after watching the Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion.
La Demi has made waves in the fashion, beauty, and entertainment industries through her modeling gigs, makeup line, and reality television appearances on,, and , and now, she’s sharing her advice for staying self-assured through it all.«I was the child at school doing all the talent shows and acting and dance classes. … I told everyone that I was moving to Hollywood when I grew up.
Ariana Madix is making new accusations against Raquel Leviss. Before the first episode of the reunion aired, Madix claimed that Leviss sent a postcard to the house that she owns with her ex, Tom Sandoval.The latest claim comes amid Scandoval, the fan-dubbed name for Sandoval's months-long affair with Leviss amid his nine year-long relationship with Madix.In the wake of the drama, both Madix and Sandoval have continued to live in their shared home, despite photos that appeared to show Madix moving out. And while Madix has moved on romantically with Daniel Wai, Sandoval and Leviss have called it quits on their romance.During an appearance on earlier this month, Madix said she doubted Sandoval and Leviss' split, telling host Andy Cohen, «I don't buy that at all.