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Robin Thicke paid tribute to his late father Alan this week, covering the Growing Pains theme song ‘As Long As We Got Each Other’.Alan Thicke, who died in 2016 aged 69 from a ruptured aorta artery, starred as Dr. Jason Roland Seaver in the hit US sitcom, which ran from 1985 to 1992.During his appearance on The Masked Singer on Wednesday (October 5), Robin took on a version of ‘As Long As We Got Each Other’ in tribute to his father.After the performance, the show’s host Nick Cannon said: “Give it up for my man Robin Thicke one more time, with an amazing tribute to America’s dad, and Robin’s dad, the unforgettable Alan Thicke.”Watch the performance below.Paying tribute to his father upon news of his death six years ago, Robin him as “the greatest man I ever met” and “always a gentleman’.“The good thing was that he was beloved and he had closure,” Robin added.
“I saw him a few days ago and told him how much I loved and respected him.”Last year, Emily Ratajkowski accused Robin Thicke of groping her breasts without consent while on the set of 2013’s ‘Blurred Lines’ music video.An essay about the incident appears in Ratajkowski’s forthcoming book, My Body, and a leaked excerpt appeared in The Sunday Times recently.In the excerpt, Ratajkowski said she initially had no issue with being nude for the edited and unrated versions of the music video. However, at one point the model claims Thicke “returned to the set a little drunk to shoot just with me”.“Suddenly, out of nowhere, I felt the coolness and foreignness of a stranger’s hands cupping my bare breasts from behind.
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After getting postponed last week due to the MLB playoffs, returned on Wednesday with a wild, wacky, Broadway-inspired new episode featuring a whole new slate of hopeful singers!The whole show served as a fun tribute to the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber, who actually joined the show as a special guest panelist, weighing in on the new contestants who belted out some of his most iconic musical compositions.Webber sat alongside stalwart panelists Robin Thicke, Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger, as host Nick Cannon introduced us to three brand new contestants — Maize, Mermaid, and Robo Girl.All three gave it their best shot before two were unmasked and the winner will move on to sing again next week. Here's how everything played out.Maize — a giant, anthropomorphic ear of corn — was the first to hit the stage, and they slayed a performance of «Heaven on Their Minds» from the musical «That was incredible.
Animal Collective have recorded a new session for SiriusXM, during which they covered Silver Jews‘ 1994 ‘Starlite Walker’ cut ‘Trains Across The Sea’.For their rendition, the experimental band spliced it up with ‘Genie’s Open’, a track which has never been officially released but has been performed live by the band on tour from as early as 2018.In clips that have not been released online, the band also played recent songs ‘Prester John’ and ‘Passer-by’, as well as ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ track ‘Bluish’. For now, watch the band play their ‘Genie’s Open’/’Trains Across The Sea’ mash-up below:Animal Collective released their latest studio album, ‘Time Skiffs’, in February.
Tove Lo has paid tribute to another Swedish pop star, covering Robyn‘s ‘Dancing On My Own’ while appearing on Australian radio station triple j’s Like a Version segment.Tove is accompanied solely by a pianist for her stripped-back rendition of the song, foregrounding her soaring vocals and bringing out all the emotion and power of Robyn’s 2010 heartbreak classic.“I think it’s just the most perfect pop song,” Tove said of her decision to cover the song in a post-performance interview. “Lyrically, it’s so simple, so clear.
The Killers covered The Smiths‘ ‘Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want’ with Johnny Marr at their show in Washington D.C. last night (October 12) – check out footage below.Brandon Flowers and co.
Eddie Vedder performed a cover of The Cure‘s ‘Just Like Heaven’ at a solo show this week – check it out below.On Friday night (October 7), the Pearl Jam frontman played a gig with his band The Earthlings at the Dolby Live at Park MGM venue in Las Vegas.During the gig, Vedder explained how he and his family would host COVID dance parties at home during lockdown, and that ‘Just Like Heaven’ was on the playlist.“I will always have great memories of those incredible dance parties,” he told the crowd. “The kids would come in and check on us and kind of get embarrassed and have to leave, but we had a fuckin’ blast.
Coolio’s children have a plan to honor their legendary father in a very special way.
Big excitement while celebrating the small screen. Wednesday's new episode of was TV Night, and everything — from the set decoration to the wardrobes to the editing and even song choices — was a celebration of all things TV.Robin Thicke opened the show with a performance of the theme song for — which, obviously, served as a tribute to his late father, Alan Thicke, who famously starred in the iconic sitcom.
truly tugged at the heartstrings and reminded everyone of the emotional power of television as an entertainment medium.The show — which was devoted to celebrating the small screen with its TV Theme Night — featured heartfelt performances of some iconic TV show theme songs that proved to be meaningful tributes to some late icons.Toward the end of the evening — which saw The Mummies, The Fortune Teller and The Harp all face off, and featured guest cameos from Tori Spelling and star Jodie Sweetin — The Harp and The Fortune Teller faced off in a musical battle royale.Each took turns belting out delivering a performance of «Everywhere You Look,» the theme song for, appropriately, .The Fortune Teller delivered a fun take on the famed tune, but The Harp transformed it into a Broadway-worthy diva-level performance that brought panelist Ken Jeong to tears.«I tell you, watching you sing that, Harp, and seeing Jodie [in the audience], somewhere up above, our friend, Squiggly Monster, Bob Saget, is smiling,» Ken said, choking back tears.Saget — who tragically died on Jan. 9 at the age of 65 — had previously competed on back in season four as The Squiggly Monster.His untimely death shocked his many friends and fans, and Harp's delivery of the theme song for Saget's most iconic show struck a particular cord with Jeong.«This is what TV is all about.
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Big excitement while celebrating the small screen. Wednesday's new episode of was TV Night, and everything from the set decoration to the wardrobes to the editing and even song choices, was a celebration of all things TV.Robin Thicke opened the show with a performance of the theme song for — which, obviously, served as a tribute to his late father, Alan Thicke, who famously starred in the iconic sitcom.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 8, episode 3, of “The Masked Singer,” “TV Theme Night,” which aired Oct. 5 on Fox. “Brady Bunch” brothers Barry Williams, Christopher Knight and Mike Lookinland, as well as entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” star Daymond John were the next celebrities to be revealed on “The Masked Singer,” as the show’s Wednesday night episode celebrated “TV Theme Night.” The Mummies were revealed to be Williams, Knight and Lookinland, while Fortune Teller was John. Among this week’s three performances, the “Brady Bunch” brothers were first to go, with the fewest number of votes.
“The Masked Singer” judge Ken Jeong thinks he’s got it all figured out! In a clip shared exclusively with TheWrap, Jeong is back at it with a hilarious guess about the identity of The Mummies during Wednesday night’s episode. After a clue uses the phrase “whoa,” he decides to use it a bit more literally than it was likely meant to be taken.“I think this is designed to be, like my comedy, on the nose,” Jeong says.
Machine Gun Kelly performed an acoustic rendition of Ed Sheeran‘s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ during an intimate London show yesterday (October 3).The rapper-turned-punk rocker performed three shows at Kingston nightclub Pryzm to celebrate the release of his sixth studio album ‘Mainstream Sellout’ earlier this year.According to Setlist.FM, the singer performed his track ‘Why Are You Here’, leading into ‘Thinking Out Loud’, and following with his songs ‘Banyan Tree (interlude)’, ‘Jawbreaker’ and ‘Sid & Nancy”‘.“See I came here I think I’m Ed Sheeran all of a sudden,” the singer joked on stage.Watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.QUERO VERSÃO ESTÚDIO AGORA! No show de ontem (01/10) em Londres, Machine Gun Kelly cantou 'Thinking Out Loud' de Ed Sheeran pic.twitter.com/P3rDYtAluZ— MGK Brasil (@MGKBRA) October 2, 2022Reviewing MGK at Wembley Arena, the first UK date of his world tour, NME wrote: “It’s a swaggering bravado that dominates the two-hour, 29-track show from its first seconds, when he appears on Wembley Arena’s stage via pink helicopter.”“Making Wembley Arena feel intimate, Machine Gun Kelly owns the stage for the duration of the concert. Backed by a five-piece band, the aggressive moments from his past two albums shake the foundations of the venue while cuts from the rap-heavy ‘Hotel Diablo’ inspire countless moshpits.“The last time he was in London, it was at Brixton Academy, ‘and it didn’t look like this,’ laughs MGK before promising, ‘We are just beginning’.
WARNING: Spoilers lie ahead for who was unmasked in this week’s edition of “The Masked Singer”, so proceed with caution.