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Jean Knight, the voice behind Mr Big Stuff, one of the most recognizable songs of the 1970s funk era, has died aged 80. 

Antony is the latest Manchester United player to succumb to injury.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s haunting and anthemic holiday staple will hit arenas all over North America all the way up until Dec. 30 of this year.The Yuletide and pyrotechnics loving group, which comes out of hibernation in November and December to rock, has 88 shows remaining on their 2023 ‘The Ghosts of Christmas Eve Tour’ schedule.That includes a few gigs in New York.First up, they’ll drop into Albany’s MVP Arena on Nov. 29.After that, TSO will headline at Rochester’s Blue Cross Arena on Nov.

Dancing With The Stars” judge Carrie Ann Inaba is opening up about what it’s like for her to be the only woman on the judges panel of the show. Inaba admits that she feels unfairly scrutinized compared to the other judges.Carrie Ann Inaba has been a judge on “Dancing With The Stars” since the very first show. For 32 seasons, she’s sat at the end of the panel and given her opinions about hundreds of dances.

Dancing With The Stars” fans have watched Harry Jowsey escape elimination week after week despite his constant presence at the bottom of the leaderboard. Some critics have suggested that the show has rigged the reality star’s safety. Now, the “Too Hot To Handle” star is speaking out.Harry Jowsey and Rylee Arnold have obviously been fan favorites on “Dancing With The Stars” Season 32.

EXCLUSIVE: Audiences flocked to Dancing with the Stars for Whitney Houston night.

Mick Jagger, 80; Keith Richards, who turns 80 Dec. 18; and Ronnie Wood, 76, are throwing in with the American Association of Retired Persons as the sponsor of their Stones Tour ’24 Hackney Diamonds, which kicks off April 28 in Houston.The two-month stadium trek — which includes a headlining show at the New Orleans Jazz Fest on May 2 and a MetLife Stadium stop in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on May 23, before wrapping up in Santa Clara, California on July 17 — is behind the Stones’ new album “Hackney Diamonds.”The band released its first LP of original material since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang” — and its first since the 2021 death of beloved drummer Charlie Watts — in October.Reflecting on the 18 years since their last album of new material in September, Jagger quipped, “We’ve been very lazy.”But, he added, “We didn’t want to make just any record and put it out … Before we went in [to make ‘Hackney Diamonds’], we all said, ‘We’ve got to make a record that we really love ourselves.’ Other people may like it, other people may not.

The Rolling Stones – with a little help from AARP – will play 16 cities across the United States and Canada in a new spring-summer 2024 tour, with stops including L.A.’s SoFi Stadium and New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium outside New York City.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As expected, the Rolling Stones have announced they are going back on the road in 2024 behind their recently released “Hackney Diamonds” album. The group, led by core members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood, will perform in 16 cities across the U.S. and Canada, playing a combination of classics, deep cuts and songs from the new album, according to the announcement.

Alicia Silverstone’s son, Bear, is all grown up. The “Clueless” actress brought her 12-year-old to the Los Angeles Clippers game against the Houston Rockets on Friday, November 17 — and he nearly towered over her.Before the match, Bear was photographed shooting hoops on the Crypto.com arena court while his famous mom looked on from the sidelines.Bear, whom Silverstone shares with ex-husband Christopher Jarecki, wore a Clippers jersey over a hoodie sweatshirt during the rare outing.Silverstone, 47, and Bear are big fans of the NBA, as she revealed in December 2022 that she acquired a signed jersey from Milwaukee Bucks athlete Giannis Antetokounmpo for Hanukkah.The “Reptile” actress has raised eyebrows over the years, however, for some of her parenting choices with her only child.

A post shared by Sony Music Portugal (@sonymusicpt)Tavares was born in Lisbon in 1978 to parents who emigrated to Portugal from Cape Verde. She rose to fame singing Whitney Houston’s ‘One Moment in Time’ on Chuva de Estrelas, a national singing competition, in 1994.She also won the Festival da Canção that same year, the national selection contest for Eurovision.

2024 Grammy nominations were announced.But even as top contenders SZA, Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo were already getting fitted for gowns, something was amiss.The fact that the nominees for music’s top prize were being announced before anyone got to chow and cocktail down for Friendsgiving — let alone Thanksgiving — made it feel way too early in the awards season.I mean, Mariah Carey didn’t even have enough time to properly defrost.Add to that the fact that the 2023 Country Music Awards took place just two days before the 2024 Grammy nominations were announced — and you knew that something just ain’t right with music award shows.That trend continued on Sunday night, when the Billboard Music Awards took the pre-Thanksgiving weekend spot long occupied by the American Music Awards — and turned it into one big turkey. (To make matters even weirder, both the BBMAs and the AMAs are owned by the same parent company.)Indeed, while the BBMAs were previously aired on NBC — these awards were relegated to a damn Billboard website.

Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin showed off his new romance as he sweetly held hands with her as he stepped out in Blackpool. Nikita, who is partnered with Layton Williams on this year's show, dodged the busy crowds of the seaside town outside the Blackpool Tower and took Lauren Janie's hand to guide her through the chaos.The lovebirds wrapped up to avoid the chilly Northern November winds by the beach with Nikita looking stylish in a grey Burberry trench coat and thick winter hoodie, and added a chic black beanie and comfortable loose-fit denim jeans.

Sharon Osbourne is airing out all of her and Ozzy Osbourne‘s dirty laundry!

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Kilmer (Palo Alto), Paris Jackson (Gringo), and Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight) are in production in Atlanta on Open Wounds, an indie horror thriller from director Ronald Krauss (Gimme Shelter). Rounding out the cast of the pic are Lambert Houston (Resurrection Factor), Renata Notni (Zorro), Richie Radichi (My Best Friend’s Dead), and Jay Giannone (American Hustle).

Sharon Osbourne will always remember this intense celebrity encounter!

“Dancing With The Stars” fans aren’t happy with Carrie Ann Inaba after she seemed to be out of sync with her fellow judges on Tuesday night. Sadly, the situation led to Ariana Madix missing out on a perfect score.During Whitney Houston night on “Dancing With The Stars,” the contestants brought their A-games. Ariana Madix earned her best scores of the season with a Paso Doble danced to “Queen of the Night.” Fans loved it, and so did the judges.

Drake has been questioned in a deposition over the tragic events that occurred at Travis Scott‘s 2021 Astroworld event.In November 2021 eight people died at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival during the rapper’s set due to a fatal crowd crush. Two more victims passed away in the hospital in the following days and hundreds of others were left injured.The rapper was questioned for several hours in a deposition tied to hundreds of lawsuits filed in Harris County after the crowd rush.

Week eight of Dancing With the Stars has come to a close and the scores have been revealed!

SPOILER ALERT – Do not continue reading if you don’t want to know what happened on Dancing With the Stars’ latest episode!

Well, now this is a treat: guest host Billy Porter got to open week 8 with a performance of “How Will I Know” to kick off Whitney Houston night. A way better opener than some of those silly skits from weeks and years past! Porter even had the chance to explain his role for the night before the competition kicked off: “I will be looking for storytelling. I will be looking for connection and I will be looking for intention.”

Emily Longeretta It was “Whitney Houston Night” on “Dancing With the Stars” — and every couple pulled out every stop. Last week, Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy struggled after she suffered an ankle injury and a wardrobe malfunction.

EXCLUSIVE: Dancing With The Stars is bopping its way to the top this season on ABC.

Coronation Street star Jodie Prenger has bagged herself a fresh role away from the cobbles after surprising fans with an unrecognisable appearance. The actress joined the ITV soap last year as Glenda Shuttleworth, the sister of undertaker George.

“The Prom” 

Brave women who are undergoing treatment for breast cancer put on their glad rags to strut their stuff at a fundraising fashion show.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Antonio L.A. Reid, cofounder of LaFace Records and former head of Arista, Epic and Def Jam Records, has been accused of sexual assault and harassment in a lawsuit by former Arista executive Drew Dixon. The suit, which was filed Wednesday in Manhattan’s Federal District Court and obtained by Variety, claims that Reid assaulted her twice during her time at Arista in the early 2000s.

found on a Dallas street on the morning of May 18, 2019. She had recently spoken out about being attacked by an angry mob following a minor car accident in front of a local apartment complex.Police said they identified Lyles as the suspect in Booker’s murder while investigating the deaths of a man and a woman killed in two separate shootings in the days around Booker’s death.Lyles has also been charged in those deaths.