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Nothing Compares 2 U” — the unparalleled breakup ballad that turned Sinéad O’Connor’s tears into a chart-topping triumph — in an even more heartbreaking way today.Indeed — after the Irish icon’s shocking passing on Wednesday at just 56 — nothing can take away these blues right now.But while all those flowers planted in the backyard may have died, “Nothing Compares 2 U” signaled the bloom of a new era in rock after it went to No. 1 in the spring of 1990.Following the ’80s domination of pop superstars including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Prince — who wrote “Nothing Compares 2 U” for the Family, his side project that originally released the song in 1985 — rising alt-rock star O’Connor represented a game change when her definitive version dropped in the first days of January 1990.After becoming a darling of the MTV “120 Minutes” crowd with her 1987 debut “The Lion and the Cobra,” O’Connor traded the more rocking, dance-driven attack of “Mandinka” and “I Want Your (Hands on Me)” for something totally different and surprising: an emotionally bare ballad, dripping in strings and sorrow, that revealed a striking vulnerability.No doubt — it cut even closer to the bone than her shaved head.And then there was that iconic video with O’Connor in crushing close-up, shedding that single tear.

UK cleaning brand Method has over a fifth of 18- to 24-year-olds confessing they don’t wash their hands at festivals. The survey of 1,500 Brits revealed a staggering 26% of them only wash their hands once a day when they attend a three- or four-day event.A shocking 1 in 10 said they don’t clean their hands because “it’s a festival,” and they “don’t need to.”44% blamed a lack of facilities at the event, and 28% cited not wanting to wait in line.Dr.

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who died Wednesday at the age of 56 — shocked the world when she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” in 1992.The move, which unfolded as she sang an a cappella version of Bob Marley’s once-banned song “War,” got her barred from NBC for life and booed off the stage at a Bob Dylan tribute concert a few weeks later. She initially said tearing up the photo was to protest the Catholic Church and “fight the real enemy” amid child sex abuse scandals, but the stunt had a much deeper meaning, which the singer detailed in her memoir, “Rememberings.” “My intention had always been to destroy my mother’s photo of the pope,” she wrote.

André Murillo wrote on his Instagram Story on Wednesday, July 26. “Not fully out of the woods but we see the sun.

music video is six seconds shorter since footage of a Black Lives Matter protest in Atlanta was quietly removed. A source close to the situation told The Post on Wednesday that the footage, which showed confrontations during a BLM demonstration, came from Fox 5 Atlanta.Aldean’s record label, BBR Music Group, told TMZ in a statement that “the video footage was edited due to third-party copyright clearance issues.”The insider confirmed to The Post that TackleBox Films, the production company behind the video, contacted Fox on May 8 to ask permission to use the affiliate’s imagery from a BLM rally.

died Wednesday at age 56, hit headlines for her four failed marriages, her battle with bipolar disorder and the tragic 2022 death of her teenage son Shane. But the “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer’s troubles began long before she shot to fame in the late 1980s, as she endured a childhood filled with abuse at the hands of her mother. “She ran a torture chamber,” O’Connor once tearfully told Dr.

she wrote in the caption, accompanied by the song’s link on Spotify. “Great Tibetan Compassion Mantra.”The Irish singer tragically lost her 17-year-old son to suicide after he was reported missing from a suicide watch at an Irish hospital last year.O’Connor’s death was announced on Wednesday in a statement from her family.“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,” the singer’s family said.

Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56, her “devastated” family confirmed Wednesday.Her passing comes 18 months after the January 2022 suicide of her 17-year-old son, Shane.She tweeted at the time: “My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God.“May he rest in peace and may no one follow his example. My baby.

Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera is refusing to row back on his decision to invite controversial movie-biz bigwigs Roman Polanski, Woody Allen and Luc Besson to the late summer event, which will take place despite the potential disruption by the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. “Luc Besson has been recently fully cleared of any accusations. Woody Allen went under legal scrutiny twice at the end of the ’90s and was absolved,” Barbera said in a new interview with Variety.

“Eras Tour” has attracted enough fans to help boost hotel and restaurant revenue in cities across the world, and even contribute to concert ticket inflation, a phenomenon that some economists have termed “Swiftflation.”“Recently, Taylor Swift became the very first woman in history to have four albums in the top 10 simultaneously, including this week’s number one,” the company’s chief executive, Lucian Grainge, told analysts on a conference call.Universal Music’s merchandising revenue grew 12% to 157 million euros ($173.77 million) in the April-June period, also fueled by a strong performance from Swift, the group said.This more than offset a decline in Universal Music Group’s touring revenue from the outsized growth recorded in 2022 as COVID-19 touring bans were lifted, it added.Total revenue was 2.7 billion euros in the quarter, while its margin on adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) stood at 21.9%, the company reported.Universal Music expects recent price increases at Spotify to boost revenue starting from the fourth quarter and into 2024, its chief financial officer, Boyd Muir, said on the conference call.Spotify had on Monday raised prices for its premium plans across several countries including the US and Britain.Major labels like Universal Music grab the overwhelming majority of Spotify’s revenue and are the main beneficiaries of the streaming firm’s strong user growth.Apart from Swift, other top sellers in the second quarter were South Korean boy band Seventeen, King & Prince, Morgan Wallen, and Stray Kids, Universal Music said.

Sandringham Flower Show in Sandringham Park, Norfolk, England, on Wednesday by way of a horse-drawn carriage.Camilla, 76, donned a belted, pleated dress featuring a garden-appropriate green, ivy-leaf pattern, while Charles, 74, sported a dapper tan suit and fedora, a red patterned tie and a complementary pocket square — as well as dark shades for the sunny day. The former Duchess of Cornwall was spotted sniffing and picking a colorful bouquet of florals, while Charles was seen chatting with a group of onlookers, even chuckling as they spoke.

posted Monday and has already clocked nearly 2 million views, shows the “Single Ladies” singer at Soldier Field in Illinois, belting her hit “1+1” from her 2011 album “4.” Then, Ms. Knowles-Carter, 41, can be seen gesturing to members of the stage crew to turn the fan on.

Drake during his Brooklyn concert as part of his ‘It’s All a Blur’ Tour now wants to take him on a date at her coffee shop.Veronica Correia, 21, owns Cafe La La in Cumberland and is hoping the “Hotline Bling” rapper, 36, will drop by after her lingerie-launching maneuver prompted him to pause his Barclays Center show last week — and landed her a Playboy gig.“I am currently single,” the busty brunette told The Post in an interview on Tuesday.“I would take Drake on a date at my coffee shop. I recently named a coffee after him called the Drizzy Drake Cake.

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The Irish Times.She released 10 studio albums during her record-setting career. Her rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” was named the number one world single in 1990 at the Billboard Music Awards.

WARNING: Minor spoilers for “Barbie” ahead.Barbie is beautiful at any age.TikTok users are seeing themselves and the incredibly popular “aged” filter in a new light after a scene from the brand-new “Barbie” film released last week.In the film, Barbie (played by Margot Robbie) is forced to journey to the real world after she begins to “malfunction” by developing cellulite and having thoughts of death while living in the utopian Barbieland.While sitting on a bench in LA, the doll encounters an elderly woman (played by the film’s costume designer Ann Roth) and the duo engages in a brief but important conversation.“You’re so beautiful,” Babie comments to the woman. Roth, 91, then replies, “I know it!”The exchange left several viewers emotional due to the fact that Barbie — who has no concept of mortality or old age — finds the senior citizen beautiful.Since viewing the film, several social media users are reconsidering the filter while attempting to keep up the appreciation and confidence of the character.“Revisiting this filter after seeing Barbie, thinking of the ‘You’re so beautiful’ scene, and realizing this face isn’t so bad after all,” read the in-video text of a video posted by a woman named Savana.“I have a newfound appreciation for this filter after seeing the Barbie movie,” wrote another user adding that “aging is a privilege.”A third user said that she wanted to use the filter “right” after explaining that she once reacted to the filter in a negative way.“After watching that one Barbie scene I remembered my original reaction to this filter and decided I would do it right,” said TikToker Hazel.

drive-by shooting when he was 25 years old.Shakur’s godmother and trusted advisor Yaasmyn Fula offered the ring to Sotheby’s for purchase. An inscription is engraved on the band that read: “Pac & Dada 1996.”This was in reference to his engagement to Quincy Jones’ daughter, Kidada, whom he was with for several months until his death.The custom ring was conceptualized by Fula after Shakur called her up in late 1995 to create a piece that would help signify the next step of his career.Both designed the band together, as Fula also helped connect the Death Row Records singer and New York jewelers to ensure that the ring was crafted to his specifications.The “Hit ‘Em Up” crooner was a fan of Italian Renaissance author Niccolo Machiavelli’s book “The Prince” after reading it during his jail time in 1995.

Kevin Spacey broke down in tears after a jury found him not guilty of committing sex offenses against four men.The two-time Oscar winner, 64, was acquitted of nine charges — including sexual assault, causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, and causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity — by a London court on Wednesday.He faced the possibility of life in prison if found guilty of the crimes. The charges pertained to sex offense allegations that plaintiffs claimed took place between 2004 and 2013, while the star of acclaimed films such as “The Usual Suspects” and “Seven” served as artistic director at London’s historic Old Vic theater.The jury, composed of six men and three women, deliberated for three days after hearing mountains of evidence over the course of the five-week trial.

released a massive version of the iconic Mattel doll wearing her black and white bathing suit and sunglasses on Monday.The video, which has since received nearly 410,300 views, shows the doll ripping open the plastic cover of her box as she climbs out and strikes a pose in front of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, which has been dubbed the “world’s tallest building” standing at 2,722 feet.The virtual doll, the latest in several marketing ploys for Greta Gerwig’s highly-anticipated film, is pulled from the teaser trailer released in December 2022 featuring Margot Robbie, who plays the title role, in the same suit.“The reason people think we spent so much is that it’s so ubiquitous,” Warner Bros. president of global marketing Josh Goldstine told Variety. “Because it pierced the zeitgeist, it has the impression that we spend so much.”“In fact, we spent responsibly for an event movie,” continued Goldstine.The Post reached out to Warner Bros.

“Oppenheimer.”The Nickelodeon alum, who starred in the 2004 Nick sitcom “Drake & Josh” alongside Miranda Cosgrove as his bratty but cunning little sister Megan, made a cameo in the drama as physicist Kenneth Bainbridge.However, eagle-eyed fans noticed that Peck, 36, made his famous “Megan” face in the film.The expression has since gone viral in the years after the show ended in 2007, with memes showing Peck scrunching his face and squinting his eyes while saying “Megan” after the youngster pulled a prank on him.Viewers raced to social media this week to remark on Peck’s signature facial expression in Nolan’s three-hour biographical flick about the man behind the atomic bomb — J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy).“At one point in ‘Oppenheimer’, josh peck makes this exact face and it almost took me out of the movie,” someone wrote alongside the iconic photo.I FOUND IT pic.twitter.com/OdPzQqsQL8“I FOUND IT,” another fan screamed next to a side-by-side shot of Peck in the show and in the movie.“Ok my only actual Oppenheimer take is that it’s so unbelievably funny to be watching an intense period piece and have to be like “is that… josh peck?” one guffawed.One joked that Megan was the one who helped build the bomb discussed in the movie.

told Daily Mail.“A guy [was] whaling on his missus, screaming in her face, ‘I’ll f–king kill you,’ and so on. I come round and I go, ‘Look how beautiful she is.