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If you’ve ever heard even one note from Fantasia Barrino‘s mouth, you know that the American Idol season three winner and The Color Purple star is a force to be reckoned with. That explains why in her essay celebrating Fantasia for TIME magazine’s 2024 list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World Golden […]
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(Credits: Far Out / Alabama Shakes / Rough Trade Records) Wed 17 April 2024 12:00, UK “Bless my heart, bless my soul. Didn’t think I’d make it to 22 years old,” sings the soulful voice of Brittany Howard on ‘Hold On’. During the overbearingly stale landscape that threatened to kill eclecticism’s mainstream appeal once and […]
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(Credits: Far Out / YouTube LiveStream Still / Pixabay / Coachella) Wed 17 April 2024 11:55, UK Ahead of the second weekend of Coachella, set to commence on April 19th, the festival has announced details of a surprise set from hip-hop star Kid Cudi. Shortly before the first instalment of the 2024 incarnation of the […]
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(Credits: Daniel Topete) Wed 17 April 2024 11:08, UK Within music, there are a number of varying opinions dotted around pertaining to how an artist should write, what they should write about, how to perform and what songs should be performed. However, one thing that remains relatively consistent across all musicians is a straightforward statement: […]
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(Credits: HBO) Tue 16 April 2024 12:38, UK Larry David has reflected upon Curb Your Enthusiasm, which recently ended after 12 seasons, and revealed the “worst thing” a guest star could do on the iconic comedy series. The programme amassed a reputation for the string of guest stars it welcomed over the years. Due to […]
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(Credit: Warner Bros) Tue 16 April 2024 12:00, UK While the painstaking work of countless crewmembers are the real heroes of any given Hollywood flick, for better or for worse, the only people who seem to get the credit for such movies are the director and lead actors. Indeed, a famous director could walk down […]
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(Credits: Far Out / Angus McIntyre) Mon 15 April 2024 12:30, UK “Ari is wonderful and terrible in equal measure,” writes Viv Albertine in her memoir, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys. When The Slits formed, Ari Up (real name Ariane Daniele Forster) was just 14 years old. A wild child who’d […]
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(Credits: Far Out / Bent Rej) Mon 15 April 2024 12:00, UK Bob Dylan is famously tight-lipped and tricky. As an artist, he is one of the most globally respected names in history. He’s held up as a kind of God-like genius, turning the folk of the 1960s into something newer and bigger. For millions, […]
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(Credits: Writers Guild) Mon 15 April 2024 11:14, UK Following a significant year, the Writers Guild of America Awards 2024 saw an array of cutting-edge writing achievements rewarded for their efforts in the entertainment industry. It proved to be a night to remember for the teams behind The Holdovers, American Fiction, The Bear, and Succession, who all […]
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(Credits: Far Out / Paramount Pictures / 20th Century Studios / MUBI / The Orchard) Sun 14 April 2024 12:30, UK Anyone familiar with the titanic juggernaut of Hollywood knows that trends come in waves that correspond to public tastes, with the western genre seeing its heyday in the early 20th century before slowly ebbing […]