Author: Ariel Newbold

The Academy Awards will take time to honor Quincy Jones, who passed away in November at age 91. Queen Latifah will pay tribute to the musician and producer during the Oscars. The Grammys celebrated Quincy with the help of Will Smith, who is banned from the Oscars for slapping Chris Rock. A producer of this Sunday’s show on ABC said (quote) “We’ve planned this beautiful moment […]

Drake is quietly dropping some of his explosive claims against Universal Music Group. Last month, Drizzy sued the label for defamation over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” Specifically, Aubrey took issue with the fact that the smash hit record allegedly has lyrics “containing false and defamatory accusations of paedophilia.” But on Friday, UMG’s lawyer requested the delay […]

Rihanna appears on the cover of Harper’s BAZAAR for an exclusive interview that took place before A$AP Rocky’s trial. She spoke directly to those eager for new music. It’s been eight years since Rihanna released ANTI. She told the magazine album the next album (quote) “It has to matter. I have to show them it’s worth the wait. I cannot put up […]

Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles, a jury found A$AP Rocky “not guilty” on two felony counts of firing a semiautomatic weapon at a former friend. His defense team argued that it was only a “prop gun” and that the alleged victim perjured himself on the witness stand, which was a provable fact. Upon learning the verdict, Rocky jumped […]

Cardi B spent her Valentine’s Day with NFL player Stefon Diggs. There had been rumors that the two are dating. Bardi was spotted out on the town with the Houston Texans wide receiver. The two stars were seen returning to the same Miami hotel early Friday morning. (TMZ) She had shot down speculation that the two are an […]

The Jane Doe dropped her lawsuit that Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually assaulted her at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty when she was 13 years old. The voluntary dismissal “with prejudice” means that the anonymous accuser cannot re-file the suit. Her story dating back to the year 2000 sounded sketchy from the start. She claimed the assault took place at […]

Kendrick Lamar set the record for the largest viewership for a Super Bowl halftime show. More than 133 million watched Kendrick diss Drake and retired tennis champion Serena Williams crip walk on stage. Fox reports that Super Bowl viewership peaked in the second quarter at 136 million. Then fell off after halftime as the Philadelphia Eagles ran up the score on the Kansas City […]

Ariana Grande upped the ante from Chappell Roan by saying entertainment contracts should automatically include health insurance and therapy sessions. She said on the WTF with Marc Maron that record labels, movie and TV studios ought to offer by default weekly trips to a therapist (quote) “To be an artist, you are a vulnerable person with your heart on your sleeve. […]

Netflix and Prince’s estate agreed to shelve a six part, nine-hour documentary series about the late singer in favor of an authorized film “featuring exclusive content from Prince’s archive.” The estate objected to the docu-series from director Ezra Edelman on a technicality. The contract for the project called for a six-hour documentary. On this basis, the estate withheld song rights […]