Newly-minted EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson will be “lighting up daytime” starting September 12.
J Hud’s new eponymous chat show will launch in 95% of American TV markets and will be executive produced by Emmy-winning The Ellen DeGeneres Show vets Mary Connelly, Andy Lassner and Corey Palent.
Warner Bros. Unscripted Television and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution revealed a smiling promotional pic of the star against a sequined backdrop with the words “Lighting Up Daytime!” above her.
The show will air on Fox TV stations and other station groups nationwide.
American Idol veteran Hudson official rose to the rare EGOT rank — Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winner — last Sunday, when the hit Broadway show she co-produced, A Strange Loop, snagged a Best Musical trophy.
Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale is speaking out on being “unapologetically bisexual” in an Instagram post celebrating Pride Month.
“I understood there was something different about me from an early age,” Hale writes. “Growing up in a semi Christian household, all of the things I was feeling were inherently wrong. So I hid my bisexuality for a long time.”
She continues, “It was through being in a band, getting out of organized religion, finding my tribe and trudging through the dark murky waters of my life that I was then able to be truly comfortable owning all the things that make me…Me.”
Hale says that she’s now “Navigating within my own spectrum of this tremendous rainbow that we are all a part of.”
“What I hope to pass onto you, whether you are in a state of pride or still riding the high seas…is that by being your true self, embracing what makes you stand out to others, and owning your weird…these things ultimately become your superpowers,” Hale writes. “Your true self is precious, no one can take it from you unless you let them. Wield it like a secret weapon.”
“As far as I know…we only get one time around this ride,” she concludes. “So live and breathe every single part of you. The good, the bad, the colorful and the queer. Rock on motherf***ers! I celebrate you!”
Remember the Free iTunes Song of the Week? In the days before streaming, Apple would make one song a week available as a free download, and often, they became hits. Fifteen years ago today, the iTunes Free Song of the Week was a song that never hit number one but still ended up launching an award-winning career: “Love Song” by Sara Bareilles.
Ironically, Sara wrote the song after becoming frustrated with her record label, who kept on telling her they needed her to write a commercial hit. Speaking to Glamour, Sara said, “I felt invisible and unimportant and manipulated and all the things.”
“This song was my little stubborn ‘f**k you’…but [it] ended up opening all these doors for me,” she noted.
“Love Song” didn’t enter the Billboard Hot 100 until several months later, but after Sara and the song appeared in an ad for the music streaming service Rhapsody, it shot up the charts, eventually peaking at number four and spending 19 weeks in the top 10.
“Love Song” also earned Sara her first Grammy nominations, for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, on its way to selling four million copies.
While “Love Song” remains Sara’s biggest hit, it set her up for a career that’s taken some unexpected turns. In addition to being nominated for multiple Grammys — with one win — she’s also been nominated for Emmy awards for both acting and writing music for TV, not to mention multiple Tony Awards, including several for the Broadway musical she co-wrote and occasionally starred in: Waitress.
Today, Sara is starring in the second season of her Peacock comedy, Girls5Eva, for which she occasionally writes music, and is also appearing on Broadway in a revival of the musical Into the Woods.
Seether has premiered the video for the band’s song “What Would You Do?”
The eerie clip finds a group of people trying to escape from a mysterious creature, perhaps a metaphor for frontman Shaun Morgan‘s lyrics about addiction.
You can watch the “What Would You Do?” video streaming now on YouTube.
“What Would You Do?” first appeared on Seether’s 2021 EP Wasteland — The Purgatory, a companion to the band’s 2020 album, Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum. It’ll also be included on the upcoming deluxe version of Si Vis Pacem, due out July 1.
Mickey Guyton shared the stage with Black Pumas for an episode of CMT Crossroads last night, with the two acts teaming up for renditions of Mickey’s “Lay It On Me” and “Black Like Me,” plus duet versions of songs off the Pumas’ 2019 debut album.
The country star tells People that the performance revealed a different side to her songs, especially when lead vocalist Eric Burton lent his voice to the lyrics.
“They’re roots, blues and folk, and to hear him interpret it, you can hear the soul in the music,” Mickey explains. “I always knew I had soul, but to hear it come from somebody else, you can hear it in my music more, which is really cool.”
It wasn’t the first time Mickey and the Pumas had teamed up: They also performed together at this year’s CMT Music Awards. Mickey’s been a fan of the duo for a while now, and she says that it was her husband, Grant, who turned her on to their music.
“He was just listening to them all the time,” she recounts. “So we started listening to the whole catalog, and I just grew to love them, too.”
Another of the songs they performed together during the Crossroads episode was “Better Than You Left Me,” Mickey’s 2015 debut single.
The “Video Games” artist’s dreamy vocals turn the track into a song that would definitely feel at home on any of her records as she sings lyrics including, “Whatever happened to the girl I knew/In the wasteland come up short and end up on the news.”
You can listen to the cover now via digital outlets.
The original “Buddy’s Rendezvous” appears on Father John Misty’s new album, Chloë and the Next 20th Century, which was released in April.
Del Rey, meanwhile, has been working on new music to follow her two 2021 albums, Chemtrails Over the Country Club and Blue Banisters. In a recent interview with W Magazine, Del Rey described the upcoming material as “angry” and “very conversational.”
Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson has filed for divorce from Christina Evangeline, two months after reports they had separated, a source close to the couple tells Us Weekly.
Thompson, 43, filed for divorce from the 33-year-old model last month, the insider tells the entertainment magazine.
Kenan and Christina, who tied the knot in 2011, have agreed to split custody of their two daughters — Georgia, 7, and Gianna, 4 — according to the source, who adds the two are “still close as co-parents and they plan on spending holidays together and celebrate their daughters’ birthdays as a family.”
Thompson and Evangeline separated back in November 2020, before “officially” filing for divorce in May, a source told Us back in April. “They remain close as co-parents and have remained very close throughout the separation,” the insider continued, revealing that the estranged couple had separated 18 months earlier. “[They] are completely amicable. There’s nothing juicy about why they split.”
The source said the split was a “mutual decision” between the two, explaining that Kenan and Christina “really just grew apart and wanted different things.”
The insider insisted Kenan’s “very active in his daughters’ lives. He’s an amazing father, especially given his schedule and obligations.”
“The kids spend majority of the time with their mom but he always makes sure to see them,” the source continued.
Ozzy Osbourne has confirmed he’s back home after undergoing surgery earlier this week.
In a statement posted to his Twitter, the metal legend writes, “I am now home from the hospital recuperating comfortably.”
“I am definitely feeling the love and support from all my fans and send everyone a big thank you for their thoughts, prayers and well wishes during my recovery,” he adds.
Ozzy’s statement comes after Page Six reported that he’d been discharged from the hospital on Tuesday alongside photos of him leaving the Los Angeles facility in a wheelchair. The tabloid also said that Ozzy was able to get up from the wheelchair and enter his car “under his own power with guidance from a hospital attendant.”
The surgery, which Ozzy’s wife Sharon described as a “major operation,” took place on Monday. During an episode of her U.K. talk show The Talk last week, Sharon said that the procedure was “really gonna determine the rest of [Ozzy’s] life.”
In a statement posted on Tuesday, Sharon said Ozzy was “doing well” and “on the road to recovery.”
Ozzy, 73, told Classic Rock magazine in an interview published in May that he was “waiting on some more surgery” on his neck. Ozzy suffered a fall in 2019, which aggravated injuries he sustained in a 2003 ATV accident.
The first wave of performers heading to this year’s BET Awards has been announced, and among the star-studded list are Latto, Roddy Ricch, Lizzo, Chance the Rapper and Babyface.
Billboardreports this year’s ceremony will take place on June 26 in Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater. Also heading to the BET Awards are Jack Harlow, Fireboy DML, Maverick City Music, Ella Mai, Joey Bada$$, Chlöe, Doechii, Givēon, Muni Long and Kirk Franklin.
Roddy is pulling a hat trick this year, marking his third time in a row performing at the ceremony, and Franklin is taking the stage for a second consecutive time. It’s expected he’ll team with Maverick City Music for his performance.
Chlöe is currently the only announced performer who is up for three or more awards. A second round of performers is expected to be announced in the coming days.
The BET Awards 2022 air at 8 p.m. ET on the BET channel. Doja Cat leads the pack of musical nominees with six nods, while Drake and Ari Lennox are tied in second with four nominations. Taraji P. Henson will return as host for a second year, and Sean “Diddy” Combs will collect the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.
It’s wedding season, and for the country stars who are already happily married, that means it’s wedding anniversary season.
While fame and fortune can be notoriously tough on a marriage, there are some contemporary country hitmakers who’ve been partnered up with their spouses for a surprisingly long time. For example, Walker Hayes and his wife, Laney, celebrated their 18th anniversary over the weekend, while Josh Turner and his wife, Jennifer — who also co-stars in his “Your Man” music video — celebrated year 19 this week.
But to figure out which country stars have the longest track record for wedded bliss, you’ve got to look to a slightly older generation. George Strait is no slouch: He celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife, Norma,last December.
Loretta Lynn and her husband, Doolittle,just might hold the record: They tied the knot in January 1948 when Loretta was just a teenager, meaning that they would be married for over seven decades today. But Doolittle died in 1996, months after their 48th wedding anniversary.
One of the country stars whose marriage is still going strong is Dolly Parton: She and her husband, Carl Dean,tied the knot on May 30, 1966, meaning they just celebrated their 56th anniversary. Carl famously likes to stay out of the spotlight, but he’s the muse for many of Dolly’s songs, and their long marriage is proof positive that opposite personalities can make for a relationship that stands the test of time.
