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Olivia Wilde addresses Harry Styles dating rumors: “It’s obviously really tempting to correct a false narrative”

December 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Olivia Wilde is speaking out about her rumored relationship with Harry Styles. The two sparked dating rumors earlier this year, but so far they’ve neither confirmed nor denied anything publicly.

Gracing the cover of Vogue‘s January 2022 edition, the actress was asked about her love life and how she weathers the tabloid tornado. Although she kept her cards close, she said she’s “happier than I’ve ever been.”

“It’s obviously really tempting to correct a false narrative,” Olivia, 37, declared. “But I think what you realize is that when you’re really happy, it doesn’t matter what strangers think about you. All that matters to you is what’s real, and what you love, and who you love.”

Olivia was frequently spotted supporting Harry while on his Love on Tour U.S. trek. Before the Orange Bowl kicks off on New Year’s Eve, Harry will take the stage to headline the pregame party during the Capital One Beach Bash. The December 30 free show, which Harry will co-headline with Khalid, takes place at South Beach, Florida’s Lummus Park.

You can reserve your tickets beginning Tuesday, December 21, at noon ET on the Orange Bowl’s website, but Capital One cardholders get to cut the line the day before, starting at 10:59 a.m. ET. Ticket purchases will be limited to two per person.

The Capital One Beach Bash mandates all attendees must either show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within the past 72 hours before the show’s 4 p.m. start.

Watch Foo Fighters invite Gene Simmons on stage during Las Vegas concert

December 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

KISS‘ Gene Simmons showed up on stage while Foo Fighters were rocking and rolling all nite during a recent concert in Las Vegas.

During the show, guitarist Chris Shiflett started playing the riff to a KISS song when Dave Grohl interrupted him to reveal that Simmons was actually backstage.

“We can’t do that in front of Gene Simmons!” Grohl said. He then started begging Simmons to come on stage and show the crowd his “punim” — Yiddish for “face.” Simmons finally obliged and walked out briefly while wearing a face mask, and handed Grohl what appeared to be a dollar bill.

“I had posters of that motherf***er on my wall when I was a kid,” Grohl exclaimed as Simmons returned backstage. “Let me rephrase that — I still have posters of Gene Simmons on my f***ing wall at home.”

You can watch fan-shot footage of the interaction streaming now on YouTube.

Simmons also tweeted a video of him palling around with the Foos before the show.

Grohl, by the way, just covered KISS’ “Rock and Roll All Nite” with producer Greg Kurstin for the final night of their Hanukkah Sessions series.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

‘TIME’ names Olivia Rodrigo its Entertainer of the Year

December 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Olivia Rodrigo continues to rack up the accolades: TIME has just named her its Entertainer of the Year for 2021.

“The 18-Year-Old Singer-Songwriter’s Uninhibited, Confessional Album Captured the Tone of a Turbulent Year,” the publication writes of Olivia. In her cover story, the “Good 4 U” singer talks about her future, running her business and those constant comparisons to other artists — from Taylor Swift and Carole King to Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morissette.

“Young women are constantly compared to each other. I’m the ‘new this’ or ‘this woman meets that woman,’ and that can be reductive,” she tells TIME. “I’m just Olivia. I’m doing my own thing. It’s meaningful when people recognize that.”

But those artists to whom she’s been compared have nothing but praise for Olivia. Alanis Morissette says of the teen star, “She has a steadfast care about self-expression. She’s not precious about it, nor does she seem overwhelmed by it all.”

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Carole King says Olivia has “a gift of knowing how to tell a story in a song.” And Gwen Stefani, the person with whom Olivia says she’d most like to write a song, says she’d be “honored” to do so.

As for what’s next for her, Olivia’s already made a deal to own her own masters, avoiding the mistake that her idol Taylor Swift made as a teen that she’s now busy correcting. She’s also moved into her own place, but her parents still help with laundry and grocery shopping.

And in terms of following up SOUR, Olivia tells TIME, “I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t any pressure. But I sometimes remember: ‘This happened 10 months ago. You don’t have to have it all figured out yet.’”

‘The Wendy Williams Show’ returns with guest hosts in 2022

December 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

The Wendy Williams Show lives on. On Wednesday, it was announced that the show will return in January with a variety of celebrity guest hosts as Wendy Williams continues to deal with ongoing health issues.

“‘The Wendy Williams Show’ Returns with All-New Episodes in the New Year!” the show’s official Instagram page shared in a post.

Fat Joe and Remy Ma are scheduled to kick off the hosting duties, taking over January 3-7. Michael Rapaport will hop in the purple chair from January 10-14 before handing the reins over to Kym Whitley and Finesse Mitchell for the week of January 17. Ending the month hosting January 24-28 will be guest host Sherri Shepherd.

Last month, Wendy gave fans a much needed update on her health and assured them that she’s working toward a return.

“HOW YOU DOIN’? I MISS YOU ALL! As everyone knows, my health has been a hot topic,” the November 8 statement read. “I’m making progress but it’s just one of those things that’s taking longer than we expected.”

Williams continued, “I’m a woman of a certain age, and I know enough to listen to my doctors and will return to my purple chair as soon as we all agree I’m ready. I want to thank all of my staff and our guest hosts for stepping up and stepping in while I can’t be there.”

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Travis Scott gives first interview since Astroworld tragedy

December 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Travis Scott sat down with Charlamagne tha God for his first interview following last month’s Astroworld tragedy that left 10 people dead and many others injured.

In the hour-long interview posted to Charlamagne’s YouTube page Thursday, the rapper reiterated that he did not know the extent of the tragedy until after the show. He also denies hearing screams for help from the crowd that would have caused him to shut things down.

“You can only help what you can see and whatever you’re told, whenever they tell you to stop, you stop,” Travis said.

Charlamagne asked Travis about the “raging” he encourages at his shows and whether that contributed to what happened.

“It didn’t feel like, you know…people didn’t show up there just to be harmful,” Travis said. “People just showed up to have a good time and then something unfortunate happened and I think we really just got to figure out what that was.”

“‘Raging’…they have a textbook definition, but in concerts we’ve grown it to be just the experience of fun,” he added. “It’s not about just…harm. It’s not about that. It’s about letting go and having fun, help others and love each other.”

Travis went on to stay he wants to help improve concert safety measures for the future, so something like this never happens again.

Britney Spears granted the “power to do whatever she wants to do”

December 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

For the first time in over a decade, Britney Spears has “the power to do whatever she wants.”

On Wednesday, Britney’s lawyer, Matthew Rosengart, appeared on the pop star’s behalf for the latest court hearing and afterwards revealed that a judge granted the “Toxic” singer the power to execute documents herself.

“She had the power to do whatever she wants to do,” Rosengart said outside of the courthouse after the brief hearing, according to Variety.

Just last month, Britney’s 13-year-long conservatorship was terminated, however, there are still some small details to wrap up. The next hearing, which is scheduled for January 19, will deal with accounting matters. Currently, John Zabel has limited administrative powers to execute the estate trust and transfer assets into it.

Neil Young says his new album with Crazy Horse, ‘Barn,’ “was a gift and everything in it works”

December 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Neil Young‘s latest studio album with his frequent backing band Crazy Horse, Barn, gets released this Friday, and Young sat down recently with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe to chat about the project, which was recorded quickly this past June in a restored barn that Young owns in the Colorado Rockies.

During the interview, which was conducted at producer Rick Rubin‘s Shangri-La Studio in Malibu, California, Young explains why he feels Barn is one of his best albums.

“I’m very thankful for having made it,” he declares. “And I think it was a gift and everything in it works [for me], and it’s not often that happens…Everything felt right. So I feel great about it.”

Young says he contacted Crazy Horse’s members 10 months in advance and timed the Barn sessions to happen during the full moon.

“[W]hen we got set up, we started to play and then [the moon] got bigger and bigger and bigger until we recorded everything,” Neil recalls. “So that was cool. It was really cool.”

Regarding the actual barn, Young notes that it dates back to the 1870s, “and it was falling down and going back into the ground…So we took it and got a real master barn builder…and we rebuilt. Made it just like it was in the old drawings of it and old photographs.”

As previously reported, a film capturing the making of Barn, directed by Young’s wife, actress Daryl Hannah, will be included on a Blu-ray packaged with the deluxe version of the album, and also released as a standalone Blu-ray.

The documentary will get its theatrical premiere tonight at theaters in New York City, Chicago and Santa Monica, California. Visit NeilYoungArchives.com for more details.

Watch Young’s full interview with Lowe at Apple Music’s YouTube channel.

Authorized Jerry Garcia documentary to be directed by Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann’s son

December 8, 2021 by WDNY Radio

The first-ever authorized documentary devoted to the life of late Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia is going into production and will be directed by filmmaker and longtime Garcia collaborator Justin Kreutzmann, son of founding Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann.

Garcia’s daughter Trixie is serving as an executive producer of the film on behalf of the Jerry Garcia Family LLC company, and the project will be given full access to Jerry’s personal archives. The movie will seek to tell the definitive story of Garcia’s life, looking at Jerry’s endeavors as a father, husband, musician, artist and friend.

The documentary will feature previously unheard interviews with Jerry and various people who were close to him, as well as never-before-seen footage Justin shot of Garcia throughout the years. The movie also will profile how Garcia inspired a movement of peace-minded followers and had an enduring impact on American culture.

The film is being produced by RadicalMedia, whose previous projects include the award-winning and critically acclaimed 2021 documentary Summer of Soul.

“When people ask what I miss most about him not being around, I think it’s just missing Jerry, the person. People like him don’t come around very often,” Justin says in a statement. “It’s my dream to capture the feeling you got when you hung out with Jerry and listened to him play music. A lot of people have told the world what they thought of Jerry but I want to show what Jerry thought of the world.”

Adds Trixie, “Who better to illuminate the musical journey of Jerry Garcia than someone who grew up right in the middle of the Grateful Dead scene? Jerry loved Justin like one of his own and so do we.”

Garcia died of a heart attack in August 1995. He was 53.

Ides of March/ex-Survivor member Jim Peterik sells majority stake in songwriting royalties

December 8, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Founding Survivor member and The Ides of March frontman Jim Peterik has reached a multi-million dollar deal with Primary Wave Music, which has acquired a majority stake in the royalties of his music publishing catalog and rights to many of his compositions.

Among the many songs Peterik has co-written are the Survivor hits “Eye of the Tiger,” “The Search Is Over,” “Burning Heart,” “High on You” and “I Can’t Hold Back,” and he also penned the Ides of March classic “Vehicle.”

In addition, Jim has co-written hits and memorable tunes for a variety of other artists, including 38 Special‘s “Hold On Loosely,” “Caught Up in You” and “Rockin’ into the Night,” Sammy Hagar‘s “Heavy Metal” and The Beach Boys‘ “That’s Why God Made the Radio.”

In conjunction with the deal with Primary Wave, the company will help Peterik with marketing, branding and licensing of his music.

Peterik joins a growing list of well-known artists whose publishing or music catalogues have been at least partly acquired by Primary Wave, among them Stevie Nicks, Chris Isaak, late Toto drummer Jeff Porcaro, Prince and many more.

“I’m thrilled to be with a company who is as passionate about music as I am,” says Peterik, adding, “It seems that many of my musical heroes feel the same way! I’m looking forward to great days ahead creating new music and finding new homes for the many songs in my catalogue!”

Peterik continues to front The Ides of March, whose latest album, Play On, was released in 2019. He also co-wrote many songs for ex-Styx singer/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung‘s two recent solo albums — 2020’s 26 East, Volume 1 and 2021’s 26 East, Volume 2.

Maroon 5, Pink and more to be featured on Fox’s New Year’s Eve special

December 8, 2021 by WDNY Radio

This New Year’s Eve, Fox is rounding up some memorable musical performances from throughout the year.

Fox’s New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2022 will feature pre-taped performances from Maroon 5, Pink, Imagine Dragons and more. Eighties rocker Billy Idol, who appeared on Miley Cyrus‘ album Plastic Hearts, is also performing on the show. As previously reported, Miley is hosting her own New Year’s Eve show over on NBC with Pete Davidson.

Ken Jeong and Joel McHale will be hosting Fox’s special live from Times Square, along with special correspondent Kelly Osbourne.

Fox’s New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2022 airs live Friday, December 31, beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

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