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Porsha Williams confirms departure from ’Real Housewives of Atlanta’

October 1, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Another OG has left the Real Housewives of Atlanta. After 10 seasons on the show, Porsha Williams is handing in her peach.

Taking to Instagram on Thursday, the reality star shared a a few photos of herself along with a montage of clips from her time on the series. Alongside it, she announced, “After ten life-changing, gratifying, incredible years, it is finally time to begin my next chapter. Next season, I will not be returning to the Real Housewives of Atlanta franchise.”

“This was a difficult decision to not only make, but also come to terms with,” Williams continued. “It’s one I have put a lot of thought into and because of that, I know it’s the right one.”

The mom of one extended a thank-you to multiple networks and to her Bravo family, for which she said she has “much love and endless gratitude.”

“You’ve made the past decade a truly special one. One where I’ve dealt with unbelievable highs and unbelievable lows, and I can honestly say I would not have made it through some of them without the unconditional love and support I have gotten from all of you,” Porsha shared.

Williams went on to tease that this isn’t the last fans have seen of her.

“Don’t worry though, I’ll be back on your TV very soon. I can’t wait to share all of my exciting new endeavors with the world-beginning with the release of my memoir, The Pursuit of Porsha, out on November 16,” she concluded. “As for the rest, you’ll just have to wait and see! Love ya!”

Porsha’s exit comes just days after another OG, Cynthia Bailey, revealed she also would not be returning to RHOA for season 14.

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‘Controlling Britney Spears’ creators claim they listened to Jamie Spears’s secret recordings of the pop star

October 1, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Framing Britney Spears helped awaken the masses about the controversy behind Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship. Now, the second part of the explosive documentary has just dropped.

The makers behind FX and Hulu’s The New York Times Presents Controlling Britney Spears, Samantha Stark and Liz Day, spoke with Entertainment Tonight about what shocked them most about diving further into Britney’s legal woes.

Both say their interview with Alex Vlasov, who worked with the singer for nearly a decade and was a former agent of the security firm Black Box, is one of the most chilling segments of their film. That’s because Vlasov is the one who claimed Britney’s father, Jamie Spears, bugged Britney’s room and would secretly monitor her emails, phone calls and private conversations.

Vlasov reportedly turned over several recordings allegedly taken by Jamie to authenticate his claims.

“We have a copy of the recording, which we reviewed to authenticate it and make sure it was real,” said Day. “It was really disturbing to listen to. To imagine Britney being recorded secretly in her bedroom, that is just really disturbing.”

Stark added the two “made repeated” efforts to get Jamie’s side of the story, and said he “never denied the allegations that they wiretapped Britney’s bedroom.”

Jamie’s lawyer, Vivian Thoreen, claims in a statement to The New York Times that “All of his actions were well within the parameters of the authority conferred upon him by the court.”

However, Britney’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart believes the elder Spears violated his client’s “privacy rights” and said, after Jamie was suspended as conservator on Wednesday, that “Mr. Spears has crossed unfathomable lines and he must be held accountable.”

As for when the 13-year conservatorship will end, a hearing to determine that has been scheduled for November 12. Another hearing on December 13 will focus on financial and accounting matters.

Harry Styles hits pause on his concert to help a fan with her gender reveal announcement

October 1, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Harry Styles went above and beyond to make one pregnant fan’s dream come true — by stopping his concert to help her reveal the gender of her unborn child.

Billboard reports the “Adore You” singer was performing at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday, when he noticed a pregnant female fan and her friend holding up some interesting signs.

The pregnant fan held up a black sign that read in multicolored letters, “I’m having a baby please make it your business” — a direct reference to the “I’m having your baby, it’s none of your business” lyric from Harry’s 2017 song, “Kiwi.”

As for her friend, she had a sealed envelope with the baby’s gender inside, which she handed to Styles during his show. Styles, wearing a glittering taupe tuxedo, opens the envelope as the crowd counts down to the big reveal.

The British singer then happily announces that the fan is having “a little baby girl” before dropping to his knees while pretending to sob.

The stadium lights up in pink as he emotionally asks the fan, “That’s what I wanted! Is that what you wanted?”

Styles wishes his fan a heartfelt “congratulations” as the crowd erupts into another wave of cheers.

The sweet moment was captured on video, which was shared by the fan account 1D Updates.

The “Watermelon Sugar” singer is currently on the North American leg of Harry Styles: Love On Tour, with another show slated for tonight at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

Harry doing a gender reveal in Nashville tonight! pic.twitter.com/eeHKAan20F
— 1D Updates! (@With1DNews) September 30, 2021

The Police’s fourth album, ‘Ghost in the Machine,’ turns 40 on Saturday

October 1, 2021 by WDNY Radio

This Saturday, October 2, marks the 40th anniversary of the release of The Police‘s fourth studio album, Ghost in the Machine.

Released on frontman Sting‘s 30th birthday, the album became the new-wave band’s third consecutive chart-topping studio effort in the U.K. and continued the group’s ascending U.S. popularity, peaking at #2 on the Billboard 200.

Ghost in the Machine featured two top-20 singles in the U.S., “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” and “Spirits in the Material,” which reached #3 and #11, respectively. In the U.K., “Every Little Thing” topped the singles chart and “Spirits” peaked at #12, while another single, “Invisible Sun,” reached #2.

Other memorable tunes on the album include “Demolition Man,” “Too Much Information,” “One World (Not Three)” and “Secret Journey.”

While Caribbean sounds, especially reggae, had always been part of The Police’s music, Ghost in the Machine was the band’s first album to mainly be recorded there — specifically at Beatles producer George Martin‘s AIR Studios on the island of Montserrat.

Reflecting on The Police’s success at the time and making the album on Montserrat, guitarist Andy Summers tells ABC Audio, “It was an amazing period, no question about it,” adding, “[T]his is the sort of rock star dream. You know, ‘Hey, we’re on an island in the Caribbean. We are the s*** now.'”

Summers says one his favorite songs on the album was “Spirits in the Material World.”

“I like to play that one ’cause it’s got a great rhythm,” he notes.

The Police soon returned to Montserrat to record their fifth and final album, the chart-topping Synchronicity. In 1989, however, AIR Studios closed after being damaged by a hurricane.

Ghost in the Machine, meanwhile, went on to sell over 3 million copies in the U.S.

Here’s the full track list:

“Spirits in the Material World”
“Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
“Invisible Sun”
“Hungry for You (J’aurais toujours faim de toi)”
“Demolition Man”
“Too Much Information”
“Rehumanize Yourself”
“One World (Not Three)”
“Omegaman”
“Secret Journey”
“Darkness”

Mick Jagger says late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts worked on some new songs by the band

September 30, 2021 by WDNY Radio

With The Rolling Stones back on tour and the band preparing to release a deluxe Tattoo You reissue next month, Mick Jagger chatted with Apple Music‘s Zane Lowe about numerous topics, including the group moving forward following drummer Charlie Watts‘ recent death.

In the interview, Jagger reveals that before Watts’ passing, he’d recorded parts for new songs that likely will appear on The Stones’ next album, noting that some of the recordings were done while they were working on the reissue’s bonus tracks.

“I did some stuff with him in the studio very recently, while we were doing [these] Tattoo You things,” Mick reports. “We did some…work on Tattoo You. Charlie did some work on…just a few fills and stuff like that. And then when we started messing around with some other things…It seems like only yesterday that I was in the studio with Charlie, joshing around. It’s just so weird and then very sad.”

Reflecting on recording new Stones material in the future, Jagger laments, “[W]ithout Charlie being there, it’s going to be very difficult.”

Having said that, Mick maintains that he and his band mates all want to keep going.

“[T]he thing about the Rolling Stones, I think, throughout their career has been their resilience in the face of adversity,” Jagger noted. “We’ve had adversity, and this was probably one of the most difficult ones. And so we booked the tour [that was] supposed to be played last year. We couldn’t do it for obvious reasons, because of the pandemic. And I just thought, and I think everyone in the band thought that we should just carry on.”

He added, “I’m glad we’re doing it. I know Charlie wanted us to do it. I think the audience wants to do it.”

Gloria Estefan reveals childhood abuse on ‘Red Table Talk: The Estefans’

September 30, 2021 by WDNY Radio

On the latest episode of her Facebook watch series Red Table Talk: The Estefans, Gloria Estefan has revealed that she was sexually abused by a family member at the age of nine.

“I knew one day I would share this story,” Gloria said. “I was waiting for the right opportunity and space to do so.”

Gloria began her revelation by stating, “Ninety-three percent of abused children know and trust their abusers. And I know this because I was one of them.” She then explained that she used to attend a music school run by a distant relative who her mother trusted.

“He immediately started telling [my mom] how talented I was, and how I needed special attention, and she felt lucky that he was focusing this kind of attention on me,” Gloria said, adding, “It starts little by little and then it goes fast.”

When Gloria tried to stop the abuse, she says the man told her, “Your father’s in Vietnam, your mother’s alone, and I will kill her if you tell her.”

She continued, “I knew the man was insane and that’s why I thought he might actually hurt my mother.” But finally, Gloria said, she broke down and told her mother the truth. But when her mom called the police, they advised her not to take action.

“They told my mother not to press charges because they said I was going to go through worse trauma having to get on a stand and testify,” she said. “And that’s the one thing that I feel bad about, knowing that there must have been other victims.”

It turns out there was at least one: Gloria’s own aunt, who had been abused as a child by the same man in Cuba.

Gloria said that years later, after she had her first big hit with “Conga,” the same man “wrote a letter to the paper criticizing my music.”

“At that moment, I was so angry that I was about to blow the lid off of everything, and then I thought, ‘My whole success is going to turn into him,'” she recalled. “That’s what they do, they take your power.”

In the episode, Gloria and her family also talk to Clare Crawley, the first Latina Bachelorette, about Crawley’s abuse as a child at the hands of a priest.

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Elton John says new Stevie Wonder collab is “one of the greatest records I’ve ever made”

September 30, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Elton John‘s upcoming album The Lockdown Sessions features the song “Finish Line,” a collaboration with the equally legendary Stevie Wonder that was released today as an advance track. In a preview clip from the upcoming episode of his Apple Music show Elton John’s Rocket Hour, Elton calls the tune “one of the greatest records I’ve ever made.”

Elton talks about putting the track together songwriter and producer Andrew Watt, noting, “Stevie came along and played piano, I played electric piano, and then he did harmonica on it, and then we were trying to get another vocalist on it.”

Elton recalls, “[Stevie] wouldn’t do it because I think he thought he’d done enough.” But Watt then added a gospel choir on the song — the same choir Kanye West has been using — and Elton says, “I think when Stevie heard that, he decided to do the vocal.”

“I think for me, it’s one of the greatest records I’ve ever made, because it’s Stevie Wonder!” Elton raves, praising Watt for making “Stevie sound like a 17-year-old again.”

“I’m so proud of this record because I love [Stevie] so much,” Elton rhapsodizes. “He’s always been so kind to me and so sweet to me, you know, the talent is beyond ridiculous. And it was just lovely to spend time with him and just see this wonderful human being smiling and happy and playing on a record of mine.”

You can hear the whole episode of Elton John’s Rocket Hour on Apple Music 1 on Saturday at noon ET.

Elton’s The Lockdown Sessions is coming out October 22.

Cardi B reveals postpartum reactions after giving birth earlier this month: “Crying for no reason”

September 30, 2021 by WDNY Radio

As Cardi B livesthe glamorous life in France for Fashion Week, she admits her body is reacting in unusual ways after giving birth 26 days ago.

“Can’t wait till these weird postpartum hormones completely leave my body,” the “Rumors” rapper tweeted Wednesday, “I be crying for no reason.”

The baby boy, whose name has not been publicly revealed, is Cardi’s second child, following daughter Kulture, who is three years old.

Cardi also experienced what she called “annoying“ postpartum reactions after Kulture’s birth in 2018. “Let me tell you something. No matter how many books you read or advice I get, ya’ll never be ready for mommy mode,” she then commented in an Instagram Story.

The Grammy winner made her first public appearance this week in Paris after welcoming her second child, and dazzled the crowds. She stunned in a crimson sequined and ruby-encrusted gown with plunging neckline, accentuated by a long train and a halo of red feathers. She accessorized the look by wearing long matching sequined gloves, a ruby choker adorned with large red, pink and orange gemstones, and red rhinestone eyebrows.

Later in the evening, she slipped into a sheer black dress with a tight corset, sleeves and small black feathers.

“Thank you @manfredthierrymugler for including me in such a historical night, the opening of your exhibit in Paris! Truly one of my favorite creative minds in the WORLD,” the 28-year-old wrote on Instagram. “I’m mind blown looking at your collections from over the years. A true Genius!”

Cardi, Lil Durk and Megan Thee Stallion lead all artists, with nine nominations each, for the 16th annual BET Hip Hop Awards, airing Tuesday, October 5 at 9 p.m. on BET,

Can’t wait till these weird postpartum hormones completely leave my body.I be crying for no reason.
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) September 30, 2021

Watch Billy Joel’s “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” come to life in new animated video

September 30, 2021 by WDNY Radio

As promised, a newly created video for Billy Joel‘s beloved 1977 song from The Stranger, “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” has premiered on Billy’s YouTube channel.

The animated clip brings to life the two main characters of the song, Brenda and Eddie, who meet at an Italian restaurant after years apart to reminisce about their lives. The clip pretty much illustrates the lyrics exactly, as the former couple catch each other up on what they’re doing now, think about their days together as the king and queen of the prom, and recall their ill-fated marriage and subsequent divorce.

The fun part of the video, however, is spotting all the Billy Joel Easter eggs. For example, the story unfolds comic book-style via the pages of a menu on the table of the restaurant, which is called Cacciatore’s — the name of a character in another Stranger song, “Movin’ Out.” The menu’s cover is decorated with a mask and a pair of boxing gloves, both motifs of The Stranger‘s artwork, which recur throughout the video.

In another comic-strip panel, there are scenes of people outside a bar called “Zanzibar,” the name of a 1978 song by Billy. When we see Brenda and Eddie’s “apartment with deep-pile carpets,” the walls are decorated with framed covers of Billy’s 1970s-era albums.

Also sprinkled in are scenes of Billy and his band performing live in various eras, and one shot shows a wall of posters advertising a gig at the “Coliseum” — a reference to Billy’s hometown venue, the now-defunct Nassau Coliseum. As the song ends and the menu closes, it morphs into the cover of The Stranger.

The Stranger is included in the nine-LP box set Billy Joel — The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1, due out on November 5.

Collectible Rolling Stones “Little People” figurines available now from Fisher-Price

September 30, 2021 by WDNY Radio

The Fisher-Price company has introduced a new set of collectible Rolling Stones figurines as part of its “Little People” series of kids’ toys.

The collection, which is priced at $19.99, features miniature versions of the band’s four main longtime members — singer Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, and late drummer Charlie Watts. Each figure stands over 2.5 inches tall.

The toys come packaged in a gift box resembling a concert stage and featuring The Rolling Stones’ iconic “tongue and lips” logo.

The set currently is available as an Amazon.com exclusive.

Other music stars who have been previously been immortalized as miniature toys as part of the “Little People” series include The Beatles, KISS, Elvis Presley and Run-DMC.

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