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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Ariana Grande Says Thank U, Next to the Grammys After Being ‘Insulted’ by Dee Lockett

The Grammys have done what only dummies have dared to do and have crossed Ariana Grande. Variety reports that not only will Grande no longer perform on Sunday’s broadcast, she’s skipping…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:23AM
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Cardi B’s Next Money Move Is a Vegas Residency by Dee Lockett

Vegas, the city of lust and making questionable money moves, just got its newest, and youngest, resident. The Associated Press has confirmed that Cardi B is getting her own Las Vegas residen…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:15PM
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Aretha Franklin Tribute Concert to Include Céline Dion, Patti LaBelle, John Legend, and More by Dee Lockett

The remembrances for Aretha Franklin are nowhere near over. Clive Davis has finally announced the details for his all-star tribute concert to the Queen of Soul, partnering with the Recording…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:01PM

Cher Cries, Doesn’t Disturb a Speck of Makeup, During Adam Lambert’s ‘Believe’ Cover by Dee Lockett

There go those pesky Kennedy Center Honors reducing people to tears again. At the 2018 ceremony, which aired on Wednesday night after taking place earlier this month, Cher was among the hono…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:22AM
Friday, December 21, 2018

Lin-Manuel Miranda Got Obama to Recite George Washington on Hamilton Remix by Dee Lockett

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton remix series, Hamildrop, has come to an end, but it’s going out with a bang. For a gospel reworking of “One Last Time,” the extremely booked and busy Mi…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:38PM
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

R. Kelly’s Ex-wife Believes He Was Behind Bomb Threat at Lifetime Screening by Dee Lockett

Lifetime’s Tuesday night New York City screening of its docuseries Surviving R. Kelly came to a halt when the NeueHouse Madison Square Garden theater had to be evacuated due to a gun threa…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:04PM
Friday, November 30, 2018

Ariana Grande’s ‘Thank U, Next’ Video Is Here in All Its 2000s Rom-Com Glory by Dee Lockett

Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” video has arrived after days of instant-iconic teasers. As promised, it’s, like, so fetch. The video sends up all your favorite 2000s rom-coms with st…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:00PM
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Ariana Grande Shares Emotional Letter on Manchester Bombing in New Docuseries by Dee Lockett

Ariana Grande’s new YouTube docuseries on her 2017 Dangerous Woman World Tour and the making of Sweetener is mostly light and silly, chronicling all her behind-the-scenes shenanigans. (Enj…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:00PM
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

You’re Getting a Whole Ariana Grande Docuseries Tomorrow by Dee Lockett

For all you Ariana Grande addicts out there (read: everyone), here’s your next fix: Ari’s perpetually delayed documentary on her 2017 Dangerous Woman Tour is out tomorrow on YouTube. But…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:06PM
Monday, November 12, 2018

Ariana Grande Continues to Win the Breakup by Getting First No. 1 Song With ‘Thank U, Next’ by Dee Lockett

In the breakup Olympics, Ariana Grande’s going for gold. Or platinum. Or hell, even diamond if her fans have their way. Ari’s splendid kiss-off to all the boys she’s loved before, “T…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:08PM
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Ariana Grande Quitting Social Media to Avoid News About Pete Breakup: ‘It’s Very Sad’ by Dee Lockett

In the three days since Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson broke up, ending their quickie engagement, she’s reportedly given back the ring, he’s canceled a comedy show, and now Ari’s quit…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:13AM
Friday, August 31, 2018

Watch Ariana Grande Sing ‘Natural Woman’ at Aretha Franklin’s Funeral by Dee Lockett

Ariana performing “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman“ at Aretha Franklin’s funeral Ariana Grande Today (@atnmedias) August 31, 2018BIG SEAN STOOD UP TO APPLAUD ARIANA FN GRANDE..…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:08PM
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Bradley Cooper Removed Lady Gaga’s Makeup With a Wipe for Her Star Is Born Audition by Dee Lockett

Like a scene straight out of Phantom Thread, genius first-time director Bradley Cooper once ordered Lady Gaga to take it off. Her makeup, that is. According to the Los Angeles Times, when Co…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:30AM
Friday, July 13, 2018

The BDE in Ariana Grande’s ‘God Is a Woman’ Video Is So Strong, It’s Got Madonna Quoting Pulp Fiction by Dee Lockett

Except actually, just check your Big Dick Energy at the door before entering Ariana Grande’s video for her new single “God Is a Woman,” which is essentially a master’s thesis on Big …

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:36PM
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Springsteen Interrupted His Broadway Show to Slam Trump’s ‘Disgracefully Inhumane and Un-American’ Border Policy by Dee Lockett

Bruce Springsteen has performed his one-man Broadway show based on his memoir 146 times, each sticking to the usual script and set list, as most theater productions tend to do. But during Tu…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:24PM

Just 3 Minutes and 52 Seconds of Ariana Grande Frolicking in a Forest With Her Clones by Dee Lockett

Please don’t ask me to explain what’s happening in Ariana Grande’s new video for “The Light Is Coming,” featuring her BFF when she’s not with Pete Davidson, Nicki Minaj. To do so…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:21PM
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Happy Juneteenth! Pharrell and Kenya Barris Are Turning This Historic Day Into a Musical by Dee Lockett

Juneteenth, African-American Independence Day (it’s today! Google it!), is still not a federally recognized holiday, but it’ll soon be a national celebration for musical theater. Pharrel…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:36PM
Monday, June 18, 2018

Yes, Of Course Ariana Grande Has a Song on Her New Album Called ‘Pete’ by Dee Lockett

It’s not a love story for the (modern Instagram) age until you write a song about it. So expect to hear all about Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson’s whirlwind romance on her new album Swe…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:33AM
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande Hit the Sheets for Their Latest Duet by Dee Lockett

After all that cycling on dicks, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande deserve some rest. For their fourth collaboration — with a fifth soon to come — they’re hitting the sheets … but not to…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:50AM
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Honestly, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson Should Just Have Their First Dance to Her Song With Troye Sivan by Dee Lockett

Now that we know Harry Potter superfans/famous people Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson are betrothed, it’s time to start the wedding planning. Will they get married at Hogwarts? Will Daniel…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:41PM
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson Make It Instagram Official With Harry Potter Date by Dee Lockett

Nothing like a little amortentia to bewitch your new favorite couple, Ariana Grande and SNL’s Pete Davidson. After several rumors and some sneaky Instagram comment flirting, the two have m…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:54PM
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Ariana Grande Wasn’t Sure She’d Ever Perform Again After Manchester Bombing by Dee Lockett

Ariana Grande has done little press since the May 2017 terrorist attack at her Manchester concert that killed 22 people. Now she has opened up in a Time cover story about her mental health i…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:50PM
Friday, March 23, 2018

Well, Taylor Swift Has at Least One Political Opinion: Gun Control by Dee Lockett

Our most apolitical pop star has finally found her cause. In a rare partisan moment, Taylor Swift (who voted, but for whom???) shared a message on Instagram taking a firm stance on gun viole…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:45PM
Monday, March 5, 2018

Just Like That, Coco Songwriter Robert Lopez Is the First Ever to Double EGOT by Dee Lockett

Though it seems like only yesterday that songwriter Robert Lopez joined the EGOT club — because it was, in 2014, when he won the Oscar for Frozen’s “Let It Go” — he’s now in a le…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:34AM
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Call Me! Beep Me! Disney Channel Is Making a Live-Action Kim Possible Movie by Dee Lockett

Paging Christy Carlson Romano, there’s a sitch! Disney is reviving Kim Possible for a live-action movie. The show, which began its original run in 2002 during Disney Channel’s golden era…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:39AM
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Aaron Sorkin Has a Vision for a West Wing Reboot Where Sterling K. Brown Is Our Hot President by Dee Lockett

Never has America needed the leadership of an attractive, levelheaded, objectively perfect human more than the present, and Aaron Sorkin knows just the man for the job. Speaking to THR about…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:56PM

Ridley Scott Says He Would Have Replaced Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World No Matter What by Dee Lockett

Ridley Scott has spoken for the first time about his shocking decision to replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World just weeks out from the film’s release…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:47AM

See Christopher Plummer As Kevin Spacey’s Replacement in New All the Money in the World Trailer by Dee Lockett

And just like that, we have a new J. Paul Getty. Just weeks after announcing that Kevin Spacey would be replaced by Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World following a wave of sexu…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:09AM
Monday, November 27, 2017

Ava Phillippe, a Fool Who Dreams, Waltzed to La La Land at a Debutante Ball by Dee Lockett

In the plotline of a Hallmark movie we would actually watch, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe’s 18-year-old daughter Ava Phillippe made her official debut at the exclusive Bal des D&ea…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:16AM
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

4 Film Critics’ Groups Disqualify Disney Movies From Awards Over L.A. Times Blackout by Dee Lockett

Last week, the Los Angeles Times revealed that Disney had barred the paper’s film critics from screenings of Thor: Ragnarok and other upcoming Disney films over “unfair coverage” of th…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:20AM
Friday, November 3, 2017

House of Cards Creator Beau Willimon Claims He Was Not Notified of On-Set Kevin Spacey Allegations by Dee Lockett

Following allegations from eight people that Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted and harassed people on the set of House of Cards, the show’s creator Beau Willimon says he was never notified o…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:04PM

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