'Who's going to play me?' Boy George launches casting search for biopic
LONDON British singer Boy George launched a casting search on Tuesday, looking for an actor to portray him in a music biopic set to start filming this summer.
With a return to live music, Academy of Country Music awards show airs Sunday
In Nashville, Tennessee, the traditional home of country songs, the Academy of Country Music will hold its annual awards show on Sunday, incorporating small venue live broadcasts from classic genre landmarks.
Listen to the music of a spider's web. Tell me what do you hear?
It is an eerie, foreboding, reverberating tune, enough to send a tingle down your spine. | Video
J-Lo, H.E.R. and Foo Fighters to star in streamed concert to fund COVID-19 vaccines
LONDON (Reuters) -Singers Jennifer Lopez and H.E.R. will star in a global streaming and broadcast special on May 8 to raise money for COVID-19 vaccines, following last year's "One World - Together at Home" fundraiser in which locked-down stars including Lady Gaga performed from their homes. | Video
Mick Jagger celebrates end of lockdown in new track 'Eazy Sleazy'
LONDON Mick Jagger released a surprise new track on Tuesday, "Eazy Sleazy", which celebrates the end of lockdown in England and takes a tongue-in-cheek look at some of the downsides of life cooped up at home during the pandemic. | Video
Tusse - from child refugee to Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest contender
STOCKHOLM For Tusse, Sweden's 2021 Eurovision Song Contest contender, it felt like entering a new world coming to the Nordic country at the age of eight from a Ugandan refugee camp.
Rapper, actor DMX, five-time Billboard chart topper, dead at 50
NEW YORK (Reuters) -American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name DMX or Dark Man X, died on Friday, his record label said, after he suffered a heart attack during what media reports said was a drug overdose. He was 50 years old. | Video
Taylor Swift releases re-recording of hit 2008 "Fearless" album
LONDON American music star Taylor Swift released a re-recording of her 2008 hit album "Fearless" on Friday, as the Grammy Award winner seeks to take back control of her early catalogue. | Video
Queen of Twitter: Dionne Warwick uses her voice on social media
NEW YORK American singer Dionne Warwick, who has reigned as a diva for over six decades, is now using her voice as the 'Queen of Twitter,' spreading joy and poking fun in viral tweets to a new audience. | Video
Nike ends lawsuit over Lil Nas X 'Satan Shoes,' which will be recalled
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Nike Inc said on Thursday a Brooklyn company that made "Satan Shoes" in collaboration with the rapper Lil Nas X has agreed to voluntarily recall the shoes, as part of a legal settlement with the athletics giant.
British author Rowling says Trump has a right to be bigoted
NEW YORK Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling labeled U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump bigoted after receiving the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award in New York. | Video
