Bruna Marquezine praises Anitta’s music and influence in emotional speech: ‘A symbol of female empowerment’

Babyshambles drummer and psychotherapist Adam Ficek has shared his new report into music and mental health – telling NME that “musicians keep falling between the cracks of formal structured support systems”.“It’s business, but the product is a human being,” read one quote from a musician in the report. Another: “I was asking myself, ‘OK, am I here because I’m good enough for this? Or am I here because I’m a Black woman and now it’s a trend to have a black woman in a band?'”A third voice from Ficek’s research ultimately concluded that “It might look like I’m just shouting down a microphone.

You’ve probably heard all about Harrison Butker‘s creeptastic commencement speech at Benedictine College this week. The star Kansas City Chiefs kicker went full Gilead and essentially told women they were being lied to about how important it was to have a career. Their real accomplishment would be their marriages and children.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Bev Paul, who oversaw the Sugar Hill Records label as general manager as it became a staple of the modern roots music movement, died April 19 in Durham, North Carolina after a battle with lung cancer. Paul served as Sugar Hill’s GM through the 1990s and, after a brief stint in management, again in the 2000s. The label won more than a dozen Grammys in the bluegrass, country and folk fields, including honors for artists like Nickel Creek, Dolly Parton, Jerry Douglas and Tim O’Brien that recorded for the company under her watch.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi Arabian director Shahad Ameen, whose feminist fable “Scales” made a splash after launching from Venice in 2019, is back behind the camera on “Hijra,” an ambitious drama centered on the bond formed between different generations of Saudi women during a journey across the desert. CAA is handling North American sales on “Hijra,” which is being shot in a vast swathe of desert and in several Saudi cities and urban areas including Jeddah, Medina, AlUla and Neom.

This year's Eurovision Song Contest has got off to a frenzied start and the final hasn't even begun.

Well, this is an unexpected and wonderful pregnancy side effect!

Amazon is getting into the talk show game.

TikTok star Dr. Kimberley Nix has passed away, three years after she was diagnosed with metastatic sarcoma. She was just 31.

Reba McEntire has some news about her new NBC comedy, Happy’s Place.

Ashley Roberts is 'heartbroken' following the death of her friend, as she joined a host of celebrities paying emotional tributes.The Heart radio presenter, 42, took to Instagram to share singer-songwriter Bobby Newberry's devastating post about the loss of his beloved husband Anthony "T.J" Paradise. Ashley commented on the post: "Our poor T.J. Heartbroken," accompanied by a heart, wings and a praying hands emoji.

We’re in for a super emotional Vanderpump Rules reunion this year!

First Minister-elect John Swinney praised a former Tory Chancellor who pushed through deep benefit cuts as a “believer” in devolution.

Prince William appeared to take a swipe at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during a powerful speech he delivered at a historic royal event last year, according to some observers.

He may be sixth in line to the British throne, but Prince Archie's upbringing in Montecito, California is world's away from the centuries of Kings and Queens he descends from. Today, as Archie turns five, just how might the young royal be celebrating? "I wish we knew more about little Archie", former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond tells OK!.

After weeks of deliberating over a name, Peter Andre and Emily MacDonagh have finally revealed what their adorable baby girl is called - and it has an emotional meaning. The couple became proud parents again after welcoming their newest child into the world on Tuesday 2 April – a beautiful baby girl weighing 7lb 3oz. Now, they've decided on a name - Arabella Rose Andréa.

Justin Bieber’s name is never out of the headlines for very long. Whether the media is talking about his relationship with his wife, Hailey Bieber, his music career, fashion choices, or bad boy behavior. The singer has grown up before the eyes of his fans.

Anitta reflected on growing up in the Brazilian favelas and breaking the “rules” to achieve her dreams at Variety’s Power of Women Presented by Lifetime event on Thursday, held at New York’s Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. The Brazilian superstar accepted her award from Bruna Marquezine, who celebrated Anitta’s “authenticity and fiery passion for music.” “You are an agent of change — a true ambassador of our culture around the world,” Marquezine said.

Naman Ramachandran Some of the Sony Music Group‘s top European artists are backing a voter participation campaign. Sony has launched what it describes as a “non-partisan campaign,” titled Your Voice, Your Power, Your Vote, to encourage voting in the June European Union elections, with a focus on young people and underrepresented groups.

Daniel Zirilli, a prolific director, producer and writer of action films and more than 200 music videos including the Rolling Stones’ “Voodoo Lounge,” died April 28. He was 58.

A man has been arrested after thousands of pounds worth of heroin and cocaine were discovered in a county lines drugs raid.