Heather Morris is opening up about her murder mystery podcast, her former Glee costars, and Beyoncé and Taylor Swift!
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We didn’t think hip-hop would ever make it to 50 years,” Mary J.
Blige says definitively.
Across our late-summer conversation about hip-hop, healing, and staying in the present, Blige’s voice is suffused with characteristic sincerity.
“We thought it was gone be done, the way people were trying to cancel it and parents weren’t trying to hear it,” she says.
“So it’s just a blessing and a miracle that it’s still around.
And I feel good that I’m at the forefront of that, being the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and R&B.”Here, at the half-century mark for hip-hop, , 52, the woman who gave the genre its soul, is living life in the sunshine.
The woman who invented honey blonde hair on honey brown skin has earned nine Grammy Awards and dozens more nominations, netted Academy Awards nods for music and acting, and sold 50 million units in music sales.
Thousands of iterative moments from a life of exceptional promise and pain, and some extraordinary successes, are the roses and stones that have brought Blige to this hard-fought “now.”And as we absolutely expect a girl from Yonkers, New York, to be, Blige is entrepreneurial too.
She sells wine (Sun Goddess) and hoop earrings (the Sister Love collection, in collaboration with jewelry designer Simone I.
Smith).
In the spring, her annual, free Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit presented a “hip-hop at 50” celebration in Atlanta.
This fall she rereleased her Christmas album, A Mary Christmas.
In every arena, Blige is flowing.“This is not an overnight success,” Blige says, especially animated, a preacherly quality to her delivery that is revelatory of the human spirit: persevering, triumphant, sometimes cast down but never destroyed.
“This is not an easy thing, this new me, this new Mary.
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Heather Morris is opening up about her murder mystery podcast, her former Glee costars, and Beyoncé and Taylor Swift!
Latin GRAMMYS are in motion in Sevilla, Spain, and Shakira is there with her children. After winning Best Pop Song for Music Session Vol. 53, Shakira commanded the stage at the the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones, singing ‘Acróstico’.
The Centre, Livingston Book Club is set to welcome the multi award-winning author and illustrator Catherine Rayner to its next get-together.
who died on Oct. 28 at the age of 54.The “Morning Show” star wrote on Instagram Wednesday in a lengthy and emotional tribute: “Oh boy this one has cut deep… Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I’ve never experienced before.”She continued: “We all experience loss at some point in our lives. Loss of life or loss of love.
Fantasia Barrino is opening up about her 2010 overdose in a new cover story.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt LeBlanc honored his late “Friends” co-star Matthew Perry with a new tribute posted to Instagram in which LeBlanc called his time with Perry “among the favorite times of my life.” Perry died unexpectedly on Oct. 28 at 54 years old. LeBlanc issued a joint statement on Perry’s death shortly after with “Friends” cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer.
It’s that time of the year when Manchester city centre transforms into a Christmas wonderland. The Christmas Markets are finally up and running, welcoming hordes of shoppers to buy food, drink and presents from the picture perfect wooden huts.
Anitta has been putting in work at the gym, and it shows. The Brazilian singer is a part of the Savage X Fenty family, and on Saturday, she shared some stunning photos posing in colorful lingerie.A post shared by Anitta
The death certificate of Matthew Perry, the beloved star from Friends, has revealed new details about his passing.The document, which was obtained by The Blast, lists Matthew's step-father, Keith Morrison, a well-known Dateline journalist, as the informant and confirms that Matthew passed away at 4:17 p.m. PST at his LA home on October 28.
The stars are hitting the red carpet in New York City!
Stranger Things) and a hit movie franchise (Enola Holmes), has her own beauty line (Florence by Mills), is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and is to the . And while some might call her a girl, we call her a .In her speech at this year's awards, which took place in New York on November 7, Brown reflected on her acting journey as well as the women who inspire her, including Coco Gauff, fellow honoree and the soccer players of England's Lioness Club. And yes, the guy she likes: Jacob Bongiovi, the son of rock star Jon Bon Jovi and his wife of 34 years, Dorothea Hurley.Our Global Woman of the Year is building an empire.
Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves McConaughey’s 15-year-old son Levi is sharing insights into what his famous dad is like at home. The Dallas Buyers Club star turned 54 on November 4th, and Levi opened his heart to the world.Levi might have a career in writing because he left the sweetest message describing his father on Instagram with a gallery of family photos.
Christopher Vourlias A middle-aged man grappling with his thwarted ambitions grows obsessed with a beautiful young woman. The fallout threatens to unravel the fraying seams of his precarious, frustrated life in Stergios Paschos’ “The Last Taxi Driver,” which world premieres in the main competition this week at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Missy Elliott is making history!
J. Kim Murphy A private funeral was held for Matthew Perry on Friday afternoon, with the actor’s “Friends” co-stars in attendance along with other loved ones and family. People reports that Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow all convened for the event, held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
Sofia Coppola‘s “Priscilla” hits theaters today amid a great deal of buzz, partially thanks to star Cailee Spaeny winning the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for her title role. But not everyone was thrilled Coppolla announced plans to adapt Priscilla Presley‘s 1985 “Elvis And Me” for the big screen last year.
Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult are back together, for an event at least!
Christian Nodal and Cazzu became parents. They shared their pregnancy with fans, and they eagerly waited for the arrival of their first child. Now that their daughter, whose name has not been revealed is here, they have continued to share some sweet moments with their loyal followers.Following the baby’s birth in Argentina, they were quickly on the move.
Matthew Perry never married or had children, but he had a large family that he was very proud of. After the sudden death of the famous ‘Friends’ actor at the age of 54, millions of fans around the world are in shock, and his loved ones are still struggling to come to terms with an unexpected farewell that has left them broken with grief.
Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It was 2007. Steven Soderbergh was starting to shoot “Che” in Spain when the Bolivian casting director Rodrigo Bellott came armed with a bottle of Singani, the country’s national spirit, to the production kickoff party.