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Lionel Richie was surprised when news reached him about Katy Perry‘s imminent departure from American Idol. But “I’m not mad,” he said while visiting Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday.

It’s hard to believe American Idol first premiered more than two decades ago!

Jimmy Kimmel Live, Richie, 74, said, “It just made me run off the road when I first heard about it. My phone blew up.”But, he added, “I’m not mad.” On Monday night, during her own appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Perry, 39, announced that she was leaving “American Idol.” The upcoming Season 22 will be her last.

Lionel Richie is reacting to Katy Perry‘s American Idol exit announcement.

coronation in May 2023.The “Firework” singer, 39, revealed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that she was staying at Windsor Castle at the time, and bumped right into the newly crowned monarch, 75, on the property. “I brought my mother because, I mean, that’s like the best gift you could ever give your mom,” Perry said on Monday.The “American Idol” judge — who will leave at the end of the 22nd season — came face to face with Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, after the ceremony ended.The trio were filming a segment for the ABC singing competition series alongside fellow judge Lionel Richie.“Everyone was running,” Perry explained, adding that she had to take a specific walking pathway into the castle, so she didn’t walk into any members of the royal family.She continued: “I ran straight into them, and I was like, ‘Oh, went the wrong way!’ ”The “I Kissed a Girl” singer went on to gush over Lionel Richie, 74, saying that he helped put the concert together with the Firm.The “We Are the World” producer “could convince anyone to do anything.”Perry went viral during the actual May 6 coronation, where she rocked a purple hat and matching dress.

Katy Perry is saying so long to American Idol!

Katy Perry, who has been a judge on American Idol for seven seasons, has announced she will be leaving the show.

Katy Perry is leaving American Idol.

on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Monday night, the “Firework” hitmaker announced news of her departure to an unsuspecting audience.After host Jimmy Kimmel asked the singer how long she plans to remain as a judge on the hit ABC show, Perry said that the upcoming 22nd season will be her last.“Well, you know, this fall, this September, I’m going to be doing this huge music festival in Brazil called Rock in Rio. It’s really exciting,” she shared.

Katy Perry is saying goodbye to American Idol after seven seasons.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Katy Perry caused a bit of a Firework on Monday night, revealing on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that this upcoming season of “American Idol” will be her last one as a judge. Perry was a guest on Monday night’s “Kimmel.” When the host asked Perry how much longer she would stick with “Idol” — she’s been on the show for seven seasons, ever since it moved to ABC in 2018 — the singer said she was plotting her exit after this upcoming season.

Sharon Osbourne has furiously hit out at Kanye West, saying he 'messed with the wrong Jew' in a recent interview with TMZ.

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are PISSED at Kanye West right now!

Accomplished filmmaker Bao Nguyen takes us on a trip back to 1985 and the historic recording of one of the biggest charity records of all time, ‘We Are The World’, which united dozens of A-list artists to raise money for the African famine.Produced by Lionel Richie, one of the iconic artists and co-writer of the original song, Nguyen’s film uses archive material and contemporary talking heads (some interviewed in the original studio in which the record was made), including Richie himself.Headed to Netflix one day off of the recording’s 39th anniversary, the film is a nostalgic trip back to the heyday of ’80s music, the year in which the likes of Cyndi Lauper, Prince, Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis, Billy Joel, Journey, Kenny Loggins and more were dominating the American and international charts, and all are included here in some form.

, Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl. Honestly you guys, . And yes, Sunday's Grammys would be more fun to root on his girlfriend, but by all accounts, it's going to be one hell of a show that we're going to be talking about all day on Monday.Our girl Tay is up , as well as Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner continue to show the power of co-parenting. The former couple was photographed outside their son Samuel Affleck’s school on Wednesday in Los Angeles.Ben and Garner looked happy and on great terms as they chatted before parting ways. Samuel was wearing a basketball jersey, so they may have attended one of his games or practices.It looks like Ben is the one who took Samuel home, as they were photographed walking down the street alone.

“We Are the World,” the historic 1985 charity single — where even Bob Dylan was intimidated by the star-studded session.Surrounded by everyone from Ray Charles, Diana Ross and Paul Simon to Tina Turner, Willie Nelson and Billy Joel, the Bard was clearly out of sorts — and out of his element.But it took one particular legend to help another one find his solo mojo.“The secret agent to help him get comfortable was Stevie Wonder,” says David Breskin — one of two journalists invited by producer Quincy Jones to cover the momentous occasion — in the documentary. “Stevie is an insanely great mimic,” continues Breskin, explaining how the R&B master used his special talents to help the folk god: “Stevie sang it ventriloquially in Dylan’s voice.”It’s a dead-on impression that impresses even Dylan, who — in the only time the room is cleared to give one artist his space — finally nails his part.Such is the spirit of unity that — against all odds and egos — pulled together the recording of “We Are the World” on Jan.

Sofia Richie recently revealed she is having a baby girl with her husband, Elliot Grainge. The couple, who wed in April 2023, kept the news under wraps and then decided to tell their parents, Lionel Richie, Diane Alexander, Lucian Grainge, and Caroline Grainge.“We went to Elliot’s parents, who live about five minutes away from us,” she told Vogue.

“We Are the World” was a once-in-a-generation meeting of musical giants when it was recorded Jan. 28, 1985 — and released two months later on March 7 — to benefit African famine relief.Anyone who was anyone in music at that moment — a who’s who of legends, including everyone from Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Bob Dylan to Billy Joel, Tina Turner and Bruce Springsteen — showed up to support the cause.Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and ’80s hitmaker Michael Omartian, the single sold a whopping 20 million copies.

Angelique Jackson Lionel Richie has been very emotional lately, but he wants to reassure everyone that he’s okay. According to Richie, it’s just been a heady experience to look back nearly 40 years and relive all the wondrous and chaotic memories of writing and recording “We Are the World” for the new Netflix documentary “The Greatest Night in Pop.” “Every segment of this journey, I cry,” Richie said at the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance Film Festival, where the film made its world premiere.

William Earl Variety is returning to the Sundance Film Festival this year with its annual Interview Studio, presented by Audible, the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling. Throughout the festival, videos from the interview studio will be distributed across Variety.com as well as Variety and Audible’s social media channels (Instagram: @audible, @Variety; Twitter: @audible_com, @Variety; TikTok: @audible, @VarietyMagazine).

Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire have extended their Sing A Song All Night Long Tour into the first half of 2024 – see the new dates below.The pair’s joint tour kicked off last year with a 20-date run around the United States, and they have now extended it for 13 more shows this spring.The new dates will begin on May 23 in Knoxville, Tennessee, and run through cities including Jacksonville, Memphis, Orlando, San Antonio and Louisville, before it ends on June 16 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Richie will then go straight into a Las Vegas residency that will take him through until the middle of November.Tickets for the new dates go on general sale here at 10am local time on Friday, January 19. See the full list of gigs below.Back by Popular Demand! Sing A Song All Night Long with me and Earth, Wind & Fire.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set a January 29 streaming premiere date for The Greatest Night in Pop, a feature doc just announced as world premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on the 19th of this month.

Sundance Institute announced the addition of the documentary The Greatest Night in Pop to the 2024 Sundance Film Festival film program and the lineup for the Festival’s Beyond Film programming. 

It’s hard to believe American Idol first premiered over two decades ago!

We’re definitely not in Kansas anymore: American Idol decided to change things up with the way it markets the new season by having judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Ryan Seacrest take a trip down the proverbial Yellow Brick Road to kick off the 22nd season.

Another year draws to a close, one in which we may have (almost) seen the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, a UK Prime Minister managed to stay in office for more than five minutes and audiences were dazzled by an array of TV shows and performances including a once-in-a-generation week that saw a royal Coronation and Eurovision. This was part of the reason the BBC comfortably overcame ITV in the ratings rankings this year, returning eight of the top 10 shows. Below, we unveil the most-watched UK TV programs of the year (excluding sport) according to 7-day-post-launch Barb data from our friends at overnights.tv. Plus, while 12-months-ranking data isn’t available for streaming services, we have a recap of the UK shows that performed best on Netflix per the SVoD’s recent data dump. Read on.

Taylor Swift may love a London Boy (or, at least, she used to…), but not enough to drop everything for one of them!

Taylor Swift allegedly turned down an invitation to perform at King Charles’ coronation concert in May, royal expert Omid Scobie claims in his new book, “Endgame.”Scobie did not specify why the “London Boy” singer declined the gig, but at the time she was performing the last of her three concerts in Nashville on the day of the king’s concert. The Post has contacted a rep for Swift for comment.

Earth Wind and Fire has embraced these past few years.In 2022, they toured with guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana on their ‘Miraculous Supernatural Tour.’This year, Philip Bailey, Verdine White and co. hit the road alongside R&B icon Lionel Richie on the ‘Sing A Song All Night Long Tour.’ Next up, they’ll share the stage with classic rockers Chicago on their summer 2024 ‘Heart and Soul Tour.’From July through September (no, they’re not booked on Sept.

anchors of NBC’s “Today” show donned outfits for their morning broadcast on Tuesday, wowing viewers and fans.Hosts Carson Daly, Craig Melvin, Dylan Dreyer, Willie Geist, Peter Alexander, Laura Jarrett, Jenna Bush Hager, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker, Sheinelle Jones and Savannah Guthrie all sported costumes to celebrate the spooky holiday.This year’s theme for the day was “Kellyoke” — the iconic segment of the “Kelly Clarkson Show” where the “American Idol” alum sings covers of pop songs.The “Today” show emcees wore costumes that looked like the hottest musicians in town, and they even took the stage to croon a tune from said artist.The show’s costume designer Staci Greenbaum revealed that there was “custom stuff for everyone.”“It’s not like you can go into a store and find this stuff,” she said. “Everyone’s going to look amazing!”Keep reading to see all the looks from the “Today” show.Guthrie wore Taylor Swift’s bodysuit from the “Eras Tour” and even performed the country crooner’s song “Cruel Summer.”Her daughter, Vale, joined her at the mic and portrayed a younger version of Swift.Jones sparkled in all of her ’70s glory, dressing up as Diana Ross.

Katy Perry is making a birthday wish!

King Charles has revealed his biggest regret from his historical Coronation weekend as he admitted he was too far away to see the performers at the Windsor Castle concert.

once-in-a-generation coronation on May 6, 2023.The next day, the celebrations continued with a concert at Windsor Castle with singers such as Lionel Richie and Katy Perry.However, while Charles, 74, was spotted having loads of fun at the event, he apparently had one big regret.According to the Mirror, Windsor’s parking supervisor Neil Walter claimed that the sovereign expressed his disappointment to him over his seating arrangement.Charles had explained that he was upset over the fact that he was seated too far from the stage and he was unable to see much of the singers’ sets. Walter noted: “He said next time he would like to be closer – or bring his binoculars.”At the concert, Charles’ son Prince William graced the stage to make a sweet tribute speech to his dad, and also paid respects to his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.Speaking out to a crowd of 20,000 people, William, 41, began by honoring the late monarch, who died in September at the age of 96.

Lionel Richie is jokingly calling out his longtime friend Diana Ross for never accepting his requests to perform live with him on stage.