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Lady Gaga shared a new selfie in celebration of her birthday!

Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Groban joined forces this week to pay tribute to the late and great Tony Bennett.

Ariana Grande has shared a new update online, celebrating her “most beautiful Nonna” making US chart history.Shared on Instagram last night (April 17), the post comes shortly after it was reported that her grandmother – Marjorie “Nonna” Grande – made history by becoming the oldest person to hit the Billboard Hot 100.The 98-year-old featured on the singer’s latest album ‘Eternal Sunshine’, taking part on the track ‘Ordinary Things’. Following its release, the song earned the 55th spot on last month’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, setting a new record for the oldest person to appear on the chart.Now, the singer has taken to social media to celebrate her grandmother’s achievement, and hail her as the “most beautiful”.“Celebrating the one and only, most beautiful Nonna who has now made history for being the senior most person to ever appear on the Billboard Hot100,” she wrote in the caption.

Tony Bennett from the likes of Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse are set to go to auction next month.A trove of items that belonged to the late singer are set to go up for sale at Julien’s Auctions on April 18, including letters and rarities addressed to him from Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Madonna, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones and Barbra Streisand and more.The legendary American singer died on July 21 in his hometown of New York, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was aged 96.The item expected to fetch the most at the auction is a typewritten thank you letter from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Thania Garcia A collection of letters, photos and more from the late Tony Bennett will go up for sale via Julien’s Auctions on April 18. The trove of items includes rarities addressed to Bennett from stars like Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Madonna, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones and Barbra Streisand, among others.

Epic Records was hit by a round of layoffs on Wednesday that sources say has affected approximately 15 people. Details were incomplete at the time of this article’s publication but sources tell Variety that the A&R, promotion, marketing and publicity departments were affected, among others. While a rep for Sony Music declined comment, the company’s fiscal year ends on March 31, so a connection between the two events seems likely.

Ariana Grande‘s grandmother – Marjorie “Nonna” Grande – has made history by becoming the oldest person to hit the Billboard Hot 100.The 98-year-old is featured on Grande’s track ‘Ordinary things’ from her latest studio album ‘Eternal Sunshine‘. The song earned the 55th spot on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, setting a new record for the oldest person to appear on the chart.At the end of ‘Ordinary Things’, “Nonna” – who is credited as a co-writer of the song – closes out the track by reflecting on her late husband, Frank, saying: “And when he’d come home and I’d see him, when he first gets off that train / It was like God almighty arrived / It was like seein’ daylight”. “Nonna” then proceeds to offer advice saying: “And as I told her, never go to bed without kissin’ goodnight / That’s the worst thing to do, don’t ever, ever do that”.The late Fred Stobaugh previously held the record, earning the title at 96-years-old after appearing on the Green Shoe Studio track ‘Oh Sweet Lorraine’.

Lady Gaga is heading back to Las Vegas for another of her extremely popular “Jazz & Piano” residencies at the Park MGM Dolby Live.

Ariana Grande’s grandmother is making history!

The 2024 Oscars In Memoriam segment paid tribute to so many stars who have passed away in the last year, however, several noteworthy names wore omitted.

Lady Gaga appears to be hard at work on her next album!

Billy Joel has announced that he will be performing at the Grammy Awards, marking his first time playing the ceremony in 22 years.The ‘Piano Man’ singer will be joining the likes of Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Travis Scott, Burna Boy, and Luke Combs as 2024 Grammy performers. This year’s ceremony is due to take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, February 4.

Lady Gaga has teased fans by sharing photos of herself in the studio, hinting that new music is on its way.The popstar confirmed that she was spending time in the studio, taking to her official Instagram account to share two brand-new photos, with the first one of her standing in front of a microphone and a drum kit behind her.The second photo shows more of the room including a guitar and tambourine on the couch. Gaga captioned the post with emojis consisting of a black heart and music notes.A post shared by Lady Gaga (@ladygaga)Fans immediately took to the comments section to share their excitement over the ‘You And I’ singer working on new music.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Laufey (pronounced Lay-vay) is captivating Gen Z by writing and singing music that almost sounds like it could be from Gen WWII. Go figure, and go marvel. But the 24-year-old has always instinctively known that a box is no place to be: She hails from Iceland, is of Asian heritage, and is in many ways a quintessentially all-American girl.

Lady Gaga is one of pop’s most prolific artists, and she’s released plenty of incredible studio albums across her decade-plus long career.

Lady Gaga is one of pop’s most prolific artists, and she’s released plenty of incredible studio albums across her decade-plus long career.

actor Matthew Perry, who was found dead in the Jacuzzi of his Los Angeles home on Saturday.Almost immediately, “Friends” fans posted tributes on social media and even flocked to the West Village apartment the characters on the show called home to express their sadness for his passing.Even though most fans never met him, therapist Aniesa Hanson, Ph.D., explained that fans often latch onto an “idea” of a star rather than the A-lister themselves.Although our favorite celebrities may not know we exist, our connection to them can still run deep and emotional as we identify with their lives or art in a real way.“Our relationships with celebrities are different than our everyday relationships,” Hanson told Psychology Today. “Our emotional bond with an influential person is based on our projection of what we need that person to be for us during influential moments of our lives.

Lady Gaga dedicated a recent performance of ‘Born This Way’ in Las Vegas to the victims of a mass shooting that took place in the city in 2017.The pop star was performing in at the Park MGM in Las Vegas on Sunday (October 1) when she played a stripped back version of her 2011 hit, pausing to pay tribute mid-way through the song.“I just want to remind everyone here what a resilient wonderful city this is,” she said. “It has big hearts, and a lot of hope and believing in the future.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor During her performance in Las Vegas Sunday night, Lady Gaga dedicated her 2011 hit “Born This Way” to the victims of the mass shooting that took place in the city six years earlier. Gaga stopped midway through a stripped-down version of the song and said, “I just want to remind everyone here what a resilient wonderful city this is.” She continued, “I want to dedicate this song to everyone we lost.” On Oct. 1, 2017, 59 people dead and more than 500 injured.

The stars – past and present – of NCIS are paying tribute to David McCallum after it was revealed that the actor passed away at the age of 90.

Lady Gaga and boyfriend Michael Polanksy enjoyed a rare night on the town on Thursday (September 7) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lady Gaga spoke up for the trans community during a show in Las Vegas on Thursday (August 31), dedicating ‘Born This Way’ to them.The single has long been regarded as an LGBTQ+ anthem, but Gaga doubled down on its message of empowerment at a time where trans rights are under particular threat.Before performing the song, the artist said, “I’ve got something to say about trans rights in this country. You got something to say, you gotta speak up right?” to cheers from the crowd.Just before she finished the song, she added: “You know, sometimes you hear people say things like, ‘I don’t always know what to say.’ Just listen.

Lady Gaga took a moment to honour the late Tony Bennett as she resumed her Las Vegas residency.The pair recorded two covers albums together, 2014’s ‘Cheek To Cheek’ and 2021’s ‘Love For Sale’, before Bennett passed away aged 96 in July after living with Alzheimer’s disease.In her first ‘Jazz And Piano’ show since his death, Gaga dedicated a song to his widow Susan Benedetto, who was thought to have been in the audience.“Susan, everybody in this audience loves you so much,” she began.“The truth is I didn’t know exactly what to say about Tony because this whole show was for Tony, everything. The opening number, the middle number, all the diamonds, all the musical instruments, all the conducting, all the improvisation was in his memory.”She then shared how she thought Bennett would have wanted her to carry on after his death.

Lady Gaga had Tony Bennett and his wife Susan on her mind when she took the stage for the first performance of her returning Jazz & Piano residency in Las Vegas on Thursday night (August 31).

Lady Gaga returned to Las Vegas Thursday night to resume her “Lady Gaga: Jazz & Piano” residency, where she honoured her late friend, Tony Bennett.

Lady Gaga kicked off a new run of her Jazz & Piano Las Vegas residency with a new haircut and a jam-packed setlist.

Rest in peace to Linda Haynes.

Danny Bennett is looking back on his final moments with his father.

Lady Gaga is giving Little Monsters plenty reason to smile after announcing her latest 12-concert ‘Jazz and Piano’ residency at Las Vegas’ Dolby Live at Park MGM from Aug. 31 through Oct.

Lady Gaga misses her late friend Tony Bennett — so she’s making sure to take time to celebrate his legacy.

Lady Gaga is keeping Tony Bennett on her mind on what would have been his 97th birthday.

Tony Bennett’s son, Danny Benedetto, is emotionally revisiting his final moments with his late father.

Tony Bennett's son and widow shared the singer's final words to each of them during their first interview since the legendary musician passed away. Bennett died July 21 at the age of 96, according to a post shared on the singer's Instagram page. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2016, but no official cause of death has been given.

Tony Bennett‘s family has disclosed some private details about his passing.

the late music legend’s last words to him were, “Thank you.”The pop, jazz and big-band vocalist died July 21 at the age of 96 in his hometown of New York, his publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed to The Post.Tony Bennett’s wife, Susan Benedetto, whom he wed in 2007, and Danny Bennett sat for their first joint interview since the singer’s death.“Can’t say it better than that,” Bennett told Hoda Kotb on Aug. 3’s episode of the TODAY show.The singer’s eldest child, from Tony Bennett’s 20-year marriage with ex-wife Patricia Beech, remembered his late father as a “man of the people.”“And so we experienced that as kids,” said Bennett, mentioning that he and his family “never took that for granted … It was an amazing journey.”The father-and-son duo worked together closely.

Tony Bennett's widow, Susan Benedetto, is honoring her late husband on what would have been his 97th birthday, Aug. 3, speaking out on his life and legacy in an interview on Bennett died on July 21 in his hometown of New York City. While no specific cause of death has been announced, the music legend had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016, sharing the news with the public in 2021.In a sit-down chat with Hoda Kotb on Thursday, Susan was joined by one of Tony's four children, Danny, and revealed the moving final words that he said to her.