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Russell Simmons, 66, alleging that he raped her while she working for the label in the 1990s.In a lawsuit filed in New York on Tuesday and obtained by The Post, the woman, who identifies herself as Jane Doe, claims that she went over to Simmons’ Manhattan apartment to get his approval for a rough cut of a video.There, he allegedly began to “wrestle” her, before pinning her to the bed and raping her. “Ms. Doe rejected his advance and told him to ‘get off’ and ‘stop’ several times,” the suit states.

solar eclipse. Over four decades after its release, the power ballad, the biggest career hit for Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, is the No.

Facebook followers with the release of the toe-tapping tune, entitled “Aerobique.”“I have a gift for you. I wrote many songs with my partners Chris and Kathy Phillips.

dilemma. Kelly Rowland is finally dishing on the “flack” she’s received after trying to send Nelly a text message via Microsoft Excel in the 2002 music video for “Dilemma.” “Do you know how much flack I get from that?” Rowland, 43, said during an appearance on Mystical Kitchen’s “Last Meal” series after being introduced as “the only person in history to successfully send a text message via Microsoft Excel” by the show’s host Josh Scherer.“I’m so used to it now,” the former Destiny’s Child singer added. The viral scene shows Rowland attempting to text Nelly, born Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., “Where you at? Holla when you get this,” on the Microsoft spreadsheet editor — and then getting annoyed when he doesn’t respond.

her revealing custom metal Maison Margiela look, which appeared to be made entirely from gold safety pins, to performing her Grammy-winning hit “Flowers” and dancing around in full rockstar mode, Cyrus proudly put her body on display — and got people wondering about her fitness regimen.While the singer crushes an intense workout routine in her “Flowers” music video — rumored to be copied from her ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth, 34 — her everyday approach seems to be more manageable.Cyrus has been a longtime fan of Pilates, since at least 2013, even adding a studio in her house. Since its creation a century ago — by physical trainer Joseph Pilates, hence the name — Pilates has become a widely popular full-body exercise method, particularly among women who prefer low-impact workouts that focus on improving strength and flexibility, while also soothing mental stress.In March 2020, during the earliest COVID-19 lockdowns, Cyrus livestreamed a quick Pilates workout with her trainer, Saul Choza.He guided Cyrus and her fans through a series of five exercises aimed at strengthening the core and stretching the legs.

“Selfish” — which dropped Thursday morning — finds the pop superstar getting in his falsetto feels over a smooth midtempo groove.“So if I get jealous, I can’t help it/I want every bit of you, I guess I’m selfish,” he sweetly croons in the chorus that proves that, even at 42, he still possesses some of that same boy-band charm that made us fall in love with him when he was a curly-haired teen heartthrob.Indeed, after Timberlake reunited with ’N Sync last fall for the “Trolls Band Together” bop “Better Place,” “Selfish” takes him back to the swoon-worthy sincerity of his boy-band days — long before he fell victim to cancel culture for his purported misdeeds with Janet Jackson (after their 2004 Super Bowl halftime performance) and ex Britney Spears.But while the song recaptures a kind of lost innocence, it also has some muted, moody beats — think Drake — and a hint of melancholy from an older soul.“Selfish” — which reteams Timberlake with longtime producer Timbaland, while bringing in new collaborators Louis Bell (Taylor Swift, Post Malone) and Cirkut (Maroon 5, The Weeknd) — is the first single from the singer’s upcoming sixth studio album, “Everything I Thought It Was,” due March 15.Timberlake also dropped the “Selfish” video, and like the song, it’s a more subtle, subdued affair than, say, “Filthy,” from his last LP, 2018’s “Man of the Woods.”It’s just Justin singing and vibing behind the scenes, proudly rocking the grays in his beard now.The clip — directed by Bradley J.

“Can’t Get Enough” — and the trailer for her upcoming short film, “This Is Me … Now: A Love Story,” teases that that title may apply to her sexual appetite.“We think you might be a sex addict,” says one of her friends gathered for what appears to be a J.Lo intervention.“What?!” responds the shocked superstar, who can previously be seen in a therapy session with her “Feelin’ So Good” collaborator Fat Joe.The two-minute trailer, which dropped on Wednesday, is for the Amazon Prime original that will premiere on Feb. 16, the same day that Lopez releases her ninth studio album, “This Is Me … Now.”But, really, it’s more love than sex that the 54-year-old pop diva craves in the sweepingly cinematic trailer for the short film, which was directed by Dave Meyers.

Britney Spears’ debut single, “…Baby One More Time.”Indeed, the same California high school where John Travolta’s Danny and Olivia Newton-John’s Sandy were “Born to Hand Jive” in the 1978 movie classic set the scene for Spears’ graduation to the top of the pop world.“It was filmed at Venice Beach High School — the same place they filmed ‘Grease,’” Felicia Culotta — who was the then 16-year-old Spears’ assistant/chaperone — told The Post. “And we were just like, ‘Oh my gosh — nothing’s gonna get any better than this!’”The classic clip that premiered on MTV in November 1998 — two months after the single’s release — was the brainchild of the teenager herself.“The video was 100 percent her idea,” said Barry Weiss, who was then president of Spears’ label, Jive Records.“That was a huge, huge vehicle that broke her on a global basis.”Indeed, the timing couldn’t have been better: MTV’s “TRL” premiered just two months before Spears would deliver the video for her army of new fans.“The time that it was on during the day meant that kids would rush home from school and vote for their favorite video,” said Lori Majewski, host of SiriusXM’s “Fierce: Women in Music,” who was Entertainment Editor at Teen People magazine when Spears launched her recording career.And those young fans would become instantly acquainted with Culotta, who made a last-minute appearance in the schoolroom scenes at Spears’ request.“They said, ‘Oh, we don’t have a teacher,’” said Culotta.

the new video for her single “Can’t Get Enough,” which premiered on Wednesday, Mrs. Ben Affleck pokes fun at her reputation for being the marrying kind both in real life and in bridal-themed films like 2001’s “The Wedding Planner” and 2022’s “Marry Me.”Directed by Dave Meyers — who also helmed her “I’m Real” and “All I Have” clips in the early ’00s — the video finds Lopez getting hitched to three different grooms, including fellow dancer Derek Hough.And, of course, J.Lo doesn’t miss the opportunity to hoof it up with the “Dancing with the Stars” judge.

Dita Von Teese when it comes to the sultry moves that she put on display in her “Bejeweled” video.And she should know: Not only did Von Teese school the pop superstar on burlesque, but she performed the martini-glass routine right beside her in which they make like the sexiest of swizzle sticks. “The best experience was Taylor,” Von Teese, 51, said when discussing her burlesque training on a new episode of the “Allison Interviews” podcast.“She’s really, like, a kind girl.

a source of psychic strain and emotional damage. Still, crippling carols and all, Christmas music is an enduring piece of our national landscape. In the words of Post columnist Rich Lowry: “American tastes have drastically changed over the decades, yet our Christmas songbook has remained largely the same.

“Now and Then” — a brand new song by the Fab Four that was was released Thursday — well, the waterworks are about to begin again.The Peter Jackson-directed video, which dropped from the heavens Friday morning, is a flood of feels along a nostalgic, time-traveling trip that, true to the tune’s title, captures The Beatles “Now” and “Then.”When you first see present-day Paul McCartney and the eternally cool Ringo Starr — rocking a Ringo Starr T-shirt because, well, he can — all of a sudden surrounded by their late bandmates George Harrison and John Lennon in all their youthful glory, you’ll be reaching for a box of tissues.And trust us — one Kleenex will hardly be enough when you also see Harrison and Lennon sharing a mike in matching raincoats, Harrison in 1995 (when he laid down his guitar parts for “Now and Then”) trading licks with his “Sgt.

doubled down on his defense of the controversial song “Try That in a Small Town” after it was branded pro-lynching and racist. Aldean, 46, claimed while appearing on the “Coop’s Rockin’ Country Saturday Night” podcast that he was “not sayin’ anything that’s not true.“If you’ve got common sense, you can look at the video and see, I’m not sayin’ anything that’s not true,” the singer added.

Justin Timberlake allegedly got her pregnant — in a music video for her 2003 hit, “Everytime.”Spears, 41, claims in her upcoming memoir, “The Woman In Me,” that the pair, who dated from 1999 to 2002, got pregnant, but opted to terminate. Timberlake, 42, did not want to become a father, according to the “Toxic” singer.This bombshell revelation had fans looking back to the video for “Everytime,” famously written about her split with the “Cry Me a River” singer — with many heartbrokenly hypothesizing that both the song and the video could be about the former couple’s lost child.In the now 20-year-old video, Spears races down the hallways of a hospital, entering the room of a woman who appears to flatline, and then another, where a woman cradles her newborn baby girl.

Hot97. “I’m going to be real with you. I need to focus on my health, first and foremost, and I’ll talk about that soon enough.

Nicki Minaj hosting the show as she tries to make a comeback amid ongoing career drama.Headliners include Demi Lovato and Maneskin, with Sean “Diddy” Combs set to receive the Global Icon Award, and Shakira to be honored as this year’s Video Vanguard.Follow The Post’s live coverage to see all the winners and performances throughout the night.

Super Freaky again. Reassuming her role as head-Barb-in-charge at MTV’s Video Music Awards, Nicki Minaj is set to serve as the host of this year’s fab fête live from New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, September 12. “For the second consecutive year, Minaj will announce the show’s star-studded lineup of performers, presenters and winners,” raved MTV of the 40-year-old Queens native in a press release.

eight nominations, including video of the year, ahead of this year’s show. Should Swift sweep in all of her categories, the already 14-time VMAs winner will dethrone Madonna, 64, — who’s collected 20 moon people over the past four decades — as the second-winningest VMA performer of all time with 22 moon persons.

astro relevant banger “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and Roxette’s dedication to the ache of hindsight, “It Must Have Been Love.” The rise of MTV brought a deluge of earnest hair metal ballads and music videos in varying degrees of cringe, including but not limited to “Love Bites,” “Heaven,” “Don’t Know What You Got (‘Til It’s Gone),” “Home Sweet Home,” “More Than Words,”and “Ballad of Jayne.” The 1990’s saw wrenching classics from the likes of Toni Braxton, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Meatloaf and Metallica. Just as there’s a fairy tale, cookie, dog breed, movie villain, power color, sex toy, and flower varietal for each zodiac sign, so too is there a power ballad.

Usher’s new “Boyfriend” video, which premiered Wednesday morning. In the clip, the “Nope” actress fantasizes about the “Love in This Club” singer.If that sounds familiar, it’s clearly a ribbing response to last month’s baby-daddy drama when Palmer’s then-partner, fitness instructor Darius Jackson, took to social media to criticize the sheer, body-baring ensemble in which she slow-danced with Usher at his Las Vegas residency last month.“It’s the outfit tho..

appeared on “Good Morning America” to reveal how he secured Curtis, 64, to star in his and his wife Cardi B’s “Jealousy” video. In a promotional clip, we get a glimpse at the Oscar-winning actress playing a CNN news anchor attempting to dig into the “drama” between the couple.“Jamie Lee Curtis is a real one,” Offset, 31, said.

yet again broadcast live from Newark, New Jersey’s famed Prudential Center on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.The show’s host has not yet been announced.

¡Ay, caramba!Latin icon Shakira revealed Wednesday that an up close and personal encounter with a rat while filming the music video for her new song “Copa Vacía” prompted a domino effect of disastrous events.In a video that was posted to her Instagram account, the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer, 46, is seen lying in a pile of trash while dressed as a mermaid with pink hair. The camera then cuts to the furry fiend as it scampers over to the singer who lets out an ear-piercing scream and bolts straight up leaving her hair extensions behind.

branded him a “racist” and “violent bigot.”Aldean, 46, addressed the backlash Friday between songs at his packed gig in Cincinnati, Ohio.“It’s been a long week, and I’ve seen a lot of stuff suggesting I’m this, suggesting I’m that,” he said, eliciting boos from the crowd, according to a snippet posted to Twitter. “I feel like everybody’s entitled to their opinions.

embroiled in controversy after the release of his newest music video, “Try That in a Small Town,” as his defenders claim he’s the latest victim of cancel culture.The conservative country star is facing accusations that his latest single and music video encourages racist, pro-gun violence, pro-vigilantism and pro-lynching messages while others, including the artist himself, claim the song spreads the message that small towns don’t put up with the same levels of crime and chaos that big cities do. Country Music Television (CMT) pulled the controversial song from its rotation on Tuesday but ABC allowed the song to remain on the set list as part of its CMA Fest concert special Wednesday.

accused of promoting violence with his latest song “Try That in a Small Town,” which includes the inflammatory lyrics: “Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they’re gonna round up / Well, that s–t might fly in the city, good luck / Try that in a small town.”Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, brought attention to the lyrics in a tweet posted Sunday night, in which she said the song is “about how [Aldean] and his friends will shoot you if you try to take their guns.”Watts also pointed out that Aldean “was on-stage during the mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert in 2017 that killed 60 people and wounded over 400 more.”The music video for “Try That in a Small Town” — which sees Aldean performing in front of a courthouse known for lynchings — was pulled from CMT programming following the backlash..@Jason_Aldean – who was on-stage during the mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert in 2017 that killed 60 people and wounded over 400 more – has recorded a song called “Try That In A Small Town” about how he and his friends will shoot you if you try to take their guns. pic.twitter.com/hWGdEgS33vThe video was released on Friday, July 14, and played on CMT through the morning music video hours on Sunday, July 16, according to Billboard.While Watts’ tweet came later that same Sunday, the news of the removal broke on Tuesday, and upon hearing about it, she tweeted: “Proud to have had a hand in getting CMT to reject this racist and violent song.”Despite the video being pulled from CMT, ABC still decided to air a pre-taped performance of Aldean’s song as part of its CMA Fest concert special Wednesday.

controversial song “Try That in a Small Town.” Aldean’s headline-making hit occupies the No. 1 spot on iTunes’ Top Songs and Music Videos charts as of Wednesday evening — despite accusations it’s racist and “pro-lynching.”The song, which was released May 19, has over 3.8 million Spotify streams.

accused of promoting violence with his latest song, which includes the inflammatory lyrics: “Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they’re gonna round up / Well, that s – – t might fly in the city, good luck / Try that in a small town.”As a small-town girl herself, Missouri native Crow, 61, called out the country singer for putting out false impressions.“@Jason_Aldean I’m from a small town. Even people in small towns are sick of violence.

a fellow Taylor Swift fan. In a TikTok video posted Sunday, singer-songwriter Claud Mintz revealed they’d met the “Ant-Man” actor by accident at a stop on Swift’s “Eras” tour — and decided to strike up a conversation. “I like randomly met him in passing at the Taylor Swift concert,” explains Mintz, 24, who said that he saw the star at the VIP tent.

and accompanying music video — the latter in which she briefly appears naked, covered in blood.Her bloody body is also pictured on the single artwork for “Attention,” and has attracted lots of attention online. Uploaded early Friday morning, the official music video already topped 1.3 million views. “Doja Cat is serving True Blood and I can’t believe no one noticed,” wrote one fan, likening her look to characters in the violent HBO vampire series.“No pun intended but she actually came for blood with this one,” another cheered on the daring look.

Kendall Jenner.That’s at least what fans are thinking about the Puerto Rican sensation and his rumored girlfriend after listening to his new single, “Where She Goes,” which dropped on Thursday along with a star-studded video.Although the song is in Spanish — per usual with the artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — the lyrics translate as, “Baby, tell me the truth/If you already forgot me/I know that it was only one night/That it won’t happen again.”Then he continues, “Maybe in you I wanted to find/What I lost in another one/Your pride does not want to talk to me/So we are gonna compete, let’s see, ey.”Fans are speculating that the lyrics hint that Bad Bunny had a one-night stand with a woman —  possibly Kendall — who he can’t stop thinking about and wants to continue seeing and getting to know on a deeper level.“I wasn’t expecting to make music this year … I just felt it,” Bad Bunny told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “I had this idea, I had this feeling, and I said, ‘F – – k, let’s do it.’ So that’s what music is about, to have fun … I’ve been listening [to it] 100 times every day.”The video features cameos from Frank Ocean, “Euphoria” star Dominic Fike, rapper Lil Uzi Vert, Brazilian soccer great Ronaldinho, designer Julian Consuegra and models Isabella Manderson, Juliana Nalú and Sabrina Zada.“The video is crazy … so I’m really excited to show the world my new work,” Bad Bunny told Apple Music.“I definitely want to perform this song soon.

reasoned in April 2003: “I have decided not to release my new video. It was filmed before the war started, and I do not believe it is appropriate to air it at this time.”“Due to the volatile state of the world and out of sensitivity and respect to the armed forces, who I support and pray for, I do not want to risk offending anyone who might misinterpret the meaning of this video,” she added.The 2003 version turned out to be a rather boring sing-along by Madonna as different flags appeared on a green screen behind her, although it was always known that a more intense video existed.

Marilyn Monroe, while wearing a glamorous white dress with a chunky diamond necklace. “Mr. Big boy / Pulling up in your big toy/Sayin’ all that blah, blah, blah/ Makin’ all that big noise,” Jenner lip-syncs and dances along to the song on top of a large pink pedestal, surrounded by dancers.

in an Instagram post but redacted each effort’s likely heavy price tags. His four projects included a “Renaissance” “album cover piece,” a variation of that look and styling for a video — plus “a red custom 3D printed top I miraculously procured last miniature for a video shoot.”It is unclear to which Beyoncé video the alleged receipts are referring. “As a stylist for B, I really expected the best from you and your team,” he started in the open letter addressed to Senofonte.

Likkle Miss Remix” music video featuring Skeng.“Imagine this. They restricted my f—king video but have things a million f—king times worse on their BOGUS FKNG PLATFORM,” the rapper wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post under a screenshot of the YouTube community guidelines violation notice.

Lourdes Leon, released her debut musical single Wednesday — following in the footsteps of her pop queen mom with a synth-heavy dance party anthem.The 25-year-old songstress dropped the dreamy, trip-hop tune “Lock&Key” under the stage name Lolahol, along with a steamy music video set in spots around New York City.In the video, the singer is seen writhing on the hood of an SUV,  striking a pose in sparkly silver nipple pasties and rubbing the chest of a clean-cut beefcake in a cemetery.Near the end, she’s shown doing splits on a beach while wearing only a tangle of ropes and a fishing net around her waist.Leon, who is also a model, has previously said she has no interest in the music industry because it’s too much like her “Vogue” superstar mother’s career path.“As for music, I can sing. I just don’t care about it.