Sam Smith remembers how Celine Dion ’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” got them through a tough time. “I went through a breakup, and I actually went into a forest and listened to this in my earphones and screamed at the top of my lungs,” the singer-songwriter tells Rolling Stone . “I’m a massive drama queen. This song matches my drama.” “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” landed on Smith’s ballot for Rolling Stone’s new 500 Greatest Songs of All Time rankings. Smith was one of more than 250 artists, journalists, and industry figures to participate in the new list. Here are their other picks. 1. Aretha Franklin, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Obviously, this song is originally by Simon and Garfunkel, and my first time hearing it would have been their version as a child. But about four years ago, I heard the Aretha Franklin version and I literally had a spiritual experience. She just sang it as if no one had ever done it before. There’s no vocals the first minute. …
See Metallica Exhume Black Album Deep Cuts for Surprise Full-Album Performance
Metallica surprised festivalgoers with a performance of their hit-strewn Black Album at Louisville’s Louder Than Life event Sunday night. The band, which also played the fest Friday night, had promised two unique setlists for the weekend but did not reveal it would be reviving a run-through of its bestselling record, which recently turned 30. Either because they were feeling iconoclastic or because all the hits are at the beginning of the album, the group played the record in reverse order. That meant kicking things off with the technically demanding “Struggle Within,” which features snaking guitar riffs. Fan-shot video shows James Hetfield holding his head high as he and Kirk Hammett play the theme from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story number “America,” which kicks into the swaggering, rarely played “Don’t Tread on Me.” Metallica have not played either of those songs since June 24, 2012, the last time they played the Black Album in full (and in reverse) for their own Orion …
Toni Braxton To Star In & EP Lifetime Multi-Movie Event ‘The Fallen Angels Book Club’ From Rhonda Baraka
EXCLUSIVE : Toni Braxton is returning to Lifetime to star in and exec produce a series of television movies based on the Hollis Morgan mystery book series by author R. Franklin James. The Un-Break My Heart star will play Hollis Morgan, an ex-con turned amateur sleuth who sets out to investigate a series of murders at her book club in The Fallen Angels Book Club (w/t). The pair of small-screen features, which will debut in 2022, comes from Rhonda Baraka ( Pride & Prejudice: Atlanta ), who wrote the scripts for both movies, will exec produce both and will direct the first installment. The Fallen Angels Book Club marks Braxton’s return to Lifetime after she executive produced and starred in 2016’s Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart and 2018’s Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story and Every Day is Christmas . Braxton also made her movie debut with Lifetime with the 2013 movie, Twist of Faith. In the first installment, the members of The …
Revisiting Daptone Records’ Halcyon Moment at the Apollo
There wasn’t a dry champagne flute at the Apollo Theater . On December 5th, 2014, Daptone Records ’ Super Soul Revue had gathered most of the Brooklyn-based independent label’s acts together for the second of three nights in Harlem. The vibe was that of a rowdy family reunion, starting the moment the musicians loaded in the the day before. In one corner, Sharon Jones, the sprightly 58-year-old lead singer of the Dap-Kings, was jitterbugging in slippers while cracking up anyone within earshot; in another, Charles Bradley , fragrant with the scent of the palo santo he’d just lit, was stopping to embrace whomever he encountered in the sidestage shadows. Someone from Afrobeat ensemble Antibalas puffed on a vape pen, filling the staircase leading up to to the lofty dressing rooms with clouds, and sending members of the Menahan Street Band into knowing headshakes and giggles. Earlier that day, Jones and the Dap-Kings had received the exciting news that Give the People What They …
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‘Candyman’ Makes The Box Office Taste Good With $22M+ Opening
Sunday AM Update: At a time when Covid-19 cases are +20% in the U.S. to 156K over two weeks, and Hurricane Ida is expected to hit the Gulf Coast today, Universal /MGM/Monkeypaw’s Candyman is prevailing with a great late August start of $22.4M . Also, another encouraging sign for the box office, especially on a horror film, is that business wasn’t entirely frontloaded, which is typically the case: Candyman ‘s Saturday of $7.78M was +8% over Friday after backing out Thursday night previews. For a movie that has debuted during the final frame of August, Candyman ranks fourth behind 2009’s Final Destination ($27.4M), 2016’s Don’t Breathe ($26.4M) and 2007’s Halloween ($26.3M). In fact, you could argue that Candyman is the third-best opening for the final weekend of August, as Halloween technically bowed over Labor Day weekend. “Nia DaCosta crafted an intense thriller that audiences responded to extraordinarily well this weekend. The debut of …
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Rick Ross Alleged Baby Mama Asks for COVID Test Before Visiting Kids
TMZ.com Rick Ross needs to hustle over to a COVID-19 testing center if he wants to visit his kids ... so claims his alleged baby mama. Briana Singleton filed legal docs in Fayette County, Georgia requesting an emergency hearing to have the rapper -- real name William Leonard Roberts II -- take a COVID-19 test. She wants to know he tested negative before he can visit their 2 infant children ... this according to docs obtained by TMZ. Singleton claims, even though Ross hasn't been cooperative on the DNA testing, the rapper has made efforts to care for them -- like buying her a Mercedes SUV after their first child was born -- before they broke up around New Years. Singleton claims RR has stonewalled it on the issue of paternity several times, but claims it hasn't stopped him from depositing money into her bank account to care for the kids. What's more ... she claims she's also pregnant with his third child, due in September. As for visiting the kids ... …
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