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The song that invented the concept of the all-star charity record is getting a 40th anniversary rerelease — with vocals from the artists who've sung on different versions of the song over the years mashed together.The song is "Do They Know It's Christmas?," originally released in 1984 and credited to Band Aid, a collection of U.K. stars that included U2's Bono, George Michael, Culture Club's Boy George, Duran Duran's Simon Le […]

Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Disney Elton John can afford to eat at any restaurant in the world, but there's one course he can't eat: dessert. That's why he says if he was on death row, his final meal would contain nothing but dessert.Elton and his husband, David Furnish, are the guests on the latest episode of the podcast Ruthie's Table 4, hosted by British chef Ruth Rogers of London's Michelin-starred […]

Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images Is Siri biased against Canadians? On Nov. 12, Céline Dion posted a video of herself attempting to get Siri to play her song "Hymne à L'Amour," or "Hymn to Love." She performed that track, originally recorded by iconic French singer Edith Piaf, at the Summer Olympics and recently released a live version of it to streaming services.Unfortunately, every time Céline asks the Apple assistant to play the song, […]

Sabrina Claus is coming to town. All Sabrina Carpenter fans can rejoice, because the pop star has just released her holiday merchandise collection. "it’s a packed holiday, u got options babe!" Team Sabrina wrote on Instagram on Tuesday. "find the perfect gift for the carpenters in ur life at store.sabrinacarpenter.com." The collection includes pajamas, a sleep kit, a cosmetics bag, a mirror and new physical versions of her holiday album, […]

Twenty years ago, on Nov. 12, 2004, Gwen Stefani drove us all B-A-N-A-N-A-S with her debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby.Released during No Doubt's hiatus, the album featured a throwback '80s dance pop sound inspired by artists like Madonna, Prince and Depeche Mode, and was overseen by a long list of all-star producers, including Outkast's André 3000, Dr. Dre, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the Neptunes and Gwen's No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal.The album debuted in the […]

ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images John Mayer: Singer, songwriter, guitarist and now ... Hollywood mogul?According to The Hollywood Reporter, John has teamed up with director McG, best known for Charlie's Angels, to buy Henson Studios, described by the publication as "the historic Hollywood home of The Muppets." They're currently in contact.Apparently John has offices on the property, and when the clock ran out on another interested party's deal, he decided […]

Michael W. Abbott It was announced in October that *NSYNC's Joey Fatone would be joining the cast of the hit Broadway musical & Juliet in January. But if you want to see an *NSYNC member at an & Juliet performance before then, just wait a couple weeks.JC Chasez has announced that he's going to host a sing-along performance of the musical on Nov. 21 to celebrate its two-year anniversary on […]

Courtesy SHOF The nominees for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame next year have been announced, and they include hitmakers of every genre.In the "performing songwriter" category, the nominees are Bryan Adams, Janet Jackson, Sheryl Crow, The Doobie Brothers, Boy George, Steve Winwood, Alanis Morissette and David Gates of Bread, as well as rap icons Eminem and N.W.A., funk legend George Clinton, "Mony Mony" singer Tommy James and Beach Boy […]

Sire/Warner Records Forty years ago today, the world was touched for the very first time by Madonna's landmark sophomore album, Like a Virgin. While her self-titled 1983 debut did well, Like a Virgin was the album that made her a superstar and cemented her reputation -- still intact today -- as a pop provocateur.The album's controversial title track was released at the beginning of November, but the world got its […]