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Whitney Houston poses with a trophy during the 30th annual Grammy Awards at Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York, March 2, 1988. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) Whitney Houston, Cher, Paul Simon and Chaka Khan are among the music legends set to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Recording Academy.The Recording Academy — which presents the Grammys — will recognize Cher, Paul, Chaka and Whitney, who died in 2012, during a Special […]

Musical guest Cher, host Ariana Grande and Bowen Yang during promos on Thursday, December 18, 2025 (Rosalind O’Connor/NBC) Ariana Grande gets her Moonstruck moment in a new set of promos for this weekend's edition of Saturday Night Live, which she's hosting.Cher is the musical guest, and in one promo, Ari and SNL star Bowen Yang fawn over her. "Cher! Am I dreaming?" Bowen asks. The entertainment icon then slaps both of them simultaneously […]

Wyn Starks, 'Pure Imagination' (Curb Records) Wyn Starks, the former America's Got Talent contestant best known for his song "Who I Am," has a holiday hit on his hands with his upbeat cover of "Pure Imagination," from the classic film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. While it's not generally considered a Christmas song, other artists have recorded it as one, so Wyn figured he'd put his own spin on it."I have […]

Alex Warren and Myles Smith at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for iHeartRadio) You know you're really friends with someone when you get matching tattoos — and new BFFs Alex Warren and Myles Smith have officially taken that huge step.Myles posted photos on Instagram showing off the new ink: He has "Pookie" tatted on his forearm, while Alex appears to have the same word on […]

Taylor Swift is inspiring a new generation of fashion designers. Students at St. Mary's Episcopal, an all-girls school in Memphis, designed and created a dream wedding dress for Taylor as a project for the school's special learning environment, Makerspaces. All the third-grade classes created a different part of the dress: the bodice, the skirt and a collection of accessories, including a hand-sewn baby carrier that they imagine Taylor can put her three […]

Former President Barack Obama moderates a conversation during the Obama Foundation's 2024 Democracy Forum on December 05, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Former President Barack Obama has released the annual year-end list of his favorite music, movies and books, once again showing off his eclectic musical taste.Among his favorite songs were Chappell Roan's foray into country music, "The Giver," Alex Warren's #1 hit "Ordinary" and Lady Gaga's Grammy-nominated track […]

Lady Gaga (Courtesy: Apple Music/The Zane Lowe Show ) Lady Gaga released her album Mayhem in March, but she's already back in the studio working on something new — and apparently, she's been doing it in between tour dates.Speaking on Apple Music's The Zane Lowe Show, Gaga says, "I've been making a lot of music, and it's kind of the best making music when you get to see your fans every […]

Sabrina Carpenter, 'Manchild' for Vevo Footnotes (Courtesy Vevo) Sabrina Carpenter's video for "Manchild" was pretty elaborate, and now she's giving fans a peek behind the scenes of the clip for Vevo's Footnotes.As you watch the video, interesting tidbits from Sabrina and the directors pop up, like the fact that it was her sister who hand-stitched the word "Manchild" onto the back of her cutoff shorts, and the fact that she […]

Lady Gaga, 'Mayhem' (Interscope Records) Both Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have had big years — scoring hit records, appearing in film and television projects, announcing tours and earning award nominations — so it's no surprise they both made Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year list for 2025.Gaga's Mayhem producer Andrew Watt penned a tribute essay for the mag, revealing that he and Gaga both got their starts performing at the same New York club, several years apart. […]