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Taylor Swift's feud with music streaming site Spotify has seemingly lasted longer than some of her relationships. In the latest round of back and forth between the music superstar and the company, Taylor says she gave Spotify a chance, but in the end, it wasn't her cup of tea. Read More »
'Watch What Happens Live' host Andy Cohen is not a fan of 'Long Island Medium' star Theresa Caputo after she gave him a private reading when she was a guest on his show. Read More »
Taylor Swift, Harry Styles's ex, is the biggest music star in the world, but she opened a can of worms when she decided to take her music off the free streaming site Spotify. According to Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek, the "Shake It Off" singer would've received millions of dollars by having her music on the site and that the notion that she would've given her music away for free is not true. "At our current size, payouts for a top artist like Taylor Swift — before she pulled her catalog — are on track to exceed $6 million a year, and that's only growing — we expect that number to double again in a year," he wrote on the Spotify website. "Any way you cut it, one thing is clear: We're paying an enormous amount of money to labels and publishers for distribution to artists and songwriters, and significantly more than any other streaming service." Read More »
Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul with a new album of covers coming out, but the R&B icon doesn't mince words when asked what she thinks about today's music stars. In an interview with the "Wall Street Journal," Aretha gave her thoughts about some of the biggest acts in music today including Taylor Swift, Adele and Nicki Minaj. Her answers weren't the most flattering toward them: On Adele: "Young singer, good singer." On Alicia Keys: "Um, young performer, writer/producer." On Taylor Swift: "Okay. Great gowns. Beautiful gowns." On Whitney Houston: "Whitney was a talent. Definitely a talent. She had a gift. And Cissy's baby." On Nicki Minaj: "Nicki Minaj ... Hmm ... Now I'm going to pass on that one." In another interesting tidbit, the "Respect" singer was questioned about her impressions about Auto-Tune, a device used by many in the industry to enhance their voices. Read More »
Taylor Swift is on top of the music business right now after selling 1.3 million copies of new album '1989' in her first week, but it's her decision to remove her music from the free streaming site Spotify that still has everyone talking. Read More »
Taylor Swift is riding high as the biggest music artist today with 1.3 million sales of her new album '1989' in its first week of release, but it's her controversial decision to take her music off of streaming site Spotify that's had people talking lately. Read More »
Following the tremendous amount of controversy that has surrounded Lena Dunham's new book, HBO have finally announced the premiere for 'Girls' Season 4 Read More »
HBO’s Real Time host Bill Maher was, and is still, scheduled to present the commencement speech at Berkeley this coming December. But after some comments Maher made during his recent debate with Gone Girl star Ben Affleck back on Oct. 3, some students at the university decided to start a petition of Change.org that aims to stop Maher from speaking at the UC Berkeley graduation. And on this past Friday’s show, the comedian fired back. Read More »
On October 23, Moda Operandi, the flash-sale site that often allows you to pre-order items before they hit stores, unleashed possibly the most luxurious accessory ever. They offered 24K gold iPads with a price tag of $3,065. Another high-end retailer, Brikk, is selling their own luxury iPhones. The German company specializes in giving tech devices high-fashion (and high-priced) makeovers. In addition to a gold-plated model of the iPhone (starting at $4,995), they also have platinum (starting at $5,395) and rose gold (starting at $4,995). If your pockets are really deep, you can get those with a diamond apple logo, which run for $8,895 or more. Read More »
Häagen-Dazs took it to the next level in a new, Italian commercial for its line of Gelato. Read More »
Rumors suggest that Khloe Kardahsian's currently dating rapper French Montana. And their blossoming relationship's pretty wild... Read More »
Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber have been going through a ton of controversy in 2013. The two former child stars have made headlines for overtly sexual behavior, drugs and scandalous relationships all year, allowing tabloids to easily fill their pages with their latest antics. Now, one of pop and R&B's biggest rising stars Ariana Grande has come to their defense. Read More »
Yesterday (Nov. 12) marked the long-awaited return to music for "Smile" singer Lily Allen. She released the pop culture-bashing, female empowering anthem "Hard Out Here" alongside a satirical music video. Now, Allen is facing some flak for her music video after some critics have called out the clip as "racist." Read More »
