Donna Summer passed away today at the age of 63 following a battle with cancer. But though the singer known as The Queen Of Disco is gone, her musical legacy — which includes four #1 hits, five Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards and an Academy Award for “Last Dance” — will, as one of her award-winning songs states, “carry on”. We rounded up seven tunes from Donna’s extensive career that we feel highlight her contributions as an artist. Head below to revisit some of Summer’s best moments
The-Dream ‘s new album is becoming a reality. The R&B singer took to Twitter to announced that his new LP Love IV MMXII will drop on August 14. The fourth installment of his Love series, the album boasts collabs with Mary J. Blige and Gucci Mane .
Gossip are getting a taste of the Cannes, and it’s pretty bitter. The group performed Elton John ‘s “Candle In The Wind” during the opening ceremony of the film festival, though we can’t say they recieved the warmest reception. The crowd stayed mostly silent during the performance, forcing Ditto have to ask, “Are you alive?” We can’t particularly blame them for their lack of excitement — their arrangement sounded off, and Beth fumbled with the lyrics a bit. “Tough crowd!” she exclaimed halfway through the song. “You know what they say, you can love it or hate it, I still get paid.” Thankfully, the group fared a bit better when they performed their single ”Perfect World” for the Cannes festgoers on Le Grand Journal .
Our pop hearts grew heavy today (May 17) when we learned that diva, disco pioneer and First Lady Of Love Donna Summer succumbed to her battle with cancer. She was just 63 years old. Her music not only touched our hearts, it moved through us — making our toes tap, our hips shake and our legs carry us onto the dance floor. Thanks to the music icon’s longtime collaboration with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, our shoes were worn thin dancing to “Love To Love You Baby”, “I Feel Love” and “Hot Stuff”
It seems as though the scales of the American Idol finale will stay in the favor of the men. In the past 10 seasons, 60 percent of the final two singers on American Idol have been male (that number jumps to 75 percent over the last four seasons). And here we are once again, with two guys and a girl at the end.
After last night’s amazing performances any of the talented Top 3 could make it to next week’s finale! Tune in TONIGHT 8/7c on FOX to see the results of America’s vote. Jessica , Phillip and Joshua each sang three songs: Judges’ choice, their own choice and Jimmy Iovine ‘s choice. What song choice do you think was the best for each of our remaining finalists? Here is the song list from the episode: Title: I’d Rather Go Blind Artist Version: Etta James Contestant: Joshua Ledet Title: My All Artist Version: Mariah Carey Contestant: Jessica Sanchez Title: Beggin’ Artist Version: Madcon Contestant: Phillip Phillips Title: Son Of A Preacher Man Artist Version: Dusty Springfield Contestant: n/a Title: Shout Artist Version: The Isley Brothers Contestant: n/a Title: It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World Artist Version: ..
Russell Brand appeared on Ellen DeGeneres ‘ daytime talk show this morning, and in between promoting his new movie Rock Of Ages and making Ellen squirm by commenting on current events like the breastfeeding TIME cover , the comedian spoke fondly of his ex-wife, Katy Perry . “I love her as a human being, but sometimes when you’re in a relationship I suppose it doesn’t work out, does it? But that doesn’t mean I regret it or anything… I was very happy to be married to her, she’s such a beautiful human being, and I only have love and positivity for her.” Nice to see Russell remaining a gent after such a public breakup. Making us love him even more was his bonding session with Ellen’s co-hosts (basically, at this point) Sophia Grace and Rosie , who hail from the same town as Brand. Watch the three Brits have a ball in the clip below! “Oh, my little Essex friends! We all escaped!” exclaimed Russell, to the girls’ delight
The Top 3 had their grand homecomings on Wednesday night’s (May 16) episode of American Idol , so we got an interesting glimpse into their pre-fame lives. And we got three rounds of singing: the judges chose the songs in round one, the Idols chose their second, and Jimmy Iovine picked their final numbers. At this stage in the game you have to start thinking about marketability, and that was apparent in the choices. Joshua Ledet aimed to prove he’s not just an outdated soul crooner, that Phillip Phillips is more than a Dave Matthews retread, and that Jessica Sanchez can give moment-less songs a moment.
Donna Summer passed away today (May 17) at the age of 63, but the disco queen leaves behind a lasting legacy that will not soon be forgotten. Upon hearing news of her death, the music and entertainment community has come out to offer condolences and share their pain at losing such an iconic voice and influential presence. Head below for reactions from those who have worked with Summer, as well as those were dancing along to her tunes all these years. Duran Duran ‘s Nick Rhodes wrote a blog post about Donna and the effect her music had on his band: I just heard the very sad news that Donna Summer has passed away
Back in March we gave one lucky fan the chance to fly away with a friend to sunny Los Angeles to see The X-Factor ‘s newest judge, Demi Lovato , give an intimate concert for her most adoring Lovatics. Even if that lucky fan wasn’t you, you can catch the “Give Your Heart A Break” singer’s paired-down performance tomorrow (Friday, May 18) when the full show premieres on Vevo. For a little taste right now, watch the 30-second teaser trailer above in which Demi looks radiant, all long flowing locks, ethereal layers and chunky jewelry, plus see how the small club setting came together before the show.
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Donna Summer passed away today (May 17) at the age of 63, but the disco queen leaves behind a lasting legacy that will not soon be forgotten. Upon hearing news of her death, the music and entertainmen …
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