The OG songwriter Diane Warren penned a record for Beyond the Lights called "Grateful," which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Unfortunately, Warren is upset that the song's performer Rita Ora hasn't promoted it on social media.
How much does pop princesa Charli XCX know and love her fanbase? Definitely enough to try her hand at singing "Boom Clap," one of last year's biggest hits, in Japanese, for special release of Sucker on Warner Music Japan. Unsure how she fared as my Japanese is a little rusty, but at least two people in the always…
Charli XCX and Rita Ora's new "Doing It" video is a spaghetti western of a bank robbery, two high-contrast pop stars bum-rushing a gas station and rolling around the desert in their pink trucks. It's not quite as fatalist or committed as Thelma & Louise, insofar that they do not die in the end. But Charli seems super…
A lookalike of the Rita Ora was used in the making an X-rated film, which has been making the rounds on all your favorite gross X-rated websites that dabble in exploiting famous women for kicks. According to MSN, the video has accumulated more than 80,000 hits so far.
Do you consider Rita Ora to be a superstar? Before you answer that, here's an ad for Adidas Originals' Superstar campaign that features her, Pharrell, David Beckham and Damian Lillard attempting to redefine what it means to be a superstar.
"Doing It" might be my favorite track off Charli XCX's excellent bubble-punk pop album SUCKER, and Charli just released a new version featuring everyone's favorite Who's That Girl, Oh Yeah, It's Rita Ora. Everything's exactly the same as the star-spangled original—I love the tense, sky-high whip of the chorus—except…
When Jay Z signed Rita Ora to his Roc Nation record label in 2009, everyone was expecting her to be the next Rihanna. That, clearly, has not quite panned out, but you do have to admire Rita Ora's commitment to the cause. The British singer is still pushing her music career despite the many signs saying: "Yeah, maybe…
It's not just Halloween: television sound stages are notoriously difficult for musicians to navigate, as they are cavernous and tinny with acoustics suited for conversations and applause, and Saturday Night Live's soundstage is, notoriously, the worst of any of them. It has been the site of both demise (Ashlee…
You know, I'm actually here for Rita Ora, in theory, but at this point she is better known for her "manicam appearances" than for her music. Which is a shame, because she actually has a very powerful voice. But hey, boy can she sell some perfume, though!
In today's Tweet Beat, Ariana Grande is enjoying this little roller-coaster called life, Mindy Kaling has cool friends and Rita Ora overshares.
It seems like Iggy Azalea managed to not offend anyone during her VMAs performance with Rita Ora – and she also managed not to fall.
It's time for another cover version of Beyoncé's "Drunk in Love," courtesy of Rita Ora.
The scrunchie has returned and it is the not-so-newest old thing to be revived ironically. How do you feel about this? I am…torn.
Rihanna is accused of helping cyberbullies tease a young girl on Twitter. Oh RiRi noooooooo, screams my heart from deep inside me.
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 18: Rita Ora attends the Elle Style Awards 2014 at one Embankment on February 18, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
Last night was the VMAs, an event where famous musicians go to look bored and embarrassed and then collect statues of astronauts. As for the fashion, there was a vast amount of exposed skin (thigh slits! plunging necklines! see-through everything! Miley Cyrus's tongue sticking out of her mouth and waggling all over…
Yesterday in London, the Brit Awards were presented at the O2 Arena. Critics found the show bland and boring, but there were a few exciting ensembles on the red carpet.
So James Franco deep-throats a pistol in
J.K. Rowling's newest novel,
James Franco and The Cavernous Sexual Ambiguity
the upcoming Harmony Korine film Spring Breakers. Details interviews Franco this month, and its reporter recalls another instance of a Franco onscreen blowjob in his NYU student film The Broken Tower.
The California Hamster Organization (Suggested alternate name: Hamsters, Motherfucker™) have accused Justin Bieber of animal cruelty after he gave his little buddy Pac away to a particularly enthused fan. Their objections are that hamsters "often succumb quickly to illness and death," especially when faced with…
Following last week's fascinating Twitter feud with comedy writer Jenny Johnson, Chris Brown suspended his feed—thus depriving the general public of up-to-the-minute updates on what's happening inside the brain of Brown. A NATIONAL TRAGEDY. But don't worry—tragedy averted. He's back.
