Powerhouse singer/legend Stephanie Mills has a mellifluous chirp like no other—and, apparently, talons. She wielded them Sunday to drag Brit soul-esque singer Sam Smith, who it seems has his foot in his mouth nearly as often as he has a mic next to it.
Meshell Ndegeocello is as much a scholar as she is a creator of popular music. For an hour on Thursday, we spoke over the phone about everything from the spiritual underpinnings of the raging debates over cultural appropriation to finding compassion for LGBTQ musicians who don’t necessarily feel comfortable living as…
Leave it to Andy Cohen’s disarming interview style to extract a scoop so casually. During the Watch What Happens Live after-show, Cohen asked Patti LaBelle how fellow guest Sam Smith compares to the late great Luther Vandross (not at all if you ask me, which Cohen didn’t). “There are voices in this world and once they…
Sam Smith’s sophomore album is so damp with sadness that in the rare event something as traditionally joyful as a thrill is conjured, it’s only in service of retrospective melancholy. “I guess I got lost in the moment / I guess I got lost in the fall / I guess I got lost in your heartbeat / In the thrill of it all,”…
First, some perspective: The British singer Sam Smith has more admirers than he could possibly meet if he decided to quit singing today and became a full time meet-and-greeter. He has sold millions of records, he has collected piles of trophies, he gets to do his art full time without having to take a side gig as a…
In an exclusive report published late Monday night, The Daily Telegraph revealed an email circulating around Condé Nast International (the owner of country-based iterations of publications like GQ and Vogue) telling staffers that they have blacklisted photographer Terry Richardson.
During a stand-up performance in California Saturday night, Real Housewives of Atlanta star (and apparent part-time comedian?!) NeNe Leakes dealt with a heckler in the worst possible way: by telling the audience she hoped the woman would get sexually assaulted.
Y: There’s been a crop of young rappers recently, like Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Peep, who have been drawing on pop punk and emo for inspiration. And now ILoveMakonnen (you might remember him for making Tuesday the best night to go to the club) and Rae Sremmurd (our own Black Beatles) straight up sound like they should be…
Meghan Trainor is a Grammy-winning singer whose claim to fame is dancing sassily in music videos for fatally empowering pop songs like “All About That Bass” and, most recently, “No.” Sam Smith is a Grammy-winning, incessantly-shrinking artist who won this year’s Best Song Oscar for the Bond ballad “Writings on the…
During a game of Plead the Fifth on Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen asked Jennifer Lopez (half of Bennifer 1.0) for her thoughts regarding the enormous phoenix tattoo on Ben Affleck’s back.
Rumors about Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s romantic relationship have been filling the darker corners of the internet since they were photographed whispering simple sentences to each other at the Golden Globes, but until today, no clear photos of Ploom engaging in public displays of affection have been published.
In today’s Tweet Beat, Sam Smith tries it, Lady Gaga can wear an outfit and Jesse Tyler Ferguson figures out that he’s white.
Some feuds develop slowly, over the course of many, many moons. You see the temperature between two people—people who often begin as friends—rise until it reaches its feuding point. The lid pops off, the relationship boils over, and we all saw it coming.
And so we come to the end of award season. Yes, Leonardo DiCaprio got his goddamn Oscar. Truly, our long national nightmare is over. Your winners:
Last night, a friend of Sam Smith’s was “verbally abused racially in London.” In a series of tweets about the incident, Smith shared that he was “deeply shocked” and “so upset” by what he saw, adding that he “never ever ever thought” that kind of abuse could happen in his home country. (You know, where This Is England…
Y: Tinashe’s dance record “Player” (ft. Chris Brown) is a jam that compels you to mindlessly snap, close your eyes, sway and feel those plinks easing into your bloodstream. It’s the first single from her upcoming sophomore album Joyride. [Complex]
N: I must continue to dislike Charlie Puth simply off the strength of the cloying “See You Again” being such a hit. “One Call Away” (something about long distance relationships) is the epitome of faux sentimental auditorium pop and this video hurts me. It’s begging for a kids-choir breakdown at the end. [Idolator]
Y/N: Miguel’s “goingtohell” and “NWA” videos were previously combined into a short film and now they’re available to view on their own. On the one hand, “goingtohell” has some sexy scenes that could’ve made for good soft porn cinema if done right. On the other, “NWA” wasn’t able to hold my attention for 10 seconds…
Sam Smith, the singer best known for those melancholy sounds that make you want to drive your car off a cliff when he comes on the radio, has just ignited a firestorm on Instagram. Yesterday, the singer posted a picture of what appears to be a naked woman’s behind. Or is it his behind? What’s going on in this photo?
In today’s Tweet Beat, Madonna misunderstands the meaning of the word “jealous,” Sam Smith is still sad and Demi Lovato loves coffee.
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