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• 'A legend from our house': Detroit mourns Aretha Franklin

  17-08-2018 16:17
  Fans and friends paid tribute to Franklin’s legacy of song, spirt and strength at the church where she began singing as a childThe ominous clouds that rose over Detroit on Thursday brought more than just an unexpected bout of summer rain. They reflected the feelings of a city that was mourning the loss of one of their own. Related: 'She doesn't just move you, she shakes you': all-star tributes to Aretha FranklinContinue reading...
  
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• 9 Times Ariana Grande Slayed Any Troll That Came Her Way

  17-08-2018 15:58
  Bye.
  
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• Aretha Franklin’s voice ripped and caressed ... and liberated black girls like me | Candace Allen

  17-08-2018 14:31
  Until she came along, we swayed on the sidelines. Then, suddenly, we were enraptured and empoweredThat voice, in 1967. Before the homage, the titles, the analyses and even the wonder, it was that voice, penetrating our ribcages, grabbing up all that we were and ever would be, laying down and providing beacon light for our ways out of no way. Most every single one of us who were black girls in 1967 has our own personal Aretha story that has been generating smiles and tears. Here is mine. Related:
  
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• How to stop Taylor Swift from turning Cats: The Movie into a dog’s dinner

  17-08-2018 13:55
  With a big-screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s feline musical under way, here’s how #MeToo, Zac Efron and DJ Khaled could make purrfect movie memoriesA Cats movie is happening. Yes, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, the Hamilton of its day, will begin shooting with Taylor Swift, James Corden and Jennifer Hudson on board. Aside from the eclectic feline cast, it’s a film with big credentials: The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper will bring it to life, with Lee Ha
  
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• Prom 46: NYJO/Armstrong/Barker review – jazzy Prom is a riot of sounds

  17-08-2018 13:38
  Royal Albert Hall, London
  The National Youth Jazz Orchestra swagger through works by Stan Kenton and former member Laura Jurd, plus an original arrangement of Rhapsody in BlueIts most famous alumnus is Amy Winehouse but the National Youth Jazz Orchestra has been a seedbed for dozens of other top musicians over the past 50 years, providing fertile ground for both Britain’s jazz scene and the pop session world. This isn’t NYJO’s first Prom – previous iterations featured in
  
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• NYJO/Armstrong/Barker review – jazzy Prom is a riot of sounds

  17-08-2018 13:38
  Royal Albert Hall, London
  The National Youth Jazz Orchestra swagger through works by Stan Kenton and former member Laura Jurd, plus an original arrangement of Rhapsody in BlueIts most famous alumnus is Amy Winehouse but the National Youth Jazz Orchestra has been a seedbed for dozens of other top musicians over the past 50 years, providing fertile ground for both Britain’s jazz scene and the pop session world. This isn’t NYJO’s first Prom – previous iterations featured in
  
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• New Music Round-Up: Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, Bastille, MNEK & More

  17-08-2018 13:25
  Plus, new music from Stefflon Don, Camila Cabello, The 1975, Aminé & so much more
  
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• Maya Jama Opens Up About Her Relationship With Stormzy As He Launches Cambridge Scholarship For Black Students

  17-08-2018 12:58
  And they’re both pretty amazing TBH.
  
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• Teen Mom UK’s Chloe Patton Explains Jordan Edwards Has ‘Stepped Up’ As They Get Their ‘Rollercoaster Relationship’ Back On Track – EXCLUSIVE

  17-08-2018 12:56
  Don't miss brand new Teen Mom UK, starting Wednesday 5th September at 8pm on MTV UK!
  
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• Pete Davidson Reveals He Proposed To Ariana Grande On Their Very First Meeting

  17-08-2018 12:56
  The SNL comedian had a love at first sight moment with the singer back in 2016
  
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• 'She doesn't just move you, she shakes you': all-star tributes to Aretha Franklin

  17-08-2018 12:48
  Candi Staton, Martha Reeves, George Benson and others tell the Guardian about the voice that defined an eraGospel promoters would put on these “caravan” tours – like a festival today. They would have us on the same programme. And that’s how I met Aretha, she was about 16. At that time, CL Franklin – Aretha’s father – was the first pastor that had a sermon on a vinyl record. It was called The Eagle Stirs His Nest. She would play the piano – Precious
  
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• You’ll Never Guess How Much Money Kylie Jenner Spent On Her Birthday Hair Extensions

  17-08-2018 12:21
  The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star doesn't have to count her pennies
  
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• Tracks of the week reviewed: Cher, Toto doing Weezer and Aphex Twin

  17-08-2018 12:00
  Cher continues the Abba love-in, there’s a goosebump-inducing tale from Ray BLK, and Aphex Twin offers a yummy mummy-free answer to meditation Continue reading...
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Reveals The One Thing That Makes Her ‘Whole Body Want To Regurgitate’

  17-08-2018 11:36
  Let's hope boyfriend Josh Ritchie is taking notes rn
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother’s 2018 Launch: From Awkward Reunions To Fans Reactions

  17-08-2018 11:34
  It was one hell of an explosive premiere, with both Dan Osbourne and Gabby Allen entering the famous house.
  
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• Death Cab for Cutie: Thank You for Today review – comforting alt-rock melancholia

  17-08-2018 11:30
  (Atlantic) It’s almost exactly 20 years since Death Cab for Cutie released their first album, Something About Airplanes, on the tiny Barsuk label. The intervening years saw them sign to a major label, get nominated for Grammys and become poster boys for canvas-haversack-toting mopey emo kids everywhere. But nine albums in, and Ben Gibbard and co are no longer kids themselves, and their nostalgia has a decidedly autumnal feel. Gibbard can recall being 22 and “Trying so hard to play it
  
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• Gabrielle: Under My Skin review – a heartfelt comeback

  17-08-2018 11:00
  (BMG)It’s 25 years since Gabrielle scored a No 1 with her first single, Dreams (“can come true …”), virtually the story of her mercurial rise from bullied working-class black south Londoner with an eye condition to one of the 50 wealthiest women in the UK. Her career was subsequently derailed when a former boyfriend beheaded his stepfather and the tabloids descended, but by then she’d already scored another chart-topper (Rise in 2000), before eventually stopping mu
  
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• Pete Davidson Dishes Details On The Hella Expensive Apartment Ariana Grande Bought Them

  17-08-2018 10:56
  The SNL star is in charge of stocking the fridge.
  
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• Lili Reinhart’s Twitter Account Has Been Hacked As Fake Nude Picture Hits The Web

  17-08-2018 10:54
  This comes days after Riverdale boyfriend Cole Sprouse experienced his own security breach.
  
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• Bugzy Malone: B Inspired review – life lessons from a northern grime lord

  17-08-2018 10:30
  (B Somebody Records)This is only his debut full-length, but Bugzy Malone’s life is already worthy of a three-act biopic. A charmed early childhood was ripped apart by an abusive stepfather and subsequent divorce and poverty, leading to prison as a teenager, followed by an embrace of grime with a proud Mancunian accent that sent him into the upper reaches of the charts. From the title of B Inspired downward, Malone casts himself as a kitchen-sink life coach, saying at the outset “plea
  
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• Ariana Grande Dedicates 'Sweetener' Track To Pete Davidson

  17-08-2018 10:27
  This is too cute.
  
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• Mitski: Be the Cowboy review – thrillingly dark bait-and-switch pop

  17-08-2018 10:00
  (Dead Oceans)Halfway through Mitski’s fifth album, the 27-year-old sighs heavily. It casts a grim pallor over the jaunty show tune that follows, Me and My Husband, an effect akin to dining with a couple who were obviously tearing each other to shreds seconds before you arrived. Despite her insistence that they’re “doing better”, plates could fly at any moment. Be the Cowboy is rich with this thrilling disquiet, accentuating and distorting Mitski’s masked inquiries i
  
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• Joe Jonas Comforts Sophie Turner After She Sobs In The Street For THIS Reason

  17-08-2018 09:57
  The Game Of Thrones star got emotional on Joe Jonas' birthday.
  
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• Drenched in glory: how Aretha gave voice to embattled black women – and transformed a nation

  17-08-2018 07:00
  From her gospel roots, Aretha Franklin created the sound of the resistance, when it was most needed. Author Daphne A Brooks celebrates a spiritual and creative geniusThe Queen of Soul: a life in picturesThe woman with the most million-selling singles of any female artist (14). The woman with 10 No 1 R&B albums (more than any other artist). The woman decorated with the presidential medal of freedom. The first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The artist ranked as the greates
  
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• Ariana Grande: Sweetener review – pop's ponytailed paragon gets weird

  17-08-2018 07:00
  (Republic)Her collaborations with Pharrell really push the boundaries. But they make the rest of this album seem formulaicGrowing up in public is never straightforward. The route from kids’ TV-approved poppet to Serious Artist is traditionally fraught with issues. But arguably no pop star has ever had a tougher route than Ariana Grande. If it seems crass to suggest that the public and music industry’s perception of her was altered by the events of 22 May 2017 and their aftermath, wel
  
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