Deadpool 2 confirmed with Ryan Reynolds and original team

The Merc with a Mouth, X-Men, and Wolverine were all teased during Fox’s CinemaCon panel. But where is Gambit?

by Darren Franich • @DarrenFranich

Posted April 14 2016 — 3:46 PM EDT

Hey, remember five years ago, when the X-Men producers imagined a future with a million X-Men movies? What a laugh we all had! Surely no major studio would ever greenlight a hard-R Deadpool movie. Surely Gambit would never be a thing, never.

We were wrong, dead wrong! With Deadpool now the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever, Fox came to CinemaCon with some news about the future of its Marvel franchise. The studio officially announced that Ryan Reynolds would reteam with director Tim Miller and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick for Deadpool 2 – a no-brainer, given the film’s grosses (more than $757 million worldwide).

The studio also showed off a new trailer for next month’s X-Men: Apocalypse. The preview revealed a couple of intriguing key story points. First off – POSSIBLE SPOILER FOR A TRAILER THAT WILL BE RELEASED ONLINE SOON, WHAT WORLD DO WE LIVE IN – Apocalypse appears to confirm, once and for all, that Days of Future Past breakout Quicksilver is indeed the son of Michael Fassbender’s Magneto. (“Him and my mom did it,” is how Evan Peters’ Quicksilver explains it in the film.)

Elvis Crespo New Video: Merengue Singer, Grupo Mania Drop 'Escapate' Inspired By 'El Chapo'

Elvis Crespo reunites with Grupo Mania to present their latest single and video "Escapate." Watch it here! YouTube/@ElvisCrespoVEVO

Elvis Crespo reunites with his original crew of Grupo Mania to present his latest single "Escapate." After dropping the raunchy bachata tune "Tatuaje" featuring Bachata Heightz in 2014, and after releasing the urban song "Si Tu Novia No Te Llama" featuring Farruko, Crespo returns to his merengue roots. And what better way to do it than with the group he first gained fame with in the mid-90s?

Their new jam is accompanied by a vibrant music video that launched Thursday via an exclusive on Telemundo's "Al Rojo Vivo." The "Escapate" music clip, produced by Flashmusic and directed by Gus, tells the story of a woman who it locked up, but escapes prison to go clubbing with Elvis and Grupo Mania. According to Billboard, the 44-year-old Puerto Rican merengue singer based the concept of the video on the "infamous drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera 'El Chapo' and his clever escape from a maximum-security prison last July."

This is the first time in many years that Crespo and Grupo Mania work together on a song. The popular merengue group formed in the early '90s in Puerto Rico before releasing their debut album in 1993. The band was originally formed by siblings Héctor and Oscar Serrano, along with Edwin Serrano and Alfred Cotto. Elvis Crespo stepped into the picture in 1994 when he replaced Edwin. For about four years, that generation of Grupo Mania released its most successful albums. In 1997, however, Crespo decides to follow a solo career, where he released mega hits such as "Luna Llena," "Suavemente," "Pintame" and "Tu Sonrisa."

On another hand, Grupo Mania made their comeback in 2013 after a four-year hiatus. They released two studio albums since and is a finalist at the 2016 Bill...sic Awards. Both Crespo and the merengue group will embark on the Escápate World Tour this summer, reports Billboard.

Cannes Film Festival 2016 Lineup: 5 Hispanics, Latinos Taking Part In Cinematic Event

Cannes film festival general deleguate Thierry Fremaux (R) and President Pierre Lescure (L) pose after a press conference to unveil the list of the 20 movies which will be shown in competition for the Palme d'Or next month, on April 14, 2016 in Paris. PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images

The annual Cannes Film Festival is almost upon us and they just announced every title of their lineup for the 69th edition of the festival. The cinematic event begins on May 11, with Woody Allen’s film “Café Society” opening, and will run through May 22.

While the list of films represents 28 countries, only two Latin American countries are included: Brazil with “Acquarius,” from former critic, now filmmaker Kleber Mendonca Filho, and Argentina with “The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis” by Andrea Testa and Francisco Marquez. Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia’s absence from the festival was strking.

As far as Spanish representation, high-profile director Pedro Almodóvar will be debuting his long-awaited “Julieta,” as well as director Albert Serra, who will be presenting his film “The Death of Louis XIV.”

Competition

"Toni Erdman," directed by Maren Ade

"Julieta," directed by Pedro Almodóvar

"The Handmaiden," directed by Park Chan-Wook

"The Last Face," directed by Sean Penn

"Paterson," directed by Jim Jarmusch

"Personal Shopper," directed by Olivier Assayas

"Aquarius," directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho

"American Honey," directed by Andrea Arnold

"It's Only the End of the World," directed by Xavier Dolan

"Slack Bay," directed by Bruno Dumont

"Rester Vertical," directed by Alain Guiraudie

"Loving," directed by Jeff Nichols

"From the Land of the Moon," directed by Nicole Garcia

"The Unknown Girl," directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne

"I, Daniel Blake," directed by Ken Loach

"Ma'Rosa," directed by Brillante Mendoza

"Bacalaureat," directed by Cristian Mungiu

"Sieranevada," directed by Cristi Puiu

"Elle," directed by Paul Verhoeven

"The Neon Demon," directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

Un Certain Regard

"Varoonegi," directed by Behnam Behzadi

"Apprentice," directed by Boo Junfeng

"Voir du Pays," directed by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin

"La Danseuse," directed by Stephanie di Giusto

"Clash," directed by Mohamed Diab

"La Tortue Rouge," directed by Michael Dubok de Wit

"Fuchi Bi Tatsu," directed by Fukada Koji

"Omar Shakhsiya," directed by Maha Haj

"Me’Ever Laharim Vehagvaot," directed by Eran Kolirin

"After The Storm," directed by Kore-Eda Hirokazu

"Hymyileva Mies," directed by Juho Kuosmanen

"La Large Noche de Francisco Sanctis," directed by Francisco Marquez and Andrea Testa

"Caini," directed by Bogdan Mirica

"Pericle Il Nero," directed by Stefano Mordini

"Captain Fantastic," directed by Matt Ross

"The Transfiguration," directed by Michael O'Shea

"Uchenik," directed by Kirill Serebrennikov

Out of Competition

"The BFG," directed by Steven Spielberg

"Goksung," directed by Na Hong-Jin

"Money Monster," directed by Jodie Foster

"The Nice Guys," directed by Shane Black

Special Screenings

'L'ultima Spiaggia," directed by Thanos Anastopoulous and Davide del Degan

"A Chad Tragedy," directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

"The Death of Louis XIV," directed by Albert Serra

"Le Cancre," directed by Paul Vecchiali

Midnight Screenings
"Gimme Danger," directed by Jim Jarmusch

"The Train to Busan," directed by Yeon Sang-Ho

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TVLine Items: Suits Casts Mike's Prison Crew, Expanse Fills Key Role and More

By Rebecca Iannucci / April 14 2016, 3:51 PM PDT

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, a different kind of crime story awaits you at USA Network.

The TV vet, who recently appeared in FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson and has recurred on Major Crimes, will recur on Suits‘ upcoming sixth season, which finds Mike headed to jail.

Per our sister site Deadline, Warner will show up as Danbury Prison’s counselor, who must help inmates survive their time in prison and guide them toward rehabilitation.

Additionally, Erik Palladino (ER) and Paul Schulze (Nurse Jackie) will also recur on Season 6, respectively playing Kevin Miller and Frank Gallo, two of Mike’s fellow inmates.

Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…

* New Zealand’s Frankie Adams (Shortland Street) has joined Season 2 of Syfy’s The Expanse as “Bobbie” Draper, a Gunnery Sergeant in the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force who in the growing conflict between Earth and Mars is forced to question her nationalist loyalties and make new, surprising alliances.

* The Daily Show With Trevor Noah will film in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention, from Tuesday, July 19, through Friday, July 22. (Get ticket information here.)

* TV One has acquired the exclusive cable rights to Empire, which will debut on the network in May with marathons of Season 2 leading up to the finale. Episodes from Season 1 and Season 2 will begin airing weekly this summer.

* Bravo announced Thursday that it has renewed The Real Housewives of Potomac for Season 2.

* If you’re in the mood for a new Preacher teaser, AMC has released another promo for its upcoming drama series, which debuts Sunday, May 22.

Tales From the Crypt Reboot Scores 10-Episode Order at TNT

By Andy Swift / April 14 2016, 1:19 PM PDT

Look alive, Crypt Keeper! (Well, as alive as you can look, anyway.)

TNT has given an 10-episode order to a new Tales From the Crypt series, based on the original EC Comics, the network announced Thursday. Much like the first Tales series, which ran from 1989 to 1996 on HBO, this updated version will also feature chilling tales told by the aforementioned Crypt Keeper.

Additionally, TNT has ordered a pilot for Time of Death, another anthology series with a truly twisted hook. Paraphrasing wouldn’t do it justice, so here’s the official description:

Time of Death is planned as an anthology of season-long horror tales that unfold in real time – each one taking viewers hour-by-hour through a single ‘long night of hell.’ The first season will follow a murderous psychopath who returns to his Midwestern hometown during the annual county fair to exact revenge on a community he believes destroyed his life.

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Lastly, TNT is developing Creatures, a story of “deep friendship and dark obsession.” Again, it’s best just to share the official description with you:

Creatures [is] a sophisticated psychological thriller that tells the disturbing tale of two former best friends who, at 12 years old, tried to cut out their classmate’s heart as a sacrifice to an internet bogeyman they invented called Mr. Gorgi. Fifteen years later, the two young women have been released from a psychiatric institute into their small town in Alaska, but it’s not long before they start to feel the alluring and terrifying presence of Mr. Gorgi once again.

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“I’m really thrilled about the way this horror block is coming together with the addition of Time of Death and Creatures,” says horror master M. Night Shyamalan, who is executive-producing both Tales and Time of Death. “That such a beloved property like Tales from the Crypt is launching our evening makes it an even more unique and exciting opportunity. Across the board, the level of talent has been very inspiring.”

This new block of horror shows is expected to launch in 2017.

Courtesy of Dimension Films

Stephen King's The Mist Scores 10-Episode Series Order at Spike

By Michael Slezak / April 14 2016, 10:28 AM PDT

Something wicked next year comes… to Spike.

The network on Tuesday gave a 10-episode series order to The Mist, based on the Stephen King novella about a seemingly innocuous fog that seeps into a small town and creates immense havoc.

In February, Spike ordered a pilot, but decided to go straight to series after hearing the pitch and reading the script.

Filming will begin this summer, the network noted, with the goal of a 2017 debut.

The Mist got the big-screen treatment in 2007, with Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher and Laurie Holden headlining the ensemble cast.

Exclusive

Jonah Hex Is Gunning for [Spoiler]!

By Matt Webb Mitovich / April 14 2016, 9:00 AM PDT

Grizzled gunslinger Jonah Hex knows what time it is, so to speak, in this exclusive sneak peek from tonight’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

In the episode “The Magnificent Eight” (The CW, 8/7c), Johnathon Schaech (Star-Crossed, Quantico) guest-stars as the DC Comics antihero, who can spot a buncha out-of-place, out-of-time out-of-towners when he sees ’em. In the video above, Hex calls out Professor Stein and his posse, asking to speak to one of them in particular.

“Rip has been time-traveling and sorting out the timeline for many years, so he definitely knows who Jonah Hex is,” the captain’s portrayer, Arthur Darvill, told TVLine during a set visit. “He’s even got a ‘Wanted’ poster for Jonah in his study. If you look really closely in the Waverider, you may have seen it.”

Darvill says that revolver-wielding Rip has “that cowboy feel” and thus “feels very much at home in the Old West.” Some Legends castmembers meanwhile felt at home in the old-timey era’s wardrobe. Says Brandon Routh, who plays Ray: “Putting on the Western garb was my most fun costume change that we’ve gotten to do.”

Will gruff Jonah ultimately warm up to the Waverider team’s predicament and help them along in their journey? “We don’t know at first,” says Darvill. “Like a lot of our villains and shady characters, he’s a begrudging companion* to the team in the end — even though he thinks we’re crazy, and rightfully so!”

*Yes, Doctor Who’s former Rory just referred to a “begrudging companion.”

What to Watch This Weekend: Season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, HBO's Confirmation, and the Season Finales of Beowulf, Vinyl, and Girls

By Andy Daglas

What to watch on Friday, April 15...

SEASON 2 PREMIERE, 12:01am Pacific, Netflix
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Kimmy is back in all her indefatigable spirit and '90s-centric point of reference, this season joined by guest stars including Anna Camp, David Cross, Jeff Goldblum, Amy Sedaris, creator Tina Fey, and many more. All 13 episodes stream today (you can read our review here).

6pm, Cartoon Network
The Powerpuff Girls
“Tiara Trouble” gives Townsville trouble from a tiara, because sometimes titles get right to the point. Specifically, the cursed headgear lays its whammy on the pageant of Beauty, Talent, and All-Around Flair.

8pm, The CW
The Vampire Diaries
Damon and Alaric road-trip it to Memphis in “One Way or Another.” Ostensibly it has something to do with an escaped vampire and getting Stefan back, but I think they just want to indulge in blues, bourbon, BBQ, and bro-time. Elsewhere, Bonnie makes a valuable new friend in the psych ward while Enzo goes on a mission after hearing harsh news from Rayna.

8pm ABC
Last Man Standing
In “The Marriage Doctor,” Kyle gets cold feet about a pre-marriage counseling session with the new minister (Bill Engvall). Mike tries to intervene, but he and Vanessa wind up needing help of their own after a spat.

8:30pm, ABC
Dr. Ken
“Korean Men’s Club” sees Allison encouraging Ken to join a civically oriented community group headed by guest star Randall Park. But is there more to the organization than meets the eye?

9pm, CBS
Hawaii Five-0
“Ka Haunaele (Rampage)” finds the squad probing the pilfering of an indestructible super-suit built for the U.S. military. (Stark Industries has already filed reams of lawsuits.) In other business, Jerry and his sister team up to save a captive elephant, and brothers Michael Bennett of the Seattle Seahawks and Martellus Bennett of the New England Patriots stop by for some reason.

9pm, The CW
The Originals
With N’awlins celebrating Jazz Fest, the Anti-Mikaelson Society organizes to abduct Klaus in “The Devil Comes Here and Sighs.” Elijah and Freya run smack into a potent force in their attempt to get him back, while Hayley and Cami devise a rescue plan of their own and Davina seeks Marcel and Vincent’s help corralling Kol’s erratic behavior.

9pm, NBC
Grimm
Japanese Wesen operating under an ancient tradition of bloody revenge put lives in danger in “Inugami.” In matters not involving decapitation (probably), Adalind encounters Eve when she returns to work at her old law firm.

9pm, Fox
Hell’s Kitchen
The remaining five chefs receive their black jackets, which will help them look cool just in time to prepare lunch for a gaggle of teenagers. The dinner service includes grown-up judges like Randy Couture and Neil Jackson.

10pm, Cinemax
Banshee
“Job” sees Lucas and Carrie seeking Fat Au’s help in their desperate search for the abducted hacker. Hopefully he’ll be more useful than Siri, who kept redirecting them to LinkedIn every time they asked her.

10pm, USA
Motive
Flynn and Vega have a pair of apparently unconnected murders on their hands in “Oblivion.” As if that weren’t keeping him busy enough, Vega must also pass his weapons recertification test.

10pm, Syfy
Wynonna Earp
A Revenant posse on a killing spree may only be the tip of the evil iceberg in “Leavin’ on Your Mind.” As Wynonna deals with that, Waverly digs into Henry’s past.

11pm, Cartoon Network
Childrens Hospital
Glenn and Owen hallucinate and Lola grows paranoid thanks to a gas leak in “The Grid.”

LATE-NITE:
– Robert De Niro, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Nick Guerra on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, 11:35pm, NBC

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Adele Concert Special Rebroadcast Set With 5 More Songs

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NBC will rebroadcast an extended 90-minute version of Adele Live In New York City on Friday, May 6 at 8 PM.

The special, which comes two months ahead of the beginning of the multi-Grammy winner’s North American Tour, is an extended rebroadcast of her original NBC telecast that aired in December, but with five new songs not seen in the original showing.

Adele recorded Live in New York City on November 17, 2015 in front of a packed house at Radio City Music Hall.

In all, 13 songs will be included for the May 6 special, including, for the first time, “Water Under the Bridge,” “One and Only,” “Hometown Glory,” “Chasing Pavements” and “Daydreamer.”

The December 14, 2015 telecast of Adele Live in New York City averaged a 3.7 rating in adults 18-49 and 13.8 million viewers overall in Nielsen Live+7, making it the highest-rated primetime music special on the broadcast networks in 18-49 in 11 years and NBC’s most-watched concert special in 13 years.

Rolling Stones, Dylan, McCartney, Neil Young in Talks for Mega Concert

Roger Waters and the Who also tabbed for three-day concert in Indio, California this October

The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, the Who and Roger Waters are in talks to play at a three-day California concert in October. Getty (6)

Six titans of rock music – the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, the Who and Roger Waters – are reportedly in the finishing stages of joining together in October for an epic three-day concert in Indio, California. Goldenvoice, the organizers of the Coachella Music Festival, are in talks to bring the six Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees to the fest's Empire Polo Field site on October 7th through 9th, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Tentatively, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones would open the mega concert on Friday with back-to-back sets; Saturday would see Neil Young and the Promise of the Real performing before McCartney's set later that night, while sets by the Who and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters would close out the mind-blowing consortium on Sunday.

Management for the artists involved confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that plans for the mega show were "nearing completion," with Young's manager Elliot Roberts telling the newspaper, "It's so special in so many ways, because you won't get a chance to see a bill like this, perhaps ever again. It's a show I look forward to more than any show in a long time."

Billboard adds that, like Coachella, a second weekend of the mega concert is also being discussed.

The still-unnamed and unconfirmed mega concert would mark the first time that Dylan and McCartney have appeared on the same bill at a music festival, the Los Angeles Times reports. In July 1985, Dylan, Young, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood all performed at the Philadelphia faction of the Live Aid event, while McCartney and the Who took the Wembley Stadium stage for the London concert.

Ronnie Spector on Keith Richards, David Bowie and Life After Phil

On her new album, 'English Heart,' singer revisits British Sixties pop hits – and looks back at her own past

By Kory Grow April 14, 2016

Ronnie Spector discusses her latest album, 'English Heart,' as well as her friendships with David Bowie, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix and others. Taylor Hill/Getty

Ronnie Spector is seated in the restaurant of a lavish midtown Manhattan hotel. She's dressed in black, and her long, black hair is bouffant – though a far cry from the beehive she wore when she was making hits with the Ronettes over half a century ago. It's a bright, sunny, late-March day – "It's meant for us," she beams giddily – and even though the woman born Veronica Bennett is now 72, she has the energy of a woman a third of her age. She laughs boisterously, she slaps her hand on the table for emphasis, and she seems to have no reservations about belting out the opening lines to "Be My Baby" at 2 p.m. mere feet away from a fancy hotel lounge.

Four decades ago, she was a prisoner in her own house. Now, years after escaping her marriage to producer Phil Spector – the mastermind behind the "Wall of Sound" and Ronnie's biggest hits who is now serving a prison sentence for murder – she's intent on enjoying her freedom. She's been married to her manager, Jonathan Greenfield, for more than three decades, she lives in Connecticut and she's the mother to two sons.

Ronnie has kept busy with music in recent years, sporadically performing live (her favorite thing to do) and putting out albums. Her latest LP, English Heart, which came out this month, finds her singing songs by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Bee Gees and others. Her inspiration for the record, however, is distinctly American. After reading that Bob Dylan had done an album of Frank Sinatra songs, she remembers saying, "If Bob can sing Frank Sinatra, who was known as a great singer, and Dylan's known as not such a great singer, I could make a hell of an album." She laughs. But the more she thought about it, Dylan was singing American songs, so she ought to do something different, and focused her project on Great Britain.

The record, helmed by producer Scott Jacoby (Vampire Weekend, Sia, Coldplay), couldn't sound more different from her ex's dense, claustrophobic signature sound – and that's how she likes it. As she speaks with Rolling Stone about how the LP came together, along with her experiences and friendships with British artists, it's clear she's moved on from her past. And she couldn't be happier.

Why did you want to do an album of cover songs by British artists?
When the Ronettes started out, our first big trip was to the U.K., where we met the Beatles before they even came to the States and the Rolling Stones were our opening act. Everybody was so innocent. Everybody just loved the music and the fun we had backstage; if it was somebody's birthday, we got a cake and soda. We didn't have all the stuff that came later on with rock & roll. We got to know Eric Clapton and the Yardbirds, the Kinks, all these groups. Later, I knew and dated David Bowie a few times.

But when we got to the U.K., we felt like real stars for the first time [laughs]. So I thought of the idea that I was over there in the Ronettes with the British Invasion when it was all happening for us. I was at the peak of my career when I was with the Kinks, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, and we were all so happy together. And then all of a sudden, I was taken away from it [because of Phil].

"I was at the peak of my career when I was with the Kinks, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones," Spector (center) recalls. Dezo Hoffmann/REX/Shutterstock

You did your tour with the Stones in January 1964. What was that like?
We were in a car, and they were in a bus following our car. They were a bunch of scraggly looking guys. But I loved them and I especially loved Keith, because I love that rugged look he had. Mick was, like, a pretty boy maybe. Keith used to say, "Oh, we would have great babies because you have that black, thick hair and I have black, thick hair." Now his is not so black. But they were my opening act. I remember Keith and Mick asking me about James Brown and I said, "I don't even know the guy."

Was it easy traveling then?
One time, we had to stop driving because of the fog. So Keith and I got off the bus, looking for a light, for a house. I said, "Keith, you stand at the back of me," because he has always had that rugged look, and I look sort of neat, you know? So I said, "Let me knock. I'm a girl." And I'll never forget, when we found one, this little lady – she was like round and short – she came to the door and I said, "Hi, I'm Ronnie of the Ronettes and our bus is stuck." And Keith would say, "I'm Keith from the Rolling Stones." And she said, "Come on in, guys," and she gave us scones and tea, which we took back to the bus. You couldn't do that today. People don't even open the door today.

Did she know your music?
I don't know [laughs]. I only thought about that years later [laughs]. We never went back to her because we could never could find her. But I remember Keith and I were both laughing, very energetic. He's still like that today. Even though he's older and I'm older, we still have that same attitude.

You recorded with Keith Richards in 2006 on your The Last of the Rock Stars album. You've kept the friendship alive.
Keith Richards was there before I even got there. He's known to be late. I got to the studio, and then Joey Ramone came in. It's kind of dim in the studio and Keith is on one mic and I'm on another. And you can see Joey sitting in the control room, just staring. He looked at Keith; he looked at me. And that was like his dream. To see Ronnie Spector and Keith Richards in one room. He didn't move when we were in the recording studio. He died shortly after that. That was the last time I saw Joey.

"I loved them and I especially loved Keith, because I love that rugged look he had," Spector says of touring with the Stones in 1964. Kevin Mazur/Getty

On English Heart, you cover the Stones' "I'd Much Rather Be With the Boys" as "I'd Much Rather Be With the Girls." Why did you flip it?
When Keith wrote that, it was when all the girl groups were in, so they were saying, "I'd much rather be with the boys." So I just waited 50 years. Yeah, I'd much rather be with the girls.

There's a spoken-word part of the song where you and your girlfriends have a party. What is partying for Ronnie Spector like in 2016?
Well, my parties, to be honest with you, are all onstage. I wait for the stage. I live a very bland life in Connecticut. I have two boys. I go shopping at ShopRite once a week, like any other mother. So I save it up for when I get onstage. It's, like, I have no kids. I'm not even married. I'm married to the audience.

Were you ever a big partier?
No. Even in the Sixties, we didn't party. I remember going to these clubs, and people would be slobbering all over me because of alcohol. It would make me sick. Everybody tells me I look so great for my age, and that's because I didn't do drugs. I drank beer and smoked cigarettes. But I looked after my voice. My voice makes me money. But even if that wasn't the case, I still wouldn't have gone to clubs. It was boring to me.

Why did you pick "I'll Follow the Sun" as your Beatles cover?
I had to do a Beatles song, having known them my whole life. But I didn't want to pick a song that everybody had already covered. I don't think anybody covered "I'll Follow the Sun," and I made sure [laughs].

What are your fondest memories of knowing the Beatles?
John Lennon and all the guys took us to Carnaby Street [in London] to show us where to get. It was innocent. It was pure. It was rock & roll. John and Paul would be writing on napkins anywhere we'd go; they were just, like, crazy about the music.

I remember them coming to New York the first time, and John Lennon called me saying, "Ronnie, we don't know what to do. We're prisoners here." They were in either the Warwick or the Plaza Hotel. "You gotta come up and get us out of here." They didn't know anybody in America. So me, Estelle and Nedra – the three Ronettes – would go up there. He said, "Please bring the 45 records." So we'd sit there on the floor and listen to records. We had the best time. I remember he got upset because the Supremes came in, because people came in just to take pictures with them. But they were our buddies; we were having fun. I remember George going, "Oh, no. We've got to take a picture." So they'd get up, leave us and come right back and sit down on the floor and continue our conversation about rock & roll.

The production on English Heart is a departure from Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. Did you intend that as a statement?
I didn't think like that. It was just something I wanted to do.

"I was in lawsuits over royalties with my ex for 20 years," Spector says. "It took away a lot of the things I really wanted to do." Ray Avery/Getty

The record features the Bee Gees' "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart." Your version has really sparse production, especially compared to your Sixties hits.
I wanted it to be like that so people could hear my voice, my feelings. I mean, "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"? I had to tell Scott, the producer, "Give me a minute." I went in the ladies' room and cried my eyes out. Because that song is about my life, you know? My heart's been broken so many times. I mean, I was in lawsuits over royalties with my ex for 20 years. It took away a lot of the things I really wanted to do.

How does it feel for that to be over?
Oh, it's the best feeling. And the fact that we won? It was like the sun came out. I felt free for the first time.

The last Ronettes record came out 50 years ago. What do those songs meant to you now?
I love 'em. I've never not sung "Be My Baby," or "Walking in the Rain," or "Baby, I Love You." I would never disappoint my audience like that.

What do you remember about the "Be My Baby" session?
I don't think anybody wanted me to know how good I was, other than Jack Nitzsche.

Maybe they were jealous?
These were men!

They still could have been jealous of your voice. How did Jack help shape "Be My Baby"?
It took him all night to arrange "Be My Baby," so when I got into the studio in Los Angeles the next day, the guys were all quiet and I went into the vocal booth. I'll never forget how it happened. [Ronnie pounds her hand on the table to the opening beat.] And I went, [singing loudly] "The night we met … " All the musicians dropped whatever they were holding, their horns and guitars, and they were looking at this new girl in town. All the musicians were yelling, "Oh, my God. Her voice!" And I'm saying, "Me? A little girl from Spanish Harlem?" So from then on, it was so great to be in the business and to have a hit record.

You'd been practicing the song in New York with only with a piano. How did it feel to hear Hal Blaine play that famous bass-drum beat?
It was like I'd gone to heaven. It all fit. It all was like a puzzle and once my voice was put on, the puzzle was complete. That's when I knew this record just might be a hit.

You mentioned David Bowie earlier. How did you meet him?
I met him through May Pang, who was with John Lennon when he and Yoko broke up. She called me [one day in the mid-Seventies] and said, "David is having a concert and he wants you to come." And I was like, "David who?" [Laughs] So I went and when he was done, I was asked to go to his dressing room. He couldn't get enough of me [laughs]. We went out to dinner a few times; he came over to my apartment a few times. He was so nice.

I remember one time at the Plaza, he'd brought me to a party but then disappeared. There were all these people with big diamonds on, and they were standing around this glass coffee table doing cocaine. They were looking at me like, "Who's this piece of shit David brought?" So I walked away and tried to find him. I was so scared. So his friends brought me to a room, and there was David, and we kissed for a little while and then I took him to my house because he didn't like those rich snobs either. It was amazing how they're in his room yet he didn't like them.

That must have been sometime after your divorce from Phil in 1974. It must have felt good to be liberated.
Yes. My ex took singing away from me and it was devastating because I had no idea that I would never record. I had no idea I would never perform again, which was my life. I was in shock with that because here's a person who wrote your records and produced them. … And then, you're never gonna sing again.

Well, things have changed.
I never knew "What goes around, comes around," until he went to prison. Then I knew what it meant. Because I was in prison in the mansion and I couldn't even get out. For seven years, I didn't go anywhere. I never saw a movie. I never did anything in California because everything was brought to me.

Ronnie Spector circa 1977. "It bothers me that a lot of the rock & roll people that I loved, that I hung out with, are gone," says Spector. Tom Sheehan/Getty

Some people are good people. It's, like, David Bowie was such a good guy, why did he have to go? And why is my ex still alive? [Laughs] The good people die … like Jimi Hendrix, I knew him really well then all of a sudden he's gone. Gone. It bothers me that a lot of the rock & roll people that I loved, that I hung out with, are gone.

What was Jimi Hendrix like?
He used to play in a small place downtown in the house band. I'd get up and sing – anything he would do on his guitar, I would repeat with my voice. He would say, "Boy, your voice sounds like a guitar." I didn't know my voice was supposedly that great because people didn't tell you back then how great you were. Then it was, "Go to the ladies' room. Re-do your eye makeup, or something."

It sounds like Jimi was different. Did you remain friends?
One time, my sister called me up when I'd come back to New York, visiting my parents. She said, "Jimi is dying to see you again." So I went over to Jimi's house at Electric Lady, and he has a mattress on the floor, and about four girls hanging around the bed. My sister was sitting in a chair, and he was like, "Ronnie, you've got to go on my record. Even if you just say 'ooh' or 'ahh,' you know, your little 'oh-ohs.'" So I did that. They had shipped my Camaro to New York, so Jimi and all of us, the girls, got in after recording and we were all crowded in there, and I dropped Jimi off and said, "OK, good night!"

The next morning, somebody's ringin' my bell. I look through the peephole and I say, "Oh, it's Jimi!" [Laughs] I open the door and he had one hand on his hip and said, "Hi Ronnie. I left my tapes in your car." He left that tape on purpose. I thought it was the sweetest thing. Because he wanted to see me alone. Yet I was married at the time, so … I couldn't see him too much [laughs].

It's hard losing friends.
Yes. For Joey Ramone to die and all my rock & roll friends. … Even when John [Lennon] died and George [Harrison], I was devastated. You would think one of the Rolling Stones would be dead, with how everyone would talk about how skinny they are [laughs]. But I'll tell you, nobody has Keith Richards' heart. He has the biggest, greatest heart.

Another British singer who has died that you had a connection to was Amy Winehouse. You were performing her "Back to Black" before her death.
Amy Winehouse was so great for me, because she made me feel like what I did mattered. The hair, the eye makeup. I recorded "Back to Black" three years before she died. I used to sort of make fun of her saying, "She has a beehive, but it's sort of tilted like the Eiffel Tower," but I don't say that anymore since she passed because her and I became very close – even if it was through magazines. I'd read where she'd say, "I loved all-girl groups but my specialty was the Ronettes and Ronnie Spector with the way she wore her hair." I got messages through her interviews. And now her mother comes to every show I do in the U.K. She wrote a book about Amy and gave me a copy. She wrote an inscription that was so sweet and personal about how I was her daughter's inspiration. It just made me feel so great. And it makes me continue to want to sing, 'cause what I did back then mattered: the hair, the makeup.

You didn't think you mattered?
I didn't realize it until people started telling me, "You're amazing." Singing was something I loved and something that was taken from me. And after that, I want to do it so much more.

How Esperanza Spalding Came to Love to Her Curls: "When My Hair Is Wild, It’s Doing Its Best Thing"

April 14, 2016 9:05 am

Esperanza Spalding is our current music icon and hair crush. We’ve watched this classically trained jazz singer and bassist rocking those curls everywhere from the Grammy Awards to the White House—and her embrace of her hair’s natural texture is the ultimate beauty inspiration. “I let my curls do their thing—when my hair is wild, that’s when it’s doing its best thing,” says Spalding, 31. She especially likes it big and brushed out: “I feel I can pick up more inspiration—you know, like my antennas are up.” With her fifth album, Emily’s D+Evolution, out this spring, the Portland, Oregon, native put down her bass to talk beauty and self-esteem.

Spalding, who loves wearing her hair in a fluffy Afro, jumped in and brushed out her own air-dried curls (gently, working from tips to roots). Hairstylist Ben Skervin then created a simple side part, which lent a graphic element to the soft texture. A spritz of gloss spray (try Moroccanoil Glimmer Shine, $28, moroccanoil.com) adds a healthy shine.

Dusan Reljin; Fashion Editor: Jessica Sailer Van Lith

Your brushed-out Afro is your signature, but it wasn’t always. How did you style your hair when you were young?

“My hair, growing up, was no fun at all. My mom never let me press it or put relaxer in it; she wanted me to embrace what my hair did naturally. I was allowed to brush it and let it dry, and then I had to get out of the house. When I was around 12, my hair was really, really thick and super curly—just dense and impossible. I went through a very embarrassing couple of years there. I just wanted to get my hair out of my life, out of the way, out of people’s sight, just away from everything because it was so crazy.”

So when did you start to love your curls?

“At 15 I just decided to bleach it, relax it, color it—I did everything. At 17, when I left home [for Berklee College of Music in Boston], I shaved my hair to a quarter inch of my head. As it grew into an Afro, I liked that look. And it’s pretty much been growing out like that ever since. I like to let it be completely wild; it forces me to face people not knowing how I’m being seen. I don’t know what it’s doing and I just have to be cool with that—especially if I’m around somebody new. I’m like, All right, let’s go. This is it, unfiltered.”

Starting with brushed-out curls, Skervin twisted everything up into a very high half pony, letting the ends peek out to create a pom-pom-like effect. He teased out the shape even more with his fingers, while preserving the undone texture. “You can play around with it, bringing it more forward, more to the center, more to one side,” he says. “It’s simple but has quite a dramatic effect.”

Dusan Reljin; Fashion Editor: Jessica Sailer Van Lith

Walk us through your styling routine.

“Once I’ve washed it, I work in the conditioner. I like a sulfate-free one from Alaffia. I get it super goopy in the shower—think jellyfish consistency—and I detangle my hair with my fingers. I don’t wash out the conditioner; I just let it air-dry. When I want it in Afro mode, I brush everything out with a paddle brush. Brushing is my one commitment when it comes to my hair; it can take an hour, but that’s when I watch the news or call my mom. Brushing it when it’s dry seems to help it do what I like, which is this wild, frazzled thing—kind of messed up.”

“It’s a bit romantic; there’s a softness around the face,” Skervin says of this pulled-back style. First, add a tiny drop of oil (try Garnier Fructis Marvelous Oil Frizz Defy, $6, walmart.com) to subtly define air-dried strands. Next, pull hair back into a low-slung half pony. “Don’t pull the ends all the way through—let the back hang down,” he says.

Dusan Reljin; Fashion Editor: Jessica Sailer Van Lith

For your new album and tour, you wear your hair in braids. Why the departure from your signature curls?

“Emily—which is my middle name, and what I was called growing up—is my onstage alter ego and the inspiration for this album. Her look reflects who she is and what she’s about, and draws from my childhood. Her hair is different from how I usually wear it: It’s twisted down in braids, soaking up the energy of her world.”

What to watch on Sunday, April 17...

8pm, CBS
Madam Secretary
In her first address to the U.N. General Assembly, Elizabeth formally condemns the terrorist group Hizb-al Shahid. (She also tries out her best booming “CAN. YOU. DIG IT?!,” but apparently nobody else at the U.N. has seen The Warriors.) Later in “Ghost Detainee,” the secretary seeks an anti-terror coalition with her Russian opposite number, but the talks stir a conflict of interest with Henry as he tries to save Dmitri’s ill sister from the Kremlin.

8pm, Starz
The Girlfriend Experience
Christine confronts Jacqueline about the extent of her control in "Retention," while David enlists Erin's help keeping a key client content.

8pm, ABC
Once Upon a Time
Ruby’s search for Dorothy in “Ruby Slippers” takes her to the Underworld, because the show paid for this set and they’re gonna put it to use, darn it. Emma, Regina, and Snow lend a hand, even as David and Snow plan a way for one of them to rejoin Neal in the Overworld. Flashbacks recall Ruby and Mulan’s meeting with Dorothy in Oz.

8pm, PBS
Call the Midwife
Summer finds Nonnatus House in the throes of a typhoid outbreak, and finds Sister Winifred dealing with an unwed teacher who’s carrying a married man’s baby.

8:30pm, Fox
Bob’s Burgers
“The Hormone-iums” gives Tina her big shot at solo performing glory, but could stardom come with a social cost? At the restaurant, Linda cooks up a potentially lucrative business plan.

SEASON 1 FINALE, 9pm, HBO
Vinyl
With the label launch approaching in “Alibi,” a scorned Zak schemes to destroy Richie. In other unhealthy relationships, Kip’s jealousy of Alex could undercut the Nasty Bits’ big break, while Richie is (believe it or not) present at the creation of a legendary music venue.

SEASON 2 PREMIERE, 9pm, Hallmark
Good Witch
In “Second Time Around,” Cassie and Sam decide to give romance a whirl… at least until his ex-wife nixes that plan. Elsewhere, Grace studies for her driver’s exam, an old friend of Cassie’s comes calling, and a betrothed couple arrives at the Grey House.

9pm, TV Land
TV Land Icon Awards
George Lopez hosts the 12th annual installment of an awards show that I guarantee you did not know has existed for 12 damn years, unless you happen to work for TV Land. Maybe not even then.

9pm, CBS
The Good Wife
“Landing” sends Alicia and Lucca to Toronto to represent NSA Agent Jeff Delinger (you might remember him as the one played by Zach Woods) after he’s detained by customs. On the other side of the 49th Parallel, Diane grows worried when Kurt decides to retire and sell his business to a rival (Megan Hilty), while the source of Peter’s worries involves iron bars and an orange jumpsuit.

9pm, Fox
Family Guy
Peter’s old flame Gretchen (Kathryn Hahn) stirs up trouble in the Griffin homestead in “Take a Letter,” prompted by Lois’s new job in the postal service and her discovery of an old letter that Peter failed to send to Gretchen back in the day.

9pm AMC
Fear the Walking Dead
The gang takes up with a survivalist family in “We All Fall Down,” but Madison is suspicious of the family’s true motives. Also less than trusting is Salazar, who seeks to learn Strand’s designs.

9pm, Showtime
House of Lies
Jeannie’s boyfriend deals a devastating blow in “Game Theory,” while Marty spies a business development opportunity in Doug’s Dungeons & Dragons game. Why of course he has experience representing Gelatinous Cubes! Oodles of experience!

9pm & 9:30pm, NBC
Crowded
A patient of Martina’s moves in with the family in “The Fixer,” and quickly proves Ben Franklin’s adage about houseguests and fish. (Guest stars Betty White and Jane Leeves are also on hand to prove the Founding Father’s lesser known prediction of a Hot in Cleveland mini-reunion on network TV in 2016. Prescient dude, he.) Then in “Given to Fly,” Bob and Mike make a splash as traffic reporters in Mike’s helicopter, while at ground level Martina, Stella, and Shea search for Mike’s mother.

9pm, PBS
Grantchester
Sidney performs an exorcism after an apparent suicide, and even the most malevolent spirit would probably compelled by the power of sexy vicar. In less otherworldly affairs, Leonard makes a risky bet, Margaret makes a play, Amanda faces her lost love, and Gary faces his trial.

9pm, ABC
The Family
Willa’s scheming takes its toll on Claire in “Sweet Jane,” while Clements’ investigation takes a closer look at Jane’s ties to Doug. (Sidebar: Why do ABC’s loglines keep referring to Doug as “the pock-marked man” when the dude has a name? Quit pock-mark-shaming, ABC.) Elsewhere, Hank learns something new about Adam’s kidnapping, Nina tracks Adam’s nocturnal excursions, and Willa takes matters into her own hands after the governor’s wife threatens to reveal Claire’s drinking.

9:30pm, Fox
The Last Man on Earth
A bored Tandy sets off a prank war in “Fourth Finger.” Todd, on the other hand, has grander ambitions.

9:30pm, Showtime
Dice
In “Ego,” Dice is out to prove his bedroom bona fides after a sex quiz suggests that he and Carmen aren’t quite clicking coitally. Guest star Adrien Brody certainly picked a… let’s say propitious week to shadow the Dice-Man as research for a role.

SEASON 5 FINALE, 10pm & 10:30pm, HBO
Girls
“Love Stories” finds Hanna dropping a bombshell on Principal Toby, then bumping into old frenemy Tally. Elsewhere, Shoshanna helps Ray boost business, Elijah presses Dill to be exclusive, and a dream inspires Marnie to reconcile with Desi. Then “I Love You Baby” caps the season with Elijah and Loreen helping Hannah prepare for a story slam, while Marnie and Desi prepare to hit the open road, Jessa and Adam butt heads in a big way, and Ray implements Shosh’s new business plan.

10pm, ABC
Quantico
Alex, Shelby, and Iris learn some surprising details about Drew, Will, and Caleb while investigating them for security clearances at Quantico. (Playing “Never Have I Ever” with straight tequila is a kind of investigating, right?) In the future, “Soon” sees Alex reaching out to Claire Haas in hopes of finding her missing friends—and learning another surprise about Caleb.

10pm, CBS
Elementary
In “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” Holmes and Watson investigate the real murder of people who were staging a fake murder. Meanwhile, Watson’s espionage could be exposed when her inside man at Morland’s office hits a hurdle.

11:30pm, Cartoon Network
Robot Chicken
Skits in “Yogurt in a Bag” include Liam Neeson finding his theater seat has been taken, a veterinarian explaining the reproductive science behind the 101 Dalmatians, and the Cryptkeeper dealing with a plagiarist.

SEASON 2 PREMIERE, 12am, Cartoon Network
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Pickles is determined to bust Grandpa out of his sanitarium sanctuary in “Mental Asylum.”

What to Watch Tonight: The Season Finales of Supergirl, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Better Call Saul, and the Season 2 Premiere of 12 Monkeys

What to watch on Monday, April 18...

SEASON 1 FINALE, 8pm, CBS
Supergirl
What’s this? That Kryptonian crook Non and blue-hued brainiac Indigo—about to conquer the Earth? Manipulating minds with Myriad—including Alex’s? Can the Woman of Steel surmount this sinister sisterly surprise and subdue the slavers? Tune in to “Better Angels” and find out—same Super-time, same Super-channel!

SEASON 1 FINALE, 8pm, The CW
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
“Paula Needs to Get Over Josh!” caps the freshman-year follies with Rebecca’s closest relationships under strain. It all comes to a head at the wedding of Josh’s sister Jayma, because if you’re gonna tease a wedding throughout the back half of your season it had darn well better be the climax.

8pm, Fox
Gotham
Fresh out of Arkham, Barbara hopes to mend fences with Gordon in “Pinewood.” Incidentally, this is the first time in the history of Gotham City that “get out of Arkham Asylum” is followed by anything other than “go on thematically appropriate crime spree.” Elsewhere, Hugo Strange foils Bruce and Alfred’s efforts to find one of Thomas Wayne’s old Project Chimera comrades.

8:30pm, TBS
American Dad!
“The Dentist’s Wife” finds Roger smitten with the title character, while Klaus throws a party after exercise renders Stan and the kids immobile.

SEASON 2 PREMIERE, 9pm, Syfy
12 Monkeys
Cole and Ramse patch things up in “Year of the Monkey,” because fleeing the Army of the 12 Monkeys has a way of restoring friendships. In 2043, Deacon and the Twelve control the Temporal Facility, which leaves Railly and Jones in something of a grey area.

9pm, Fox
Lucifer
A corpse mangled into a pentagram shape is found on the Walk of Fame in “#TeamLucifer.” You can understand why Lucifer and the team might suspect a cult of Satanists had something to do with it, but let’s not jump to conclusions. Maybe the victim was trying out a new kind of Evil Yoga and it went horribly wrong?

9pm, The CW
Jane the Virgin
The bachelorette party and its aftermath weigh on Jane and Xo in “Chapter Forty.” With the rift between mother and daughter, it’s on Michael to babysit Mateo—though Rafael’s upset when he gets to witness one of the baby’s firsts. Elsewhere, Rogelio’s use of the crew for personal projects draws heat from network execs, and Petra reels from the disruptive return of someone from her past.

9pm, A&E
Bates Motel
Norman unearths some harsh truths from his past in “The Vault,” while Norma strives to keep a present unpleasantness buried. Meanwhile, Romero puts his career on the line to come to a friend’s aid.

9pm, CBS
Scorpion
“Chernobyl Intentions” sends the team to repair the decaying nuclear reactor before history catastrophically repeats itself. Gosh, this would be a really lousy time for Sylvester and Paige to get trapped insi… yup, yup, they got trapped inside.

9pm, TBS
The Detour
In “The Tank,” Nate gets pulled over for driving under the influence despite being totally sober. But his clean blood-alcohol level isn’t enough to save him from a stint behind bars.

SEASON 2 FINALE, 10pm, AMC
Better Call Saul
Jimmy faces a hard decision, Mike gets proactive, Hamlin delivers stunning news, and Chuck’s condition continues to evolve as “Klick” closes the sophomore season.

10pm, PBS
Independent Lens
Democrats, filmed over the span of three years, spotlights the efforts to draft Zimbabwe’s first democratic constitution. Also included: Soft Vengeance, centering on activist Albie Sachs and his fight for social justice in South Africa, narrated by Alfre Woodard

10pm, NBC
Blindspot
The hunt for a notorious international criminal forces Jane and Weller to work with—altogether, now—an Unlikely Ally. Specifically, their former quarry Rich DotCom. Meanwhile in “One Begets Technique,” Jane questions a suspect order from Oscar that could harm Weller.

10pm, CBS
NCIS: Los Angeles
Granger must escort Jennifer Kim back to L.A. in “Granger, O.,” giving father and long-lost daughter plenty of time for a heart-to-heart about North Korean espionage and secret parentage.

10pm, ABC
Castle
A favor for an old friend lands Hayley in hot water when she’s tied to a murder and a cyber attack in “Backstabber.” The lesson, as always: Never help anyone. Well, unless you're Castle and Beckett and you have to help Hayley clear her name. But other than that: Never help anyone.

10pm, Syfy
Hunters
When Hunters bomb random targets and, as you might expect, kill a bunch of civilians in the process, Flynn and the ETU discover that human collaborators are involved in “Messages.”

10:30pm, TBS
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Samantha converses with Bernie Sanders supporters to understand their views.

11pm, Syfy
Bitten
Elena rallies the Pack and tries to lift Sasha’s spirits in “Shock the System,” but her morale-boosting efforts hit a bit of a snag when the Albino takes captives. While Clay, Nick, and Alexei mount a rescue mission, Jeremy deploys mind games against his abductor.

LATE-NITE:
– Ellie Kemper on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, 11pm, Comedy Central
– Terry Crews on The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, 11:30pm, Comedy Central
– Hillary Clinton, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Katharine McPhee, Sturgill Simpson, and Wayne Shorter on Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 11:35pm, CBS
– Emily Blunt, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Shinedown on Jimmy Kimmel Live, 11:35pm, ABC
– Emilia Clarke, Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer, and Rachel Feinstein on The Late Late Show with James Corden, 12:37am, CBS

New Upcoming Releases

Artist: Musiq Soulchild

Album: Life On Earth

Released: 2016

Style: R&B

Artist: Paul Young

Album: Good Thing

Released: 2016

Style: Pop

Artist: Jack White and The Bricks

Album: Live At The Gold Dollar

Released: 2016

Style: Garage Rock

Artist: Lita Ford

Album: Time Capsule

Released: 2016

Style: Hard Rock

Artist: Santana

Album: Santana IV

Released: 2016

Style: Rock

Tracklist:
01 – Yambu
02 – Shake It
03 – Anywhere You Want To Go
04 – Fillmore East
05 – Love Makes The World Go Round (feat. Ronald Isley)
06 – Freedom In Your Mind (feat. Ronald Isley)
07 – Choo Choo
08 – All Aboard
09 – Suenos
10 – Caminando
11 – Blues Magic
12 – Echizo
13 – Leave Me Alone
14 – You And I
15 – Come As You Are
16 – Forgiveness

Brandy is back. After live-debuting her new single “Beggin & Pleadin” on BET’s “Black Girls Rock!” stage, the R&B songstress delivers the music video.

Emmy award-winning actress Doris Roberts who played meddling but adorable mom on Everybody Loves Raymond dies age 90

• Roberts won fans starring as Raymond's smothering mother in 1996-2005
• The actress won 5 Emmys during 64-year stage and screen acting career
• St Louis-born Roberts is survived by one son and three grandchildren
• She died in her sleep of natural causes aged 90 in Los Angeles on Sunday

By SHYAM DODGE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 18:22 EST, 18 April 2016 | UPDATED: 06:17 EST, 19 April 2016

Emmy winning actress Doris Roberts has passed away at the age of 90.

Roberts, who played the cantankerous mother in Everybody Loves Raymond, died in her sleep of natural causes at home in Los Angeles on Sunday.

During her 64-year career, she swept up five Emmys - four for Raymond, one for the TV hit St Elsewhere in 1982.

She is survived by her son Michael Cannata Jr and three grandchildren.

Ray Romano, who played Raymond in the nine-season sitcom, led tributes to his former co-star on Monday, gushing about her admirable spirit and energy.

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Emmy winning actress Doris Roberts has passed away at the age of 90 (pictured in October)

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Roberts won five Emmys during her celebrated career; Four of the television honours were for perhaps her most iconic role as the mother of the eponymous character in Everybody Loves Raymond

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Roberts received her star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in February 2003

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In Desperate Housewives as one of Gaby's wealthy personal shopping clients

'Doris Roberts had an energy and a spirit that amazed me,' Romano said in a statement.

'She never stopped. Whether working professionally or with her many charities, or just nurturing and mentoring a young, green comic trying to make it as an actor, she did it all with such a grand love for life and people and I will miss her dearly.'

Roberts had recently completed four projects - one TV movie, two movies, and a short film - which will be released posthumously.

The actress was born in St Louis on November 4, 1925, in St Louis, Missouri. She moved to New York shortly after, where she grew up.

She carved out a career later in life as a bawdy matriarch in such films as Grandma's Boy (2006).

It all began in 1952 when she was cast in the television series Studio One.

She went on to star in various popular TV shows before making her big screen debut in 1961's Something Wild.

Among her many on-screen and on-stage roles, Roberts was known for her performance in the detective series Remington Steele.

Her first Emmy was for her one-episode role as a patient in St Elsewhere in the 1980s, winning the gong for Outstanding Supporting Actress.

The show starred Denzel Washington.

In 1996, she took up the role of the mother in Everybody Loves Raymond on CBS. The show ran until 2005.

Roberts once said she based her vivacious character on the real-life mothers of the show's star Ray Romano and the show's creator Phil Rosenthal.

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Four of the television honours were for perhaps her most iconic role as the mother of the eponymous character in Everybody Loves Raymond. She is seen above in a scene

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Peter Boyle, Doris Roberts, Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton in one of the first episodes of the show in 1996

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Romano embraces Roberts on stage in 2010. He has paid tribute to her energy and spirit

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The Raymond cast celebrate an Emmy success in 2005, when the show ended

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Roberts won her first Emmy (left) for St Elsewhere. She also starred in Remington Steele (right) with Pierce Brosnan

The late Doris Roberts on the red carpet through the years

She told Variety: 'They are different rhythms, different personas. I meld them together. This woman could be a harridan. She really is more than meddlesome.'

On Monday, Rosenthal wrote on Twitter: 'We loved our mom, the great #DorisRoberts. A wonderful, funny, indelible actress and friend.'

Patricia Heaton, who played Raymond's wife in the show, posted a picture of her and Roberts on Twitter with a tribute.

It read: 'Truly the end of an era. My wonder TV mother-in-law and ELR nemesis Doris Roberts was a consummate professional from whom I learned so much.

'She was funny and tough and loved life, living it to the fullest. Nothing gave her greater joy than her three wonderful grandchildren, of whom she was so proud.

'It truly was a privilege Doris. I love you and miss you.'

Roberts was married twice. Her first marriage was in 1956 to Michael Cannata, with whom she had a son, Michael Cannata Jr.

Roberts' son acted as his mother's manager in her later career, and gave the actress three grandchildren.

Roberts got married again in 1963. Her second husband, William Goyen, passed away in 1983. She never remarried.

Pictured left, Roberts smiles and waves on set of the film 'Rabbit Test' in 1978. She is seen right, on May 16, 2005 at CBS Studios in New York City

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As a patient in St Elsewhere, for which she won her first Emmy in 1983

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Roberts (left) and Carroll Baker in Something Wild (1961)

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Roberts and granddaughter Kelsey arriving at the Keeping Up With The Steins Premiere in 2006

New scientific study confirms the obvious: Freddie Mercury had an unparalleled singing voice

A group of Austrian, Czech, and Swedish researchers sought out to examine the Queen singer's incredible vocals

Regardless of what they might think personally about Queen, most rock critics and music fans alike recognize the immense vocal talent that was the great Freddie Mercury. Still, in case there was ever any doubt, new analysis of both Mercury’s singing and speaking voices has shed fresh light on just how special his pipes really were.

A group of Austrian, Czech, and Swedish researchers conducted the research, the results of which were published on Friday in Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology (via AlphaGalileo). While they couldn’t confirm the long-held belief that Mercury’s range spanned four full octaves, they did discover some interesting tidbits about the expanse of his voice. For one, despite being known largely as a tenor, he was more likely a baritone. They based this assumption off six interviews they analyzed to find a median speaking fundamental frequency of 117.3 Hz. That, coupled with anecdotal evidence that Mercury once turned down an opera duet because he was afraid fans wouldn’t recognize his baritone voice, led the conclusion that the singer was talented enough to jump out of his base range.

It’s true that without a living test subject, the researchers’ conclusions are largely unconformable. To get closer to the truth, however, the team brought in professional rock singer Daniel Zangger-Borch to imitate Mercury’s voice. They filmed his larynx at 4,000 frames per second in order to look at how exactly the Queen frontman created those iconic rough growls and jaw-dropping vibratos. What they discovered was that he likely employed subharmonics, a singing style where the ventricular folds vibrate along with the vocal folds. Most humans never speak or sing with their ventricular folds unless they’re Tuvan throat singers, so the fact that this popular rock vocalist was probably dealing with subharmonics is pretty incredible.

What’s more, Mercury’s vocal chords just moved faster than other people’s. While a typical vibrato will fluctuate between 5.4 Hz and 6.9 Hz, Mercury’s was 7.04 Hz. To look at that in a more scientific way, a perfect sine wave for vibrato assumes the value of 1, which is pretty close to where famous opera singer Luciano Pavarotti sat. Mercury, on the other hand, averaged a value of 0.57, meaning he was vibrating something in his throat even Pavarotti couldn’t move.

There’s a lot of scientific and analytical music terminology in the full study (which can be read here), but the conclusion was clear from the beginning: Freddie Mercury had a voice unlike anyone else in rock ‘n’ roll, and that led to one of the most unique singers and stage performers of all time.

Zoë Kravitz steps out in perilously plunging black gown as she reveals half-shaved head at the star-studded Tribeca premiere of Vincent N Roxxy

By CASSIE CARPENTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 21:08 EST, 18 April 2016 | UPDATED: 03:05 EST, 19 April 2016

Days after attending Coachella, Zoë Kravitz revealed her half-shaved head at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Vincent N Roxxy on Monday, as well as plenty of skin in a revealing dress.

Stylist Andrew Mukamal dressed the tattooed 27-year-old in a plunging, spaghetti-strap black gown featuring a sheer overlay.

It was a surprisingly understated look for the Allegiant actress, who accessorised with chain-link earrings, black stilettos, and a bucket bag.

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Brooklyn bohemian beauty: Zoe Kravitz wowed in a plunging, spaghetti-strap black gown featuring a sheer overlay at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Vincent N Roxxy on Monday

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Causing a buzz! Days after attending Coachella, Zoë revealed her half-shaved head at the event

5ft1in Zoë sported minimal make-up aside from liquid liner, and she rocked her signature septum ring on the red carpet.

In the revenge action thriller, Kravitz plays the rebellious punk rocker Roxxy, who has a tumultuous relationship with small-town loner Vincent (Emile Hirsch).

At Chelsea Bow Tie Cinemas, the 31-year-old SAG Award nominee suited up alongside their corset-clad co-star Zoey Deutch (who plays Kate).

Not seen was the Mad Max: Fury Road stunner's boyfriend of nine months Twin Shadow - born George Lewis Jr. - with whom she attended the Indio desert music festival.

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What a gown: Stylist Andrew Mukamal dressed the tattooed 27-year-old in the stunning dress

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Hipster: 5ft1in Zoë sported minimal make-up aside from liquid liner, and she rocked her signature septum ring on the red carpet

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He comes to her rescue: In the revenge action thriller, Kravitz plays the rebellious punk rocker Roxxy, who has a tumultuous relationship with small-town loner Vincent (Emile Hirsch)

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Castmates: At Chelsea Bow Tie Cinemas, the 31-year-old SAG Award nominee suited up alongside their corset-clad co-star Zoey Deutch (who plays Kate)

Speaking of festivals, the Every F***in Day singer will perform at Bonnaroo in Tennessee on June 9 alongside her band, LolaWolf.

'I'm so excited. I've actually never been to that festival ever before, so first-timer,' Kravitz said on the March 16 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The nepotistically-privileged millennial grew up listening to a variety of music, thanks to her parents Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet.

Jimmy Fallon plays inflatable flip cup with Zoe Kravitz

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'Go - chella': Not seen was the Mad Max: Fury Road stunner's boyfriend of nine months Twin Shadow - born George Lewis Jr. - with whom she attended the Indio desert festival

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'I'm so excited. I've actually never been to that festival ever before': Speaking of festivals, the Every F***in Day singer will perform at Bonnaroo in Tennessee on June 9 alongside her band, LolaWolf

'I mean, of course lots of rock, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, but then also I was obsessed with musicals,' Zoë admitted.

'My father loved musicals. I would listen to the Grease soundtrack all the time. And my dad, one of his favourite movies is A Star is Born, so we listened to a lot of [Barbra] Streisand. Seriously, who doesn't love Streisand?'

But first, the Bernie Sanders supporter will perform with her R&B/electropop trio at The Roots Picnic happening June 4 at Philadelphia's Festival Pier.

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'I was obsessed with musicals': The nepotistically-privileged millennial grew up listening to a variety of music, thanks to her parents Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet (pictured 1989)

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Zoë revealed on the March 16 episode of The Tonight Show: 'My father loved musicals. I would listen to the Grease soundtrack all the time. And my dad, one of his favourite movies is A Star is Born, so we listened to a lot of [Barbra] Streisand'

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Questlove scored Vincent N Roxxy! But first, the Bernie Sanders supporter will perform with her R&B/electropop trio at The Roots Picnic happening June 4 at Philadelphia's Festival Pier

Elsewhere at Tribeca Monday was Stark Trek's Zachary Quinto sporting a fresh bandage due to an unfortunate accident involving a Pellegrino bottle in London.

But the 38-year-old Emmy nominee didn't let his hand injury keep him from greeting fans at the premiere of the Leonard Nimoy documentary For the Love of Spock.

Avengers director Joss Whedon reunited with his Hulk, aka three-time Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo, at the Director's Series panel.

Live Cargo's Dree Hemingway donned a baggy black top and frilly white maxi-skirt at the Chanel/Tribeca Artists Dinner at Big Apple brasserie, Balthazar.

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Ouch! Elsewhere at Tribeca Monday was Stark Trek's Zachary Quinto sporting a fresh bandage due to an unfortunate accident involving a Pellegrino bottle in London

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On the mend: But the 38-year-old Emmy nominee didn't let his hand injury keep him from greeting fans at the premiere of the Leonard Nimoy documentary For the Love of Spock

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You wouldn't like them angry: Avengers director Joss Whedon reunited with his Hulk, aka three-time Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo, at the Director's Series panel

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Nepotistically-privileged: Live Cargo's Dree Hemingway donned a baggy black top and frilly white maxi-skirt at the Chanel/Tribeca Artists Dinner at Big Apple brasserie, Balthazar

Frozen belter Idina Menzel struck a pose in a vibrant blue floral top, black trousers, and peep-toe platforms.

The Tony winner - who turns 45 next month - spoke with producer Marc Platt during the Storytellers panel at the fest's SVA Theatre 1.

Meanwhile at the BMCC John Zuccotti Theater, Elvis & Nixon stars Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon dappered up for the Tribeca premiere.

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Broadway beauty: Frozen belter Idina Menzel struck a pose in a vibrant blue floral top, black trousers, and peep-toe platforms

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Let it go! The Tony winner - who turns 45 next month - spoke with producer Marc Platt during the Storytellers panel at the fest's SVA Theatre 1

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The president and the king: Meanwhile at the BMCC John Zuccotti Theater, Elvis & Nixon stars Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon dappered up for the Tribeca premiere

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Group shot: The 56-year-old Oscar winner and the 41-year-old Oscar nominee were joined by their castmates Johnny Knoxville, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, and director Liza Johnson

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Leggy ladies: Sky Ferreira opted for a pink velvet mini-dress and sky-high heels, while Ahna O'Reilly donned an olive halter, peplum playsuit

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Attendees: Three ladies in not-so-basic black included Judy Greer, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Atlanta de Cadenet Taylor

The 56-year-old Oscar winner and the 41-year-old Oscar nominee were joined by their castmates Johnny Knoxville, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, and director Liza Johnson.

Sky Ferreira opted for a pink velvet mini-dress and sky-high heels, while Ahna O'Reilly donned an olive halter, peplum playsuit.

Three ladies in not-so-basic black included Judy Greer, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Atlanta de Cadenet Taylor.

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Marvel's Iron Fist: Jessica Stroup,Banshee Alum Join Netflix Series

By Ryan Schwartz / April 19 2016, 6:10 AM PD

Marvel’s Iron Fist has added two more TV vets to the call sheet.

Jessica Stroup (90210, The Following) and Tom Pelphrey (Banshee) have joined Netflix’s latest Marvel series as Joy and Ward Meachum, one-time childhood acquaintances of Danny Rand (played by Game of Thrones‘ Finn Jones) whose roles at Rand Enterprises get called into question once Danny claims the company as his birthright.

TVLine’s sister site Variety first broke the news.

Iron Fist follows Danny’s return to New York City after a prolonged absence where he’ll fight crime using his kung-fu mastery and ability to summon the awesome power of the titular fist. Per comic-book lore, Joy and Ward’s father Harold (Top of the Lake‘s David Wenham) played a significant role in the death of Danny’s father.

Stroup and Pelphrey round out an ensemble that also includes Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing.

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Kevin Bacon to Star in TransparentCreator's Amazon Pilot I Love Dick

By Rebecca Iannucci / April 18 2016, 12:00 PM PDT

Kevin Bacon has found his next TV role, and Ryan Hardy it is not.

The Following vet will fill the title role in I Love Dick, Amazon’s comedy pilot fromTransparent creator Jill Soloway , Deadline reports.

Based on Chris Kraus’ 1997 novel of the same name, the potential series follows a struggling married couple in Texas and their mutual obsession with an off-putting but charismatic professor (played by Bacon).

Through that fixation, failing wife and independent filmmaker Chris (Transparent‘s Kathryn Hahn) goes on a journey of self-discovery and eventually transformative power. The role of Sylvere, Chris’ husband, has yet to be cast.

In addition to his three seasons on Fox’s now-defunct The Following, Bacon is in talks to reprise his role as Valentine McKee in a potential TV-series adaptation of the 1990 cult film Tremors.

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Naomi Watts to Headline Netflix's 10-Episode Psychological Thriller Gypsy

By Michael Ausiello / April 18 2016, 8:51 AM PDT

Netflix has lured another A-list movie star to the small screen.

Naomi Watts has signed on to headline Gypsy, a 10-episode psychological thriller that, save for the title, shares absolutely nothing in common with the iconic musical. The two-time Oscar-nominated actress will play Jean Holloway, a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients’ lives.

Fifty Shades of Grey helmer Sam Taylor-Johnson is directing the first two episodes. Liza Chasin, Lisa Rubin, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are among the project’s executive producers, with newcomer Rubin also penning the script.

This marks Watts’ first major TV gig in the States since her starring role in NBC’s short-lived, late-90s sci-fi drama Sleepwalkers. She recently booked a mystery role in Showtime’s forthcoming Twin Peaks revival.

Gypsy is slated to premiere in 2017.

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Still Star-Crossed: ABC Pilot Casts Danish Actress as Juliet

By Andy Swift / April 15 2016, 3:43 PM PDT

Spoiler alert: Juliet dies at the end of Romeo & Juliet.

Now that we’ve cleared that up , let’s say a (brief) hello to Danish actress Clara Rugaard, who will portray one of Shakespeare’s most famous lovers in the pilot of ABC’s Romeo & Juliet sequel Still Star-Crossed, our sister site Deadline reports.

Based on 2013 novel by Melinda Taub, Shondaland’s Still Star-Crossed documents the rocky relationship between the Capulet and Montague families in the wake of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths; Rugaard, along with a yet-to-be-cast Romeo, will appear as a guest star in the pilot.

Rugaard joins previously announced cast members Lashana Lynch as Rosaline, Wade Briggs (Home and Away) as Benvolio, Zuleikha Robinson (The Following) as Lady Capulet, Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as Lord Capulet, Grant Bowler (Defiance) as Lord Montague, Torrance Coombs (Reign) as Paris and Ebonée Noel (Eye Candy) as Livia.

What to Watch Tonight: The Series Premieres ofThe Night Manager and Containment, and the Finales of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Outsiders

First Look: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke And More In 'The Magnificent Seven' Remake

By Kevin Jagernauth | The PlaylistApril 19, 2016 at 12:10PM

John Sturges' "The Magnificent Seven" is a classic of the western genre, but it likely wouldn't exist if it weren't for Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai." So perhaps it's not worth getting too steamed that Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day," "Southpaw") is giving Sturges' flick a new coat of paint with his star-studded remake.

Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Martin Sensmeier are the diverse gang hopping into the saddle for this redo, which promises some high-gloss grit. Fuqua will surely bring his own brand of energetic action to the proceedings.

"The Magnificent Seven" opens on September 23rd. [USA Today]

Britain mourns the death of another beloved star: Tributes pour in to comedian Victoria Wood after she dies aged 62 at her London home surrounded by family following short battle with cancer

• Much-loved British comedian and writer died at her north London home after short but brave battle with cancer
• Her heartbroken family said the actress died 'peacefully' surrounded by her loved ones
• Tributes have been paid to her from around the country, with fellow stars calling her a 'humble genius'
• Wood's brother said her death 'has robbed us of one of the brightest talents of our generation'

By STEPH COCKCROFT and RICHARD SPILLETT FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 09:19 EST, 20 April 2016 | UPDATED: 11:33 EST, 20 April 2016

Victoria Wood, the much-loved British comedian, singer and actress, has died at her north London home after a short battle with cancer.

Wood, an award-winning sketch writer, had written and starred in dozens of plays, films and sitcoms and was particularly famed for her TV sketch shows.

Her family posted on her Twitter account: 'Thank you for your love and support at this very hard time. We leave you with these words from Victoria. X'

The post was followed by the quote: 'Life's not fair is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.'

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In one of her best-loved roles, she worked with Julie Walters and Celia Imrie in Acorn Antiques in her show Victoria Wood As Seen On TV

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Her family posted this poignant message on her Twitter feed, followed by one their favourites of her many funny quotes

Wood's brother Chris Foote Wood, 75, said: 'It wasn't just that Victoria was hugely talented in so many different fields, she was also outstanding in her tremendous, single-minded drive and determination to pursue her chosen career.

'Success did not come easily to Victoria, and it was only after years of struggle that she achieved her well-deserved national acclaim. I am hugely proud of what my sister has done so successfully in different fields of entertainment.

'It has been a privilege to have her as a sister, and particularly to have been able to observe at first hand how she developed her career from the earliest beginnings.

'Victoria's two children, my niece Grace and nephew Henry will be absolutely devastated to lose their mother at such a relatively young age.'

He also praised his sister's determination to give her two children as 'normal an upbringing as possible' despite her fame. His tribute came after a statement from her publicist Neil Reading, which stated: 'Victoria Wood has sadly passed away, after a short but brave battle with cancer.

'The multi BAFTA award-winning writer, director, actor and comedian died peacefully at her North London home with family this morning. She was 62. The family ask for privacy at this very sad time.'

Wood started her career in 1974 by winning the talent show New Faces aged 20, before going on to become one of Britain's most popular stand-up comics.

She made a name for herself through the award-winning television series Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, as well as her TV special Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings.

In 2006, she won two Bafta awards for acting and writing for her drama Housewife, 49, an adaptation of the diaries of Nella Last.

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The writer and comic is pictured left at the Baftas in 2007. She recently took part inThe Great Comic Relief Bake Off last year

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Wood, pictured with her famous partner Julie Walters one of her long-term collaborators and close friends

'Let's do it': Victoria Wood performs famous sketch at Christmas

Tributes have poured in from the showbusiness and comedy world. Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC,said: 'Victoria Wood was a woman with a stunning array of talents - a comedian, singer, songwriter, actress and director.

'People identified with her warmth and great charm. She brought people from all walks of life together and made them laugh and cry. She will be greatly missed and our thoughts are with her friends and family.'

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Victoria Wood, quoted by her family today

Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: 'Victoria Wood was a national treasure loved by millions. My thoughts are with her family.'

Rory Bremner wrote: 'No. NO. This is too much. Now lovely, warm, funny, brilliantly talented Victoria Wood has gone. Words, songs, plays, she wrote the lot. So sad.'

Jack Dee tweeted: 'I feel privileged to have known and worked with the great Victoria Wood. Unique and truly brilliant.'

Novelist JK Rowling posted a video of Wood performing Reincarnation Song, writing: 'Watch and weep. 62 is far too young. RIP Victoria Wood.'

Ricky Gervais wrote: 'RIP the brilliant Victoria Wood. So innovative, funny and down to earth. This has not been a good year.'

Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese said he was shocked by the news, tweeting: 'I worked with her last year and was reminded of just what a superlative performer she was. Only 62!'

Journalist Caitlin Moran described the early influence Wood had on her, saying: 'Seeing Victoria Wood on TV - working class, bookish, silly, clever, doing stand-up, singing, acting - made me think 'Girls can do this'.'

Victoria Wood performs funny sketch on BBC's Dinner Ladies

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In 1997, she was appointed OBE and picked up the accolade at Buckingham Palace with her then husband Geoffrey Durham and her two children (left). Her brother Chris Foote Wood (right) today praised the way she brought up her children

Wood grew up in a remote bungalow in the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire, where she was one of four children.

She said her mother, Nellie, was quite withdrawn and had an eating problem but insists she didn't have a miserable childhood despite feeling 'neglected'.

She started playing the piano at the age of seven and studied drama at the University of Birmingham after appearing in plays in Rochdale as a teenager.

Wood met her husband Geoffrey Durham in 1976 shortly after she won New Faces, when they were both appearing at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.

She later said of him: 'It was just one of those things when you click. He was encouraging because comedy's a very lonely thing to do without someone in your corner. I don't think it would have worked as well with him. We just did everything together.'

Durham quit acting and became a magician called the Great Soprendo while Wood starting writing. The couple had two children, Grace and Henry, but separated after 22 years in 2002.

She suffered from depression after the break-up, saying in an interview: 'I take a lot of responsibility. I bear the consequences. I don't feel hard done by. I've felt very guilty about my part in it. I felt a failure, completely. That's quite hard to live with.'

She wrote the Acorn Antiques musical, first performed the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in 2005, to help her get over the pain after her divorce.

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Scores of stars and celebrities have gone on Twitter to pay tribute to the actress and comedy who was loved up and down the country

In 2004, she took aim at the dieting industry with a documentary called Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary. She later said: 'I'm very anti the dieting industry because they exploit people's insecurities and they don't deliver what they promise.'

She said of herself: 'I was on diet pills when I was 12 or 13 then I used to by those terrible things which looked like custard creams which you were supposed to have for your lunch.'

She underwent therapy in her forties and discovered her reasons for overeating. She said in 2004: 'I ate to blot out the moment. When you're eating, you're tranquilised. You're in a little bubble of chewing.'

Wood was a frequent collaborator with fellow actress Julie Walters and the pair formed one of the country's most celebrated double acts.

The pair first appeared on stage together in 1978 in a London production of In At The Death and their celebrated comedy Wood And Walters followed in 1981.

They most recently appeared together in December 2009 in Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas, which featured sketches including Mid Life Olympics 2009 and period drama spoof Lark Pies to Cranchesterford.

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Wood started her career in 1974 by winning the talent show New Faces (pictured), before going on to become one of Britain's most popular stand-up comics

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Wood was best known for the double acts with Julie Walters, who she first met at Manchester University

Wood received many awards in her long career. She won two other Baftas earlier in her career, both for best light entertainment performance. The first was for Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV in 1986 and An Audience With Victoria Wood in 1989.

Victoria Wood As Seen On TV also won the Bafta for best entertainment programme in 1986, 1987 and 1988, while An Audience With Victoria Wood won the same award in 1989. She received a special Bafta tribute award in 2005.

Wood's live comedy was often interspersed with her own compositions and she frequently played the piano. She also composed and performed the theme music for Dinnerladies.

In 1997, she was appointed OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, before being appointed CBE in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

TV presenter Esther Rantzen said today that she admired her at the start of her career and has done ever since.

'She once said about me 'I don't know why they go on about her teeth - have you seen her dresses?', which I thought was quite fair,' Rantzen said.

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Wood receiving her CBE at Buckingham Palace in 2008. Tributes to her have been led by the Prime Minister

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Wood died at her home in North London with her ex-husband and family. Her brother said her two children are 'devastated'

Wood appeared on BBC One's That's Life! in 1976, which was her big break.

'She did a one-woman show for Childline where I felt hugely privileged to interview her and she told the story of her life with such wit. She just held us all enchanted for a whole evening,' Rantzen recalled.

'I think she is one of our greatest comic writers and performers, but she could also deal with serious issue as well, and she's a huge loss.'

Wood's long-term manager and friend, Phil McIntyre, said: 'Victoria has been a part of our lives as a friend, devoted mother and national treasure for 30 years.

'She was always modest, generous and undemanding. A super person and a super and unique talent. There will be an unfillable void left on all levels and we will miss her deeply.'

'THIS HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD YEAR': RICKY GERVAIS MOURNS CHERISHED CULTURAL ICONS AS 'BRILLIANT' VICTORIA WOOD BECOMES LATEST CELEBRITY TO DIE IN 2016

The death of comedian Victoria Wood comes after the passing of some of Britain's best-loved celebrities in a year which music and TV fans have branded 'the worst year ever'.

David Bowie, Ronnie Corbett, Terry Wogan and Alan Rickman are among the cherished cultural icons and entertainers who have died this year. When Victoria Wood's name was added to that list today, comedian Ricky Gervais said: 'This has not been a good year.'

Earlier this week, it emerged that more celebrities are dying than ever, with the BBC broadcasting double the number of obituaries that it had done by this time last year.

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Terry Wogan and Alan Rickman have also passed away. The BBC says it broadcast 24 obituaries in the first three months of 2106

Radio Four's More or Less programme found that 24 obituaries had been aired in the first three months of 2016, compared to five in 2012. The figure is also more than the number broadcast in 2014 and 2015 combined, the programme revealed.

Obituaries editor Nick Serpell said the figures are due to a boom in the number of people who became famous in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Among the famous faces who have died this year is David Bowie, who died in Manhattan on January 10 after a battle with cancer. Actor Alan Rickman died in London less than a week later, while broadcaster Terry Wogan passed away at his home in Taplow, Buckinghamshire later that month after a secret battle with the disease.

Ronnie Corbett, whose funeral was held yesterday, died on March 31, while magician Paul Daniels died from a brain tumour at his home on March 17.

Beatles producer George Martin, Howard 'Mr Nice' Marks, architect Zaha Hadid, author Harper Lee, politician Cecil Parkinson, footballer Johan Cruyff, Sherlock actor Douglas Wilmer, Thunderbirds co-creator Sylvia Anderson and TV personality David Gest have also died.

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TV magician Paul Daniels and Beatles producer George Martin are among the much-loved figures no longer with us

Rihanna is a blunt-smoking assassin in her new “Needed Me” video.

WWE legend Chyna is found dead from a 'possible overdose' at home aged 45 after a career as the most dominant female wrestler ever

• Joan Marie Laurer stormed onto WWE wrestling scene as Chyna in 1997
• 45-year-old was found dead at her Redondo Beach home on Wednesday
• Successful career saw her beat some of the top male and female fighters
• Police 'probe drug overdose', reports suggest as officers rule out foul play

By MIA DE GRAAF FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and LYDIA WILLGRESS FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 00:09 EST, 21 April 2016 | UPDATED: 08:02 EST, 21 April 2016

WWE wrestling legend Chyna has died aged 45 due to a 'possible overdose', it has been claimed.

Chyna - real name Joan Marie Laurer - is believed to have been found in her bedroom at her home in Redondo Beach, California on Wednesday.

Police are investigating suspicions the champion fighter died of a drug overdose, TMZ claimed.

The 'true icon's' death was announced in a statement, which was posted on her official Twitter account and signed by 'Felix'.

It said: 'It is with deep sadness to inform you today that we lost a true icon, a real life superhero... the 9th wonder of the world has passed away. She will live forever in the memories of her millions of fans and all of us that loved her.'

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WWE wrestling legend Chyna has died at the age of 45 after a possible overdose, reports claim

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Chyna, whose real name was Joan Laurer, is pictured here with Jay Leno in October 2000

Redondo Beach Police Officers said they attended the house after receiving a 911 call from a friend.

They said: 'The Redondo Beach police received a 911 call from a friend of the apartment unit resident that the female inside was not breathing.

'The friend told [police] that the female had not answered her phone in a few days, and went to the location to check on her welfare.

'Officers arrived on scene and discovered a deceased female inside the location. From the preliminary investigation, it appears that the deceased passed away prior to being discovered by the friend.'

There are no indications or signs that the death was a result of foul play, officers added.

Hundreds of people in the industry last night paid tribute to the star, who they described as a 'pioneer'.

Stephanie McMahon, who plays a lead role in the organisation, wrote on Twitter: 'I just heard the tragic news that @ChynaJoanLaurer has passed.

'She was truly a pioneer in our industry and she will be missed.'

Hundreds of people in the industry last night paid tribute to the star, who they described as a 'pioneer'

Legendary wrestler Kevin Nash, who performed under the ring name Diesel, said: 'May the peace you were seeking put you at rest my friend. So sorry for not seeing the pain... We've shared so much.'

And Ken Shamrock, a MMA fighter turned professional wrestler, added: 'RIP Chyna great memories good times you will always be a great part of my life during a great time of my life you will be missed' (sic).

Storming onto the wrestling scene in 1997, Laurer quickly earned the nickname 'Ninth Wonder Of The World'.

Her profile on WWE brands her 'the most dominant female competitor of all time'.

She was the first woman to win the WWE Intercontinental championship, and was the first woman to compete in the organization's Royal Rumble contest.

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'Ninth Wonder Of The World': Chyna's profile on WWE brands her 'the most dominant female competitor of all time'. She also dabbled in acting, wrote an autobiography, and graced the pages of Playboy

Former wrestler Chyna posts final video days before death

Among her many accolades, she boasted victories over leading male wrestlers such as Chris Jericho and Eddie Guerrero.

And she was one of the founding figures in D-Generation X.

Beyond wrestling, which she quit in 2001, Laurer was a vegan and an animal lover.

She also dabbled in acting, and performed in six porn movies between 2004 and 2013.

In 2005 she appeared in the reality show The Surreal Life.

And she wrote an autobiography If They Only Knew, which made it onto the New York Times bestseller list.

In 2010, she was hospitalized after overdosing on sleeping pills.

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Champion: Laurer pictured lifting Eddie Guerrero, one of the top male wrestlers who she famously dominated

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The New York-born wrestler was the first woman to win the WWE intercontinental championship, and was the first woman to compete in the organization's Royal Rumble contest

Chyna talks about medical problems a month before her death

It came two years after she appeared on Celebrity Rehab With Dr Drew in 2008 to discuss her battle with drugs and her fractured relationship with her mother.

After her 2010 overdose, Laurer moved to Japan to teach English. It is not clear when she returned to the United States.

According to her website, a documentary was made, or being made, about the woman behind the headlines.

Earlier this week, Laurer posted a 13-minute video ...uTube page that showed her speaking with a croaked voice, breathing heavily and slurring her words as she made herself a smoothie.

INTERVIEW: Amber Stevens on how her ethnicity has affected her career

Amber Stevens opens up about The Carmichael Show's diversity and her career

"It's a show about a conversation. It's a family having conversations," Stevens said about the show that focuses on a family full of very opinionated people, some of whom aren't afraid to voice their viewpoints no matter who they upset.

Stevens said sometimes the show borders the line between appropriate and inappropriate, to hilarious results. "You get some people who say things you're not really supposed to say out loud, but they say it," she said, adding that the series takes an attitude of "anything goes."

The series might look familiar to anyone who was around long enough to have seen another opinionated family on TV. "This show is very much like a throwback to the sitcoms of the '70s, very much like All in the Family," Stevens revealed.

Though it's a comedy, the actress said that the series will touch on heavier subjects. Currently working on an episode titled "Protest," Stevens revealed that it will ring true for many people. "It's all about Black Lives Matter," she said, adding that the episode will revolve around a black youth being shot by a police officer and the protest that results in the family's hometown.

If the message sounds current, that's on purpose. "We're shooting these episodes so close to their air date so we can be as current as we possibly can," Stevens shared.

Delivering a strong message is something that the actress is proud to be a part of, as her own career has been affected by her background. When she first began acting, Stevens did so mostly for fun and didn't realize what it meant to be offered the kinds of roles she was being offered.

"Yes, most of the roles were supporting roles because of my ethnicity, but I didn't care," she shared. "But over time I learned that I could do this and maybe do this as a career."

But even when she was offered her first series, ABC Family's hit series Greek, it was still in a supporting, friend role. Not that Stevens isn't happy where her career ended up; in fact, she's appreciative of where those roles have led her. "I'm grateful I had those opportunities and they were stepping stones to get to people who look like me to become leads of projects.

"I'm grateful that I have a chance right now to be on this show," she said, adding that with all its messages and the diversity of the cast, the show is still just about a family that anyone can relate to, no matter their ethnic background. "To be honest, our show is a black family, but it's kind of a colorless family."

Another aspect of the show that Stevens appreciates is getting to work with an actress like Loretta Devine. "It's really fun to see her work on set and I'm definitely taking notes from her," Stevens said, likening her costar to someone else very special in her life.

"I tell her this everyday: She and my mom are like the same person. They're sisters that have never met, they are so alike. I feel the same way about her that I feel about my own mom. I love her so much and her energy is contagious and her sense of humor is infectious."

Speaking of mothers, Stevens' character, Maxine, feels the pressure from her mom to get married and have children. But that's one message that Stevens isn't necessarily ready to shout to the world and, in fact, is quite happy to see has changed over the years.

"We don't just have to do what nature says, so why not go out there and live your dreams and not have children?" Stevens said. "Or wait until you're ready. You don't have to do it when you're young; you don't have to marry the first person you meet. Go out there and date and find someone you really, really love and respect and want to have a family with," she added.

"My character even says: I don't think that's the sole purpose of a woman's life is to get married and have children," Stevens said, revealing she feels the exact same way herself.

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Rogers has released a long list of cities and dates (below) for the first leg of the trek, with many more to come. Among the stops are New Orleans, Bakersfield, Atlanta, London and Dublin. Linda Davis is along for the ride on all dates, with Charlie Worsham also appearing on select European dates.

"I'm excited about making one more sweep around the world," says Rogers. "This final tour is going to be a celebration of all of my music, and I know each night will be truly special."

Rogers insists his retirement has more to do with family than age. When announcing his farewell travels last year, he expressed the need to spend more time with his wife and kids. Still, he is not hanging up all of his many career hats. The Gambler is currently designing a "Kenny's World" hotel, and has at least two more books of photography in the works.

"One will be called American Beauty, and it's all waterfalls and beautiful canyon shots," Rogers told Rolling Stone Country last year. "And the other will be places I've been and things I've seen, and it'll be pictures from China, Africa, Europe, Switzerland — over the Alps in a helicopter.

The Gambler’s Last Deal Tour Dates

May 13 - Mahnomen, MN @ Shooting Star Casino
May 14 - Red Wing, MN @ Treasure Island Resort & Casino
May 15 - Clear Lake, IA @ Surf Ballroom
May 21 - Rochester, NY @Kodak Center for Performing Arts
May 22 - Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theater
May 26 - Portland, ME @ Maine State Pier
May 27 - Watertown, NY @ Watertown Fairgrounds Arena
May 28 - Salamanca, NY @ Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino
June 4 - Crockett, TX @ Crockett Civic Center - SOLD OUT
June 17 - Vienna, VA @ The Filene Center at Wolf Trap
June 19 - Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Amphitheater
June 22 - Del Mar, CA @ San Diego County Fair
June 24 - Lincoln, CA @ Thunder Valley Casino Resort
June 25 - Laughlin, NV @ The E Center - Edgewater Casino Resort
June 26 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
June 28 - Santa Rosa, CA @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
June 29 - Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery
June 30 - Thousand Oaks, CA @ Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
July 1 - Bakersfield, CA @ Bright House Networks Amphitheatre
July 2 - Indio, CA @ Fantasy Springs Resort Hotel & Casino
July 9 - Grand Ronde, OR @ Spirit Mountain Casino
July 14 - Tulsa, OK @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa
July 15 - Enid, OK @ Enid Event Center
July 16 - Stockdale, TX @ Kosciusko Hall
July 22 - Anderson, IN @ Hoosier Park Racing & Casino
July 23 - Kettering, OH @ Fraze Pavilion
July 24 - Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival
July 31 - Columbus, OH @ Ohio State Fair
August 6 - Singapore, Singapore @ Star Theatre
August 9 - Bangkok, Thailand @ Royal Paragon Hall
August 11 - Manila, Philippines @ Araneta Coliseum
September 4 - Nichols, NY @ Tioga Downs
September 16 - Morristown, NJ @ Mayo Performing Arts Center
October 6 - North Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena
October 7 - Memphis, TN @ Orpheum Theatre
October 8 - New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre
October 31 - Glasgow, Scotland @ The SSE Hydro
November 3 - Amsterdam Zuid, The Netherlands @ Heineken Music Hall
November 7 - Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
November 8 - Belfast, UK @ SSE Arena
November 10 - London, UK @ Palladium
November 12 - London, UK @ Eventim Apollo

Vérité, a Pop Star in the Making, Is Just Biding Her Time

The 26-year old singer Kelsey Byrne is patiently waiting to explode. But for now, she is an exotic oddity—a true indie artist.

• April 20, 2016 7:00 AM | by Fan Zhong
• Photography by Bon Duke
• Styled by Sarah Zendejas

In the summer of 2014, “Strange Enough,” a brittle gem of a break-up song, suddenly shot to number one on Hype Machine. The mysterious singer behind it, Kelsey Byrne, who goes by the name of Vérité, was declared Twitter’s viral artist of the week, and, like Lorde before her, seemed to appear on the Internet a fully formed pop star. Sensing that all she needed to take off were the resources, record executives swooped in. “I was all set to sign,” Byrne, now 26, recalled recently. “Then the deal fell through—and that was the best thing that ever happened.”

We were sitting in a generically Scandinavian cafe in downtown Manhattan. Byrne, who is petite and reserved, was in all black, with huge headphones that swallowed her neck like an infant’s pool float. Her head bobbed very slightly to the song playing overhead, “The Hills,” by The Weeknd, who, before his coronation as this generation’s Michael Jackson—before Bella Hadid—was also an unknown online sensation with no record deal.

“I’m not opposed to signing,” Byrne went on. “Major labels definitely have a purpose. But I really wanted to develop this project and have proof of concept and a very loyal fan base before bringing it into a very large mechanism that could potentially f—k it up.”

For an artist with mainstream appeal like Byrne’s—her catchy, synth-driven, artfully written pop songs could, with a label’s influence behind them, kill on the radio—to patiently develop unmolested by outside influences makes Vérité a rarity in an industry that prefers to shove indie discoveries into a studio with proven hitmakers like Max Martin or Dr. Luke. It’s not hard, in other words, to imagine a world where Vérité becomes Ellie Goulding.

Instead, over the past two years Byrne has acting as the head of the Vérité brand. “I love spreadsheets,” she said. “I do all the finances. I pay the publicists. I have to compartmentalize the creative and the business, so there are sacrifices. But ultimately I get to be the CEO of my own business.”

That business, by the way, is not funded by her parents, who are otherwise very supportive. “I started Vérité on savings from three years working at Applebee’s in Times Square,” Byrne, who is from upstate New York, told me. I must’ve looked deeply saddened by this information, because she laughed and added, “I was a ridiculously good waitress. I was making more money than my brother, who worked at a start-up.”

Although she has released a series of highly catchy songs—her third EP, Living, is out May 6 to coincide with her North American tour—Byrne is waiting to put out a full-length debut album. For that, she needs the push from a major label. “I always write with the intention of making an album, but if I put out the full length now, it’s not going to have the same impact,” she admitted. In the meantime, if things get really bad, there’s always Applebee’s.

“It’s only been a year since I left,” Byrne joked. She paused, and added with typical awareness of her own narrative: “The Applebee’s thing is just kitschy enough. But the hustle was real.”

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BET Orders John Singleton’s ‘Rebel,’ Dramedy ‘Benched,’ Music Drama ‘Tales’ in Scripted Push

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APRIL 20, 2016 | 12:00PM PT

BET Networks is loading up its 2016-17 slate with series and telepics that reflect an earthy view of African-American life, including a detective drama from John Singleton, a soap set in the world of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and a dramedy revolving around a criminal courts judge.

BET is stepping up its production of original scripted series for its mothership BET channel at a time when competition for its target audience has become fierce. “Rebel” revolves around a female police officer in Oakland, Calif., who becomes a private investigator after her brother is killed by police. “Benched,” created by Scott Brown, is a dramedy about a young judge who struggles to give up his bachelor lifestyle as he confronts the “underbelly” of the criminal justice system on a daily basis.

” ‘Benched’ and ‘Rebel’ will allow us to address issues that are very relevant and germane to our audience,” said Stephen Hill, BET Networks president of programming. “When we pick our shows we look at how we can best tell the stories of our audience. It’s important that the issue that are in our world are on our screen as well.”

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Another priority for BET is a music-driven anthology series dubbed “Tales” that will offer hourlong narrative renditions of iconic hip-hop songs in a three-act structure as envisioned by various filmmakers. The project is shepherded by producer Irv Gotti Lorenzo and will air as a partnership with the music streaming service Tidal, which will offer episodes available for streaming via its apps. In some cases, Tidal will carry racier versions of the episodes, Hill said.

Among the songs planned for the “Tales” treatment is N.W.A’s “F— tha Police.” The plan is to work with the original artists and songwriters on the narrative adaptations. “Tales” is envisioned as airing several times a year as event programming.

Anika Noni Rose and Ruben Santiago-Hudson are set to lead the ensemble cast of “The Yard.” Rose plays the newly elected president of a fictional HBCU who encounters all manner of problems as she tries to wrangle an unruly freshman class. The collegiate setting will allow the show to reflect contemporary social issues and cultural trends,” Hill said. “HBCU’s are the cauldrons in which our culture is shaped,” he said. Felicia Henderson and Charles Holland created the series from a concept by Rob Hardy.

“Comedy Getdown” is a semi-scriptedhalf-hour series set behind the scenes of standup comedy tour led by George Lopez, DL Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Eddie Griffin and Charlie Murphy. Free 90 Media’s Tom Brunelle and Brad Wollack are exec producing with Michael Rotenberg, Greg Walter, Kimberly Carver and Eric C. Rhone.

Other high-profile bets for BET in the coming season are its New Edition biopic film — “It’s one of the biggest productions we’ve ever done,” Hill said — and the Nelson Mandela biopic “Madiba” toplined by Laurence Fishburne. “New Edition: The Movie” is filming now in Los Angeles for an early 2017 debut with two sets of actors playing the R&B group’s members at various stages. The cast includes “Empire’s” Bryshere Gray, Elijah Kelley, Luke James, Keith Powers, Algee Smith and Woody McClain.

“Competition makes you step up your game,” Hill said. “I’m proud of our slate. We are partnering with stars in front of and behind the camera.”

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Nightline(ABC)12:30AM NYT is doing a full hour on Prince tonight. Check your local listings.

Dateline NBC and 20/20 will have full hour Prince tributes at the same time tonight. 10PM Check your local times.

Thanks, Joe.

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Thanks, Joe.

Welcome and thank you too. This loss has me in a daze. I remember my JHS/HS days when were digging P, Culture Club, TTD, Cindy Lauper, Springfield, Billy Idol, etc. We would discuss these artist so much. What great memories. Sigh.