‘He was a positive force in my life’: Taylor Swift gushes over ex boyfriend Taylor Lautner – Music News

'He was a positive force in my life': Taylor Swift gushes over ex boyfriend Taylor Lautner - Music News

Taylor Lautner stars in ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift’s music video for ‘I Can See You’. The 31-year-old ‘Twilight’ star – who dated Swift briefly in 2009 and provided some of the inspiration for her ‘Speak Now’ […]

Opinion: I’ve never owned a smartphone. Society shouldn’t force me to get one

Opinion: I've never owned a smartphone. Society shouldn't force me to get one

I’ve never had a smartphone or used social media, and I’m in my 40s, so when I see young people like 17-year-old Logan Lane and those in her “Luddite Club” take a stand and pause […]

Monaleo: Where the Flowers Don’t Die review – whiplash-inducing rapper thrives on sheer force of personality | Music

Monaleo: Where the Flowers Don't Die album cover

Monaleo broke out in 2021 with Beating Down Yo Block, a bratty, booming track that turned an abusive relationship into an exhilarating kiss-off. A year later, the 21-year-old Texas rapper went TikTok-viral with We Not […]

ASCAP, BMI Form Task Force Targeting ‘Suspicious Registrations’

ASCAP, BMI Form Task Force Targeting 'Suspicious Registrations'

With AI tracks debuting in droves, performance rights organizations (PROs) ASCAP and BMI have established “a joint task force” designed “to address suspicious registrations associated with musical works across the collective management ecosystem.” ASCAP (which […]

MrBeast claims “huge” YouTube Shorts change will force TikTok’s biggest stars to jump ship

MrBeast YouTube shorts

Brad Norton   ❘   Published: 2022-10-03T06:30:00   ❘   Updated: 2022-10-03T05:02:39 MrBeast believes many of the biggest names on TikTok today will soon abandon the platform in favor of YouTube Shorts once a new […]

Joey DeFrancesco, driving force on the Hammond organ, dies at 51 : NPR

Joey DeFrancesco, driving force on the Hammond organ, dies at 51 : NPR

Joey DeFrancesco performs at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis in 2021. Mark Sheldon hide caption toggle caption Mark Sheldon Joey DeFrancesco performs at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis in 2021. Mark Sheldon Joey DeFrancesco, who […]

‘Das Boot,’ ‘Perfect Storm’ And ‘Air Force One’ Director – Deadline

‘Das Boot,’ ‘Perfect Storm’ And ‘Air Force One’ Director – Deadline

Wolfgang Petersen, the German director whose films include The Perfect Storm, Air Force One and Das Boot, has died. He was 81. Petersen died peacefully Friday at his Brentwood residence from pancreatic cancer, in the […]