The weird world of celebrity training: how Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Madonna get in shape for their shows | Music

‘Sometimes I feel more like an athlete than a singer’ … Pink performs in Boston in 2023.

Being a pop star used to mean having a nice face and a good voice, and learning a few dance routines. That no longer cuts it at the top, as Taylor Swift reminded us last […]

Watch “Weird Al” Yankovic Diss Spotify Payouts in His Year-End Wrapped Video for Spotify

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It’s that time of year for Spotify Wrapped, the annual breakdown of what fans have listened to on the streaming platform over the past 12 months. For the company’s 2023 edition, artists recorded thank you […]

Pinkpantheress: ‘I don’t think I’m very brandable. I dress weird. I’m shy’ | Music

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PinkPantheress no longer cares what people think of her. When she released her lo-fi breakout tracks Break it Off and Pain on TikTok in early 2021, aged just 19, she did so anonymously, partly out […]

‘Kind of weird but loving’: the intense bond between Friends stars that made Matthew Perry $30m | Matthew Perry

David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc in Friends.

When Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer broke their silence over the death of their Friends co-star Matthew Perry, it was as a group. Their joint statement was a short […]

Wet Leg, Fontaines DC … Kylie? The weird world of post-punk superproducer Dan Carey | Music

Dan Carey with Natasha Khan (AKA Bat for Lashes) working on their side project Sexwitch in 2015 in Carey’s studio.

Dan Carey’s studio is notoriously hectic at the best of times, but today takes the biscuit. The air is thick with hangovers, the tabletops strewn with empty champagne bottles and Carey’s head has been freshly […]

‘Child Actor. Crack Cocaine. Why?’ Natasha Lyonne Recalls Weird Questions Barbara Walters and Others Have Asked Her

‘Child Actor. Crack Cocaine. Why?’ Natasha Lyonne Recalls Weird Questions Barbara Walters and Others Have Asked Her

When you’ve been in show business for as long as Natasha Lyonne, you start to get used to people saying strange things to you. And when you sit down with Barbara Walters, you expect it. […]

Kourtney Kardashian hits back at Shanna Moakler with cryptic post after she ripped her ‘weird’ marriage to Travis Barker

Kourtney Kardashian has seemingly hit back at Travis Barker's ex-wife Shanna Moakler in a new social media post

KOURTNEY Kardashian has seemingly hit back at Travis Barker’s ex-wife Shanna Moakler in a new social media post. Kourtney, 44, took to her Instagram Story on Thursday and posted a lengthy passage from the Bible […]

A Weird Discovery On Apple Computers Is Causing Speculation That Steve Jobs And Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Are The Same Person

A Weird Discovery On Apple Computers Is Causing Speculation That Steve Jobs And Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Are The Same Person

The true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, is one of those modern-day mysteries that might never be definitively solved. But Markets Insider reports that there’s a lot of speculation and rumors […]

Rihanna changed Super Bowl halftime setlist 39 times to get ‘weird’

Rihanna speaks onstage during the press conference for Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show at Phoenix Convention Center on February 09, 2023

Rihanna won’t stop the music. Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show will be her first time performing live on stage in seven years — and she’s given a sneak peek into what her fans can expect. […]

Young Fathers: ‘We’re not weird – this is the pop music we want to listen to’ | Music

Young Fathers at All Points East festival in 2018.

“Mistakes are good, and perfection is a sin,” says Graham “G” Hastings, explaining the creative ethos guiding Young Fathers. They have even coined a name for it: “mistakeology”. It’s the governing principle at their Edinburgh […]

Jeopardy! execs reveal huge change to future Tournaments of Champions that will make specials less ‘weird’ for viewers

Jeopardy! has announced its smoothening out its 2023 schedule

JEOPARDY! bosses have revealed that the game show is thrusting future Tournament of Champions specials to the beginning of the season. 2022’s five-week-long event interrupted fan-favorite Cris Pannullo in middle of his winning streak, which […]

Review: ‘Leonor Will Never Die’s’ wonderfully weird homage to Filipinexploitation flicks

Review: 'Leonor Will Never Die's' wonderfully weird homage to Filipinexploitation flicks

Equal parts midnight movie, psychodrama and reality-tripping goof, “Leonor Will Never Die” counts as one of the year’s most wonderfully offbeat debuts. Filipino writer-director Martika Ramirez Escobar’s melancholically weird salute to the escapist pull of […]

Review: ‘Leonor Will Never Die’s’ wonderfully weird homage to Filipinexploitation flicks

Review: 'Leonor Will Never Die's' wonderfully weird homage to Filipinexploitation flicks

Equal parts midnight movie, psychodrama and reality-tripping goof, “Leonor Will Never Die” counts as one of the year’s most wonderfully offbeat debuts. Filipino writer-director Martika Ramirez Escobar’s melancholically weird salute to the escapist pull of […]