‘I put my trauma on display’ – Keala Settle on hating her signature song This Is Me | Musicals

‘I hated it’ … Settle as Lettie Lutz in The Greatest Showman; she has since made her peace with This Is Me.

Keala Settle, best known for her barnstorming performance as the bearded lady in The Greatest Showman, is on the phone from Manchester, where she’s rehearsing for the musical Sister Act. The American will appear alongside […]

DJ Premier Says Dr. Dre Blocked His Collab With 50 Cent

DJ Premier Says Dr. Dre Blocked His Collab With 50 Cent

DJ Premier recalled landing a 50 Cent feature as the first single off a compilation project before getting shut down by Dr. Dre, who, at the time, wanted his latest Aftermath signee to focus entirely on what would become […]

Loyle Carner: ‘There’s a whole other side to me that’s darker’ | Loyle Carner

Loyle Carner performs at Parklife festival at Heaton Park, Manchester in June.

Ben Coyle-Larner is wrestling with himself. Literally, in the video for his new single, Hate, a song that sees him shelve his languid, confessional flow and nice guy persona in order to deliver lines such […]

Steven Spielberg Goes Beyond Cinema & Directs His First Music Video For Marcus Mumford’s Solo Track ‘Cannibal’

Steven Spielberg Has Used His Phone To Direct His First Music Video

Steven Spielberg Directs His First Music Video (Pic Credit: IANS) After helming the critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated musical, “West Side Story”, the legendary Steven Spielberg has a new first in his 50-year-plus career — he […]

LYZZA Explores Her Experiences as a Black Woman in the Music Industry on Alt-Pop Mix-tape

LYZZA Explores Her Experiences as a Black Woman in the Music Industry on Alt-Pop Mix-tape

Amsterdam based, Brazilian-born producer and vocalist LYZZA will release a new alt-pop mix-tape. All 10 tracks of Mosquito capture LYZZA’s experiences as a Black woman within the music industry. Having felt misunderstood and unaccepted in the past, recalling […]

Steven Spielberg Directed Marcus Mumford’s “Cannibal” Music Video

Steven Spielberg Directed Marcus Mumford's "Cannibal" Music Video

Marcus Mumford unveiled his first solo single, “Cannibal,” last week, but what he didn’t mention at the time was that the accompanying black-and-white visuals had been directed by none other than Steven Spielberg making his music […]

Beyoncé said ‘Austin Powers’ poster made her look too skinny

Beyoncé said 'Austin Powers' poster made her look too skinny

Beyoncé was not satisfied with her appearance in the original movie poster for “Austin Powers in Goldmember.” According to Vulture’s recent retrospective on the cult classic, which turns 20 this summer, the actor and singer […]

Usher Says Justin Bieber Is ‘Doing Great’ After Ramsay Hunt Diagnosis

Usher Says Justin Bieber Is ‘Doing Great’ After Ramsay Hunt Diagnosis

Usher tells Extra he and Justin Bieber recently “managed to hang out” while on vacation, and can report back that the singer is “doing great,” just over a month after revealing he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome.    Bieber disclosed last month that […]

Steven Spielberg Directs Marcus Mumford’s New Music Video

Steven Spielberg music video

Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore / CC by 2.0 Steven Spielberg makes his music video directing debut with Marcus Mumford’s new single, “Cannibal.” The former Mumford & Sons frontman confirmed on social media that the legendary filmmaker had directed his […]