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Ousted Recording Academy CEO Lawyers Up, Promises To Spill the Beans

January 17, 2020

Recording Academy President and CEO Deborah Dugan In the wake of the Recording Academy placing its president and CEO Deborah Dugan on administrative leave, Dugan has hired a prominent litigation attorney to d... Read More...

Justin Bieber’s Chart-Gaming Attempts Are Falling a Little Short

Colin Cohen

January 13, 2020

Photo of Spotify Charts showcasing the ascent of "Yummy" by Justin Bieber. The controversial attempts of singer Justin Bieber and/or his team to game the charts and make "Yummy" a No. 1 song seem to be coming... Read More...

Kpop Group X1 Disbands Following Singing Competition Voting Scandal

Colin Cohen

January 6, 2020

Photo of X1 It is now being reported that K-Pop boy band X1 is breaking up because of a voting scandal on the TV show that created them. The group was formed as a result of a South Korean television show cal... Read More...

Is Camila Cabello a Racist? Read These Posts and Judge for Yourself

Ashley King

January 3, 2020

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DaBaby Faces Robbery, Battery Charges — Just Weeks After Signing with UMPG

Colin Cohen

January 3, 2020

Photo of DaBaby Police in Miami arrested Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby because of an outstanding warrant for battery in Texas, only weeks after he signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Gro... Read More...

Sonos Trade-Up Program Bricks Old Speakers, Creating Toxic Landfill Waste

Ashley King

December 30, 2019

Photo Credit: Unsplash The Sonos Trade-Up program launched this year for speaker loyalists. It offers discounts on new products for trading in old speakers. But what happens to the old speakers? Sonos sells ... Read More...

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Physical Addresses of Elton John, Olivia Newton-John, Others Leaked by UK Government

Colin Cohen

December 29, 2019

Photo of Elton John by Dena Flows Reuters is reporting that the British government published the physical addresses of a number of celebrities online by accident, including those of Elton John and Olivia Newt... Read More...

MDL Beast Draws More Than 400,000 Visitors, Dozens of Sexual Harassment and Indecency Arrests

Colin Cohen

December 27, 2019

From a performance at MDL Beast A recent Saudi Arabian electronic dance music festival called MDL Beast drew lots of controversy, but it also drew a lot of fans, too: a whopping 400,000 of them. The last day... Read More...

Emily Ratajkowski Turned Down Big Money from Saudi Arabian Music Festival MDL Beast, Other Influencers Cashed 6-Figure Checks

Colin Cohen

December 27, 2019

Photo of Emily Ratajkowski by Harriet Verney (CC BY 3.0) It is being reported that famed model Emily Ratajkowski turned down the Saudi Arabian music festival MDL Beast, which many celebrities and Instagram in... Read More...

Drake Puts Chair Girl In His ‘War’ Video, Fans Immediately Demand Her Removal

Ashley King

December 26, 2019

Photo Credit: YouTube Marcella Zoia, Toronto's infamous Chair Girl, made a cameo appearance in Drake's latest video. Fan reaction to the appearance quickly led to her removal, though. Drake dropped a surpris... Read More...

Plácido Domingo Receives 30 Minute Standing Ovation in Milan

Colin Cohen

December 16, 2019

Photo of Plácido Domingo at La Scala 50th Anniversary Concert in Milan While the career of operatic tenor Plácido Domingo largely became derailed in North America due to allegations of sexual impropriety, he ... Read More...

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Sonos Trade-Up Program Bricks Old Speakers, Creating Toxic Landfill Waste

Physical Addresses of Elton John, Olivia Newton-John, Others Leaked by UK Government

MDL Beast Draws More Than 400,000 Visitors, Dozens of Sexual Harassment and Indecency Arrests

Drake Puts Chair Girl In His ‘War’ Video, Fans Immediately Demand Her Removal