Month: September 2020

Famed playback singer and Padma awardee S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, or popularly SPB or Balu in the movie world and who has recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 languages over a period of five decades died lost his battle against Covid-19 and passed away early Friday, his son S.P.Charan said. Speaking briefly to the media outside the MGM Healthcare, Charan said Balasubrahmanyam passed away at 1.04 p.m. and thanked the hospital officials for the treatment and service. He said further details will be shared later. Since Thursday the indications about Balasubrahmanyam were not good. On Thursday the MGM Healthcare said the singer remains on ECMO and other life support systems. "His condition in the last ...

[SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers ahead for Big Brother 22.] Popular competitor Da’Vonne Rogers returned for All-Stars four years after she last appeared. Even though Da’Vonne was a fan-favorite for two seasons of Big Brother, she hasn’t won America’s Favorite Player. BB2 winner and legendary player Dr. Will Kirby thinks her exit speech might have done the trick to earn her the AFP title this year. Tv personality Da’Vonne Rogers attends CBS’s “Big Brother Season 17” cast party | Vincent SandovalDa’Vonne Rogers a fan-favorite for three seasons of ‘Big Brother’ In 2015, Da’Vonne Rogers, a poker dealer from California, debuted on Big Brother 17. She quickly became known for confronting other houseguests about their lies. Her several blowups with her co-competitors led ...

TikTok star Addison Rae is slowly becoming part of the Kardashian family, after growing close with Kourtney Kardashian.  And she battled Khloe Kardashian in an Ipsy video series Make-Off: Tiny Hand Challenge, posted by the brand on Thursday.  In the competition, the ladies were only able to use a set of tiny plastic hands to apply blush, bronzer, eyeshadow, eyeliner, lipstick and false eyelashes.  Battle: Addison Rae battled Khloe Kardashian in an Ipsy video series Make-Off: Tiny Hand Challenge, posted by the brand on Thursday they attempted to apply makeup with tiny plastic hands Khloe, 36, and Addison, 19, donned the same baby pink jumpsuit, that was patched with 'KoKo,' and 'Addison' respectively.  The Good American founder kept her brunette locks up in a sleek a...

So what does Cody Calafiore as HoH for Week 8 mean for the rest of the houseguests? In any other week, now would be the time to figure out which two houseguests would be in his sights, and which one of those two would be his top target to head to jury. According to host Julie Chen at the end of the broadcast, however, there is a variable in Week 8 that mixes up any kind of speculation. Next week will feature the very first Triple Eviction for the United States version of Big Brother.

Matt Maeson's "Hallucinogenics" is already the ideal soundtrack for the feeling of losing touch, and now he's added Lana Del Rey to a new rendition of the track released on Friday (Sept. 25). Del Rey's ethereal vocals fit perfectly into the song's acoustic nature, trading lines with Maeson before they come together for the chorus. "Pushin' past the limit, trippin' on hallucinogenics / My cigarette burnt my finger 'cause I forgot I lit it," they sing in unison. The original "Hallucinogenics" is featured on Maeson's debut album, Bank on the Funeral. Listen to the Lana Del Rey version below.

Tory Lanez has released a new album called DAYSTAR, which is essentially a concept album about Megan Thee Stallion’s claim that he shot her in July. He claims on the album that he was “framed.” “How the fuck you get shot in your foot, don’t hit no bones or tendons,” he sings in “Money Over Fallouts.”  Throughout DAYSTAR, he repeatedly references the backlash against him (and includes samples of people talking about the incident), mentions Megan’s Instagram Live comments about him, and generally references “cancel culture.” He raps that he’s “innocent” on “The Most High” and makes several references to Megan’s management team at Roc Nation. On “Friends Become Strangers,” he alludes to his private conversations with Megan and responds to her claims about the night of the alleged shooting. ...

The title track on The Ascension is one of the best songs Sufjan Stevens has ever written. Accompanying himself on keyboard with a sad, pulsing melody, Stevens uses precise and empathetic language to address faith and hopelessness, regret and revelations. He shouts out a character from King Lear. He rhymes “confess” with “confess.” He declares life to be meaningless—and he sounds like he means it. “To think I was acting like a believer,” he sings in his feathery, heartbroken way, “when I was just angry and depressed.” It is the only song on the album that fits squarely into his comfort zone, where questions of life and death feel as intimate as the words to a love song. Also worth noting: It takes more than an hour to get here. Along the way, there are slow jams and dancefloor singalong...