Rilins BBC Newsbeat Getty Images CMAT says social media means it’s not just celebrities who are exposed to unrealistic beauty standards Irish country singer CMAT says her new single was written in response to being fat-shamed over her appearance at a festival last year. During her performance at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Luton last … Read more
Alexander Stevanovic BBC News, Essex Getty Images Stormzy said writing an album on Osea Island was a “surreal, spiritual experience” A secluded island where Stormzy wrote an album is on sale – and expected to go for more than £25m ($33m). Osea Island in the Blackwater Estuary near Maldon in Essex is owned by music … Read more
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When comedian Mae Martin first moved to L.A., they held a monthly residency at Largo at the Coronet. Martin, star of the biting sobriety comedy “Feel Good” and many beloved standpup specials, fell in love with the music history that had passed through the club. “They had the piano that Elliott Smith played, I think, … Read more
Kate Hudson is sitting on a folding chair in a crowded storage closet when suddenly the voice of Kate Hudson comes booming through the wall. The 45-year-old singer and actor is in a Fashion District studio on a recent morning to shoot a music video for “Right on Time,” a recently released bonus track from … Read more
