Bianca Censori’s voice provided the opening to Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 01 runway show in Los Angeles The intro, preceded seconds earlier by a single piano note reminiscent of “Runaway,” served as a prayer, of sorts, calling for protection for Censori and her husband Ye. “I ask the Holy Spirit to support, guide, and protect me and my husband…

Skipp Townsend the head of a prominent Los Angeles gang intervention group was among 5 people busted by police in connection with a murder The Los Angeles Times says LAPD homicide detectives arrested Townsend the executive director of the advocacy group 2nd Call in South Los Angeles Thursday morning. A rep for the L.A. County Jail says Townsend was…

Gabourey Sidibe got at Raven-Symoné asking why she treated her like she didn't like her when they filmed "Empire" Appearing on "Tea Time with Raven and Miranda" Gabourey flat-out admitted "I didn't think you liked me I'm actually here like, what's up?"Raven then asked  "Why didn't you think I liked you?" Gabourey fired back "I was told…

Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle Sr., has been arrested in Florida for possession of child sexual abuse material FBI agents arrested the 82-year-old at his senior living facility in Lakeland. Federal prosecutors say Thomas is charged in California with possession of child pornography. The feds say they raided storage units he was renting in…

Chris Brown and Usher kicked off their five-night run at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium  but the show didn't start until around 10 PM, roughly two-and-a-half hours late concertgoers complained the pair didn't perform a single song together, with large chunks of the setlist apparently getting the ax. One disappointed fan called the show "very…

Nicki Minaj marked Election Day with a seemingly AI-created graphic of horror movie icon Chucky in a pink suit with a pin that reads: “Vote Red.” The Republican messaging was hardly a surprise given the rapper has closely aligned herself with Donald Trump and his MAGA fanbase in recent months, but one person who staunchly opposed to her X post was…

The Weeknd has broken the record for the highest-grossing tour by a male artist in history as his “After Hours Til Dawn” stadium tour wrapped with a final performance at TM Stadium National in Kuala Lumpur, bringing the final gross to over $1.3 billion. While there is no official touring chart analogous to Luminate (for recorded music), the tally,…

Influence Media Partners, in collaboration with funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, has completed its $600 million-plus acquisition of “substantially all” of Anthem Entertainment’s assets, which includes shares in hits by the Weeknd, Britney Spears, Justin Timbelrake, Rush, OneRepublic and many more. T he assets span music publishing catalogs,…

Warner Records was hit with approximately a dozen layoffs across the company this week, including executive marketing VPs Victoria “Torie” Mason and Dalia Ganz and senior VP of publicity Fount Lynch, sources confirm to Variety. At least five of the layoffs took place at the company’s Nashville office, where Mason and Lynch are based; VP of radio…

Actress Kimmarie Johnson best known for her roles in "Beverly Hills, 90210" and "Dude, Where's My Car?" is dead after suffering heart issues Rhonda Scott, Kimmarie's niece, says Kimmarie had a "heart event" on October 27 at her home in Los Angeles and had to be rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, where doctors diagnosed her with a "heart aneurysm…