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Chance The Rapper, Jason Moran to Perform at Gordon Parks Foundation Annual Awards Dinner & Auction Honoring Muhammad Ali

Elizabeth Alexander, Chance The Rapper, John Legend, Henry Taylor and Lonnie Ali will also be honored.

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Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Allen Welcome First Child

The couple first announced they were expecting in December.

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Bob's Burgers Performance of Joy Division Song Highlighted

Watch Bob and Gene pull off a top-notch take of “Transmission”

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Hailee Steinfeld Welcomes First Child With Josh Allen: ‘We’re Feeling Incredibly Grateful and Blessed’

The couple first announced they were expecting in December.

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Music industry trade bodies join forces with music publishers to defeat Anthropic’s “AI is fair use” defence

The music publishers suing Anthropic recently asked the judge to reject the AI company’s fair use defence. Now eight music industry organisations have filed an amicus brief also arguing that AI training can never be fair use, because the development of AI music models causes market dilution

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Zedd, Nelly, Marshmello, DJ Diesel, Kane Brown, Loud Luxury to Headline Formula 1 Crypto.Com Miami Grand Prix 2026

The May 1-3 event in Miami Gardens will celebrate the race's fifth year with live trackside music, with additional performances and parties at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

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Bob’s Burgers Covers Joy Division

Watch Bob and Gene pull off a top-notch take of “Transmission”

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Dry Cleaning Share New Song “Sliced by a Fingernail”

An accompanying clip features a dancer spinning their head like “it’s a grubby round ball”

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Bob Marley’s dreadlock expected to fetch £25,000 at auction

The 1.5inch length of hair originates from a 'Top of the Pops' performance in 1978, where Bob Marley performed with The Wailers

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Lizzo Details Pre-Grammy Vow and Early Life Experiences

She also shared that she did not have her “first kiss” until she was 21

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Dolly Parton Donates to Children's Hospital, Renamed in Her Honor

In February, Parton said she's always believed that "every child deserves a fair chance to grow up healthy, hopeful and surrounded with love."

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Bob's Burgers Covers Joy Division

Watch Bob and Gene pull off a top-notch take of “Transmission”

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Former Turnstile Guitarist Brady Ebert Arrested on Attempted Murder Charge

Ebert is scheduled to make a court appearance on Thursday morning. Former Turnstile Guitarist Brady Ebert Arrested on Attempted Murder Charge Scoop Harrison

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Dolly Parton Makes ‘Generational and Transformational’ Donation to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital Now Named In Her Honor

In February, Parton said she's always believed that "every child deserves a fair chance to grow up healthy, hopeful and surrounded with love."

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Lizzo vowed to remain a virgin until winning a Grammy, and then lost it in 2020 when she won three

She also shared that she did not have her “first kiss” until she was 21

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Create Music Group leads $2m funding for marketing startup Soundlink

Startup Soundlink launched in 2025 as a service to help music marketers solve “the attribution problem” – understanding how their social-media ads impacted streams. Having signed up more than 5,000 artists and labels, now Soundlink has raised a $2m seed-funding round, led by Create Music Group. The

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US music bodies weigh in to publishers’ Anthropic lawsuit

A group of music publishers are continuing to sue AI firm Anthropic for copyright infringement, focusing on its alleged use of their lyrics to train its Claude model, as well as some of its outputs. Now they have the backing of a group of US music-industry bodies: the RIAA, NMPA, A2IM, SONA, Black M

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Courtney Love Urges Dave Grohl to “Man Up” and “Just Say We’re Cool”

The Hole singer wishes the Foo Fighters frontman would just let everyone know they're no longer feuding. Courtney Love Urges Dave Grohl to “Man Up” and “Just Say We’re Cool” Spencer Kaufman

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Mia Goth is reportedly aware of ex Shia LaBeouf’s struggles “but there is nothing she can do to help him”

The former couple share a daughter

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Sequel Explored

The sequel to the hit 2023 film is filling cinemas around the world