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#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }At HomeFall in Love: With TenorsConsider: Miniature GroceriesSpend 24 Hours: With Andra DayGet: A Wildlife CameraAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyBAM’s 2021 Season Will Be Outdoors and OnlineThe Brooklyn Academy of Music’s programming will feature intimate concerts, dancers on ice skates and a play presented in the Botanic Garden.“Influences,” which dancers perform on ice skates, will be part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music season.Credit…Rolline LaportMarch 11, 2021Updated 6:39 p.m. ETThe Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2021 season will feature a mix of outdoor performances and public art — including concerts played to individual audience members — as well as lectures and music delivered virtually, the organization announced on Thursday.While considerably scaled back from the Academy’s usual programming, the season will expand its footprint throughout Brooklyn. And it is one more addition to the growing slate of live arts events that are scheduled to gradually roll out across New York more than a year after the city was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic.In a news release, Academy officials said a large-scale public art installation, “Arrivals + Departures,” would grace the front of Brooklyn Borough Hall beginning Sunday.“Influences,” contemporary dance performed on ice skates, will come to the LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park in April, and some of New York’s notable musicians will bring intimate “1:1 CONCERTS,” curated by Silkroad, to the Brooklyn Navy Yard starting in May. There will also be a Pop-Up Magazine event on the sidewalks of Fort Greene in June.Later in the summer, Aleshea Harris’s play “What to Send Up When It Goes Down” will be presented at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, in coordination with Playwrights Horizons. Initially presented by the Movement Theater Company, the play — which Harris has described as a ritual, a dance party and “a space in the theater that is unrepentantly for and about Black people” — had an acclaimed Off Broadway run in 2018.Live virtual events will include “Word. Sound. Power.” — a hip-hop and spoken word concert — in April and “DanceAfrica,” an African and African-diasporic dance festival, in May. Virtual literary talks will also take place throughout the spring and summer.“We’ve put together a season that transforms some of Brooklyn’s most beloved and distinctive sites into stunning stages,” David Binder, BAM’s artistic director, said in a statement. The artists programmed, he added, “have met the moment and are presenting work in surprising and thrilling ways.”The BAM announcement comes as live performances are inching their way back onto city stages, including those newly fashioned to offer safety to performers and audience members.Last month, the Javits Center held the first of a series of “NY PopsUp” concerts that are a part of a broader public-private partnership to reinvigorate arts in the state. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has called for a city Open Culture program, which will permit outdoor performances on designated city streets this spring.Lincoln Center has also announced a broad initiative, known as “Restart Stages,” that will feature performances at 10 outdoor performance and rehearsal spaces starting in April. And last week, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said plays, concerts and other performances would be allowed to resume in New York as soon as next month, with capacity limits.AdvertisementContinue reading the main story More

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The ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ hitmaker teases the tracklist for his next studio installment ahead of the much-anticipated release of the new album on March 19.

Mar 12, 2021
AceShowbiz – Justin Bieber has teased the tracklist for his new album days before its release date.
On Wednesday (10Mar21), the “Confident” hitmaker shared a photo on social media showing a board with notecards pinned to it, unveiling what looks like the final tracklist for his sixth studio album “Justice”, which is due out next Friday (19Mar). The lineup includes already-released singles like “Hold On”, “Holy”, “Lonely”, and “Anyone”, plus new song titles.
Other song names include: “2 Much”, “Die for You”, “Deserve You”, “As I Am”, “Somebody”, “Love You Diff”, “Off My Face”, “Loved by You”, “Ghost”, “Unstable”, and “Peaches”.

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Announcing Justice last month, Bieber said it will be his “small part” in providing both comfort and justice for those feeling helpless during these unprecedented times.
“In a time when there’s so much wrong with this broken planet we all crave healing and justice for humanity. In creating this album my goal is to make music that will provide comfort, to make songs that people can relate to and connect to so they feel less alone,” the 27-year-old wrote on Instagram, sharing the album’s cover. “Suffering, injustice and pain can leave people feeling helpless.”
“Music is a great way of reminding each other that we aren’t alone. Music can be a way to relate to one another and connect with one another,” he continued. “I know that I cannot simply solve injustice by making music but I do know that if we all do our part by using our gifts to serve this planet and each other that we are that much closer to being united.”
“This is me doing a small part. My part,” Bieber ended his note. “I want to continue the conversation of what justice looks like so we can continue to heal.”
Bieber released his last album “Changes” on last February (20), his first in five years. The album, which featured singles “Yummy” and “Forever”, was nominated for best pop vocal album at the Grammys.

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AdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyAnother Possible Aretha Franklin Will Surfaces in Estate DisputeLawyers for two of the singer’s sons say the document was in the files of a law firm she had engaged to help her with estate planning.Aretha Franklin was initially thought to have died without a will, but now still another document that may  represent her last wishes has been found.Credit…Paul Natkin/Getty ImagesMarch 11, 2021Updated 6:08 p.m. ETThe estate of Aretha Franklin just got a bit more complicated.When the legendary singer died at 76 in 2018, her family assumed she had no will. Then, nine months later, a few handwritten documents, which may represent two or even three wills, were found in Franklin’s home, leading to a dispute among her four sons over how her estate should be run and its assets divided.Now, a detailed document has emerged that lawyers for two of Franklin’s sons say is a draft of yet another will, from Ms. Franklin’s final years. The papers, filed in a Michigan court this week, include an eight-page document, titled “The Will of Aretha Franklin” and apparently drawn up in 2018, along with another 23 pages that lay out the terms of a trust.Both are stamped “draft,” and neither document has her signature.According to the lawyers in their filing, Ms. Franklin had retained a Detroit lawyer, Henry M. Grix, to help with her estate planning. The filing includes correspondence from Mr. Grix, dated December 2017, in which he summarizes an estate plan for Ms. Franklin, asks her some questions and refers to earlier discussions between them. The filing includes further handwritten notes, said to be from Ms. Franklin, in which she lists family members and other lawyers, along with her properties.The filing, by lawyers for her sons Ted White Jr. and Clarence Franklin, says the documents show that Ms. Franklin had been in discussions with Mr. Grix “for over two years,” and that the correspondence included her initials. After Ms. Franklin “fell very ill,” they said, another lawyer informed Mr. Grix that she was unable to sign.It is not clear how the document would affect ongoing negotiations over the estate, which has an estimated worth of as much as $80 million. The discovery of the handwritten wills upset the peace among Ms. Franklin’s sons and led to the resignation of her niece, Sabrina Owens, as executor.The new draft will would establish a trust to benefit Clarence, who has a mental illness, and would otherwise largely split Ms. Franklin’s assets among her three other sons, Mr. White and Kecalf and Edward Franklin, along with specific bequests to other relatives. That would not differ much from the likely outcome in the event Ms. Franklin had no will at all; in that case, under Michigan law, her estate would simply be divided among her four children.But the new draft will does call into question the handwritten documents found previously. The latest of those, dated 2014, would give a greater share to Kecalf, Ms. Franklin’s youngest son, and less to Clarence. A trial to determine whether any of the handwritten documents should be formally declared a will, and thus govern the estate, is set for August.The filing this week says little about how the draft documents were found. But in response to questions from The New York Times, Joseph P. Buttiglieri, a lawyer who represents the guardian for Clarence Franklin, said the documents had been turned over late last year in response to a subpoena.The filing actually says the documents were discovered in 2019, but Mr. Buttiglieri said that was a mistake.“The file was received by my office in response to a subpoena on or about Dec. 18, 2020,” Mr. Buttiglieri added. He declined to elaborate further.Mr. Grix declined to comment.Although the document was not signed by Ms. Franklin, under Michigan law it could be accepted as a valid will, said David P. Lucas, a lawyer in Battle Creek, Mich., who is the chair of the probate and estate planning section of the State Bar of Michigan, and is not involved with Ms. Franklin’s case.“If the person who wants this to be Aretha Franklin’s will can prove in court by clear and convincing evidence that Ms. Franklin wanted this to be her will,” Mr. Lucas said, “then yes, the court may decide that this is her will.”AdvertisementContinue reading the main story More

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The One Direction star is officially announced to open the much-anticipated 63rd annual Grammy Awards this coming weekend with a ‘heavy and hard’ musical performance.

Mar 12, 2021
AceShowbiz – Harry Styles is to open the Grammy Awards this Sunday (14Mar21).
The “Adore You” singer will be the first performance of the evening, Jack Sussman, CBS executive VP of specials, music and live events told Variety.
“You dont want to miss the top of the show,” he said. “It’s going to be music coming at you heavy and hard like you’ve not seen it before. We’ve got Harry Styles, this incredible entertainer, at the top of the show and well just keep coming at you.”
Harry is sure to be hoping for a successful evening at the awards, as he’s also up for three gongs – Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Music Video.

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His ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift will also be staging a socially-distanced performance at the event which won’t have its usual celebrity stuffed audience, as well as BTS, Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Haim, Lil Baby, Dua Lipa, Chris Martin, John Mayer, Megan Thee Stallion, Maren Morris, Post Malone, and Roddy Ricch.
There will be a mix of live, in-person and pre-taped, video-linked appearances.
Beyonce Knowles leads the nominations with nine mentions while Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, and Taylor Swift follow with six nods each.
The main event will be followed by a star-studded TV special which will be hosted by Common.
Dubbed “A Grammy Salute to the Sounds of Change”, the gig is set for March 17. The line-up include Cynthia Erivo, John Fogerty, Yolanda Adams, Leon Bridges, Eric Church, Andra Day, Patti LaBelle, Terrace Martin, Brad Paisley, Billy Porter, LeAnn Rimes, Chris Stapleton, and Emily, Emilio and Gloria Estefan.

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By the beginning of lockdown in Dormont, Pa., Amy Kline had already watched the viral videos of Italians isolated in their homes, singing on their balconies to pass the time. Inspired, she posted a meme about it in a local Facebook group: “Messaging all my neighbors on Nextdoor, telling them they all better [expletive] have every single god damned line from Les Miz memorized for when we do the singing out our windows together thing.” It started getting some traction, so she wrote, “If 100 people like this by tomorrow morning, I’m in.” And then, overnight, she — and at least 99 of her neighbors — were.

Some days later, after a 30-person Zoom rehearsal, the Dormont “CoronaChoir” sang “Do You Hear the People Sing?” a protest anthem from “Les Misérables,” in front of their homes. Kline estimates that 700 neighbors participated. On some blocks, at least one person represented each household; on others, families joined in via Zoom, half a second off from the rest of the group. A few singers wore French revolutionary costumes; the mayor waved his own enormous flag. “It turned out so perfectly — people felt connected to each other,” Kline said. “I knew this sort of thing was happening in other parts of the world, but it still felt really special.”
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Those first few weeks of shelter-in-place were especially bewildering and lonesome, our fingers and shoulders itching to make contact with another patch of skin, our brains struggling to find anything to discuss beyond Netflix. Neighborhood singing was a balm — connection without the pressure of having to make conversation.

Music, blessedly, morphed to fit the pandemic with relative ease, be it professional musicians sitting around on Instagram Live playing their hits, like on the webcast Verzuz, or gig musicians streaming tiny concerts, trying to expand their fan base. For some, web shows were a financial lifeline: Even if they brought in only a fraction of what artists would be making from in-person gigs, they were better than nothing.

When shelter-in-place orders began in New Orleans, Sam Williams, a bandleader and horn player, figured that he and his band would hold off playing for two weeks, and then the world would return to normal. But as the lockdown stretched on, Williams, who goes by Big Sam, told his bandmates they had to do something, even just prop up a phone to livestream sets from his driveway. If they were lucky, maybe they could get some tips.

Williams is the sole provider for his family; as the pandemic continued, his bank account dwindled. Music had been his career for 25 years. So he kept playing, and sometimes after his shows, viewers would contribute to his Venmo account, or his neighbors would come by with tips or even a dish of food. How else was he supposed to survive an edict that banned horn players from performing indoors?

He and the band did shows every Sunday: first church music, then funk. They didn’t face the street when they performed and never told their online audience exactly where they were — Williams, worried about social distancing, was reluctant to draw a crowd — but that didn’t keep neighbors from creeping out of their front yards and onto the sidewalk to watch. People would drive to Williams’s block and listen from their parked cars; delivery workers might take a quick break to enjoy a song or two. “It helps the whole neighborhood to feel some type of normalcy when they can have live music,” he said. Indoor entertainment is limited in New Orleans, but Williams is still singing, trying to give something to his people in the hope that they can give back to him.

Jennifer Parnall, a Canadian transplant locked down in Spain, also wanted to give back: One day last March, she plugged her keyboard into an amp and played “All You Need Is Love.” Soon her neighbors started requesting songs, shouting them from their windows or scrawling them on a chalkboard and hanging it where she could see. Armed with only a guitar and a keyboard, Parnall tried her best at the Cranberries and Radiohead. In all, Parnall played four songs a day for 100 days.

For the very last song of her very last show, she ran up to her roof with her guitar and performed “Dreams,” by Fleetwood Mac; passers-by and neighbors joined for the chorus, their voices undoing all those months of silence. Not even the GoPro she brought with her could fully capture the exuberance of that moment: Parnall saw one woman across the way, who had been pregnant for months, watching the concert while cradling her newborn baby. It felt like magic, creating something so beautiful for her community in a time of such isolation.

In Brooklyn, a year later, I watched everyone’s videos: Kline and her neighbors in Dormont, recorded by a local videographer. Williams in New Orleans, doing the two-step in his driveway. Parnall in Barcelona, playing to the building facing her own; in one video, she began a song, only to be interrupted by a blaring car horn.

The pandemic changed our relationship to noise: With people stuck inside, the atmospheric sounds of the world — car alarms, barking dogs, ambulance sirens — felt amplified. The human sounds, though, lessened. Even the online concerts were sort of eerie without applause. Parnall waited until the car horn stopped, then began her song again. When she finished, more noise trickled in from the outside: clapping and whooping. People had been there, listening. Somehow, it was the best part.

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Clearly not happy with one fan’s question on Twitter, the Bronx raptress responds fiercely to the troll, writing, ‘WE both getting rich with the song till we die…’

Mar 11, 2021
AceShowbiz – Cardi B was in celebratory mood after her breakout hit track Bodak Yellow was officially certified diamond on Tuesday, March 9. However, someone appeared to ruin her mood by checking her for allegedly not giving Kodak Black enough credit for the song as he strongly influenced the single’s flows and title.
Clearly not happy with the question, the Bronx raptress responded fiercely to the Twitter user, “He got credit on the song.” Cardi further explained, “WE both getting rich with the song till we die.. The song is called Bodak Yellow for a reason. You h**s get on this app saying the dumbest s**t.”
She also attached a screenshot of a headline fo Kodak praising Cardi. “Kodak Black Says He Wins If Cardi B Wins: ‘That’s My Twin’,” read the headline.

Cardi B reacted to trolls accusing her not giving Kodak Black credit for ‘Bodak Yellow’.

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Cardi released “Bodak Yellow” in 2017, prompting fans to accuse her of jacking te rap flow Kodak used on his 2014 track “No Flockin’ “. Cardi, however, revealed that she did receive inspiration from the “Wake Up in the Sky” spitter on her hit single.
Kodak himself congratulated Cardi immediately after the news broke that she became the first diamond-selling female rapper with “Bodak Yellow”. “Bodak Yellow Went Diamond Dam Right @iamcardib,” so Kodak wrote on Tuesday.
Cardi herself shared some clips including a video of her cooking up the song. “How’s its going .Thank you every1 that send me beautiful congrats on Bodak going Diamond. A couple of years ago I didn’t even understand what going diamond means or meant I just wanted to win and break in.This record changed my life.Thank you everyone who showed Bodak so much support and support and buy till THIS DAYY !!” she wrote in the caption.

“That’s why it went diamond cause of the support YOU still give. Wap is a spicy one shorty 5X platinum in 7 months makes me really happy cause I put this song out when I was doubting myself then most. With hardly any radio play cause of how nasty it was. but babyeeee it was a shocker !” she went on saying.

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The ‘Lush Life’ singer is hoping to release a new studio album next year and another the following year after signing a deal with Sony Music Publishing.

Mar 11, 2021
AceShowbiz – Zara Larsson is determined to release a new album in 2022.
The singer released “Poster Girl” – her first album since 2017 – earlier this month, and she’s now insisted she won’t wait as long to make another record.
“It is so easy to look back and think, ‘Why didn’t I release an album every year?'” she told Britain’s The Sun newspaper. “But I didn’t feel comfortable. I didn’t think it made sense. I am happy and very proud.”
The “Lush Life” hitmaker now hopes to release a new album next year and another in 2023.
Speaking about her ambitions, she continued, “I want to release an album next year and the year after that.”

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News of Zara’s plans comes after she admitted earlier this month that her career has lost “momentum,” likening releasing her new album to starting her career again.
She explained, “That momentum is not there. I’m not Rihanna. People won’t wait like that in the pop world. The pop world moves fast. So I’m starting over in a way.”
“I’m like, ‘Hey guys, what’s up? I’m alive.’ ”
Zara Larsson recently signed a deal with Sony Music Publishing. She gushed, “I’m so excited to start working with Johnny, Katie and everyone at Sony Music Publishing. They have such an incredible team and roster and I can’t wait to be a part of it.”
Sony Music Publishing Managing Director, Scandinavia and Senior VP A&R Johnny Tennander, added, “We’re incredibly proud to be working with Zara and to welcome her to Sony Music Publishing. Zara is a real artist and she also stands for something — she has something to say.”

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The ‘Dancing Wiv Me’ crooner prefers investing his time into making new music to trying his luck in the stockmarket as he is asked about his to-do list.

Mar 11, 2021
AceShowbiz – Dizzee Rascal ensures he spends most of his time investing his time into making music, rather than dabbling in the stockmarket
The “Bonkers” star insists the “main thing” he is always working on is his music career, rather than “investing” in any other elements and businesses.
Asked what’s on his to-do list, he said, “Just making music as always. That’s the main thing I’m always trying to work on. I’m not the dude who is trying to find all this other stuff to get stuck into, to invest in. People throw that word around a lot now – invest, invest. Maybe I should be but I feel this is the time to throw yourself into what you actually know that you’re good at.”
And Dizzie finds that he is always “competing with himself” rather than other artists.

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The “Dance Wiv Me” hitmaker added, “It’s a bit of both. You see artists doing stuff and you want to get involved but in the end it is you just competing with yourself. You’ve got a different fan base and people are into you for different reasons.”
“Social media can definitely bring a lot of unnecessary distraction. You see what other people are doing and you think that’s what you need to do.”
He continued, “My main thing is I definitely like working with other artists. I’ve been doing that a bit more recently. Social media is good for linking up with other people.”
The 36-year-old rapper is “looking forward” to when live shows will be returning.
Dizzee told the Metro newspaper, “Not as much as maybe I thought I would be. Not like, ‘Oh God, I really need to get out and do a show.’ I haven’t really felt like that. I don’t know what that’s about. I’m just waiting for the world to get normal again in general. I’m looking forward to shows but I haven’t been sad that I haven’t had any … I’m taking it easy with the fact that there might not even be any this year.”

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