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There’s a lot for music-loving travelers to like about the Guitar Hotel at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.

The place has a 7,000-seat entertainment venue, suites suitable for a pop sensation, and a lagoon-style area with bungalows perfect for hiding from paparazzi. But the thing that stands out most about the property is its shape. The Guitar Hotel is literally configured like 450-foot, back-to-back guitars. If...

Looks like Sabrina Carpenter isn’t holding anything back. The pop star recently graced the cover of Rolling Stone in a daring look that has instantly grabbed everyone’s attention. While she’s already facing major backlash for her Man’s Best Friend cover, the latest photoshoot now showcases her in minimal clothing with her usual fearless energy.

Known for pushing boundaries with her music and performances, this latest move shows she’s not afraid to turn heads or challenge expectations. With Man’s Best Friend on the horizon and a wave of buzz surrounding her recent choices, this picture arrives at the perfect time, sending a clear message that she’s done playing it safe. Let’s dive deeper!

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Alice Tan Ridley, the mother of Precious and American Horror Story actor Gabourey Sidibe and a singer who performed for several decades in New York City subway stations, Harlem’s Cotton Club and other venues before finding national fame on America’s Got Talent in her late 50s, has died in New York. She was 72.

Her March 25 death was announced by her family. A cause was not stated.

Born Alice Ann Ridley on December 21, 1952, in what then was called Charles Junction (now Lumpkin), Georgia, Ridley was the seventh of eight children, and in 1971 moved to New York to teach special-needs children. Called Tan by family and friends, for years she sang with family members, including brother Melton Lee Ridley Jr., but only turned her focus to a music career in 1992, when she began busking in the subways, singing full time in the Union Square, 34th Street and Times Square stations.

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Alice Tan Ridley has sadly passed away.

The singer, known for entertaining subway riders in New York City for years as a gospel and R&b singer and appearing on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, has passed away at 72, her family confirmed.

Alice passed on March 25 in New York, her family said, including daughter Gabourey Sidibe.

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She first became a teacher, working with special needs kids in Brooklyn. After a divorce and becoming a single mom, she started singing for tips in the subway.

She won $25,000 on the 2002 pilot episode of Fox’s 30 Seconds to Fame and in 2005 was a contestant on Showtime at the Apollo. She also performed “Amazing Grace” in the David Lachapelle documentary Rize and “America the Beautiful” in the film Heights.

In 2010, she auditioned for AGT with “At Last,” going all the way to the semifinals.

In September 2016 at age 63, she released her debut album,...

Alice Tan Ridley, who spent three decades entertaining subway riders in New York City as a gospel and R&b singer before wowing viewers on NBC’s America’s Got Talent and releasing her first studio album when she was 63, has died. She was 72.

Ridley died March 25 in New York, her family announced. Survivors include her daughter, Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe (Precious).

The seventh of eight children, Ridley was born on Dec. 21, 1952, in Charles Junction, Georgia. In a 2016 New York Times profile, she recalled being influenced by jazz and gospel and by such artists as Aretha Franklin.

She graduated from Stewart County High School in 1959, moved to New York in 1971, earned her teaching license from the New York State Board of Education and had two children.

Ridley taught special-needs kids at P.S. 134 in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn but lost her job and got divorced, and as a single mother,...

Brandi Carlile has released a new song, “Wandering.” The track is a collaboration with tribal group the Makah Singers and was written and recorded for NBC/Peacock nature series The Americas, which premiered this week.

“When I was approached to write and perform a song for The Americas, I was absolutely thrilled,” Carlile said in a statement. “For me, the Makah people have been the bedrock of what it means to truly know the Pacific Northwest. Alongside the many proud tribes of the Pnw, they are and always will be...

Elton John and Brandi Carlile announced their joint album Who Believes in Angels? this week and shared the title track along with it. Now, they’ve revealed the track’s pinball-themed music video.

Directed by David Lachapelle, the video finds John and Carlile as performers within a “Captain Fantastic”-themed pinball machine in an arcade. A young girl plays pinball as John and Carlile sing side by side, supported by backup dancers (including Tina Turner and Little Richard), neon glows, and a colorful, decked out set. While they’re never interrupted by a giant life-sized pinball flying around the room, it’s just as entertaining to watch Carlile and John swap fierce looks throughout the duet. Watch the video below.

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The video marks Lachapelle’s fifth video collaboration with John, having directed the visuals for “This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore,” “Original Sin,” “Answer...

Elton John and Brandi Carlile have unveiled a music video for their new single “Who Believes in Angels?” The pair tapped photographer David Lachapelle, John’s frequently collaborator, to direct the clip, which features the musicians performing on a giant pinball machine.

“It’s been a wonderful continuation of this journey with Elton over the last 20+ years — projects, videos, stage productions, photo shoots,” Lachapelle said in a statement. “I love these creative challenges we’ve explored and working on this duet with Brandi was really good fun and hard work,...

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She has also been spotted in the silver version of these sandals during her pregnancy, bravely wearing them despite swollen feet. Another instance includes her chic appearance in a sequined crop top and mini skirt combination at a pride party.

Keke Palmer has been handling the Met Gala with grace since her first hosting gig in 2021, but during last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, she detailed an encounter with Nicki Minaj she thought might go left.

At this year’s Met Gala, Palmer said she approached Minaj as the “Super Freaky Girl” chatted with designer Marc Jacobs and his husband, Charly. Palmer wanted to thank her in person for previously connecting her to star photographer and director David Lachapelle for a baby shower photo shoot via Dm.

Tate McRae continues to prove that she’s an expert on pop culture history with the release of her single “It’s ok I’m ok.”

The 21-year-old “Exes” hitmaker dropped the new song, a searing kiss-off produced by Ilya and written with Savan Kotecha and Ryan Tedder, on Thursday (September 12).

She also unveiled the music video, which references the likes of Britney Spears and the Pussycat Dolls.

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On the song, Tate addresses her exes’ new partner, making it clear that she isn’t jealous.

“No, nothin’ could make me miss it / Take him, he’s yours,” she sings before moving into the chorus: “It’s ok, I’m ok, had him in the first place.”

The music video is another heavily choreographed masterpiece from director Hannah Lux Davis. In it, a topless Tate is arrested and put in the back of a police...

Ahead of the release of the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black in the U.K. this weekend, the singer’s “Tears Dry on Their Own” has been re-uploaded onto YouTube with a visual featuring previously unseen footage from the single’s original music video shoot.

Like the recently rereleased video for “In My Bed” — which arrived earlier this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Winehouse’s 2004 debut album Frank — the new “Tears Dry on Their Own” visual combines the original clip with never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes, in this case,...

Fabula-Fremantle’s “Hot Sur,” The Mediapro Studio’s “El Mal” and “Two Nights in Lisbon,” from Portugal’s Hop Films and the U.K’s Heroes Films, look like potential standouts at next week’s Content Americas Copro Pitch 2024, one of its industry centerpieces.

These series projects will be joined by crime mystery thriller “Delito,” from Barcelona’s Grup Focus TV & Films, behind banner Amazon Original “Reina Roja,” “Iron Woman,” a tumultuous political saga from Brazil-based Jarsom Wayans, two high concept doc series – Argentina’s “Climate Migrants” and Brazil’s “Mystery of the Megafauna” – and bio doc feature “Farraquito, a Flamenco Story,” profiling the famed flamenco bailaor.

Shaping up as one of the biggest new titles to be brought onto the market at Content Americas, “Hot Sur” marks the latest from a fruitful 2019 multi-year first-look deal between Fremantle and Fabula, headed by Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín, which has already yielded “La Jauría,...

Fasten your seat belts and put your flashiest sunglasses on before boarding on Uri Marantz' train to the glitzy world of drug-fuelled funfair based on a true story about a man who got away with it all. Before you get tempted to draw any parallels to Walter White, a loveable but fictive character created for the popular TV series “Breaking Bad” starring the one and only Brian Cranston, hold your horses: the man whose name was changed to Gabi (Oshri Cohen) to protect his identity, is really like you and me. Furthermore, unlike Walter, he didn't find a way and means to produce a known drug to earn a significant amount of cash, instead he invented a legal psychoactive drug from Cathinonec, a completely new substance, through his knowledge of chemistry and the need to feed his own personal beast.

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As if Blink-182’s world tour and new record weren’t enough to keep him busy, Tom DeLonge is also on the verge of releasing his feature directorial debut with Monsters of California.

DeLonge’s edgier take on the Amblin-esque coming-of-age adventure opens Oct. 6 in select theaters and on digital. Co-written by DeLonge and Ian Miller, the film follows teenager Dallas Edwards (Jack Samson) and his wayward friends as they uncover government secrets that Dallas’ father left behind following his unexplained disappearance. From San Diego County and skateboarding to punk rock and the paranormal, the movie includes many of DeLonge’s passions, as well as the research that put him and his company, To The Stars, at the forefront of recent UFO/Uap revelations.

“There’s a lot of quality information in there during the serious moments, and I think people need to pay attention to it, for sure,...

Pamela Anderson made some shocking revelations in her new memoir Love, Pamela.

While the actress and model spent much of the book discussing her artistic inspirations and recounting her childhood, she also revealed some stories about her former lovers including her ex-husband Kid Rock.

According to Anderson, Kid Rock – whose real name is Robert James Ritchie – didn’t like her hanging out with her close friend, David Lachapelle. Despite the photographer being gay, Ritchie was apparently jealous of their friendship, and she said Ritche “didn’t believe David was really gay.”

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“David and I have always been very close, soulmates in some ways,” she writes. “I’d found someone who accepted me, full stop, and nurtured and instigated the artistic side of me like no one else.”

Anderson also revealed the surprising reason she and Ritchie broke up. She recalled the time...

Pamela Anderson recently recalled musician and ex-husband Kid Rock's angry outburst during a screening of Borat!. The actor began her career in small parts on television and in film before she landed the role of "Tool Time" assistant Lisa on the hit sitcom, Home Improvement, starring Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, and Zachary Taylor Thomas. After two seasons, Anderson scored the role of Casey Jean "C.J." Parker in the wildly-popular lifeguard drama, Baywatch.

After a successful career in film and television throughout the 90s, Anderson was featured in a cameo role for Sacha Baron Cohen's 2006 mockumentary film, Borat. The comedy saw the titular Kazakstani immigrant travel to the United States to marry Anderson. In her new memoir, Love, Pamela (via IndieWire), the actor reveals that Robert "Kid Rock" Ritchie had an explosive outburst during a special screening of Borat. A married couple at the time, the...

According to Pamela Anderson, her former husband Kid Rock despised her “Borat” cameo.

The “Baywatch” alum wrote in her memoir “Love, Pamela” that following a private screening at CAA founder and former NBCUniversal vice chairman Ron Meyer’s home with Steven Spielberg in attendance, Rock (aka Robert “Bob” James Ritchie) yelled at Anderson and called her a “whore,” among other expletives.

“We were about to move in, until the premiere of ‘Borat,'” Anderson wrote of her relationship with Rock. “The screening at Ron and Kelly Meyer’s house didn’t go well. Lots of important industry people were there: Steven Spielberg, Rick Rubin, Laird Hamilton and his wife, Gabby Reece. I didn’t tell Bob I was in the movie, because I wanted to surprise him.”

She continued, “I forgot about the part in the film that referenced the ‘sextape.’ Bob stormed out, calling me a whore and worse.

Pamela Anderson’s just-released memoir, “Love, Pamela,” alleges that Kid Rock screamed at her and called her “a whore” following the world premiere screening of Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2006 blockbuster comedy film “Borat.” The two were in a relationship at the time and, according to Anderson, were set to move in together until the “Borat” screening derailed their partnership. Anderson brought Rock to the “Borat” premiere without telling him she factored into the plot. The likes of Steven Spielberg and Rick Rubin were also in attendance at the event.

“I didn’t tell Bob I was in the movie, because I wanted to surprise him,” Anderson writes (via a book excerpt released by Rolling Stone). “I forgot about the part in the film that referenced the ‘sex tape.’ Bob stormed out, calling me a whore and worse. He was embarrassed, and his reaction was not thought through.”

“After I chased Bob to his car,...

Among Borat’s many very nice services is his habit of revealing grotesque misogyny, as Pamela Anderson found out firsthand when Sacha Baron Cohen’s most famous character saved her from moving in with Kid Rock.

As Anderson reveals in her new memoir Love, Pamela (via Rolling Stone), she and Kid Rock, aka Robert Ritchie, were ready to enter a serious phase of their relationship — that is, until they witnessed an advance screening of the 2006 film Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

“We were about to move in, until the premiere of Borat,” she wrote. “The screening at Ron and Kelly Meyer’s house didn’t go well. Lots of important industry people were there — Steven Spielberg, Rick Rubin, Laird Hamilton and his wife, Gabby Reece. I didn’t tell Bob I was in the movie, because I wanted to surprise him.”

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Bob and I started spending more time in Detroit, his hometown. We had our big family wedding there, where Bob Seger and Hank Williams Jr. sang for us. Our life in Detroit was full of music. I took for granted all those nights with Hank, Zz Top, Uncle Kracker, Eminem, and Bob’s band. To be around such talent was inspiring. It was a true rock-and-roll lifestyle, gritty and soulful. Detroit had an energy all its own.

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Editors Note: In the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles trial for rape, another woman has stepped forward alleging the media mogul sexually assaulted her 22 years ago.

A ballerina and a model, Lisa Pekar moved to Los Angeles from Milwaukee in September 2000 to pursue her Hollywood dreams as a writer and possibly an actress.

Pekar wrote a piece about her experience and also was interviewed for TheWrap by Kelly Hartog. Pekar’s allegations were corroborated by a witness who spoke to TheWrap on condition of anonymity. Asked to respond to these allegations, a spokesperson for Weinstein said: “Harvey… believes that this sequence of events did not happen as suggested here and that the accusation just isn’t true. The fact is that this narrative is so similar to others, it is therefore easy enough to suggest to some that it is a valid recollection, yet it is also possibly being repurposed for other reasons.

David Lachapelle Has a flight to catch. This flight is leaving imminently, and its imminence is made highly apparent by people associated with Lachapelle, within earshot of Lachapelle, who nonetheless settles deeper into a chartreuse velvet sofa near the crackling fire of the Greenwich Hotel and orders tea and scones. “The crazy ones with the truffle oil,” he specifies, before turning to me with delight. “You have to try one. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Which, of course, is what people tend to say about Lachapelle’s body of work,...

Rolling Stone readers first saw David Lachapelle’s work when he shot Tori Amos surrounded by fireflies in an English garden for the magazine’s June 25, 1998 cover. He’d been a professional photographer for more than a decade at that point, and was on his way to becoming one of the most celebrated visual artists of his era. He’s shot 19 Rolling Stone covers overall, including Britney Spears, Kanye West, and Lizzo, but they represent just a fraction of his life’s work. A new exhibit, Make Believe, at the Fotografiska in New York City,...

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Seth Meyers participates in a Kcrw conversation moderated by Elvis Mitchell.

Linwood Dunn Theater, Los Angeles

Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco celebrate their new movie “Day Shift.”

Regal LA Live, Los Angeles

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Variety celebrates its Power of Young Hollywood issue with cover stars Halle Bailey, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, Angus Cloud and Becky G. Chris Olsen hosts.

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David Lachapelle, Jeffrey Deitch and “The Andy Warhol Diaries” director Andrew Rossi celebrate the docuseries’ four Emmy nominations.

Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Richa Moorjani, Jaren Lewison, Darren Barnet, Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher walk the red carpet at the “Never Have I Ever” Season 3 premiere.

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Aug. 14, Sunday

Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt and Shakira Barrera launch their Freevee series “Sprung.”

Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles

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Benjamin Walker, Charles Edwards, Charles Vickers and Cynthia Addai-Robinson premiere “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Exclusive: The Imitation Game outfit Black Bear Pictures is bolstering the senior ranks of its fledgling management division with the hire of respected former ICM Partners and William Morris agent Joanne Roberts Wiles.

While a partner at ICM, Wiles represented filmmakers including Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth), the Duplass Brothers (Cyrus), Karyn Kusama (Yellowjackets), Duke Johnson (Anomalisa), Charlie McDowell and Justin Lader (Windfall), Gregg Araki (Now Apocalypse), Jamie Dack (Palm Trees and Power Lines), Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley (Jockey), So Yong Kim (Lovesong), David Siegel and Scott McGehee (Montana Story), and David Lachapelle (Rize).

She also represented talent in front of the camera including Oscar nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of The Dog), Hannah Gross (Mindhunter), Garance Marillier (Titane), Théodore Pellerin (Never Rarely Sometimes Always), Dree Hemingway (Starlet), Chris Klein (American Pie), and Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike).

Wiles will be a Partner in Black Bear’s newly formed management division,...

Abbey Road Studios has revealed the winners of the first-ever Music Photography Awards, which was held this weekend at the legendary studios.

The inaugural MPAs featured the best and most striking music photography from 2021, as voted for by a panel that included David Bowie photographer Rankin, Moses Sumney, Shygirl, and Rolling Stone’s deputy photo director Sacha Lecca.

Along with a number of closed categories, applications from photographers across the world were welcomed for the Studio, Live, Championing Scenes, and Undiscovered Photographer of the Year awards.

Rolling Stone received numerous nominations ahead of the event,...

As Hollywood events return to full force in New York and Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings, including four days of star-studded CinemaCon presentations and red carpets for I Love That for You, Grace and Frankie and Spring Awakening.

Grace and Frankie season seven special event

In honor of the hit show’s final season, Netflix hosted a special FYC event for Grace and Frankie on Sunday at NeueHouse Hollywood, with stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, June Diane Raphael, Brooklyn Decker, Baron Vaughn and Ethan Embry.

Bosch: Legacy premiere event

The cast, creator and EPs of Amazon Freevee’s Bosch: Legacy attended a premiere event for the show at The London West Hollywood premiere on Sunday.

TCM Classic Film Festival

Turner Classic Movies returned for its annual Hollywood takeover April 21 to 24, kicked off by a 40th-anniversary celebration of E.

Hip hop is a popular pastime in Paris and its suburbs, having now made its way into many of the city’s high schools. At The Turgot high school in central Paris, hip hop is now part of the curriculum, as the Berlinale documentary “Rookies” (“Allons Enfants”), by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai, shows.

This compelling film follows some of the school’s most talented hip hop aficionados train and battle under the watchful eye of a demanding coach. It served as the opening film this year for the Generation section at the Berlin festival, a sidebar dedicated to new films exploring the lives of teens and children. The film is a testament to the power of embracing raw talent and turning it into potential.

Producer-director Demaizière is best known for the documentaries “Lourdes” and “Rocco,” both of which he collaborated on with Teurlai who is an editor and director.

Amazon Prime Video has recruited star photographer David Lachapelle to launch its upcoming new Italian original “The Ferragnez – The Series,” starring digital entrepreneur and fashion icon Chiara Ferragni and her recording artist partner Fedez.

The streamer has revealed key art for “The Ferragnez,” which Lachapelle shot placing the young celebrity couple elegantly dressed in black against a backdrop contrasting fluorescent pink neon lights and the pointed Gothic spires of Milan’s iconic Duomo which is the fourth largest cathedral in the world and took six centuries to build.

Milan is a central setting for the eight-part docu-reality series, partly set in the Italian stars’ Milan home and filmed throughout late 2020 and early 2021. Prime Video will drop the show in 240 countries globally on a still unspecified December date.

Chiara Ferragni is a digital entrepreneur and global fashion personality with over 25 million followers on Instagram. She launched her fashion blog, The Blonde Salad,...

The July 4 premiere of short “Off Hiatus,” presented by artist David Lachapelle and fashion designer Kai Milla, will be one of the highlights of the Monaco Streaming Film Festival.

The short follows Milla as she and her associates provide exclusive access and insight to what really happens behind the scenes of fashion, through storytelling and impromptu dialogue. The premiere will take place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, the festival’s flagship venue. The same evening, the festival’s gala awards will honor leading contributors to the world of on-demand content.

Speakers this year include Mitch Lowe, founding VP Netflix, “The Biggest Loser” producer David Broome, “MasterChef” creator Franc Roddam, composer Erran Baron Cohen (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”), and Buzz Hays, global lead, entertainment industry solutions, for Google Cloud.

Chris Fetner (Entertainment Globalization Association), Kay Meseberg (Arte), Elizabeth Markevitch (IkonoTV), Haymi Behar (Spi International), Jakob Mejlhede and Marius Johan-sen (Shahid...

Daphne Guinness has released a new music video for “Heaven,” directed by famed visual artist David Lachapelle.

The video tells the tale of a decadent romance between an older woman and a young, angelic man. Guinness and her lover appear in plenty of gilded, campy outfits and environments, fitting for the song’s disco influence. As their love grows, she remains the same age, but the man ages, until he appears close to death at the end of the video. Nevertheless, she remains by his side, taking care of him in his elderly age.

For those of us who spent most post-midnight hours of the Giuliani years on the smoke-choked dance floors of places like Limelight and The Pyramid Club, I Hate New York, the debut feature of Barcelona-born journalist Gustavo Sánchez, is a walk down an age of innocence memory lane. A pre-9/11 time when nightclub royalty such as Amanda Lepore and Sophia Lamar were as ubiquitous as the flyers in the St. Mark’s record stores that showcased their names. For those not steeped in trans-fabulous NYC lore, the aforementioned Lepore is best known as the longtime (Jessica Rabbit-esque) muse of David Lachapelle, while […]...

For those of us who spent most post-midnight hours of the Giuliani years on the smoke-choked dance floors of places like Limelight and The Pyramid Club, I Hate New York, the debut feature of Barcelona-born journalist Gustavo Sánchez, is a walk down an age of innocence memory lane. A pre-9/11 time when nightclub royalty such as Amanda Lepore and Sophia Lamar were as ubiquitous as the flyers in the St. Mark’s record stores that showcased their names. For those not steeped in trans-fabulous NYC lore, the aforementioned Lepore is best known as the longtime (Jessica Rabbit-esque) muse of David Lachapelle, while […]...

Nicki Minaj is pregnant! The Grammy nominee is expecting her first child with husband Kenneth Petty, she announced on social media Monday, July 20. Along with her "#Preggers" post, Minaj also shared a series of photos with her baby bump, including one shot by famed photographer David Lachapelle. This pregnancy announcement comes nine months after Minaj confirmed her marriage to Petty. As fans will recall, Minaj took to social media to share the relationship update, writing, "Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty 10•21•19." Three months prior to Minaj's big day, E! News confirmed that the couple had officially obtained a marriage license at the Beverly Hills Courthouse. Speaking out about her...

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One of the most celebrated fashion and celebrity photographers of the 1960s-1980s, Victor Skrebneski, has passed away at the age of 92.  Above you'll see a self portrait and next to it one of his most iconic images, Vanessa Redgrave shot in 1967.

Skrebneski's heyday was a smidgeon before our pop-cultural awareness dawned, but we knew Skrebneski's images before we ever learned his name. He did amazing portraits of Bette Davis, Dolph Lundgren, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Kathleen Turner and more. His black and white work was often extremely sexy and there are a few Nsfw images after the jump. He shot movie stars masterfully, you must agree...

Lizzo has shared a new lyric video for “Cuz I Love You,” the title track from her third album and major-label debut, released in April 2019. The animated clip depicts a hand-drawn, naked Lizzo alone in a hotel room, lovesick and crying over the person she loves.

Alongside the video, released on Valentine’s Day, Lizzo had this message to share: “Hey y’all, Happy Self-Love Day! Just wanted to tell you how much I love each and every one of you. I’m truly grateful for all of your support.

Lizzo took a break from shooting this month’s Rolling Stone cover with David Lachapelle to answer a few rapid-fire questions.

To kick things off, she told us that the strangest thing she’s asked Siri is…nothing. “I don’t use Siri because she’s the feds,” the pop star said plainly.

She answered more questions about her flute (dubbed “Sasha Flute”), her attitude in the studio and her responses to critics: “Once you are full of yourself, and you’re full of the self-love that you have, and...

Lizzo graces the pages of Rolling Stone’s February issue with a gorgeous set of photographs by David Lachapelle. The Hawaii-based photographer and artist first cut his teeth working for Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine in the 1980s, and has since risen to become a major figure in the art world for his nontraditional celebrity photo shoots, appearing in Rolling Stone and other national magazines for the past three decades.

Lachapelle’s colorful, eye-popping works pull from religious iconography, surrealism, and the apocalypse. If read in the most cynical way,...

Petra Collins first encountered Billie Eilish when she saw the pop star’s Calvin Klein campaign.

“She spoke about what clothes mean to her and how they’re like a shield,” the photographer, director and artist, says. In the video, Eilish specified that she wore baggy clothes to keep her body — and what it looks like — out of discussions about her.

“It just got me. It put me back in the place where I was as a teenager and what I tried to do as a photographer,” Collins, who has also modeled,...

Before there was Taron Egerton, there was almost Justin Timberlake.

Elton John opened up about the process of getting his life story made into an onscreen musical in a personal letter published by The Guardian on Sunday.

There, John revealed the film went through several iterations before they landed on the right fit for an actor to play the superstar.

“Making the thing took years,” the singer wrote. “Directors came and went — David Lachapelle was going to do it, but then he decided to focus on his fine art career — before the producer, Matthew Vaughn, who I’d met when...

Actor Taron Egerton may have drawn raves in Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of legendary singer Elton John in Rocketman but the legend's first choice was actor-singer Justin Timberlake.

The former boybander-turned-hitmaker and actor Timberlake had once starred in the David Lachapelle-helmed video of John's 2001 song "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore".

"But we never formerly approached Justin because we weren't ever at a stage where it was the right time to approach him," John's husband and Rocketman producer David Furnish told hollywoodreporter.com.

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Furnish added: "But he did an amazing job in the video. He put on a prosthetic nose, and it turned out to have been some really interesting acting work as well."

As for Tom Hardy, John appeared to throw a little shade on the Venom star.

"Taron Egerton came onboard this film because somebody else dropped out,...

Taron Egerton may have drawn raves in Cannes for his portrayal of Elton John in Rocketman, but he wasn’t the initial actor envisioned by the legend.

In fact, the first person Sir Elton thought of to portray him was none other than Justin Timberlake. So, where did John come up with that idea? The former boybander-turned-hitmaker/sometime actor starred in the David Lachapelle-helmed video of John’s 2001 song This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore.

“But we never formerly approached Justin because we weren't ever at a stage where it was the right time to approach him,” John’...

Taron Egerton may have drawn raves in Cannes for his portrayal of Elton John in Rocketman, but he wasn’t the initial actor envisioned by the legend.

In fact, the first person Sir Elton thought of to portray him was none other than Justin Timberlake. So, where did John come up with that idea? The former boybander-turned-hitmaker/sometime actor starred in the David Lachapelle-helmed video of John’s 2001 song This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore.

“But we never formerly approached Justin because we weren't ever at a stage where it was the right time to approach him,” John’...

Elton John an his alter ego Taron Egerton up close and personal at the Cannes Film Festival for the Rocketman premiere Photo: Festival de Cannes

The ascent of the fabled red carpet tonight (16 May) at the Cannes Film Festival for the world première Out of Competition of Rocketman marks the end of a decade long journey for Elton John and husband David Furnish, who is one of the producers.

They started on the project ten years ago with filmmaker David Lachapelle attached to it and Justin Timberlake signed as the musician as young man. Lachapelle helped to fashion a script but dropped out and then Lee Hall, who did the stage musical version of Billy Elliot, was brought on board to provide the lyrics and book.

Elton John in Cannes Photo: Richard Mowe John and Furnish did not want a conventional biopic but they found it difficult to get the...

Paramount has high hopes for “Rocketman,” the Elton John biopic starring Taron Egerton as the legendary performer. Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, the film comes on the heels of Fox’s massively successful Freddie Mercury movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” and could capitalize on audiences’ newly discovered interest in rock star stories that transport them to their youthful memories.

Costume designer Julian Day and director Dexter Fletcher had worked together on “Rhapsody,” which Fletcher completed after Bryan Singer’s departure. But although both movies deal with the lives of rock stars, there’s a crucial difference.

“The first and foremost thing [about ‘Rocketman’] was that we weren’t doing a straight biopic like ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’” Day says. “It was always planned as a fantasy musical. So that was the starting point for the costumes, hair and makeup, production design … everything.”

The craftspeople who worked on the look of the film embraced the strategy.

When Paramount was getting ready to release the first images from “Rocketman,” Elton John was shown one photo of Taron Egerton in character sitting on a plane.

“It’s a picture of Taron sitting on the Starship, the private jet Elton had in the ‘70s, a big Boeing 707,” says David Furnish, “Rocketman” producer and John’s husband of almost five years (they’ve been together for 26 years). “He’s on the sofa with the glasses and the hot pants. I sent it to Elton and Elton said, ‘I don’t remember taking that. When did I take that picture?’” He thought it was him. Elton was like, ‘Oh my God. Oh my God. It’s uncanny.”

Three months after Rami Malek won the best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Egerton is set to appear as Sir Elton.

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An insightful new featurette for the upcoming Elton John biopic Rocketman has arrived, offering a look at star Taron Egerton as he takes on this icon of the pop music world. The movie is coming to theaters this summer, and should be a huge smash hit on level with the recent Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

Rocketman is an epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John's breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John.

This inspirational story, set to Elton John's most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton, tells the universally relatable story of how a small-town boy became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. Rocketman also stars Jamie Bell as Elton's longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as Elton's first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard...

Paramount Pictures has released the first look at Taron Egerton as the ‘Tiny Dancer’ – Elton John – in Dexter Fletcher’s Rocketman.

Fully encompassing the role, Egerton transforms himself into one of the most iconic names in music. The video/trailer takes the audience behind the scenes on the making of the biopic, focusing mainly on Egerton recording Elton’s songs, which he sings himself in the movie.

We recently spoke to Taron about the role.

Also below, is the first official poster for the film. Photographed by David Lachapelle, who has created some of the most iconic imagery in Elton John’s career, now turns his lens on the ‘Rocketman’ film poster.

Directed by Fletcher, the film also stars Jamie Bell as Elton’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as Elton’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as Elton’s mother Sheila Farebrother.