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James Corden and Julia Roberts reenacted scenes from Roberts' wide-ranging filmography on Wednesday, calling up brief, famous scenes from Notting Hill, Pretty Woman, Erin Brockovich and more on The Late Late Show. Roberts stopped by to promote her upcoming movie, Wonder.

Corden got to play most of the famous leading men in the last thirty years of Hollywood blockbusters – he filled in for a mopey Hugh Grant in Notting Hill, a bathing Tom Hanks in Charlie Wilson's War and an aloof Jude Law in Closer.

Best of all was Corden's...

Julia Roberts is just a girl, standing in front of James Corden, asking him to act out her movies with her. The 49-year-old Oscar winner recreated some of her top films during a clip, which aired on Wednesday's The Late Late Show.

Starting out with her iconic line from Notting Hill, she went on to act out scenes from Runaway Bride, Steel Magnolias, Charlie Wilson’s War, Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman, Hook, Erin Brockovich, The Pelican Brief, and Sleeping With the Enemy.

When it came time to act out Oceans 11 and 12, Corden stepped out in an interesting outfit.

“What are you doing?” Roberts asked him.

“I’m being George Clooney! I’ve got coffee, tequila, a couple of these,” he said, knocking together some twin baby dolls.

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But the best moment came when she acted out her 1997 rom com, My Best Friend’s Wedding...

LeToya Luckett is ready to walk down the aisle again!

The R&B singer is engaged to Texas businessman Tommicus Walker, she announced on Wednesday — sharing a stunning selfie of her jaw-dropping engagement ring on Instagram.

“I said, ‘Yes yeeeesssss’ on his Burfday!!” Luckett, 36, captioned the shot — adding the hashtags, “#issaengagement #GodShowedout #HesaGoodManSavanah #LoveWins #8/16/17.”

Her happy news comes a year after news broke that Luckett split from husband Rob Hillman, whom she married in January of 2016 and split from two months later. Their divorce was finalized last spring.

“Anytime you open up and allow yourself to love and love hard,...

David Garrett to show footage in Cannes; film currently in post.

Mister Smith Entertainment has acquired international sales rights in the run-up to Cannes to Don’t Make Me Over.

Dave Wooley and David Heilbroner are directing the documentary about the legendary singer who broke racial and gender barriers and rose from her roots in New Jersey gospel choirs to attain global superstardom.

Wooley also wrote the screenplay and is a music industry entrepreneur who has produced and directed television and tours and concerts for Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Bb King, James Brown, and Queen Latifah.

Mister Smith CEO David Garrett will unveil footage to Don’t Make Me Over on the Croisette. The project is currently in post and features untold stories from former Us President Bill Clinton, Quincy Jones, Burt Bacharach, Clive Davis, Gladys Knight, Cissy Houston, Smokey Robinson, and others.

The film will feature such Warwick hits as Walk On By, Do You Know...

Julia Roberts relived a classic scene from her beloved rom-com My Best Friend's Wedding last week, with a little help form Penelope Cruz.

At Lancome's Stars & Wonders gala in Monaco, California, on Wednesday, one of the bands that played the event covered the classic Dionne Warwick tune "I Say a Little Prayer," and Cruz captured the moment on Instagram.

Watch: Julia Roberts 'Can't Wait' For Daughter Hazel to See 'My Best Friend's Wedding': 'That'll Be Sweet'

Walking around the gala, Cruz lead a lip sync singalong that included a couple of big name stars and culminated with a beaming Roberts joining in on the fun.

Watch: Dermot Mulroney Gushes Over Julia Roberts at Guys' Choice Awards: 'I'd Walk a Mile on Broken Glass For Her'

The iconic song played a big role in My Best Friend's Wedding, in a scene where Rupert Everett's character convinces everyone in a restaurant -- including Roberts, Cameron Diaz and [link...

One of Julia Roberts’ most iconic film scenes comes from “My Best Friend’s Wedding”, when she and the rest of the cast participate in a singalong to the Dionne Warwick tune “I Say a Little Prayer”. Roberts — a.k.a. People‘s Most Beautiful Person of 2017 — wound up revisiting the classic scene with a little help from some […]...

My Best Friend’s Wedding fans had their prayers answered this week when Julia Roberts, the star of the 1997 rom-com, was seen recreating one of the film’s most iconic scenes — this time with friends Penélope Cruz and Kate Winslet

It all happened at star-studded Lancome’s Stars & Wonders gala in Monaco, California, on Wednesday — when one of the evening’s musical acts covered Dionne Warwick‘s 1967 classic “I Say a Little Prayer.”

The tune, by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, was featured prominently in My Best Friend’s Wedding. In one scene, Rupert Everett even leads a cast singalong — getting Roberts,...

That was truly unexpected.

I would never have guessed This Is Us Season 1 Episode 10 would deliver the most intense hour we'd seen to date. 

After all, it was our first Christmas with the Pearson family. Surely we were in for some sweet memories, right? Wrong! Although we learned "nothing bad ever happens on Christmas Eve," even that may be coming to an end this year.

View Slideshow: This Is Us Photos from "Last Christmas"

This one was even delivered to us a little differently, with our venture into the past coming at the beginning and right at the very end of the hour. 

The year was 1989, and although that particular Christmas Eve featured a trip to the emergency room so Kate could have her appendix removed, the focus was more on Randall than Kate, as Dr. K. was also admitted for wrapping his LeSabre around a tree. 

What really threw...

Jon Voight thinks “something very serious must have happened” for daughter Angelina Jolie to file for divorce from her husband Brad Pitt on Monday. “It’s very sad,” Voight told Inside Edition via phone on Tuesday, confirming the news. “Something very serious must have happened for Angelina to make a decision like this.” He added that he didn’t know why his sometimes estranged daughter had made the decision to end her marriage to Pitt, but said, “It’s a sad thing. Say a little prayer.” Also Read: Angelina Jolie Files for Divorce From Brad Pitt (Report) “I am concerned for Angie and the children,...

Michael Hutchence.

The man behind many of Inxs.s music videos, Richard Lowenstein, is set to direct a documentary about the life of the band.s late frontman, Michael Hutchence.

The feature-length documentary will be produced by Universal Music Group (Umg) and Oscar-winning production company Passion Pictures (Searching for Sugar Man). Inxs is signed to Universal Music Publishing Group.

This is the second Hutchence doco in the pipeline, with Aap reporting earlier this month that Sydney businessman Ron Creevey had spent two years working on a film about the singer with La record producer Danny Saber.

Hutchence was a founding member and lead singer of. Inxs from 1977 up until his death in 1997.

Lowenstein (He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, Say a Little Prayer) was a close friend of Hutchence, having worked with Inxs for many years. He was responsible for a range of the band.s videos including...

Inxs label Universal Music Group is teaming with Searching For Sugar Man producer Passion Pictures on a feature-length documentary about the band’s lead singer Michael Hutchence. Richard Lowenstein (Say A Little Prayer), a close friend of the singer who directed many of the Aussie band’s music videos, is directing. CAA is repping North American distribution rights and worldwide deals. “To know we have access to everyone and everything required to make such a film and the…...

Following their success on "Searching for Sugar Man," Universal Music Group and Passion Pictures are re-teaming to produce a documentary feature about the life of Inxs lead singer Michael Hutchence.

Hutchence's friend and filmmaker Richard Lowenstein ("He Died with a Felafel in His Hand," "Say a Little Prayer") will direct. Lowenstein has reportedly been "working on the definitive documentary film journey into the heart and soul of this complex, shy, poetic and exceptionally charismatic man for many years."

Lowenstein is deeply familiar with the material, directing the majority of Hutchence and Inxs's music videos along with the singer's only lead role in a film - 1986's "Dogs in Space". Hutchence's daughter Tiger Lily will be a beneficiary of the film's proceeds.

The story of Hutchence was most recently adapted into the 2014 Australian mini-series "Never Tear Us Apart" with "Black Sails" star Luke Arnold as the singer and the likes...

What a ball we've had in the ballroom!

Dancing with the Stars' is quick-stepping toward its two-part finale on Monday night, and, while the spotlight will be on the dances performed by finale three Nyle Dimarco, Paige VanZant and Ginger Zee, there have been many incredible performances along the way by the entire season 22 cast.

Below, we run down our favorite routines of the season so far.

17. "Cake by the Ocean," Nyle Dimarco and Peta Murgatroyd

Dimarco's first dance of the season shocked everyone in the best way possible, making him an early front-runner. And looking back, it's hard...

What a ball we've had in the ballroom! Dancing with the Stars' is quick-stepping toward its two-part finale on Monday night, and, while the spotlight will be on the dances performed by finale three Nyle Dimarco, Paige VanZant and Ginger Zee, there have been many incredible performances along the way by the entire season 22 cast. Below, we run down our favorite routines of the season so far.17. "Cake by the Ocean," Nyle Dimarco and Peta Murgatroyd Dimarco's first dance of the season shocked everyone in the best way possible, making him an early front-runner. And looking back, it's hard...

Say a little prayer, "My Best Friend's Wedding" fans - the beloved 1997 romcom might be getting a TV sequel.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, ABC is developing a half-hour, single-camera comedy based on the popular movie starring Julia Roberts. The show would pick up where the movie left off: Julianne Potter returning home to New York with gay Bff George (Rupert Everett in the film) as her supportive guide. The original movie's writer, Ron Bass, will pen the script.

"My Best Friend's Wedding" is just the latest Hollywood property to get a reboot/prequel/sequel. This season, ABC brought "The Muppets" back to primetime, and the network is also working on a "Fantasy Island" remake. Fox is bringing back "The X-Files" and "Prison Break" this winter. And there are reboots of Nancy Drew, "MacGyver," "Training Day," and "Little Women" in the works elsewhere.

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Nurse Jackie wrapped up its seven-season run Sunday night with an ambiguous ending that leaves Jackie Peyton’s fate up in the air. Nurse Jackie Finale “I Say A Little Prayer” used religion as a through-line, from Fiona’s confirmation to the biblical imagery of Jackie (Edie Falco) washing a heroin addict’s feet. She also returns to […]

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Nurse Jackie series finale recap Season 7, Episode 12 “Say A Little Prayer” (original airdate June 28, 2015, Showtime) Series creator Clyde Phillips delivered on his promise in the Nurse Jackie series finale, providing an “authentic” end to the show’s seven-season run. True to real life, addiction can be a losing battle and Jackie Peyton reminded us of that continuously — losing absolutely everything she loved along the way. As much as we so wanted to trust her this past season — after working so hard to get her family and her job back — we expected her to disappoint, … Continue reading →

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At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.

New on Netflix

"DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge"

"Game of Thrones" may be done for the year, but there's no need to bid farewell to dragons! "How to Train Your Dragon" heroes Hiccup and Toothless are back in this new Netflix original series premiering June 26. Their mission: to explore strange new worlds, seek out never-before-seen dragons, and end the war between Vikings and dragons for good. Watch all 13 episodes starting this Friday.

"Beyond the Lights"

Noni (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) has been groomed for stardom all her life by her overbearing mother (Minnie Driver), and the pressures of fame push her close to the edge. A hot cop named Kaz (Nate Parer) helps her break free, but the people in their lives want them to put their career goals ahead of romance.

Today is the day, Gleeks!

After months of impatiently waiting, the premiere of the sixth and final season of Glee is finally here — and we've got six things you definitely need to know before tuning into tonight's special two-hour debut.

From relationship updates, to a recap of the best reunions, and a rundown of the brief, yet amazing inside jokes that will re-appear, this is your candid guide of what to expect when you return to McKinley High.

Watch: Check Out Rachel's Full Performance of 'Let it Go'

1. Rachel's Star Has Lost Its Shine

Last season, Rachel floored fans when she blew off her longtime Broadway dreams to star in a TV show, and unfortunately, it looks like she made the wrong decision. After starring in the lowest-rated series of all time, "That's So Rachel," Ms. Berry returns to Lima after months of hiding out, only to discover that everything has fallen apart.

Luckily, she finds...

In life, as on The Voice, the accomplishment-to-praise threshhold is not always a balanced one.

Your three-year-old makes a wee-wee on the potty, and you treat him like he’s earned the Nobel Prize in toilet-training. You make it to the gym on a Monday morning (after failing to go even once the week prior), and you’re suddenly Rocky atop the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It doesn’t matter that you had to crawl the last 10 feet to ascend the peak, you’re the heavyweight champ of your own feel-good movie.

NBC’s singing competition takes...

Rumors of a folk legend’s death may get completely exaggerated in the wake of tonight’s installment of The Voice.

I mean, if I hadn’t known better, I might’ve been Googling “Joni Mitchell — still alive?” after No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani started her critique of DaNica Shirey’s “Help Me” cover with by paying lavish tribute to the “Big Yellow Taxi” singer, then somberly declaring, “Joni would’ve liked that”… as if Joni isn’t alive and well and most likely still able to switch on her television set to the NBC affiliate in whatever American city she’s currently residing.

American Idol season-seven contestant and plus-size model Joanne Borgella has died from a rare form of cancer. The Long Island, New York native was 32 and had been battling endometrial cancer, which she revealed in a video posted to her Facebook page a year ago had "spread to her chest." Borgella, who was living in Hoboken, NJ at the time of her 2008 audition, made it all the way to the top 24, but was eliminated after a performance of "I Say A Little Prayer." Prior to her stint on the Fox singing show, she was the

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You never forget your first time watching “Don’t Rain On My Parade.”

We’ve already ranked the top Glee performances of all time, which tend to be big group numbers. But any fan of the show also treasures its individual star-making moments — whether they’re quick ditties sung in the choir room, or, inexplicably, full solos sung at a competition.

In honor of the musical dramedy’s 100th episode, which airs tonight, we looked back over Glee’s first 99 installments to pick out our favorite musical moments for each main character. (And by that, we mean the ones who sing a lot — sorry,...

Candice saved the best for last with her amazing performance on the April 10 episode of ‘American Idol’ — Mariah literally showered her in glitter. Has the winner been revealed? Watch her performance below!

The top six sang songs they wish they had written as Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Randy Jackson had mixed reviews throughout the night. So who will go home tomorrow? Tell us below.

The Top Six Sing Songs Written by Burt Bacharach

Angie Miller started off the night with “Anyone Who Had Heart.” “This one to me overall felt old fashioned,” Nicki said. Keith said it sounded like she wasn’t that passionate about the song.

Amber Holcolm (who likes to eat frozen shrimp…) sang “I Say A Little Prayer For You.” Nicki was screaming: “I am bowing down for you right now little girl! You are unbelievable! You are everything! You just became my favorite girl in this competition!

Here we are fans -- maybe the most talented Top 5 "American Idol" has ever seen ... and Lazaro Arbos. Who is voting for him? Are they deaf? We honestly don't even know anymore.

Tonight's theme is Burt Bacharach/Hal David for round one and Songs the Contestants Wish They Had Written (which ... Ok). So for round one, we're definitely in for a lot of slow songs.

1. Angie Miller, "Anyone Who Had a Heart"

Good choice for her, though with Bacharach songs, we're disappointed she's not at the piano. And while she sounds really nice, vocally, we wish there was a little more emotion behind it, a little more oomph. She seems ... hmmm. She seems passionate about singing, but not necessarily the words behind the song? Does that make sense? Still a nice vocal.

Keith asks her not to rely on her good voice alone and wants more passion from her emotionally,...

This just in: Mariah Carey is currently in the American Idol naughty corner (located somewhere between Keith Urban’s fitted t-shirt room and Nicki Minaj’s false-eyelash trunk).

Yes indeed, the “We Belong Together” singer mentioned in one of many verbose critiques tonight that she’d been “reprimanded by the powers that be” for failing to perform her duties as a judge (and presumably for doing little else besides offering empty platitudes and avoiding eye contact with the crazy cartoon character two chairs to her left). Said talking-to resulted in the debut of Mariah 2.0, a malfunctioning robot who spat out...

And Candice Glover delivered one (maybe even two) of the absolute best!

Lazaro Arbos somehow landed in the Top 3 last week, but after two abysmal songburps from him tonight, can anyone vote for him with a straight face?

He’d miraculously memorized the words to the Carpenters’ “(They Long To Be) Close To You,” but enunciated horribly, sang off-pitch, and couldn’t keep up with key changes. Randy Jackson, surprisingly not won over by Lazaro’s extremely loud jacket, suggested this had been the worst performance on Idol ever.

Robbie Williams’ “Angels” was slightly better, but the judges strained to find something to say.

This week on "American Idol," the remaining Top 6 singers will have to perform two songs apiece. One of those songs will honor Burt Bacharach and Hal David, while the other fits the theme of "songs they wish they'd written." We have the full scoop on the song choices the audience will hear on Wednesday.

Kree Harrison

Song she wishes she wrote: "How to Make It Through the Night" by Kris Kristofferson

Bacharach/David song: "What the World Needs Now"

Angie Miller

Song she wishes she wrote: "Love Came Down" by Carrie Joad ****

Bacharach/David song: "Anyone Who Had a Heart"

Candice Glover

Song she wishes she wrote: "Love Song" by The Cure (Adele version)

Bacharach/David song: "Don't Make Me Over"

Lazaro Arbos

Song he wishes he wrote: "Angels" by Robbie Williams

Bacharach/David song: "They Long to Be Close to You"

Janelle Arthur

Song she wishes she wrote: "The...

Previously on Glee, Marley Rose couldn't remember How Clothes Work, so she contracted an eating disorder, despite the fact that she should be feeling really good about herself as a lady because two men-folk keep validating her existence with homoerotic wrasslin' matches. Jake and Ryder worked out a bro-type truce when Jake helped Ryder get diagnosed with dyslexia and Ryder told his jock friends to stop bullying Jake just because he's a poor.

Blaine's post-adultery existential crisis continued unabated until Sam worked his Overstreet magic and made our little Gollum remember how he used to be a happy hobbit in the gay ol' Shire and convinced him that maybe he should stop punching himself in the face all the hours of all the days. And Finn Hudson was buried with Will in baptism and raised to walk in the Schueness of life.

Of all the gin joints, in all the towns,...

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Previously on Glee, Marley Rose couldn't remember How Clothes Work, so she contracted an eating disorder, despite the fact that she should be feeling really good about herself as a lady because two men-folk keep validating her existence with homoerotic wrasslin' matches. Jake and Ryder worked out a bro-type truce when Jake helped Ryder get diagnosed with dyslexia and Ryder told his jock friends to stop bullying Jake just because he's a poor. Blaine's post-adultery existential crisis continued unabated until Sam worked his Overstreet magic and made our little Gollum remember how he used to be a happy hobbit in the gay ol' Shire and convinced him that maybe he should stop punching himself in the face all the hours of all the days. And Finn Hudson was buried with Will in baptism and raised to walk in the Schueness of life.

Of all the gin joints,...

Glee‘s Thanksgiving episode — airing next Thursday on Fox — features New Directions’ original members coming back to the homestead as mentors. And one returnee, Dianna Agron’s Quinn, just may make it her mission to get through to bitchy Cheerio Kitty.

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When she’s not busy performing with her friends — dare we hope that one photo is a “Say a Little Prayer” reprise from Season 1?! – the reformed cheerleader will attempt to impart some advice onto her mini-me.

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Meanwhile,...

To hear executive producer Jim Patterson tell it, the highly publicized incident that might’ve done in Two and a Half Men last year actually might’ve been a blessing wrapped in a bowling shirt.

“The 10th year of a show, you’re looking at 225 episodes,” he says. “Obviously, the more episodes you do, the more of a struggle it is to go, ‘All right, what’s a new idea? What’s something fresh we can do with a character?’”

You can’t get much fresher than getting rid of one role and bringing on another, and that’s what...

Lyricist behind some of the greatest pop hits of the 20th century

By contrast with his songwriter partner Burt Bacharach, whose suavely youthful looks belonged in a 1960s Martini ad, the lyricist Hal David, who has died at the age of 91, resembled a president of a suburban Rotary Club: a conservative, suit-and-tie figure from an earlier generation, modest and unassuming in conversation. But it was David's words as much as Bacharach's melodies that captured an audience for such songs as Anyone Who Had a Heart, I Say a Little Prayer, Walk on By, (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me, Alfie, Trains and Boats and Planes, (They Long to Be) Close to You, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head and Do You Know the Way to San Jose?

Their period of greatest productivity, between 1962 and 1968, coincided with the heyday of their partnership with Dionne Warwick, the gospel-trained singer who gave voice to their finest collaborations.

  Hal David, the award-winning lyricist who partnered with Burt Bacharach to create hits like "(They Long to Be) Close to You," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "I Say a Little Prayer," died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 91. David (pictured at right above, along with Bacharach and singer Dionne Warwick) suffered a stroke and died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The son of Austrian immigrants, his career took off after "Magic Moments," sung by Perry Como, broke the top 10 in 1958. David then teamed up with Burt Bacharach for...

Los Angeles — Hal David, the stylish, heartfelt lyricist who teamed with Burt Bacharach on dozens of timeless songs for movies, television and a variety of recording artists in the 1960s and beyond, has died. He was 91.

David died of complications from a stroke Saturday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to his wife Eunice David.

He had suffered a major stroke in March and was stricken again on Tuesday, she said.

"Even at the end, Hal always had a song in his head," Eunice David said. "He was always writing notes, or asking me to take a note down, so he wouldn't forget a lyric."

Bacharach and David were among the most successful teams in modern history, with top 40 hits including "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "That's What Friends Are For." Although most associated with Dionne Warwick, their...

Best know for partnership with Burt Bacharach on songs such as Walk On By and I Say A Little Prayer

Songwriter Hal David, famous for penning dozens of top 40 hits with composer Burt Bacharach, has died aged 91.

The lyricist, who wrote many timeless songs including Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, Walk On By, and I Say A Little Prayer, passed away on Saturday morning in Los Angeles after suffering complications from a stroke.

Along with Bacharach, he wrote classic hits for a variety of artists from the 1960s and beyond including The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond and Dionne Warwick. Songwriter Paul Williams, president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, paid tribute to David saying: "As a lyric writer, Hal was simple, concise and poetic, conveying volumes of meaning in the fewest possible words and always in service to the music.

"It is no...

I hate when legends pass away, and yesterday delivered us a toughy: Ernest Borgnine, who won the Best Actor Oscar for 1955's Marty (delivered by Miss Grace Kelly!) and charmed us on McHale's Navy, died at 95. Now the oldest living Best Actor is the noble and towering Sidney Poitier, who was born over 10 years after Borgnine. While our octagenarian Oscar winners deserve the utmost reverence, there's something downright superhuman about the nonagenarian awardees, if I do say so myself. Today, in honor of Borgnine, we're toasting five such winners who are alive, kicking, and ruling. Just start applauding now and don't stop until the end of the post.

1. Luise Rainer (aged 102)

Won: Best Actress (twice) for 1936's The Great Ziegfeld and 1937's The Good Earth

Why She Rules: Rainer is a German-Austrian actress who walked away with her first Oscar -- a Best Actress win in the first year Best...

Anderson Cooper isn't the only celebrity to recently come out as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Diana King, the Jamaican "reggae-fusion" singer-songwriter, revealed that she was a lesbian in a lengthy Facebook posting late last month.

Declared King on her blog: "I Am A Lesbian ... the answer to my most asked Indirect question. I welcome the "Who Cares" right now Lol."

Best known for her hit "Shy Guy" and her well-received cover of Dionne Warwick's "I Say A Little Prayer," which was featured on the soundtrack to the 1997 Julia Roberts film "My Best Friend's Wedding," King notes:

"I answer now, not because it's anyone's business But because It Feels Right With my Soul and I believe by not answering or hiding it all these years somehow makes it appear as if I Am Ashamed Of It or That I Believe It Is Wrong. I Feel Neither Of Those Things...

New Orleans — One of the premier music festivals celebrating black culture and music is branching out, extending its footprint in its 18th year to embrace the next generation of artists while still trumpeting industry veterans such as Aretha Franklin.

The Essence Music Festival has added a fourth day to its concert series in New Orleans. On Thursday – its opening day – Essence will focus solely on youth, including rapper Diggy Simmons, the Disney Channel's Coco Jones, the Omg Girlz and New Orleans' own The Roots of Music.

Essence runs through Sunday with performances set for the Superdome.

"I've never been, but I know it's important," said 14-year-old Coco, who was discovered on the Disney Channel's "Next Big Thing" and starred in its TV musical movie "Let It Shine," which aired last month.

Coco will debut music from her yet-to-be-named album due out next year. She plans to deliver a high-energy show...

Dionne Warwick has revealed that she spoke to her cousin Whitney Houston just before she died. The 71-year-old singer, who is best known for her hit songs 'Walk on By' and 'I Say a Little Prayer', said that Houston was "happy" and "ready" for a comeback just before she passed away in the bathroom of her hotel room on the night of Clive Davis's pre-Grammys party last month. Warwick told Good Morning America: "I spoke to Whitney the day that she passed. I spoke to her that morning. She said, 'You're here, aren't you? You're coming to the party, aren't you?' "I said, 'Yeah, I'm going to be there', and she said, 'Thank you, I want you to be here. You've got to be here for me'. I spoke to her that afternoon and that was it." Referring to Houston (more)...

Liz Markus: The Look of Love Zieher Smith Through March 17, 2012

Color, like scent, is one of the most powerful triggers of memory. The smell of cinnamon or nutmeg brings us back to our childhood kitchens, sweetly reminiscent, like something Mother used to bake. Or a signature perfume reminds us of a first fuck. Liz Markus uses color to tap into our collective memories, evoking the hues of time -- period colors: Seventies Polaroids, Eighties adverts, and the lurid tints of souvenir postcards. In the past her work used color as a weapon -- a blunt, punk-rockers attempt at identity. The paintings in The Look of Love show Markus all grown up, referencing a complex history of Modernism and Color Field painting.

In "Leaving My Best Friend" (2012), dark palm trees sway, backlit, as if viewed from a beach chair in Margaritaville. Roy G. Biv rainbows of color are washed across the scene,...

A gospel brunch on the 28th floor of the Millbank Tower on London’s South Bank was something I approached with equal parts trepidation, cynicism and anxious excitement. Most thrilling to me was the opportunity to see London from a great height whilst enjoying some good food and drink, but, to be honest, I wasn’t sure how I’d fare with the gospel music. I guess, to be honest, it’s because this was a Sunday and I was having flashbacks to my childhood and my Church of England schooling. In contrast to that, however, I have always enjoyed the sound and soul of gospel music and it is a world removed from the drab hymns of my youth, so I don’t know why I was a tad tentative going into this.

As we approached the Altitude bar we could hear the London Community Gospel Choir warming up...

I’ve said since the third episode of Glee’s first season that the show’s weakest quality was the filler in between the songs. The writing is embarrassingly inconsistent in tone, the characters are prone to erratic shifts in emotion and motivation, and from one week to the next the show’s threads never really connected. The music though, the music was pretty damn good. The song choices, the mash-ups, and the new arrangements on old classics were and remain little nuggets of gold that the Glee fan has to dig out of each episode. Well stop sifting. Glee Encore singles out the big musical numbers and lets you play them back to back, shuffled, or on an individual basis. It's like the "Glee Jukebox" feature on later Glee season releases but it has them all on one disc, not separated across 3 or 4. From here on out, every season...

Harry the housemate? By Stefan Rousseau/Wpa Pool/Getty Images. The royal wedding of Prince William and the future Princess Catherine is just 20 days away. From the daily barrage of tabloid folly, Vf.com’s Royal Watcher in London plucks the best for your wedding crib notes. • Say a little prayer for fidelity? Oh yes, the Church of England has released a prayer, requesting his almighty to “deepen [Kate and Prince William’s] love and strengthen their wills to keep the promises they will make, that they may continue in life-long faithfulness to each other.” Why ask your friends and family for a little extra support when you can go straight to the top?...

The Best Screencap Ever (thx Ontd) Season 4 of Donald’s Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice is only a few episodes in, and it’s already one of the most cringe-worthy Wtf parades on network television. Some of the cast members are really delivering on their personality promise: Nene Leakes is Queen of Face, Jose Canseco is a coked-up Natural History Museum exhibit, and Gary Busey eats babies for breakfast. But there have also been some surprises. Say what you will about Star Jones, but she’s one of the most competent players in the game right now. Same goes for Marlee Matlin, whose no bullsh*t approach to the tasks has been a refreshing change of idiot celebrity pace. (Don’t get me started on her Asl interpreter, who I feel very attached to.) And what about that Lil Jon???? Forgetting that time he was CGI’d into The Phantom Menace,...

Roger Ebert has a very particular method of reviewing films: using a four-star rating system, he judges movies on how they merit given the context of their particular genre. For example, within his system, American Pie is given the same rating as The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, as they both succeed within their genres equally.

It occurs to me that many people will see Priscilla: Queen of the Desert and decide that it's too shallow, too showy, and has far too much confetti for them to enjoy it. But to view the show this way is to miss the ride, no pun intended, and perhaps some attention should be paid to Ebert's method of critiquing a work. Priscilla exists simultaneously as an exuberant musical as well as a send-up of the structure, much in the way real drag queens both idolize and mock the female...

She may not be recognized as one of the powerhouse voices of Glee, or the one who took home the Golden Globe, but the lovely Dianna Agron has captured the attention of Hollywood executives. Her supporting role in last year’s underrated The Romantics, plus a blip on the radar part in Burlesque, Agron has now stepped into the female lead role, opposite her real-life boyfriend Alex Pettyfer, in I Am Number Four.

In many ways, this film is a departure for Agron. Produced by Michael Bay, I Am Number Four is full of the requisite aliens and blow-‘em-up action expected to be found in a Bay film. Agron plays Sarah, a girl who falls in love with John, who just happens to be an alien. Her real-life romance with co-star Pettyfer is a subject she prefers remain private, but when it comes to Glee, Agron is happy to talk freely.

The Biggest Moments of 2010End of Year RecapAs we make our way through busy streets to find last-minute gifts and attend holiday parties, it's time to look back at the most memorable moments of 2010.We saw Haiti suffer a devastating blow, sex scandals that rocked the church, many marriages, engagements and babies — and let's not forget all the comebacks, viral videos, TV drama and more. As we reminisce, let us not forget, but make peace with the tragedies that shook us to our core, and make permanent memories of the celebrations that brought us incredible highs.Though the headlines didn't always make us proud, we hope to make 2011 a more prosperous, joyous, successful year than 2010 ever was. Cheers to the end of an amazing year, and the beginning of the new one...Bridal BlissWe're happy to report that the couples who tied the knot this year outnumbered the married pairs that called it quits.

Aretha Franklin is being cared for by a private nurse after being discharged from hospital. The legendary singer was allowed home earlier this week after undergoing "highly successful" surgery for pancreatic cancer and she has revealed she has a strong support system at her house to assist her in her recovery.

"I've been at home for almost three days now," she said in a statement. "My family and friends who brought me home are taking great care of me. I also have a private nurse who visits on a daily basis."

Aretha's representative also has said the 68-year-old star, who was initially told she had less than a year to live after being diagnosed with the disease, which has a survival rate of just five to 10%, is in "great spirits" and looking forward to spending time with her family over Christmas. The rep said, "The 'Queen of Soul' is in...

So there is this crazy show where high school students randomly break into choreographed song and dance. They sing studio-perfect numbers accompanied by outrageous set pieces (snow, rainstorms, entire chorus lines of tuxedoed backup dancers). They say sassy things and silly things and sometimes even sweet things.

And, until recently, they had a little something for everyone – the outcasts, the jocks, the gays, the lesbians, the bisexuals, the misanthropic. But with the evolution and current devolution of Brittana happening before our eyes, I have to wonder: What is in Glee for gay women anymore?

Fans of the Brittany S. Pierce and Santana Lopez coupling have watched gleefully as the twosome went from simple background dancers to ponytail twirling besties to friends with scissoring benefits. The pairing has delighted us with the little moments – a pinky hold here, a head rest there. What started being played for laughs – mean girl Santana...