Music

Lionel Richie is still buzzing with the magic from "The Greatest Night In Pop" exactly 39 years later ... the legendary singer proved he can still bring the house down with today's fresh, young talent!!!

TMZ also obtained footage of LR performing a duet with Jon Batiste of his chart-topping track, "All Night Long," inside Delilah in West Hollywood.

Lionel introduced Jon and Andra Day to the stage ... and was enjoying the show until Jon played the opening keys of "All Night Long" and Lionel couldn't resist joining in ... can't have those TikTokers thinking JB came up with the track!!!

Jon spoke on the song being a beacon of togetherness and he and Lionel harmonized the 'Jambo Jumbo' together.

Later, Jon and Andra joined forces to belt out their version of "We Are the World" ... earning LR's approval!!! Good job, guys.

Netflix had its premiere for "The Greatest Night In Pop" at The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood beforehand ... a doc that chronicles the backstory of 1985's megahit "We Are the World" ... the African charity megahit that became the fastest-selling single at the time.

The record boasted of virtually every superstar in music at the time ... Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles -- you name it ... and goes into detail about how they were able to manage dozens of legends' egos and end up winning 4 Grammy awards.

More importantly, though ... this charitable effort raised tons of cash -- upwards of $60 mil toward fighting famine and hunger in Ethiopia. So, it was a success on all fronts.

Inside the premiere, Lionel joked about the differences between the film and music industry and got a hearty laugh from the crowd ... because it's probably true!!!

David Letterman le dice a los haters de Taylor Swift de la NFL que "se callen" sobre su romance con Travis Kelce, a pesar de que parece un poco confundido acerca de quién es su novio.

El presentador del programa de entrevistas le ofreció su apoyo a Taylor y Travis en un nuevo clip que publicó en sus redes sociales y sí, él dice que Taylor es una luz brillante en un mundo lleno de oscuridad.

David hilarantemente confundió varias veces a Travis con Kelsey Grammer, incluso después de ser corregido un par de veces. ¡El punto es que ama a Taylor!

Según David, Tay no se merece ningún tipo de odio, dice que Taylor es un fenomeno cultural estos días y al que no le importe debería quedarse al margen.

David dice que la relación es encantadora, positiva y buena tanto para el campo de la NFL y la propia Taylor. Él solo quiere más unidad en el mundo, no la división y parece pensar que TayTay proporciona eso.

Por si no lo sabías, Taylor ha estado saliendo a animar a los Chiefs desde septiembre, aunque ella ha sido duramente criticada por distraer la atención del deporte.

De hecho, Tony Dungy incluso la comparó recientemente con las cosas molestas que no tienen que ver con el juego en una entrevista con Fox News y ¿quién puede olvidar el enfrentamiento viral de Taylor con el anfitrión de los Globos de Oro Jo Koy cuando se burló de sus apariciones en la NFL durante su monólogo de apertura?

Claramente, todo el asunto es muy divisivo, pero David dice que solo hay que dejarlos ser felces, añadiendo: "Dios bendiga a Taylor Swift y Kelsey Grammar (Travis Kelce)".

Lionel Richie sigue vibrando con la magia de "The Greatest Night In Pop" exactamente 39 años después, ¡el legendario cantante demostró que todavía puede hacer vibrar la casa con los jóvenes talentos de hoy en día!

TMZ también obtuvo imágenes de Lionel interpretando a dúo con Jon Batiste su éxito "All Night Long" en Deliah en West Hollywood.

Lionel presentó a Jon y Andra Day y estaba disfrutando del espectáculo hasta que Jon tocó las teclas de apertura de "All Night Long". Por supuesto ¡Lionel no pudo resistirse!, lo cual terminó siendo un momento bastante épico.

Jon habló de la canción como un faro de unión y él y Lionel armonizaron juntos el '"Jambo Jumbo".

Más tarde, Jon y Andra unieron fuerzas para cantar su versión de "We Are the World", ¡ganándose la aprobación de Lionel! Buen trabajo, chicos.

Netflix estrenó "The Greatest Night In Pop" en el Egyptian Theatre de Hollywoo, un documental que narra la historia del mega hit de 1985 "We Are the World", el cual destinó sus ganancias para ayudar a África, se convirtió en el single más rápidamente vendido en ese momento.

El disco contó con la participación de prácticamente todas las superestrellas de la música de la época, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles... y entra en detalles acerca de cómo fueron capaces de manejar los egos de decenas de leyendas y terminar ganando 4 premios Grammy.

Dentro de la premiere, Lionel bromeó sobre las diferencias entre la industria del cine y la de la música y consiguió una sonora carcajada del público... ¡porque probablemente sea verdad!

Avril Lavigne está volviendo a sus raíces y con eso queremos decir que está sacando su tabla y patinando en skate de nuevo, con un chico que parece haber llamado su atención.

La cantante de punk rock tuvo una cita el lunes con la estrella de TikTok Nate Smith. Los dos fueron a cenar juntos a Catch en West Hollywood y luego dieron un paseo por las calles de Los Ángeles, muy contentos en la parte trasera de una camioneta.

Su paseo fue definitivamente lo opuesto al ambiente de lujo que tuvieron durante la comida, en uno de los restaurantes más bonitos de Los Ángeles. En todo caso, este es el tipo de cosas que se hacen en una pequeña ciudad, y, sin embargo, aquí está AL dándolo todo.

En un momento de su viaje, pararon en una gasolinera, donde se bajaron con monopatines en la mano, que montaron e intentaron montar. Énfasis en que "intentaron". 😅

Echa un vistazo tú mismo, ambos parecen luchar un poco, pero finalmente terminaron andando algo. Parece que Avril tenía un poco más de experiencia patinando, ¿no?

Un aplauso para Nate, sin embargo. Definitivamente hizo su mejor esfuerzo. Como hemos dicho, parece una escena sacada de la canción/video musical de Avril de 2002.

Además, por lo que se ve, ella está bastante interesada en Nate Smith, lo que indica que oficialmente superó a Tyga y podría estar lista para explorar nuevos territorios en la arena de las citas. Por cierto, y por si no lo sabías, Avril ha tenido un montón de ex famosos a lo largo de los años, con grandes nombres que sin duda reconoces.

Solo por nombrar algunos: Brody Jenner, Mod Sun, Pete Jonas, Deryck Whibley, Wilmer Valderrama, Chad Kroeger, Jesse Colburn, Brandon Davis, Phillip Sarofim y un par más.

Travis Scott isn't down with concert venues ordering staff to wipe up mosh pit sweat, apparently -- and when he noticed it happening in Miami, he offered a janitor the ultimate PTO!!!

Footage from Trav's 'Utopia' tour stop Sunday night showcased Cactus Jack's generous side ... after peeping the man wielding a mop to clean up after all the sweaty ragers.

He immediately halted the show, and questioned the venue's motives for having the guy tarnish his mosh pit's essence.

Travis then ordered the janitor to drop the mop and soak up the rest of the show as a fan -- because he was paying him $5K to do so!!!

As the crowd got charged up by Travis' random act of kindness, he lit them up even more by dropping his Playboi Carti-assisted banger "Fein" on the crowd, causing them to lose it ... and sweat even more.

The Utopia Tour has been uplifting spirits for months -- just ask 50 Cent's son Sire, who seemed to be lovin' the "I Know" rapper's live set more than his own dad's moves on stage!!!

Taylor Swift fans around the world can breathe a sigh of relief ... the mega pop star is searchable again on X!!!

In a statement released Monday, X's rep, Joe Benarroch, broke the news about Taylor after her name was blocked from being searched on the platform last weekend following a flood of sexually explicit AI images of the singer.

Benarroch wrote that X had reinstated all searches for Taylor after temporarily blocking them due to the raunchy images.

The spokesman promised to "continue to be vigilant for attempts to spread this content and will remove it wherever we find it.”

As millions of Taylor fans recall, they woke up Saturday to the harsh reality of not being able to search for the music giant on X.

All they got when they typed in Taylor's name was an error message, essentially saying there was no news about her on the app, formerly known as Twitter.

Los fans de Taylor Swift en todo el mundo pueden respirar aliviados, ¡¡¡ya que la mega estrella del pop se puede volver a encontrar en X!!!

En un comunicado publicado el lunes, el representante de X Joe Benarroch, dio la noticia después de que su nombre fuera bloqueado de la plataforma el fin de semana pasado tras una avalancha de imágenes sexualmente explícitas generadas con IA de la cantante.

Benarroch escribió que X había restablecido todas las búsquedas de Taylor después de bloquearlas temporalmente debido a las imágenes subidas de tono.

El portavoz prometió "seguir vigilando los intentos de difundir este contenido y que lo eliminarán donde lo encuentren".

Como recuerdan millones de fans de Taylor, se despertaron el sábado con la cruda realidad de no poder buscar a la gigante de la música en X.

Todo lo que obtuvieron cuando escribieron el nombre de Taylor fue un mensaje de error, que informaba que no había noticias sobre ella en la aplicación, antes conocida como Twitter.

Ariana Madix just hit the "Great White Way" in a big way ... making her Broadway debut in the revival of the legendary musical, "Chicago."

The "Vanderpump Rules" star strolled out on stage at the Ambassador Theatre in Manhattan Monday night, playing the role of sexy, blond-haired Roxie Hart in the Tony Award-winning play.

By all measures, Ariana's performance was a 10 on a scale of 10, receiving a standing O at the end of the show.

Check out the video ... Ariana took a bow with the rest of the cast at the foot of the stage. She then accepted a bouquet of flowers and addressed the audience, giving props to the "Chicago" orchestra. She left the stage after taking one more bow with "Chicago" actress, Amra Faye-Wright, who played Velma Kelly.

Two of her 'VPR' costars, Lala Kent and Scheana Shay, were right there in the crowd lending their support, along with Ariana's boyfriend Daniel Wai, and her mom, Tanya.

Megan Thee Stallion's beef with Nicki Minaj has invoked a famous law aimed to protect people from sex predators -- and the father of the girl it's named after isn't happy about it.

Richard Kanka -- whose daughter, Megan Kanka, was murdered in the '90s by a sex predator who, at the time, wasn't legally required to identify himself in his neighborhood, and who Megan's Law is inspired by -- is fuming over MTS casually dropping his daughter's name in "Hiss" ... the diss track that kicked off this new feud between her and NM.

He tells TMZ that Megan dragging his late daughter's name into the expletive-riddled song aimed at Nicki is as disrespectful as it gets, from his POV -- and he notes that MTS actually appearing to shed light on the law, which she does, doesn't change his sour feeling.

Kanka tells us that using his daughter's name in such a graphic/offensive manner was highly offensive to the pain his daughter and family felt ... and while he says he hasn't heard the track with his own two ears just yet, he has read the lyrics -- and it's still a no-go for him.

For the record, the lyrics in question are: "These hoes don't be mad at Megan [referring to herself], these hoes mad at Megan's Law" -- a reference Meg was using to take a shot at Nicki's husband, Kenneth Petty, who is a registered sex offender in New York.

A bit of a morbid history lesson ... the bill that turned into Megan's Law came into effect a month after the brutal murder and rape of Richard's 7-year-old daughter -- devastation Richard still lives with to this day ... so, understandably, it's a deeply sensitive subject.

He does admit Megan's music (rap) isn't his cup of tea ... so the only way he found out about it was when one of his kids told him. RK says he still chose not to listen though -- and instead read the "Hiss" lyrics to see what exactly was said about his daughter. Like we said, the guy still takes offense over it ... even though some see MTS's use of it positively.

There's also this ... Richard tells TMZ that the song left such a bad taste in his mouth that he's actually considering looking into his legal options to see if Meg's track went too far.

Unfortunately for Richard ... there's probably not much he can do on that front. Artists have liberties when it comes to wordplay/referencing big moments historically -- which is exactly what Megan did here ... so even though he's mad, a threat of legal action feels empty.

Anyway, this beef has only escalated since Meg threw the first shot -- Nicki's fired back with her own diss track, "Big Foot," and people have mixed reactions to it ... good and bad.

Kanye West no estaba con ganas de hablar, especialmente cuando uno de nuestros fotógrafos le preguntó acerca de Bianca Censori, lo que terminó con un teléfono confiscado.

Nuestra camarógrafa fue una de las varias personas que siguieron a Ye el lunes mientras se dirigía a Hollywood Blvd. para la ceremonia del Paseo de la Fama de Charlie Wilson, y ella le preguntó acerca de varios informes que afirman que está "controlando" a su esposa y/o prohibiéndole el acceso a las redes sociales.

Vamos a admitir que no es la pregunta de apertura más sutil, y tal vez fue articulada de manera poco acertada, ya que le preguntamos si Bianca tenía "libre albedrío". Eso inmediatamente puso Kanye fuera de sí, le arrebató el teléfono y comenzó a atacarla verbalmente.

Lo que sigue son unos buenos tres minutos donde Ye reprende a nuestra fotógrafa sobre su pregunta. El rapero consideró que estuvimos totalmente fuera de los límites.

Dejando a un lado la mala redacción, la libertad de Bianca en su matrimonio ha sido un tema de conversación, por lo que es una pregunta justa.

Como se puede escuchar en el registro, él piensa que esto es una falta de respeto para plantear la cuestión "¡Venir a preguntar como un maldito superhéroe!"

Sí, fue ese tipo de sermón, y no hay duda de que Ye se pasó de la raya al dejar claro su punto de vista.

Al final, le ofreció a nuestra fotógrafa un trabajo con el doble de sueldo. Por lo que sabemos, ella no ha aceptado. 😅

Kanye West was NOT in a chatty mood to kick off the week -- especially when one of our photogs asked him about Bianca Censori ... which ended with a confiscation and a lecture.

Our camera person was one of several people trailing Ye Monday as he made his way over to Hollywood Blvd. for Charlie Wilson's Walk of Fame ceremony -- and she asked him about several reports claiming he's "controlling" his wife and/or banning her from social media.

We'll admit ... it's not the most subtle opening question, and perhaps unartfully phrased ... as we asked if Bianca had "free will." That immediately set Kanye off, he snatched her phone and started verbally dressing her down.

What follows is a good 3-plus minutes of Ye berating our photog and grilling her about her question -- which he seems to have thought was totally off-limits and wildly disrespectful.

Poor wording aside ... Bianca's perceived freedom in her marriage has been a much-reported topic, so it's a fair question.

Still, it's clearly one that triggers Kanye, and as you can hear from this tirade, he thinks it's disrespectful to raise the issue "to come ask a grown-ass super-hero!!!"

Yep, it was that kinda lecture ... and there's no doubt Ye went over the top to make his point here.

He does end by offering our photog a job at twice the pay! Far as we know, she has not accepted. 😅

Cher quiere poner a su hijo en una tutela, pero él dice que no hace falta, y por ahora, un juez sigue estando de su lado... negandole a la actriz y cantante una vez más la solicitud para encerrarlo.

Elijah Blue Allman estaba con cara de poker en dirección a su audiencia de nombramiento temporal el lunes, donde un juez tuvo que decidir si Cher podía finalmente poner a su hijo adulto en una tutela. A principios de este mes se le negó aquella petición.

A principios de enero, el tribunal bloqueó el esfuerzo de Cher para poner Elijah en una tutela - del lado de los abogados de Elijah cuando argumentaron que no se les había dado tiempo suficiente para hacer su caso en contra de la tutela ... además, no conseguir documentos que necesitaban para combatir su solicitud.

Cher citó la batalla en curso de su hijo con la adicción como la razón clave por la que quiere que el aparato legal utilizado en él - alegando que no se puede confiar para manejar sus finanzas por su cuenta.

Ella dice que los pagos regulares que recibe de un fondo fiduciario que dejó su difunto padre, Gregg Allman, es probable que se desperdicie debido a los problemas que afirma Elijah sigue experimentando, pero él afirma que todo es mentir, diciendo que ha cambiado para mejor.

Bueno, el juez escuchó los argumentos de nuevo y una vez más derribó a Cher y a su equipo, simplemente diciendo que no habían demostrado que Elijah no tuviera la capacidad para manejar sus propios asuntos, pasando a decir que un supuesto diagnóstico de trastorno bipolar, en sí mismo, no significa necesariamente que es incompetente. Como dijo el juez, que no se ocupa de la capacidad.

El tribunal también reconoció que Elijah ha demostrado en la documentación que se ha mantenido limpio y sobrio, además, también ha demostrado que está manejando su dinero muy bien.

El juez fijó una fecha futura para un juicio sobre esta cuestión - donde presumiblemente se decidirá de una vez por todas - y pasó a sugerir Cher y su hijo la cabeza en la mediación, STAT. Cher sonrió en BTW a distancia ... era solo Elijah, su esposa y todos los abogados en la corte hoy.

Nuestro fotógrafo encontró a Elijah y a sus abogados a la salida y tuvieron unas palabras.

Lil Wayne's controversial comment about Drake getting unfair treatment as a light-skinned lad isn't all that controversial ... at least, from Kevin Gates' viewpoint.

As a fellow delegate of the fairer-skin nation, KG says Wayne's observation is not only valid, but folks like himself and Drizzy have it harder getting people to take them seriously!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the Louisiana rap star out in NYC, where he was feeling the love from the Empire State, but said the light-skin hate isn't limited to just being rich and famous.

Wayne recently told Richard Sherman he has direct experience in the colorism debate -- he admitted he used to hate on lighter-shaded kids during his youth, but Kevin says he's made a habit outta laughing in the face of adversity ... so hate away!!!

KG's feeling mighty ceremonious these days -- he just released his 4th studio album "The Ceremony," but also addressed his promo photo shoot ... which folks called a little "zesty."

Cher wants to put her son into a conservatorship, but he says he doesn't need one -- and, for now, a judge is still siding with him ... yet again denying her request to lock him down.

Elijah Blue Allman was stone-faced heading into his temporary appointment hearing Monday -- where a judge will presumably decide if Cher will, in fact, be tapped to head up a conservatorship for her adult son ... this after temporarily denying her earlier this month.

In early Jan., the court blocked Cher's effort to put Elijah into a conservatorship -- siding with Elijah's attorneys when they argued they hadn't been given enough time to make their case against the conservatorship ... plus, not getting docs they needed to combat her request.

Cher cited her son's ongoing battle with addiction as the key reason why she wants the legal apparatus used on him -- claiming he can't be trusted to manage his finances on his own.

She specifically says that regular payments he receives from a trust fund left behind from his late father, Gregg Allman, are likely to be squandered because of issues she claims Elijah continues to experience ... but he's called BS on that, saying he's cleaned up his act.

Welp, the judge heard the arguments anew ... and he once again shot down Cher and her team -- simply saying they hadn't proven Elijah doesn't have the capacity to handle his own affairs ... going on to say that an alleged bipolar disorder diagnosis, in and of itself, doesn't necessarily mean he's incompetent. As the judge said, that doesn't address capacity.

The court also acknowledged that Elijah has proven in paperwork that he's remained clean and sober of late ... plus, he's also proven that he's handling his money just fine.

The judge set a future date for a trial on this issue -- where it will presumably be decided once and for all -- and went on to suggest Cher and her kid head into mediation, STAT. Cher beamed in remotely BTW ... it was only Elijah, his wife and all the lawyers in court today.

Our photog got Elijah and his lawyers on the way out as well ... and they had some words.

Taylor Swift is headed to the Super Bowl in 2 weeks to watch Travis Kelce -- but for everyone thinking she might step into music mode while there ... we have bad news for ya.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... T-Swift is NOT going to be performing in any capacity during SB LVIII -- and that includes during the Halftime Show ... when Usher is scheduled to rock the house as a solo act.

Not only is Taylor not going to pick up a microphone to croon a tune ... but we're hearing there's no chance T-Swift will go anywhere near the stage, let alone step onto it.

In other words, our sources say there are zero plans to have her participate in the Super Bowl whatsoever -- outside of her just being there as a fan -- and Usher is going to have the spotlight all to himself in terms of live entertainment that day.

The reason this even has to be stated, explicitly, in the first place is because ... well, with Tay Tay cashing her ticket to the big game -- along with the Kansas City Chiefs -- her fans were rife with speculation that there might be some type of big musical surprise in store.

Makes sense, frankly ... she's the biggest pop star in the world right now, and her mere presence at the Super Bowl itself is enough to get the rumor mill whipped up, we suppose.

Of course, Taylor doesn't owe any favors to the NFL ... so even though her fan base might've assumed something was in the works, it's a little naïve -- everyone knows Taylor's a businesswoman, and she ain't working for free. More importantly though ... this is Usher's moment.

The other thing to consider is the fact that Taylor will have just arrived from Tokyo when she hits Vegas ... from none other than the last of 4 straight shows back-to-back-to-back-to-back.

So, yes ... Taylor will probably be pretty tired, and all her energy (we imagine) is going to be put toward her cheering on her man. It's gonna be an emotional rollercoaster ... and Taylor won't have the time or the will to put on a show. Plus, again ... her talents ain't free!

If you wanna catch Taylor in concert again in America, you'll have to wait 'til Fall. She won't be doing any "Eras" shows until at least October in the States ... Super Bowl be damned!

Taylor Swift estará en el Super Bowl en dos semanas para ver a Travis Kelce, pero para todo el mundo es más bien una oportunidad para verla actuar... aunque tenemos malas noticias al respecto.

Fuentes directas le dicen a TMZ que Taylor no va a presentarse en el medio tiempo este año y que será Usher quien tendrá el honor de hacerlo.

Y eso no es todo... también nos enteramos de que no va a subirse al escenario para nada los próximos días.

Imaginamos que disfruta mucho estar en el papel de fan, sobre todo si es su novio quien está en el campo de juego.

Es nuestro deber aclarar que TayTay no se presentará, ya que los fans estaban especulando muchísimo.

Tiene sentido si pensamos que es la estrella musical más grande del mundo en la actualidad, y el Super Bowl es un escenario muy importante para los estadounidenses.

Por supuesto, Taylor no le debe ningún favor a la NFL, por lo que a pesar de que su base de fans podría haber asumido que se presentará, es un poco ingenuo pensar que lo hará gratis. Todo el mundo sabe que Taylor es una mujer de negocios, sin embargo, lo más importante es que este es el momento de Usher para brillar.

La otra cosa a considerar es el hecho de que Taylor estará llegando de Tokio cuando aterrice en Las Vegas, y vendrá de dar nada menos que el último de cuatro shows consecutivos.

Asumimos que Taylor estará bastante cansada y toda su energía se va a enfocar en el estadio. Va a ser una montaña rusa de emociones y Taylor no tendrá el tiempo o la voluntad de montar un espectáculo. Además, de nuevo, ¡su talento no es gratis!

Si quieres ver a Taylor en concierto de nuevo en Estados Unidos, tendrás que esperar hasta el otoño. Ella no hará ningún show de "Eras" hasta por lo menos octubre en los Estados Unidos... ¡Maldito Super Bowl!