Former Danity Kane singer Aubrey O'Day alleges two prominent recording artists offered her $50,000 and $150,000 for sex while she tried to launch a solo career, claims that surface amid broader scrutiny of the music industry's treatment of women. O'Day made the allegations during a September 3 appearance on the "Creators Inc." podcast, hosted by […] The post Aubrey O'Day claims unnamed music stars offered her tens of thousands of dollars for sex appeared first on American Almanac .
Former Danity Kane singer Aubrey O'Day alleges two prominent recording artists offered her $50,000 and $150,000 for sex while she tried to launch a solo career, claims that surface amid broader scrutiny of the music industry's treatment of women. O'Day made the allegations during a September 3 appearance on the "Creators Inc." podcast, hosted by Andrew Bachman. She did not name either artist but described one as "a very huge star that's on tour right now and probably one of your favorite artists ever." The second, she said, is currently touring alongside two other well-known men. Both offers, she said, came through her manager at the time. The claims add another layer to a pattern O'Day has described publicly for years, one in which…Open
Ella Langley earned a field-leading nine nominations for the 60th annual Country Music Association Awards, pulling ahead of her mentor Miranda Lambert and staking her claim as country music's most dominant young artist. The Country Music Association announced the nominations Thursday from New York, and Langley's haul touched nearly every major category. She picked up […] The post Ella Langley dominates 2026 CMA Awards nominations with nine nods appeared first on American Almanac .
Ella Langley earned a field-leading nine nominations for the 60th annual Country Music Association Awards, pulling ahead of her mentor Miranda Lambert and staking her claim as country music's most dominant young artist. The Country Music Association announced the nominations Thursday from New York, and Langley's haul touched nearly every major category. She picked up a nomination for entertainer of the year, the genre's most coveted prize, along with two single of the year nods for "Be Her" and "Choosin' Texas," an album of the year nomination for "Dandelion," and two song of the year nominations for the same pair of singles. Lambert followed with six nominations, Kacey Musgraves and Ben West earned five each, and Cody Johnson, Chris…Open
Jaye P. Morgan, the 1950s pop singer who became a household name for her bawdy antics as a celebrity judge on The Gong Show, has died at 94 in Castle Rock, Washington, closing a career that spanned vaudeville stages, Billboard charts, and late-night television. Morgan's family announced her death on Monday, The Hollywood Reporter reported. […] The post Jaye P. Morgan, hitmaking singer and irreverent 'Gong Show' panelist, dead at 94 appeared first on American Almanac .
Jaye P. Morgan, the 1950s pop singer who became a household name for her bawdy antics as a celebrity judge on The Gong Show, has died at 94 in Castle Rock, Washington, closing a career that spanned vaudeville stages, Billboard charts, and late-night television. Morgan's family announced her death on Monday, The Hollywood Reporter reported . No cause of death was disclosed. She is survived by a son, Paul. Born Mary Margaret Morgan on December 3, 1931, in a log cabin in Mancos, Colorado, she was performing before she could read. By age three, she had joined a vaudeville act with her father, mother, five brothers, and a sister. The Morgan family landed a spot in the 1935 Pat O'Brien movie musical Stars Over Broadway, and eventually…Open
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video and a photo of an election billboard starring New York mayor Zohran Mamdani alongside Turkey’s president, Iran’s supreme leader and the leader of Hezbollah. CNN’s Oren Liebermann tells us why.
The new massive billboard is located at the corner of Broadway and West 43rd Street and reads: "Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Florida Economic Developer of the Year, thank you for the jobs!"
The streaming giant, still looking for this year’s blockbuster, paid an actor to spend three days inside a billboard in Los Angeles to promote an upcoming film.
Jim Gilstrap, the R&B singer who opened Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and sang the theme to the landmark sitcom "Good Times," died Saturday of natural causes in Los Angeles, he was 79. Gilstrap's nephew and family spokesperson, Geoffrey "Geoff Gil" Gilstrap, confirmed the death to The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. […] The post Jim Gilstrap, voice behind the 'Good Times' theme and Stevie Wonder's 'Sunshine,' dead at 79 appeared first on American Almanac .
Jim Gilstrap, the R&B singer who opened Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and sang the theme to the landmark sitcom "Good Times," died Saturday of natural causes in Los Angeles, he was 79. Gilstrap's nephew and family spokesperson, Geoffrey "Geoff Gil" Gilstrap, confirmed the death to The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. No specific illness or condition was disclosed. Representatives for the singer could not be reached for comment at the time the news broke. For millions of Americans, Gilstrap's voice was the sound of two cultural touchstones: a No. 1 pop hit and a television theme song that defined an era. His career spanned decades, from Vietnam-era military service to studio sessions with artists ranging from Aretha…Open
