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Mayte Garcia on finding peace with ex Prince’s legacy, finding love again, and finding herself: ‘Wow. I survived that.’ By

(Photo : Mayte.com) Mayte Garcia today. It’s been almost eight years since Prince died, on April 21, 2016. His first wife, dancer/actress/author/philanthropist/animal activist Mayte Garcia, learned the shocking news that...

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How the Alarm ‘fooled the entire British industry’ with hoax band: ‘They thought the record was by a bunch of 18-year-olds’ By

(Photo : Andy Labrow) The Alarm in 2024. It’s surprising that Mike Peters, leader of seminal Welsh alt-rock band the Alarm, would release the nostalgic record Music Television, a Pin...

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David Archuleta on controversial coming-out song ‘Hell Together’: ‘If this is causing a bit of a stir, so be it … if It saves someone’s life’ By

(Photo : Shaun Vandella) David Archuleta, then and now. When David Archuleta became an overnight American Idol sensation at age 17, he also became a default “ambassador,” like it or...

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Why RuPaul believes ‘Drag Race All Stars’ winner Jimbo is proof that ‘punk’s not dead’ By

(Photo : Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) Winner Jimbo attends a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ screening in New York City. When fan favorite Jimbo first competed on the inaugural season of...

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Chris Daughtry returns with new song about daughter and mother’s deaths: ‘I kind of stopped existing for a minute and just shut down’ By

(Photo : Darren Craig) Daughtry, whose family experienced two devastating losses during one week in 2021, says performing “Pieces” live sometimes feels like “a fist around my throat.” In November...

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Macklemore looks back on historic Grammy night, backlash 10 years later: ‘I didn’t know how to handle it at the time’ By

Ten years ago, at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2014, Macklemore made history when he, his musical partner Ryan Lewis, “She Keeps Me Warm” singer-songwriter Mary Lambert, and...

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Celebrating 15 years of Adam Lambert By

Fifteen years ago, on Jan. 20, 2009, I wrote for the first time (admittedly somewhat fawningly/cringe-worthily) about Adam Lambert, when his Season 8 American Idol audition aired.  And not to gloat too...

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Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan recalls meeting his ‘lighthouse’ Susan Holmes McKagan 27 years ago: ‘I didn’t know if I could date a woman again’ By

The rocker opens up to me about sobriety, panic attacks, his new album and how he and his wife still “dig each other in every specific way you could imagine.”...

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Billy Porter talks triumphant disco album, surviving the AIDS crisis and earning his age By

“I’m alive. What an accomplishment for my kind. … This is what 54 looks like, honey,” says  the Grammy/Tony/Emmy-winning Kinky Boots and Pose star, as he returns to the “mainstream music...

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Wynonna Judd opens up about moving forward after mother’s death: ‘I’m peacefully optimistic most of the time. And then when I’m not, I’m in hell.’ By

As she releases a Judds tribute album while looking ahead to new music, the candid and complex country music survivor tells me she’s on her way “to absolutely being on...

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