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Meghan Stabile, photographed onstage with Robert Glasper during Winter Jazzfest 2020.

Meghan Stabile, promoter who united jazz and hip-hop, dead at 39

6:14pm June 15, 2022

by Nate Chinen

"We get so stuck on categories and labels that you completely miss the point of really beautiful, authentic forms of art," Stabille told Jazz Night in America in 2015.

K-pop sensation BTS is going on a break but promises to return

5:42pm June 14, 2022

The boy band announced their break during a dinner filmed for social media. The group officially debuted in 2013.

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari got married on Thursday. The couple is pictured here at the premiere of Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood in July 2019.

Britney Spears' ex-husband is charged with stalking after trying to crash her wedding

11:26am June 14, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Jason Alexander was Spears' first husband. The two were childhood friends but were only married for 55 hours before it was annulled. Alexander pleaded not guilty to all charges he is facing.

Lizzo, shown on May 17 in New York City, has rerecorded a lyric in her new song after criticism.

Lizzo rerecords 'Grrrls' following criticism over ableist lyric

11:22am June 14, 2022

by Shruti Rajkumar

Lizzo rerecorded a lyric in her new song "Grrrls" after disabled fans called out her use of a word that's considered an ableist slur.

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Snoop Dogg gives his full-time blunt roller a raise due to inflation

6:43am June 13, 2022

Snoop Dogg had previously been paying the blunt man $40,000 to $50,000 a year, but he tweeted last week that he's upped the salary to an undisclosed amount.

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Rock 'n' roll's Creem Magazine is back in print and online

9:38am June 11, 2022

by Danny Hensel

Creem Magazine, which covered rock 'n' roll from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, is returning: first as a digital magazine with full archives, then in the fall as a quarterly print publication.

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Justin Bieber postponed his tour because a disorder paralyzed half of his face

9:03am June 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

The multi-Grammy winner says he is suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which affects nerves in the face through a shingles outbreak.

In the '90s, Julee Cruise filled in for The B-52s member Cindy Wilson on tour. The singer is best known for her work with David Lynch on Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet.

Julee Cruise, otherworldly crooner on 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 65

2:14pm June 10, 2022

by Lars Gotrich

Cruise's instrument, a voice of such intense calm it could be unsettling, made her a natural collaborator of director David Lynch — and, later, new-wave icons The B-52s.

Britney Spears marries Sam Asghari in California

5:58am June 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Britney Spears married longtime partner Sam Asghari months after the pop superstar won her freedom from a court conservatorship. The wedding happened nine months after the pair were engaged.

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Foo Fighters will honor their late bandmate Taylor Hawkins with 2 tribute concerts

12:57pm June 09, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Hawkins, who died in March, won 15 Grammys and became a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.