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It was a week filled with likes and dislikes, both undiscovered, unnamed and underscored. Prince revealed that he couldn’t stand how radio kept pushing artists he didn’t like, while Kanye West indicated he was no fan of a certain social media service. Meanwhile, indie musicians indicated their displeasure with Amazon…

President Donald Trump proved yet again that he holds grudges like most people hold favorite childhood memories, and few things needle Trump more than non-fan celebrities: At a rally Wednesday in Minneapolis, he took on Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen, for some reason calling the 5-foot-10 (or so; estimates vary)…

The estate of Prince is objecting to the use of the late singer’s music at President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Minneapolis on Thursday, claiming that his representatives last year said that they would not play any of his songs at future events. “President Trump played Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ tonight at a…

Legal and ethical hassles dominated the music industry’s attention this week, as trials and tribulations made headline news. In the biggest outcome, the integrity of Prince's recorded music legacy has been upheld in a lawsuit filed by his estate against Eye Records, which is described as a "bootleg label dedicated to…

Random House will release the Prince memoir The Beautiful Ones on Oct. 29, the publishing house announced today. The 288-page book will feature an introduction by Dan Piepenbring, a contributor to The New Yorker. The pub date announcement comes just a day after the three-year anniversary of the Purple Rain singer’s…

Universal Pictures has picked up the rights to some of Prince’s classic songs, which will be the backdrop to a narrative feature. No word on what songs will be used and the studio is affirming that the film is not a Prince biopic. Atom Factory's Troy Carter, the entertainment advisor of Prince's estate will executive…

Ava DuVernay directed the film that opened the Smithsonian's National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., back in 2016, and now the 13th and Selma helmer is aiming for another type of history with a documentary about Prince for Netflix. "Prince was a genius and a joy and a jolt to the…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Players has optioned Chris Lee’s Daily Beast story When Prince Made a Chambermaid His Queen for a Day. Elizabeth Banks plans to star in Queen For A Day, and she is producing it with Max Handelman through their Brownstone banner along with Josh Stolberg and David Klawans. Scott Neustadter & Michael…

If the recently ratings-challenged NFL wanted to avoid any semblance of controversy with the Super Bowl LII halftime show, today's performance by Justin Timberlake certainly succeeded – kind of. Back at the big game for the first time since the infamous Nipplegate wardrobe malfunction with Janet Jackson in 2004, the…

A Prince themed birthday party on Empire (1.8/7) and Taraji P Henson's Cookie as the deceased musical genius in his Raspberry Beret phase seems like the most obvious turn on the Fox drama As the L.A. Dodger's failed to make it a clean sweep to the World Series in the NLCS last night, that homage to the Purple One was…

Showtime is ready to let Sign o’ the Times mess with your mind. The premium cable net has acquired Prince’s 30-year-old concert film, which hasn’t run on U.S. TV in more than a decade, and will air at 9 PM Saturday, September 16. Shot as a companion to Prince’s 1987 double album, Sign o’ the Times features live…

There was a showstopper of an opener by Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar on the BET Awards last night, plus a passionate call to action from Grey's Anatomy's Jesse Williams, a full tilt tribute to Prince performed by Bilal, Erykah Badu and The Roots, and strong words for Donald Trump from Best Actress winner Taraji P…