divas

"Grace Does Her Own Shucking": Here's Grace Jones's Tour Rider

Rich Juzwiak · 09/24/15 12:30PM

Diva memoirs have a reputation for being light on revelations, but Grace Jones is no ordinary diva, and her upcoming book I’ll Never Write My Memoirs is no ordinary book. It’s frank regarding the sex and drugs the legendary singer/actor has indulged in, and unapologetically opinionated, but sometimes less than forthcoming about seemingly simple details (Jones spends several pages discussing why she will not discuss her age).

"Get Off of My Goddarn Stage, Bitch": Patti LaBelle Has Fan Ejected From Concert

Rich Juzwiak · 09/19/15 02:15PM

Patti LaBelle is up to her old tricks: screaming at people. Last night at a concert in Vancouver, an audience member the diva had presumably invited to come dance onstage began unbuttoning his shirt. That wasn’t part of the deal Miss Patti had in her head, so she interrupted him and the music (“Lady Marmalade,” of course). “Don’t you dare, not on my stage!” she hollered. She explained with what initially seemed like good humor, “I am not Nicki Minaj or that little, uh, Miley.” The dancer took this as an opportunity to arch his back and present his ass to her. Here’s a tip: Do not arch your back and present your ass to Patti LaBelle.

Mariah Carey Has Never Run as Fast as She Does When She's CGI'd

Rich Juzwiak · 09/14/15 09:53AM

So here’s something that’s precisely as insane as you’d expect: a commercial for Game of War featuring Mariah Carey. The pairing makes sense because if there’s any musician video game fans cherish it’s Mariah Carey, and if there’s any song in her canon that best fits the tone of the game, it’s her saccharine 1993 single about self-love, “Hero.”

Perennial Reminder: Mariah Carey Can Still Sing

Rich Juzwiak · 05/06/15 10:40AM

Experiencing Mariah Carey live nowadays is like listening to someone start to make a Forrest Gump reference: You pretty much know what you’re going to get, but you can’t be certain what kinds of twists, turns, and yes, surprises are in store. Mariah’s voice ain’t what it used to be, on account of her being in her third decade of singing her lungs out for public consumption. Sometimes she is good, sometimes she is bad. She’s in the weird position of being a superstar underdog, a singer who’s still a billion times more talented than your average human being but who has been brought back down to earth over the years via unmistakable humanity.