Social media data tags Dua Lipa as the most “influential” Barbie Tuesday, July 25 by ABC NewsIn the new blockbuster, singer and actress Dua Lipa plays Mermaid Barbie, but according to an online marketing company, she has a more fitting title: Influencer Barbie.The Influence Agency sorted each of the big names who starred... Read More.
Jennifer Coolidge, Michael B. Jordan, Angela Bassett, and Colin Farrell among ‘TIME”s 100 Most Influential People Thursday, April 13 by ABC NewsTIME has released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and amid world leaders and other newsmakers are top Hollywood names.Michael B. Jordan made the 2023 TIME100, with roles in front of, and behind the camera with, respectively, the... Read More.
New book, ‘Parachute Women,’ explores the influential women behind the Rolling Stones Thursday, March 30 by ABC NewsA new book coming this summer is set to delve into four influential women behind one of the biggest rock 'n' roll bands in the world – the Rolling Stones.Parachute Women, named after the Stones' 1968 Beggars Banquet tune “Parachute Woman,” is being released July 11 by Hachette... Read More.
Alabama founding member and influential guitarist Jeff Cook dead at 73 Tuesday, November 8 by ABC NewsJeff Cook, the legendary country guitarist known for being a founding member of hitmaking group Alabama, has died.According to a statement from his publicist, Cook died on Tuesday, November 7, at his beach home in Destin, Florida. He was 73 years old and had... Read More.
Miranda Lambert one of ‘Time’s “100 Most Influential People of 2022” Monday, May 23 by ABC NewsMiranda Lambert's influence is expanding beyond country music's borders.Miranda has been named one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People of 2022" and is the only country star to appear on the elite list of world figures, politicians, artists and more. "I’m so honored... Read More.
Zendaya, Andrew Garfield, Pete Davidson make ‘TIME”s 2022 “100 Most Influential People” list Monday, May 23 by ABC NewsTIME has released its list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2022, and among them are Emmy winner Zendaya, multiple Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield, Simu Liu and now-former SNL star Pete Davidson.As always, each of this year's class was hailed by their colleagues: Emmy winner Sandra Oh praised Shang-Chi star Liu; legendary... Read More.
Ivan Reitman, influential director of ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Stripes’, ‘Animal House’, dead at 75 Monday, February 14 by ABC NewsAccording to published reports, Ivan Reitman, who directed comedy classics like Animal House, Stripes, and Ghostbusters, died Saturday at 75. Born in 1946 in what is now Slovakia, to Jewish parents who survived the Nazi occupation, Reitman's family fled to Canada when he was four years old. Raised... Read More.