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Lionel Richie called Michael Jackson 'smelly'

Lionel Richie has revealed he used to call Michael Jackson "smelly" because the late King of Pop rarely changed his clothes.

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Baker Boy on naming his album for his grandmother: ‘She was the reason that I fell in love with hip-hop’

The new music from the Aria-winning Yolngu rapper is his most politically charged yet. ‘I want to show you the anger, the vulnerability,’ he says

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Moonwalk and Musty: Lionel Richie claims Michael Jackson earned a very nasty nickname

Some things defy the excuse of fame.

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“Every time I would play it for somebody, they’d be like ‘Wow.’ It’s one of his classics”: Mariah Carey is miffed that her Michael Jackson duet is still unreleased

“There is an issue with his estate,” she says

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Priscilla Presley: 'I felt that Michael Jackson was using Lisa Marie'

Priscilla Presley feared Michael Jackson was “using” her daughter Lisa Marie Presley when they got married in 1994.

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Lionel Richie: 'The same crooks that were trying to take advantage of Michael Jackson were coming to take advantage of me'

Lionel Richie claims “crooks” tried to take advantage of him and Michael Jackson but he couldn't give any advice as he was also in the firing line.

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Lionel Richie would get fans to eat with him during his early years of stardom

Lionel Richie would get fans to eat meals with him during the early years of his music career as he found it challenging being alone.

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“It’s insane… If you hold it up to the light you can see through it”: Dweezil Zappa finally gets his hands on the viral cardboard Strat and cooks up a crazy psych-rock rager for the occasion

The Cardboard Sessions come to Dweezil’s Hikari Studios and he cooks up a track on the spot with his band on cardboard instruments

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Lionel Richie reveals nickname for Michael Jackson due to poor hygiene

Richie writes in his debut memoir, ‘Truly,’ about his friendship with the ‘eccentric’ King of Pop

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Mariah Carey 'upset' Michael Jackson collaboration hasn't been released

Mariah Carey has urged fans to petition for her unreleased Michael Jackson duet to be released.

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It takes two: the best pop duets – ranked!

As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts

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Guitar ‘smashed up’ by Liam Gallagher on the night Oasis split goes to auction

Noel Gallagher said the Gibson ES-355 was damaged on the night of the band’s backstage fight at Rock en Seine festival in Paris

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Michael Jackson abuse accusers demanding $400 million, new court documents reveal

Wade Robson and James Safechuck have accused Jackson of sexually abusing them when they were children

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Mark Ronson was 'embarrassed' by his family's wealth

Music producer Mark Ronson has confessed he felt "embarrassed" by his family's wealth when he was growing up as a rich kid in New York.

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'I Was Appalled By Their Marriage': Lisa Marie Presley's Mother Launches Scathing Attack On Michael Jackson

Priscilla Presley has laid bare her long-held grievances over Lisa Marie Presley's marriage to Michael Jackson, calling him manipulative and accusing him of hiding behind a 'public mask' in her upcoming memoir Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis.

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“Ozzy had a problem with my short hair. Sharon had a problem with my green guitar – she said it looked like a booger”: The unlucky 13 guitarists who auditioned for Ozzy Osbourne – but didn’t make the grade

A procession of all-time guitar greats tried their hand with the Prince of Darkness but were ultimately rejected – sometimes for surprising reasons

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Priscilla Presley ‘appalled’ by Lisa Marie Presley’s marriage to Michael Jackson

In her upcoming memoir, Priscilla Presley admits she was “appalled” when her daughter Lisa Marie Presley revealed she was marrying Michael Jackson.

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Priscilla Presley Opens Up About Lisa Marie’s Complicated Marriage To Michael Jackson

“I knew in my bones that Michael wasn’t marrying Lisa Marie; he was marrying the Presley dynasty.”

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Priscilla Presley says she was ‘appalled’ by daughter’s Michael Jackson marriage

‘When they got divorced, I could practically hear Elvis sigh with relief,’ Presley said

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“They kept talking about this bizarre guitar player who practiced nonstop in his room and was very eccentric. I thought, ‘I want to work with him’”: Bill Laswell survived Buckethead, John Lydon, Ginger Baker and Eddie Hazel – and made it sound easy

The bass journeyman, soundscape creator and producer recalls having his P-Bass stolen the night before his first Brian Eno session, making PiL classic Rise, and hoping illness hasn’t ended his surprisingly fight-free career

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Euphoria season 3 to be released in spring 2026, says HBO executive

No exact date has been announced for return of the award-winning drama

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Mark Ronson recalls bizarre night in Michael Jackson's hotel room

Producer Mark Ronson has recalled a bizarre night he spent in Michael Jackson's hotel room and admitted the allegations of child sex abuse against the late singer made him "re-examine" the event.

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Benedict Cumberbatch likes to 'disguise himself' when out in public

Hollywood actor Benedict Cumberbatch has admitted he likes to "disguise" himself when he's out in public with his family because he wants them to have their "privacy".

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“I’ll never forget, he did the whole thing, like the hand out with the snap, and started to sing this bassline”: How a teenage Mark Ronson convinced Michael Jackson to write him a bassline so he could make a hit song out of it

Oh, and Sean Lennon was there too, and he ended up playing it to Roberta Flack

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Epstein ‘assistant’ met Duke of York and saw private palace quarters, book says

The words came as part of a ‘birthday book’ for the paedophile financier compiled by sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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