Beyoncé had a special gift for the residents of Flint, Michigan.
On Monday, Beyoncé’s people presented a $82,234 check to the United Way of Genesee County at a Detroit high school in partnership with her foundation, BeyGOOD.
The funds are the result of fans who opted to donate to the city impacted by the ongoing water crisis.
In addition to the donation, 14 Detroit-based high school students were selected to receive college gifts for educational expenses and surprised with tickets to Beyoncé’s show last night at Ford Field.
Beyoncé wrapped up her 32-date North American trek last night before going overseas to Europe later this month. She will return to perform in the U.S. in September.
Sad songs trigger a wide range of emotions in people.
Researchers surveyed over 2,400 people to see how they reacted to sad songs.
They found some people said sad songs gave them enjoyment, while other said the songs gave them comfort, and others said they felt pain after listening to the songs.
Researchers say people have different emotions when listening to sad music due to the memories they have of the song. Duh!
Singer Adam Levine was Christina Grimmie’s coach during her time on “The Voice” and now he offered to pay for her funeral.
Grimmie’s brother, Marcus, wrote on Facebook Sunday night that Adam Levine “personally called my mother and said he will pay for the funeral and her flight, and I was blown away.”
On Saturday, Adam Levine tweeted a picture of himself with Grimmie. He wrote, “Behati and I are absolutely devastated and heartbroken by Christina Grimmie’s death. Our hearts go out to her family.”
Adele began her concert in Belgium Sunday night by honoring the victims involved in the Orlando shooting.
She said, “I would like to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everybody in Orlando and at Pulse nightclub last night. The LGBTQ community, they’re like my soul mates since I was really young, so I’m very moved by it.”
Adele then joked that her music would be no help in lifting the mood. She told her fans “most of this tonight is pretty miserable because my songs are f-cking miserable. I do have two songs that sound happy, but they’re not.”
Netflix has shared some insights about which shows are binge-watched most often.
The streaming service studied viewing habits of 100 shows across 190 countries, and found that on average, viewers watch 2 hours and 10 minutes a day of a series in order to complete a season.
The company found that viewers watched science fiction, horror, and thriller series like “Sense8,” “The Walking Dead,” and “Breaking Bad” for more than two hours a day to finish.
On the other hand, comedies like “Arrested Development,” political dramas like “House of Cards,” and historical dramas like “Mad Men” are shows that viewers tend to “savor,” watching less than two hours a time.
In the middle were series like “Daredevil,” “Better Call Saul,” and “Orange is the New Black.”
Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderram split after almost six years of dating.
The singer and the “That 70s Show” actor both posted the same message on Instagram on Friday saying they are ending their relationship because they were better as “best friends.”
They also said it was an “incredibly difficult decision.” The two started dating in 2010 when she was just 18 and he was 31.
A Georgia woman has filed a federal lawsuit, saying TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres humiliated her by mispronouncing her name and turning it into a breast joke.
Titi Pierce, who said she’s a Robins Air Force Base engineer and a real-estate agent, says her first name is the Nigerian name for “flower” and it’s pronounced “Tee Tee” “as grammar dictates.”
Her lawsuit says that Ellen used a picture of her real-estate sign, featuring her name, in a comedy segment titled, “What’s Wrong With These Ads…. and These Signs?”
Ellen read her name as “titty Pierce,” causing “immediate ridicule and raucous laughter” from the audience. The show also included Titi’s cell phone number in the picture used, which led to her receiving harassing and threatening calls at all hours of the day and night, while she was out of town for a family funeral.
She and her husband have also faced ridicule in their town, and she says she reached out to Ellen to complain. This led to her number being blurred out in a copy of the segment that was posted on the show’s website. But it was visible again when the show was repeated in April, and Titi received harassing phone calls and more ridicule.
The lawsuit claims that DeGeneres and Warner Brothers defamed her, invaded her privacy and intentionally inflicted distress. Titi’s asking for damages from Warner Brothers and a jury trial. She also doesn’t want the segment to air again.
