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Kool & the Gang set for 'Celebration' at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction: 'It's gonna be a good time'
āIt's called the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and we were wondering [if they thought we were rock ešnough]," Robert "Kool" Bell told The Post.
Katy Perry's top falls off on 'American Idol' in wardrobe malfunction blunder
You change your mind, like Katy PerryĀ breaks her clothesš . ź¦Æ
Cancer-stricken James Brown refused chemo: 'I don't wanna lose all my hair'
After Godfather of āSoul James Brown was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004 āā two years before his death ā his tresses were foremost on his mind in his treatment.
I feel good ... again! How Sylvester Stallone helped save James Brown's career in the '80s
James Brown's career šmade a big comeback after Sylvester Stallone asked him to record a song for 1985ās āRocky IV.ā
New James Brown doc reveals how he helped make black beautiful with his 'Say It Loud' anthem
The Godfather of Soul himself breaks down exactlšy why his 1968 anthem āSay It Loud ā Iām Black and Iām Proudā changed the way African-Americans saw and spoke of themselves...
James Brown's daughters still get DMs from his fans 'all the time,' almost 20 years after his death
James Brown's daughters said their Instagram inboxes are filled with DMs from their dad's fans from places as far as Japan, Africa ź©²and Australia.
Music expert reveals secret to world's happiest songs
"A repeš ŗtitive rhythm or guitar riff that people can latch onto andź¦ becomes memorable is the cherry on the cake,ā Dr. Michael Bonshor noted.
Profane Super Bowl act the latest sign of NFL's demise
Itās all so stunningly stupid, so backward. At a time when decent-minded folks are abaź§ndoning the NFL because they can no longer indulge the increasingly anti-social and even criminal š±behavior...
The Avett Brothers get poź§litical on new album
As the Avett Brothers release their 10th stušÆdio album, āCloser Than Together,ā on Friday, theyāve come a long way from the band that dropped its ź§debut LP, āCountry Was,ā in...
Dancer shares her wild ride on TV's legendary 'Soul Train'
š Legendary āSoul Trainā dancer Damita Jo Freeman knew that she had some superbad skills when the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, picked her to boogie with him onstage. āHe grabbed...
CBS' James Brown has classic excuse for Twitter porn
These are not the type of highlights James Brown usually specializes in. "The NFL Today" pregame host cšlaims his Twitter account was hacked Sunday night, after a link to a...
Ray Lewis is the face of networks' NFL failure
Both TV and NFL teams are in the same leaking boat. They canāt find better, hire better. Or is there a critiź§cal shortage of credible humans? When Jets general manager...
Sharon Jones was magneātic on and off stage
There was so much to admire ź¦about Sharon Jones. As a child, her mother moved Jones and hš»er siblings from South Carolina to Brooklyn to escape an abusive husband. Despite...
Rock stars' wackiest backstage demands
It doesnāt take much to make Iggy Pop happy ā just be sure seven dwarfs are on hand to greet him in his dą·“ressing room. And that 13-foot boa constrictor...
The James Brown performances that inspired 'Get On Up'
Chadwick Boseman has won rave reviews for his star turą½§n as James Brown in the new biopic āGet On Up,ā but as the actor himself will no doubt admit, thereās...
James Brown biopic 'Get On Up' is one of the year's best
Supercharged by Chadwick Bš ŗosemanās tour de force as the iconic Godfather of Soul, James Brown ā and pitch-perfect mšusic supervision by producer and longtime devotee Mick Jagger ā āGet On...
The unknown woman who holds James Brown's secret legacy
In a suburban bank vault 30 miles northwest of Chicago sit boxes containing master recordings by James Brown. Stuffed into one safeš ·ty deposit box is a carefully folded pillow case...
The biš¼g-screen making of sex machine James Brown ź§
//youtu.be/guOS6ev6hQ0 Even when the cameras werenāt rolling, the cast and crew addressed him as āMr. Brownā on the set ā and itās easyš to see why. Actor Chadwick Bosemanās transformation...
How Chadwick Boseman transformed into the 'Godfather of Soul'
š§ You can smell the sweat, the sex, the cheap fabric and pomade in the James Brown biopic āGet on Up,ā out Aug. 1. To get into the spirit, Chadwick Boseman...
From center sš tage to behind bars, 9 musicians who have gone to jail
You wouldnāt know it from their angelic harmoniesš§ and doo-wop vibe, but the members of the Four Seasons had criminal pasts, as the biopic āJersey Boys,ā opening Friday, shows. Both...