Tyka Nelson, the Minneapolis-based singer and sister of the late superstar Prince, died Monday. She was 64. Her death was announced to the Minnesota Star Tribune by her son President Nelson. No cause was given, although she had been in failing health for some time. She had retired from music but was…

Cat Glover, the singer and dancer whose winning streak on TV’s Star Search talent competition drew the attention of David Bowie as well as the artist she’d become most closely associated with, Prince, died September 24. She was 62. Her death was announced last night on her official Facebook page…

John Legend and Sheila E. were spotted in rehearsals at the United Center, in advance of the third night of the Democratic National Convention. They will lead a tribute to Prince in advance of a speech by vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota. They also are the latest…

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is looking ahead as it prepares to honor the star-studded Class of 2025. On Monday, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced next year’s selections to receive a star on Hollywood Boulevard’s storied walk, including the likes of Jane Fonda, David Beckham, Fran Drescher, Al…

Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media has boarded an untitled Prince music inspired film at Universal Pictures, Deadline has confirmed. Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian are producing, and Rebecca Cho will executive produce through Proximity Media. Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Publishing…

Purple Rain, the stage musical adaptation of the classic Prince album and film, will make its pre-Broadway premiere next year in Prince’s hometown of Minneapolis, producers announced today. The musical will debut in spring 2025 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's State Theatre in Minneapolis as part of its…

"I didn’t really know much about the making of the song," admits The Greatest Night in Pop director Bao Nguyen of 1985's star-studded Ethiopian famine relief hit “We Are the World.” "You just make these assumptions about how things are made because it just happens. But when you think now of 46 great…

Purple Rain, Prince’s smash 1984 music-packed film, is being developed for the stage by a Broadway producer, with a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and direction by Tony nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz. Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate is currently a hit on Broadway and an…

There are few producers in live television with the kind of career Don Mischer has had in television, a career spanning six decades and just about every major event from the Oscars to the Olympics to Obama and all in between. Just a sampling of his credits…

Crazy Legs Features has nabbed film rights to The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince, the bestseller from Mayte Garcia, chronicling her romance with the iconic musical artist, for development as a scripted biopic. With the WGA strike in the rearview mirror, the company is now in search of a writer to pen…

UPDATED with new details: Sinéad O'Connor, the gifted and Grammy-winning but troubled Irish singer and activist who scored a global smash with Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” in 1990 and was banned from Saturday Night Live for tearing up a photo of Pope John Paul II during her performance two years later…

The Supreme Court sided with a photographer in a dispute with the Andy Warhol Foundation over the late artist’s use of her photos as the basis for his own series of portraits of Prince. The court’s ruling was closely watched by content creators, some of whom feared that it would widen the scope of…