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Irrfan Khan, Chadwick Boseman: The stars we lost in 2020, in their own words SECTIONS Irrfan Khan, Chadwick Boseman: The stars we lost in 2020, in their own wordsNew York Times Last Updated: Dec 28, 2020, 12:13 PM IST Share Agencies The artists on this list could help us better understand the time we’re living through, or at least help us get through it with a smile or cathartic cry. It’s always difficult to lose a favorite actor or a beloved musician. But in 2020, a year of crisis upon crisis, some of those losses were especially painful, brought on by a pandemic that killed hundreds of...

The music that got these Bostonians through 2020 By James Sullivan Globe correspondent,Updated December 28, 2020, 3:53 p.m. Email to a Friend YolaWilly Sanjuan/Invision/AP If music is what feelings sound like, then here’s hoping you had more than your share of music in your life this year. Because we were all up in our feelings. Whether it was that one certain song, a beloved old album as comforting as mashed potatoes, or a playlist that matched your frustration or lifted you out of it, you probably had a few musical go-tos specific to 2020. One guy I know immersed himself in the transce...

One of those lives was Bronx rapper  Fred The Godson. Many were also concerned about the future of music artists this year after months of shootings and deaths that claimed the lives of promising artists such as late Brooklyn rapper  Pop Smoke and other legendary artists.  On a brighter note, 2020 also saw a mixture of misunderstood artists in the music industry and formerly underrated artists get recognition, including  Lil Baby and Meanwhile, musicians such as  Teyana Taylor and  Kehlani pivoted their careers by experimenting with their creativity, prompted by COVID-19...

The Recording Academy has unveiled the 29 recordings that will be ushered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2021, and several legendary country acts are in the mix. Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" single recording is on the list, as is Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris' Trio album. The signature hit of a legendary, cross-genre career, Rogers' "The Gambler" came out in 1978. Songwriter Don Schlitz wrote the song two years prior, and country legend Bobby Bare also cut a version before Rogers made it the massive, enduring hit it is today. Trio, meanwhile, was a collaboration between thr...

By Keefer Dec 21, 2020 1970 - A stretch limousine carrying Elvis Presley pulled up outside the White House in Washington, D.C. The driver handed over a letter from Elvis addressed to President Nixon requesting a meeting to discuss how the King of Rock and Roll could help Nixon fight drugs. The President agreed to give Presley a Narcotics Bureau badge - but only after learning that the chief of the narcotics bureau had turned down the same request earlier that day and told Presley the only person who could overrule his decision was the President. At Elvis' request, the meeting remained secret...