The Prince Estate is remembering the late icon two years after his death with a very special release.
The estate released the original version of “Nothing Compares 2 U” on Thursday (April 19), recorded in 1984 – six years before Sinead O’Connor‘s version.
The track was recorded at the Flying Cloud Drive ‘Warehouse’ in Eden Prairie by Prince‘s longtime engineer Susan Rogers, and originally created and performed by Prince.
The new version of the song is now available to stream, and comes with an official video featuring never-before-seen footage of Prince & The Revolution practicing choreography during 1984 in that same warehouse.
Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful producers working in television today, but when she pitched Scandal to ABC, the network didn’t seem to have full confidence in the show.
Shonda at the time had a huge hit on ABC with Grey’s Anatomy, but the network only gave Scandal a seven-episode first season instead of a full-season order.
“As somebody who had made a gigantic hit for a network, a hit that 14 seasons later, it is still a hit, to be given only seven episodes of a show that I made was a problem… To me it spoke to a lack of faith in the idea that a black woman could be the lead of a television show. And I found that to be insulting,” Shonda shared in a new interview with BuzzFeed.
Scandal will be coming to a close TONIGHT (April 19) at 10/9c. Make sure to watch the series finale live!
In other Shonda news, she is a big fan of the Apple Watch and wore the sleek accessory in a new Instagram photo that she posted this week.
The stores, located in Los Angeles and Miami, will be closing down soon.
“We’ve loved running DASH, but in the last few years we’ve all grown so much individually. We’ve been busy running our own brands, as well as being moms and balancing work with our families. We know in our hearts that it’s time to move on. We have to give a special thanks to the DASH employees and all of the incredible fans and customers who have supported us throughout the years!” Kim wrote on her official app.
Travis Scott is being sued by a concert promoter after he bailed on a Super Bowl weekend concert, but now the rapper is countersuing as he says the promoters never followed through on their end of the bargain. Travis was paid part of his appearance fee upfront, but never received a travel itinerary and he doesn't think the promoters had the money to pay the rest of the fee. Read what the rapper's lawyer said in a statement...
“The opening number, ["In"], was shot over several days and involved all of the cast in different locations, so that one took a lot of organization and coordination over a few days,” showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa shared with ET about the challenges of filming a musical episode.
Listen to the Riverdale musical episode soundtrack below! You can also download the album on iTunes.
True Thompson‘s birth certificate has officially been released.
Most of the information on the certificate of Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson‘s daughter was already released, except that we now know that True does not have a middle name.
