Securing the rights to use a song in film or TV is a challenging and expensive task — and the more iconic the song, the more challenging and expensive the clearance is likely to be. So when two of ...

Over the course of its five-season run, Stranger Things repeatedly found ways to resurrect Eighties culture, perhaps no more potently than through its many memorable needle drops. And the show’s ...

“Stranger Things” pulled off a thrilling ending by using two Prince songs in the final episode of the beloved Netflix series. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer secured the rights to “Purple Rain” and When ...

Prince admired Chaka Khan well before he became a superstar. At one point, he impersonated Sly Stone’s voice just so he could get a chance to meet her. Khan wasn’t too pleased at that time, but Prince ...

The incomparable Pattie LaBelle was quite a fan of Prince, and vice versa. In the late 1980s, she needed a bit of help scoring another hit, and she contacted Prince ...

Dyah (pronounced Dee-yah) is a Senior Author at Collider, responsible for both writing and transcription duties. She joined the website in 2022 as a Resource Writer before stepping into her current ...

Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince, was one of the most prolific songwriters in the music business. His uncanny sense of melody, distinctive voice and production techniques consistently ...

Prince Aly Khan was born into one of the most powerful families in the world. The story of his life is one of luxury, intrigue, scandal, and tragedy. From a wild childhood to a string of high profile ...

Joe Jonas is setting the record straight, once and for all: "Potential Breakup Song" is not about him. The singer teamed up with pop duo Aly & AJ in a playful TikTok that fans can't stop talking about ...

It took too long, it took too long, it took too long for Joe Jonas to (kinda) admit he was wrong. In a new TikTok destined to shake the world of several now-young adults who once watched Disney ...

Emperor Akihito became Japan’s first monarch in more than two centuries to abdicate. His eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will take on the symbolic role. By The Associated Press The survival of ...