News about Patti LaBelle

During the event ahead of the national holiday next week, the Commander-in-Chief seemed to short-circuit as the rest of the crowd, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, grooved along to the lively band. Philonise Floyd, brother of the late George Floyd , flanked Biden on his left and eventually noticed the concerning pause he was taking and wrapped his arm around him in an apparent effort to help. Floyd was able to get a response out of Biden when he extended a 'pound it' it fist in his direction, which the president met with his own fist. On Monday evening, the White House welcomed a number of performers ahead of  the holiday, including Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, and Kirk Franklin. Following Biden's jarring freeze-up, he delivered a message about Juneteenth to the audience, but suffered another deeply off-putting moment, when his speech became slurred beyond comprehension. Ahead of the attempted speech, the aging leader was seen taking a big swig out of a bottle filled with red liquid that looked to possibly be a Gatorade bottle with the wrapper removed.

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover veteran Carol Alt looked sensational as she showed off her toned body this week. The brunette bombshell from New York attended Patti LaBelle's Surprise 80th Birthday Celebration at The Glasshouse in New York City. On Tuesday she left a refreshingly candid note on Instagram about how she felt in her cobalt blue strapless gown with a slit up one leg.

Michael McDonald is sharing about how his hit duet with Pattie LaBelle, On My Own, came to fruition nearly 40 years ago. Written by Burt Bacharach and his then-wife Carole Bayer Sager, the song was originally recorded by singer Dionne Warwick for her studio album Friends (1985). But about a year later, LaBelle and McDonald were paired together to do their own version of On My Own for her eighth studio album, Winner In You (1986). In McDonald's new memoir What A Fool Believes, the singer, keyboardist and songwriter revealed that the two star had never met in person by the time the track hit the radio and shot up the charts. 'I was telling [Patti] just the other night how it was so funny how we hadn't met. The song was recorded and it was out on the radio. We still hadn't met until we had to do The Tonight Show [months later]. That was the first time we actually met and did the song together,' McDonald, 72, told People .

Laura Lynch, the founder of Dixie Chicks, had an obituary by mistakenly using a photograph of a living CBC producer with the same name. Laura Lynch of the 'Chicks,' also known as 'Dixie chicks' died on Friday after a head on collision in Texas on Friday at the age of 65. The crash happened about 5:40 p.m., just south of El Paso. Laura Lynch, a journalist with CBC, has no connection with 'The Dixie Chicks.'

Usher, 44, one of the world's best R&B celebrities, tells Alex Hawgood about his bromance with Beckham, getting behind Bieber, dealing with grief, and much more.

Cindy Birdsong's family is trying to create a conservatorship to watch over her... and strip caretaker Rochelle Lander. According to The New York Times, the 83-year-old singer, who joined The Supremes in 1967, replacing founding member Patti LaBelle, had been granted the privileges of attorney to caretaker Rochelle Lander over a decade ago and has lived together for years. Birdsong's family has now pleaded for a conservatorship for Birdsong's care, with her brother Ronald and entertainment manager Brad Herman serving as co-conservators and Lander removed from her care.

On Tuesday, Khloe Kardashian expressed her love on social media as she commemorated her 39th birthday. Her 'momager' Kris Jenner led the flood of testimonials with a gushing message praising Khloe as the 'life of every party!!!' The message was accompanied by a touching montage of Khloe as a child, including as a newborn in her mother's arms. Kourtney and Kim Kardashian, two older sisters, also joined the choir of social media homages over the morning. Kim commissioned teen singing pair Jake and Selby to film a custom video of themselves performing Patti LaBelle's hit If Only You Knew for the birthday girl.

Patti LaBelle, a legendary performer, said she gave it her best at the 2023 BET Awards, which was snagged by a handful gaffes. Following Sunday's appearance at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, the 79-year-old R&B actress told Entertainment Tonight, 'I love her, and I did my best.'

Offset, a three-time Grammy nominee, and four-time Grammy nominee Quavo performed for the first time in a year on Sunday at the BET Awards, four months after their suspected backstage brawl. The Georgia natives walked to the stage of Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater to the sounds of Takeoff's verse from Hotel Lobby's song "Unc & Phew with Quavo in 2022.

On Sunday night, social media users expressed their dissatisfaction with Patti LaBelle's salute to the late Tina Turner at the Los Angeles Hilton Theater. During her high-profile appearance, the 79-year-old R&B singer was performing a cover of one of Turner's most popular songs, The Best, but she skipped several of the lyrics. 'I'm trying to help myself during an improvised moment in the song,' she said.'

This week, Patti LaBelle attended the Jennifer Hudson Show, showing that she is open to finding love. The 78-year-old legendary singer appeared on the talk show on Wednesday, and Jennifer, 41, was quizzed about her dating life. I was married for 32 years to a wonderful man, and we're still friends, good friends,' LaBelle said of ex-husband Armstead Edwards.

After two years of pandemic-dampened festivities, the thousands of revelers who flooded Times Square to celebrate New Year's Eve without limits are just around the corner. People from around the world gathered in the legendary street venue, many of whom were waiting patiently in the rain as they prepared to watch the iconic ball drop at midnight. As rain and fog blanketed the city, revelers were seen cramming among the barricades donning their New Year's best, including sparkly hats, 2023 glasses, and waterproof ponchos.

After a warning of a 'bomb threat' was made at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, where she was performing on Friday night, Patti LaBelle was taken off stage by security mid-show. In a video shared by a concertgoer, the legendary singer, 78, is seen speaking to the audience just seconds before two security guards stormed the stage and physically escorted her. The audience was'safely evacuated' from the theater,' according to a reportedly misleading claim made by Milwaukee PD, and the probe is 'fluid and ongoing.'