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Motown
Family of Former Supreme Cindy Birdsong Seeking Conservatorship A friend caring for Birdsong allegedly kept her from her family.
By Justin Curto
kiss and tell
Apr. 28, 2023
Man Goes Around Town Telling Diana Ross’s Business Smokey Robinson said he had an affair with her during his first marriage.
By Jennifer Zhan
Motown Songwriter Barrett Strong Dead at 81 He co-wrote “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”
By Bethy Squires
Lamont Dozier, Motown Songwriting Legend, Dead at 81 Berry Gordy, Diana Ross, and more pay tribute to the songwriter who made hits for the Supremes and the Four Tops.
By Justin Curto
Wanda Young of the Marvelettes Dead at 78 The founding member of the Marvelettes sang on Motown’s first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.
By Bethy Squires
Mary Wilson, Original Member of the Supremes, Is Dead at 76 “I was always proud of Mary,” Berry Gordy said in a statement.
By Zoe Haylock
grammys 2019
Feb. 11, 2019
Would You Believe Not Everyone Was Into J.Lo’s Motown Grammys Tribute? A Grammys performance, destined to receive backlash, receives backlash.
By Halle Kiefer
broadway hopefuls
Dec. 13, 2017
Temptations Musical Ain’t Too Proud Eyes Broadway Run But first, the biographical musical is heading to the Kennedy Center in D.C.
By Tolly Wright
last night on late night
Nov. 9, 2017
James Corden and the Stranger Things Kids Singing Motown Songs Is Delightful They performed a medley of the Jackson 5, the Temptations and the Four Tops, and they’re not half bad.
By Ethan Sapienza
Sylvia Moy, Motown’s First Female Songwriter, Has Died She got her start in 1963, co-writing songs for Stevie Wonder.
By Dayna Evans
living legends
July 6, 2016
By Tolly Wright
Watch ‘Single Ladies,’ the Motown Tribute How can this not have been the first “Single Ladies” variation? Fantastic.
By Edith Zimmerman
gossipmonger
Feb. 22, 2007
The Berry Gordy Character in ‘Dreamgirls’ Is Not Berry Gordy DreamWorks and Paramount took out a full-page ad in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter to say that Jamie Foxx’s character in Dreamgirls isn’t based on Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. Lindsay Lohan skipped out on “father figure” Robert Altman’s memorial service. Jeffrey Chodorow thinks Frank Bruni’s smackdown of his Kobe Club is personal, and he took out a full-page ad in the Times to say so. Rapper Common bad-mouthed the Duke lacrosse team; now he’s performing at the university. Vogue ’s André Leon Tally went on a shopping spree with
