Q&A: John Legend on his ambitious children's album, 'My Favorite Dream,' and new single, 'L-O-V-E'
Twenty years on from the release of his career-making debut album, John Legend is entering uncharted territory.
Soup-er Tuesday: This split pea soup with hot dogs instead of ham is actually good
Look, I know this sounds insanely weird, but queen of the internet Chrissy Teigen is onto something with her split pea soup with crispy hot dogs recipe.
Chrissy Teigen graces cover of People's 'Beautiful Issue'
(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES โ Chrissy Teigen will grace the front of People magazineโs โThe Beautiful Issueโ in a cover story that delves into her evolved definition of beauty, facing racism growing up and her heartbreaking miscarriage last year. The magazine revealed the cover Wednesday of the annual issue, which hits newsstands Friday. Teigen, who is of Thai-Norwegian descent, said she wants to follow her Thai tradition in remembering her son, Jack, who died at 20 weeks of her pregnancy. As Teigen grew older, she saw more racism occur during her modeling career. She wrote in a final series of posts that criticism she'd endured on the site had left her โdeeply bruised.โ
Chrissy Teigen deletes Twitter account, citing negativity
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Chrissy Teigen arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Teigen has deleted her popular Twitter account, saying the site no longer plays a positive role in her life and has become a negative part on her life. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES โ Chrissy Teigen has deleted her popular Twitter account, saying the site no longer plays a positive role in her life. โFor over 10 years you guys have been my world,โ Teigen wrote to her 13.7 million followers Wednesday night. AdWhile her candor about the loss of their son won praise, some criticized her for putting such painful moments on social media. She wrote Wednesday that sheโs experienced so many attacks from low-follower accounts that sheโs โdeeply bruised.โIn one of her final posts, she told her followers to โnever forget that your words matter.โTeigenโs Instagram account, with more than 34 million followers, remains active as does Legend's Twitter account, with 14 million followers.
Soup-er Tuesday: Taste-testing Chrissy Teigenโs parmesan minestrone
Weโll call it Soup-er Tuesday (please donโt groan at my pun), and I hope youโll tag along. For the very first week, weโre making Chrissy Teigenโs Parmesan Minestrone. Theyโre little soup scoopers and oh-so delish. I was skeptical that this recipe could really impress me much, just as a basic minestrone (Iโm more of a meat and potatoes person), but it was really fantastic. Oh, and Iโll only share my cookbook recipes with you if theyโre also available online, like the one above from Chrissy.
Roku buys library of the short-lived streaming service Quibi
FILE - This Aug. 13, 2020 file photo shows a logo for Roku on a remote control in Portland, Ore. On Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, Roku is buying short-lived streaming service Quibis content library to bolster content for its free Roku Channel. AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)Roku is buying the content library of Quibi, the short-lived streaming service, to bulk up its own free ad-supported channel. Quibi, short for quick bites, raised $1.75 billion from investors including major Hollywood players like Disney, NBCUniversal and Viacom. Roku created its business solely as a hub for other streaming services, but has recently begun piling up content for its free Roku Channel. Idris Elba, Kevin Hart, Liam Hemsworth, Anna Kendrick, Nicole Richie, Chrissy Teigen and Lena Waithe have all been in Quibi shows.
Chrissy Teigen delivers heartfelt essay on miscarriage
LOS ANGELES โ Chrissy Teigen wrote a heartfelt message about the recent loss of her third child with husband John Legend. Teigen delivered the essay in a Medium post Tuesday. In Tuesdayโs post, Teigen wrote that her doctors diagnosed her with a partial placental abruption. Teigen said her decision to take and post photos of the process was met with some support and criticism. She said Legend was โvery hesitantโ to take the photos, but she felt the need to share their story.
Post Malone owns Billboard Awards, Legend shines onstage
Post Malone accepts the top artist award at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)NEW YORK โ Walking into the show with 16 nominations, Post Malone won nine honors at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, where John Legend gave a heartfelt performance that was dedicated to his wife. Garth Brooks accepted the Icon Award from Cher, who called the country star โa true music legend and my friend Garth Brooks." Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen, who died last week, was honored as the show aired a clip of his Billboard Awards performance from 2015. This yearโs Billboard Awards were originally supposed to take place in April but were postponed because of the pandemic.
'This is unrealโ: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend grieve their miscarriage
Chrissy Teigen said she and John Legend are in โdeep painโ following her miscarriage, which she announced in a heart wrenching social media post. Teigen wrote that they were "driving home from the hospital with no baby. โWe are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain weโve never felt before. It just wasnโt enough,โ she wrote in a post late Wednesday, alongside a picture of herself in tears on a hospital bed. Legend retweeted her post, adding โWe love you, Jack.โTeigen announced she was pregnant with her third child in August.
DeGeneres vows candor as clouded talk show charts its return
LOS ANGELES Ellen DeGeneres says she'll be ready to talk when her daytime show returns this month after a staff shake-up prompted by allegations of a toxic workplace. And, yes, were gonna talk about it, DeGeneres said in a statement announcing the show's Sept. 21 start of its 18th season. Tiffany Haddish will join DeGeneres for the kick-off episode, with The Ellen DeGeneres Show to be taped at Warner Bros. minus an in-studio audience, which is commonplace during the pandemic. Stephen tWitch Boss, a longtime guest DJ on the show and among those who have publicly supported DeGeneres, will guest host some fall episodes. Last month, three of the show's producers exited amid allegations of a dysfunctional workplace that harbored misbehavior including sexual misconduct and racially insensitive remarks.