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Wall Street Journal
11-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘Make It Easy on Yourself: The Scepter Recordings 1962-1971': Dionne Warwick at Pop's Pinnacle
Last year, when Dionne Warwick was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, British actress and singer Cynthia Erivo offered this salute: 'I think it would be very safe to say that I'm standing on Dionne's shoulders, because she really did create a path that didn't exist—and ran down it!' It also would be safe to say that what Ms. Erivo meant is that until the arrival of Dionne Warwick, there was virtually no such thing as a black female pop singer. Black women were classified as singers of jazz or the blues or R&B, but no one dominated the mainstream charts the way Ms. Warwick did throughout the 1960s. She opened the way for everyone who has come since, from Aretha Franklin to Ms. Warwick's cousin Whitney Houston to Beyoncé.
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
A Tiny Chef Inspires an Outsize Outpouring
After the creators Rachel Larsen and Ozlem Akturk learned that their Nickelodeon series, 'The Tiny Chef Show,' was canceled, they had to break it to their star. 'Once we learned of the news, we just knew we needed to tell Chef,' Larsen said in a video call. Chef, by the way, is a small, cylindrical fellow with black eyes and an adorably garbled voice who lives in a tree stump and enjoys singing. He is animated, but Larsen and Akturk occasionally speak of 'Cheffy,' as he is also known, as if he's a real person. The result was a stop-motion video in which the Tiny Chef gets a phone call from what he calls 'Mickelfodeon.' He then sits down to cry after he is told there will be no more new episodes. Since the clip was posted to social media about two weeks ago, the little vegan gourmand has received an outpouring of love as well as about $140,000 in donations from fans hoping to keep his content flowing. The character's newly relaunched fan club, which is called a 'Fan Cwub' to mimic Chef's distinctive way of speaking and requires a paid membership, has drawn more than 10,000 members. Famous fans have also expressed their support. Dionne Warwick, X commentator nonpareil, posted the cancellation video with strong words for Nickelodeon: 'are you proud of making this thing cry? Who is in charge over there? I want a name.' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
BBC News
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Dionne Warwick to perform in East Sussex and Kent
One of the most successful female chart artists of the 20th Century is set to perform in both East Sussex and Grammy winner Dionne Warwick is taking her Don't Make Me Over UK tour to the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne on Tuesday and to the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury on 5 May. The American singer, whose hits include Walk on By, Do You Know The Way To San Jose and Heartbreaker, will be interviewed on stage as well as performing some of her most popular said of her latest show: "It's basically all the answers to the questions everybody wants to know about me from the horse's mouth. "Instead of gossip you're going to get the absolute truth about the people I've been honoured to meet and who have embraced me." 'Name-dropping' Warwick has sold more than 100 million record worldwide and has had 55 hit singles in a 60-year career.A cousin of Whitney Houston, the singer, now 84, told the BBC she had had some very famous mentors - including Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr and Ella said: "These were people who took me into their arms and said 'we're going to make sure you do it the right way'."Every time I mention them I feel like I'm name-dropping."Warwick said she was planning to make a record soon with one of her favourite groups of all-time - Earth, Wind and Fire. She said: "I am slowing down. It's taking a bit more out of me, just the travelling."I'm nearing the time I'm going to be very selective with what I do."
