How 'Stranger Things' landed 'Purple Rain' and gave it a big Gen Z boost

Don’t stop believing in “Purple Rain.” Since the title song of Prince’s 1984 hit movie was featured in the finale of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Dec. 31, “Purple Rain” is enjoying another life. The ...
Consequence

Prince Surges on Streaming, Thanks to Stranger Things

Call it the Kate Bush Bump: After “Purple Rain” and “When Doves Cry” were used by the Duffer Brothers in the series finale of ...

‘Stranger Things’ Creators Explain How They Got Two Prince Classics Into the Finale

Matt and Ross Duffer explained how they managed to license two Prince classics — 'Purple Rain' and 'When Doves Cry' for the ...

The Deeper Meaning Behind Purple Rain & Why It Was Used in Stranger Things’ Series Finale Explained

Stranger Things Season 5's final episode achieved a whole different kind of milestone by getting some of biggest Prince songs ...

‘Purple Rain’ falls on Hawkins: What ‘Stranger Things’ finale gets right again? The songs

From Prince to David Bowie, the finale is a gift of songs new generations will discover long after Hawkins fades. Note: some ...
American Songwriter

Don Bryant, Veteran Memphis Soul Singer-Songwriter, Dead at 83

Don Bryant, pioneering singer-songwriter on the Memphis soul scene, died on Dec. 26 at age 83, his family announced.
Gulf News

It’s raining in Dubai — and Bollywood’s rain songs suddenly make perfect sense again

Kissing was taboo, but Bollywood filmmakers found inventive ways to show romance on screen The iconic raing song where Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol's characters from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai professed their ...
The Guardian

‘It’s not going to be some miraculous recovery’: film charts healing of Ukrainian children rescued from Russia

Director of After the Rain, set in animal therapy retreat, says she aimed to portray ‘children as children, not as a statistic’ Sasha Mezhevoy was five years old when she, her older brother and sister ...
WDSU

Watching rain chances for Manning Family Children's Holiday Parade

RAIN CHANCES GOING BACK UP TOMORROW. WE’RE REALLY CLOSELY WATCHING THE MANNING FAMILY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PARADE SATURDAY MORNING. RAVEN AND THE RAIN STILL LOOKS TO BE LINGERING JUST A LITTLE BIT.
Riverfront Times

Sophie Rain’s At It Again: OnlyFans Millionaire Caught Giving Back, This Time With Children As The Intended Recipients

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Yahoo

OnlyFans’ Sophie Rain Bought Toys Worth Over $5K For Kids

OnlyFans‘ Sophie Rain recently went to Walmart to collect all the unclaimed Angel tags, filling her cart with toys to brighten kids’ holiday season. In a TikTok video, she expresses her gratitude for ...
TheWrap

Here Are All the Songs in ‘Wicked: For Good’

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are back as Elphaba and Glinda for “Wicked: For Good,” Jon M. Chu’s latest film which adapts the second act of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s hit musical. Though ...