Celebs react to Supreme Court decision, Michael Jackson composes ‘Sonic 3’ music, and more celeb news
Celebs react to Roe v. Wade overturning
Michelle Obama, Taylor Swift and Halle Berry are among the army of outraged celebrities venting rage at the Supreme Court’s scrapping of the constitutional right to abortion in the US.
They joined president Joe Biden in hitting out after the lawmakers overturned the landmark Roe v Wade ruling – making terminations illegal for millions of American women.
Mum-of-two Obama, 58, said amid fury erupting across America in the wake of Friday’s (24.06.22) ruling: “I am heartbroken that we may now be destined to learn the painful lessons of a time before Roe was made law of the land — a time when women risked losing their lives getting illegal abortions.”
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SEGA confirms Michael Jackson composed music for Sonic the Hedgehog 3
SEGA has finally confirmed that Michael Jackson composed the music for ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’.
Yuji Naka, the former head of Sonic Team at the Japanese video game company, appeared to confirm the long-time rumour that the late King of Pop – who died in 2009, aged 50 – created music for the 1994 video game whilst complaining that the soundtrack for the title has been changed in new compilation release ‘Sonic Origins’.
Yuji wrote on Twitter: “Oh my god, the music for Sonic 3 has changed, even though Sega Official uses Michael Jackson’s music.”
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Sir Paul McCartney enjoys virtual duet with John Lennon at Glastonbury
Sir Paul McCartney got “back together” with the late John Lennon during his Glastonbury set on Saturday (25.06.22).
The 80-year-old musician – who is the event’s oldest ever solo headliner – stunned the crowd at the Pyramid Stage when he sang a virtual duet with his late bandmate on ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’ thanks to the help of director Sir Peter Jackson, who helmed the recent Beatles documentary ‘Get Back’.
He said: “I’ve got a special little thing here. One day, Peter Jackson rings me up and says he can take John’s vocals and isolate them so that you can play live with John on tour. He said do you fancy that?”
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