John Legend

John Legend On Talking Politics In Public, Even When It's Hard

... are some country artists I know that are conservative, but there's a lot more country artists that are liberal and just don't talk about it 'cause they know their fans will reject it. I have a lot of friends and believe me, some of them are liberal but they don't make a big deal out of it, because they know it'll alienate their base. I'm telling you, most creative people are liberal. Are you OK with that? If you have a friend who does country music and decides. Yes, I'm OK with it! I understand that they have to make a decision whether or not it's worth the risk for them. And I understand everybody's gonna come out differently when they make that decision. Everybody's not political, everybody's not as willing to be outspoken and put themselves on the line as I am, and I'm fine with that. You had what strikes me as not a small negative experience recently at an airport with some paparazzi and your new wife. What happened there. So, the guy basically made some kind of joke that, "If we evolved from monkeys, why are you still around," was what this joke was basically insinuating — that I'm a ...

John Legend Discusses Playing At Oscars And Producing Show ‘underground

... rebelled again and said, “We’re going to institute Jim Crow. We’re going to institute lynching.” So whenever we’ve made progress in this country, it’s been great, but there have also been forces that have tried to take us back to a previous era when we weren’t as free. Even when we make progress that we’re proud of, we can’t take it for granted that’s going to stay in place. We’re going through a period now where Donald Trump has promised to make us a less just and less free country, and those who believe in justice and freedom are going to have to stand up for it. Q: It seems like your activism is a part of who you are as an artist. A: I have always had aspirations of activism. I always thought that part of the role as an artist was to tell the truth about what is happening, what [people] see and what kind of change they want to see. I have always listened to artists who did that, like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Paul Robeson, etc. People who used their platform to fight for justice. So I always thought that’s ...

Chrissy Teigen On Finding Time For Date Nights With John Legend

... very honest with people" about the help she receives. "I have my mother who lives with us, I have John, I have a nanny. I'm very outspoken about it, and when I see that I still have a difficult time, I just don't know how anyone else does it," she shared. RELATED: Chrissy Teigen Stuns in Lacy Bra Top on Valentine's Day Date Night With John Legend: Pic. Teigen looks flawless in new photos from the latest Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, which she shot just six months after giving birth to baby Luna, but says she wouldn't be able to get back into shape so quickly without "access" to special resources. Photo: James Macari/ Sports Illustrated. WATCH: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Lip-Synching to 'Ordinary People' Will Make Your Valentine's Day Complete. "I just have so much respect for everybody and I think it's… we're given all the tools to be able to get ourselves together and to be able to leave the house for a little bit and go work out and eat well, and I think that's not something that ...

John Legend, Keith Urban, Celine Dion Show Love For Bee Gees' Songs At Grammy Salute

... in Los Angeles Tuesday. (Photo: Patrick Riviere, Getty Images). 3556 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENTEMAILMORE. LOS ANGELES – The Bee Gees are disco-era Saturday Night Fever, but they’re so much more. Top musical performers, including John Legend, Celine Dion, Ed Sheeran and Keith Urban, performed the Bee Gees' many and varied hits at Tuesday’s taping of an upcoming CBS concert special, Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees, reminding fans that the work of the Brothers Gibb spanned decades and genres. Post-Grammy tribute specials, which have become part of the annual festivities with so many performers in town for the awards ceremony, have celebrated such artists as The Beatles and Stevie Wonder. — Bill Keveney (@billkev) February 15, 2017. Barry Gibb, the surviving member of the trio of brothers, attended the concert, receiving thanks and praise from music stars before joining the performance late in the show. His brothers Maurice and Robin died, respectively, in 2003 and 2012. Gibb, not ...

John Legend Lends His Support To Local Advocates For Criminal Justice Reform

... 2017, at The First 72+, a re-entry center for formerly incarcerated people, founded Custom Optical New Orleans, LLC, with the help of a small business incubator program at the center. Singer and songwriter John Legend, in town to perform at the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, toured the center and held a roundtable discussion at VOTE-NOLA about criminal justice in New Orleans. Buy Now. Advocate staff photo by SCOTT THRELKELD. Singer and songwriter John Legend, left, talks with Derrick Perique, 32, about Perique's eye-glasses business as he tours The First 72+, a re-entry center for formerly incarcerated people, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 in New Orleans. Perique founded Custom Optical New Orleans, LLC, with the help of a small business incubator program at The First 72+. Legend, in town to perform at the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, toured the center and held a roundtable discussion at VOTE-NOLA about criminal justice in New Orleans. Buy Now. Advocate staff photo by SCOTT THRELKELD. Derrick Perique, 32, photographed Saturday, Feb. ...

Ariana Grande & John Legend's 'beauty And The Beast' Bows

... 'Beauty and the Beast' Bows. Ariana Grande and John Legend recording "Beauty and the Beast.". Plus, moves for Bruno Mars & Mariah Carey. As previously reported , Ed Sheeran 's "Shape of You" tops the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Feb. 25) for a third total week. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga blasts back onto the chart with a record-tying No. 4 re-entry for "Million Reasons," which had previously peaked at No. 52, after she performed the song during her Super Bowl LI halftime show (Feb. 5). Who else makes Patriots-reminiscent drives up the chart this week. Bruno Mars , "That's What I Like". The retro-R&B song enters the Hot 100's top 40 (57-37), as it debuts on the  Digital Song Sales chart at No. 36 (21,000 downloads sold, up 75 percent, in the week ending Feb. 9, according to Nielsen Music). Mars' 17 th top 40 Hot 100 hit, and the follow-up to the No. 4-peaking "24 K Magic," also rises 39-37 on Radio Songs (35 million in airplay audience, up 27 percent) and vaults by 98 percent to 7.8 million U. S. streams. "Like" should lift further after Mars performed it on the Grammy Awards Feb. 12. Ariana Grande  &  John Legend , "Beauty and the Beast". Ahead of the March 17 ...

John Legend @ The Greek Theatre 5/27

... Legend @ The Greek Theatre 5/27. Katherine Loughrey February 19 th, 2017 - 1:57 PM. Buy music on this topic at. | Amazon. Ten time Grammy winner John Legend will be making a stop at The Greek Theatre in the bay this spring! He will be playing the Berkeley based venue on May 27 th. He will be touring on his Darkness and Light tour alongside R&B singer Gallant. This will be his only stop in the Bay Area. John Legend has not only one impressive resume outside of music (UPenn grad… hello Ivy League), a beautiful kickass wife and daughter, and an active philanthropist, his musical achievements are just as incredible. He’s won 10 (TEN!) Grammys, one Academy Award, one Golden Globe, and countless others. Recently, Legend dropped his album Darkness and Light in 2016 and in the short amount of time it’s been out it has already been racking up awards and recognition. Hits from that album include Love Me Now, Penthouse Floor, and What You Do To Me. Previous to that he has dropped four other albums, his 2004 debut album Get Lifted, 2006’s ...

Chrissy Teigen Thinks It's 'silly' John Legend And Her Are 'relationship Goals

... those really the “goals” we wish to accomplish? Probably, but that’s not the point. Chrissy continued. We should definitely have higher standards of relationship goals, but at the same time, we’re very happy to be people’s relationship goals. In other words, she’s saying we should be obsessed, but just not too obsessed. We can all agree that’s easier said than done… especially when their relationship has resulted in the creation of baby Luna. The 31-year-old supermodel also spoke to the magazine about how “hesitant” she was to participate in the 2017 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue only 10 months after giving birth to her first child. I think just my confidence level changed a lot, but once you get there and you see MJ [Day] rooting you on and this team of people just rooting you on, you’re happy to do it. But I was for sure nervous, I still had my belly line, I mean, I had my stitches. I could get into a lot. You don’t even want to know. If her recent nude photo is any indication, I think it’s safe to say Chrissy ended up being very comfortable in her own skin during her SI shoot. Ladies let's get in ...

Chrissy Teigen And John Legend Star In A Steamy Valentine's Day Video

... ' When they sang it together at the end, I got goose bumps.". LOVE 17—"The Fans Issue," Spring/Summer 2017—is out now. Rankin for LOVE. The couple's 10-month-old daughter, Luna Stephens, received an early Valentine's Day present Monday from Kim Kardashian and Kanye West 's children, North West and Saint West. Teigen shared a video of her new shoes on Snapchat, joking, "Maybe this will help today's crankiness.". E! News spoke to Legend over the weekend at the 48 th Annual NAACP Image Awards, who said his little girl is "doing so well" ahead of her first birthday. "She's so fun right now. She's moving around a lot," he raved. "She's not walking yet, but she's crawling with speed and exuberance.". Though Teigen shot down pregnancy rumors just two weeks ago, Lip Sync Battle's "colorful commentator" and Legend plan to expand their family when the time is right. "We want to have more," he said. "We had a hard time doing it ourselves, so we got some help [through IVF treatments]. It resulted in Luna and hopefully it will result in a couple more kids in the future.". E! Is ...