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McCartney gushes about Beyonce’́ s version of ‘Blackbird’
Not that she needed it, but Beyoncé has gotten Paul McCartney’s seal of approval for her recently released version of his song, “Blackbird.” He called it “magnificent” and “fab.”
The former Beatle said in an Instagram post that he hoped Beyoncé’s performance of the song might ease racial tension.
The song, titled “Blackbiird” with two I’s, is the second track on Beyoncé’s latest album, “Cowboy Carter.” released March 29.
“I am so happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird.’ I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place,” McCartney said on Instagram. “I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!”
In the past, McCartney has said he wrote the song after hearing about nine Black students who were harassed and threatened by white students while enrolling in and desegregating Little Rock, Arkansas’ Central High School in 1957.
O’Brien to return to ‘Tonight Show’ set for first time since his firing
Conan O’Brien is returning to the “Tonight Show” stage for the first time as a guest, visiting the stomping grounds from which he was abruptly fired in 2010.
The comedian and “Conan O’Brien Must Go” host will return to the NBC late-night show, now hosted by Jimmy Fallon, on Tuesday.
O’Brien, 60, will return to promote his Max travel show, which debuts April 18. The series will follow O’Brien as he travels around the world to visit fans he interviewed on his podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Fan,” a spinoff of his popular podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.”
O’Brien hasn’t publicly visited the “Tonight Show” set in person since being ousted from the late-night show in 2010 after less than a year. He replaced Jay Leno, who hosted from 1992 to 2009.
Leno succeeded him and hosted another four years.
In 2018, the comedian appeared with Stephen Colbert in a pre-recorded skit for “The Tonight Show.”
O’Brien went on to host the TBS late night show “Conan” for 11 seasons, with the finale airing in 2021, ending his 28year run as a late-night talk show host.
YouTuber announces divorce, birth of 3rd daughter on same day
YouTuber and influencer Aspyn Ovard has filed for divorce from her husband on the same day she announced the birth of the couple’s third daughter.
Ovard, 27, filed for divorce from Parker Ferris on Monday, according to court records in Salt Lake County, Utah. A reason for the divorce was not listed in court records.
That day, Ovard announced the birth of her third daughter. In a social media post, Ovard said the girl, whose name she has not publicly released, was born six weeks early, writing in the caption: “Sweet baby was ready to be born i guess.”
After she was born, the baby went to the neonatal intensive care unit and is “doing really well,” Ovard posted on TikTok.
Ovard, 27, has been on YouTube since 2010 under the username HauteBrilliance. She married Ferris in an outdoor ceremony in October 2015, when she was 19.
Ovard posts beauty, fashion and lifestyle content across all her platforms, including YouTube, where she has over 2 million subscribers, Instagram and TikTok.