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Lana Del Rey engaged to music manager Evan Winiker: report

Lana Del Rey is reportedly engaged to music manager and musician Evan Winiker, Billboard reports.

The “Candy Necklace” songstress, who last week released her hotly anticipated ninth studio album, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” has kept her rumored romance with Winiker under wraps.

The pair, who have reportedly been dating for a few months, were seen together only a handful of times.

Del Rey and Winiker, who is a managing partner at Range Media, have remained pretty tight-lipped on their relationship even on social media.

Page Six has reached out to Del Rey’s reps for comment.

The “Ride” singer, 37, sparked engagement rumors after she was seen wearing a huge diamond sparkler at the Billboard Women In Music Awards on March 1.

Evan Winiker, who is a managing partner at Range Media, was previously in a band with Jack Antonoff.
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The 40-year-old comes from a music background himself, having previously been in a band called Steel Train with songwriter/producer Jack Antonoff.

The “Born To Die” hitmaker was seen wearing a diamond ring at the Billboard Women In Music Awards earlier this month.
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Antonoff has worked closely with Del Rey on several of her projects, including her 2019 album “Norman F–king Rockwell,” her 2021 album “Chemtrails Over The Country Club,” and her most recent project, released on March 24.

Prior to her rumored romance with Winiker, the “Summertime Sadness” hitmaker was last romantically linked to musician Jack Donaghue, 33.

Del Rey, whose real name is Elizabeth Grant, was rumored to be dating the Salem frontman for a few months in early 2022, although the exact timeline of their relationship remains unclear.

Winiker has reportedly been dating the Grammy-nominated singer for a few months.
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Prior to that, Del Rey was in a relationship with country singer Clayton Johnson after they met on a dating app in 2020.

They were rumored to be engaged later that year, but ultimately called it quits and did not address the breakup.

Del Rey’s past romantic interests include Scottish singer-songwriter Barrie-James O’Neill, whom she dated from 2011 until 2014.

The “Summertime Sadness” hitmaker was last romantically linked to musician Jack Donaghue, 33.
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The singer also dated cop Sean Larkin and even attended the 2020 Grammys red carpet with him.
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She then dated Italian photographer Francesco Carrozzini from 2014 until 2015, before enjoying a brief romance with rapper G-Eazy in 2017.

She also dated cop Sean ‘Sticks’ Larkin and even attended the 2020 Grammys red carpet with him.

However, they broke up just months later.

Speaking in 2014, Del Rey told Rolling Stone that she has “an affinity for really good, strong, self-assured people.”

The following year, the “Born To Die” singer told Harper’s Bazaar that she likes “to come home and have someone there.”

“For someone like me – and it’s not a codependent thing – I just like having someone there. I’ve been alone, and that’s fine. But I like to come home and have someone there,” she told the outlet at the time.

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Sting talks tantric sex with wife Trudie Styler: ‘It’s very healthy’

Sting is still fond of sharing the hours-long tantric sex sessions he enjoys with his wife — three decades after making the risqué revelation.

“I don’t mind that at all — it’s very healthy,” the former frontman of The Police and grandfather of seven told The Sydney Morning Herald in an interview published Wednesday. “We didn’t discuss sex ever with my parents.”

“I’m fortunate in many, many respects, and having my health at this age is something I don’t take for granted,” he continued. “I’ve lost a lot of friends that didn’t make it this far, so I appreciate every day as it comes.”

The “Shape of My Heart” singer, 71, revealed in the early 1990s that he and wife Trudie Styler, 69, engaged in seven-hour tantric sex sessions.


Sting’s “My Songs Tour” returns to the US in April with a Las Vegas stint.
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The couple has addressed the claim over time, with Sting admitting in 2014: “Seven hours includes a movie and dinner.”

“There is some truth to it in that the idea of tantric sex is that sex is a spiritual act,” the rocker told James Lipton on “Inside the Actors Studio” as Styler watched from the audience.

“I don’t know any purer and better way of expressing a love for another individual than sharing that wonderful, I call it sacrament. I would stand by it. Not seven hours. The idea,” he added.


Sting and Trudie Styler attend the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy party on Jan. 27, 2018.
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Sting and Styler married on Aug. 20, 1992, and share four children: Brigitte, 39, Jake, 37, Eliot, 32, and Giacomo, 27. Sting also has two children with his first wife, Frances Tomelty: Joseph, 46, and Fuschia, 40.

In 2011, Styler claimed her husband’s initial statement was a “drunken boast” during an interview with fellow singer Bob Geldof for Q Magazine.

“At one point, the journalist asked how long they could go for, and Geldof said he was a three-minute man, but, as Sting did yoga, he could probably go for hours,” she told The Sun, per NME. “And Sting said, ‘Well, haven’t you heard of tantric sex?’”


Sting’s tantric sex confession originated from a 1990s interview alongside Bob Geldof.
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“So Sting explained that it is all about being intimate, about caring for your partner, really engaging in intimacy before you, you know… have sex. And that’s the premise of tantra, really. It’s simply engagement with your partner,” Styler explained.

Sting’s “My Songs Tour” returns to the US in April with a Las Vegas stint.

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Katy Perry reveals ‘huge’ mistake declining to work with Billie Eilish

She was the one that got away.

Katy Perry revealed her “huge” regret of passing up an opportunity to work with Billie Eilish.

The “California Gurls” hitmaker said she had the chance to collaborate with Eilish on her hit track, “Ocean Eyes” — but declined after thinking the song was “boring.”

In a TikTok video posted by 102.7 KIIS FM on Friday, the 38-year-old told a group of fans, during what appeared to be an intimate gig, about the collaboration that could’ve come to life.

Perry said she received an email from someone that said, “Hey, check out this new artist. I’d really like us to work with her because she was working with me for Unsub [Records].”

At the time, Eilish was not a household name.

“It was a song called ‘Ocean Eyes,’ and it was just a blonde girl,” Perry candidly revealed. “And I was like, ‘Meh, boring.’”

Perry then admitted it was a “big mistake, huge mistake” passing up on the offer, adding, “Don’t let this hit the Internet.”

“Ocean Eyes” became one of Eilish’s most popular songs to date, and single-handily propelled her to global stardom.

Since becoming a regular at the top of the charts, Eilish has bagged 7 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “No Time To Die.”

“Ocean Eyes” was Eilish’s second single and apart of her debut EP.
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And there are no hard feelings between the pair.

Perry and Eilish are friends — as shown in her 2021 documentary, titled “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry.”

Perry introduced the “Bad Guy” singer to her husband, actor Orlando Bloom — but Eilish had no clue who he was at first glance.

Perry introduced the “Bad Guy” singer to her husband, actor Orlando Bloom.
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“My fiancé who doesn’t listen to modern music, he’ll only play you in the car all the time,” Perry told Eilish in the clip.

But after the couple walked away, Eilish was at odds over who the man was. After Eilish’s brother Finneas told her that Bloom starred in “Pirates of the Caribbean,” she naturally began to fangirl.

“That guy?! That was him?!” she said. “No way! Bring him back. I want to meet him again. He kissed me on the cheek. I did not know that was him. I thought that was just some dude Katy Perry met.”

Luckily for her, Bloom returned and gave her another hug — one she appreciated more the second time around.

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Twitter rips John Mayer over new Taylor Swift song

Dear John, Taylor is still angry with you.

Thirteen years after Taylor Swift’s “Dear John” famously bashed John Mayer after their breakup, the pop superstar appears to be at it again on “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve” — one of seven more tunes on a surprise “3 a.m. Edition” of her new “Midnights” album that dropped at 3 a.m., of course, on Friday morning.

“Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first/And I damn sure never would’ve never danced with the devil,” sings Swift, who was just 19 when she was dating Mayer, 13 years her senior.

And she makes it pretty obvious that the slightly spooky song is about Mayer when she drops a big clue about her age: “At 19, and the God’s honest truth is that the pain was heaven/And now that I’m grown, I’m scared of ghosts.”

In 2009, John Mayer and Taylor Swift were making beautiful music together at the Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden.
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Swift is clearly not in a forgiving mood about how Mayer “tried to erase” their romance.

“I regret you all the time/I can’t let this go/I fight with you in my sleep/The wound won’t close,” she sings.

The army of Swifties — as the singer’s legions of fans are known — were all for this latest round of Mayer bashing on Twitter.

“john mayer was sleeping peacefully but was awoken at 3am with a chill down his spine,” tweeted one Swiftie.

Taylor Swift released seven more songs on a surprise “3 a.m. Edition” of her new album “Midnights.”

Another fan posted a pic of a man sleeping peacefully on clouds accompanied by the tweet: “how I sleep knowing John Mayer is about to pay for his crimes yet again.”

Yet another tweet put it bluntly: “She ended John Mayer.”

But “Midnights” also finds Swift reflecting on her current romance with actor Joe Alwyn, her beau of six years.

On the electro-infused opener “Lavender Haze,” she addresses rumors of their engagement: “All they keep asking me/Is if I’m gonna be your bride/The only kinda girl they see/Is a one night or a wife.”

Taylor Swift’s new song “Sweet Nothing” seems to be about her longtime romance with actor Joe Alwyn.
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Elsewhere, the gentle, graceful “Sweet Nothing” — which was co-written by Alwyn under his pseudonym William Bowery — appears to give an intimate peek into a relationship that provides sweet solace from the fame grind for Swift: “I find myself running home to your sweet nothings/Outside, they’re push and shoving/You’re in the kitchen humming/All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing.”

But Swift has revenge on her mind on “Karma,” which seems to be another dig at Scooter Braun, with whom the singer battled over her masters before beginning to re-record her albums: “My pennies made your crown/Trick me once/Trick me twice/Don’t you know that cash ain’t the only price?/It’s coming back around.”



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Taylor Swift’s cryptic reveal about upcoming ‘Midnights’ album

The countdown to “Midnights” continues.

Fresh off of being honored as Songwriter-Artist of the Decade at the Nashville Songwriter Awards on Tuesday night, Taylor Swift revealed the first song title from her much-anticipated 10th studio album — due Oct. 21 — in a TikTok video posted, naturally, at the stroke of midnight.

Having previously only revealed that there were 13 tracks on “Midnights,” the 11-time Grammy winner debuted “Midnights Mayhem with Me” as a way to roll out the song titles with a lottery-style cage containing balls marked 1 through 13.

“I know I have a habit of dropping cryptic clues and easter eggs when giving you information about new music, and I’m not here to deny that — I’m here to defy that,” she says. “Welcome to a series I’m calling ‘Midnights Mayhem with Me.’ I am going to be using this technologically-advanced device to help me allow fate to decide exactly what tracks titles I’m going to be announcing and in what order.”

The 32-year-old singer-songwriter then draws the first ball from the cage, and it just so happens to be for Track 13 — which any good Swiftie knows is Tay Tay’s lucky number.

Taylor Swift accepts her Songwriter-Artist of the Decade trophy at the Nashville Songwriter Awards on Tuesday night.
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“The first track I’m going to tell you about is Track 13, because of course,” says Swift, who then picks up a red phone and reveals that “Track 13 is called ‘Mastermind.’ ”

And that title tease is all that eager fans get for now, as they will need to calm down and wait for what will presumably be 12 more videos —  which are sure to be dropped at midnight — before getting the full track listing for “Midnights.”

But Swift wasn’t playing it so coy when she accepted her Songwriter-Artist of the Decade honor at the Nashville Songwriter Awards, which took place at Music City’s Ryman Auditorium on Tuesday night.

Taylor Swift first announced the upcoming release of her “Midnights” album during her Video of the Year acceptance speech at the VMAs last month.
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“Writing songs is a calling, and getting to call it your career makes you very lucky,” said Swift, who of course got her start in Nashville as a country artist. “You have to be grateful every day for it — and [for] all the people who thought your words might be worth listening to. This town is the school that taught me that.”

Swift — who got her own songwriter page on Spotify earlier this week — then sang the 10-minute version of “All Too Well” that won her a record third Video of the Year trophy at the MTV Video Music Awards last month. And it was during her acceptance speech that the superstar first announced the upcoming release of “Midnights.”

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Australian singer John Farnham hospitalized after cancer diagnosis

Australian singer John Farnham was hospitalized after being diagnosed with cancer.

The crooner, 73, underwent a 12-hour surgery to remove a cancerous growth medics recently detected, his family said in a statement.

“We have recently discovered that John has a cancerous growth,” the singer’s wife Jill Billman, and their two adult sons, Robert and James, said in the statement obtained by ABC.

“He has been admitted to hospital this morning for surgery and ongoing treatment,” his loved ones added.

Farnham, who is best known for his Aussie anthem “You’re the Voice,” also provided a statement to fans, saying that cancer is something “so many people face every single day.”

“The one thing I know for sure is that we have the very best healthcare professionals in Victoria, and we can be grateful for that. I know I am,” the singer said.

His family did not reveal the type of cancer he is battling.

The singer underwent a 12-hour surgery.
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The worrying news comes after Farnham was plagued with yet another health woe in 2019.

In 2019, he told The Daily Telegraph he was forced to cut his tour short following a “severe” kidney infection.

“I didn’t realize until too late,” he told the outlet of his condition at the time. I’d been feeling uncomfortable. My wife Jill had been telling me to go to the doctor.”

He said the ordeal forced him to “wake-up call to look after myself a bit more.”

Farnham was the last person to perform on stage with Olivia Newton-John.
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It comes just weeks after Farnham was left heartbroken over the death of his longtime friend, Olivia Newton-John.

The “Grease” legend died earlier this month following a long battle with cancer, as Farnham paid tribute on social media.

“Behind that iconic smile was a tenacious fighter. A beautiful voice and a loyal friend. She will be greatly missed,” the singer wrote on Facebook.

He was the last person to perform on stage with the “Hopelessly Devoted To You” hitmaker. The pair performed three songs together at the Fire Fight Australia bushfire relief gig in February 2020.



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