Sam Smith Throws Back A Few Shots In “Like I Can” Video, Aretha Franklin Sings “Happy Birthday” To Taylor Swift + More On Last Lap

By Diane Cho

December 12, 2014 / 6:00 PM

D'Angelo has announced a new album after a 14-year hiatus, Chris Martin recalls the time when David Bowie rejected his request to record vocals on a Coldplay song, Dawn Sears from the Time Jumpers dies and more on Last Lap.

Watch Aretha Franklin sing "Happy Birthday" to a very lucky Taylor Swift at Billboard's 2014 Women in Music event.

Brad Pitt cracked jokes about Rihanna and "the dubious and nefarious character known as The Jay Z" while hosting RiRi's Diamond Ball. [E Online]

D'Angelo is back after falling under the radar for years and is ready to release his new album Black Messiah. He will debut his new collection of work at a listening session on December 14th at the Dream Downtown Hotel in New York City. [MI]

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The Gossip Table gives Chris Brown advice on how not to be lonely on Christmas.

Coldplay's Chris Martin said that one time he asked David Bowie to record vocals on a Coldplay song but Bowie said no because the song was "not one of [their] best." [NME]

Dawn Sears, vocalist for the Time Jumpers, dies at 53 from lung cancer. [RS]

[Photo credit: Capitol Records]