Lenny Kravitz and a fewAmerican women are headed to this years Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The Fly Away rocker was announced Wednesday as one of the annual events performers. Alicia Keys, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and the Indigo Girls are also scheduled for live concert sets. Credit: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images He was a loving guy. If he liked you, he really liked you and treated you beautifully, Kravitz said of his friend....

His wife said that he passed away in his sleep. My husband passed in his sleep in our Nashville home. He was recovering from heart surgery in July and looked forward to getting back on the road in January. Credit: Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images We appreciate everyones love and support. My darling Leon Russell passed away last night, he wrote. He was a mentor, inspiration and so kind to me. Thank God we caught up with each other and made The Union....

Shortly after Cohens passing was announced on his Facebook page, Bette Midler lamented, Leonard Cohen has died. Another magical voice stilled. No other artists music felt or sounded like Leonard Cohens, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote. Credit: Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns via Getty Images Yet his work resonated across generations. Canada and the world will miss him. Moby remembered Cohen as Such a beautiful man, such a beautiful soul, and k.d....

But now, as the world continues to mournCohens passing, Hallelujah marks his impact and legacy. Here are some of the most memorable uses of Hallelujah on TV and in film. Shrek Hallelujah was heard in the first film of the animated franchise, as covered by Rufus Wainwright. Credit: NBC; Simone Joyner/Redferns via Getty Images; DreamWorks; Courtesy Everett The West Wing One of the most famous uses on television was onThe West Wing, when C....

Formidable in both the sacred and the mundane. Cohens daughter, Lorca, and Wainwright and are friends and entered a parenting partnership. Lorca Cohen gave birth to one of Leonard Cohens two grandchildren in 2011:Viva, now 5. Credit: George Pimentel/WireImage Wainwright also credited Cohen for his positive influence. He continued: But its ok, its all in the music. Farewell Leonard, we need you now up there as much as we did down here....

I dont think Ill be able to finish those songs, he tellsNew Yorkereditor David Remnick. Maybe, who knows? And maybe Ill get a second wind, I dont know. Credit: Simone Joyner/Redferns via Getty Images But I dont dare attach myself to a spiritual strategy. I dont dare do that. Ive got some work to do. Take care of business. I am ready to die. I hope its not too uncomfortable....

The collection, produced by Cohens son Adam, will be out Oct. 21 and is currently available forpreorder. A portion of the songappearedin this yearsPeaky Blinderson Netflix. See a full track listing forYou Want it Darkerwith commentary and choice lyrics from Cohen below. Credit: Graham Denholm/WireImage You Want It Darker Hypnotic groove. The surprise of a great synagogue choir. An unflinching exploration of the religious mind. Didnt know I had permission to murder and to maim....

Look back at EWs story below. Rebecca De Mornay wears his sweatshirts. No one, however, does trash disposal like Leonard Cohen. Credit: Andrew Stawicki/Toronto Star via Getty Images You know what this is? Cohen intones, the sound of the Lord on a bad day. Its old-fashioned French incense. Keith Beaty/Toronto Star via Getty Images You just light it and stand there. At 58, hes even older than most aging baby- boomer rock stars, whom he calls mere boys....

We were in the middle of a bunch of stuff, Leonard tells EW. We were going to venture to make an R&B recordfor real. Theres four, five, six songs that are sitting there, and theyre good. Credit: Graham Denholm/WireImage; David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images We were all over a few things that were too damn cool, Leonard says. Theyre done just like Treaty and theyre beautiful. Its an interesting exercise, right?...

The scientific consensus is in, and the argument is now over, DiCaprio said in his opening. Obama acknowledged that changing skeptics minds about climate change initiatives is a process. People are locked into existing ways of doing business. Credit: White House/Twitter Climate change is real. It is happening right now,he said. See a trailer for it below. Watch the full discussion above, starting at 38:20. SXSL was billed as a White House festival of ideas, art, and action....

Steady work is hard to come by. Thats true everywhere, and its true in Hollywood. Originally a Boston newspaperman, he started working at MGM as a script supervisor right after World War II. The small screen beckoned. He became a TV director, and he worked across TV history. He was there when fading movie stars sought second life,The Mickey Rooney ShowandThe Roy Rogers Show. He was there for the Westerns,Colt ....

Then when I saw him I was like man f Capt America. A little later in her tweet binge, she added, Cat dude is serious!! Her first issue was with the real name of The Winter Soldier. Credit: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic; Marvel c’mon Splain! In June, JoneswatchedGame of Thronesand gave her hilarious live reactions for a segment onLate Night with Seth Meyers. WhileGOTandCivil Warwould seem to have nothing in common, the comedian found a way to intertwine the two worlds....

Leslie Jones continues to bounce back from herwebsite hackthrough comedy. After making fun of the situation on stage at the Emmys, the comedian usedMr. Robotas inspiration for a sketch on the matter for this weekendsSaturday Night Livepremiere. Credit: Alex Schaefer/NBC Watch the sketch below. But since youre good at keeping things safe, I got a job for you: My twitter account! Put that in the vault, kindly. She added, Yall over here using your skills to protect Best Voiceover in a French Sitcom....