The mother of ‘Precious' actress Gabourey Sidibe spent 30 years as an underground performer before hitting it big on ‘America’s Got Talent.’ ...

Alice Tan Ridley, a City subway singer who gained fame in her 50s after a show-stopping appearance on “America’s Got Talent,” has died at age 72.

Since that deal began, some of the NFL's biggest stars – including Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, and Rob Gronkowski – have appeared in Subway commercials. The chain also activated its ...

We've seen players like Robert Griffin, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes and Rob Gronkowski in Subway commercials over the last few years, but a new chain is set to take over as the official sandwich of ...

as well as singing for Buick and Royal Caribbean Cruise commercials. Despite her acclaim, Ridley told The New York Times in 2016 that she went back to singing in the subway two years earlier becau ...

Chipotle has a multiyear renewal of its North American sponsorship deal with the NHL and formed a new marketing relationship ...

NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to remember Alice Tan Ridley, who busked in the New York City subways and reached the ...

The actress's mother performed in NYC subways for 30 years before appearing on "America's Got Talent" in 2010.

In New York, she began performing on street corners and in subway stations ... nightclubs around the country and overseas. She sang in commercials, and put out an album, called Never Lost My ...