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Joe Epperson, the three-time Emmy-nominated camera operator who had long stints on All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Full House and The Tonight Show, has died. He was 80.

Epperson died Saturday of cardiac arrest at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, his wife of 58 years, Patty Epperson, told The Hollywood Reporter. He had been in and out of the hospital and rehab since April 29 when his appendix burst.

Known for his skill with hand-held cameras, Epperson in 1981 shot from the Roxy in West Hollywood The Pee-wee Herman Show, which ran on HBO and put Paul Reubens and his hilarious alter ego on the map.

He also trained his lens on Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jr. over three nights at the Fox Theatre in Detroit for a 1989 Showtime special and worked on the James Keach-directed Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me, the 2014 documentary that followed...

Exclusive: Martin Freeman (The Hobbit) and Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon) have signed on to star in The Adam Trials, a psychological thriller with a sci-fi twist from writer-director Ben Ketai (2023’s River Wild).

The film tells the story of two parents who will do anything to save the life of their terminally ill son, employing experimental nanotechnology that starts to show signs of success but at a dark cost.

Compelling Pictures, the production company of Denis O’Sullivan (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Jeff Kalligheri (I Wanna Dance with Somebody), will produce the picture and co-finance. Freeman will exec produce alongside Noah Rosen, Dennis Casali, Matthew Gallagher, and Steven Garcia. Casting for the female lead is underway, the aim being to shoot later this year.

“This movie has been a dream of mine for quite some time now, as has the opportunity to work with Martin again,” says Ketai, who worked with the...

The Billboard 200 albums chart measures the top releases during the weekly tracking period every Friday through Thursday. While it used to be determined strictly by record sales, the ever-changing landscape of music consumption led Billboard to update its methodology for the 21st century.

In 2014, Billboard started considering multiple metrics of music success, including online streams and individual track sales, in addition to the traditional album sales that previously made up the entirety of the Billboard 200's chart determinations. An album sale currently counts as one album unit. Sales of 10 individual tracks also counts as one unit. But an artist needs 3,750 ad-supported streams or 1,250 paid subscription streams to equal one unit. Then in 2020 Billboard began counting music videos on platforms like YouTube.

The Beatles hold the record for the most No. 1 albums with 19; they also have the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with 20. But Beatles alumnus Paul McCartney has...

Dolly Parton was born January 19, 1946 as the fourth of 12 children in Tennessee. What her family lacked in money was more than made up in love and support, and a young Parton was inspired by her upbringing and surroundings, sparking her love of music. By the age of 13, she was learning guitar, writing music and performing; upon high school graduation, she moved to Nashville and embarked on one of the most successful careers in musical history. Well beyond her country and pop career, she was a 2022 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

She pleaded with Jolene to stay away from her man. She shared her stories of growing up simple and poor, but loved, in her Tennessee mountain home, where her mother made her a coat of many colors. She's a feminist who demands that standards shouldn't be different for her just because she's a woman - and...

Mike Love gave thanks to his late cousin and Beach Boys bandmate and co-writer Brian Wilson during his Songwriters Hall of Fame induction in New York on Thursday night, telling the crowd of fellow writers and industry insiders that “I do feel his presence” in the room as he accepted his honor.

Love’s induction to the Songwriters Hall of Fame came just a day after Wilson died Wednesday at age 82, and 25 years after Wilson himself was inducted into the Hall back in 2000.

“I especially must thank my cousin Brian Wilson,” Love said Thursday. “My first cousin by blood but brother in music, together we set the stage for some of the most successful music collaborations of all time.”

Love was inducted by John Stamos, a famously huge Beach Boys fan who’s collaborated with the band frequently. In his induction speech, Stamos said that Love chronicled “the American dream” with the songs he wrote.

You have probably heard Sam Austins already. Since releasing the song “Seasons” last year, the dreamy nü-new wave track has been used in over one million TikTok videos (most of which are just talking about how great the song is) and has accrued nearly 60 million streams on Spotify so far.

Austins may seem like a sudden breakout act but his story isn’t too dissimilar from other megastars on the rise the last couple years: The 29-year-old has been hustling since his teens, eventually getting signed to a major label during the pandemic.

In celebration of Black Music Month, the Ne-yo Radio channel launches today for a limited time on SiriusXM, hosted and curated by the Grammy® Award-winning, multiplatinum hitmaker.

Ne-yo RadioAvailable now through July 3Listen on the App

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SiriusXM listeners can find Ne-Yo Radio on the SiriusXM app from June 4–July 3 and on satellite channel 79 from June 18–24.

What You’ll Hear

Responsible for some of the biggest songs of the 21st century, Ne-yo’s illustrious catalog can be heard on Ne-yo Radio.

The channel also features tracks from iconic artists across multiple genres who’ve inspired “The Gentleman” to do what he does, including Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Sza, Whitney Houston, and many more.

Plus, get an exclusive inside look into Ne-yo’s famed career with stories and insights from his musical journey over the years.

Arista Records has announced its new leadership, as Clio Massey and Matt D’Arduinihave been appointed co-presidents of the label, Sony Music Entertainment said on Tuesday.

The news comes two months after veteran music executive David Massey, who re-launched the famed record label back in 2018, had announced his retirement from the company. Clio Massey, David’s daughter, was previously the general manager of Arista’s Work of Art Publishing and a VP of A&r at the label. She’ll continue to oversee Work of Art Publishing in her new role. D’Arduini, who’d been at Arista since its relaunch, previously served as the executive vice president of A&r at Arista. The duo will report to Sony Music Group chairman Rob Stringer.

“We are pleased to announce a seamless transition for Arista that was creatively reborn in 2018,” Stringer said in a statement. “Clio and Matt are dynamic and...

Paramount’s free streaming service, Pluto TV, has revealed its June highlights. The Pluto TV June 2025 lineup turns up the heat with new movies, music, and marquee moments.

Summer of Cinema kicks off with hundreds of fan-favorite films now streaming — from Interstellar and Heat to Clueless, Mission: Impossible, 28 Days Later, and more.

Pluto TV is also celebrating cultural milestones and bold voices with special programming for Pride Month and Black Music Month, as well as the return of their award-winning Free Movie Weekend initiative, which supports local theaters across the country.

And don’t miss Broadway’s biggest night as The Tony Awards: Act One streams live and free on Pluto TV’s Live Music channel on Sunday, June 8 at 6:40 p.m. Et. Hosted by Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry, it’s your front-row seat to the kickoff of Tony Awards night.

Pluto TV June 2025 Highlights

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HarbourView Equity Partners has acquired the rights to the producer royalty income streams of Grammy-winning producer-songwriter Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, the company confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday.

The acquisition marks another notable deal around Jerkins’ catalog, following the producer selling his publishing catalog to Recognition Music Group (formerly Hipgnosis Songs Fund) back in 2020. HarbourView declined to share financial details of the acquisition. Chapter Two, a Swedish music company specializing in music rights transactions, helped facilitate the deal, HarbourView said.

With the purchase, HarbourView is getting Jerkins’ recorded royalties on iconic hits like Brandy and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine,” Whitney Houston’s “It’s Not Right but It’s Okay,” Destiny Child’s “Say My Name,” Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” featuring Beyoncé, Justin Bieber’s “As Long As You Love Me,” and Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me.” Jerkins is set to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame next month.

Brian Avnet, the respected personal manager and music executive who discovered Josh Groban, collaborated with David Foster and helped The Manhattan Transfer to great success, has died. He was 82.

Avnet died May 14 at his home in Los Angeles after a years-long battle with Parkinson’s disease, a publicist announced.

The Baltimore native also worked closely with the likes of Johnny Mandel, Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Cyndi Lauper, Take 6, Jean-Luc Ponty, Eric Benét and Joshua Ledet.

Avnet began working with The Manhattan Transfer in 1979, and two years later the vocal group became the first to win Grammys in the pop and jazz categories in the same year, earning trophies for “The Boy From New York City” and “Until I Met You (Corner Pocket).”

“Brian was an excellent manager and like a brother to me,” Manhattan Transfer founding member Alan Paul said in a statement.

Starz has announced the movie and TV titles that will be available on the service in June. The Starz June 2025 schedule includes World Outlander Day, the premiere of Bmf season four, and a slate of movies to celebrate Pride and Black Music Appreciation Month.

New movies added in the month of June include the action-thriller Dirty Angels, The Exorcist: Believer, and The Holdovers, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Starz will also exclusively unveil the captivating, untold story of photographer Bette Marshall and 18-year-old Whitney Houston in Whitney Houston in Focus, narrated by six-time Tony Award-winning actress and singer Audra McDonald.

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To celebrate World Outlander Day on June 1, Starz will release Outlander and Blood of my Blood: The Gathering on its YouTube channel and the Starz app. The Gathering unites cast members from both series for the first time to celebrate the Outlander journey, welcome in the new generation of Frasers,...

She the People is a 16-episode Netflix sitcom released in two eight-episode batches on May 22 and August 14, 2025. Created by Tyler Perry and Niya Palmer, with executive producers Keisha Lance Bottoms and Terri J. Vaughn, the series follows Antoinette Dunkerson (Vaughn) as she makes history as Mississippi’s first Black lieutenant governor. Designed as half-hour episodes, it blends family comedy with political stakes, positioning Antoinette against Governor Harper’s anachronistic worldview.

Viewers meet her loud, loving clan—mother Cleo, cousin Shamika, driver Basil, and two teenage children—each demanding attention even as Antoinette strives to enact her agenda. The tone shifts from lighthearted chaos to pointed jabs at systemic obstacles, framing a public-service narrative through humor and heartfelt moments.

Political Premise and Satirical Elements

Mississippi’s practice of electing governor and lieutenant governor separately sets up a built-in power struggle: Antoinette, a Democrat backed by Jackson’s Black community, must collaborate...

Jeff Margolis, a prolific TV producer and director whose roster of credits stretching back to the 1970s includes nearly every major awards show and dozens of live events, specials and variety shows, died today in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 78.

His death was confirmed by the Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee and the Directors Guild of America. No cause of death was given.

“Jeff Margolis created some of the most unforgettable moments in awards show history, and we are grateful that the Screen Actors Guild Awards was among them. For over 16 years, Jeff helped shape the telecast into a celebration worthy of the actors it honors. We are profoundly grateful for his contributions and will miss him dearly,” the SAG Awards Committee said in a statement.

“The entire DGA community mourns the loss of Jeff Margolis, member since 1972,” the Directors Guild of America said in a statement. “Jeff received seven DGA Awards nominations,...

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Is Carrie Underwood about to quit American Idol?

It’s a question that fans have been asking all season.

And the issue has attracted more attention than ever amid surprising controversies surrounding Carrie’s first (and possibly last) season on the judges’ panel.

Carrie Underwood attends the 2024 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 13, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Joy Malone/Getty Images) Carrie Underwood attracts unexpected criticism

On Sunday night, Jamal Roberts was crowned the winner of the show’s 23rd season. And some viewers felt that Carrie seemed less than thrilled about the way the vote turned out.

“Damn I ain’t know Carrie Underwood was this racist,” one X user wrote this week.

“Lol dang, yall gone beat me up. she was racist to the winner of American Idol,” the user later elaborated, adding:...

Forever, based on the book by Judy Blume, has arrived on Netflix. The series stars Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark, Michael Cooper Jr. as Justin Edwards, Xosha Roquemore as Keisha’s mother Shelly, Karen Pittman as Justin’s mother Dawn and more.

Created and produced by Mara Brock Akil, who also serves as executive producer and showrunner, the story captures so strongly the feelings of first love between Keisha and Justin. Fifty years after the publishing of Blume’s hit young adult novel in 1975, Brock Akil has reimagined the story, which traces how first love creates a ripple effect into their futures after they reconnect after grade school in 2018’s Los Angeles.

Find the full soundtrack of Forever below:

Episode 1 – “Reunion”

“Prone” by Masego “Painted on Canvas” by Gregory Porter “Bad and Boujee” by Migos “Within” by Daft Punk “Might Be” by Anderson .Paak “Time Moves Slow” by Badbadnotgood feat.

As Sean “Diddy” Combs faces federal charges of s*x trafficking and racketeering, testimony from his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura has become central to the prosecution’s case. Ventura, who dated Combs for over a decade, has detailed years of alleged abuse, control, and coercion, which began when she was just 21.

Her testimony has drawn multiple high-profile names into the spotlight, names that were caught in the orbit of Combs’ alleged misconduct. One unexpected name that stood out this week was Britney Spears. Ventura told the court that Spears was present the night Combs first made a move on her, which marks the start of something far more sinister.

Britney Spears named in explosive testimony by Cassie Ventura at Diddy’s trial Britney Spears in the music video ‘Toxic’ | Credit: YouTube @britneyspears

Britney Spears was present the night Cassie Ventura says Diddy made his first romantic move with a kiss. The...

Sean “Diddy” Combs suffered an overdose back in 2012 and the revelation was discussed in court.

The disgraced entertainer allegedly overdosed on painkillers the night he attended a Playboy Mansion party in 2012. His lawyers brought it up in a line of questioning while his former partner Cassie was on the witness stand.

When asked about the overdose, Cassie responded, “Was that around the time Whitney Houston died? I believe so.”

She then elaborated on what happened.

Keep reading to find out more…

“That evening we had a ‘freak-off.’ We went to a sex club in San Bernardino. And then he had a party at the Playboy Mansion that night, and I went home…From what [Combs] told me, he took a really strong opioid that night, but we didn’t know what happened. So, we took him to the hospital,” she said in court (via THR).

Cassie was asked if Diddy ever...

Sean “Diddy” Combs suffered an overdose back in 2012 and the revelation was discussed in court.

The disgraced entertainer allegedly overdosed on painkillers the night he attended a Playboy Mansion party in 2012. His lawyers brought it up in a line of questioning while his former partner Cassie was on the witness stand.

When asked about the overdose, Cassie responded, “Was that around the time Whitney Houston died? I believe so.”

She then elaborated on what happened.

Keep reading to find out more…

“That evening we had a ‘freak-off.’ We went to a sex club in San Bernardino. And then he had a party at the Playboy Mansion that night, and I went home…From what [Combs] told me, he took a really strong opioid that night, but we didn’t know what happened. So, we took him to the hospital,” she said in court (via THR).

Cassie was asked if Diddy ever...

Sean “Diddy” Combs overdosed on painkillers the night he attended a Playboy Mansion party in 2012 as he battled addiction issues, which the beleaguered rap mogul and his former long-term girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, struggled with throughout their decade-long on-and-off relationship, she testified Thursday at his federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial.

The incident occurred around four years into their tumultuous relationship, which Ventura detailed as part of testimony she gave in a lower Manhattan federal court as the defense cross-examined her. Ventura has spent every day this week recounting for the court the lurid details of her time with Combs, which involved alleged physical abuse, manipulation, violence and her being coerced into participating in “freak-offs,” drug-fueled sexual encounters with male sex workers as Combs allegedly looked on and masturbated.

“Was that around the time Whitney Houston died? I believe so,” Ventura asked the defense lawyer when questioned about Combs’ overdose. “That evening we had a ‘freak-off.

When Coco Jones decided to sample and interpolate Britney Spears’ classic “Toxic” for her recent single “Taste,” she knew she was taking a risk — and some pop fans were, in fact, offended. But for the golden-voiced R&b/pop star, those kinds of choices were the whole point of her debut album, Why Not More?, which aims to both embrace and move beyond the classic R&b of her breakthrough hit, 2022’s fantastic “ICU.”

“I figured it was gonna ruffle feathers, because of course it’s something so sacred,” Jones...

If you look at the biographies of the most famous singers of all-time, you’ll sometimes see that the world immediately recognized their talent. Take Mariah Carey. The very first demo tape she recorded led to a bidding war between rival studios. Columbia Records went all-out when promoting her, and her debut album went platinum nine times over. Her first single, “Vision of Love,” was one of the biggest songs of 1990 and indeed was one of the biggest of the entire 1990s.

With other artists? Their first song is one that you’ve never heard before and which, perhaps, they’d rather you’d never hear at all.

5 ‘Ringo I Love You’ by Cher

Cher really was born with the name “Cher” — or “Cheryl Sarkisian,” which is close enough. For her very first single, however, she went by the name of Bonnie Jo Mason, which was the sort of wholesome...

TikTok has been banned in several countries for a variety of reasons, but it continues to be the hub for short-form storytelling all over the world, especially when it comes to the romance genre. Everyone from vampires to criminals keeps finding love with the dumbest humans imaginable in a matter of seconds or over the course of multiple videos; yes, there are serialized TikToks as well. But since there’s no room for nuance in such a short period of time, obtuse power dynamics and the romanticization of problematic tropes are the order of the day. And with its ever-rising popularity, that kind of content has been emulated via Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, thereby leading to a barrage of material that holds the power to absolutely rot the common man’s brain. It would’ve been fine if that brand of slop was limited to social media. However, after watching films like The Tearsmith,...

Lucky Season 13 of The Masked Singer came to a thrilling finale Wednesday night, with Pearl claiming the coveted Golden Mask trophy over Boogie Woogie, Coral, and Mad Scientist Monster. After the confetti dropped and panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, and Rita Ora made their final guesses, Pearl removed her bejeweled mask to reveal Grammy-winning country star Gretchen Wilson.

"I was absolutely expecting Boogie to win all the way up to the last minute," Wilson tells Gold Derby (watch the video interview above). "We became friends and we were sort of rooting for each other. And the mom in me, not having any idea who was behind that mask, kind of wanted to share it with him. We were in the same group. We had performed side by side pretty much throughout this whole thing. So Pearl and Boogie Woogie really got to know each other as the characters.

In 1992, Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston starred in The Bodyguard, a romantic thriller that became a cultural hit. Costner played a former Secret Service agent hired to protect Houston’s character, a global music star facing threats from a stalker.

There was romance, there was drama, there was action, there was everything! The film was a box office success, with Houston’s powerful performance of “I Will Always Love You” becoming iconic.

Costner, naturally, had plans for a sequel, but this time he wanted Princess Diana in the lead! Here’s what happened in detail!

Kevin Costner wanted Princess Diana to star in The Bodyguard 2!

For years, rumors have swirled that Kevin Costner was planning a Bodyguard sequel with none other than Princess Diana in the lead. As wild as it sounds, not all Hollywood gossip is just hot air, and this one was actually confirmed by Costner himself!

Brandy and Rita Ora will reprise their roles of Cinderella and the Queen of Hearts, respectively, in the fifth installment of the smash hit Disney Channel Original Movie “Descendants” franchise, officially titled “Descendants: Wicked Wonderland.” Before joining the "Descendants" franchise, Brandy previously appeared in Disney's Cinderella film alongside Paolo Montalban, Whitney Houston, Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, Victor Garber, and more. Also returning for the new movie is Montalban as King Charming and Melanie Paxson as Fairy Godmother, making her the only actor to appear in all five “Descendants” films. “Descendants: Wicked Wonderland” is currently in production and set to release in 2026 on Disney Channel and Disney+. The full cast also features Kylie Cantrall...

Kim Kardashian’s and Taylor Swift’s feud has become infamous in Hollywood. Tracing back to 2016, the two have had very public bad blood because of Kanye West and his obsession with the singer. After the couple tried to manipulate the world into thinking that Swift was a snake, the singer naturally wasn’t going to go down without a fight and receipts.

While most of Swift’s anger towards the situation was targeted towards West, The Tortured Poets Department featured a song that not-so-subtly called out Kardashian for the role she played in the entire situation. Although it seemed like Swift wasn’t getting her revenge, it would seem that their feud could get reignited because of recent events.

Is Taylor Swift acting again?

Although Taylor Swift is best known for her singing and songwriting capabilities, she has dabbled in acting over the years. While fans collectively agree that...

Andy Bell, of the Eighties synth-pop duo Erasure, will release his new solo album, Ten Crowns, on Friday. Ahead of its release, he’s shared a song with Blondie’s Debbie Harry, “Heart’s a Liar,” and on Wednesday follows it up with another diva salute. “Lies So Deep” features Nashville powerhouse vocalist Sarah Potenza and doubles as what Bell calls an ode to Whitney Houston. Bell also describes the track as a “futuristic love song about a time where everybody is allowed the freedom to love whoever they want without interference.

Walking around UTA’s annual bash in Washington D.C. Friday night during this weekend of the White House Correspondents Dinner, many of the expected scenes abided.

The CNN personalities Dana Bash and John Berman jokingly pretended to introduce themselves to each other before posing for a party photo taken by their colleague, D.C. bureau chief David Chalian.

The U.S. senator Amy Klobuchar stood deep inside the crowd in the giant space of Osteria Mozza, the DC offshoot of Nancy Silverton’s Hollywood staple, greeting a slew of well-wishers.

And as a deejay blared Whitney Houston and bartenders poured bespoke cocktails, hundreds of sharply dressed media insiders circulated, laughed and even sometimes danced in a tableau that repeated itself more than a dozen times throughout the capital this weekend.

What made the scenes unexpected, of course, was what was happening outside the party walls. Fears of a tariff-induced recession,...

While we all know Sophie Nyweide for lighting up the screen as a child star in Noah, very few know about the late actress’ battle behind the scenes. Following her tragic demise at 24, now that new reports are surfacing daily, we are starting to learn how Nyweide was suffering from addiction while helping others overcome their battles.

According to a close friend of Sophie Nyweide, the actress had a heart as big as her talent—always helping others, always listening, always kind. But sometimes, the kindest souls carry the heaviest pain. Perhaps that’s what happened to the former child star, who left us too soon, on April 14, after her lifeless body was found on a riverbank.

Sophie Nyweide’s close friend opened up about her wholesome acts before passing away

Sophie Nyweide wasn’t just a former child star—she was the kind of person who would hold your hand through the dark.

On Wednesday evening, shortly after Ayo Edebiri made her entrance through the remarkably heavy doors of Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney (a feat even fellow guest Conan O’Brien struggled with on the same episode), she got comfortable and opened an envelope containing a review of the show she wrote for Letterboxd. Since 2018, the Bear star has reviewed movies on the movie-journaling social network, many of which have gone viral.

Fortuitously for Mulaney, she seemed to like his freewheeling talk show, comparing watching it to crack, y’know, in a good way.

Kendrick Lamar has received a leading 10 nominations at the 2025 American Music Awards. Close behind him are Post Malone with eight bids; and Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Shaboozey Round with seven noms apiece. See the complete list below.

Jennifer Lopez is back as host of the world's largest fan-voted awards show for the first time in 10 years. Voting is open now in all categories at VoteAMAs.com and the @AMAs Instagram profile. The Las Vegas-based kudos will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on Memorial Day, May 26.

While the winners will be chosen by the fans, the nominees were based on the Billboard charts, which include streaming, album and song sales, radio airplay, and tour grosses. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and Luminate, with the eligibility period being March 22, 2024, through March 20, 2025.

Lamar's bids are spread across eight contests: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Gnx...

Kendrick Lamar is the leading contender for the 2025 American Music Awards, with 10 nominations in results announced Wednesday. The nearest runner-up is Post Malone, who has something else to celebrate besides his just-wrapped Coachella headlining stint, with eight noms.

Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Shaboozey are tied for third in the nominations count with seven apiece.

Close behind them is Taylor Swift, described as “the winningest artist in AMAs history,” who has six opportunities this year to add to her historic total of 40. Swift is far from the only one with six nominations; sharing that number are Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen, Sabrina Carpenter and Sza. Landing five noms apiece are Benson Boone, Hozier and Zach Bryan. (Scroll down for a complete list of nominees.)

Nominations are based on a combination of sales, streaming, airplay and touring data points from Billboard and Luminate, but the final awards are fan-voted. Voting is already open via VoteAMAs.

Kendrick Lamar is a 10, at least according to an American Music Awards tally.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper leads this year’s Ama nominations with a total of 10: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (Gnx), Song of the Year (“Not Like Us”), Collaboration of the Year (“Luther” with Sza), Favorite Music Video (“Not Like Us”), Favorite Male Hip-Hop Artist, Favorite Hip-Hop Album (Gnx), Favorite Hip-Hop Song. Should Lamar win in all eight categories, he would tie Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston for the most awards in a single year.

Following Lamar, Post Malone received eight nominations; while Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Shaboozey received seven nominations each. The show will be hosted by and include a performance from Jennifer Lopez.

See below for the full nominees list.

Fan voting is now open via VoteAMAs.

The competition continued on the Monday, April 21, episode of American Idol. After 20 artists performed on Easter Sunday, America voted for their favorites, with only 14 moving on. The top 14 were revealed on Monday night. Yes, unfortunately that meant that six singers were cut and will no longer have a shot at winning Season 23 of American Idol. All 20 artists had the chance to hit the stage, but some were performing for fun, and others, who earned the least amount of viewer votes last night, were singing for the judges’ save. Scroll down for a full recap of the night, including reactions from judges Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie for the performances from those in jeopardy. Plus, find out who was eliminated! Kolbi Jordan Kicking off the night was platinum ticket winner Kolbi Jordan, who made the top 14 and performed a rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I’m Every Woman.” She...

The Masked Singer is just a few weeks away from crowning the winner of Season 13, but you don’t have to wait until the grand finale to find out which celebrities are hiding under the remaining six costumes.

Like Pearl, for example. Remember Pearl? Last seen in the Group B finale on March 19, this literal treasure has stunned the judges with impressive performances of songs like Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love For You” and Dolly Parton’s “Here You Come Again.”

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Real-time virtual production firm Dimension Studio, known for its work on the likes of Sony Pictures’ Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Apple TV+ miniseries Masters of the Air, and the Peacock gladiator series Those About to Die (Peacock), has unveiled a “new end-to-end AI

content production pipeline” that it developed to “support filmmakers and content creators in delivering content faster and more efficiently than ever.”

Dimension, which received a major investment from U.S. private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners (Gcp) last year to “fuel Dimension’s international growth, expanding production capabilities in major markets, including the U.K., U.S., and Europe,” said it will make the new AI offering available across its business “to empower its teams in delivering amazing creative results for clients.”

To show what the AI “pipeline” can do, Dimension’s Dimension Futures team has produced an animated kids short, entitled Mara & Milo: Magic & Mayhem.

Kevin Costner’s docuseries, The West, is officially premiering on the History Channel on May 26. 2025. The eight-episode show centers on the history of the American West and explores a century of historical events that led to the formation of the American identity. Each episode is an hour long and takes the viewers through the stories of iconic figures such as Lewis and Clark and other Native American tribes who defended their ancestral land. The show is hosted by Costner, who also serves as an executive producer alongside historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.

The West will make its debut on the network with back-to-back episodes followed by a special presentation of Episode 3 on May 27, 2025, before returning to its regularly scheduled programming on Mondays. In an exclusive History Channel trailer for the series, Costner asks: “What do we see when we think of the West,” before Goodwin steps in and calls it the “essence of the American dream.

New details have emerged about the reboot of ‘The Bodyguard’.Warner Bros. is set to revamp the hit 1992 romantic drama thriller starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, and it has now been reported the studio has landed ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ film director Sam Wrench to helm the project, with a script by Juror No. 2 writer Jonathan A. Abrams.Deadline reported the moves in the reboot and said the additions to the project came during an interview with Warner Bros.’ co-film bosses Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy. The outlet added no casting has been set, but after the first film’s star duo and box office success – which made $411 million worldwide box office and landed a pair of Oscar nominations – insiders say it will have two major A-listers in the lead roles.There has been speculation Taylor Swift could play Whitney’s part, with names such as Glen Powell...

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour director Sam Wrench is stepping into the hot seat for the remake of 1992’s The Bodyguard.

When a remake of The Bodyguard was first announced in 2021, it made a lot of sense. Having first been conceived in the 1970s as a vehicle for Diana Ross and Steve McQueen, it eventually become a hugely popular collaboration for Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.

Much like A Star Is Born – which now boasts four distinct films – The Bodyguard is surely a film that Warner Bros can return to every 30 years and remake with a hot acting talent and a musical superstar.

It’s taken a few years for the project to gain some traction, but things seem to be moving along now with the news that Sam Wrench will be stepping into the director’s chair.

Wrench is the director of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, the incredibly...

Warners Bros. and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour directorSam Wrench are set to remake The Bodyguard, one of the most popular romance thrillers of the 90s. In addition, Jonathan Abrams has been tapped to write the script; he debuted as a feature screenwriter on the classic Western star Clint Eastwood's courtroom drama, Juror #2. No further news of casting decisions has been shared, but there's a long list of multi-talented singers/actresses who could probably be up for the job to play Whitney Houston's iconic role. Warner Bros. Pictures Group co-heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy shared the news during an interview with Deadline.

Wrench's familiarity with working on musical productions could be a massive win for the remake. The director helmed Laufey's A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl and A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter, which debuted on Netflix in 2024 with appearances from Chappell Roan, Tyla,...

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Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' movie director is set to direct Warner Bros.‘ remake of 'The Bodyguard'. Sam Wrench will helm a new version of the 1992 movie - which starred Whitney Houston as singer Rachel Marron and Kevin Costner as her bodyguard and love interest Frank Farmer. Jonathan Abrams, who wrote Clint Eastwood's 'Juror #2' is writing the script. Matthew Lopez wrote a previous version of the screenplay.Warner Bros. Film Group co-chairpersons and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy confirmed the director news in an interview with Deadline.The Bodyguard tells the story of a former Secret Service agent who is hired to protect a celebrity from her stalker. It became 1992’s second-highest-grossing movie at the worldwide box office and went on to receive two Oscar nominations.No casting announcements have been made for the remake, which has been in various stages of development since 2011.Meanwhile,...

The director for Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour documentary is tackling a new project tied to another major pop star.

Sam Wrench, who was the director for the massively successful concert movie Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, has signed on to direct a remake of the 1992 film The Bodyguard.

The Bodyguard famously starred Whitney Houston, who played a pop singer who hires a former secret service agent to protect her from a stalker. The movie earned $411 million in the box office worldwide, was nominated for two Oscars, and is also known for its best-selling soundtrack that features Whitney‘s legendary version of “I Will Always Love You.”

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Sam is no stranger to helping create top-grossing films himself, as Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie garnered a whopping $261.7 million worldwide, according to Deadline.

Meanwhile, the cast for Sam‘s version of The Bodyguard has not yet been set.

Warner Bros. has set director Sam Wrench to lead a new version of The Bodyguard, the 1992 romantic thriller that starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. Wrench, known for directing Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, will helm the studio’s long-developing remake, which has cycled through various iterations since it was first proposed over a decade ago.

Jonathan Abrams has been brought on to write the screenplay. Abrams made his feature writing debut with Juror #2, the Clint Eastwood courtroom drama completed in 2023. A previous version of The Bodyguard remake script was written by Matthew Lopez, though the current iteration will reflect Abrams’ take on the material. Casting for the project has not yet been announced.

Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, co-heads of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, confirmed the studio’s plans in an interview with Deadline. The film is being positioned as a key project within the studio’s slate,...

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And I will alwaaaays remaaaaake yooooou! Deadline reports that Warner Bros. is moving forward with a remake of The Bodyguard, the classic 1992 romantic thriller which starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. They have tapped Sam Wrench (Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour) to direct from a script by Jonathan A. Abrams (Juror No. 2).

The original film featured Costner as Frank Farmer, a former Secret Service agent who becomes the bodyguard for Rachel Marron (Houston), an award-winning actress and music superstar. With a dangerous stalker lurking just around the corner, the film brought some serious drama, thrills, and romance. The soundtrack album became the best-selling of all time, which included timeless hits such as I Will Always Love You, I’m Every Woman, Queen of the Night, Run to You, and I Have Nothing.

The Bodyguard was a big success upon release, and Costner even started developing a sequel in which he...

Warner Bros.’ remake of The Bodyguard has found its director.

Sam Wrench, who directed the 2023 concert feature Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, is attached to a new version of the original 1992 drama film that starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. No casting announcements have been made.

Jonathan Abrams, who penned last year’s Clint Eastwood-helmed Juror #2 for the studio, is writing the script. Matthew Lopez wrote a previous version of the screenplay for the long-gestating remake that has been in various stages of development since 2011.

The Bodyguard centers on a former Secret Service agent (Costner) who is hired to protect a celebrity (Houston) from a stalker. Marking Houston’s feature acting debut, the movie was a big hit and became 1992’s second-highest-grossing title at the worldwide box office. The Bodyguard landed two Oscar nominations and featured Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” which...

Warner Bros. is planning to remake “The Bodyguard” with Sam Wrench on board to direct. Wrench directed the box office smash “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.” Jonathan Abrams, who debuted as a feature screenwriter with Clint Eastwood’s courtroom drama “Juror #2” last fall, has been tapped to pen the script. No casting decisions have been set.

The news was revealed by Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, the co-heads of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, in an interview with Deadline.

Aside from directing “The Eras Tour,” Wrench has oft toed the line between the film and music industries, helming “Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl” and “A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter,” as well as concert docs for stars like BTS, Billie Eilish and Lizzo.

The original “The Bodyguard” was directed by Mick Jackson and centered on a former Secret Service agent, portrayed by Kevin Costner, hired to protect a famous singer,...

Warner Bros. will always love you and is in the works to remake a romantic, box office ’90s hit. Warner Bros. Pictures will remake the 1992 film “The Bodyguard” starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, the studio’s film chiefs announced in an interview Friday.

“The Bodyguard” starred Costner as a former Secret Service agent as a man who takes a job protecting an R&b singer with a lifestyle far different than what he’s accustomed to and whom is being pursued by a stalker. The film was released at the height of Whitney Houston’s pop stardom and includes some of her classic hits including “I Will Always Love You,” and it also was nominated for two Oscars for Best Original Song. The film made $411 million worldwide, and Warner Bros. has even tried to remake the property before, including most recently in 2011.

Warner Bros. has already attached a director and writer to the project.