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In Season 1 of HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere,” the spotlight had to find Sam (Bridget Everett), a wayward 40-something, looking for direction in her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas.

In the slice-of-life dramedy’s very first episode, Sam is reluctantly pulled on stage by her best friend Joel (Jeff Hiller) to perform karaoke and ends up astonishing the crowd as she belts Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush’s “Don’t Give Up.” She doesn’t like the vulnerability, but there’s no denying music is her form of expression.

So, it’s a full-circle moment in the series finale when Sam seizes the microphone to perform for her chosen family (with Joel again on the piano). “For me, she has grown about a thousand miles from where she was in Season 1,” Everett tells Variety. “For a viewer, it probably just seems minute, but our whole mission for Sam was to have her keep pushing herself.

John Cusack brought troubling stalker behavior, er, teen rom-com courtship to new heights in 1989’s Say Anything, standing outside the family home of valedictorian Diane Court with a boombox raised above his head. As everyone remembers, Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” was the song that Lloyd Dobler chose to wake the neighbors. But that scene could have sounded much different if Cusack had his way.

That’s because “In Your Eyes” wasn’t the first song director Cameron Crowe tried in the iconic scene. “No, not at all,” he told Dan Patrick in 2017. “In fact, that was a scene that was not working at all.”

What was the problem? Blame it on Cusack’s love of the ska-punk band Fishbone. Crowe was also a fan, which accounted for the original song blasting out of Lloyd’s boombox: “Bonin’ in the Boneyard.” Give a listen and dig the amorous vibes...

Robert Pattinson and Denzel Washington are now set to star in their first movie together. Pattinson got his start in young adult franchise movies, first playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and then taking the role of Edward Cullen in the massively popular Twilight franchise. After the conclusion of Twilight, he has starred in other blockbusters like 2022's The Batman, but he has also worked in smaller projects with a number of notable directors and co-stars including The Lighthouse (opposite Willem Dafoe), The King (opposite Timothée Chalamet), and High Life (opposite Juliette Binoche).

His newest co-star would certainly count among those notable names. There have been a great number of both critically and commercially successful Denzel Washington movies. In addition to blockbusters such as the Equalizer trilogy, Unstoppable, Safe House, and American Gangster helping push his filmography's cumulative worldwide box office haul past $4.9 billion, the...

For more than a decade, heritage rock artists have been juicing their live shows by recreating their vintage albums start to finish. That list includes Neil Young (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere), Bruce Springsteen (The River), U2 (The Joshua Tree), Sonic Youth (Daydream Nation), and Steely Dan (every one of their records). This fall, Patti Smith joints the list when she’ll be playing all of Horses to mark its 50th anniversary. An entire Canadian company, Classic Albums Live, is devoted to this trend, with a group of largely unknown musicians covering all of Rumours,...

British Breakthrough

BBC Two and iPlayer will air a night of Bruce Springsteen programming in May to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Boss’s first U.K. concert. The centerpiece, “When Bruce Springsteen Came To Britain,” features a world-exclusive interview where Springsteen recounts his 1975 Hammersmith Odeon debut. “I had Ptsd from the first Hammersmith show,” Springsteen reveals in the documentary, describing how he fled his own celebration party.

The one-hour film, produced by Wise Owl Films, includes interviews with E Street Band‘s Stevie Van Zandt, Sting, Peter Gabriel, and manager Jon Landau. Michael Palin, who documented the original concert in his diary, also appears.

The special night will include “Hammersmith Odeon ’75,” featuring the full concert with classics like “Born to Run,” and a new compilation of Springsteen’s BBC performances spanning six decades.

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Years and years ago there was a trend where famous movies were being given fan-made trailers where they were put into an entirely different genre. Remember the one for The Shining that saw the Torrances as a happy family, moving about the Overlook Hotel while Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill” played? Well, those innocent days are long gone because now YouTube is infested with fake trailers that make use of AI, tricking many into thinking it’s a legit promos from the studio.

These AI trailers that have been hitting YouTube for the past couple of years have really picked up steam over the past few months, especially hitting on major upcoming releases. Some of the bigger titles, like James Gunn’s upcoming Superman, get hundreds of thousands of views, sometimes more than the real trailers. Sadly, not all of the top comments are informing others...

Aurelio Martínez, the celebrated Honduran folk musician who helped introduce the wider world to the music of the Garifuna people, died Monday, March 17, in a small passenger plane crash. He was 55.

Martínez was one of 13 people who died when the small plane crashed moments after taking off from an island near mainland Honduras. The musician’s label, Real World Records, confirmed Martínez was among those who’d died in a statement.

“Aurelio was more than just a musician — he was a statesman, a spokesperson and vital savior of the culture...

Exclusive: Portishead co-founder Geoff Barrow has just wrapped his first feature film dubbed Game, which he co-wrote and produced via Invada Films, the newly launched arm of his Bristol-based Invada Records. Here we’ve got an exclusive first-look image from the film.

The thriller, which stars Marc Bessant and Jason Williamson and is the directorial debut of filmmaker John Minton, is set against the backdrop of the 1990s rave culture where two men – one a thief and one a poacher – must use their wits to survive.

It’s an idea that originated through a conversation between Barrow and Bessant, who then brought Minton and Rob Williams aboard to help with writing the story. Williams wrote the final screenplay.

The project was shot in and around Bristol in the UK and is now in post-production.

“John Minton and I have worked together for over 20 years on music projects and have always...

Alison Tavel’s documentary Resynator explores a synthesizer’s history while uncovering a deeper personal narrative. The film examines Don Tavel’s creation, a synthesizer that briefly attracted attention from musicians like Peter Gabriel but never achieved widespread recognition.

The machine becomes a conduit for Alison’s exploration of her father’s life, revealing hidden stories and emotional landscapes.

Resynator tells a deeply personal story, connecting technology with intimate human experiences. Through her search for the synthesizer’s fragments, Alison discovers layers of her father’s life—complex, contradictory, and profoundly affecting her own understanding of family and memory.

The documentary weaves between present-day investigations and past revelations, creating a nuanced portrait that transcends the technical origins of a musical instrument.

A Daughter’s Search for Sound and Silence

Alison Tavel’s documentary explores her father Don Tavel’s life through the lens of his forgotten musical invention, the Resynator.

UK chart-topper Phil Collins has seemingly pulled down the curtain on his long career, saying he has no wish to make any further music.

The former Genesis frontman and solo superstar, now 74, told Mojo magazine:

“I keep thinking I should go downstairs to the studio and see what happens. But I’m not hungry for it anymore.”

Collins toured for a final time with his former band Genesis in 2022, but his frail physical health meant he performed from a chair on stage. He told Mojo:

“The thing is, I’ve been sick, I mean very sick.”

Collins previously revealed that he suffers from type 2 diabetes and complications from a spin injury, also that he could no longer hold his drum sticks properly without feeling pain, even taping his sticks to his hands to get through later gigs.

As a solo entertainer, he has won eight Grammy Awards, four Billboard Music Awards,...

In a new interview, Phil Collins reveals that health issues have not only prevented him from performing live but have also sapped his desire to make new music.

Speaking to Mojo, Collins said, “I keep thinking I should go downstairs to the studio and see what happens. But I’m not hungry for it anymore. The thing is, I’ve been sick, I mean very sick…”

It’s unclear whether Collins is suffering from new ailments in addition to the deteriorating back condition that has limited both his mobility and...

In a rare interview, Phil Collins said he has considered recording new music, but is unable to do so because he’s been “very sick.”

The iconic Genesis member and solo singer-drummer offered the health update to Mojo as part of the UK magazine’s new cover story on Genesis coinciding with the release of a new Lamb Lies Down On Broadway box set.

Collins, whom Consequence named one of the 100 Best Drummers of All Time, explained that both his health and his waning desire have prevented him from creating new music. “I keep thinking I should go downstairs to the studio and see what happens,” remarked the rock legend. “But I’m not hungry for it anymore. The thing is, I’ve been sick, I mean very sick…”

While he didn’t specify his current health condition, Collins suffered nerve damage stemming from a 2007 spinal injury. During Genesis’ farewell...

London’s Mercato Metropolitano food market is opening a studio for TV and movie productions – while still functioning as a sustainable food court – after servicing the shoot of upcoming doc series “The Unknown Chefs” produced by Italy’s Andrea Iervolino and British music producer David Tickle.

The “Unknown Chefs” series chronicling the journey of four cooks who sought refuge in the United Kingdom –- respectively from Syria, Namibia, Nepal, and Uzbekistan –- and then managed to turn the food of their homeland into their livelihoods, will drop March 7 on streamers including Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Iervolino’s Tatatu platform.

Iervolino produced the show with Tickle via his Tickle Entertainment shingle. Tickle is known for his work with artists including Blondie, Peter Gabriel, U2, Prince and Joe Cocker.

The show’s protagonists were able to launch their own street food businesses with the support of Mercato Metropolitano.

Iervolino, whose credits include Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,...

The theme song for "The Big Bang Theory" is a fast-talking deluge of pseudo-nerdy references that are juuust incorrect enough to drive real-life nerds a little big crazy. The full version of the theme, rarely played in its entirety before the show, included enough brainy references to be clever, however. It talks about bipeds evolving, the continent of Pangaea, and it contains the lyric "Australopithecus would really have been sick of us," which I deeply appreciate. 

The theme song was written and performed by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies, the authors of the famously wordy 1998 hit "One Week." Gen-Xers can likely recite large portions of "One Week", although only committed Barenaked Ladies fans have memorized the entire thing. The band also had charting hits with "It's All Been Done" (also from 1998) as well as "Pinch Me" and "Too Little Too Late." Those paying attention to indie rock in 1992 likely heard...

In January 2025, Aardman Animations' latest critically acclaimed film, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, premiered in the United States on Netflix. Aardman Animations Limited is a British animation studio founded in 1972 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton. The studio, which is known for its stop-motion animation, first gained prominence for its Morph series of short films and for working on Peter Gabriel's landmark "Sledgehammer" music video. In addition to Morph, Aardman Animations created the Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep franchises.

Between the late 1980s and mid-1990s, Aardman Animations emerged as one of the world's most respected animation studios thanks to their award-winning short films. In five years, Aardman Animations won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film three times for Creature Comforts, Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers, and Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave. At the start of the new millennium, Aardman Animations began making feature-length films.

Gabriel auctioned off a piano signed by over 40 top musicians to raise money for his human rights charity, Witness.

He is a founding member of The Elders.

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In an age where CGI animation reigns supreme, traditional 2D animation is all but dead in movie theaters, and we’re regularly subjected to photorealistic monstrosities from mega-corporations like Disney, a new film from Aardman Animations feels like an oasis in a desert. While they’ve of course dabbled with some CGI films, the Bristol-based studio has otherwise stayed committed to a style of filmmaking that feels handmade: quite literally. On the models of the Plasticine-based characters that populate an Aardman film, you can sometimes spot the fingerprints of the directors who painstakingly move them around to create the thrilling action and laugh-out loud comedy. With cinema increasingly becoming in danger of going AI-generated, it’s comforting to see a movie that’s so unambiguously made by humans.

Although they made their feature film debut in 2000 with the beloved “Chicken Run,” Aardman Animations goes all the way back to 1972, when...

Reflecting on the genre-bending success of his 1989 college project A Grand Day Out, filmmaker Nick Park claimed that the inspiration was relatively simple. “I had this idea about an English guy who builds a rocket, and the joke was he built it in the basement of his house. I was...

Drummer Phil Collins is the subject of Drummer First, a documentary premiering on YouTube next week.

Despite his status as one of the best selling music artists in the world, Phil Collins is, first and formost, a drummer. He says as much in new documentary Drummer First, which premieres on the Drumeo YouTube channel next week.

Musicians appearing in the documentary include Nic Collins, Chad Smith, Mike Portnoy, Leland Sklar, Tommy Aldridge, Eloy Casagrande, Billy Cobham, Matt Cameron, Daryl Stuermer, Luis Conte, Dom Famularo, Simon Phillips, Todd Sucherman, Jonathan Moffett, Jordan Rudess, Brann Dailor, Liberty DeVitto and Chad Wackerman.

Drumeo has carved out a bit of a niche among drummers and aspiring musicians, producing videos where drummers from famous bands react, play along to or compose their own original drum parts for various songs. Michael Jackson’s drummer Jonathan ‘Sugarfoot’ Moffett playing along with metronomic precision to Smooth Criminal, and...

Kofi Annan was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. Along with the United Nations, he was awarded the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for his founding of the Global AIDS and Health Fund to support developing countries in their struggle to care for their people.

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Kofi Annan has supported the following charities:

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Genesis are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their 1974 opus, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, with a Super Deluxe Edition featuring a remastered version of the double LP, a new Dolby Atmos mix, a complete 1975 concert from the Lamb tour, three unheard demos, and a 60-page coffee table book with liner notes by Alexis Petridis. It will hit shelves on March 28, 2025.

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was the last album that Genesis recorded before Peter Gabriel quit the band to launch a solo career. It’s a concept record...

Michael Mann's big-screen iteration of his hit 1980s television series "Miami Vice" was up against it from the moment it was greenlit. The problem was right there in the title, and what it represented. When people who were old enough to have watched "Miami Vice" during its run from 1984 to 1990 recalled the show, they remembered a series that was Reagan-era style over substance. It was cool during a profoundly uncool era, a byproduct of empty MTV gloss bolstered by ultra-unhip music from Glenn Frey and Phil Collins. Star Don Johnson -- unshaven in a white sportcoat, rocking white Cole Haan kicks without socks -- was the epitome of the series.

The shimmering South Florida surfaces was one reason to watch, but anyone who paid actual attention to the plotlines knew going into Mann's film that the show was always about a rough, thankless, inherently deceitful job and the...

Which Bollywood Movie Did Daniel Craig Audition For?

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You read that right—Daniel Craig, now a household name as James Bond, once auditioned for a role in Rang De Basanti that you wouldn’t expect him to touch. In a twist that even the most hardcore Bond fans might not know, Craig tried out for the part of James McKinley, the British jailor who walks the freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev to their execution in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s iconic film.

But things didn’t pan out—because he was also being considered to take on the role of the next 007 at the time. In his autobiography, The Stranger in the Mirror, Mehra recounts how he wanted to create a piece of world cinema, aiming for perfection behind the scenes with a team that included David Reid and Adam Bowling. These two had worked on classics like Lock,...

Playing For Change (Pfc), a Certified B Corp (Social Purpose Corporation) multimedia company dedicated to connecting the world through music, is proud to announce the upcoming release of their highly-anticipated album, Songs For Humanity, set to release November 15, 2024, with album artwork designed by the legendary Lee Oskar.

Songa for Humanity

This extraordinary musical compilation brings together a multitude of global musicians in a powerful celebration of unity, diversity, and the transformative power of music.

Songs For Humanity boasts an unprecedented lineup of musical luminaries, with contributions from legends such as Robbie Robertson, Ringo Starr, John Paul Jones, Carlos Santana, Slash, Jackson Browne, Black Pumas, Bunny Wailer, Peter Gabriel, Manu Chao, and many more. This diverse ensemble of artists represents a global tapestry of talent, each lending their unique voice and musical prowess to create a harmonious mosaic of sounds and cultures.

At the core of Songs For Humanity lies the...

The Franco-American Cultural Fund has unveiled the nine award winners from the American French Film Festival, which took place in Hollywood from Oct. 29- Nov. 3.

Taking home top prize for the audience award was “The Marching Band,” directed by Emmanuel Courcol. Boris Lojkine’s “Souleyman’s Story” took home the critics award while Louise Courvoisier’s “Holy Cow” nabbed the first film award. Taking home the American students award was “The Count of Monte Cristo” written and directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre De La Patellière. David Hertzog Dessites’ doc “Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand” won the documentary film award.

In the television category, “The Blissful” from director Stanislas Carré de Malberg won the TV movie award. Isaure Pisani-Ferry’s series “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” won the TV audience award. “Samber” from creator and writer Alice Géraud won the jury series award and Émilie de Monsabert’s “Suzzane” won the short film award.

Peter Gabriel has boarded the documentary New Blood — about the historical trauma and current challenges faced by Canada’s indigenous people — as an executive producer.

The British rock icon first allowed music from New Blood, his ninth studio album, to be used in an original live high school dance show inspired by the true story of Siksika First Nation chief Vincent Yellow Old Woman. Writer and director Adam Solway then produced a documentary for the CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, based on the dance show that brings together an Alberta community for healing and reconciliation.

“When we approached Peter Gabriel about the documentary, he graciously granted us permission to use his entire New Blood album in kind, citing his great respect for indigenous people,” New Blood producer Austin Ladouceur explained in a statement. “The album includes some of his greatest hits with an accompanying orchestral instrumental, and we’re thrilled...

Producer Michael Jackman has done it all.

He has 35 years of experience in all aspects of motion pictures. Most recently he’s produced “Conclave,” a papal thriller starring Ralph Fiennes that looks to be a big awards contender this season. But before that, he was EVP of physical production and post at FilmNation Entertainment. While there, he worked on movies like “Arrival,” “Greyhound” and “The Good Nurse.”

He started as a Pa and over the years oversaw the construction and operations of a state-of-the-art, 45,000-square-foot post-production facility for Ronald O. Perelman’s Deluxe Entertainment in the heart of New York City; served as senior vice president of post-production at the Weinstein Company and Dimension Films, working on post-production for over 40 films; and supervised several Oscar-nominated films including “Gangs of New York” and “The Aviator,” and was associate producer on Michel Gondry’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

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Singing is an act of faith. Whether you’re alone in the shower or mic’d up on stage, every time you turn your voice into an instrument, you’re asking for trust — trust that others will want to hear it, trust that you’ll remember all the words, notes, and rhythms, and, perhaps most importantly, trust that you’ll be happy with whatever comes out.

Faith isn’t easy to come by for Sam (Bridget Everett). When we first met the Kansas native in the first season of HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere,” she’s working a dismal office job. She’s just lost her sister, Holly, after a year of caring for her in their Manhattan, Ks hometown. Sam’s parents are on the decline, and the rest of her family isn’t exactly a fount of inspiration. Even friends are hard to come by. To say Sam’s...

The Forge has acquired North American rights to Guan Hu’s Cannes award winner “Black Dog,” and worldwide distribution rights to Alison Tavel’s “Resynator,” which won the best documentary audience award at South by Southwest.

The Forge also recently acquired North American rights for French horror-comedy “The Balconettes,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and plays the American French Film Festival in Hollywood next week.

“Black Dog,” which won Un Certain Regard’s prize at Cannes 2024, follows ex-offender Lang (Eddie Peng) who “returns to his hometown where he forms an unexpected bond with a stray black dog. Both outcasts, they embark on a transformative journey together,” according to an official logline. The film grossed more than $2.4 million after just two days at the Chinese Box office.

“Resynator,” which serves as Tavel’s feature directorial debut, “follows the legacy of inventor Don Tavel through the eyes of his daughter Alison,...

Based on an initiative by Richard Branson and Peter Gabriel, Nelson Mandela announced the formation of The Elders in July 2007 in Johannesburg on the occasion of his 89th birthday. Members of The Elders are: Martti Ahtisaari, Kofi Annan, Ela Bhatt, Lakhdar Brahimi, Gro Brundtland, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Jimmy Carter, Graça Machel, Mary Robinson and Desmond Tutu (Chair).

The Elders are a group of global leaders, brought together by Nelson Mandela, who use their collective experience and influence to promote peace, justice and human rights worldwide.

They include the former holders of some of the world’s most important and demanding posts, and individuals with an extraordinary track record on peace-making, reconciliation and social change.

Independent of government and no longer holding public office, the Elders are helping tackle some of the world’s most intractable problems, through both private advocacy and public work.

The Elders work strategically, focusing on areas...

Litmus Music has acquired Randy Newman’s music publishing and his stake in his recorded music catalog, the company announced Thursday. The deal includes both songs and film scores from throughout his entire career, which dates back to the 1960s.

Among the more famous songs in Newman’s catalog that are part of the acquisition are “I Love L.A.,” “Short People,” “You Can Leave Your Hat On,” “Feels Like Home,” “Mama Told Me Not to Come” and “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.” His film scores include the four “Toy Story” films, “The Natural,” “Awakenings,” “Monsters Inc.,” “Cars,” “Ragtime,” “A Bug’s Life” and “Marriage Story.”

The company said it was entering a “creative partnership” with the musician. No price tag was publicly set on the deal.

Litmus launched in the summer of 2022 and made its first major acquisition the following December, buying Keith Urban’s rights to his master recordings.

As part of Prime Big Deal Day 2024, Amazon is offering major discounts on vinyl box sets from Nirvana, The Beatles, Rush, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Rolling Stones, Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Wilco, Tina Turner, Peter Gabriel, and more.

— Abba’s Vinyl Album Box Set is on sale for $114.92 (54% off)

— The Beatles’ Let It Be (Super Deluxe) vinyl box set is on sale for $119.97 (40% 0ff)

— Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary) vinyl is on sale for $43.99 (12% off)

— Depeche Mode’s Sounds Of The Universe – The Singles box set is on sale for $132.83 (34% off)

— Eagles’ To the Limit: The Essential Collection vinyl box set is on sale for $107.86 (28% off)

— Eminem’s 8 Mile (Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture) (Deluxe Edition) is on sale for $43.95 (56% off)

— Jason Isbell’s Southeastern (10th Anniversary Edition) vinyl box set is on sale for $67.72 (25% off)

— The Last of Us 10th Anniversary Vinyl...

Each week, Consequence rings in New Music Friday by highlighting new albums to stream. With just a short stretch of days before we’re fully back in autumn mode, today’s slate of great releases might very well be the soundtrack for the next season.

There are some bold statement pieces from artists on the rise, like Dora Jar and julie, as well as some new offerings from established favorites, like a new live album from The War on Drugs and The Jesus Lizard’s comeback LP Rack. Meanwhile, singer and songwriter Nilüfer Yanya returns today with another indelible record, My Method Actor.

Here are 10 new albums to stream today.

Dora Jar – No Way to Relax When You’re on Fire

The Los Angeles singer-songwriter has risen quickly through the ranks of the pop machine, but she’s done so with an unshakeable authenticity. Dora Jar can be weirdly charming...

MTV doesn’t air as many music videos as they used to, but the MTV Video Music Awards are still one of the most anticipated music events of each year. However, while the Grammys are voted on by the industry insiders who make up the Recording Academy, the VMAs have been decided by fans since 2006 (except for below-the-line professional categories like Best Direction and Best Cinematography). So who are the biggest winners of all time at these awards? Scroll down to see the most honored artists in history.

The VMA Moon Person trophies themselves are often overshadowed by the show’s drama and spectacle. Much of that spectacle comes from performances, like legendary provocateur Madonna performing “Like a Virgin” dressed as a bride in a bustier at the very first ceremony in 1984. She also famously sang “Vogue” dressed as Marie Antoinette in 1990, and she kissed Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears...

Eminem’s latest album may be called The Death of Slim Shady, but for his first TV performances from the album, the rapper brought back his platinum-haired alter ego, along with a horde of look-alikes.

In an opening reminiscent of his 2000 VMAs performance of “Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am,” in which Eminem was accompanied by 100 look-alikes, the rapper kicked off the 2024 VMAs and his “Houdini” performance by entering the Long Island, New York, Ubs Arena sporting a platinum-blond wig, joined by many men with the same hair.

Before going inside the arena, the 2024 MTV VMAs showed a Bat-Signal-like “E” in the sky. When Eminem and his doppelgängers reached the stage, he wove among them as he continued to perform.

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He then segued into “Somebody Save Me,” ditching the wig for a black hat,...

Taylor Swift collects records by the armful, from concert ticket sales to album sales to awards hauls. She made history again in 2024 at the MTV Video Music Awards where she won five times, bringing her total to 28. That surpassed Beyonce‘s record of 27 wins to make Swift the most honored artist in the history of the VMAs. Scroll down for the list of her every victory at the awards.

Swift wasn’t always the juggernaut she is now. In fact, she lost her very first nomination at the VMAs: Best New Artist in 2008 for “Teardrops on My Guitar,” back when she was recording music as strictly a country artist. And her first triumph at the awards, Best Female Video in 2009 for “You Belong with Me,” was infamously marred by the interruption of Kanye West who insisted that Beyonce deserved the award instead.

But Swift got many more chances to make speeches uninterrupted.

Eminem kicked off the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards with a performance of “Houdini” and his Jelly Roll collaboration “Somebody Save Me” off his latest album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).

The performance opened with a short skit in which a mass of Slim Shady clones stormed New York’s Ubs Arena under the leadership of Eminem as he rapped the opening lyrics of “Without Me” from 2002’s The Eminem Show. In a choppy blonde wig of his own, Eminem used the opening as a reference to his entrance at the 2000 MTV VMAs,...

Eminem will release an extended deluxe version of his recent LP, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce), on Sept. 13.

The rapper announced the Expanded Mourner’s Edition of the album on social media alongside a short video featuring a milk carton with a missing notice for Slim Shady. “Have you seen him?” Eminem inquired with the announcement. A tracklist for the expanded edition has yet to be revealed.

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Eminem is set to open the 2024 MTV VMAs with the first TV show performance from his latest album, The Death of Slim Shady.

The rapper is nominated for eight VMAs this year, including video of the year, best hip-hop, song of the summer and VMAs’ most iconic performance for his 2000 medley of “Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am,” which included more than 100 look-alikes.

Currently tied with Peter Gabriel for the most VMA wins by a solo male artist in show history, Eminem could break that record with just one win this year. He also holds the record for most wins by a rap artist with 13 VMAs and is the second most nominated artist in VMAs history with 67 nods, trailing only Madonna with 71 nods.

Eminem joins a performers lineup that includes Anitta (featuring Fat Joe, DJ Khaled and Tiago Pzk), Benson Boone, Camila Cabello, Chappell Roan, GloRilla, Halsey, Karol G,...

Eminem is set to open the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, airing live this Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. Et.

The rapper will perform material from his latest album, The Death of Slim Shady, for the first time on television. Eminem is also nominated for eight VMAs this year, including Artist of the Year, Video of the Year, Best Hip-Hop, and Song of the Summer for the Death of Slim Shady’s lead single, “Houdini.” If he wins just one award, he’ll surpass Peter Gabriel as the most decorated male artist in VMAs history.

Eminem is opening the 2024 MTV VMAs!

The global superstar will open the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards live on Wednesday (September 11) at 8 p.m. Et from the Ubs Arena in New York.

The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) performer will be giving fans the first TV show performance from his recently released 12th studio album.

Eminem is tied for the most Moon Persons wins with Peter Gabriel, and last opened the VMAs in 2010 with a powerful performance of “Not Afraid,” followed by a duet with Rihanna for “Love the Way You Lie.”

He has 8 nominations this year including Video of the Year, as well as VMAs Most Iconic Performance for his 2000 medley of “Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am,” which included a procession of 100+ lookalikes dressed as himself.

One win this year will make him the most awarded male artist in the show’s history. He already...

Scrubs' coming revival has the chance to bring one of Jd's final fantasies to life, meaning a 15-year-old scene could finally be realized when the sitcom comes back. The showrunner has already promised he's "Definitely going to" bring back Scrubs, and has been very vocal on the subject for a few years. With the failure of Scrubs season 9 leading to its cancelation in 2010, the show's comeback has some redeeming to do, and a big part of that could be addressing a key moment from the penultimate run's finale.

The Scrubs revival hasn't yet been officially greenlit, but showrunner Bill Lawrence remains resolute in his intention to bring the medical sitcom back to TV screens. When he finally follows through on his plan, the show will have been off the air for at least 15 years. While this leaves a lot of ground to cover regarding what all the characters have been up to during this time,...

News of the Oasis reunion has sent shockwaves throughout the music world, especially since Noel Gallagher has spent the past 15 years swearing such a thing would never happen. But should anyone really be all that surprised? Liam and Noel Gallagher may not like each other very much, but they could make somewhere in the ballpark of $300 to $500 million from a reunion tour. That’ll come in very handy for Noel in the aftermath of his costly divorce from wife Sara MacDonald.

They’re also far from the first rock band...

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards have the potential to be one of the most star-studded ceremonies the show has seen in years, with huge names like Eminem, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish all up for awards. There could also be a few iconic moments when it comes to the winners. More than a couple of artists could break records and make history on the VMA stage.

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Most VMA wins ever

Right now the record for the most Video Music Awards trophies belongs to Beyoncé with a whopping 27 Moonpersons. However, that might change this year. Taylor Swift scooped up 10 nominations for this edition of the awards. She is already in second place behind Beyoncé with 23 wins, so if Swift manages to win five awards this year, she’ll become the most awarded person in VMA history — like she already is...

Legendary bassist Tony Levin, best known for his work with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel, has announced the new album Bringing It Down to the Bass. The LP features contributions from Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Vinnie Colaiuta, and more.

The album arrives via Flatiron Recordings on September 13th, one day after Levin kicks off the highly anticipated “Beat” tour celebrating the music of King Crimson with Adrian Belew, Danny Carey, and Steve Vai. According to Levin, the album is a long-time coming, as he’s been working on a number of the songs for years, if not decades.

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“It could have been done a long time ago, frankly,” Levin said in a press release, “but it’s because of a problem I have, which is a very good problem to have. And that’s that I have a lot of touring and...

Former US President, founded The Carter Center with wife, Rosalynn, after leaving office.

Carter is a member of The Elders, and on the Board of the Alaska Wilderness League.

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Exclusive: The Forge has acquired North American rights to Guan Hu’s drama Black Dog, along with worldwide rights to Alison Tavel’s documentary Resynator, slating both acclaimed features for release in theaters in the fourth quarter of this year.

Winning the Un Certain Regard prize in its premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Black Dog takes place on the edge of the Gobi desert in Northwest China, watching as Lang (Eddie Peng) returns to his hometown after being released from jail. While working for the local dog patrol team to clear the town of stray dogs before the Beijing Olympics, he strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog; two lonely outcasts finding purpose in each other.

Released theatrically last month in China, the film grossed over $2.4M in just two days at the box office.

The winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature...

Phillip Noyce’s 2002 drama Rabbit-Proof Fence will have a 4K remastered cut premiere at the Smith Rafael Film Center on Saturday, July 27 at 7Pm.

Rabbit-Proof Fence tells the true story of three mixed-race Aboriginal girls—Molly Craig, her sister Daisy Kadibill, and their cousin Gracie Fields—who, after being forcibly removed from their mothers in 1931, escaped from a government reeducation camp and embarked on a harrowing journey across the Australian Outback by way of the ‘rabbit-proof fence,’ which once stretched the length of Western Australia, to return to their families. The feature portrays a moment in Australian history now referred to as the Stolen Generations. Kenneth Branagh also stars in the film.

The movie, which was released by Miramax, went on to earn Noyce Best Director at the National Board of Review that year as well as the Freedom of Expression awards and one of the org’s top ten pics.

Deadpool and Wolverine get their own SiriusXM channel in time for “Deadpool & Wolverine” (in theaters July 26), featuring an eclectic and wildly entertaining mix of chaos, humor, and unpredictability, plus an exclusive Town Hall with the film’s cast and director.

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Exclusive Pool Party Town Hall

SiriusXM’s exclusive “DeadPool Party Town Hall” premieres July 22 at 3pm Et on Radio Andy (Ch. 102) and the SiriusXM app, with replays on Deadpool & Wolverine Radio.

Hosted by Jess Cagle, the Town Hall was recorded in front of a live audience at the Soho Rooftop Pool at the Jimmy at Modernhaus Hotel in New York City with special guests Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Shawn Levy, and Rob Delaney.

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Eddie Rosenblatt, president of Geffen Records during its days as one of the hottest record labels in the music business, died Tuesday at a hospital in Santa Barbara of pneumonia at 89.

Rosenblatt led Geffen in the 1980s and 1990s, helming a roster that included Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana, Whitesnake, Peter Gabriel, Sonic Youth and Xtc.

Rosenblatt was born in 1934 in Queens, New York. After serving in the U.S. Army and dabbling in the Macy’s management-training program, he moved to Cleveland to work at Cosnat Distributing.

From there, he moved on to Main Line Distribution, then joined A&m Records in 1967 and then Warner Bros. Records in 1971, where he helped run the company’s distribution arm, Wea.

Rosenblatt’s work at Warner Bros. included working with Joni Mitchell, who was managed by David Geffen, and led Geffen to hire him as president of his newly founded namesake label in 1980.

The Geffen...