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The world first met gyrofield because of a joke. It was 2019, and Kiana Li was a teenage music producer making beats on her computer from her bedroom in Hong Kong. She had 2,000 Soundcloud followers. “That was a good time,” she says with a smile. “I was feeling like anything could happen. I just had to make the music to see.”

So they made a track designed to take the piss out of the burgeoning tech house scene, built on eighth-note basslines, minimal melodies, and occasional spoken vocals. They took the...

Although halftime shows featuring famous singers are typically held for Super Bowls, one of the Christmas Day 2024 games on Netflix will include an exciting performance between the first and second halves. For the first time in NFL history, Netflix will be the home for the live Christmas Day football matchups in 2024. In recent years, the traditional games have aired on network TV. Now, the NFL is trusting the streaming service with its two important Christmas Day games (despite Netflix's recent broadcast issues and glitches with the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight).

Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the halftime show for Super Bowl Lix at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 9, 2025, on Fox.

The two matchups — the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens vs. the Houston Texans — are sure to bring in a lot of traffic for Netflix. Millions of households...

Beyoncé has made history — again. She has achieved more gold, platinum, and multiplatinum certifications than any other female artist in the history of the Recording Industry Association of America. To date, she has had 103 albums and songs achieve elite commercial status as rewarded by the RIAA. Check out her latest certifications here.

Her certified works include her latest album, Cowboy Carter, which went platinum on Tuesday. Its lead single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” went double-platinum on the same day. Those are her two major contenders going into the upcoming Grammys, where she’s up for 11 awards. That’s the most nominations ever achieved by a single album. Among the accolades she’s aiming for are Album of the Year (Cowboy Carter), Record of the Year (“Texas Hold ‘Em”), and Song of the Year (“Texas Hold ‘Em”). She’s also a first-time contender across all country categories, including Best Country Album and...

Beyoncé has shattered another recording record. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Tuesday that Beyoncé has received the most certified titles for a female artist, with 103 titles.

“We are so excited to recognize the incredible talent, hard work, and creative spirit reflected across diverse genres,” wrote RIAA President and Chief Operating Officer Michele Ballantyne in a statement. “Beyoncé’s iconic catalogue has earned the achievement of most certified titles for a female artist in RIAA’s history. Congratulations on this crowning milestone, Beyoncé, Parkwood Entertainment, Columbia Records — and we see you,...

“I think it’s between Beyoncé, Charli [Xcx] and [Billie] Eilish with [Sabrina] Carpenter as a dark horse,” said Gold Derby user silvestre in our forums in reaction to the 2025 Grammy nominations for Album of the Year, which were announced along with 93 other categories on November 8. “[Charli’s] ‘360’ getting the [Record of the Year] nod instead of the Mars/Gaga bait is huge.” Join the many lively discussions happening right now in our music forums, and see the complete list of Grammy nominations here.

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Norwegian wondered, “Is Beyoncé repeating The Chicks situation? Snubbed from country music awards, huge backlash because of that, went on to win several Grammys including Aoty.” There’s a strong case to be made for Beyoncé as the Album of the Year front-runner as she has a leading 11 nominations, the most for any woman in a single year in Grammy history. Of course, Beyoncé has...

Beyoncé continues her reign as the queen of the Grammys: She leads the 2025 awards with 11 nominations, even sweeping all four country categories with her historic Cowboy Carter album.

Beyoncé is up for album of the year and best country album, while her No. 1 country hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” is nominated for song of the year, record of the year and best country song. Her other nominations include best country solo performance for “16 Carriages,” best country/duo performance “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus and best Americana performance for “Ya Ya.”

With 99 career nominations, she now breaks her tie with hubby Jay-Z, who now has 89 nods including one for album of the year as a co-writer of several Cowboy Carter songs. Beyoncé is the most decorated artist in Grammy history, with 32 wins, and could finally win her first album of the year trophy next year.

She’s got competition, though. Taylor Swift,...

Beyonce is channeling Pamela Anderson for the best possible reason.

The 2024 election is upon us. As the entire world knew for months, the contest between the convicted felon and a fairly normal politician will come down to the wire.

Which means that every vote, especially in swing states, could make the difference between death and life for countless people.

Beyonce is adopting a Pamela Anderson look to remind everyone to vote. It’s Beywatch, baby.

Beyoncé looks on during a campaign rally with Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, at Shell Energy Stadium on October 25, 2024. (Photo Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Beyonce is totally twinning with (90s) Pamela Anderson

Though Beyonce has not shared a music video in quite a while, she just released “Beywatch.”

It’s short. It’s somewhat political. And it features Queen Bey herself singing along to an edit of “Bodyguard,” from her Cowboy Carter album.

Following P. Diddy’s recent arrest, based on s*xual assault and transportation for pro*titution charges, the Hollywood power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z, surprisingly found themselves at the center of swirling rumors and speculation. But amid their rumored connections to Diddy’s case, it’s the Lemonade singer’s profound chapter of life that caught our attention.

Beyoncé in the Spirit music video from The Lion King: Gift | image: Walt Disney

However, by profound chapter, people often consider the trials faced by Beyoncé in her marriage, due to Jay-Z’s infidelity issues. However, according to the Homecoming singer’s interview, it was her painful experiences with miscarriages that left an indelible mark on her mindset and career, eventually shaping her as a person.

Beyoncé Revealed the Emotional Turmoil from Her Multiple Miscarriages

Despite winning several Grammys throughout her career and transforming into a musical powerhouse and pop culture icon,...

Beyoncé is making good on all of those rumors.

The Grammy-winning singer is set to join Kamala Harris at a Friday rally in Houston, a source familiar with the planning confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

The event, which has not yet been publicly announced, will also see Beyoncé joined by her mother, Tina Knowles, and country music’s Willie Nelson.

A Harris campaign spokesperson said they could not confirm. THR has reached out to a rep for Beyoncé.

The planned appearance ends months of speculation about if Beyoncé would publicly endorse the Democratic party’s presidential nominee, given the impact the 32-time Grammy-winning artist could have on voters.

At the onset of Harris’ campaign, Beyoncé had reportedly granted Vice President Harris approval to use the Lemonade song, “Freedom.” The song, which champions Black women’s empowerment, has since become an anthem for Harris’ 2024 campaign.

There was then so much hype...

Ah, celebrity relationships, where privacy can feel like a distant dream. In this arena, Kanye West, now known as Ye, frequently stirs the pot and raises eyebrows. For instance, in an earlier episode of Candace Owens’ podcast, recorded in 2022, West’s remarks certainly stirred the waters. His bold suggestion that Beyoncé should let Jay-Z cheat has led many to wonder just how far is too far, even for him.

Jay-Z and Beyoncé | Credit: Erin McCormack, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

This comment follows the infamous cheating scandal that came to light in 2016, largely ignited by Beyoncé’s groundbreaking album Lemonade. While Jay-Z has openly addressed his transgressions, West’s unsolicited advice seems to traverse beyond conventional decorum.

Kanye West’s Unconventional Relationship Advice: A Disturbing Take on Jay-Z & Beyoncé

When it comes to relationship advice, we often look to trusted sources, but Kanye West’s remarks have left many bewildered.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are the ultimate power couple, having been together for over two decades now. They have stuck around with each other through thick and thin and have a relationship that is just as iconic as their respective careers as artists. From collaborating on 03 Bonnie & Clyde to creating a family they could call their own, the two have proven time and again that they are in this together.

Jay-Z’s ’03 Bonnie & Clyde ft. Beyoncé | Credits: Jay-Z / YouTube

Like any other couple in the spotlight, Beyoncé and Jay-Z have faced their fair share of ups and downs. Whether it’s infidelity rumors or other personal struggles mentioned in their albums Lemonade and 4:44, but they have always powered through. Let’s take a look at how the saga of their love began.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Love Story Jay-Z and Beyoncé | Credits: Erin McCormack, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0, via...

Sherwood Schwartz's 1964 sitcom "Gilligan's Island" was a pop-cultural powerhouse, attracting a mass audience larger than any of the CBS executives expected. While many critics and audience members criticized the show for being silly, unrealistic, and simplistic, it nonetheless lasted for three hit seasons, and was put into eternal syndication, staying alive in reruns for decades. What's more, the series warranted numerous TV movie sequels and spinoffs, including a 1981 TV movie wherein Gilligan (Bob Denver) and the other castaways met the Harlem Globetrotters -- called, helpfully, "The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" -- and an animated series wherein the castaways became stranded on a distant planet (!). Yes, "Gilligan's Planet" is a thing.

The spinoffs retained all the original cast members, with the exception of Tina Louise, whose character, Ginger, was played by various other actors. Curiously, the Globetrotters movie was the last time an original "Gilligan's Island" project graced the screen.

A representative for Beyoncé says the singer will not attend the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

“Beyoncé was never scheduled to be there,” the Grammy-winning star’s rep tells The Hollywood Reporter. “The report of a performance is untrue.”

Rumors about the pop star attending and performing at this year’s DNC, celebrating Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic presidential nomination, have exploded online throughout the week.

On Wednesday, it was reported that Pink would be the headline act ahead of Harris’ speech. On Thursday, Pink — who performed “What About Us” with her daughter Willow — appeared to have moved up in the lineup, continuing to add fuel to the fire about a surprise guest coming later in the night.

Beyoncé’s presence was ultimately still felt in Chicago’s United Center arena, as her song “Freedom” ended up playing Harris both on and off the stage for her speech when she formally accepted...

Donald Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung seemed to take a shot at the Republican’s Democratic rival in the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris, by using her campaign song, Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” in a social media post.

On Tuesday, Cheung shared a video on X (formerly Twitter) showing Trump walking off his plane in Michigan for a campaign event, with “Freedom” playing in the background. As Trump passed a Secret Service van, he raised his fists in the air. Cheung captioned the post, “Touchdown in Michigan!!! @realDonaldTrump.”

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It is unclear whether the song was actually played at the scene or if the audio was added later by Cheung. Despite concerns raised in the comments about potential copyright infringement, the video remained online until Tuesday night, when The Hollywood Reporter noticed the post had been removed from the platform.

Earlier on Wednesday, Rolling Stone had reported that...

Night one of the 2024 Democratic National Convention featured a couple of major music moments, but maybe the biggest was from an artist who wasn’t actually in attendance: Beyoncé.

The evening kicked off with a new campaign ad for Vice President Kamala Harris and her running-mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz, titled “Freedom” — and it fittingly featured Beyoncé’s song “Freedom” from 2016’s Lemonade. The song soars over the typical parade of extremely American images you usually see in campaign ads while actor Jeffrey Wright provides the narration: “What kind of America do we want?...

Magic and mischief await in the charming world of Academy Elementinia. Knights of Borria has crafted a spellbinding adventure with their debut game, Leximan. Taking inspiration from treasured tales of magic schools and wordplay-focused puzzles, Leximan weaves an enchanting story for players of all ages.

You arrive at the prestigious academy’s doors with only your wits and a magical lexicon under your arm. This collection of letters holds untold powers of creation, though harnessing them will take practice. Your unique form of magic, called Leximancy, allows you to summon spells by rearranging word fragments floating in the air. With some spells bringing intended effects and others unleashing hilarious hijinks, there’s no telling what awaits around each corner.

Alongside your fellow basement-dwelling misfits, you’ll explore the academy, uncover its secrets, and face threats to its safety. Clever puzzles and unpredictable battles wait around every corner. Meanwhile, a charming...

It’s not that we haven’t seen Emily Watson on screen recently — it just feels a long time since any film really made us look at her. Somehow knowing and guileless and haunted at once, her piercing, pale-eyed gaze made an immediate mark in film history with her debut in “Breaking the Waves” a quarter-century ago, but it’s been an underused natural resource of late: TV has been more generous, but the movies have confined her to stock mom-and-wife supporting roles for years. She’s a mom and wife again in “God’s Creatures,” an unexpected pivot of a sophomore feature from American duo Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer. The difference is a film with an acute interest in sidelined mothers, wives and women in general, and the result is Watson’s meatiest, most compelling showcase in an age.

A solemn community tragedy set in an unnamed, unloved Irish fishing village,...

Few songs have felt as monumental in 21st century pop music as Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” The song and its iconic music video served as year-defining material from Queen Bey, and it still holds up among the singer’s classic songs. Of the many awards it won, “Single Ladies” notably gave Beyoncé her first — and so far only — general field win at the Grammys: Song of the Year. But how exactly did it win, and was it the slam dunk that in hindsight we might think it was?

“Single Ladies” didn’t take much time to take off, reaching the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 just a month after its release. Soon after, it reached number-one, where it remained on-and-off for four weeks. The song was helped a lot by its video, which is one of Beyoncé’s most instantly recognizable with its iconic choreography and black-and-white photography.

Kendrick Lamar is back after a long hiatus. He finally announced a release date for his upcoming new studio album “Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers.” It drops on May 13. It’s probably going to top the charts and earn myriad plaudits, assuming it’s on par with his previous work, but will it get him the one thing that has eluded him: the Grammy for Album of the Year?

Who knows at this point whether he even cares that much about the Grammys. In the five years since his last studio album, “Damn,” artists like Drake and The Weeknd have criticized and/or boycotted the awards due to sketchy voting practices and Recording Academy biases against Black artists, especially in hip-hop. But it’s nevertheless the most widely recognized award voted on by industry peers, and Lamar’s continued snubs in the all-genre general field categories have been emblematic...

Few albums have had the legacy that Lauryn Hill’s solo debut record, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” has had. The critically acclaimed yet also commercially dominant record established Hill as one of the leading creatives of her time and is a milestone in music-making, especially for hip-hop and soul. “Miseducation” is also one of the few albums to be certified diamond in the United States, and the first by a female hip-hop artist to do so. And of course, to add to its innumerable list of honors, it won Album of the Year at the Grammys, along with four other awards. Watch her accept the top prize above.

SEE2022 Grammys Premiere Ceremony details: Host, performers, presenters, and where and when to watch

“Miseducation” was a big cultural moment in 1998. Its lead single, “Doo Wop (That Thing),” debuted at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 (a rare feat back in the...

Organizers behind the Oscars are pulling out all the stops to land an iconic performance from best original song nominee Beyoncé, multiple sources close to the show told Variety.

While the superstar made nary an awards campaign stop over the past months in support of her track “Be Alive,” co-written with artist Dixson for the film “King Richard,” Beyoncé’s camp has been in deep talks with producers to mount a satellite performance of the song — one that would possibly open the show, and broadcast live from tennis courts in Compton, Calif. The concept began solidifying last Monday, three individuals with knowledge of the talks said.

The location, of course, is where sports legends Venus and Serena practiced relentless drills in their youth under the watchful eye of their father, Richard. One possible scenario would have Will Smith, who plays the titular character in the film, appear onsite with Beyoncé...

For two days at Stubb’s BBQ, some of the hottest names in contemporary rap and hip-hop made their presence felt at SXSW. Babyface Ray, Jasiah, Guapo, BillyRacxx and Sheck Wes all made dramatic appearances at RapTV’s Rolling Loud weekend showcase. But it was Saturday’s headliner Don Toliver — a Houston native still riding high on last year’s Life of a Don — who arguably did the most with his allotted time onstage.

If there was any criticism of the mini-festival, it’s that many of the performers seemed rushed,...

On Thursday, Vice Media Group announced that the company has acquired full ownership of Pulse Films, after buying a controlling interest in 2016. Pulse Films was founded by CEOs Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford in 2005. The brand will join Vice Studios’ portfolio and be managed by Vice Studios president Kate Ward.

Benski and Clifford are stepping down after 16 years of leading the company, although Benski will continue to executive produce and co-produce Pulse projects including “Gangs of London” and Olivia Wilde’s feature “Perfect.”

Pulse’s output includes the Sky/AMC series “Gangs of London,” Cannes Film Festival winner “American Honey,” films such as “Pig”, and “Mogul Mowgli,” music documentaries including Beyonce’s “Lemonade” and the Emmy-nominated documentary “Beastie Boys Story,” as well as the HBO Max reunion special “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts.”

Said Benski in a statement, “Leaving Pulse Films is for us a watershed moment. When...

Centenary screening of Nosferatu, world premiere of stoner comedy The Smoke Master bookend event.

Brazil’s Fantaspoa genre festival, billed as the largest of its kind in Latin America, is returning to an in-person event for the first time since 2019 and has unveiled its first wave of titles.

This year’s International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre will take place in five cinemas around the southern city from April 15-May 1. It is bookended by a special opening night centenary screening of F. W. Murnau’s vampire classic Nosferatu accompanied by a live soundtrack performed by Carlos Ferreira and Brazilian...

88Rising co-founder Jaeson Ma and Anonymous Content executive producer Eric Tu are joining forces to launch Est Studios, an independent finance, production and sales outfit geared towards the Asian marketplace.

Launching just ahead of the European Film Market — which officially kicks off Feb. 10 — the company specializes in premium film and episodic content.

Ma will serve as the company chairman and co-ceo, with Tu (right) serving as co-founder and co-ceo. The duo will bring their vast knowledge of Asia-based investment, entertainment and technology industries to forge new partnerships with filmmakers from the East and introduce new premium Asian film and television IP to global audiences.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Est Studios has offices in New York, Taipei and Vietnam. They will soon have offices in China, South Korea, India, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore. The company is eyeing an annual slate of 15 projects that they will be financing, producing and representing for...

A24 and Participant are teaming with music video auteur and artist Kahlil Joseph to adapt his video art installation “Blknws” into a feature film.

Joseph will make his directorial debut on the film that’s based on his video exhibition of the same name that is described as a conceptual news program and newscast blurring the lines between art, reporting, entrepreneurship and cultural critique.

Co-produced by the Los Angeles Nomadic Division (Land), “Blknws” was presented as part of “Made in LA 2020: a version” and was displayed at 10 different venues and locations across Los Angeles, concluding with the Hammer Museum. The installation has two side-by-side TVs that show a looped video montage of Black subjects both past and present.

Participant will lead production and co-finance “Blknws – The Feature Film” (working title) alongside A24, who will also handle worldwide distribution.

Jeff Skoll and Anikah McLaren will executive produce, and Joseph will...

The 2021 American Music Awards nominations were announced on October 28. Like the Billboard Music Awards handed out earlier this year, these Ama contenders are based on fan interactions with music like record sales, streaming performance, and radio airplay. But unlike the BBMAs, winners are decided by fans voting online for their favorites effective immediately. And this time those fans can vote on TikTok, which could potentially skew the winners younger. Scroll down for the complete list of nominees.

SEE2022 Grammys Best New Artist predictions: Can Olivia Rodrigo hold off The Kid Laroi, Saweetie and more?

Despite this being her first year of prominence as a recording artist, Olivia Rodrigo is the leading nominee with seven bids including Artist of the Year. Next in line is The Weeknd with six nominations, also including Artist of the Year. They’re nominated in that category against pop stars Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift, K-pop sensations BTS,...

It's time again! The nominations for the 2021 American Music Awards have officially arrived, with Olivia Rodrigo leading the pack with seven nominations as a first-time nominee. The nominees were announced on Oct. 28, with reveals on Spotify's The Get Up for favorite R&b album, favorite male latin artist, and favorite female hip-hop artist, as well as Good Morning America for artist of the year and favorite trending song (a new category). The remaining nominees were unveiled shortly after via the AMAs Twitter account.

The Weeknd nabbed the title of the most-nominated male artist in 2021 with six nods. Bad Bunny, Doja Cat, and Giveon each picked up five nominations. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift was nominated for artist of the year for the eighth year in a row. She also holds the record for the most Ama wins - 32 to be exact. Take a look at the full list of nominees below!

Olivia Rodrigo and the Weeknd lead the nominees for the American Music Awards with seven and six nods respectively, show producers MRC Live & Alternative and ABC today this morning. Bad Bunny, Doja Cat and Giveon are close behind with five. The full list of nominees is below.

Voting for the show, whose winners are chose by fans, is open — fans can vote for all Ama categories on TikTok by searching for “AMAs” in-app. The awards take place live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 21, at 8:00 p.m. Est/Pst on ABC and stream next day on Hulu.

Rodrigo makes her AMAs debut scoring seven nominations, including Artist of the Year and New Artist of The Year. Five-time Ama winner The Weeknd earned six nominations, including Artist of the Year as well as Favorite Music Video and Favorite Pop Song. Other Artist of the Year nominees include Ariana Grande,...

The world of "Free Guy" is familiar to anyone who's played or ever seen a video game. The attention to detail, the pace of action, characters and life in a game, it's striking how close Shawn Levy's movie is to the experience of gameplay. Free City sticks close to the rules of a role-playing game, even when its lead character is breaking those rules. Production designer Ethan Tobman, who worked on "Lemonade" and the "All the Stars" video, is one of the artists responsible for bringing the original environment to life. 

Before Tobman even got the job, he was letting his imagination...

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Beyonce has been keeping a low musical profile over the past few months, but she’s breaking cover with a new song, “Be Alive,” featured in the new trailer for “King Richard,” the Will Smith-starring biopic on the rise of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams from the perspective of their father, Richard (played by Smith).

The song, which plays throughout the second half of the trailer, is an orchestra-laden anthem, with a powerful vocal by Beyonce. “It feels so good to be alive, that’s why I live my life with pride,” backing singers intone while Beyonce soars over the music — “Do you know how much we have pride / How hard we have to try?”

Beyonce’s projects have been relatively few and far between since the release of her blockbuster 2016 album “Lemonade.” Even though she’s released three albums, none have been full Beyonce solo albums: the 2018 tag-team album with Jay-Z,...

Kacey Musgraves is one of the Grammys’ favorite country artists of the past decade, but not this year — at least not in country categories. Her new album “Star-Crossed” was submitted for Best Country Album, but as was reported by Billboard, the academy’s genre screening committee has deemed it a pop album, where she might join another pop-country crossover act, Taylor Swift (“Evermore“). Do you think that will help or hurt her awards chances?

SEE2022 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year

The Grammys are sometimes sticklers for purity when it comes to country albums on the pop borderline. When Shania Twain‘s blockbuster “Come on Over” was nominated for Album of the Year in 1999, it lost Best Country Album to The Chicks‘ twangier breakthrough album “Wide Open Spaces.” Years later Swift was nominated three times but only won for “Fearless” (2010). Her “Speak Now” lost to Lady A‘s “Own the Night” in 2012, and her “Red,...

Adele has made a career out of singing about heartbreak, and her new album “30” will be no exception, as she explained in her recent interview with Vogue Magazine. But while she drew inspiration from her recent divorce from entrepreneur Simon Konecki, she also wanted to express how the split affected her as a mother to their son Angelo, who was born in 2012.

SEEBest Adele songs, ranked: Her 17 greatest hits you’ve probably cried to

“I just felt like I wanted to explain to him, through this record, when he’s in his 20s or 30s, who I am and why I voluntarily chose to dismantle his entire life in the pursuit of my own happiness,” Adele explained to Vogue. “It made him really unhappy sometimes. And that’s a real wound for me that I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to heal.”

It has been...

Don Toliver has announced the dates for his fall 2021 Life of a Don tour, with singer-songwriter Bia joining as his opening act.

Following sets at Las Vegas’s Life Is Beautiful fest and a show at the Marquee Theatre in Phoenix, the Live Nation-produced tour officially kicks off in Austin on September 20th and concludes in Los Angeles on October 30th. Tickets go on sale on August 27th at 10 a.m. local time on Ticketmaster.

Along with his individual show dates, Toliver will also perform at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston,...

HBO’s Lovecraft Country earned 18 Emmy nominations this season including Outstanding Drama Series. Based on the Matt Ruff novels of the same name, the series is set in 1950s Jim Crow America where Atticus (Jonathan Majors) searches for his missing father with his childhood friend Leti (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance). Majora and Smollett are both nominated for Emmys in lead acting categories.

The pilot episode, titled “Sundown,” was penned by series creator Misha Green and is a nominee in the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series category. It begins with Atticus travelling home after receiving a letter from his father, who he has not spoken with for a long time. After reconnecting with Uncle George and Leti, the three of them set out on a road trip to find the mysterious place in Devon County known as Ardham, which isn’t found on any map.

Glynn Turman, Emmy-winning actor and acclaimed cowboy and rodeo champion, is the face of Beyoncé’s new Ivy Park denim collection, showing off classic Western wear in an ad campaign that showcases the Black cowboy experience. His granddaughter Melinda appears in the ads with him. After 60 years in show business, and 30 years competing in the rodeo, Turman let his two worlds come together in the making of the launch. “I’m in the hippest campaign,” the 74-year-old actor tells Variety ahead of the collections launch on Aug. 12. “It doesn’t get any cooler than that!

Have you met Beyoncé?

Our family was actually vacationing together when the launch idea came about. It came up that she wanted to do something with her new line and I said she could use my ranch for that. I had no idea she was going to lasso me into the campaign!

What’s your favorite Bey song?...

If there’s one thing I know about Gen Z, it’s that those kids go crazy for Bette Midler, so it’s only fitting that the Gossip Girl reboot’s first Halloween episode took place at Midler’s annual charity costume party. It was an hour loaded with tricks and treats, including (gasp!) the first appearance by a cast member from the original CW series.

As part of Julien’s desperate quest to convince the world that she and Zoya really are friends, she vowed to win this year’s costume contest as a duo. Not even a thwarted...

Tao Chicago was immersed in its requisite red and blue mood lighting on Saturday, July 31st, as a number of popular musicians congregated onstage, including Marshmello, Chance the Rapper, G Herbo, Peter Cottontale, and Supa Bwe. The room was packed with Lollapalooza attendees and Vivid Seats Rewards members, as part of the leading live event and ticketing marketplace’s launch of its new loyalty program.

As the DJ played a series of songs to hype up the crowd — including Sheck Wes’ “Mo Bamba” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Backseat Freestyle” — girls danced on elevated platforms,...

One of the big surprises at last month’s BET Awards was hearing Jazmine Sullivan’s “Heaux Tales” announced as the Album of the Year. The album certainly has the acclaim to merit the title, but the category often goes to higher-profile albums, with past winners including Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” and Roddy Ricch’s “Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial.” So it seemed like The Weeknd’s “After Hours” or Megan Thee Stallion’s “Good News” would take home the big prize. Could this upset have implications for the Grammys? I think so.

The BET Awards aren’t necessarily a precursor for the Grammys, but they are one of the few peer-voted award shows left in music. As such, a lot of their winners indicate where the wind is blowing in the industry, particularly in rap and R&b fields. The relatively new Album of the Year category (it was...

This story about “The Story of Film: A New Generation” first appeared in TheWrap’s special digital Cannes magazine.

It’s hard to envision a more appropriate movie for the opening night of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival than Mark Cousins’ “The Story of Film: A New Generation.” The two-hour-and-40-minute documentary is a vast but idiosyncratic examination of the cinema of the 21st century, beginning with the unusual juxtaposition of Joaquin Phoenix’s stairway dance in “Joker” with the song “Let It Go” from “Frozen.” From there, the survey jumps across genres and countries, with Cousins discussing around 90 different films as he examines the way cinema has extended its language and gone in new directions over the last two decades.

But in addition to being a wry treatise on the movies of this century, the film is also a celebration of the moviegoing experience made during a time of isolation...

Even with all the havoc the coronavirus wreaked in the world, cinema could not be stopped, so why should Mark Cousins, the solicitous Irish critic-cum-tour guide whose 15-hour “The Story of Film: An Odyssey” was but a tip-of-the-iceberg survey of the medium’s infinite possibilities?

Making the most of his time in lockdown, Cousins compiled an appendix/capper to that marathon series, delivering “The Story of Film: A New Generation” on opening day of the Cannes Film Festival. This latest installment (doubtful the last) is less focused on where the medium’s been than on where it’s headed, focusing mostly on 21st-century examples, from Attenberg to Zama, that point the way forward.

At two hours and 40 minutes, it’s a longer epilogue than audiences needed perhaps, but then, no one would accuse Cousins of brevity. And for those who appreciate the director’s wide-eyed and open-hearted way of looking at cinema,...

This past spring Beyonce became the most awarded woman in the history of the Grammys, adding four more trophies to her collection which brought her to a grand total of 28. But she has quietly been amassing a pretty strong Emmy track record too. This year she could win multiple times for her Disney+ music film “Black is King.”

Beyonce voiced Nala in the photo-realistic 2019 remake of “The Lion King”; “Black is King” was inspired by that film and features songs from Beyonce’s “Lion King” companion album, “The Gift.” It was already nominated for Best Music Film at the Grammys earlier this year, and it was awarded by the Art Directors Guild. Judging from Beyonce’s track record, it has a good chance at Emmy nominations too.

SEEBeyonce is now the most awarded woman in Grammy history, and she’s closer to being the biggest winner Ever

To date she...

This story about “Lovecraft Country” first appeared in the Comedy & Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.

Even in a television landscape that includes close to 500 scripted series, HBO’s “Lovecraft Country” might cross more genres and eras than any other. A hearty blend of science fiction, drama, horror, romance, revisionist history and even a modicum of actual biography, this phalanx of styles would prove daunting to even the most seasoned of designers. But under the mindful guidance of showrunner Misha Green, production designer Kalina Ivanov and costume designer Dayna Pink found a way to transform it into one cohesive visual universe.

“I think that was part of the draw,” Pink said. “What if you got to add your own style to something that already exists? It gave us room to be incredibly creative.” The creativity included more than 160 sets on five soundstages and a backlot, and 4,500 costumes which,...

Imax said Tuesday it’s named longstanding board member Darren Throop — the founder and CEO of Entertainment One — as chairman of the board.

Shareholders at the company’s annual meeting also elected Steve Pamon, former COO of Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment, to join as director with both appointments are effective immediately.

“Darren has been a strong, influential leader on the Imax Board, expanding on his brilliant career in building eOne into a global content force from the ground up,” said Imax CEO Rich Gelfond. “Darren’s expertise in maximizing the value of global brands, scaling businesses, and navigating the evolving content landscape will continue to be instrumental to our growth strategy.”

Throop replaces Bradley Wechsler, who co-founded Imax with Gelfond and just retired from the company after 30 years.

An Imax director since 2015, Throop founded and has served as president and CEO of eOne since 2003. Most recently he engineered the $3.8 billion...

Scottish musical sensation Lewis Capaldi is the subject of a feature-length documentary directed by BAFTA winner Joe Pearlman (“Bros: After the Screaming Stops”) and produced by Pulse Films. The film will be shopped to buyers at the Cannes virtual market by Independent Entertainment.

The 24-year-old Capaldi has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame over the past 36 months, earning a Grammy nomination and Brit award for his debut single “Someone You Loved,” in addition to a second Brit for best new artist, and selling out an arena tour before he’d even released his debut album.

It’s a stark contrast to his life just three years ago, when he was still carrying his own gear while performing in Scottish bars and pubs. The film follows Capaldi over a five-year period, from a global headline tour to returning to his parents’ home in Scotland to start work on his sophomore album.

The 2021 Grammys sparked controversy with their nominations and snubs — par for the course for the institution, whose own former CEO Deborah Dugan alleged vote-rigging and conflicts of interests in the nominations process. But on Friday, April 30, the recording academy announced a big shakeup: all nomination review committees are gone, which has the potential to solve one of the Grammys’ biggest transparency problems.

Under the previous system, academy members at large would vote, but final nomination decisions in many categories, including the top four general field categories, were made by committees made up of 15 to 20 anonymous members. On one hand, those small panels have probably leveled the playing field for deserving acts with lower public profiles: surprise Album of the Year contenders like Brandi Carlile and Jacob Collier (“Djesse Vol. 3”) probably owe their nominations to the committees.

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If Damian Gandia had to rank his three favorite installments of the Now That’s What I Call Music! franchise, it’d go: Now 10, Now 64, Now 57.

Probably.

With Now 10, it’s mainly a nostalgia thing. Even though the 14-year-old from New Jersey wasn’t born yet when it was released in 2002, the tenth installment of the long-running pop hits compilation — which starts with Britney Spears’ “Overprotected” and ends with Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me” — still brings back memories of music he heard as a kid. With Now 64, which featured...

Maya Rudolph brought her Beyoncé impression to “Saturday Night Live” once again. One of the night’s highlight sketches saw the “Lemonade” songstress sit down for spicy wings on an episode of “Hot Ones”. Joining host Sean Evans (played by Mikey Day), Rudolph’s Beyoncé admits off the bat, “I still can’t tell if this is beneath me. But...

With Beyonce‘s four Grammy wins on Sunday, March 14, she officially reached a milestone she had been closing in on for years: she’s now the most awarded woman in history. Check out the complete winners list here.

Beyonce had a leading nine nominations at this year’s awards, and she won Best R&b Performance (“Black Parade”), Best Rap Performance (“Savage”), Best Rap Song (“Savage”) and Best Music Video (“Brown Skin Girl”). Before Sunday’s event Queen Bey had a total of 24 victories from the recording academy. Now she has 28, and she was already the most nominated woman in history with 79.

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For years the most awarded woman in history was country/bluegrass legend Alison Krauss who has won 27 times throughout her career. Krauss is now the second most awarded woman and the fourth most awarded artist overall. Beyonce...

Beyoncé set history Sunday night at the 2021 Grammys, becoming the most Grammy-winning female artist in history and garnering more awards than any performer — male or female.

With 28 trophies, Beyoncé ties with 88-year-old producer Quicy Jones. Beyoncé earned her first Grammys in 2001 as a part of Destiny’s Child, when the group won for Best R&b Song and Best R&b Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals with “Say My Name.” She was 19 years old at the time.

“As an artist, I believe it’s my job, and...