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The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced the 26 nominees for induction at the June 12, 2025, awards gala in New York City. Songwriters are eligible 20 years after their first significant commercial release of a song. Members will vote for six winners — three songwriters and three performing songwriters — until midnight on the east coast on December 22, 2024. Who do you think deserves to enter the Song Hall?

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Walter Afanasieff

Key songs in the Afanasieff catalog include: “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” “Hero,” “License to Kill,” “Love Will Survive,” “One Sweet Day”

Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan

Key songs in the Barri/Sloan catalog include: “Secret Agent Man,” “Eve Of Destruction,” “Where Were You When I Needed You,” “You Baby,” “Can I Get to Know You”

Mike Chapman

Key songs in the Chapman catalog include: “The Best,” “Love Is a Battlefield,” “Ballroom Blitz,...

Janet Jackson, Eminem, N.W.A, George Clinton, Boy George, Sheryl Crow and Sonny Curtis — an original member of Buddy Holly’s Crickets who went on to compose the theme song for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (“Love Is All Around”) — are among the 2025 nominees announced Tuesday for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. See the full list below.

Eligible Hall of Fame voting members will have until midnight Et on December 22 to turn in ballots, with their choices of up to three nominees in each of the songwriter and performing songwriter categories. The winning nominees will be inducted at the 2025 Induction & Awards Gala in New York City.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating “the exceptional work and lives of composers and lyricists who make an indelible impact creating music around the world.” A songwriter with a catalog of notable songs qualifies for induction...

Eminem, N.W.A, Janet Jackson, and Alanis Morissette are among the finalists for the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s class of 2025.

Other nominees include Mike Love of The Beach Boys, Sheryl Crow, George Clinton, Boy George, The Doobie Brothers, Steve Winwood, Bryan Adams, Tommy James, and Walter Afanasieff. The full list of nominees can be found below.

A total of six inductees will be chosen: three from the songwriters category, and three from the performing songwriters category. They’ll be honored during a ceremony held in New York City in June 2025.

Artists become eligible for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame 20 years after their first significant commercial release of a song.

Last year’s Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees included R.E.M., Steely Dan, Timbaland, and Dean Pitchford. During the induction ceremony, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and Bill Berry reunited for their first performance together in 15 years.

Perhaps the strongest contestant to perform during the two-hour premiere of “The Voice” Season 24 was Mara Justine, whose cover of “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” received a four-chair-turn after only about 30 seconds (watch above). As coaches Reba McEntire, Niall Horan, Gwen Stefani and John Legend all fought for Mara to join their teams, some viewers at home may have found themselves scratching their heads over how familiar the 21-year-old New Jersey girl looked. And for good reason: she previously appeared on “America’s Got Talent” and “American Idol.”

Back in the ninth season of “AGT” in 2014, Mara was only 11 years old but she still wowed judges Howie Mandel, Howard Stern, Mel B and Heidi Klum with her booming voice. During that show’s live quarterfinals she took on “Unconditionally” by Katy Perry, an artist who coincidentally later judged Mara every week on “American Idol.”

See Blake Shelton’s shadow looms large over ‘The Voice’ Season 24 premiere,...

“America’s Got Talent” continued the live shows of its 18th season on September 19 with the fifth and final round of performances in the “Qualifiers.” On Tuesday night’s show, 11 acts performed for America’s vote and only two of them will advance to “The Finals” when the results are delivered by Terry Crews on Wednesday night. Before that happens, we can reveal that Your two favorite acts of the night were Brazilian singer Gabriel Henrique and Japanese dance troupe Avantgardey, as voted on by viewers in Gold Derby’s overnight poll.

Gabriel was the only Golden Buzzer act to perform on Tuesday night. He was Sofia Vergara‘s selection after his audition where he sang the Whitney Houston power ballad “Run to You.” At the time, Sofia explained her choice by saying that as a judge they’re “waiting for that feeling and that was what I was waiting for...

Fan-favorite singer Gabriel Henrique from Brazil returned to the “America’s Got Talent” stage on the September 19 episode for the first time since receiving Sofia Vergara‘s Golden Buzzer. This time around, he surprised audiences with his song choice of “Something Beautiful” by Jacob Banks, and Sofia declared him to be nothing less than “perfection” and “an angel.” In fact, all four of the judges were up on their feet and had only positive comments for the powerhouse singer. What did You think of Gabriel’s latest performance?

Watch the live “AGT” video above and read the judges’ comments below:

Sofia Vergara: “I don’t even have anything to say. It was perfection. It was just like an angel. I mean, you are definitely a star. It was beautiful. I think people are gonna vote for you because, I mean, I still have goosebumps.”

Simon Cowell: “You could have sung something more obvious.

To date, eight of the 11 finalists have been named for the “America’s Got Talent” Season 18 finale, and five of them are Golden Buzzers: dance groups Murmuration and Chibi Unity, plus singing acts Putri Ariani, Lavender Darcangelo and Mzansi Youth Choir. There is still one week left to go in the Qualifiers round, and Gold Derby readers predict one additional such act will advance to the finale: singer Gabriel Henrique.

That would mean roughly half of the 2023 finalists received a confetti shower in their auditions. However, that doesn’t necessarily give them an advantage over the non-Golden Buzzer acts still in the competition: dog act Adrian Stoica and Hurricane, comedian Ahren Belisle and magician Anna DeGuzman. In fact, you don’t have to look back too far throughout “AGT” history to find an example of such an act going on to win the show.

See ‘America’s Got Talent’ winners list: All seasons,...

Jerry Moss, the Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer who co-founded A&m Records with Herb Alpert more than 60 years ago and helped build it into one of the most successful independent record labels in history, died today in Los Angeles. He was 88.

His family shared the news in a statement to the Associated Press.

Nazareth’s Top 10 hit ‘Love Hurts,’ 1975

Named for its co-founders, the artist-focused A&m Records was launched in 1962 and has boasted such hitmaking and influential acts as The Police, Quincy Jones, The Carpenters, Carole King, Styx, Janet Jackson, Peter Frampton, The Go-Go’s, Supertramp, Rita Coolidge, Joe Cocker, Sheryl Crow, Bryan Adams, Humble Pie, The Tubes, Oingo Boingo, Cat Stevens/Yusuf, Nazareth and, of course, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. Billy Preston had a pair of No. 1 singles for the label with “Will It Go Around in Circles” and “Nothing From Nothing” in the mid-1970s.

The confetti. The tears. The hugs. Admit it: you just can’t get enough of those emotional Golden Buzzer moments on “America’s Got Talent” … and neither can we. This twist was first introduced on the American version of the worldwide talent competition in Season 10, and it’s been an integral part of NBC’s reality TV show ever since.

Throughout the auditions, the four “AGT” judges (and the host as of Season 11) get to press the Golden Buzzer for a single act that moves them emotionally, which sends the performer straight through to the live shows. During the now-defunct Judge Cuts round, guest panelists are allowed to push the button as well for their favorite act. At the start of Season 18, Simon Cowell announced that there’d be a new audience-voted buzzer for an act that wows the crowd. Want a refresher on all of the “America’s Got Talent” Golden Buzzers through the years?...

“America’s Got Talent” continued its 18th season on August 1 with an eighth episode of auditions. In a recent poll, we asked fans who was their favorite act among those that performed for judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara in “AGT” Auditions 8. Of the 14 acts included in the poll, half the voters preferred 10-year-old Mma fighters Twinjas as their fave.

See below for the complete poll results:

Twinjas – 50%

Zion Clark – 27%

H.B. Monte – 7%

True Villains – 5%

Summer Rios – 2%

Pulse Percussion – 2%

Sunny Chatum – 1%

Bomba Circus – 1%

Duo Acero – 1%

Noodle & Bun – 1%

Kylie Frey – 1%

Dev the Devil – 1%

Leonard Lee – 1%

Rob Potylo – 0%

See ‘America’s Got Talent’ winners list: All seasons, plus ‘Champions’ and ‘Extreme’

In their audition, Twinjas showed off their mixed martial arts skills against some friendly stunt acting foes on stage. As 10-year-olds, it was impressive to see them take down full grown adults with their moves. Simon told them they’re...

Each and every time the Golden Buzzer is pushed on “America’s Got Talent,” blubbering viewers reach for the tissues like clockwork. The summer of 2023 was no exception, with six talented acts from all walks of life being coronated with a confetti shower from “AGT” judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel, host Terry Crews, and even (for the first time ever) the studio audience. So who’s your favorite Golden Buzzer of Season 18? Re-watch them all right here and then vote in our “America’s Got Talent” poll below.

Golden Buzzer #1: Mzansi Youth Choir

Pushed by: Audience

This act came all the way from South Africa to show their talent and caught the judges off-guard by performing “It’s Ok,” a song written and originally performed by late contestant Nightbirde. Sofia called it “the perfect ‘AGT’ audition” and Howie was impressed that Nightbirde’s presence touched people all around the planet.

Sofía Vergara was feeling particularly moved on Tuesday’s “America’s Got Talent”, as the eighth night of auditions brought out a stunning Brazilian singer who wowed the judges with his voice.

When Gabriel Henrique hit the stage halfway through Tuesday’s show, Vergara and her fellow judges — Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel — were won over by his smile and his affable personality.

Gabriel was joined on stage by a translator, as he doesn’t speak a great deal of English, but his winning charm shined through any language barriers that may have existed before he even sang a note.

“[This is] my first time here in the United States,” Gabriel shared, via his translator, “and I’m just realizing a dream to be here to sing for you guys.”

While he seemed initially nervous, and needed a few moments to psyche himself up on stage, when Gabriel began his performance,...

“America’s Got Talent” continued its 18th season on August 1 with an eighth episode of auditions. Among the acts that performed for judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara this week were a basketball dunking dog, a singing devil, an animated pet rock band, a separate human rock band and a naked circus act. In all, 14 acts had their fates decided by “yes” or “no” votes from the judges, while one other act received the lucky Golden Buzzer from Sofia.

Now, we want to know which participants You liked most. Vote in our poll below to tell us who was your favorite act from “AGT” Auditions 8.

See ‘America’s Got Talent’ winners list: All seasons, plus ‘Champions’ and ‘Extreme’

The August 1 episode included performances from married pole act Duo Acero, 19 year old vocalist Summer Rios, slam dunk dog Leonard Lee, drumline group Pulse Percussion, cow suit guitarist Rob Potylo,...

“America’s Got Talent” continued season 18 on August 1 with a two-hour showcase of acts in “Auditions 8.” There are no changes to judges’ dais this summer with executive producer Simon Cowell and long-time judge Howie Mandel taking their place on the ends of the table. Heidi Klum returns as well, as does Sofia Vergara who took a break when “All-Stars” aired earlier this year. Hosting duties are entrusted to the lively Terry Crews once again.

In the audition phase of “AGT,” an act needs at least three of the four judges to give them a “yes” vote to advance to the next round. If two or more judges buzz the act, they are immediately eliminated. Each judge and Crews has one chance to hit the “golden buzzer” and send an act straight through to the live performances.

In the season premiere, Simon led the panel in handing out the first ever Audience...

Exclusive: Italian actress Eleonora Romandini, known in the U.S. for her role as Isabella, a concierge in HBO’s The White Lotus, has signed with Stride Management for representation.

Romandini shares a SAG Award nomination for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series for her role as Isabella, the object of hotel manager Valentina’s (Sabrina Impacciatore) affection on Season 2 of The White Lotus, created, written, directed and executive produced by Mike White.

A graduate of the 09 Academy in Milan in law, Romandini’s Italian series credits include Rai’s Il paradiso delle Signore and the short film Mythe Dior, directed by Matteo Garrone. She also appeared in the Raiuno series Makari 2 directed by Michele Soavi. She was most recently seen on the film side in the Riccardo Milani-directed Corro da te and in Il grande giornio, directed by Massimo Venier. On television she was most recently seen in...