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Christina Aguilera, Samara Joy, Lenny Kravitz, Maluma, Lionel Richie, Mark Ronson, Meryl Streep, Taylor Tomlinson and Oprah Winfrey are set to present on the 2024 Grammy Awards, set for Sunday, Feb. 4. Related SZA to Perform on 2024 Grammy Awards 01/31/2024 Joy was the surprise winner of last year’s award for best new artist. Aguilera won […]
Diane Warren is getting up there on the all-time list of top Oscar nominees for best original song. Her nod this year for “The Fire Inside,” sung by Becky G in Flamin’ Hot, is her 15th — a tally equaled by only five other songwriters in the 90-year history of the category. Moreover, this is the seventh year in a […]
Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium won the Primetime Emmy for outstanding variety special (live) on Monday (Jan. 15), making Sir Elton John an EGOT. He’s the 19th performer to complete the sweep of the top entertainment awards, and the second-oldest at the time of completion. Elton is 76 years and nine months old. […]
“I’m Just Ken” from Barbie won best song at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards, which were presented on Sunday (Jan. 14) at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. One week ago, Billie Eilish and Finneas’ “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie won the Golden Globe in that category. With these mixed verdicts, we appear […]
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story won outstanding television movie on Saturday (Jan. 6), night one of the long-delayed 2023 Primetime Emmy Creative Arts Awards. The Emmys were originally set for September, but were postponed because of strikes by Hollywood writers and actors. Related How ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Made a Biopic Just Like His Songs 01/06/2024 In […]
UPDATE (Jan. 4): America Ferrera, Daniel Kaluuya, Florence Pugh, Hailee Steinfeld, Issa Rae, Oprah Winfrey, Shameik Moore, and Simu Liu were added as presenters on the 2024 Golden Globes, which will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on Sunday, Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Winfrey was the 2018 recipient of […]
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2024, a marathon, 5-1/2 hour production which eased ABC TV viewers into the new year, saw ratings increases in all four time quadrants measured, from the start of prime-time until late-late hours. Related See Photos From ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2024… 01/02/2024 […]
As Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) logs a fifth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Jan. 6, 2024), Swift surpasses Elvis Presley for the most weeks at No. 1 by a solo artist. As Billboard reported on New Year’s Eve, Swift has now logged 68 weeks at No. 1, one more […]
Jon Batiste, Nicholas Britell, Taura Stinson, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Fabrizio Mancinelli and Allyson Newman are each nominated for two awards at the 2024 SCL Awards, presented by The Society of Composers and Lyricists. Related Snubs & Surprises in the 2024 Oscar Music Shortlists 12/21/2023 Many of the SCL contenders echo the Oscar shortlists for best original […]
The Recording Academy has a full slate of events lined up for the week leading up to the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 4. Michael Kushner, Atlantic Records’ executive VP of business & legal affairs and general counsel, will be honored at the 26th annual Entertainment Law Initiative event on Friday morning Feb. 2. […]