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Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, made a surprise appearance at this year’s Grammy Awards. The country’s leader shared a video message with the American people, before a performance by John Legend and talent from Ukraine like poet Lyuba Yakimchuk. During his speech, Zelensky asked “what’s more opposite to music,” as he compared “swooping rockets” and “shooting stars,” while sharing […]
Louis C.K. won another Grammy on Sunday night, with his Sincerely Louis C.K. stand-up special ultimately taking home the evening’s Best Comedy Album award. The comedian, who previously won in the same category with his Live at Madison Square Garden album back in 2016, is among the names often mentioned amid commentary on so-called “cancel culture.” As pointed out […]
Baby Keem’s “Family Ties” featuring Kendrick Lamar emerged victorious in the Best Rap Performance category at Sunday night’s Grammys ceremony. Keem accepted the award, which was presented to the Melodic Blue artist by Ludacris. Further reflecting on the win backstage, Keem spoke on how “surreal” the moment felt for him and his family. Originally joining Megan […]
Not long after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at this year’s Oscars, a reaction shot of Nicole Kidman started making the rounds alongside the claim that it showed the Being the Ricardo actress’ initial response to the still-dominating-headlines incident. Posited far and wide was that the above image (and others) captured Kidman expressing some form […]
While Diddy has since been quoted as saying that it’s “all love” between Will Smith and Chris Rock, a televised slap that took place during Sunday’s Oscars ceremony remains the talk of Hollywood and beyond. As previously reported, Smith was seen during Sunday’s ceremony taking the stage and ultimately appearing to slap Rock after the […]
Dune ultimately emerged as the film with the most wins at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony, which also included a history-making victory for Apple’s CODA in the Best Picture category and a memorable performance from Beyoncé that opened the show. But it was a slap-centered onstage incident that continued to be the main source of discourse […]
Beyoncé gave Oscars viewers a memorable take on “Be Alive” as part of Sunday’s ceremony. The track entered the evening as among those nominated in the Best Original Song category thanks to its end credits appearance in the Will Smith-fronted King Richard. The song features music and lyrics by Beyoncé and DIXSON, the latter of whom is […]
Sean Penn has sent a stern message to Oscar organizers. While speaking to CNN’s Jim Acosta on Saturday, the 61-year-old actor called on the Academy to give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an opportunity to speak at the 94th Academy Awards; and if they refused to extend the invitation, he will publicly destroy his Oscar trophies. “There is nothing […]
Kanye West being removed from the Grammys performance roster prompted J. Prince to speak up. The music executive took to Twitter on Monday to share some thoughts about the award show’s treatment of hip-hop over the years, nodding to Ye’s banishment as a recent example of the “control” the Grammys exercises over the genre. “I’ve been watching the Grammys control […]
The Recording Academy has pulled the plug on Kanye West’s Grammys performance. News of the ban began circulating Friday night, about two weeks before the awards show is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas. A spokesperson for Ye confirmed the decision to Variety on Saturday, claiming the rapper’s camp had received a call from the Academy, informing them that […]
