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Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix sang live on the set of Joker: Folie à Deux — not just because they’re staunch professionals, but also because they wanted their performances to feel as raw and unpredictable as their characters are.
In a new interview with Variety published Tuesday (Aug. 20), the pair — who play Harley Quinn and Arthur Fleck, respectively — opened up about the challenges of using live vocals during filming. A pianist was on site to provide accompaniment off camera, after which their takes were spliced together and occasionally rerecorded in studio as needed.
“We didn’t want vibrato and perfect notes,” Phoenix explained, adding that he and the pop star wanted to “let the emotion guide” their performances to stay “true to the moment.”
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“We asked ourselves, ‘What would need to be true for two people to just break into song in the middle of a conversation?’” Gaga added. “’Where does the music come from when no one can hear it but the characters?’ Neither Arthur nor [Harley] are professional singers and they shouldn’t sound like they are … We wanted to help tell the story of their shared madness in a way that felt real.”
“I think we all have an intimate and personal relationship with music in that there’s a score for our inner emotional lives,” she continued to Variety. “A score that no one can usually hear but us. That’s what we tried to capture for Arthur and Lee — the music inside them.”
The interview comes about a month and a half ahead of the Joker sequel’s theatrical release on Oct. 4. The film’s first full-length trailer dropped in July, promising a darkly chaotic storyline that finds Fleck and Quinn meeting in a psychiatric hospital and embarking on a joint musical journey as the former awaits trial for his crimes as Joker.
In another recent Q&A about the project, Phoenix revealed that Gaga — despite being a 13-time Grammy winner and vocal powerhouse in her own right — was quite supportive of his singing capabilities while working on the film. “I do seem to remember her spitting up coffee the first time I sang, so that felt good, that was exciting, and made me feel confident,” he told Empire in July. “Gaga was always very encouraging of just, ‘Go with what you feel, it’s fine.’ For somebody who’s not a performer in that way, it can be … uncomfortable to do that, but also very exciting.”
In addition to Folie à Deux, the “Applause” musician is also gearing up to release her seventh studio album, which she’s been teasing for weeks. While in Paris to perform at the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony in July, she even played a couple snippets of the record for fans gathered outside her hotel.
In the meantime, listeners can enjoy the A Star Is Born actress’ new standalone single with Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile,” which dropped Aug. 16. The pair also teamed up for a Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner-esque music video to accompany the cinematic ballad, which dropped on the same day as the song.
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Selena Gomez is celebrating her wins. Ahead of the theatrical release of Emilia Pérez in France, the 32-year-old singer-actress shared an emotional video on Instagram showing the moment she found out she’d been cast in the Jacques Audiard-directed film, after which she could barely hold back tears. “I can’t believe I got the movie, I’m […]
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John Legend was one of the first major musicians to publicly endorse Kamala Harris for president in 2024, but he’s not the only one in his family supporting the politician.
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of his private performance at the Democratic National Convention this week, the “All of Me” singer revealed that his 8-year-old daughter Luna — one of four kids he shares with Chrissy Teigen — sees Harris as a role model. “[Luna] is so excited to see someone who’s Black and Asian like she is, [and] a woman like she is — so she’s looking at [Kamala] like, ‘This is me’ up there,’” he told the outlet.
“For her to see that, of course, is really inspiring, and she’s excited,” he continued. “And she can’t imagine why anyone would vote for Donald Trump, but that’s another issue.”
As mentioned, Legend was quick to voice support for Harris when President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race in July. “I’m so ready to work to help unite the pro-democracy coalition to reject Trump’s authoritarian, oppressive Project 2025 and elect Kamala Harris as our President,” he tweeted at the time. “She’s ready for this fight and I’m excited to help her in any way I can.”
The EGOT winner also praised Biden’s decision to let Harris take the reins while speaking to THR. “I think people were kind of apathetic about voting for two 80-year-olds, and they were ready for some new energy and some new excitement,” he said. “I’m truly grateful to President Biden for making that sacrifice, because the default for any president, especially someone who’s had as successful a first term as he has, is to run for re-election. And he understood that that wasn’t necessarily the best thing for the country, and he did something that was really graceful and patriotic by stepping down and allowing a new generation to step up.”
Legend’s remarks come over a week after he announced plans to release an album full of children’s lullabies titled My Favorite Dream, featuring lead single “L-O-V-E.” On the track he sings alongside Teigen and their oldest two children, Luna and 6-year-old son Miles.
Luna also personally illustrated the single’s cover art, and Legend — who’s also Dad to 1-year-old daughter Esti and 2-month-old Wren — wrote on Instagram that all the album’s songs were “baby tested, baby approved.”
“I’m right in the thick of fatherhood,” he added in a statement about the LP, which is due Aug. 30. “My parents loved to sing around the house, making up bedtime songs for us and songs to motivate and inspire us. And Chrissy and I also love singing to our kids. We make up little jingles and ditties for them all the time. In our home, music is very important to the way we interact and communicate with them.”
It looks like Ye still has love for Donald Trump.
Over the weekend, the Chicago rapper was spotted with his wife, Bianca Censori, in their Tesla Cybertruck outside a Donald Trump rally in Beverly Hills, California. TikTok user @ali.aam.06 captured a group of Trump supporters running up to Ye’s car as he pulled over to show them love. Naturally, the crowd went nuts and couldn’t believe they had just met him as he drove off.
Last month, during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, former White House director of strategic communications Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed a plan the ex-president had for “unifying” the country. “One day he wanted to have Kanye West come and do a church service on the White House lawn to unify the country,” she told a fan after being asked what was the wildest thing that came across her desk as a Trump staffer. “And I can think of a few things less unifying than that. But we were like, ‘Not the time or the place, sir.’”
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The former president and Ye have been linked since 2016, when the rapper met with Trump in New York City after he won the presidential election. “I wanted to meet with Trump today to discuss multicultural issues,” Kanye tweeted at the time. “I feel it is important to have a direct line of communication with our future President if we truly want change.”
Their most recent link-up was when they had a controversial dinner with far-right streamer Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago in 2022, where Ye reportedly asked Trump to be his 2024 running mate. “So I help a seriously troubled man, who just happens to be black, Ye, who has been decimated in his business and virtually everything else and who has always been good to me, by allowing his request for a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, alone, so that I can give him very much needed ‘advice,’” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time. “He shows up with 3 people, two of which I didn’t know, the other a political person who I haven’t seen in years. I told him don’t run for office, a total waste of time, can’t win. Fake News went CRAZY!”
Also, Trump made an appearance on Adin Ross’ stream earlier this month (Aug. 5) and referred to the rapper as “complicated.” Trump said of West, “He’s very complicated. Let’s say complicated, because he is. He’s a really nice guy, but he can get some people into trouble.” Adding, “And he can get some other people — he’s got a good heart, he does, he does, but he’s complicated.”
Ye has yet to publicly endorse the former president’s current re-election campaign.
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The Democratic National Convention has landed in Chicago. Day 1 of the convention starts Monday (Aug. 19).
Vice President Kamala Harris will take the stage later this week and officially accept the Democratic nomination for president.
John Legend, Kerry Washington and Mindy Kaling are some of the celebrities slated to attend the DNC, and music fans are speculating (hoping) that Beyoncé and Taylor Swift could make an appearance too. Although Beyoncé gave Harris permission to use the track “Freedom” in her presidential campaign, there’s no official word on whether she will be at DNC 2024, while Swift is busy in London closing out the European leg of her Eras Tour.
Who will be performing at DNC 2024? Mickey Guyton, James Taylor and Jason Isabell are set to perform onMonday.
See below for more details on DNC 2024. From the schedule to speakers and where to watch and live stream.
How to Watch DNC 2024
Live coverage of this year’s convention will air across major networks and cable news. That means you can watch and stream coverage on channels like ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News and PBS in addition to CNN, MSBNC and C-SPAN.
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Those who don’t have access to live channels, can watch DNC 2024 via streaming providers such as DirecTV Stream (and satellite), Fubo, Sling TV, U-Verse and Xfinity/Comcast. Use ExpressVPN for international access to various streaming platforms.
ABC News will air one-hour primetime coverage of the 2024 DNC from 10 p.m. -11 p.m. ET on Monday and Tuesday and two-hour coverage on Wednesday and Thursday from 9 p.m. -11 p.m. ET.
CBS will air DNC coverage at 10 p.m. ET across the four days.
NBC News’ live coverage starts on Monday from 10-11 p.m. ET led by Lester Holt. TODAY’s Savannah Gunthrie will join Holt in anchoring DNC coverage on Tuesday from 10-11 p.m. ET and 9-11 p.m. ET on Wednesday and Thursday.
All of the networks listed offer live streaming on their respective streaming services, apps and websites.
Where else can you watch and live stream coverage of DNC 2024? Stream live on Prime Video, Apple TV, Roku TV, Fire TV and the DNC’s social media platforms: X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
DNC Convention: Speakers, Schedule and More
The 2024 DNC Convention will take place at Chicago’s United Center from Aug. 19-22. This year’s convention theme is “For the People, For Our Future.”
According to the DNC website, coverage will air live from United Center from 6:15-11 p.m. ET/5:15-10 p.m. CT/3:15-8 p.m. PT.
Day one of the convention is themed “For the People,” day two is “A Bold Vision for America’s Future,” day three is “A Fight for Our Freedom” and “Four Our Future” leads day four.
Who will be speaking at the 2024 DNC? President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak on Monday along with former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver speeches on Tuesday.
Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will take the convention on Wednesday as well as former President Bill Clinton, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, per Axios.
This year’s DNC hosts include Washington and her former Scandal co-star Tony Goldwin, Kailing and The View’s Anna Navarro. According to CNN, Goldwyn will host on Monday night, Navarro on Tuesday and Kaling on Wednesday. Washington hosts on Thursday, the night that Vice President Harris will take the stage to formally accept the Democratic Nomination for president.
Upon accepting the nomination, Harris makes U.S. history as the first Black woman and first South Asian person to be nominated for president from a major party.
