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25 Feb 2025

Tom Waits Performs Poetry for New Documentary on American Homelessness

Tom Waits has added his talents to the final episode of Italian documentary series, Il Fattore Umano (The Human Factor), with his work accompanying stories of homelessness in America.

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The eight-part series, created by the Italian public television channel RAI3, offers investigative insights into how human rights have been violated by authoritarian regimes, autocracies and even democratic regimes. Focusing on how the most vulnerable and minorities face oppression in these countries, the final episode – titled Ultima Fermata (The Last Ride) – serves as an in-depth look at American poverty.

Looking specifically at four southern states – Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana – filmmakers travel through the regions on public buses, discovering forgotten communities while exploring the dignity and solidarity of those forced to live in marginalized conditions thanks to a system that lacks safety nets.

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The Last Ride pairs the stories of these individuals with the voice of Waits, who shares performances on acoustic guitar and piano while also reading from his poem Seeds on Hard Ground. A trailer for the episode is soundtracked by Waits performing “The Fall of Troy,” which originally appeared on the soundtrack to 1996’s Dead Man Walking.

“I am an individual who is deeply concerned with the inequities as we all are, but ill equipped to solve any of them,” Waits said in a statement. “I tell the world in the only way I know how: through my music. I don’t deal with politics or laws, and I don’t have answers to the big questions that concern us all. All I can do is try – through songs and poems – to inspire someone. I’m here to open up the window and open up our eyes. I guess a little bit, if I can.”

The Last Ride was written and directed by Angelo Loy, Martino Mazzonis and Luigi Montebello for RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana’s Il Fattore Umano. The episode will be available for global streaming on Wednesday (Feb. 26) via RAI’s RaiPlay streaming platform.

25 Feb 2025

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17 Power Ranking: Episode 8 — Follow the Yellow Brick Road

With RuPaul’s Drag Race bringing back their Rate-a-Queen system for season 17, Billboard decided to rate each of the new queens every week based on their performance. Below, we take a look at this season’s Rusical to see which queens brought Broadway to the main stage. Spoilers ahead for episode 8.

As Jewels Sparkles aptly put it at the top of this week’s episode: “Every gay person has an attachment to The Wizard of Oz.” So, leave it to the production team of RuPaul’s Drag Race to turn their annual Rusical challenge into a maximalist mashup of the most beloved Oz-based properties in the world

For season 17’s Rusical, the 10 remaining contestants were given a script that combined three of the most popular musical re-tellings of L. Frank Baum’s beloved 1900 novel — the legendary 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the 1975 game-changing musical The Wiz and the 2003 Broadway behemoth Wicked — and mashed them together with a fourth staple within the theater community, A Chorus Line. To simplify; season 17’s Rusical was a veritable feast for theater gays everywhere.

And feast the season 17 queens did, with the majority of the girls giving their all for a very good Rusical in this season. The performances were so good, in fact, that the judges panel decided to acknowledge four queens amongst this week’s tops, while refusing to place anyone besides Kori King and Acacia Forgot amongst the lower end of the critiquing scale. In the end, Sam Star earned her long-desired second challenge win, while Suzie Toot, Onya Nurve and Jewels Sparkles still got plenty of praise for their performances.

In their Lip Sync For Your Life, Acacia and Kori battled it out to guest judge Adam Lambert’s campy club number “Wet Dream.” Even with a wig malfunction on her part, Kori still managed to impress the panel with her unbridled energy — the Boston queen was granted another week in the competition, leaving Acacia Forgot to sashay away.

Below, Billboard takes a look back at episode 8 and ranks where our remaining contestants lie based on this episode and the season as a whole:

ELIMINATED: Acacia Forgot

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As sad as we are to see Acacia Forgot leave the competition, the truth is this was a matter of “when,” not of “if.” Acacia served up a series of great looks throughout the season (including in this episode), but when it came to her performances in the main challenges, Acacia just never managed to stand out from her competitors. Fighting for a lead role like Kansas Dorothy and then doing approximately nothing with it is a fatal error in the Rusical challenge, and Acacia ended up paying the price. Even in her second Lip Sync for Your Life, the queen couldn’t quite keep up with Kori’s stunt-fueled staging. R.I.P. to Acacia — gone, but not yet Forgot-ten.

Last Week’s Ranking: No. 8

Track Record:
- Safe Placements: 4
- Low Placements: 1
- Bottom Placements: 2
Kori King

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Not being able to sing is not a disqualifying factor when it comes to the Rusical challenge. Not being able to sell your performance, on the other hand, absolutely is disqualifying. Had Kori leaned into the ridiculousness of her flying monkey character this week, she could have easily earned another safe placement. But the Boston queen was simply too hung up on losing the battle for Jewels’ Good Witch character, meaning that she was left in the dust. With her less-than-stellar track record on the season thus far, Ms. King’s days are most definitely numbered unless she can absolutely demolish next week’s challenge.

Last Week’s Ranking: No. 6

Track Record
- Safe Placements: 4
- Low Placements: 1
- Bottom Placements: 2
Lana Ja’Rae

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After two consecutive trips to the bottom two, I thought this might be the week that Lana Ja’Rae would storm the main stage with a tour de force performance, proving definitively why she is in this competition. Alas, I was wrong — Lana gave a fine performance as the Tin Woman, doing just good enough on both her vocal and her choreography to avoid a third bottom placement. Her runway presentation, as always, was clean and well-tailored to the category at hand. But nothing about this queen’s performance made me want to give her a standing ovation, a fact that feels fatal at this late stage of the competition.

Last Week’s Ranking: No. 10

Track Record:
- Safe Placements: 5
- Bottom Placements: 2
Lexi Love

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From the start of this season, Lexi Love was one of the immediate standouts among a crowded pack of queens. But it’s now episode 8, and that star quality has finally started to dim. Lexi has consistently performed well enough to skate by each week without much critique, with the only exception to that rule being her so-bad-it’s-kind-of-good performance in last week’s Snatch Game. With other queens higher on this list consistently earning top marks from the judges’ panel, Lexi is beginning to slip into the endless middle of this cast. That’s not always a bad thing — past winners like Yvie Oddly and Willow Pill won their seasons after only taking home just one challenge win each. But if Lexi wants some security in this game, the best way to get it is by capturing the judges’ attention in her upcoming challenge performances.

Last Week’s Ranking: No. 5

Track Record:
- Wins: 1
- High Placements: 1
- Safe Placements: 5
Lydia B Kollins

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In this episode, Michelle Visage said that “there are no small parts, only small actors.” While there is some truth to that statement, it’s hard to look at Lydia B Kollins and Kori King’s flying monkeys as much else than small parts in a Rusical stacked with over-the-top characters. But where Kori’s winged ape couldn’t quite take flight, Lydia managed to at least hover with her performance, marking a solid showing for this season’s oddball. When it came time for the runway, meanwhile, Lydia managed to outdo herself yet again, serving something sexy and unexpected with her parasol look. The “B” might stand for “Butthole,” but this week, we’re taking it as a letter grade for Lydia’s above average performance.

Last Week’s Ranking: No. 4

Track Record:
- Safe Placements: 6
- Bottom Placements: 1
Arrietty

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As the queen whose trajectory feels the hardest to pin down this season, Arrietty finally performed about the way I expected she would in the Rusical. Her Scarecrow, while perhaps not the most technically proficient of the bunch, had a few standout moments and very clean choreography, while her runway look was spectacular, as expected. Sure, I’d like to see Arrietty thrive a little bit more — but I also know the second we get another design challenge this season, the elven queen is going to eat her competitors up, so she’s certainly earned a middle-of-the-pack placement this week.

Last Week’s Ranking: No. 9

Track Record:
- Wins: 1
- High Placements: 1
- Safe Placements: 2
- Low Placements: 2
- Bottom Placements: 1
Suzie Toot

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After a less-than-stellar Snatch Game performance, you could tell that Suzie Toot was hungry for the win this week. It’s easy to see why — much like Jan and Plasma before her, Suzie’s talents seemed perfectly suited for a Rusical challenge, and she easily delivered when it came time for her big, Elphaba-inspired number. But I can’t help but wonder — if Suzie had gotten the Kansas Dorothy role that she wanted, would she have been able to nab her third win of the season? The jury’s still out on that idea, especially considering Acacia’s bottom performance in the part, but one thing I am certain about is that Suzie definitely deserved the flowers she got from the judges this week.

Last Week’s Ranking: No. 7

Track Record:
- Wins: 2
- High Placements: 2
- Safe Placements: 3
Jewels Sparkles

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More than almost any of the other girls on this list, Jewels Sparkles knew exactly what the judges wanted to see her do in the Rusical challenge. Her ditzy, bimbo-fied Good Witch hit all the right marks with her sultry, sexy and stupid song in this Rusical, a fact that was only helped by Jewels’ excellent vocal performance. After weeks of maintaining a series of safe placements in the competiton, it feels like Jewels has finally found a rhythm that works for her on Drag Race — and once she manages to earn her first win in the competition, she will become a queen to beat in season 17.

Last Week’s Ranking: No. 2

Track Record:
- High Placements: 3
- Safe Placements: 4
Sam Star

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Future Drag Race contestants, please watch Sam Star’s performance on this show as a roadmap for what you should be doing in the competition. Even as one of the most consistently excellent performers of the season, Sam is not above taking a note — when Michelle Visage warned her about playing it too safe, she took a huge risk by impersonating Cher in this week’s challenge. To say she rose to the occasion would be an understatement; Sam not only nailed the pop legend’s iconic voice, but enthralled the audience with her precise performance in this Rusical. Plus, she has yet to miss on the runway, and this week’s bejeweled floral outfit is easily one of her best. Even in a challenge as stacked as the Rusical, Sam proved that she is a Star with this winning performance.

Last Week’s Ranking: No. 3

Track Record:
- Wins: 2
- High Placements: 2
- Safe Placements: 2
- Low Placements: 1
Onya Nurve

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Here’s the deal: Onya Nurve may not have won the challenge this week, but that doesn’t mean she’s any further away from the crown for it. Her performance as Harlem Dorothy, from top to bottom, was spotless. Her look on the runway was haute couture and looked fabulous on her. The judges are clearly obsessed with her, and for good reason — Onya is practically a walking, talking embodiment of what a RuPaul’s Drag Race winner looks like. At this rate, with consistent high placements and a clear ability to adapt to whatever challenges get thrown at her, Onya Nurve is the undisputed frontrunner of season 17, and frankly, it’s not close.

Last Week’s Ranking: No. 1

Track Record:
- Wins: 2
- High Placements: 3
- Safe Placements: 2

25 Feb 2025

John Legend Wins Over Olivia Kuper Harris After Jazz-Infused ‘Voice’ Audition

Olivia Kuper Harris didn’t just step onto The Voice stage—she transported it to another era. Taking on Doris Day’s timeless ballad “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” the Dallas-born singer draped the room in nostalgia, delivering a performance so rich and velvety it felt like a lost recording from jazz’s golden age.

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John Legend, Adam Levine, and Kelsea Ballerini couldn’t resist.

Legend was the first to turn his chair, drawn in by Harris’ effortless control. Levine wasn’t far behind, nudging Ballerini to do the same. “What are you waiting for?” he asked, prompting her to hit her button.

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“I don’t know! You’re so right,” Ballerini admitted.

As the final note hung in the air, Levine turned to Harris with a grin. “You’re really special,” he said, making it clear she had impressed him. Then, in true Adam fashion, he took a playful jab at his fellow Coach. “And Michael Bublé is a fool.”

Legend, ever the strategist, made his pitch. “What got me at first was just the beauty of your tone,” he said on the warmth and elegance Harris brought to the song. Ballerini added that Harris’ voice had a rare quality—something that could transcend genres and connect with all types of listeners.

Harris, overwhelmed with emotion, took a deep breath. She had come looking for a sign, a confirmation that this was the path she was meant to follow. “Being on stage, I feel like it’s my purpose in life,” she said. “It makes me emotional because I’ve looked for so many other things I could possibly do… and this is it, man.”

With three Coaches vying for her, the decision was hers.

Ultimately, it was Legend’s pitch that resonated most with Harris. She joined his team, adding another unique voice to his roster for The Voice Season 27.

Harris’ audition stood out not just for its technical precision but for its ability to evoke an era long past. While many hopefuls lean into pop, R&B, or powerhouse ballads, Harris took a different route—one that paid off in a big way.

As the competition heats up, it remains to be seen how Harris will evolve under Legend’s mentorship. But if her Blind Audition was any indication, The Voice might have just found its next great jazz revivalist.

24 Feb 2025

Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo & More to Perform at 2025 Oscars

Six powerhouse women – Doja Cat, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, LISA of BLACKPINK, Queen Latifah and Raye – will perform at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The show also will feature a special appearance by the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

Erivo and Grande are 2025 Oscar nominees for their roles in Wicked. Queen Latifah was nominated in 2003 for her role in Chicago.

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Erivo and Grande are expected to open the Oscar telecast with one or more songs from Wicked. All of the songs featured in Wicked were taken from the Broadway musical, so none were nominated for best original song, but the score by John Powell and Stephen Schwartz was nominated for best original score. Wicked received a total of 10 nominations.

The other women are expected to participate in “performances celebrating the filmmaking community and some of its legends.”

When the Oscars announced that this year’s nominees for best original song would not be performed on the telecast (but that there would instead be a single spot focused on the songwriters of those songs), some feared that music would get short shrift on the awards show. This announcement proves that that is not the case.

Oscar producers historically have focused on the best original song nominees, but they have been known to pivot when doing so would yield a prized booking. Three years ago, the Oscars featured a performance of the Encanto song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, even though that song had not been submitted for Oscar consideration and was not nominated.

Raye performed her song “Oscar Winning Tears,” from her album My 21st Century Blues, on the Grammy telecast on Feb. 2, where she was a best new artist nominee. Raj Kapoor, executive producer and showrunner of the 2025 Oscars, was an executive producer of this year’s Grammy telecast as well. These bookings constitute major coups for the British star, who swept the Brit Awards a year ago.

Kapoor and Oscars executive producer Katy Mullan will continue to announce talent joining the show leading up to the ceremony.

Hosted by Conan O’Brien, the 2025 Oscars will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official live red carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.

24 Feb 2025

Selena Gomez Says Steve Martin & Martin Short ‘Deserve’ SAG Award Win ‘More Than I Do’

Selena Gomez is giving the glory of the Only Murders in the Building cast’s 2025 Screen Actors Guild award to costars Steve Martin and Martin Short.

The day after their murder-mystery Hulu series took home outstanding performance by an ensemble at this year’s SAG honors Sunday (Feb. 23), the singer-actress shared a couple older photos with her two leading costars — who were not present at the ceremony– and gave credit where credit is due. “After 4 seasons we got our first award as a cast!!!” she wrote on Instagram.

“Steve, Marty you deserve this more than I do,” Gomez continued. “You guys have shaped the character I play on our show.”

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Only Murders‘ victory over the weekend followed three straight years of the comedy losing the same prize to Ted Lasso, Abbott Elementary and The Bear, respectively. The Rare Beauty founder was visibly shocked when her show’s name was called Sunday, declaring excitedly while accepting the award on stage, “We never win!”

“Marty and Steve aren’t here because they don’t really care,” she then joked. “Thank you to Marty and Steve for helping to raise me. I genuinely am just so grateful. I take it home for all of us; bringing this back to New York for Season 5.”

Also sharing photos of herself with Molly Shannon, Richard Kind and more of her Only Murders castmates, who accepted the award with her at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Gomez added in her post, “Last night was one I will never ever forget … Thank you @hulu and @sagawards for this unreal moment that I will cherish with my only murders family!”

In addition to the ensemble prize, Only Murders also saw Short win outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series. Gomez was duly recognized in the best performance by a cast in a motion picture category for her work in Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, and though the award went to the Conclave team instead, Emilia‘s Zoe Saldana took home best supporting actress.

24 Feb 2025

Here’s the Date of the 2025 American Music Awards

The 2025 American Music Awards (AMAs) is set to air live from Las Vegas on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26. The special will air live coast-to-coast at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and stream on Paramount+.

It will be the first yearly AMAs show since the one that aired on ABC on Nov. 20, 2022, with Wayne Brady hosting.

The 2025 AMAs will broadcast globally across linear and digital platforms and will honor the most popular songs and artists of the year while paying tribute to our country’s troops. CBS’ intention is for the AMAs to air on Memorial Day going forward.

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The AMAs franchise moved to CBS on Oct. 6, 2024, with a star-studded retrospective special, American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special. As the most-streamed AMAs in the show’s history, the special surpassed 13 million in reach and averaged over 6.1 million viewers, an increase of +53% from the last show in 2022 on ABC, the largest year-over-year growth of a music special or award show.

The anniversary show featured an all-star lineup that included Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, Green Day, Brad Paisley, Chaka Khan, Sheila E., Gladys Knight, Kane Brown, Nelly, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, RAYE, Stray Kids, AJ McLean, Jimmy Kimmel, Kate Hudson, Lance Bass, Reba McEntire, Samuel L. Jackson, and Smokey Robinson.

The American Music Awards bills itself as the world’s largest fan-voted award show. Nominees are based on key fan interactions as reflected on the Billboard charts – including streaming, album sales, song sales and radio airplay.

Legendary producer Dick Clark created the AMAs in 1973 as a fan-based alternative to the Grammys. The first two Grammy live telecasts in March 1971 and March 1972 aired on ABC. When the Grammys shifted to CBS for the March 1973 telecast, ABC looked for a show to fill that void and went with Clark’s fan-based show.

The show on Memorial Day will be the 51st yearly AMAs broadcast. (There were two shows in 2003 and none at all in 2023 or 2024.)

That first show in 1974 ran just 90 minutes. The show in the first five years had a tight focus on three broad genres – pop/rock, soul/R&B and country. It now recognizes far more genres, including hip-hop, Latin, inspirational, gospel, Afrobeats and K-pop.

Clark, a master showman, was a legend in both music and television. He received a trustees award from the Recording Academy in 1990 and was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1992. He died in 2012 at age 82.

The 2025 American Music Awards will air concurrently on both coasts. The AMAs previously aired on the West Coast on tape delay. This welcome change was introduced on the anniversary show last October.

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23 Feb 2025

‘Wicked,’ ‘Like a Bird’ Among Winners at 2025 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: Full List

Wicked, A Complete Unknown and I Saw the TV Glow won for best music supervision in major budget, mid-level budget and low-budget films, respectively, at the 15th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which were held at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 23.

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Wicked fans had further cause to rejoicify: Wicked creator Stephen Schwartz received the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industries. Schwartz performed “Beautiful City” from the 1973 film adaptation of his 1971 musical Godspell.

The GMS Awards honors achievements in the craft of music supervision in film, television, documentaries, advertising, trailers and video games.

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“Like a Bird” from the film Sing Sing won best song written and/or recorded for a film. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s headed for an Oscar victory for best original song on March 2. Of the nine songs to win in this category at the GMS Awards, just three went on to win the Oscar – “City of Stars” from La La Land, “Shallow” from A Star Is Born and “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie.

The field of nominees in this category at the two shows was very different this year. Just one other song, Diane Warren’s “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight, was nominated at both shows. The other Oscar nominees are “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard), “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez (Camille and Clément Ducol) and “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late (Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin).

GMS awarded three songwriters for “Like a Bird” — Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel and Adrian Quesada – while the Oscars nominated just Alexander and Quesada.

Music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg took the stage to accept the Legacy Award for her career in music supervision. Greenberg has worked on dozens of films, including Hairspray, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Pleasantville, What Women Want and It’s Complicated.

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez won the GMS Award for best song written and/or recorded for television for “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road (Sacred Chant Version)” from Agatha All Along. The Lopezes’ previous collaborations have brought them two Oscars, two Grammys, a Primetime Emmy and assorted other awards.

Steve Schnur, music supervisor and executive at EA Games, won the most awards on the night – two for his work on video games EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Alexander and Quesada performed “Like a Bird” at the GMS Awards. Danielle Ponder performed her nominated song “Egún” from Apple TV’s MANHUNT, and Role Model performed “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out” as the Spotlight artist of the evening.

The event was produced by the GMS Awards production committee: president Lindsay Wolfington, vp Heather Guibert, Janet Lopez, Priya Autrey and Joel C High. Show production was handled by Angelia Shepperd from ABS Collective with talent producer Julie Donsky, and technical production by Nick Urbom from Big Push Media Group.

Here’s a complete list of nominations for the 2025 Guild of Music Supervisor Awards, with winners marked.

Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films

Jordan Carroll – Better Man

Dave Jordan – Deadpool & Wolverine

Julianne Jordan – The Instigators

Rachel Levy – Twisters

Tom MacDougall, Matt Walker – Moana 2

WINNER: Maggie Rodford – Wicked

Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films

Deva Anderson, Rachel Lautzenheiser – The Piano Lesson

Iain Cooke – Back to Black

Pierre-Marie Dru – Emilia Pérez

WINNER: Steven Gizicki – A Complete Unknown

Frankie Pine – The Idea of You

Mary Ramos – The Greatest Hits

Best Music Supervision in Low Budget Films

WINNER: Jessica Berndt, Chris Swanson – I Saw the TV Glow

James Cartwright – Dandelion

Csaba Faltay, Milena Fessmann – Maria

Kier Lehman – Los Frikis

James A. Taylor – The Brutalist

Scotty Taylor – My Old Ass

Best Music Supervision in a Non-Theatrically Released Film

Joel C. High, Sami Posner – Meet Me Next Christmas

Susan Jacobs, Jackie Mulhearn – Out of My Mind

Rob Lowry – Sweethearts

Aminé Ramer – Lonely Planet

Morgan Rhodes – Thelma the Unicorn

WINNER: Robin Urdang – The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film

“The Idea of You” – The Idea of You; Songwriters: Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Albin Nedler; Performers: Anne-Marie, Nicholas Galitzine; Music Supervisor: Frankie Pine

“The Journey” – The Six Triple Eight; Songwriter: Diane Warren; Performer: H.E.R.; Music Supervisor: Joel C. High

“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot; Songwriters: Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi; Performer: Maren Morris; Music Supervisor: Natalie Hayden

WINNER: “Like a Bird” – Sing Sing; Songwriters: Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel, Adrian Quesada; Performers: Abraham Alexander, Adrian Quesada; Music Supervisor: Dan Wilcox

“Out of Oklahoma” – Twisters; Songwriters: Luke Dick, Shane McAnally, Lainey Wilson; Performer: Lainey Wilson; Music Supervisor: Rachel Levy

“Why I’m Here” – Shirley; Songwriters: Samara Joy, Paul Sylvester Morton Jr.; Performer: Samara Joy; Music Supervisor: Madonna Wade-Reed

Best Music Supervision in a Television Drama

Deva Anderson, Rachel Lautzenheiser – Masters of the Air Season 1

Matt Biffa – One Day Season 1

Linda Cohen – The Sympathizer Season 1

Stephanie Diaz-Matos – Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Season 1

WINNER: Catherine Grieves – Baby Reindeer Season 1

Trygge Toven – Fallout Season 1

Best Music Supervision in a Television Comedy

George Drakoulias, Ian Herbert – Palm Royale Season 1

Kerri Drootin, Charlie Haggard – Loot Season 2

Christa Miller, Tony Von Pervieux – Bad Monkey Season 1

Javier Nuño, Joe Rodríguez – Acapulco Season 3

WINNER: Jen Ross – English Teacher Season 1

Best Music Supervision in Reality Television

Brandon Boucher, Peter Davis – The Challenge: All Stars Season 4

Jon Ernst – Love Is Blind Season 6

WINNER: Meryl Ginsberg, Sara Torres, Jordan Young – Love Island USA Season 6

Carrie Hughes – Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Season 11

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television

WINNER: “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road (Sacred Chant Version)” – Agatha All Along; Songwriters: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez; Performers: Agatha All Along Cast (Ali Ahn, Kathryn Hahn, Patti LuPone, Debra Jo Rupp, Sasheer Zamata); Music Supervisors: Dave Jordan, Justine von Winterfeldt

“Do You See Me Now” – Sweetpea; Songwriters: Daisy Bertenshaw, Isobel Waller-Bridge; Performers: CHINCHILLA, Isobel Waller-Bridge; Music Supervisor: Ollie White

“Egún” – Manhunt; Songwriter: Danielle Ponder; Performer: Danielle Ponder; Music Supervisors: Lindsey Driscoll, Brienne Rose

“Feel It” – Invincible; Songwriters: David Burke, Noah Ehler, Sam Homaee, Gray Toomey; Performer: d4vd; Music Supervisors: Gabe Hilfer, Henry van Roden

“The First Cut Is the Deepest” – The Brothers Sun; Songwriter: Cat Stevens; Performer: Bo Wang; Music Supervisor: Angela Asistio

Best Music Supervision in a Documentary Film

Maureen Crowe, Lisa Moberly, Janet Billig Rich – Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

Justin Feldman – Music by John Williams

Jonathan Finegold – Gaucho Gaucho

Dawn Sutter Madell – Eno

WINNER: Aminé Ramer – Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary

Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries

WINNER: Sam Carlin, Drew Kramer – Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza Season 1

Alexandra Eckhardt – Kings from Queens: The Run DMC Story Season 1

Ed Gerrard – Gospel Season 1

Gary Welch – Camden Season 1

Allison Wood – Breath of Fire Season 1

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Synch)

Abbey Hendrix, Jonathan Wellbelove – iPhone 15 Storage – “Don’t Let Me Go”

Andrew Kahn, Morgan Thoryk – “Two-Step”

Mike Ladman, Mara Techam – “Breaking Moves the World”

WINNER: Peymon Maskan, Gemma Schladow, Alec Stern, Jenna Wilson – “Power of She”

Nicole Palko, Jonathan Wellbelove – “iPhone 15 Plus Battery – One More”

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Original Music)

Danielle Beauvoir, Nick Maker – “Out of This World: The Official Anthem of the Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup”

Abbey Hendrix, Jonathan Wellbelove – “iPhone 16 – Imagine It. Genmoji It.”

Scott McDaniel – “1 Performance, 30 Years in the Making”

WINNER: Patrick Lawrence Zappia – “Give Your Gift.”

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Long-Form)

Codie Childs – “PS5 | Play Has No Limits”

Connie Edwards, Sunny Kapoor – “Spot it Early”

Mike Ladman, Mara Techam – “A Mountain of Entertainment – Hail Patrick”

Mike Ladman, Mara Techam – “H.O.R.S.E. on a Horse”

Nellie Rajabi, Jonathan Wellbelove – “The Relay”

WINNER: Al Risi – “An American Love Story”

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer (Film)

Megan Barbour, Greg Smith, Tyler Torrison – 28 Years Later – Official Trailer

WINNER: Maggie Baron – Anora – Official Redband Trailer

Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg – Thunderbolts* – Trailer 2

Anny Colvin – We Live in Time – Official Trailer

Will Quiney – Cuckoo – Official Trailer

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer (Series)

WINNER: Deric Berberabe, Hudson Saxe, Jordan Silverberg – Severance: Season 2 – Official Trailer

Bobby Gumm – 3 Body Problem – Final Trailer

Vanessa Jorge Perry – Skeleton Crew – Official Trailer

Scenery Samundra, Gregory Sweeney – DISCLAIMER* – Official Trailer

Naaman Snell – The Last of Us: Season 2 – Official Teaser

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer (Video Game & Interactive)

WINNER: Jonny Altepeter, Jackie Palazzolo, Vitaly Shenderovsky – “VALORANT” – Clove Agent Trailer – 2 WORLDS

Alex Hackford, Lindsey Kohon, Naaman Snell – “Destiny 2: The Final Shape” – Launch Trailer

Lindsey Kohon – “Black Ops 6” – Gameplay Reveal Trailer

Raphaella Lima, Steve Schnur – “College Football 25” – Official Reveal Trailer

Raphaella Lima, Michael Sherwood – “Apex Legends: Upheaval” – Gameplay Trailer

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Synch)

Benjamin Beladi – The Sandbox – Alpha Season 4

Maya Halfon Cordova, Kyle Hopkins – Forza Horizon 5 – Retrowave

Nora Felder – Stranger Things VR

Alex Hackford – MLB The Show 24

WINNER: Raphaella Lima, Cybele Pettus, Steve Schnur – EA SPORTS FC 25

Ryan Tomlin, Brandon Young – Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Original Music)

Manu Bachet, Raphaël Joffres – Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown; Composers: Gareth Coker, Mentrix

Codie Childs, James Marshall – LEGO Horizon Adventures; Composer: Homay Schmitz

Codie Childs, James Marshall – Until Dawn; Composer: Mark Korven

Glenn Herweijer, Ben Sumner – Life is Strange: Double Exposure; Composers: Glenn Herweijer, Nick Hill, Tessa Rose Jackson, Luciano Rossi

WINNER: Steve Schnur – Dragon Age: The Veilguard; Composers: Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer

Sam Yang – Delta Force; Composers: Edwin, Jason H, LUMi, Johan Söderqvist, Zio

21 Feb 2025

Selena Gomez’s Disney-Image-Shedding Film ‘Spring Breakers’ Coming to IMAX

Spring break is just around the corner — and for the first time in years, so is Spring Breakers.

On Friday (Feb. 21), A24 announced that its subversive film starring Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Vanessa Hudgens and Rachel Korine is coming to IMAX theaters for one night only.

Widely known as the project that helped the Wizards of Waverly Place alum transition from Disney Channel teen idol to mature actress, the Harmony Korine-directed movie will screen at IMAX theaters for the first time on March 19. Tickets are on sale now on the company’s website.

Also getting the one-night-only treatment is Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight on Feb. 27. Both film throwbacks come as part of A24’s monthly screening series with IMAX.

Up until Spring Breakers premiered in 2013, Gomez was most known for her Disney ties. The Rare Beauty founder has been open about how she took on the R-rated project as a way of “taking baby steps” toward more adult roles — as she described it to The New York Times that year — and still looks back fondly on the experience.

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“I think that was one of the moments in my life that I felt like, ‘Oh, this is what art can feel like,’” she told IndieWire of Spring Breakers at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. “Not just the typical way I had been doing it my whole career. That’s when I got the bug. So to be honest, I’m just happy to be a part of such an audacious, special, and important movie.”

Gomez has come a long way since 2013, with the “Lose You to Love Me” singer spending the past decade appearing in numerous onscreen projects in addition to managing a chart-topping pop music career and starting Rare Beauty, a billion-dollar cosmetics company. She currently stars in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building and recently earned widespread praise for her performance in Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, both of which have earned her Golden Globe nominations in acting categories.

21 Feb 2025

Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 Livestream: How to Watch the ‘Fight Card of the Century’ Online

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Two light heavyweight boxers go head-to-head in “The Gardens” on Saturday (Feb. 22): Artur Beterbiev (21-0-0) battles Dmitry Bivol (23-1-0) in a highly-anticipated rematch. The bout — which is part of, what has been dubbed, “the greatest fight card of the century” — is scheduled for 12 rounds with the winner earning the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring light heavyweight title.

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The Last Crescendo: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 takes place at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, starting at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT, with the main event beginning around 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

Want to watch the Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 online? The Beterbiev vs. Bivol 2 PPV price is streamable for $25.99 for DAZN subscribers.

If you’re not a subscriber, you can get access to the PPV livestream for $29.99 per month. Additionally, if you’d like to go for an annual subscription, you can access to the streaming service for $19.99 per month with the service’s 12-month contract.

With DAZN, you get access to more than 100 live fights every year, along with fight replays, highlights, documentaries and much more.

Meanwhile, this is a event is also streaming on PPV.com for $25.99.

The Last Crescendo: Fight Card of the Century, 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT

Artur Beterbiev (undisputed champion) vs. Dmitry Bivol: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring Light Heavyweight — Main Event, Title Fight
Daniel Dubois (champion) vs. Joseph Parker: IBF Heavyweight — Co-Main Event, Title Fight
Shakur Stevenson (champion) vs. Josh Padley: WBC Lightweight — Title Fight
Carlos Adames (champion) vs. Hamzah Sheeraz: WBC Middleweight — Title Fight
Vergil Ortiz Jr (champion) vs. Israil Madrimov: WBC World Interim Super Welterweight — Title Fight
Zhilei Zhang vs. Agit Kabayel: WBC Interim Heavyweight — Title Fight
Joshua Buatsi (champion) vs. Callum Smith: WBO Light Heavyweight Interim — Title Fight

What Is Beterbiev’s and Bivol’s Walkout Music?

While Riyadh Season has yet to announce each boxer’s walkout music for the main event, they usually go out to the octagon to the same songs during their matches. Artur Beterbiev typically walks out to “Forward Akhmat!” by Russian recording artist Rizavdi Ismailov, while Dmitry Bivol prefers to walk out to “Blood Type” by Soviet post-punk band Kino. So these songs will likely make an appearance during “The Last Crescendo” event.

Fight Card of the Century: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 PPV is streamable on DAZN and PPV.com on Saturday, Feb. 22, starting at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT. The main event is expected to start around 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

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21 Feb 2025

Cardi B & DJ Khaled Team Up for ‘Smurfs Movie Soundtrack’ Cut ‘Higher Love’: Listen

Cardi B and DJ Khaled are part of the Smurf family. While they won’t be starring in the blockbuster, the “Wish Wish” collaborators joined forces on Friday (Feb. 21) to contribute “Higher Love” to the Smurfs Movie Soundtrack.

“Higher Love” also features vocals from Desi Trill’s Natania and Subhi. The track samples Belinda Carlisle’s iconic anthem “Heaven Is a Place on Earth,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1987.

Cardi trades her typically raunchy rhymes for a more family-friendly canvas — although, it’s possible she could’ve been taking a shot at her ex Offset with her hard-hitting verse. “Everybody need love and I need some too/ Diamonds look sad ’cause each one blue,” she raps before referencing Belinda Carlisle’s hit. “Make heaven on earth, bae, I think you’re perfect/ Sweet like dessert but do you deserve it/ Think about me, I’m on your mental.”

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Khaled relayed in a statement that he was “excited” to be part of this collaboration, and called his Smurfs involvement a full-circle moment, as he’s someone who grew up watching the show. “Growing up I remember always watching the Smurfs,” he said. “It feels like a full-circle moment now having children of my own who watch the Smurfs as well, and I get to be a part of the soundtrack. I’m excited to work alongside Cardi B, Natania and Subhi on ‘Higher Love’ for this monumental movie soundtrack. It’s inspiring and looking forward to sharing our music with the world.”

The Smurfs blockbuster is slated to hit theaters across the U.S. on July 18, and boasts Rihanna voicing Smurfette.

2025 is also expected to be a busy year for Cardi B and DJ Khaled. Cardi is promising the arrival of her much-delayed sophomore album, while Khaled announced his Aalam of God set.

Listen to “Higher Love” below.

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