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Oscars Change Rule on How Many Songs From a Film May Be Submitted
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced rule changes for the 2023 Oscars, including a big one in the best original song category. Going forward, no more than three songs from any one film may be submitted, regardless of writer(s). The old rule was that “no more than five songs from any one film may be submitted, regardless of writer(s). The submission deadline for the original song and original score categories is Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. The Academy recently announced that the 95th Oscars will take place Sunday, March 12, 2023. The show will air live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood (formerly known as Hollywood & Highland). The eligibility period for Academy Awards consideration will return to the full calendar year: a feature film must have a quali...
Official HIGE DANdism’s ‘Mixed Nuts’ Rises to No. 1 on Japan Hot 100
After holding at No. 2 for three consecutive weeks, Official HIGE DANdism’s “Mixed Nuts” rises to take the No. 1 spot on this week’s Japan Hot 100, dated May 18. The opener for the animated series SPYxFAMILY is at No. 1 for streaming for the fourth straight week (from 9,145,511 to 9,521,583 weekly streams). In other metrics, the song slips to No. 2 for downloads (from 19,062 to 15,946 units) and rises to No. 5 for video views (from 1,383,391 to 1,514,729 views). Powered by these three metrics, “Mixed Nuts” hits No. 1 on the Japan Hot 100 five weeks after debuting on the chart. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news [embedded content] Kenshi Yonezu bows at No. 2 with “M87,” the theme of Shin Ultraman, the reimagined new Ultraman movie by Hideaki Anno a...
Harry Styles Talks Showing His ‘Bum Bum’ on Film, Denies ‘Daylight’ Is About Taylor Swift on Howard Stern
Harry Styles visited Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show on Wednesday morning (May 18) to perform a pair of tracks from his upcoming Harry’s House album, talk about getting naked on screen and reveal his reaction to Will Smith’s Oscar’s attack on Chris Rock. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news But, of course, the things Stern was most interested in was whether the sensual House song “Cinema” — which includes the line “if you’re getting yourself wet for me I guess you’re all mine” — is about the singer’s paramour: actress/director Olivia Wilde. “Most of the time when I write songs they kind of start out as, like, I guess mine,” Styles said while measuring his words. “It’s important to write from whatever you’re going through at the time,” he added, saying ...
Set Times and Special GRiZ Performance Announced for Movement 2022
Time to start planning, Movement‘s set times are finally here. Coming soon to Detroit, Michigan is the world-renowned celebration of techno. Artists like Jeff Mills, The Martinez Brothers, Carl Craig, Maya Jane Coles, Flying Lotus, Chris Lake, Duck Sauce, The Blessed Madonna, and many, many more are set to take the stage for the festival’s first outing since 2019. Each of them will helm one of the festival’s six stages, including the newly-reworked, Underground Stage, for three days of entertainment celebrating the beautiful midwestern city and its beloved genre. Also new to this year’s event is the Detroit Stage presented by the cannabis retailer, JARS, which will feature a lineup consisting of only Detroit artists. Unfortunately for fans h...
Yungblud Talks Nirvana, Britpop, and Why Rock Is Back on ‘Lipps Service’
Yungblud has had quite a few weeks. He was featured in SPIN‘s April cover story. Then he released a new single with WILLOW and yesterday, announced that his third album would arrive this September. On the latest edition of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, the 24-year-old sat down with host Scott Lipps for a second time to reflect on his busy year. In the conversation, Yungblud talks about the importance of Nirvana’s original SPIN cover and what it meant to him, how he steadily built his career and how he grew up around music. He also gets into how Britpop influenced him growing up, working with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and the new rock movement. This is Yungblud’s second appearance on the show. Since it began in 2018, the acclaimed podcast has featured many of the biggest voices and personalit...
Yungblud Talks Nirvana, Britpop, and Why Rock Is Back on ‘Lipps Service’
Yungblud has had quite a few weeks. He was featured in SPIN‘s April cover story. Then he released a new single with WILLOW and yesterday, announced that his third album would arrive this September. On the latest edition of SPIN Presents Lipps Service, the 24-year-old sat down with host Scott Lipps for a second time to reflect on his busy year. In the conversation, Yungblud talks about the importance of Nirvana’s original SPIN cover and what it meant to him, how he steadily built his career and how he grew up around music. He also gets into how Britpop influenced him growing up, working with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and the new rock movement. This is Yungblud’s second appearance on the show. Since it began in 2018, the acclaimed podcast has featured many of the biggest voices and personalit...
Roosevelt Teams With Nile Rodgers on New Single ‘Passion’
When SPIN spoke with Roosevelt’s Marius Lauber in February, he teased an upcoming track featuring “a big hero” of his. That song, “Passion,” is out now and sports the signature guitar work of legendary musician/producer Nile Rodgers, as well as vocals from Bim Amoako-Gyampah. “Nile has been one of my biggest influences over the years, so working on a track together with him was an absolute dream come true,” Lauber says. “The track had many different shapes and forms over almost two years, so I’m happy to finally have a version that I’m happy with. Nile and I worked on the track remotely via phone calls and e-mails, before I finally met him in L.A. to celebrate the completion of it. The man is a living legend to me, and just talking to him about the early disco days was such a big inspirati...
Roosevelt Teams With Nile Rodgers on New Single ‘Passion’
When SPIN spoke with Roosevelt’s Marius Lauber in February, he teased an upcoming track featuring “a big hero” of his. That song, “Passion,” is out now and sports the signature guitar work of legendary musician/producer Nile Rodgers, as well as vocals from Bim Amoako-Gyampah. “Nile has been one of my biggest influences over the years, so working on a track together with him was an absolute dream come true,” Lauber says. “The track had many different shapes and forms over almost two years, so I’m happy to finally have a version that I’m happy with. Nile and I worked on the track remotely via phone calls and e-mails, before I finally met him in L.A. to celebrate the completion of it. The man is a living legend to me, and just talking to him about the early disco days was such a big inspirati...
Porno for Pyros Are Replacing Jane’s Addiction at Welcome to Rockville
The Welcome to Rockville festival is slated to take place this weekend in Daytona Beach. Foo Fighters previously dropped off the bill and were replaced by Nine Inch Nails. Today, another change took place to the lineup and it’s an interesting one. Swapping one Perry Farrell-fronted band for the other, Porno for Pyros will replace Jane’s Addiction’s Sunday night set. Welcome to Rockville starts on Thursday night and takes place at Daytona International Speedway. A two-song performance during the Lollapalooza 2020 livestream withstanding, this will be Porno for Pyros’ first proper show since 1998, though setlist.fm lists the band’s last real show together as having taken place in 1998. According to a statement posted on Welcome to Rockville’s socials, Dave Navarro is dealing with an unannoun...
Porno for Pyros Are Replacing Jane’s Addiction at Welcome to Rockville
The Welcome to Rockville festival is slated to take place this weekend in Daytona Beach. Foo Fighters previously dropped off the bill and were replaced by Nine Inch Nails. Today, another change took place to the lineup and it’s an interesting one. Swapping one Perry Farrell-fronted band for the other, Porno for Pyros will replace Jane’s Addiction’s Sunday night set. Welcome to Rockville starts on Thursday night and takes place at Daytona International Speedway. A two-song performance during the Lollapalooza 2020 livestream withstanding, this will be Porno for Pyros’ first proper show since 1998, though setlist.fm lists the band’s last real show together as having taken place in 1998. According to a statement posted on Welcome to Rockville’s socials, Dave Navarro is dealing with an unannoun...
Apple Music Launches Concert Livestream Series, Kicking Off With Harry Styles
Apple Music is launching a new concert series, Apple Music Live. Available to subscribers across 167 countries for free, the series will see some of the music industry’s leading artists take the stage. Describing the series, Apple Music said that it’s designed to “give the biggest stars in music the biggest possible platform to flaunt how they connect with audiences and how their songs translate to live performance.” The series is indicative of a greater trend, in which artists are broadcasting their concerts to reach listeners who can’t physically attend in person. In December, Kanye and Drake’s Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert was livestreamed on Amazon Prime, becoming its most-watched stream in history. Last month, YouTube streamed the tenth iteration of Coachella. For its first concer...
Vic Mensa & Chance The Rapper “Wraith,” Ne-Yo “Don’t Love Me” & More | Daily Visuals 5.16.22
HipHopWired Featured Video It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa, much less on the same track, but today the two Chicagoans reunite for the love of the game and of course the Windy City. In their visuals to “Wraith,” Vic Mensa and Chance The Rapper kick it from the recording studio to an department store where they convince an employee to turn up with them while they record this video. Hopefully he didn’t get into trouble for participating in the visual. On the R&B side, Ne-Yo comes out of hibernation to drop some new baby makin’ music and in his black-and-white clip to “Don’t Love Me” shows that even relationships that look great on the surface also deal with some kind of struggle underneath it all. Check out the rest of today’s drops and some j...
