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Questlove, Will Smith & More Music Stars Who Received 2022 Oscar Nods in Non-Music Categories
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson and Jared Leto, all of whom were in the conversation for 2022 Oscar nominations for acting, were snubbed when the nominations were announced on Tuesday morning (Feb. 8). But a few music stars were nominated outside of the two music categories. Take a look. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Questlove: The musician and leader of The Roots received his first Oscar nomination as director of Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), which was nominated for best documentary feature. The film chronicles a previously all-but-forgotten music festival in Harlem in 1969 that featured performances by dozens of top stars. Questlove is shown as Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson on the nominations list. His co-nominees...
Chris Stapleton’s ‘Probably’ Is Definitely No. 1 on Country Airplay Chart
Chris Stapleton banks his second No. 1, among five top 10s, on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart, as “You Should Probably Leave” ascends to the summit of the Feb. 12-dated list. In the tracking week ending Feb. 6, the song increased by 4% to 27.1 million impressions, according to MRC Data. The song – which Stapleton wrote with Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley, and produced with Dave Cobb – follows Stapleton’s first Country Airplay leader, “Broken Halos,” for a week in March 2018. Before “Probably,” Stapleton reached No. 2 with his two most recent Country Airplay entries as a lead artist: “Starting Over” (April 2021) and “Millionaire” (March 2019). He first hit the top 10 with “Nobody to Blame” (No. 10, April 2016). The track is from Stapleton’s fourth full-length, Starting Over, which debute...
2022 Oscars: See the Full List of Nominations
The Power of the Dog leads the nominees for the 94th annual Academy Awards, which were unveiled Tuesday morning (Feb. 8). The film landed a total of 12 noms, including best picture, best director for Jane Campion, and acting noms for star Benedict Cumberbatch and supporting players Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Dune follows with a total of 10 noms, including best picture, but the film was left out of the directing and acting categories. West Side Story and Belfast earned seven noms, while King Richard was nominated in six categories. Those three also will compete for best picture in a category that includes a total of 10 nominees; CODA, Don’t ...
Chevrolet’s ‘Find Your Groove’ Album Spotlights a New Sound in the Middle East
Coinciding with the launch of the All-New Chevrolet Groove SUV, the automotive brand has dropped a collaborative album titled Find Your Groove. Continuing to tap into its global audience, the project champions rising musical talent from across the Middle East and North Africa, and brings them together to form a new music genre, ME-Pop. For over 15 years Big Hass has been a leading figure in the Arabic hip-hop scene, making it his priority to push the sound globally. “It all started back in 2007 with my music blog. I then launched an online radio and then pushed towards the FM Radio in Saudi Arabia,” he says. Representation is key, and spotlighting emerging talent on his shows within the region as well as abroad stays at the forefront of his community-led ethos so it was only right Che...
VIDEO: DJ Karri ft Prime De 1st, BL Zero & Lebzito – Trigger
Check out this new music video performed by DJ Karri titled “Trigger”. Super talented disc jockey, DJ Karri drops the official video for his song “Trigger” alongside Prime De 1st, BL Zero & Lebzito. “Trigger” is a fantastic single which has gained much traction in the social media space and rocked the airwaves in South Africa and across. The new visual is a captivating video clip for your viewing pleasure. Watch and share DJ Karri – “Trigger” Prime De 1st, BL Zero & Lebzito. [embedded content]
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood Nominated for Best Original Score at 2022 Oscars
The 2022 Oscar nominations for Best Original Score have been announced. Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead is up for The Power of the Dog and Hans Zimmer got a nod for Dune. They’ll face off against Nicholas Britell (Don’t Look Up), Germaine Franco (Encanto), and Alberto Iglesias (Parallel Mothers). Jonny Greenwood was previously nominated for Best Original Score at the 2018 Academy Awards. His Phantom Thread score ultimately fell short to Alexandre Desplat’s The Shape of Water. The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion, is up for Best Picture. It’ll compete against Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza (featuring a title theme by Jonny Greenwood), Dune, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, West Side Story, and King Richard—the Richard Williams biopic that boasts Beyoncé’s Oscar-nominated song “Be ...
Beyoncé and Billie Eilish Nominated for Best Original Song at 2022 Oscars
Beyoncé has earned her first Academy Award nomination, with “Be Alive” from King Richard up for Best Original Song at this year’s Oscars. Billie Eilish’s “No Time to Die” for the James Bond movie of the same name is also nominated in the category, alongside songs penned by Diane Warren (Four Good Days), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto), and Van Morrison (Belfast). Find the list of nominated tracks below. “Be Alive” marked Beyoncé’s first new original music since her 2020 visual album Black Is King, written for the biopic about the father of Serena and Venus Williams. Last year, Beyoncé set a new record at the Grammys for most awards held by a woman, overtaking the singer and bluegrass artist Alison Krauss with her Best R&B Performance win for “Black Parade.” Eilish’s “No Time to Die” took ...
Questlove Nominated for Best Original Documentary at 2022 Oscars
Questlove is among this year’s Oscar nominees in the Documentary Feature category. The Roots drummer is recognized for his directorial debut Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). See the full list of Documentary Feature nominees below. The 2022 Best Documentary Feature shortlist included Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry and Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground. Those films did not get nominated in the end. Summer of Soul is up for a Best Music Film Grammy this year. Read Pitchfork’s “Questlove on Restoring Black Music History and Making One of the Year’s Best Films.” Follow the rest of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2022 Oscars. Documentary Feature Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell – AscensionStanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry &...
Oscars 2022 Best Picture Nominations: See the Full List
The nominees for the 2022 Oscars have been announced. Contenders in the Best Picture category include Licorice Pizza, Dune, The Power of the Dog, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, King Richard, and West Side Story. Check out the full list of nominated films below, and find the complete roster of this year’s nominees at the Academy Awards’ website. The 94th Academy Awards ceremony will take place March 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Last year, the Oscar for Best Picture went to Chloé Zhao’s drama Nomadland. Follow the rest of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2022 Oscars. Best Picture BelfastCodaDon’t Look UpDrive My CarDuneKing RichardLicorice PizzaNightmare AlleyThe Power of the DogWest Side Story Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Amanda Seyfried Practices Her Fake Baritone in Trailer for Hulu’s The Dropout: Watch
Over the past few years, Stanford dropout Elizabeth Holmes went from being the country’s youngest self-made female billionaire to one of the most infamous scammers to come up in Silicon Valley. Today, Hulu has unveiled the official trailer for their forthcoming limited drama series The Dropout, which stars Amanda Seyfried as the disgraced Theranos founder and CEO. Premiering March 3rd, The Dropout documents Holmes’ career trajectory from an ambitious chemical engineering student to the defendant in a highly-publicized criminal trial. The trailer nods to plenty of Holmes’ trademarks, from her black turtlenecks, bright red lipstick, and messy buns, to that phony baritone speaking voice. Seyfried doesn’t quite nail Holmes’ low timbre, but we’ll let it slide because it’s important to...
ATEEZ Are Just Getting Started
“Did you see the new Spider-Man: No Way Home?” asks Yunho, one of the eight members of ATEEZ. “His famous line is, ‘With great power comes great responsibility.’ We have more and more fans coming in, and we want to carry that responsibility well.” It’s a thoughtful — and fair — observation. Since the last time they were in America, ATEEZ have exploded. Three years ago, the eight-member group (Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Mingi, San, Yeosang, Wooyoung, and Jongho) played a venue in Los Angeles that held 1,500 people; on January 30th of this year, they appeared before a sold-out crowd at The Forum (capacity: 18,000). This change is an easy way to visibly quantify the group’s growth, but feels like too basic of a measure of the show ATEEZ puts on. The January 30th concert at The Forum ran over...
2022 Oscar Nominations: See the Full List, Updating Live
As the last few years have shown us, you can always count on awards shows to persevere, even in the most trying of times. The 2022 Oscars nominations, if nothing else, represent the inspiring endurance of this annual tradition, while also highlighting some of the year’s most exciting creative achievements in film. This year’s nominees represent a number of significant trends. Take, for example, Netflix, which has established a presence in the Oscar race and has some serious contenders in its stable, including The Power of the Dog, Passing, Don’t Look Up, and The Lost Daughter. Oh, not to mention tick, tick…Boom!, which is not just one of many musicals in contention for recognition this year, but also one of the several projects which might help Lin-Manuel Miranda complete his EGOT. (Though...
