Studio Ghibli is one of the most beloved animation studios in the world.
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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The three members of Boygenius are not having to stretch to figure out a time and a place to celebrate the six Grammy nominations that came in for the band Friday morning. They’re booked for “Saturday Night Live” this weekend — and, live from New York, they shared their thoughts via Zoom about the big love that has come their way from the Recording Academy, even as they rehearse for a key TV appearance. “I don’t know how to respond to it,” says Julien Baker.
“It’s just happened. I’m overwhelmed”… but “stoked,” she finally affirms. Phoebe Bridgers had a prep course in navigating the Grammys when, as a solo artist, she picked up four nods three years ago.
She’s pleased about the increased numbers this year — not just in the higher amount of nominations, although there is that, but in that she gets to share the acknowledgement with bandmates Baker and Lucy Dacus. “It’s triple the joy, right?” Bridgers asks aloud. “Yeah, much easier to feel happy for them.
Much easier to feel, kind of,” she adds. Bridgers can elaborate on that, looking back to the Grammys’ 2020-21 election cycle: “It was fucking COVID when I was nominated, and this is so much more celebratory. I was pretty traumatized last time, and the only way I felt it was on the phone.
So it’s already way more fun, to find out in a room full of people and be celebrating. “We play ‘SNL’ tomorrow, which I’m kind of nervous about. So it’s like, talk to us after the show,” Bridgers continues.
“If it went fine, we’re happy.” Not that there could be a more affirmative moment. “It’s definitely like, ‘Yeah, ‘Oh, people like our band. We should go play and rock the way that people like.
Studio Ghibli is one of the most beloved animation studios in the world.
Boygenius are musing about what they did and didn’t intend to accomplish when they went into the studio to make “The Record.” The six Grammy nominations they just collectively reeled in for their first full-length album together? Not actually part of the master plan. Neither was establishing themselves as role models for a much-needed sense of community across a swath of young America.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The latest episode of Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast features Aaron Dessner — the man Swifties are indebted to for collaborating on big chunks of “Folklore” and “Evermore,” but who more than earned his keep for a quarter-century prior to that as a member of the exalted-in-their-own-right band the National. Dessner’s Grammy-winning group has been one of the mainstays of rock ’n roll since the late ’90s.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic What part of fast in “Fast Car” did anyone not understand? Country superstar Luke Combs’ cover of the 1988 Tracy Chapman classic proved to be as turbocharged as anything acoustically based in this world can be, with unexpected multi-format success: It was No. 1 at adult pop and country for two weeks each; a healthy No. 6 at Top 40 radio; No.
Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer “It’s more than a concert,” says Beyoncé near the beginning of her sprawling concert movie “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé.” “It’s a culture, it’s a state of mind, it’s a release, it’s a fantasy come true.” For fans who were able to catch the record-breaking Renaissance World Tour before its conclusion in early October, they know that all too well. Throughout the trek, Beyoncé created a community among her admirers — affectionately known as the Beyhive — for a tour that ended up becoming a coup for the superstar, finishing as the highest-grossing tour by a Black artist and the eighth-highest-grossing tour of all time.
As the voting window for the Oscar shortlists approaches, Academy members are considering Kaouther Ben Hania’s film Four Daughters in not one, but two categories: Best Documentary Film and Best International Feature.
Thanksgiving is here, which means that Christmas is right around the corner, and it’s that time of the year to pull out your copy of Elf.
As a recent new grandfather, Mads Mikkelsen couldn’t be happier, but he doesn’t smile much in his new movie. An earthy 18th-century period piece, The Promised Land sees the Dane play a hard-up veteran, Ludvig Kahlen, who is determined to turn the blasted heaths of Jutland into a thriving farmland. It’s a Western of sorts, which becomes noticeably clearer when Kahlen starts to cross swords with a competing local landowner, but, for Mikkelsen, it’s a subversive alpha male story of the kind he does so well, from the brutal Viking fantasy Valhalla Rising to the white-cold survival drama Arctic.
Former The Only Way Is Essex star Clelia Theodorou has taken her first steps months after sustaining serious injuries in a horror car crash earlier this year.The 28 year old, who starred on TOWIE in 2018, lost her beloved mother in the crash in May and was left with two broken legs and two broken feet. Clelia has since undergone three operations and has been recovering at home. The mum-of-one, who welcomed a baby daughter in September with partner Tommy Cole, has now proudly announced she's managed to take her first steps and stand up, branding it a "milestone moment".
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music If there is a bible for the music industry, it’s Donald Passman’s book, “All You Need to Know About the Music Business.” Since the first edition came out more than 30 years ago, it has guided countless musicians and executives, and has prevented many of them from making decisions they’d later regret. Considering the deep detail Passman gets into about contracts, royalties and other complicated business arrangements, his tone is remarkably conversational, and he makes sure readers don’t miss the important stuff: The section on business managers begins with him saying “Listen to me!!!” in italics with several exclamation marks.
If you’re a fan of The Rolling Stones, you’re probably familiar with the life of Brian Jones, one of the founding members who would go on to depart the band before they really reached their pinnacle. Jones’ story is, sadly, very similar to many rock geniuses of that era, a life consumed by fame, drugs, and all the other temptations, ending in the only way it could.
Olivia Rodrigo has said that she was “screaming” over being nominated for six Grammy Awards.The 67th Grammys ceremony is due to take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California on February 4. Last week, the Academy announced the full list of nominations for 2024.Rodrigo is in the running for the following categories: Album Of The Year (‘Guts’), Record Of The Year (‘Vampire’), Song Of The Year (‘Vampire’), Best Pop Solo Performance (‘Vampire’), Best Pop Vocal Album (‘Guts’) and Best Rock Song (‘Ballad Of A Homeschooled Girl’).Her producer Daniel Nigro is also up for the Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical award.During a new interview with Extra TV, Rodrigo was asked who she called first when she found out she was nominated.“I was sitting next to my mom and my best friend Maddie on the couch and we’re watching the livestream and we just started screaming,” the singer recalled.“I think the first person I called was my producer Dan.
Friends fans and coffee afficionados alike will soon be able to honor Matthew Perry and the show all in one swoop! Or one scoop, we guess?
Boygenius have opened up about their Grammy nominations, joking that they’re “gonna have to fight Dave Grohl” in the parking lot after they were nominated in the same category.The official Grammys YouTube hosted a livestream yesterday (November 10), with the winners set to be announced at the 67th Grammy Awards ceremony on February 4, 2024 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. You can see the full list of nominations here.Boygenius – made up of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus – were nominated for six Grammys including Album and Record of the Year for ‘The Record’, which NME described as an “instant classic” in a five-star review.
Lana Del Rey, Mark Ronson, Olivia Rodrigo and more have been reacting to news of their Grammy nominations.The nominations were announced yesterday (November 10),with SZA leading the way, earning nine nominations.Taylor Swift, Rodrigo, Boygenuis, Miley Cyrus, John Batiste, Victoria Monét, and Billie Eilish will all be competing with SZA in the main Record Of The Year category. The eight nominees (instead of the usual 10) for Album Of The Year include SZA, Swift, Rodrigo, Cyrus, and Batiste as well as Del Rey and Janelle Monae.Phoebe Bridgers, Victoria Monét and mixing engineer Serban Ghenea are all tied with seven Grammy nominations – Bridgers earning 6 for her work with Boygenius, who mark their first time ever being Grammy nominated.
Boygenius are celebrating their six Grammy nominations!
SZA leads all artists with the most nominations at the 2024 Grammy Awards, with nine. The R&B favorite is followed by Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers (including her work with the band Boygenius), and Serban Ghenea — who works behind the scenes — with seven apiece. Superstars like Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, and the aforementioned SZA all end up in three of the four biggest categories, including Album, Record, and Song of the Year.
Nomination are being announced Friday morning for the 66th Grammy Awards, ahead of the ceremony set for February 4, 2024 in Los Angeles.
and then to 10 in 2021, it made it trickier for the true class acts of the field to emerge victorious.While five nods still feel like more than enough for the elite categories, the decision to downsize back to eight nominees for the 2024 Grammy Awards is a step in the right direction. Still, aside from a few obvious contenders — ahem, Taylor Swift — there really aren’t eight worthy enough nominees to announce on Friday, in a live stream at 11 a.m.
Latin Grammys recognize the best in the Latin music industry. The show is the most prestigious recognition a Latin artist can get, with winners including names like Juanes, Rosalia, Bad Bunny, Juan Luis Guerra, Alejandro Sanz, and more. It’s a show that originally spawned off of the Grammys, which are focused on music performed in English, even though each year they’ve started recognizing music made in other languages.