Travis Scott, Burna Boy and Luke Combs have been added to the list of performers at the 2024 Grammy Awards.This year’s ceremony is due to take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, February 4.Recently, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Dua Lipa were all announced as performers for next month’s ceremony, and another trio have now been added.Burna Boy is nominated for four awards at the 2024 Grammys, including Best Global Music Album (‘I Told Them…’), Best African Music Performance (‘City Boys’), Best Global Music Performance (‘Alone’) and Best Melodic Rap Performance (‘Sittin’ On Top Of The World’).Combs and Scott are up for one award each, Best Country Solo Performance (‘Fast Car’) and Best Rap Album (‘Utopia’) respectively.
Major Studios’ Pledges to Hire More Female Filmmakers and People of Color Were ‘Performative,’ Study Finds
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Brent Lang Executive Editor Despite the box office success of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Elizabeth Banks’ “Cocaine Bear,” female directors are not getting the same opportunities in Hollywood as their male counterparts. At the same time, major studios, which pledged to reexamine their employment practices in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, fail to produce many films from people of color. That’s the stark findings of a new report by USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative, which calls the entertainment industry’s pledges to support inclusion “performative acts” and “not real steps towards fostering change.” It’s the second report in as many days to find that despite some important box office milestones for female filmmakers — “Barbie” was both the year’s most successful film and the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman — studios still give their highest-profile gigs to male directors.
The other study was conducted by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University. The USC report found that a total of 116 directors were attached to the 100 top-grossing domestic films in 2023, but just 14 of them, or 12.1%, were women. That was a slight improvement from the 9% of top-grossing films that were directed by women in 2022.
But the report argues that the percentage of female filmmakers on top movies has not changed notably since 2018, when 4.5% of directors were women. Only four women of color (3.4%) helmed one of the 100 top-grossing films of 2023. Three of those women were Asian — Adele Lim (“Joy Ride”), Celine Song (“Past Lives”) and Fawn Veerasunthorn (“Wish”).
Ofcom & BBC Board Handed More Powers To Handle Complaints About BBC Content As UK Gov’t Publishes Long-Awaited Mid-Term Review
Ofcom and the BBC Board are to be handed more powers to oversee complaints about BBC content including on its website and YouTube channel, as the government’s mid-term review into the corporation focuses intensely on the issue of complaints and impartiality.
‘A Real Pain’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg Becomes a Major Filmmaker — and Kieran Culkin a Movie Star — in a Funny, Knife-Sharp Odyssey
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic More actors than ever are now stepping behind the camera to take a shot at directing. To me, they always end up falling into one of three categories. There are the ones who simply aren’t very good at it.
Devo and Filmmaker Chris Smith on Their Sundance Doc: How the Band’s ‘Transgressive, Naughty’ Performance Art Infiltrated the Pop Mainstream
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Devo is headed to Sundance, not just for the festival premiere of the Chris Smith-directed documentary film that share’s the band’s name, but a Jan. 21 performance by the group at the just-opened Marquis on Main Street.
"You can see the community on the day that the boat went down, people who were passing started helping me"
It was just last year when the canal record boat shop, Rubber Ducky Records, became filled with water, sinking as it travelled through the canals of Rochdale. Around 1,000 vinyl records were destroyed as the 28ft boat slowly sank on the Rochdale Canal.
Off-Peak TV: Number of U.S. Scripted Shows Fell 24% in 2023, Study Finds
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Scripted TV output in the U.S. dropped sharply in 2023, thanks to a combination of twin Hollywood strikes and a pullback on content spending, according to a new study from research firm Ampere Analysis.
RASA Film Group Launches Collective Focusing on Strong Female Protagonists and Positive Muslim Characters (EXCLUSIVE)
Naman Ramachandran U.S.-based RASA Film Group is launching a film collective at the Sundance Film Festival. The collective is actively exploring projects featuring strong female protagonists, narratives centered around social justice and stories that portray Muslim characters in positive and empowering roles. RASA is in talks for future projects involving Muslim or Pakistani women talent such as Aizzah Fatima (“Americanish”), Mehreen Jabbar (“Farar”), Afia Nathaniel (“Dukhtar”), Mahnoor Euceph (“Eid Mubarak”) and Rehana Lew Mirza (“Wishtree”).
ArtsEd: Two More Trustees Quit Andrew Lloyd Webber-Backed Drama School Amid Bullying Crisis
EXCLUSIVE: ArtsEd has lost another two board members after Deadline exposed bullying and misconduct allegations at the prestigious London drama school.
Mitski Expands 2024 Tour With Support From Ethel Cain, Laufey, Arlo Parks and More
Thania Garcia Mitski has expanded her North American tour to include a slate of new dates in Michigan, Maryland, Ohio, Georgia, Texas, Colorado, Oregon and California. In support her last full length LP “The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We,” Mitski will open the jaunt in Miami on Jan. 26 with support from already-announced acts Tamino, Sunny War, Julia Jacklin, Cowboy Junkies, and Sarah Kinsley.
Around a quarter of music on streaming services didn’t get played at all in 2023, new study finds
2023 Luminate year-end report – a company with over a 30-year history of measuring music consumption – only 10 songs from 2023 had over a billion streams globally to date.Helena Kosinski, Luminate’s VP Head of Global, shared a visual year-end report which broke down key figures and trends of the past year. This included a look at the overall availability of “ISRCs” (which stands for International Standard Recording Codes) and how many of them are consumed.Created in the form of a pyramid, at the top peak were the 10 tracks from 2023 that were streamed over a billion times globally to date.
Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Dua Lipa to perform at Grammys 2024
Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Dua Lipa will perform at the 2024 Grammys, it has been announced.The pop artists are the first three live performers to be confirmed for the ceremony, which is due to take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, February 4.Eilish, Rodrigo and Lipa are all in the running for major awards at the 66th Grammys next month.‘What Was I Made For?’ – Eilish’s song for the Barbie soundtrack – is up for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Music Video and Best Song Written For Visual Media. Her Labrinth collaboration ‘Never Felt So Alone’ is also nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.Rodrigo has six nominations under her belt too: 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’).Lipa, meanwhile, appears in two categories with her Barbie single ‘Dance The Night’: Song Of The Year and Best Song Written For Visual Media.A post shared by CBS (@cbstv)A post shared by CBS (@cbstv)A post shared by CBS (@cbstv)Eilish and Rodrigo last performed at the Grammys in 2022 when they took the stage for ‘Happier Than Ever’ and ‘Drivers License’, respectively.
Colman Domingo On Career Versatility And Keeping His Plate Full Between ‘Rustin’ And ‘The Color Purple’; “I Feel Like I Should Be Able To Play Fabulous And Very Butch”
After spending 30-plus years honing his craft for stage and screen, Colman Domingo is more than ready for his close-up. Considering the actor’s versatile resume, which includes memorable performances in Selma, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fear the Walking Dead, or his Emmy-winning role on Euphoria and a handful of Tony nominations, it’s bewildering that his recent portrayal of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, in Netflix’s Rustin, marks his first leading role and Golden Globe nomination. Also, this year, Domingo features in another highly acclaimed film, The Color Purple, where he plays the dastardly Mister.
Jodie Foster says Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese were “scared” of her on ‘Taxi Driver’ set
Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese were “scared” of her on the set of Taxi Driver.During a recent appearance on the US chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live, to promote the new season of True Detective, the two-time Oscar-winning actor reflected on her experiences from being a child actor, including her landmark role in Scorsese’s 1976 film.In Taxi Driver, Foster played the role of a child sex worker named Iris alongside De Niro, who starred as a lonely Vietnam veteran with mental health issues.“I was 12. And they had to say things like, you know, Can you pull his fly down?’ And it was a little awkward,” Foster recalled.Foster noted how, because she had been on more film sets than Scorsese and De Niro at that point in time, her elder colleagues were somewhat intimidated when having to interact with her.“Yeah, they were a little scared, Scorsese especially, who kept giggling every time he talked to me.
Jodie Foster says Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese were ‘scared’ of her on ‘Taxi Driver’: ‘I was 12’
Jodie Foster was just 12 when she starred in director Martin Scorsese’s 1976 classic “Taxi Driver.”The Oscar winner, now 61, played a teenage prostitute named Iris alongside Robert De Niro as the titular cab driver Travis Bickle.Foster revealed on a recent episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that both Scorsese, 81, and De Niro, 80, were afraid of her during filming.“I understand [that they were scared of me],” she joked on Tuesday.“I was 12. And they had to say things like, you know, ‘Can you pull his fly down?’ And it was a little awkward.”The “Silence of the Lambs” star added that at the time of shooting, she had already done a medley of movie projects — more than both men.“So I was like, ‘Whatever.
Margot Robbie and Emily Blunt Were Twinning in Embellished Black Evening Gowns
and dressed almost exactly the same at the same event, with nearly identical styling to boot.For the 14th Governor's Awards on January 9, both actors wore sleek black column dresses with white crystal details at the neckline. Adding to the double-vision illusion, both Robbie and Blunt accessorized with diamond pendant earrings, wore their hair in similar vintage-style curls, and opted for classic soft-glam makeup.Obviously, Robbie and Blunt did not literally wear the same dress. Robbie's gown, by Celine, featured a deep V-neck with ruching at the bust and understated cutouts revealing a peak of ab.
Olivia Rodrigo Wants to Star in a Coming-of-Age Movie and Duet With Noah Kahan: ‘He’s So Great and Very Inspiring’
Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Olivia Rodrigo hasn’t completely abandoned her acting career for music. The “Vampire” singer tells me she’d love to star in a film. “I love movies, I love telling stories,” Rodrigo said at the Academy’s Governors Awards on Tuesday night in Hollywood.
'Rage room' owner says more female customers smashing stuff up as 'therapy'
An increasing number of Brits are letting out their pent-up anger in rage rooms.
ITV Love Island star quits UK after failing to find love on show
Just one year after making her TV debut in the Winter 2023 series of Love Island, former contestant Rosie Seabrook has given up on the hope of finding love in the UK after failing to meet her perfect partner on the show. Packing her bags in the hope of finding her dream date overseas, Rosie has swapped her British city life for celebrity hot-spot Dubai after falling in love with the sun-soaked lifestyle that is a far cry from her former London home.Taking to social media to document her first week in the United Arab Emirates, Rosie explained just how different things had been.
Daisy Ridley’s New ‘Star Wars’ Director Says ‘It’s About Time’ We Had a Female Filmmaker ‘Come Forward to Shape the Galaxy Far, Far Away’
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Daisy Ridley‘s Rey is coming back to the big screen in a new “Star Wars” movie directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (“Ms. Marvel”) and written by Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”).
French Box Office Surges 19% in 2023, Bolstered by Healthy Mix of Hollywood Blockbusters and Local Releases
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The French box office jumped 19% in 2023 with an estimated €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) grossed from 181.2 million tickets, according to Comscore France. Unlike in 2022, when the top 10 was exclusively dominated by U.S.