TikTok Star Teresa Smith, aka Queenzzielocthevoice, Has Passed Away: Best Known for 'What Was I Made For?' Covers

It is crunch time for Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan, and Molly McNearney, the three Executive Producers of the 96th Annual Academy Awards as they are putting final touches in place for what they hope will be a show that honors not just this year’s crop of movies, but also Hollywood’s and Oscar’s rich past history, and a ceremony that excites viewers to the point of keeping the recent post-pandemic ratings rise rising, (ie not going in the wrong direction). All indicators are, particularly with the potency and popularity of this year’s Best Picture contenders, and most notably the dual phenomenon of summer blockbusters Barbie and front-runner Oppenheimer (aka Barbenheimer) which have 21 nominations between them, that this could be a banner year for the Oscars as there is nothing more encouraging ratings-wise, as host Jimmy Kimmel told me earlier this week, than doing a show where viewers have actually seen the movies and have a rooting interest in the outcome. Ratings for other awards shows (save for the dreary numbers the strike-delayed Emmys got) have been upbeat including the revitalized Golden Globes on CBS, Critics Choice Awards on The CW, and the Grammys which also had a Barbie factor with its Song Of The Year winner from Billie Eilish, “What Was I Made For”.

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Eva Mendes proves haters wrong after Ryan Gosling receives an Oscar nomination for his role as Ken in ‘Barbie’Becky G receives Oscar nomination for Best Original Song: Here’s her reaction!Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, and more to present at the OscarsViewers can expect to watch Becky G perform ‘The Fire Inside’ from Eva Longoria’s film ‘Flamin’ Hot.’ Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will be performing their song ‘I’m Just Ken’ from the popular film ’Barbie,’ while Billie Eilish and Finneas, will be performing ‘What Was I Made For?’Becky G shared her excitement on social media after the announcement was made public, with her fans praising her for a new achievement.

The 2024 Academy Awards performers have been revealed…and yes, Ryan Gosling is performing “I’m Just Ken” from the hit film Barbie!

One of the big question marks for the 2024 Academy Awards was whether Ryan Gosling would perform “I’m Just Ken” in public for the first time. On Monday, it was reported that Gosling was in and today, the Academy made it official.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor All five of this year’s Academy Award-nominated original songs will be performed on the Dolby Theatre stage at the 96th Oscars. Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Scott George and the Osage Singers, and as Variety previously reported, Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform the memorable numbers.

It’s a pretty stacked field for the Best Song Academy Award this year, and the Oscarcast producers today set the performers who’ll be bringing the nominated tunes to the stage.

TikTok has confirmed that it has begun to remove Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) songs from its platform.The app has already removed tracks by artists who are signed to the label and will be doing the same with songwriters. The removal of the UMPG tracks comes three days before the UMPG catalogue becomes unlicensed for use on the social media platform.Per Music Business Worldwide, “Any recording of a song currently available on TikTok that has been co-written by a songwriter signed to Universal Music Publishing will also need to come down in the event of UMPG’s license expiring.According to BBC, TikTok has shared that up to 30 per cent of the platform’s “popular songs” could be lost, with some industry estimates revealing that up to 80 per cent of all music on TikTok could be muted.A short list of UMG artists whose music is expected to vanish from the platform is Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, Drake, Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber, Adele, Coldplay, J Balvin, Post Malone and Sophie Ellis-Bextor – whose 2001 track ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ has gone particularly viral through TikTok following the release of Saltburn.Last month, UMG published an open letter announcing its intention to withdraw music from artists signed to the publisher and label from TikTok.In its statement, UMG announced that its licensing agreement with TikTok expired on January 31 and that negotiations to renew the contract have fallen short.

K.J. Yossman Lil Nas X’s feature documentary has been acquired by Universal Pictures Content Group for international distribution. “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” is a fly-on-the-wall feature helmed by Oscar-nominated director Carlos López Estrada (“Billie Eilish: When the Party’s Over”) and filmmaker Zac Manuel.

Ryan Gosling will seemingly perform at the Oscars next month.After months of haziness regarding Gosling’s performance of ‘I’m Just Ken’ at the awards show, Variety has reportedly confirmed that the actor will join Mark Ronson onstage at the Academy Awards. Per Variety, the Academy has declined to comment on Gosling’s performance.Gosling’s performance has been in question since the nominees for this year’s awards were announced earlier this January.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events After months of speculation, Ryan Gosling will officially perform “I’m Just Ken” live at the Oscars. Sources tell Variety that the actor will sing the Academy Award-nominated song from “Barbie” during the 96th annual ceremony on March 10. The Academy declined to comment.

Melissa McCarthy asked Billie Eilish to sign her forehead on stage at last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.The pair were presenting an award together at the ceremony when McCarthy made the unusual request, offering Eilish a Sharpie so she could do the honours.“I thought you were going to be like ‘I don’t wanna ruin your pretty face!'” McCarthy joked as Eilish uncapped the pen.As Eilish started writing on her forehead, McCarthy asked: “So when you and Finneas are laying down sick tracks and hot beats and…” but was cut off by Eilish putting her hand over McCarthy’s mouth.“i think that’s better,” she replied.

Talk about a real headline.Billie Eilish took a magic marker and “autographed” Melissa McCarthy’s forehead live during the 2024 SAG Awards Saturday night when the duo were presenting the award for Female Actor in a Comedy Series.(“The Bear” star Ayo Edibiri won the award.)The bit started when Eilish, 22, pretended that she never met McCarthy, 53, before they appeared onstage — and McCarthy reminded her that, yes, they had met several times before.“We met twice … actually we met thrice,” a flustered-looking McCarthy said. “You met my daughters and my dog.”As Eilish looked on bemused, McCarthy then told the “Ocean Eyes” singer that she actually met her “in utero,” since Eilish’s mother, actress/producer Maggie May Baird, was McCarthy’s first improv teacher.McCarthy continued.

Barbie star America Ferrera an “immature and distasteful” question at the People’s Choice Awards.20-year-old Daniels, who has nearly half a million followers on the social media platform, was seen interviewing Ferrera, Billie Eilish, Halle Bailey and many more on the red carpet at Sunday’s (February 18) ceremony.As the actors and musicians arrived for the event, the TikToker asked whether they would prefer a “gay son or thot daughter”.The question, which has gone viral on TikTok and Twitter, left many of the famous faces confused.Ferrera, who is Oscar-nominated for her performance in Barbie, appeared shocked by the query, replying: “Oh my god. Both? I don’t know,” while Billie Eilish shouted: “Not you!” before laughing and walking away.Meanwhile, fellow Barbie actress Ariana Greenblatt replied: “All of them? I don’t care.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) exclusively honors actors and their accomplishments. Shortly after the SAG Awards come the Academy Awards. Since there are film categories at the SAG Awards, there is typically a lot of overlap in terms of nominations between the two ceremonies.

Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Aniston are among 30 presenters announced today for the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards set for Saturday in Los Angeles.

The TikTok stars are coming for Billie Eilish!

“The movie allowed us to be honest in a way that I don’t think we would have been able to achieve had it not been for — had it not been like an assignment,” says Billie Eilish about writing the weepy and moving Barbie ballad “What Was I Made For?”

If it were Billie Eilish’s choice, we don’t think there would have been any TikTok stars at the People’s Choice Awards…