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Adele has shared her reaction after winning a Creative Arts Emmy Award over the weekend for her recent One Night Only show.The US TV concert special aired last November, and saw the star perform tracks from her album ’30’ at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles while also being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey.It won five awards, including Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), meaning Adele is now one step closer to EGOT status – more specifically a small handful of people who have won the four major Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. Adele already has 15 Grammys, and won the Best Original Song Oscar for ‘Skyfall’.Posing with her statuette, Adele wrote on Instagram: “Bloody hell I’m pleased as punch! Thank you @mrbenwinston for dropping this round to me this afternoon!! Trust me to officially have an EGO [cry laughing emoji].A post shared by Adele (@adele)“Thank you so much @televisionacad , I’m so so honored to receive this.

As preliminary Emmys are awarded in advance of this year’s ceremony on Sept. 12, this year’s Super Bowl halftime show has picked up this year’s award for Outstanding Variety Special.

Eminem could be the next artist to achieve an EGOT status following his win at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Slim Shady became an Emmy award winner when the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show won for Outstanding Variety Special.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Eminem is one step closer to achieving EGOT status after winning the Emmy Award for outstanding variety special (live). With 15 Grammy Awards and an Academy Award for original song under his belt, the singer and songwriter only needs a Tony Award to achieve the elusive EGOT title (given to artists who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony). Assembled by Pepsi, the NFL and Roc Nation the memorable lineup of performers for the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show included Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. The artists are all winners alongside the “Lose Yourself” rapper. Executive producer Shawn Carter aka Jay-Z also won an Emmy.

Norman Lear’s  Live In Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes may have been a favorite going into Emmy season, but there was absolutely no beating this year’s Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show.

Diddy has said that “dreams finally comes true” as he hit the studio with Dr. Dre earlier this week to work on a Snoop Dogg album that the latter is producing.Yesterday (August 30) Diddy shared an Instagram post showing five photos of the pair in the studio. He wrote in the caption: “One of my biggest dreams finally came true.

The Hollywood Reporter the collab will be the “first of its kind” filled with hits, including the pair’s track “From the D 2 The LBC.”Their performance is set to be inspired by the world of the Otherside metaverse, stemming from the video game developer’s software.Otherside’s game “blends mechanics from massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and web3-enabled virtual worlds,” according to its website.“Think of it as a metaRPG where the players own the world, your NFTs can become playable characters, and thousands can play together in real-time,” the website adds.The two rappers join a star-studded line-up of performers at this year’s VMAs, including Nicki Minaj, Anitta, Lizzo, and BLACKPINK.The last time Eminem and Snoop Dogg performed together was at this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, where they joined Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Mary J.

Snoop Dogg and Eminem will return to the stage together this Sunday (August 28), performing their recent joint ‘From The D 2 The LBC’ at the ceremony for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.As Variety reports, the pair’s appearance has been organised in partnership with Yuga Labs – an NFT and cryptocurrency company best known for the Bored Apes project – and will be inspired by “the world of the Otherside metaverse”.Though it’s yet to be launched publicly (and has no formal release window), Otherside is an online video game described as “a gamified, interoperable metaverse” that “blends mechanics from massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) and web3-enabled virtual worlds”. When it launches, the game will be intrinsically tied to a cryptocurrency called ApeCoin, and have a large focus on NFTs.Snoop and Eminem’s performance will be held on a real-life stage at the VMAs – set to be held at the Prudential Center in New Jersey – with its ties to Otherside assumedly being purely aesthetic in nature.It’ll be their third joint performance for the year, and second to come in tandem with Yuga Labs.

Thania Garcia Eminem and Snoop Dogg will be returning to the VMAs stage for a “first of its kind” performance of “From the D 2 The LBC,” inspired by “the world of the Otherside metaverse” for Sunday’s 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. In partnership with Yuga Labs, their joint appearance marks the first VMA performance by either rapper in more than a decade. Snoop’s last VMAs showcase was in 2005 alongside Diddy for a tribute dedicated to the Notorious B.I.G. Eminem opened the show in 2010, with a performance of “Not Afraid” and “Love the Way You Lie,” accompanied by Rihanna. The duo graced the VMAs stage together in 1999, along with Dr. Dre, as the ceremony closed with Eminem’s “My Name Is” and “Guilty Conscience” and Dre’s “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang.”

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor With halftime shows featuring the Weeknd, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez, and this year’s all-star combo of Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent, the National Football League has tightened up its game in the entertainment space over the past few years, and that will definitely continue into the new season, judging by a new teaser video featuring Lil Wayne, Saweetie, Pusha T, Young Dylan and more — and even a cameo from the Seattle Seahawks’  DK Metcalf, playing piano on a hip-hop anthem that should be familiar. Also featured in the spots are TikTok/ YouTube star Frankie LaPenna, Buffalo Bills “Mafia” superfan Pinto Ron, pro boxer Ryan Garcia, the Los Angeles Chargers’ Derwin James and the New Orleans Saints’ Cam Jordan.

Usher has responded to Diddy‘s claim that “R&B is dead,” saying that the rapper’s comments make him “sound nuts”.Last week (August 17), Diddy took to Instagram Live for a conversation with Timbaland, on which he posted the question: “Who killed R&B?”In an impassioned speech, he said: “R&B is muthafuckin’ dead as of right now. The R&B I made my babies to? R&B gotta be judged to a certain thing — it’s the feeling though, doggy. No, no, no.

Diddy has clarified his recent declaration that “R&B is dead”.Last Wednesday (August 17), the rapper – real name Sean Combs – asked his followers on Twitter: “Who killed R&B?” Many responded by stating that the genre was still very much alive.Diddy later participated in an Instagram Live broadcast alongside the likes of Mary J. Blige, Kehlani and Timberland in which he asked each of them to share their thoughts on the current state of R&B.During the debate, Diddy double down on the view he’d expressed in his earlier tweet. “R&B is muthafuckin’ dead as of right now,” he said (via Hot New Hip Hop).“The R&B I made my babies to? R&B gotta be judged to a certain thing – it’s the feeling though, doggy.

Eminem, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg have been pictured together in a recording studio – check out the post below.Taking to social media last night (August 15), Marshall Mathers shared an image of the three rap heavyweights posing in front of a mixing desk and a large set of speakers.“Just a few bros.. hangin out,” he wrote as the caption.No further details were offered, leading fans to speculate over a potential new collaboration.

Power is no longer happening, according to reports.As noted in TVLine, the spin-off, Influence, will no longer be going ahead.It was due to focus on the character of Rashid Tate (played by Larenz Tate) and would have been the fourth Power spin-off following on from Power Book II: Ghost, Power Book III: Raising Kanan and Power Book IV: Force.NME has reached out to television network Starz for comment.Recently, Kathryn Busby – President of Original Programming at Starz – was asked about a potential fifth spin-off of the show, set in London.On that, Busby said: “I am not at liberty to answer anything in that vein except to say what we love about Power is the potential to spin off and to spin off successfully which we have done.“Which in theory, we would love to do again. I love that you’re hearing it” (via Variety). The spin-off shows have attracted big stars in recent years, like Mary J.

“End of the Road,” they weren’t all in “Cooleyhighharmony” about the song.In fact, the demo sung by writer and producer Babyface fell flat with one member of the Grammy-winning group.“Nate [Morris] didn’t like it at first. He was just saying, ‘Uh, it’s all right,’ ” Boyz II Men’s Shawn Stockman told The Post. “And we were like, ‘Man, you are crazy.

Snoop Dogg has confirmed he is working on new music with Dr. Dre for the first time in 30 years.The pair reunited for the Super Bowl Halftime Show, alongside Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J.

Taraji P. Henson and Mary J.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterEntertainment One is expanding its partnership with unscripted production company Creature Films by signing the “Siesta Key” producer to a multiyear overall deal, Variety has learned exclusively.The pact, which is the latest extension of a first-look deal originally signed between eOne and Mark Ford’s Creature Films in 2015, evolves the relationship into exclusive development territory and is good through 2024.Throughout their six-year partnership, Creature Films, which Variety has confirmed recently appointed Pat Lambert as head of development, and eOne have produced MTV’s “Siesta Key,” which was recently renewed for a fifth season, “Behind the Music” for Paramount+, the upcoming Paramount+ doc “The Lady and the Legend” about Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, Amazon’s “Mary J. Blige’s My Life,” Lifetime’s “Wendy Williams: What a Mess,” BET’s “Chronicles,” A&E’s “Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.” and “Biography: Bobby Brown.” Lambert joins Creature Films as head of development from 44 Blue Productions, where he had worked since 2015.

Are you ready to find “Lost Ollie?”The upcoming Netflix series, which debuts August 24, is based on a story by William Joyce, whose stories have been adapted into “Robots,” “Meet the Robinsons” and “Rise of the Guardians.” It follows a lovable, hopelessly lost toy rabbit named Ollie (voiced by Jonathan Groff) as he searches for his young owner (Kesler Talbot). His search sees him traversing many dangers in a surprisingly naturalistic deep south, as he teams up with a clown doll named Zozo (Tim Blake Nelson) and a battle-hardened bear (Mary J.

Jon Burlingame editorThe Emmy lineup might have looked like this: Kanye West nominated for music supervision. Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Mary J.

Emily Longeretta Can that nostalgic feeling be enough to garner an Emmy nomination? If the 2022 list of nominees is any guide, the answer is yes.In the live variety special category, the proof is in the pudding. Per usual, the Grammys, the Tonys and the Oscars — slap and all — are nominated.

Hailie Jade is getting candid about what it was like growing up as the daughter of Eminem.Jade, 26, opened up during the debut episode of her new podcast, , to her co-host and best friend, Brittany Ednie, and recalled the «cool» moments from her childhood she didn't really appreciate until she had grown up.«It's so fun to look back [now], thinking back as an adult, I'm like, ‘Wow, that's so, so surreal,'» Hailie shared, remembering experiences like getting to bring friends on her dad's tour bus as he traveled the country performing.Hailie said she looks back with amusement at «those memories of me thinking those were normal things, now I look back like, ‘Holy crap, that was cool!»'Brittany — who was one of Hailie's close childhood friends and among those who would ride on the tour bus with her — agreed at how little they appreciated the wildness of the situation.«At the time, it felt so normal and not anything strange or different,» she recalled. «We didn't know any better.»Hailie also recalled one Disney World experience that stood out for her, when she and Brittany «went to Florida — my dad was working on something — and he set up for us to do, like, the limo and take it to Disney.»«We did the princess tea party, and he had the dresses waiting for us,» she remembered.

Eminem's daughter is getting a little shady. Hailie Jade announced this week that she's all set to launch her very own podcast, with a cheeky reference to her famous dad! " podcast is about to drop!" she shared on Instagram, alongside a photo of her behind the mic. «This project has been in the works for a while and I’m so excited for the first episode to be launching!!»A post shared by Hailie Jade (@hailiejade)The show's title, of course, serves as a tongue-in-cheek reference to Eminem's 2000 megahit, «The Real Slim Shady.»The 26-year-old revealed that she will be discussing her life and pop culture alongside a co-host, who goes by @britednie on Instagram.

Dr. Dre has spent the last two years working on at least a dozen albums’ worth of material, the modern hip-hop legend said in a new video.In the clip, shared to Instagram on Thursday (June 30), Dre can be seen sitting behind a mixing desk in a studio, while Busta Rhymes looks at him inquisitively.

Lost Ollie won’t be much longer: The limited series featuring voiceovers by Mary J Blige, Jonathan Groff and Tim Blake Nelson — plus Gina Rodriguez and Jake Johnson in starring roles as momma and daddy — can be found Aug. 24 on Netflix.

Selome Hailu This year’s BET Awards experienced a boost from last year’s numbers, drawing in 3.2 million viewers across a simulcast of 10 Paramount Global networks on Sunday.This marks a 34% jump in viewership from 2021, when BET’s in-person ceremony brought in only 2.4 million viewers across multiple outlets. In comparison, the 2020 BET Awards (which were held virtually) averaged 3.7 million people, in large part due to simulcasting with CBS. (CBS didn’t return as a partner in 2021 or 2022.)BET averaged 2.1 million viewers out of this year’s total 3.2 million.

Universal Music has been sued by the estate of photographer Chi Modu over an image of Tupac Shakur that features on a post on the major’s own editorial website uDiscoverMusic.com. The estate says it controls the rights in the image and it’s being used without licence.The lawsuit provides a short biography of Modu, who died last year aged 54.

The 2022 BET Awards aired last night, and as usual, the show was filled with great performances from artists both established and rising. From pop to Afrobeats to R&B, the evening had variety: Lizzo celebrated her hit "About Damn Time" with a solid gold, disco-themed performance appropriate for the throwback single, Doechii hypnotized with "Persuasive" and "Crazy," and Fireboy DML's "Peru" and "Playboy" made a strong case for his continued stateside breakthrough.