Christina Aguilera, Lionel Richie, Maluma, Lenny Kravitz, Mark Ronson, Meryl Streep, and Oprah Winfrey are among the presenters for the 2024 Grammy Awards this Sunday, Billboard reports. Samara Joy, who won Best New Artist last year, will also present. She joins fellow category winner Aguilera, who took home Best New …
Read More »Mark Ronson Thanks Greta Gerwig for 'I'm Just Ken' 'Shred Fest So the Boys Could Cry'
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and Ryan Gosling won the Best Song award during the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday. Instead of going up to accept the award, actor Gosling who played Ken and sang the song that won flashed a jovially perplexed look while his fellow award-winners took the stage. …
Read More »Billie Eilish's 'Barbie' Hit 'What Was I Made For?' Wins Best Original Song at Golden Globes
The Barbie movie soundtrack had one of the most recognizable lists of musicians ever. On Sunday, Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” won the award for Best Original Song at the 2024 Golden Globes. Both Eilish and her brother Finneas, who wrote the song together, took the stage to …
Read More »Ryan Gosling Unveils 'Ken The EP' With Three New Versions of Grammy-Nominated Song
Just in time for the Christmas season — and, well, if we’re being really honest, the awards season, too — Ryan Gosling unveiled Ken The EP, featuring three new versions of the Grammy-nominated song, “I’m Just Ken.” The EP includes a seasonal spin on his Barbie soundtrack hit, “I’m Just …
Read More »Watch Simu Liu Perform 'I'm Just Ken' During Los Angeles Concert
Simu Liu channeled his best Ryan Gosling during a concert in Los Angeles as he performed a live rendition of Barbie song “I’m Just Ken.” “I want you to close your eyes, and I want you to put your hand on your heart, and I want you to repeat after …
Read More »'Dance the Night' Marked Dua Lipa's Farewell to Disco and She Wanted to Make It Count
On her enigmatic new single “Houdini,” Dua Lipa is a slippery illusionist who is hard to catch and quick to leave. It’s reflective of her approach to the latest era of her career as she preps the release of her third studio album, which marks a departure from the disco …
Read More »'Barbie' Amplifies $100 Million Fortune With Nearly a Dozen 2024 Grammy Awards Nominations
Barbie’s cultural chokehold has reached the Recording Academy. Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster, which brought in over $100 million, was an ode to girlhood that understood the fundamental function music plays in our collective and individual existential crises. When Hollywood’s award season begins in a few weeks, Barbie is certain to …
Read More »Ryan Gosling Was 'Really Touched' by Chart-Topping Success of 'I'm Just Ken'
Ryan Gosling doesn’t seem fazed by the success of Barbie, but Mark Ronson, who helmed the film’s music, confirmed that the actor has found the response to his song “I’m Just Ken” “so surreal.” Speaking during an event about the music of Greta Gerwig‘s hit movie, Ronson described how Gosling …
Read More »Wolfgang Van Halen Played His Dad's Solos for Taylor Hawkins — Then His Own Music Changed
“The one thing I wanted to avoid was the sophomore slump,” says Wolfgang Van Halen — and if anything, his just-released second album as Mammoth WVH, Mammoth II, is a major step up from his impressive 2021 debut. The choruses and riffs are both big enough to match his band …
Read More »'Barbie' Director Greta Gerwig on How She Got Ryan Gosling to Sing
Barbenheimer wasn’t a thing yet when Greta Gerwig spoke to Rolling Stone about her Barbie movie back in early June, but she was already trying to will it into existence. “I am such a huge Christopher Nolan fan,” she said. “My hope would be everybody goes to both. I guess …
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