The full list of nominations for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards has been announced, with Taylor Swift, Doja Cat and SZA leading the list. Swift is leading the way with eight nominations, SZA earned six and Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, and Sam Smith have all earned five each. The entire group of artists are also in the running for this year’s Video of the Year category. This year’s edition of the VMAs also features a slew of first-time nominees, 35 to be exact. The first-timers are made up of acts like Petras,...
Offset has praised Oscar-winning actress, Jamie Lee Curtis, calling her a “real one” for staring in the music video for ‘Jealousy’. The rapper shared how the actress agreed to star in the music video in an interview with Good Morning America. “Jamie Lee Curtis is a real one,” he said. “So, how that happened is I DM’d Jamie Lee Curtis on Instagram and said, ‘Yo, I got an idea. I would love to work with you.’” He continued: “She wrote me back so quickly. She was like, ‘Yeah, I got you, but you need to follow me. That’s how...
The stars of Gavin & Stacey are not keen on another full season of the show, but may be keen for a future one-off special. The smash-hit sitcom originally aired from 2007-2010 on the BBC before getting a one-off festive special in 2019. Speaking to Radio Times, stars Larry Lamb and Alison Steadman – who played Gavin’s parents Mick and Pam Shipman – are keen on another special, but not a fourth full season of the show. Advertisement Steadman said: “I’d like to do another, but I don’t know if I could do seven episodes. A special would be...
Travis Scott‘s new album ‘Utopia’ has become the second-most streamed album of 2023, less than two weeks after it was released. The rapper’s first album since 2018 has been streamed globally over 650million times, while Apple Music confirmed it had the biggest first day streams of an album in 2023, and Spotify named it the most streamed record in 2023 on its first day with 128 million streams. In terms of both sales and streams, ‘Utopia’ has had 2023’s third-biggest first week numbers, just behind behind Morgan Wallen and Taylor Swift. Advertisement The album features an illustrious list of...
Amyl and the Sniffers‘ frontwoman Amy Taylor is set to be a guest judge on the next season of the Australian version of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The singer shared a photo of her sitting on the judging panel on her upcoming appearance in the show on her Instagram. “Sooo fikin excited to be a guest judge on Ru Paul’s Drag Race Down under’s the new season ? airing now but my episode is yet to come out,” she wrote. The third season of the show began airing on July 28, but it hasn’t yet been announced when Taylor’s episode will...
NME couldn’t be more excited to announce its return to print with a brand-new bimonthly magazine. To celebrate, we’re looking back on our history in print – find out more about the new NME magazine here and read on… Over its more than seven decade existence, NME has had the great and good of the music world on its cover, creating countless pieces of iconic imagery. These covers stand alone as works of art, be they David Bowie‘s silhouette in 1976 or Blur and Oasis facing off in Britpop’s most infamous moment in 1995. There are plenty of other...
The 1975‘s Matty Healy has addressed the band’s ongoing controversies in Malaysia after they were banned from the country last month. READ MORE: The 1975 at Lollapalooza 2023: lots of hits and “a little bit of drama” While performing in Hawaii on August 6, Healy addressed the crowd before the band dove into ’28’. “All I’ll say is that I don’t give a fuck about any white saviour complex bullshit. What I’ll say is that doing the right thing often requires quite a lot of sacrifice and very little reward. And being seen to do the right thing requires very...
The sentencing of Tory Lanez in the ongoing court case over the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion has been delayed. READ MORE: Megan Thee Stallion on the cover: “I’m really working on my dynasty right now” Last night (August 7), a hearing was held at a court in Los Angeles, California, where Lanez was meant to be charged after being found guilty in December last year. However, it has been revealed that the sentencing will continue today (August 8). According to the BBC, prosecutors on the case are seeking a 13-year sentence. Advertisement While Megan Thee Stallion – who was...
BTS member V has officially announced his debut solo album, which is being titled ‘Layover’. READ MORE: Suga of BTS: “You have to find what makes you happy, what brings you joy” Announced today (August 8), Big Hit Music took to social media to confirm the album, which is due for release in September. In the visualiser below, the album will be available from September 8 onwards. From V ‘Layover’ Release23. 9. 8. 1PM KST | 0AM ET#V #뷔 #V_Layover pic.twitter.com/I26YhJRLXU — BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) August 8, 2023 Advertisement Per Pop Crave on Twitter (X), ‘Layover’ will be made up...
William Friedkin, the director of Oscar-winning films The French Connection and The Exorcist has died at the age of 87. Friedkin passed away today (August 7) at home in Los Angeles. His death was confirmed by Chapman University dean Stephen Galloway, who is a friend of Friedkin’s wife Sherry Lansing. The filmmaker rose to fame in the ’70s along with Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola and Hal Ashby, who were seen as a new generation of envelope-pushing directors. Friedkin specialised in making vibrant horrors and flashy police thrillers. Before he pursued a job in directing, Friedkin worked for many...