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Steven Spielberg has spoken up about his disapprovalover the Motion Picture Academy’s decision to pre-record eight Oscar categories.The new schedule would mean that eight awards would be handed out in the hour before the actual Oscar telecast begins at 5 p.m. PT on March 27, in order to save time and keep the show to three hours.'I disagree with the decision made by the executive committee,' the Schindler's List director, 75, said in a new interview with Deadline.

Renee Zellweger looked simply stunning as she arrived in style for the premiere of herupcoming crime series The Thing About Pam.On Monday, the 52-year-old actress went on a promotional trail throughNew York Cityto promote the series, culminating in a red carpet screening.The Texas native went simple and chic for the main event as she showed off her very figure while posing on arrival. Stunning:Renee Zellweger stuns in simple yet chic suit that shows off her trim frame on red carpet at premiere for new crime series The Thing About Pam on Monday in New YorkThe Thing About Pam is based on a real-life story, concerning crimes committed by a woman named Pam Hupp.

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The biggest stars in country music were out in force on Monday evening at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.Morgan Wallen picked up the prestigious Album of the Year award for Dangerous: The Double Album.The win seemed to signal that Academy voters weren't fazed by Wallen's scandal last year, when he was caught shouting the N-word on camera. Looking past it? Morgan Wallen won Album of the Year for Dangerous: The Double Album at Monday's 57th Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, despite his N-word scandal last year'When I started this album, I was a kid.

Yellowstone star Luke Grimes hit the red carpet with a country casual look before presenting at the 2022 ACM Awards.The 38-year-old actor, who plays Kayce Dutton on the hit Paramount Plus series, hit the red carpet with his wife Bianca Rodrigues at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.The actor is one of the many presenters along with Reacher star Alan Ritchson, Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, Mickey Guyton, Tom Pelphrey and more. Casual Luke:Yellowstone star Luke Grimes hit the red carpet with a country casual look before presenting at the 2022 ACM Awards Luke and Bianca:The 38-year-old actor, who plays Kayce Dutton on the hit Paramount Plus series, hit the red carpet with his wife Bianca RodriguesGrimes stepped with a white t-shirt under a slightly-unbuttoned white dress shirt with a gold chain dangling from his neck.He also sported a stone-colored suit coat with light blue jeans and a brown belt for his red carpet look.

The dead are all set to walk again.Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan will lead a new series titled Isle of the Dead, a spin-off of the critically-acclaimed show The Walking Dead, Deadline reports.Isle of the Dead will be set in New York City and will follow Morgan's character Negan and Cohan's character Maggie as they head for Meridian, the town Maggie lived in after the apocalypse began. New series:Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan will lead a new series titled Isle of the Dead, a spin-off of the critically-acclaimed show The Walking Dead, Deadline reportedEli Jorné, who wrote on The Walking Dead for several seasons and served as a co-executive producer on the program as well, will be the showrunner for the new program.Dan McDermott, who serves as the president of Entertainment andAMC Studios for AMC Networks, told the outlet how excited the network was about the upcoming show.

Radio Times, the actress revealed that she doesn’t support their actions.The 75-year-old had strong feelings about the debate around the toppling of UK statues.When asked about her thoughts, Joanna commented: “All our ancestors were linked with something, so you can’t suddenly go, ‘But I don’t do that’.”She added: “If you eat sugar, you’re probably eating sugar that came from sugar factories that were worked by slaves, and so it goes round and round.“Lots of things were obviously reprehensible, the slave trade being one; you can’t defend that.“But there are different things that were done in the past which we can’t change.“We don’t do them now because we wouldn’t.”Joanna, who is hosting a new three-part ITV documentary series Great Cities of the World, where she explores the magnificent cities of Berlin, Paris and Rome, said: “So, I don’t know how much of the past you can smash up without finding that the wrecking ball has come very close to your own house.”Joanna has recently also spoken about the “distressing” impact she feels the Netflix series The Crown has had on the Royal Family.She told Radio Times that she can’t watch the show, because she “knows quite a lot of the Royal Family”.She continued: “I know how distressing it must be to have your life made up and then played out as truth.”The Absolutely Fabulous star was made an OBE in 1995 and became a Dame earlier this year, when she was given the honour as part of the New Years Honours list.Joanna, who is also a campaigner, said: “It comes as a complete and unexpected surprise and is the kindest and most beautiful present imaginable.”She also received the BAFTA TV Fellowship in 2017.With a career spanning over five decades, Joanna has appeared in everything from Ab

Awards season took another huge leap forward as the Oscars Luncheon returned for the first time in two years. And while COVID has still reared its ugly head (“The Power of the Dog’s” Jane Campion has publicly stated she has it and could not attend), there was still a slew of smiling faces among both first-time and multiple nominees.

Emmerdale fans have taken to social media to call out Jane McDonald for an embarrassing blunder on her Channel 5 travel show, My Yorkshire.During the series, Jane pays a nostalgic tour of the place she calls 'home' as she explores her home county. On the latest dose of the series, she met actor Frazer Hines, who played Joe Sugden in Emmerdale, in a village called Esholt.The Yorkshire village is where the outdoor scenes of Emmerdale were filmed for its first 20 years.Jane recounted her memories of watching Emmerdale Farm, Emmerdale's name until 1989, with her mother when she was younger.However, as Jane spoke about the village, some eagle-eyed viewers were quick to spot a blunder as she completely annihilated the name, which left some cringing.Taking to Twitter, one wrote: "@TheJaneMcDonald loving your Yorkshire series.

Angelique Jackson Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to distribute “The Walk,” which tells the story of the court-ordered forced integration of the Boston School System in the 1970s.The film, starring Justin Chatwin and Terrence Howard, will be released in theaters and digitally on June 10.“The Walk” follows Bill Coughlin (Chatwin, pictured above), a Boston Irish cop, who must contend with social pressure and bigotry in his neighborhood and within the police force after being assigned to protect Black students bused into the all-white South Boston High. The plot chronicles the political and social fallout following the court’s 1974 decision, which resulted in brutal violence and city-wide protests, as three stories collide during the fateful first day of school.

Bel Air” is about to feature a “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” reunion — of sorts. Daphne Maxwell Reid, who played Will’s aunt on later seasons of “Fresh Prince,” and Vernee Watson-Johnson, who recurred as Will’s mom on the show, are returning to Bel Air — in guest starring roles for Episode 9 of Peacock’s new drama.Maxwell Reid and Watson-Johnson portrayed Aunt Viv and Viola “Vy” Smith, respectively, in the original series. For their upcoming guest roles on “Bel-Air,” the two will play “Helen” and “Janice,” members of the Art Council Board of Trustee.Peacock’s “Bel-Air” reimagines the beloved “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” sitcom — with a new lens on Will’s (Jabari Banks) complicated journey from West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air.

Travis Barker is bonding with his fiancée Kourtney Kardashian’s children.

Even though songwriter Diane Warren hasn’t won yet at the Oscars in the Best Original Song category after 13 nominations, what it does underscore is the continued high regard and esteem which the Academy holds her in.

The quest to land atop the awards season’s best-dressed list is often as heated as the race for Oscar. There is the early glamour of the Cannes Film Festival in May. There’s the rush of the fall festivals. And finally comes the frenzy and flashbulbs of the awards season proper in winter.

In an exclusive conversation with Genius News, Takashi Murakami reflects on more than a decade’s worth of music collaborations spanning his album art for Kanye West’s Graduation to recent visuals with KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Billie Eilish, and J Balvin. The Japanese visual artist also reveals he started “rough sketches” for a horror-style anime based on a concept by Juice WRLD.

New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.JAY-Z and Nipsey Hussle provided a powerful cornerstone on the  soundtrack, Pink and her daughter, Willow, teamed up for a sunny, optimistic new single and Ryan Hurd and Maren Morris found a «full-circle musical moment» with the release of their first-ever duet.Plus, Taylor Swift kicked off her re-recording project with a massive fan favorite, Dua Lipa shared a cut track from, and two stars teamed up for heartfelt ballad.Read on for some of our favorite recommendations for new songs and albums to listen to this week — plus, where you can stream them now!Of all the star power on the

Taylor Swift revealed on Good Morning America Thursday that she will be releasing her re-recorded song Love Story at midnight on February 11, in addition to the extended version of her 2008 studio album Fearless on April 9.And in a December interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, the 31-year-old songstress spoke about the process of re-recording her first five albums while making Evermore, in addition to teasing even more surprises to come.'I want to keep a lot of cool surprises for the fans until I'm ready to show them fully to everyone,' she said.

TAYLOR SWIFT has moved in with British boyfriend Joe Alwyn after Covid restrictions forced them to stay in London together. The pop superstar and actor have been dating for four years but have kept their romance largely off radar, rarely posing for photographs or talking about each other.

Finneas is set to score his first movie.The songwriter and producer – who is Billie Eilish‘s older brother, collaborator and bandmate – will write the music for The Fallout, a drama about the emotional aftermath of a high school tragedy.As Variety writes, the film “chronicles the lives of three teenagers so crippled from anxiety after a high school tragedy they can’t even leave their bedrooms, and the unique bond they share over the ensuing months”. It is actress Megan Park’s directorial debut and stars Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Shailene Woodley, Julie Bowen and John Ortiz.The film’s music supervisor, Peymon Maskan, explained to Variety why they decided to enlist Finneas for the score.

Miley Cyrus kicked off the first Big Concert for Small Business by covering Mazzy Star’s Fade Into You after the Super Bowl on Sunday night (February 7, 2021).The pop star, who headlined the first TikTok Tailgate gig before the big game, joined Alicia Keys, Tiffany Haddish, and Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan, who teamed up to perform the U.S.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterGary Spangler has been promoted to executive vice president of Republic Records, label founder and CEO Monte Lipman announced.In this role,  Spangler will continue to shepherd promotion for acts on the Republic and Island Records rosters, according to the announcement. A 14-year veteran of the company and executive VP of promotion since 2016, he has orchestrated and executed promotion campaigns for the likes of Ariana Grande, Drake, Jonas Brothers, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and more, in addition to Island’s Demi Lovato and Shawn Mendes.