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  • Sandra Bullock feels ‘deep concern’ for her household’s security and harmless victims of social media scammers

    Sandra Bullock feels ‘deep concern’ for her household’s security and harmless victims of social media scammers

    Sandra Bullock is not on social media Sandra Bullock is not on social media
    Sandra Bullock will not be on social media. Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImage

    Sandra Bullock is thought for protecting her private life personal, however she felt compelled to talk out Monday about scams coming from social media accounts impersonating her.

    "My household's security, in addition to the harmless individuals being taken benefit of, is my deep concern," Bullock stated in an announcement to PEOPLE, "and there will likely be a time when I’ll remark extra, however for now our focus helps regulation enforcement deal with this matter."

    The Velocity star clarified that no accounts that say they're hers truly are, as a result of she doesn't have any.

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    "Please bear in mind that I don’t take part in any type of social media," she continued. "Any accounts pretending to be me or anybody related to me are pretend accounts and have been created for monetary achieve or to take advantage of individuals round me."

    Bullock's assertion adopted a social media put up from her sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, through which she complained about scammers creating pretend accounts and pretending to be her.

    Bullock-Prado stated she was solely sharing a couple of of the various fakes on Fb, however that her reviews to Meta, which owns the platform, have gone unheeded.

    "I spend a number of occasions a day reporting fakes, coping with bizarre & scary emails to my BUSINESS and HOME from males who imagine that, by way of considered one of these many pretend 'me's, they’ve a relationship with my sister by way of personal messages and off app websites and have been giving (typically) THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to an extremely well-known and profitable grown assed lady," she wrote.

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    She clarified that she has only one account.

    "Once I report," Bullock-Prado continued, "i additionally report back to a safety service that offers the account addresses on to a Meta worker. These accounts are run by crime rings. Additionally they run pretend teams the place a pretend me posts 'official statements.' Not me. That is my solely account and y'all understand it's about baking, cooking, animals, and gardening. I'm a grown assed center aged lady with a life and I don't troll round at 54 DMing individuals."

    Bullock-Prado shared a hyperlink to a January information story from PEOPLE about Bullock's The Misplaced Metropolis costar Brad Pitt warning individuals towards responding to social media accounts, after a French lady misplaced $850,000 in such a rip-off.

    Brad Pitt will not be messaging followers for cash, rep warns after French lady loses life financial savings in rip-off

    The lady believed she was relationship As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood actor and that he wanted the cash for medical bills.

    "It’s terrible that scammers reap the benefits of followers’ sturdy reference to celebrities," a spokesperson for Pitt instructed Leisure Weekly on the time, "however this is a crucial reminder to not reply to unsolicited on-line outreach, particularly from actors who don’t have any social media presence." In her personal message, Bullock-Prado instructed individuals to keep away from the imposter accounts completely.

    Bullock-Prado urged individuals to report and block the accounts.

    Gesine Bullock-Prado and Sandra Bullock pictured in 2022
    Gesine Bullock-Prado and Sandra Bullock pictured in 2022.

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    "In case you see a pretend account, are friended or messaged by one, report and block," she suggested her followers. "The one motive I keep on FB is to watch this for my very own data so I’m conscious of the hazard coming at me (and sure, due to these scams, I've needed to contain native regulation enforcement they usually've been excellent)."

    Bullock's representatives and Meta didn’t instantly reply to EW's request for remark.

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  • “The Each day Present”’s Jon Stewart warns America is at risk of changing into the ‘Jake Paul of countries’

    “The Each day Present”’s Jon Stewart warns America is at risk of changing into the ‘Jake Paul of countries’

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    The U.S. is choosing fights with good allies, Jon Stewart warned on Monday's The Daily Show.

    "The EU? Canada? Do now we have any associates? I imply, Mexico — once more, Trump's been hate-f—ing Mexico just about because the escalator — that's the reality," Stewart stated of President Donald Trump's introduced plans to set a tariff on items imported from sure international locations.

    "However Canada? Ca-na-da?" Stewart requested incredulously. "We're choosing a struggle with our most dependable and nice good friend, the labradoodle of allies? However I assume that's Trump-tough. You already know what I imply? You gotta stroll within the jail yard, stroll proper as much as one man who actually doesn't appear to be an issue in any respect and simply yeah. 'Take that, finest good friend! — who has willingly signed as much as struggle in each ridiculous warfare we've ever gotten into.' Let that be a lesson to the remainder of the world: We’re a horrible good friend."

    "Denmark, Panama, and Canada! We're America," he continued. "We used to struggle the Nazis. Now we're scouring the globe for straightforward marks? What are we just like the Jake Paul of countries?"

    Stewart additionally took situation with the Democrats' selection of statesman to counter President Trump's extra unbelievable statements and actions.

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    "This commerce warfare has awoken a sleeping big," Stewart cautioned. "Not Canada. Not Mexico, however the Democratic minority Senate chief: Launch the Schumer!"

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    The present then ran a clip of Sen. Chuck Schumer warning of the results of commerce sanctions in opposition to Mexico: "It's going to have an effect on beer, okay? Most of it, Corona right here comes from Mexico. It's going to have an effect on your guac, as a result of what’s guacamole manufactured from? Avocados."

    Conceding that Individuals is perhaps swayed by a costlier Tremendous Bowl dip, Stewart nonetheless had an issue with the messenger.
    "Democrats, are you able to please cease f—ing trotting Schumer on the market each time Trump traverses into the unreal? He's not good at this," Stewart pleaded. "What’s the decision-making technique of: 'Hey? Who ought to we get on the market to successfully battle one of the savvy presidential media manipulators in historical past?' 'Effectively, I don't know, how about Schumer? He's uninteresting, however not less than he's monotone.' 'Oh wait, and Chuck, earlier than you go on the market; you look too younger, placed on these readers and decrease them in your nostril. Excellent'? Actually, listening to Chuck Schumer converse on virtually any subject makes me need to go bomb Canada."

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  • Former “The Voice” finalist cries as his daughter turns chairs in season 27 premiere

    Former “The Voice” finalist cries as his daughter turns chairs in season 27 premiere

    Kelsea Ballerini and Adam Levine are coaches on 'The Voice' this season Kelsea Ballerini and Adam Levine are coaches on 'The Voice' this season
    Kelsea Ballerini and Adam Levine are coaches on 'The Voice' this season . Picture:

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    Two seasons in the past on The Voice, Christian rock musician Bryan Olesen made all of it the way in which to the ultimate three earlier than being eradicated.

    However he was much more nervous — and extra proud — when he returned to the NBC singing competitors for Monday's season 27 premiere and watched his daughter, Jadyn Cree, flip two chairs for her rollicking efficiency of Paramore's "Nonetheless Into You."

    "My dad positively left some large footwear to fill," Jadyn, a 23-year-old from Lincoln, Neb., mentioned earlier than she stepped onto the stage. "I'm excited to make him proud and check out my finest to get anyplace near the place he bought on this competitors."

    Jadyn Cree performs on 'The Voice'
    Jadyn Cree performs on 'The Voice'.

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    Olesen competed on The Voice in 2024, on John Legend’s crew, and he received over the coaches and the viewers along with his stellar takes on Toto's "Africa," Queen's "Don't Cease Me Now," and Benson Boone's "Lovely Issues."

    It was clear that Bryan was excited for Jadyn, as he threw his fist into the air and teared up after coach Michael Bublé hit his buzzer. The proud papa additionally bounced up and down after rookie coach Kelsea Ballerini adopted go well with.

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    Whereas remaining coaches John Legend and Adam Levine didn't hit their buzzers, they nonetheless sang Jadyn's praises.

    "I really feel like I missed out," Levine mentioned, including that Jadyn's voice reminded him of a ’90s pop singer, "as a result of I believe you're going to essentially go far on this present, as a result of I believe there's no person such as you."

    The premiere additionally included a clip of Jadyn being known as out onto the stage on her dad's season and singing a snippet of Corinne Bailey Rae's music "Put Your Data On." She helped him select Crew Legend.

    Legend himself invited Bryan again to the stage Monday, the place father and daughter shared an emotional hug. Once they had been each on, Legend mentioned he was "feeling somewhat FOMO," and Levine agreed.

    "I suck!" the Maroon 5 singer joked.

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    Bublé mentioned sincerely that he imagined it was "the best second of your life to this point" for Bryan. "And you know the way I do know that? As a result of I've bought two lovely women, and each morning we get up and we dance to Billie Eilish, and we dance to Taylor Swift." (Bublé and his spouse, Luisana Lopilato, share 4 kids, together with daughters Vida, 6, and Cielo, 1.)

    'The Voice' coaches this season include Kelsea Ballerini, Michael Bublé, Adam Levine, and John Legend
    'The Voice' coaches this season embody Kelsea Ballerini, Michael Bublé, Adam Levine, and John Legend.

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    Bublé known as Jaydn "a star" and mentioned she has "a lot gentle pouring out of you," including that he hopes to bop along with his women to her music at some point when she indicators a file deal.

    Finally, Jadyn determined that her tenure The Voice could be on the crew of Bublé, who’s the one one in all this season's coaches who sat on final season's panel.

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    Ballerini is in her first foray as a full-time coach for the present (after filling in a single evening for ailing Kelly Clarkson in a earlier season), and Legend is again after teaching from 2019 till 2024.

    Levine's return to the collection after leaving in 2019 was a theme of the evening, together with when Ballerini hit a button that performed the voice of nation star Blake Shelton, who had a rivalry with Levine when he was a coach, slamming him.

    With every push, one other chirp got here out: "Adam's a giant child!" and "Adam received’t shut up," phrases that Shelton would use to tease his former costar.

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    Ballerini used yet one more instrument to maintain the higher hand: the Coach Replay button. The coaches are every given one per season, through which they’ll hit their buzzer for somebody after the individual's efficiency is over, one thing that isn't allowed in any other case.

    The nation star used hers for Dan Kiernan, 33, of New York Metropolis, after he carried out Panic! on the Disco's "Excessive Hopes."

    Despite the fact that Legend deemed the transfer "very soiled and underhanded," the singer ended up on Crew Kelsea.

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  • “Days of Our Lives” actor Casey Deidrick arrested on accusations of assaulting girlfriend and taking her cellphone

    “Days of Our Lives” actor Casey Deidrick arrested on accusations of assaulting girlfriend and taking her cellphone

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    Days of Our Lives alum Casey Deidrick was arrested in Nashville over the weekend in reference to a home dispute along with his girlfriend.

    The actor, 37, was taken into custody by the Metropolitan Nashville Police on Sunday afternoon and charged with home assault and interfering with a 911 name, in accordance with Davidson County Sheriff's Workplace data reviewed by Leisure Weekly. Deidrick was launched on a $2,500 bond within the early hours of Monday.

    Based on an affidavit reviewed by EW, police had been known as to Deidrick's residence within the Bordeaux neighborhood of Nashville to talk with him about an alleged home disturbance. Deidrick's companion claimed that he accused her of recording him after a verbal altercation that morning. She stated he wrapped his arms round her from behind, grabbed her arm tightly, and forcibly seized the cellphone from her. She additional stated she requested for the cellphone again in worry in order that she might name 911, and Deidrick ultimately returned the cellphone on the situation that she transfer out of the residence that very same day.

    Booking photo of Casey Deidrick
    Reserving photograph of Casey Deidrick.

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    Representatives for Deidrick didn't instantly reply to EW's request for remark.

    Deidrick gave police a barely totally different account of the incident, in accordance with the affidavit. Whereas he stated that he did suppose his companion was recording him after a verbal altercation and he did forcibly take the cellphone from her, he additionally claimed that she positioned her arms round his neck. Police stated they might not produce any proof to corroborate that declare.

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    Deidrick has a listening to scheduled for Feb. 24. at a Davidson County courtroom.

    The actor is finest identified for his position as Chad DiMera on the long-running daytime cleaning soap Days of Our Lives. Chad was at first launched because the darkish and brooding boyfriend of Mia McCormick (Taylor Spreitler) and later revealed because the illegitimate baby of mafioso Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo).

    Casey Deidrick on 'Days of Our Lives,' alongside Chandler Massey, Taylor Spreitler, and Gabriela Rodriguez
    Casey Deidrick on 'Days of Our Lives,' alongside Chandler Massey, Taylor Spreitler, and Gabriela Rodriguez.

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    Deidrick portrayed DiMera from 2009 to 2013, when his character jumped in entrance of a bullet that ultimately required him to be flown out of Salem for emergency surgical procedure. When the character returned in 2014, he was portrayed by Billy Flynn, who performs DiMera to at the present time.

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    Deidrick has additionally appeared on TV sequence like Eye Sweet and Teen Wolf, and in movies just like the Hallmark authentic A Very Merry Bridesmaid. He most not too long ago portrayed Max Parish on all 4 seasons of the CW drama Within the Darkish.

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  • Janelle Monáe blasts Nelly for Donald Trump inauguration efficiency: ‘F— you’

    Janelle Monáe blasts Nelly for Donald Trump inauguration efficiency: ‘F— you’

    Janelle Monae attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California; Nelly attends the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, which was broadcast live on FOX on May 27, 2021 Janelle Monae attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California; Nelly attends the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, which was broadcast live on FOX on May 27, 2021
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    Janelle Monáe had some scathing phrases for Nelly following his efficiency at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.

    Whereas performing the rapper's "Sizzling in Herre" at a Grammys afterparty in Los Angeles on Sunday evening alongside Anderson .Paak, Monáe issued a message to Nelly: "F— you!" She elaborated to the group, "I used to love Nelly however then he went to carry out for Donald Trump."

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    Expressing her solidarity with minority teams amid Trump's criticism of DEI and his mass deportation plans, Monáe broke out into an impromptu rap: "Nelly, you bought out. I used to suppose he was cool, however now you seem like a motherf—ing idiot. . . f— you, you get a brand new perspective."

    Nelly helped ring within the inauguration of Trump on Jan. 20 by performing on the Liberty Ball. Snoop Dogg, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jason Aldean, and Carrie Underwood had been among the many performers tapped that inauguration weekend.

    In response to the backlash, Nelly stated he was "not political" and referred to as it an "honor" to carry out. "I respect the workplace," Nelly stated in dialog with rapper Willie D. "This isn't politics. The politics, for me, is over. He received! He's the president. He's the commander in chief of what I want to say is one of the best nation on the planet."

    "It’s an honor for me to carry out for the president of america, no matter who’s in workplace," added the rapper. "If President Biden would've requested me to carry out, I’d've carried out. If Vice President Kamala Harris would've received and requested me to carry out, I’d've carried out."

    Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025
    Donald Trump is sworn in as president.

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    When requested if he was a Trump supporter, he stated, "I assist the president of america no matter who’s in workplace. Regardless, I respect the workplace."

    Janelle Monae performs on stage during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025
    Janelle Monáe on the 2025 Grammys.

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    The brand new administration actually lingered over music's greatest evening on Sunday. Host Trevor Noah made a number of digs at Trump, together with remarks about how he meant to "get pleasure from tonight as a result of this can be my final time I get to host something on this nation." Dr. Dre World Influence Award recipient Alicia Keys addressed the significance of range, fairness, and inclusion, whereas artists like Girl Gaga and Chappell Roan advocated for trans rights amid a sequence of govt orders focusing on the neighborhood.

    Monáe, a ten-time nominee, attended this yr's ceremony as a performer for the Quincy Jones tribute. She carried out a canopy of Michael Jackson's Jones-produced hit "Don't Cease 'Til You Get Sufficient."

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  • Invoice Hader remembers everybody stopping work at “SNL” when Adele sang throughout rehearsal: ‘Who was that?’

    Invoice Hader remembers everybody stopping work at “SNL” when Adele sang throughout rehearsal: ‘Who was that?’

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    Invoice Hader and his Saturday Night Live colleagues preferred Adele earlier than it was cool.

    The Barry star recalled his first encounter with the "Rolling within the Deep" singer when she made her SNL debut in 2008. "I keep in mind us sitting on the rewrite desk on [floor] 9, and Adele — not a whole lot of us had heard of her," Hader defined within the new documentary Women & Gents… 50 Years of SNL Music. "And she or he began singing, and it was, like, all of us stopped. We opened the curtain and everyone regarded down, and went, 'Who’s that?'"

    The doc additionally exhibits behind-the-scenes footage of Adele asking how she ought to carry herself whereas filming promos with Kristen Wiig and host Josh Brolin. "Ought to I look within the digicam, the place am I trying?" she asks within the 2008 footage. "I'm simply form of trying misplaced!"

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    Adele carried out "Chasing Pavements" and "Chilly Shoulder" from her debut album, 19, in her first SNL look on Oct. 18, 2008. She later returned to the present in 2015 to carry out "Howdy" and "When We Had been Younger," and likewise hosted SNL in 2020.

    ost Adele during the Monologue on Saturday, October 24, 2020
    Adele internet hosting 'Saturday Night time Reside' in 2020.

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    SNL boss Lorne Michaels additionally appeared within the doc, providing a wild recollection of how Adele exploded in stateside reputation after her efficiency on the present. "The entire nation was looking forward to different causes," he remembered. "It simply occurred to be that present that Sarah Palin was on. Adele went to the afterparty, after which they went again to the resort, after which went to British Airways on the 8 a.m. flight. She stated once they had been on the runway, she checked her pc, and she or he was at quantity 45. And once they landed, she was virtually #1."

    Though Adele's debut album 19 had already made a large splash in the UK upon its launch in January 2008, it was her SNL look that catapulted her to reputation in the USA. The episode with Brolin and Palin was among the many most-watched eps of the last decade for the present, and 19 leaped to the the highest of the iTunes charts the day after it aired.

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    The documentary additionally consists of older footage of Adele reflecting on the present shortly after her look. "It ended up being an enormous present, and actually in a single day!" Adele says within the footage. "Each time I've heard that saying, 'in a single day success,' I used to be like, 'Yeah, no matter, you've obtained to correct work for it.' And it was in a single day, actually in a single day, so."

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    Later, Dua Lipa mentioned the ability of the SNL stage. "After she carried out right here, her entire profession took off in America. Now it sounds ridiculous, trigger you're like, 'Hey, it's Adele!' You realize?" the "Levitating" singer stated. "However everyone has to start out someplace."

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    She continued, "SNL's musical legacy is the unbelievable alternative it provides artists and the early perception in them. After they form of provide the nod and go, 'Yeah, you need to be on this stage.' You get like a sure confidence and pleasure and perception in your self that you are able to do it."

    Women & Gents…50 Years of SNL Music is now streaming on Peacock.

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  • Beyoncé lastly wins Album of the Yr for “Cowboy Carter ”at Grammys

    Beyoncé lastly wins Album of the Yr for “Cowboy Carter ”at Grammys

    The 2025 Grammy Awards simply laid their playing cards down (down, down, down) for Beyoncé.

    The singer lastly received Album of the Yr throughout Sunday's 67th annual ceremony for her 2024 nation album, Cowboy Carter, after dropping the extremely coveted award 4 instances prior to now. She additionally wonBest Nation Album earlier within the night time. She was nominated for 11 trophies in varied classes general.

    "I'd prefer to thank and acknowledge and reward all the firefighters protecting us protected," Beyoncé mentioned after a bunch of Los Angeles Firefighters offered her with the award. "I simply really feel very full and really honored. It's been many, a few years."

    Beyoncé accepts the Album of the Year award for "COWBOY CARTER" onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
    Beyoncé accepts the Album of the Yr Grammy for 'Cowboy Carter'.

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    Whereas Beyoncé is the most-decorated artist in Grammys historical past, she has been notoriously snubbed within the Album of the Yr class each single time she's been nominated beforehand: for Renaissance in 2023, for Lemonade in 2017, for Beyoncé in 2015, and for I Am… Sasha Fierce in 2010. She misplaced the award to Taylor Swift, then to Beck, then to Adele, and at last to Harry Types, and even referenced the previous snubs on her Cowboy Carter observe "Candy Honey Buckin'" with the lyrics: "AOTY, I ain't win / I ain't stuntin' 'bout them / Take that s— on the chin / Come again and f— up the pen."

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    Along with her lastly breaking her Album of the Yr dropping streak, Beyoncé already made historical past by changing into the primary Black lady to be nominated within the class for a rustic album. Ray Charles holds the distinction for being the primary Black man nominated for the award for 1962's Trendy Sounds in Nation and Western Music.

    Solely three Black ladies have received Album of the Yr beforehand: Natalie Cole in 1992, Whitney Houston in 1994, and Lauryn Hill in 1999. Beyoncé can also be the first Black woman to top Billboard's country chart, with "Texas Maintain 'Em."

    Beyonce, Cowboy Carter
    Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter'.

    No Black lady has ever received a Grammy for a rustic track, though Beyoncé tried beforehand in 2016, when she submitted "Daddy Classes," from Lemonade, in a rustic class. Nonetheless, the Recording Academy's nation music committee rejected it.

    When Beyoncé's husband, Jay-Z, received the Dr. Dre International Affect Award ultimately yr's ceremony, he used his time on the Grammys stage to name out the Recording Academy for by no means honoring his spouse with the Album of the Yr award.

    "I'm simply sayin’, we would like y’all to get it proper," the rapper mentioned. "We love y’all… not less than get it near proper. And clearly it's subjective — y’all don't gotta clap at all the things — clearly it's subjective as a result of it's music and it's opinion-based. However some issues, you recognize… I don't wish to embarrass this younger girl, however she has extra Grammys than everybody and by no means received Album of the Yr, so even by your individual metrics, that doesn't work. Take into consideration that: essentially the most Grammys, by no means received Album of the Yr. That doesn’t work."

    In the meantime, Cowboy Carter got no love from the Country Music Association Awards, receiving zero nominations for its November ceremony, including one other chapter to the controversial "is Cowboy Carter a country album?" debate.

    For those who ask Bey herself, she calls it "a 'Beyoncé' album," as a result of it was born out of an expertise she had years in the past when she didn’t "really feel welcomed" within the nation style.

    Beyoncé accepts the Best Country Album award for “Cowboy Carter” from Taylor Swift onstage during the 67th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
    Beyoncé accepts Finest Nation Album Grammy for 'Cowboy Carter' from Taylor Swift.

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    "And it was very clear that I wasn't," she wrote on Instagram 10 days before Cowboy Carter's release. "However due to that have, I did a deeper dive into the historical past of nation music and studied our wealthy musical archive. It feels good to see how music can unite so many individuals all over the world, whereas additionally amplifying the voices of a number of the individuals who have devoted a lot of their lives educating on our musical historical past."

    She continued, "The criticisms I confronted after I first entered this style compelled me to propel previous the restrictions that have been placed on me. Act II is a results of difficult myself, and taking my time to bend and mix genres collectively to create this physique of labor… I hope you can hear my coronary heart and soul, and all of the love and keenness that I poured into each element and each sound. This ain't a Nation album. It is a 'Beyoncé' album."

    The 67th Annual Grammy Awards have been held Sunday on the Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles, and streamed reside on CBS and Paramount+.

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  • Will Smith says late ‘father determine’ Quincy Jones modified his life ‘perpetually’ with “Contemporary Prince” in Grammys tribute

    Will Smith says late ‘father determine’ Quincy Jones modified his life ‘perpetually’ with “Contemporary Prince” in Grammys tribute

    Will Smith speaks on stage during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025 Will Smith speaks on stage during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025
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    Will Smith led a transferring tribute on the 2025 Grammy Awards to Quincy Jones, who died on Nov. 3 on the age of 91. The tribute marks one in all Smith's first appearances at an awards present because the 2022 Oscars slap.

    "This previous 12 months, we misplaced one of the groundbreaking and influential figures of our instances — Quincy Jones," Smith mentioned on the Crypto.com Enviornment stage beside Herbie Hancock, who performed "Killer Joe" on the piano. "In his 91 years, Q touched numerous lives, however I’ve to say, he modified mine perpetually. You most likely wouldn't even know who Will Smith was if it wasn’t for Quincy Jones."

    Smith then handed off the tribute to celebrity after celebrity, from Cynthia Erivo singing "Fly Me to the Moon," to Hancock and Stevie Surprise main the complete auditorium in a "We Are the World" singalong, to Janelle Monáe channeling Michael Jackson for a "Don't Cease Until You Get Sufficient" efficiency.

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    Earlier than Monáe obtained the gang to their ft, Smith regaled attendees with a narrative from the set of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which Jones government produced.

    "Quincy Jones was a mentor, a buddy, a father determine. I wanna share somewhat story about Quincy," he mentioned. Smith then recounted an early on-set expertise through which he was battling a very tough scene. "Any person mentioned, 'Will, Quincy needs to see you.'" Smith remembered asking if it may wait, to which Jones's aide wanted solely to offer him a glance to remind the younger actor who it was who was ready on him.

    "He's standing, he's obtained his arms on his hips, and he's on the snack desk wanting on the snacks. I used to be like, 'What's up, Q?' Q mentioned, 'So that is the meals that you just assume folks in your set ought to eat?' I used to be like, 'Quincy, I don't do the snacks on this present' and he mentioned, 'Who's title on the script?'" Smith recalled. He recalled Jones including, "You need these folks to work 16 or 18 hours a day so that you understand your desires, and that is the meals you assume they need to eat? I don't care if it's not within the finances. You pay for it out of your personal pocket."

    Will Smith speaks on stage during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025
    Will Smith on the 2025 Grammys.

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    Smith mentioned that the knowledge Jones handed on throughout this encounter "grew to become absolutely the heart of how I needed my profession. He mentioned, 'It’s your job to care for these folks,' and I’ve executed all the pieces I can all through my profession to dwell as much as Quincy's demand."

    "Quincy Jones at all times took care of individuals, and that's how he fed the world," Smith continued. "Quincy taught us all that life is a feast, and also you don't cease until you get sufficient."

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    Grammy Awards 2025: See the entire listing of winners

    Smith's look on the Grammys comes every week after he made his return to music official by unveiling "Stunning Scars," his new monitor with Huge Sean, and its accompanying Matrix-themed music video. That very same day, Smith introduced his first solo album in 20 years, titled Based mostly on a True Story.

    Smith appeared finally 12 months's BET Awards, the place he carried out his track "You Can Make It." His different latest music initiatives embody the Sean Paul collaboration "Gentle Em Up," which was featured on the soundtrack for Bad Boys: Ride or Die, and "Work of Artwork," a collaboration with Russ that includes Smith's son, Jaden Smith. Smith additionally lately performed two sold-out reveals at San Diego's Observatory North Park.

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  • Babyface ditches Grammys purple carpet interview after reporters reduce him off to shout at Chappell Roan: ‘Go do this’

    Babyface ditches Grammys purple carpet interview after reporters reduce him off to shout at Chappell Roan: ‘Go do this’

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    Eesh.

    Babyface had a clumsy second on the purple carpet for Sunday's 2025 Grammy Awards on the Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles. The "When Can I See You" artist was thoughtfully formulating a solution to a query from the Related Press reporters when the interviewers grew to become distracted by Chappell Roan.

    A clip of the incident circulated on social media after the incident.

    Chappell Roan performs at the 2025 Grammys
    Chappell Roan performs on the 2025 Grammys.

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    However who wouldn't excited to speak to Roan, probably the most nominated artists of the night time, together with Album of the 12 months for The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess? She carried out her hit "Pink Pony Membership" early within the present.

    Babyface, who has 12 Grammys of his personal, from a staggering 54 nominations, graciously requested, "You guys wanna do this? Go do this," after one of many reporters referred to as out to the "Good Luck, Babe!" artist.

    The video exhibits the interviewers then apologizing to Babyface, whose actual identify is Kenneth Edmonds. Roan did go over.

    See all the celebs on the 2025 Grammy Awards

    EW has reached out to reps for each Babyface and Roan for remark.

    On music's greatest night time of the 12 months, Roan's haul included Greatest New Artist, which is fairly large. She used her acceptance speech to foyer for labels to help their artists.

    The artist had stated in September that she didn't truly hope to finish the night time with a gramophone trophy.

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    "I'm sort of hoping I don't win," Roan informed The Face, "as a result of then everybody will get off my a–: ​'See guys, we did it and we didn't win, bye!' I gained't have to do that once more!"

    It seems like she isn't accomplished with acceptance speeches but.

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  • See all the celebrities on the 2025 Grammy Awards

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    Kehlani, Kacey Musgraves, and Chappell Roan walk the red carpet at the 2025 Grammys Kehlani, Kacey Musgraves, and Chappell Roan walk the red carpet at the 2025 Grammys
    Kehlani, Kacey Musgraves, and Chappell Roan stroll the pink carpet on the 2025 Grammys. Photograph:

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    In terms of the Grammys, followers look ahead to the performances and discovering out who will take house a gramophone trophy. However one other huge query is… what did everybody put on on the pink carpet?

    As common, music's largest stars donned some attention-grabbing appears for this yr's occasion, held on the Crypto.com Enviornment in downtown Los Angeles.

    Benefit from the (vogue) present from what's often known as music's largest night time beneath.

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    Chappell Roan

     Chappell Roan attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
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    Kacey Musgraves

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    Kehlani and Adeya Nomi Parrish Younger-White

    Kehlani and Adeya Nomi Parrish Young-White attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
    Kehlani and Adeya Nomi Parrish Younger-White.

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    Inexperienced Day's Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Tré Cool

    Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Tré Cool of Green Day attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
    Inexperienced Day's Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Tré Cool.

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    St. Vincent

    St Vincent 67th Annual Grammy Awards, Arrivals, Fashion Highlights, Los Angeles, USA - 02 Feb 2025
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    Norah Jones

    Norah Jones 67th Annual Grammy Awards, Arrivals, Fashion Highlights, Los Angeles, USA - 02 Feb 2025
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    Marla Maples

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    Jaden Smith

     Jaden Smith attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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    Willow Smith

    Willow Smith attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025
    Willow Smith.

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    Zedd

    Zedd attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
    Zedd.

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    Peso Pluma

    Peso Pluma attends the 67th GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
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    Sean Lennon

    Sean Lennon attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
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    Chrishelle Stause

    Chrishell Stause attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025
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    Charlotte Lawrence

    Charlotte Lawrence attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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    Jessie Jo Dillon

    Jessie Jo Dillon attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025
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