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FireAid, with Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga, is the latest in a long line of massive benefit concerts

Jan. 29, 2025 10:14 AM EST

FireAid, featuring Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Sting, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others in a fundraiser for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts, is the latest event to combine music and philanthropy. Thursday’s concerts at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum in Inglewood, California,...

'Emilia Pérez' tops Oscar nominations with 13, 'Wicked' and 'The Brutalist' land 10 apiece

Jan. 23, 2025 16:14 PM EST

In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles that struck at the heart of the movie industry, an embattled Hollywood lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about trans identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday. Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” a...

From ‘The Brutalist' to 'Wicked,' where to watch this year’s top awards movies

Jan. 23, 2025 12:27 PM EST

The 2025 movie awards season is in full swing but figuring out where to watch everything can be overwhelming. Are they streaming? For free? In theaters? Only in Los Angeles and New York? Take one of the big winners of the Golden Globes, “The Brutalist,” a film that’s been...

The Latest: Academy Award nominees announced

Jan. 23, 2025 11:09 AM EST

Actors Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announced the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards. Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity, dominated the list with 13 nominations. “The Brutalist,” a three-plus hour postwar epic, and “Wicked,” a...

Complete list of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards

Jan. 23, 2025 09:40 AM EST

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The nominees for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced. Leading the way is Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” a Spanish language, French-made film, with 13 nominations, including best picture and best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, making...

'Conclave' leads race for British BAFTA film awards as thoughts focus on fires in LA

Jan. 15, 2025 14:06 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — Papal thriller “ Conclave,” which stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope, leads the race — just — for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 12 categories, one more than the genre-busting musical “ Emilia Perez.” ...

Music streams hit nearly 5 trillion in 2024. Women pop performers lead the charge in the US

Jan. 15, 2025 09:02 AM EST

More music, more listeners, no problems. The global music industry hit 4.8 trillion streams in 2024, a new single-year record, Luminate’s 2024 Year-End Report found. That’s up 14% from 2023, which held the previous record. If you streamed a lot more music in 2024...