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‘Dave’ Season 3 Finale: Dave Burd and GaTa Talk Guest Stars, Stalkers and Self-Love
[This story contains major spoilers for the Dave season three finale, “Looking for Love.”] If you’re a fan of Dave and you haven’t seen the finale, turn back now. You’re robbing yourself of a twisty, tense thrill ride if you read spoilers before seeing it. If you’re not yet a fan of Dave, go ahead and keep […]
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Drake Victorious at 2023 Grammys Even Though He Didn’t Submit His Work for Awards
Drake doesn’t love the Grammys but they love him — the rapper won an award at the 2023 Grammys even though he decided not to submit his latest album for awards. Drake won best melodic rap performance for his guest appearance on Future’s “Wait for U,” which became No. 1 pop hit and also features […]
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Feinberg Snapshot: A-Listers Contending for the Best Original Song Oscar
David Byrne, “This Is a Life” Everything Everywhere All at Once The former Talking Heads frontman, who won the best original score Oscar 35 years ago for The Last Emperor, teamed with Son Lux’s Ryan Lott (who curated Everything’s soundtrack) and the Grammy-nominated Japanese artist Mitski for this end-credits tune. Drake,”Time” Amsterdam Drizzy penned the […]
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Migos Rapper Takeoff Remembered at Atlanta Memorial Attended by Justin Bieber, Drake
Fans celebrated the musical legacy of slain rapper Takeoff on Friday at a memorial service in Atlanta, near where the artist grew up, that drew Justin Bieber, Drake and other big names in the music industry. Takeoff, part of the Grammy Award-nominated trio Migos with uncle Quavo and cousin Offset, was shot and killed earlier […]
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Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift Among Nominees for 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Drake are among the songwriters battling for best song from a feature film at the 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards. The HMMAs honor composers, songwriters and music supervisors for their work in film, television and video games. Unlike the Oscars, which have just five nominees for best original song and five for best original […]
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Drake and 21 Savage Announce Joint Album ‘Her Loss’ in New “Jimmy Cooks” Music Video
Drake and 21 Savage are releasing an album together this week. The pair announced that Her Loss will be here Friday (Oct. 28) in the middle of their new “Jimmy Cooks” music video, which arrived late Saturday afternoon, 21 Savage’s birthday. At the 1:25 mark in the Mahfuz Sultan-directed clip, the pair snuck in the […]
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TIFF: Unmasking Hockey’s Troubled Racial History in ‘Black Ice’
Canadians have long defined themselves through the game of ice hockey, some more than others. Despite the NHL success of such Black Canadian players as Grant Fuhr, Tony McKegney, Devante Smith-Pelly, Wayne Simmonds, Darnell Nurse, Evander Kane and P.K. Subban, the nation’s winter pastime has remained a bastion of whiteness. With the documentary Black Ice, […]
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Nicki Minaj Receives Video Vanguard Award, Performs Greatest Hits Medley at 2022 VMAs
On Sunday night, Nicki Minaj received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at MTV’s 2022 Video Music Awards. This marked the rapper’s first onstage performance since 2018, and her seventh performance on the VMA stage. A 17-time VMA nominee and five-time winner, Minaj won her first VMA, for best hip-hop video, in 2011. This year, […]
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Steph Curry on Why He Texted Drake, Peyton Manning Before Agreeing to Host ESPY Awards
After picking up another NBA championship for the Golden State Warriors in June — the team’s fourth title in eight years — no one could fault Finals MVP Steph Curry for taking it easy through the off-season. But coasting isn’t Curry’s style. On Wednesday, he’ll hit the stage at L.A.’s Dolby Theater as the host […]
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Drake’s Team Denies Rapper Was Arrested in Sweden
Rapper Drake has not been arrested in Sweden, his team tells The Hollywood Reporter, dispelling fevered rumors that hit social media Thursday night. Internet speculation suggested Drake had been arrested by local police at a Stockholm nightclub. His team categorically tells THR that the Grammy winner was in his hotel in the Swedish capital and […]
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‘Hotline Bling’ Director X Tackling ‘Robyn Hood’ for Boat Rocker Studios
Julien Christian Lutz, aka Director X, known for his signature music videos for artists including Drake, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa, Usher and Justin Bieber — has created the Canadian indie TV drama Robyn Hood for Boat Rocker Studios and Global Television. The one-hour action drama, also from screenwriter Chris Roberts (Orphan Black, Frontier), […]
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Inside Kanye West and Drake’s Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert
Thursday night’s event at the Los Angeles Coliseum was equal parts concert and a burying of the hatchet, given the spotty, sometimes diss-riddled relationship of the night’s two performers: Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and his special guest Drake. The show was billed as a benefit concert for Larry Hoover, the polarizing former street […]
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