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[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Hacks Season 4, Episode 4, “I Love LA.”] Hacks‘ latest episode, “I Love LA,” led Deborah (Jean Smart) and her right-hand man Damien (Mark Indelicato) to the club for an eventful night out in celebration of her late-night show’s premiere. While Deborah waited for the evening broadcast of her first episode taping, she attended dinner to enjoy it alongside colleagues like Winnie (Helen Hunt) and musical guest Randy Newman, but after she was stood up, she turned to Damien for company. The young man was quite obviously nervous sharing the table with his boss, but as the conversation progressed, he revealed his own hardships about acclimating to Los Angeles and suggested that if Deborah accompanied him to the club would do wonders for his social life. And so, Deborah joined Damien at the club and had such a good time that she stayed long after he’d left. Her fun was abruptly ended,...

A run-in with a comedy legend led to one big revelation for Deborah Vance — and a teensy peek beneath her rock-hard exterior for us.

Thursday’s Hacks sends the new late-night host straight to a cardiologist after she experiences a sudden panic attack during her show’s dress rehearsal. While in the waiting room, she runs into none other than Carol Burnett (playing herself). After some catching up, Deborah puts her ego aside and asks Carol for a bit of advice on how to deal with stage fright. Carol’s advice: Pick one person in the crowd and do the show just for them.

This post contains spoilers from Hacks season episode 4 from this point forward.

Following last week's ill-fated trip to Las Vegas for a writers' retreat, Hacks season 4 episode 4 is all systems go on final preparations for Deborah's late night show. The monologues and bits have been written, the wigs have been sewn, the stage has been set, and all that's left to do is run through the first taping in a dress rehearsal. But consummate professional Deborah freezes during her monologue. Is the pressure finally getting to her?

Deborah assumes and insists that she's having a cardiac event. She won't hear anyone else's consideration that she could be having a panic attack due to stage fright. Deborah Vance doesn't get stage fright. A heart attack is much easier for her to understand rather than the vague concept of fear-induced anxiety. Ava attempts to lend support to Deborah, but once again,...

This week’s episode of Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney featured a star-studded line-up of guests, including David Letterman, Hannibal Buress, Nikki Glaser and the interdimensional dumpster creature from David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.

And since the theme of the episode was “height,” musical guest Randy Newman wrapped up the show by playing “Short People” two songs that were in no way “Short People.”

But before all of that, Mulaney’s opening monologue found him telling a lengthy story about his family, specifically, his son Malcolm’s debut stage performance at a school concert. While that premise may have been cause for concern in other hands, Mulaney proved that he can actually tell a “here’s a funny story about my kid” material that’s still in line with his comedic voice. Case in point: He compared his parenting style to Dennis Hopper’s Speed villain, and likened raising...

Randy Newman returned to late-night television with a performance of his 1972 song “Political Science” on Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney.

The legendary singer-songwriter also played a rendition of his oft-covered “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” on the Netflix show, Newman’s first late-night performance since a Covid-era virtual performance on The Tonight Show in June 2020 and his first onstage performance in over two years.

Randy Newman performs Political Science on Everybody's Live with John Mulaney pic.twitter.com/yPHp8W9Ud1

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Even 35 years after its short-lived run on ABC, the late Steven Bochco's and William M. Finkelstein's "Cop Rock" is a tough sell. "Cop Rock" was about a group of Los Angeles police officers who traversed the city investigating crimes, arresting perps, and facing the every drama of living in the City of Angels. The cops were played by a talented ensemble that included Anne Bobby, Ronny Cox, James McDaniel, Paul McCrane, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Cch Pounder, and several others.

The odd angle was that "Cop Rock" was also a musical, featuring several new songs — some composed by Randy Newman — in every episode. The cop characters, as well as the criminals, would sing about their pained lives of crime/crimefighting, and occasionally dance. It's a weird idea. "Live-action musical cop series" is an elevator pitch that would be turned down everywhere.

Dawes appeared on CBS Mornings’ latest Saturday Sessions to showcase a pair of songs from their recent album Oh Brother, as well as perform their fundraising track for the California wildfires.

The Los Angeles-based group delivered “Still Strangers Sometimes” and “Front Row Seat” from 2024’s Oh Brother as well as “Time Spent in Los Angeles,” a decade-old track that Dawes revisited in the aftermath of the wildfires.

It’s been an eventful 2025 for the band’s brotherly duo of Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith, whose properties were both impacted by the Altadena wildfires earlier this year.

Robin Roberts escaped the cooler temperatures of New York for some fun in the sun in one of her favorite travel spots.

The Good Morning America star has recently missed several episodes of the weekday program, which may have viewers wondering where she went.

Rebecca Jarvis has filled in during Robin’s absence, alongside regulars Michael Strahan and George Stephanopoulos.

Recent episodes included conversations with Connecticut Huskies women’s head basketball coach Geno Auriemma and actors Anthony Anderson and Viola Davis.

Meanwhile, Robin enjoyed some warm weather with her wife, Amber Laign.

A familiar face from the GMA rotation also appeared in several of Robin’s social media posts from the trip.

Robin enjoys a trip with her wife and GMA co-star

This week, Robin shared a photo on her official Instagram account alongside Amber and surrounded by friends, including Gio Benitez.

Robin’s co-star at GMA smiles in the...

When Craig Finn wants to make an L.A. album, he doesn’t mess around. He might be best known as the Minnesota-via-Brooklyn frontman of the Hold Steady, a punk bar-band wordsmith specializing in down-and-out tales with a Midwest flavor. But on his great new Always Been, he takes inspiration from Southern California, steeped in the style of old-school soft-rock troubadours like Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and Randy Newman.

Just how Seventies L.A. is this album? Finn poses for the cover photo on a bridge over the Harbor Freeway...

Last December, Nick Carpenter had an existential experience onstage. He was standing with the band Dawes, screaming along as they performed their signature song, 2009’s “When My Time Comes.” The moment made Carpenter, who sings and writes songs under the name Medium Build, think about his deepest fears and goals as an artist — namely, about coming to terms with the level of popularity you’ve been gifted rather than constantly worrying about it.

“There’s a huge fear of: If I stopped working, will it all go away?” says Carpenter,...

Everyone makes a big deal when a host fronts Saturday Night Live for the fifth time. Ever since Tom Hanks invented the Five-Timers Club — it was a bit for a monologue that no one expected to stand the test of time — a litany of stars have been fitted for their Five-Timers smoking jackets. In fact, what was once an exclusive club has become a crowded lounge, with 28 members among its ranks.

But you know who doesn’t get proper credit for SNL longevity? That’s the musical acts who’ve been invited back five times or more, a testament to longevity and popularity in an industry that makes both qualities difficult to sustain. Who are the 21 members of the SNL Musical Five-Timers Club? Glad you asked.

1 Paul Simon

For SNL music, Rhymin’ Simon is king. Lorne Michaels’ white-wine-sipping pal (50 mentions in Michaels’ new biography) led off the SNL50 anniversary show,...

Anika Noni Rose has responded to Disney’s decision to cancel Tiana, the planned animated musical series following The Princess and the Frog. The Tony-winning actress, who originally voiced Tiana in the 2009 film, shared her thoughts on Instagram, calling the cancellation disappointing while encouraging fans to support the upcoming one-off special that will take its place.

Rose acknowledged the support she received following the news, stating, “I too am deeply disappointed that the continuation of Tiana’s journey in series form has been cut short.” The actress highlighted the dedication of those involved in the project, including writer-director Joyce Sherri, longtime Disney creative leader Jenn Lee, and the music team.

Originally announced during a 2020 Disney investor event, Tiana was set to continue the story of Disney’s first Black princess beyond the film. However, the series was among several long-form animated projects scrapped as Walt Disney Animation Studios shifts its focus to shorter-form content.

After Walt Disney Animation Studios pulled the plug on its Tiana princess series, the film’s original star Anika Noni Rose is speaking out on the decision.

Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, the actress, known for voicing Princess Tiana in Disney’s 2009 film The Princess and the Frog, addressed the news of the series being shelved, which was exclusively reported by The Hollywood Reporter on March 3.

“Last week an announcement was made regarding the cancellation of the series, Tiana,” she shared in a statement on Instagram. “I’ve been getting loads of messages expressing kindness, support and overwhelming disappointment.

“I too am deeply disappointed that the continuation of Tiana’s journey in series form has been cut short. The series was a long time coming, and a lot of beautiful work was put into it by all of the creatives involved,” she continued, crediting “long time champion” Jenn Lee, writer-director...

Nepo babies have been around as long as there have been artists. The idea of a "legacy" is one we humans simply cannot get away from. As storytelling beings, we will have always constructed -- and will continue to construct -- broad, historical, intergenerational narratives for ourselves. We can't stop tracing our professional and personal origins among the ancients, and writing their stories directly into our own. We simply shed our fascination with the possibility that talents can be passed from one generation to the next. 

That's certainly the case in Hollywood, a relatively recent art institution in human history, but still rife with its own multigenerational legacies. It's likely you read the headline above and instantly thought of the Coppola clan. The Coppola family has, as of this writing, accrued 12 Oscar wins and 40 nominations between them, and they currently hold the record for the family with the most members to be nominated for Oscars.

A month after linking up on the Grammys stage, Brad Paisley and Dawes team up again on the country star’s new song “Raining Inside.”

Paisley originally wrote the track with Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith and songwriter Lee Thomas Miller, and originally recorded it with just himself on lead vocals. However, following their show-opening all-star performance of Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” at last month’s Grammys, Paisley instead opted to enlist Dawes’ Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith for the studio version released Friday.

Paisley and Dawes — who previously debuted the...

Lady Gaga is about to make her fifth appearance as “Saturday Night Live” musical guest — and second as host — this weekend. So to prepare, she stopped by the 30 Rock offices to share her creative process with the cast.

In a new promo out Wednesday, the “Abracadabra” singer sings what she sees (à la Randy Newman in “Family Guy”) as comedians Andrew Dismukes, Devon Walker, Ashley Padilla and Heidi Gardner attempt to get some work done.

Naturally, no one is safe from Gaga’s impromptu piano ballads, including Dismukes’ 2 p.m. breakfast sandwich, Walker’s big swing of a hat and Gardner’s obvious signs that she sleeps at the office. Check out the NBC teaser, below:

it's @ladygaga week! pic.twitter.com/FBHIl8enZz

— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) March 5, 2025

“It’s Lady Gaga week!” the late night sketch show simply captioned the video on X.

This Saturday will indeed...

In the annals of “things that have gone wrong on Saturday NIght Live” — Ashlee Simpson’s lip-synching disaster, Charles Rocket’s inopportune F-bomb, slam dancers destroying Studio 8H during a Fear performance — no individual episode can compare to the debacle surrounding the show’s live, prime-time special from Mardi Gras in 1977.

Saturday Night had become the hottest show on TV, and NBC was ready to cash in on that early success with a primetime special. Lorne Michaels was eager to take his show on the road, using iconic cities’ architecture as urban comedy sets. When someone suggested New Orleans as a possible destination, Michaels was all for it. “Let’s go get steeped in it!” he proclaimed, according to Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live.

The cast was stoked as well. Who wouldn’t want to escape New York’s winter for a week or two in the sunshine?...

The Oscars event is marked by some incredible performances from artists, especially those who are nominated in the Best Original Song category. The 97th edition of the Academy Awards has decided to let go of the usual Oscars performances of the best original song nominees this year.

The decision was made as a response to the Los Angeles wildfires. Fans are not exactly upset about the decision since the Best Original Song category lacked any numbers that the audiences look forward to seeing on the stage. Fans would especially find it in bad taste to see one of the two nominated songs from Emilia Pérez on stage after the controversy associated with the film.

Ryan Gosling performing I’m Just Ken at the Oscars 2024 | Credits: ABC

According to the Academy, the event will instead celebrate the songwriters through personal reflections and behind-the-scenes insights from the musicians. However, this hasn’t...

Michael Preece, the script supervisor turned director who called the shots on multiple episodes of series including Hunter, Dallas and Walker, Texas Ranger, died Thursday. He was 88.

Preece died of heart failure at his Brentwood home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Gretchen Preece-Newman — wife of two-time Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Randy Newman — told The Hollywood Reporter.

Preece directed 19 episodes of NBC’s Hunter from 1984-90 during the show’s first six seasons; 62 installments of CBS’ Dallas from 1981-91 (seasons four through 14), plus the 1997 reunion telefilm War of the Ewings; and 70 episodes of CBS’ Walker, Texas Ranger during its nine-season, 1993-2001 run.

Preece also worked on The Bionic Woman, Barnaby Jones, Fantasy Island, Flamingo Road, T.J. Hooker, The New Mike Hammer, Riptide, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, MacGyver, 7th Heaven and many other series before calling it a career in 2007.

Michael Conway Preece was born in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 1936. His mother, Thelma, founded...

David Trimble has been getting dragged on social media for cheating on his wife with Madison Myers.

However, he’s sticking by her side as they face the repercussions of their actions.

The Married at First Sight Season 18 groom appears unphased by the backlash as he continues to promote the show on his social media page.

However, Madison might be taking the negative comments hard behind the scenes.

Not only is she getting blasted by viewers, but her castmates have seemingly iced her out over the scandal.

David took to his Instagram Story to cheer up his new girl, even tagging her in the post.

The songs he chose for the snaps let her know that they’re in it together.

Mafs’ David Trimble shows support for Madison Myers on social media

David and Madison are sticking together like glue as the rest of the world continues to drag them online.

The Recording Academy, which dramatically retooled the run-up to the Grammys amid the Los Angeles-area wildfires and transformed Sunday’s ceremony into a tribute to victims and firefighters, has raised more than $24 million from those efforts, Variety reported. The Trevor Noah-hosted telecast alone raised $9 million.

While there was debate over whether the Grammys would even happen amid the fires, which killed 29 people and destroyed more than 15,000 homes, the Recording Academy decided to have the ceremony go on as scheduled. However, the organization did scale back Grammy Week, limiting it to the MusiCares Persons of the Year Charity Gala honoring the Grateful Dead on Jan. 31, the Special Merit Awards Ceremony and Grammy nominees reception on Feb. 1, Clive Davis and the Recording Academy’s pre-Grammy fundraising event on Feb. 1, and the Grammys main event on Feb. 2.

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Music’s biggest night drew 15.4 million viewers on CBS Sunday night.

That’s down 12% from last year’s Grammys, which brought in 17.5 million viewers on CBS, per Nielsen Live + Same Day ratings. (The 2024 Grammys marked a 34% increase from the year before.)

Those figures do not include streaming and online viewership from Paramount+, CBS.com and the CBS app.

CBS claims that the music awards telecast was “the most social television program ever,” racking up 102.2 million interactions online. Still, marketing efforts for this year’s show were scaled back due to the wildfires in Los Angeles. As the ceremony focused on fundraising efforts and the resilience of the city, the Grammys raised nearly $9 million to aid wildfire relief efforts in California on Sunday night, and an additional $15 million over the weekend.

Sunday’s ceremony was the best Grammys in years, declared Variety‘s Chris Willman in his review of the telecast.

The Recording Academy and CBS’ decision to turn the 67th Annual Grammy Awards into a fundraising event has paid off. Sunday night’s awards show raised over $24 million for wildlife relief efforts as well as other charitable organizations.

Grammys Sunday alone raised nearly $9 million.

That weekend number included MusiCares’ annual fundraising tribute concert, which took place on Friday night and honored The Grateful Dead, as well as the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday. The awards themselves also featured several tributes to emergency workers and those impacted by the fires and was intercut with commercials from LA-based businesses impacted by the fires. Music’s biggest night started with a performance from the Los Angeles-based rock band Dawes, who lost their homes and equipment to the disaster. Standing alongside Sheryl Crow, John Legend, Brad Paisley and St. Vincent, they performed a cover of Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.,” which was...

Three weeks ago, as wildfires raged across Los Angeles, there was some question over whether it would be in good taste to proceed with Grammy Weekend, even if it were safe to do so.

Yet with the go-ahead from local officials, the Recording Academy and its broadcast partner CBS quickly decided to proceed with a reduced schedule of events that would be transformed into fund-raising efforts — and the results of that decision became clear on Tuesday morning, as a rep for the Recording Academy tells Variety that it and its charity-focused partner, MusiCares, raised more than $24 million for wildfire relief and other charitable causes, with almost $9 million raised on Grammy Sunday alone.

That reduced schedule included the annual MusiCares fundraising tribute concert on Friday night, this year honoring the Grateful Dead; the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday, which was transformed into a fund-raiser; and the Grammy Awards themselves, which...

The first day of the Los Angeles wildfires, Brad Paisley texted his friend Taylor Goldsmith of the band Dawes about the impact on the Pacific Palisades, where Paisley once owned a home. In one of his replies, Goldsmith told Paisley that the fire was now encroaching on Altadena, where Goldsmith, his wife Mandy Moore, and their children live. They had to evacuate.

“The next morning,” Paisley recalls, “he said, ‘Everything’s gone.’”

Goldsmith, whose house was damaged and recording studio destroyed in the Eaton fire, sounded a more hopeful note,...

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California band Dawes follows Grammys performance by releasing “I Love L.A.” cover as charity single

After losing their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires, Dawes opened the 2025 Grammys with support from Grammy-winning musicians St. Vincent, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley, Brittany Howard, and John Legend. Their rendition of Randy Newman‘s classic “I Love L.A.” was one of the most memorable moments during the music kudos. Now they’ve released the song, with proceeds going to the Recording Academy and MusiCares’ Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort. You can also contribute to wildfire relief efforts here.

Dune: Part Two, Demi Moore among winners at 2025 Saturn Awards

Presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, the 52nd Annual Saturn Awards honored the best achievements in genre films and TV shows, and the big winner of the night was Dune: Part Two, which claimed Best Science Fiction Film,...

Dawes have announced the release of “I Love L.A.,” a cover of the Randy Newman 1983 classic, with proceeds directed to the Recording Academy and MusiCares’ Los Angeles fire relief effort. The band first performed a rendition of “I Love L.A.” on Sunday at the Grammy Awards, making lyrical changes to reflect L.A.’s resilience. Dawes performed as part of the opening ensemble and were joined by Sheryl Crow, Brittany Howard, Brad Paisley, John Legend, and St. Vincent.

Dawes also performed at the FireAid benefit concert Friday, opening with their 2011 single “Time Spent in Los Angeles,...

Our long national nightmare is over: Beyoncé finally won Album of the Year. The Grammys desperately needed her to win this award, so the night felt like a true celebration. The entire 2025 Grammys ceremony was a “just give Beyoncé her damn Album of the Year already” countdown. It all goes back to the curse of Morning Phase in 2015, when she lost to an obscure Beck album, the biggest upset in Grammy history. Over the past decade, as she lost for Lemonade and Renaissance, there’s been a sense that Bey...

A phrase you will never see as part of a chyron on any other awards show: “All unworn undergarments will be donated to survivors of domestic violence through I Support The Girls.”

That notification flashed, so to speak, across the screen at the end of Charli Xcx’s performance late in Sunday night’s 2025 Grammy Awards.

Charlie Xcx had just made her way from the loading dock at the Arena Formerly Known as Staples in Los Angeles, paraded out onto the stage in an absurdly high-energy maelstrom of sweaty limbs, thrusting groins, raining confetti and, yes, veritable plumes of pantaloons — most presumably unworn, but who can say for sure?

It was a moment that captured the wild versatility of the Grammys in general and this year’s in particular, conducted in the recent aftermath of the disastrous Los Angeles fires and in the midst of growing uncertainty about the United...

Beyoncé finally won Album of the Year and Kendrick Lamar pulled off two remarkable major-category victories at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night.

“It’s been many, many years,” Beyoncé acknowledged with a slight chuckle while finally accepting the prize that’s eluded her throughout her illustrious career, for Cowboy Carter. She went on to thank her many collaborators and dedicated the win to Linda Martell, the pioneering Black country artist who features on the LP.

“I hope we just keep pushing forward and opening doors,” Beyoncé continued.

Beyoncé won her first career Album of the Year award and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” took Song, Record and Rap Song of the Year tonight at the 67th annual Grammy Awards, in a nearly four-hour show dedicated to those affected by the L.A. wildfire tragedies last month.

The win for Cowboy Carter, which also took Country Album of the Year, added to Queen Bey’s record career haul — her 35th Grammy overall and third of the night. “I’d like to thank and acknowledge and praise all of the firefighters for keeping us safe,” Beyoncé said in accepting the top award. “I just feel very full and very honored.” Watch her full speech here:

Related: Grammy Album Of The Year Winners Through The Years – Photo Gallery

Earlier, Lamar called out Los Angeles and many of its neighborhoods upon winning the Record prize. “I can’t give enough...

The 2025 Grammys didn’t just mention the Los Angeles fires that devastated the city over most of January. The televised ceremony made fire relief central to the show as it broadcast various performances, handed out awards to today’s top music artists over four hours, and, as host Trevor Noah revealed toward the show’s end, raised $7 million for relief efforts.

As the ceremony broadcast from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, the show’s producers and A-list musicians, actors and celebrities honored Angelenos and those impacted by the fires, starting with Noah celebrating the spirit of L.A. in his opening monologue and the folk-rock band Dawes opening the ceremony with an all-star version of Randy Newman’s classic, “I Love L.A.” The band more than doubled in size as they were joined by Grammy-winning artists Brad Paisley, Brittany Howard, John Legend, Sheryl Crow and St. Vincent...

Two of music’s biggest superstars teamed up to pay tribute to the City of Angels.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars joined forces at Sunday’s Grammys ceremony to sing the Mamas and the Papas’ 1965 classic “California Dreamin'” to honor Los Angeles in the wake of the devastating wildfires that burned throughout the city last month. Accompanied by acoustic guitar and a chorus of backup singers, Mars and Gaga — who won a Grammy later that evening for their duet “Die With a Smile” — put an emotional spin on the retro hit that boasts lyrics like “I’d be safe and...

Sixty years after its release, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars covered the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin'” at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday night.

The “Die With a Smile” duo took the Sixties anthem into 2025, making it a poignant love letter to Los Angeles in wake of the devastating wildfires. Gaga wore a lengthy white gown with a cap, while Mars rocked a swanky Seventies-style suit.

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Dawes is paying tribute to Los Angeles after the devastating fires.

The L.A.-based rock band performed a cover of Randy Newman‘s classic song “I Love L.A.” as they opened the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 2) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Keep reading to find out more…The Goldsmith brothers were joined up on stage for the performance by John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley, Brittany Howard, and St. Vincent.

The brothers, Taylor and Griffin, were both affected by the fires with Taylor and wife Mandy Moore‘s home was severely damaged while Griffin‘s entire home burned down.

Taylor and Griffin were joined by their wives Mandy and Kit at the shows.

The Grammys telecast is airing on CBS this year and you can also stream the show live on Paramount+. Comedian Trevor Noah is returning to host the ceremony for the fifth consecutive year.

Trevor Noah paid tribute to those impacted by the fires and surprised the audience with a performance by several artists, including John Legend and rock group Dawes, to open the 2025 Grammy Awards.

“This city has just been through one of the largest natural disasters in American history. Tens of thousands of people have lost their homes. Entire neighborhoods have been erased, schools, local businesses and entire communities have burned to the ground,” Noah said as he opens the ceremony from the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles. “Thankfully, due to the heroic efforts of firefighters, the fires have now been contained, and despite all the devastation, the spirits of the city has emerged. Neighbors who had never spoken before are helping each other.”

The Los Angeles fires, which started up the morning of Jan. 7 in the Pacific Palisades. Over the course of a few weeks, the blaze ravaged through 23,338 acres,...

As Hollywood gathered for the 67th Grammy Awards, the festivities started with a tribute to Los Angeles following the recent devastating wildfires.

Following a touching intro from host Trevor Noah, Dawes kicked off the awards show with an upbeat cover of Randy Newman’s ‘I Love L.A.’, for which they were joined onstage by John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley, Brittany Howard and St. Vincent.

Related: 2025 Grammy Awards: Deadline’s Full Coverage

At least 25 people died in the Southern California wildfires that broke out this month and caused immeasurable destruction, with more than 105,000 receiving mandatory evacuation orders.

As previously announced, the Grammy Awards telecast will help raise additional funds to support Los Angeles wildfire recovery efforts.

Beyoncé leads the nominations with 11 categories, followed by Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Charli Xcx at seven each, and Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan with six apiece.

The Recording Academy previously revealed Benson Boone,...

Randy Newman’s 1983 song “I Love L.A.” has more than a hint of irony in the lyrics, but the 67th annual Grammy Awards kicked off with a totally sincere, even moving, version of it from a one-time-only supergroup: Dawes backed by Sheryl Crow, Brittany Howard, Brad Paisley, John Legend, and St. Vincent. Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith of Dawes both lost their homes in the wildfires, and they’ve been very active in relief efforts.

The Grammy Awards ceremony was nearly postponed when the full extent of the California wildfires became clear last month,...

We love L.A. Randy Newman famously gave us the melody for that phrase. For more than 100 years, Los Angeles has been the entertainment capital of the world — a city of dreamers, creators and innovators. But now, our city needs help.

As someone who works in this industry, I’ve seen first-hand the impact of our community’s creativity and resilience. But recently, we all experienced something that shook us to our core. While I was out of the country shooting in Ireland, I felt helpless as my family back in Los Angeles was caught between two raging wildfires, evacuating with so many others as we waited to find out if our home was still standing. Mercifully, it was, but countless dear friends wound up losing everything. Entire communities were reduced to ash, along with the homes, dreams and life’s work of thousands.

It was the most helpless feeling I...

When David S. Ward's "Major League" slid into multiplexes on April 7, 1989, a lot of people wrote it off as a pro baseball clone of the minor-league-set "Bull Durham." A wise veteran catcher (Tom Berenger) with bad knees looking down the barrel of a forced retirement? Check. A screwy rookie pitcher (Charlie Sheen) with a flamethrower for an arm and no semblance of control? Check. A superstitious slugger (Dennis Haysbert) who demands to sacrifice a live chicken to get him out of a hitting slump? Check.

The very existence of these familiar elements was enough for many of the nation's critics to dismiss "Major League" as a meatheaded comedy. Moviegoers did not concur. The film grossed $50 million in the U.S. on an $11 million budget, and earned an A- CinemaScore before turning into a home video/pay cable sensation. By the time the next baseball season rolled around, "Major League" was considered a full-fledged,...

Recently, Farmer Wants A Wife star, Mitchell Kolinsky gave fans the clue he is about to pop the question. While Sydney Errera and Mitch are living their best life so far, the engagement might be just the thing to kick 2025 up a notch.

Mitchell Kolinsky And Sydney Errera Had A Spark From The Start On Farmer Wants A Wife

Over the past year, Farmer Wants A Wife couple, Mitchell Kolinsky and Sydney Errera have shown they are remarkably close. Seemingly, the spark was there from the first time they met. After going through the unique experience of dating on TV, the couple continues to get more acquainted with each other together one-on-one. They are each other’s forever hunting buddies, dog parents, and best friends. But more than ever, fans think Mitch is ready to ask Sydney to be his wife.

Sydney Errera and Mitchell Kolinsky – Farmer Wants A Wife...

For years, fans of Monk and Psych wanted a crossover between the shows that never really happened. Released in 2002, Monk follows Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, a private consultant with obsessive-compulsive disorder who uses his unique abilities to solve cases. With its fresh angle and eccentric lead character, Monk set itself apart as one of the best detective shows.

Similar to Monk, Psych was a fresh take on the crime procedural genre and had a successful run on USA Network. Both series have continued to be popular even after their finales and have even released streaming movies. During the time Monk and Psych were airing, a crossover didn't happen, even though USA Network teased the possibility of one.

Psych And Monk Had Crossovers (As TV Promos For USA Network) There Was Also A Monk Reference In Psych’s Series Finale

The only crossover that happened between Psych and Monk was...

Tony Shalhoub's long-running police procedural Monk switched theme songs after the first season, but the show never explained why. Thanks to all the great episodes of Monk, Shalhoub's police procedural became one of the most beloved TV shows ever. There are so many iconic elements at play that helped it gain a huge following, from Adrian's idiosyncrasies to all the famous guest stars Monk was able to secure. One of the most memorable parts of Monk - its theme song - actually changed partway through the show, and the series never explained why.

In the first season of Monk, the show had a completely instrumental theme written by Jeff Beal. Fans of the show liked the smooth jazz feel of the song, and the Monk theme even won an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in 2003. Despite how popular the original theme song was, Monk switched to...

Bob Dylan has won a variety of prestigious awards in his lifetime. The iconic songwriter and musician scored his breakout hit with his 1963 sophomore album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and is known for songs such as "Like a Rolling Stone," "The Times They Are a-Changin'," and "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall." Some of the most iconic Bob Dylan albums include 1975's Blood on the Tracks and 1997's Time Out of Mind as well as the 1965 albums Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited, for which he initially drew controversy for bringing electric instrumentation into folk music.

Dylan's life has been brought to the screen multiple times in movies including the Martin Scorsese documentary No Direction Home and the experimental Todd Haynes drama I'm Not There, in which Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Marcus Carl Franklin all play different facets of Dylan. One of the most...

As we’ve witnessed with such visionaries as Phil Spector and Sam Phillips, pop record producers can have hugely impactful moments that define an era — but then, as styles and technology evolve around them, never quite regain their footing. Richard Perry, who died Dec. 24 at 82, wasn’t the household name that Spector or George Martin were, but the longevity of his career, especially from the Sixties into the Eighties, was its own type of legacy: Perry left behind a body of work that can now be seen as a roadmap...

Many of the Toy Story franchise's best moments are defined by music. Acclaimed composer Randy Newman worked on all four Toy Story movies and wrote original music that is integral to the beloved and enduring legacy of the long-running Pixar franchise. Newman received numerous Academy Award and Grammy Award nominations for his work on the Toy Story movies. Toy Story 3 earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture.

Newman's songs are widely recognized and celebrated largely because of how they enhance the Toy Story franchise's best scenes. Toy Story and its sequels stand the test of time because of the authentic emotion and timeless lessons embedded into the entertaining and family-friendly stories. The franchise is set to further expand with Toy Story 5's upcoming release, but there are already many memorable musical moments, with...

With the box office smash Moana 2 crushing box office records, Disney has added another monster musical to their filmography. Few companies are more associated with the genre than Disney. Not only do they win big prizes in film, but Disney Musicals have taken over Broadway for years at a time. Moana 2 will still pocket several hundred million dollars before it’s done. That, as well as the impending release of Mufasa, make this the perfect time to look back over the best Disney Musicals in history.

Of note, this is a contentious discussion, to say the least. There are dozens of movies and musicals to choose from, all with valid rationales behind their inclusion. This required some hardline rules, which eliminated a few movies in the process. To qualify, we required four songs, sung for the purposes of plot by a character in the movie, to be eligible for inclusion.

Fresh off of its record-breaking four Golden Globes nominations – the most ever for an animated film – “The Wild Robot” has officially taken the lead in the Best Song race at the Oscars. An impressive 100% of our editors and 96% of experts think the standout track “Kiss The Sky” will be nominated come the official announcement on Jan. 17, according to our current combined odds.

At the beginning of the month, “Emilia Pérez” led the category with “El Mal,” but the acclaimed track from the animated movie has been gaining momentum just as awards season kicks into full gear. “Kiss The Sky” is performed by Maren Morris and written by the team of Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Morris, Michael Pollack, and Ali Tamposi.

The song is not only a beautiful anthem of self-empowerment and facing fears, but it also serves as one of the emotional high points in a pivotal scene in the film.

Amid The Princess and the Frog celebrating its 15th anniversary, star Anika Noni Rose is looking back on starring in the animated film.

In an interview with People magazine published Wednesday, the actress reflected on lending her voice for the film’s starring role as Princess Tiana.

She recalled that during her final audition, she “burst into tears” while walking the hallway in Walt Disney Animation Studios and seeing art from previous films.

“I just couldn’t believe it. I always wanted to be a Disney voice, always,” she said. “I didn’t have to be a person. That didn’t matter to me. I would have happily been a mushroom. I would have been a tree. I would have been a rock. I would have been whatever.”

“I was walking through the halls of the history of my childhood, and at that same time, I felt in my bones this was for me.

Ever since taking over hosting duties on Wheel of Fortune, Ryan Seacrest has dealt with his fair share or critics. However, he’s also had fans that have come to his defense. Most recently, a few defenders were spurred on after Seacrest got criticism over his height.

One Fan Quoted A Randy Newman Song

Seacrest took over hosting duties on Wheel of Fortune back in September. He famously took on the role from previous host, Pat Sajak, who spent around four decades as the show’s host.

Thanks to this, many fans thought Seacrest had some pretty big shoes to fill. That said, in the months since taking on the role, some fans have admitted that Seacrest has grown on them.

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However, there are still fans who still find reasons to find fault with Seacrest. In a recent post on the show’s Reddit page, some critics...