After weeks of guessing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ favorite films and performances, the 2020 Oscar nominations have been announced, revealing that most of the members liked what you liked. Joker! Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood! Parasite! 1917! It was a largely predictable slate of …
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25 years ago, a generation of children watched two animated lions fall in passionate and steamy love, while a cartoon meerkat and warthog peeped on in despair. “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” soundtracked the intimate moment. Among the unimpeachable bangers Elton John and Tim Rice cooked up for The …
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Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride Father of the Bride (which is out this Friday) is so zealously detailed and meticulously contoured that you easily sink into its inventions: the whirl of country picking, surf-guitar twang and classical interlude in “Harmony Hall”; the loopy hip-hop of “Sunflower” with its creeping-vocal …
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Beyoncé surprise-released a new song, “Before I Let Go,” that serves as both the closing credits song to her new Netflix documentary/concert filmHomecomingand a studio bonus track to her unannounced companion LP Homecoming: The Live Album. “Before I Let Go,” a cover of the 1981 single by Maze, boasts a …
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J Balvin spoke about working with Beyoncé on the remix of “Mi Gente” and solidifying reggaeton’s spot in the pop music landscape during an interview with Ebro Darden on Beats 1. “I just work with people that I love and respect, that inspire me to be a better person, a …
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DJ Khaled recruits a superstar trio – Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Future – for the producer’s latest single “Top Off,” the first single of Khaled’s upcoming album Father of Asahd. Jay-Z‘s verse features references to the imprisoned Meek Mill, the late Prince and Trayvon Martin’s killer George Zimmerman. “I do the …
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