“Anora” dominated the 2025 Oscars, winning five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress for star Mikey Madison. Adrien Brody was named Best Actor for his role in “The Brutalist”, while Kieran Culkin completed his award season sweep by picking up won Best Supporting Actor for “A Real Pain”. Zoe Saldaña took home Best Supporting Actress for “Emilia Perez”.
In his first “Saturday Night Live” appearance in 10 years, Mike Myers made a big splash at the end of the show. He appeared on stage with host Shane Gillis and musical guest Tate McRae as the credits rolled, wearing a black T-shirt that read “Canada is not for sale.” Mike, who was born in Scarborough, Ontario, seemingly wore it as a pointed response to US President Trump’s repeated comments about wanting Canada to become the 51st state.
“Captain America: Brave New World” topped the domestic box office in its third weekend, in spite of a major slowdown. The first MCU film of 2025 is estimated to have taken in $15 over Oscars weekend, earning the #1 spot for the 3rd weekend in a row.
Benson Boone’s new era is here, thanks to new single ‘Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else’. In an interview, he said the song, about waiting to meet a girl at a diner, realizing the waitress is his ex and then leaving with her instead, has “really fun energy.”
Daryl Hall says he’ll never perform with John Oates again. “That ship has gone to the bottom of the ocean.” Their partnership hit an impasse in 2023 when John moved to sell his stake in their publishing company, and Daryl filed a lawsuit.
R.E.M. staged a surprise reunion at the 40 Watt Club in their hometown of Athens GA. Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Bill Berry and Mike Mills joined actor Michael Shannon and musician Jason Narducy, who are on tour paying homage to the group’s 1985 album “Fables of the Reconstruction.” R.E.M. disbanded in 2011.
Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis announced the birth of their fourth child, Seldon Lycurgus. This makes Musk a father of 14 and follows the birth of twins to the pair back in 2021. They did not announce exactly when Seldon was born.
Phil Rosenthal, the creator of “Everybody Loves Raymond”, is considering a one-off reunion episode similar to “Friends: The Reunion” to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary in 2026. The series originally ran from 1996 to 2005.
Netflix has secured Lena Dunham’s romantic-comedy “Good Sex”, starring Natalie Portman, in a major $55 million deal. The film follows a couple’s therapist navigating romance in her 40s. Natalie is also producing the project.
Kane Brown and Lauren Alaina and their 2016 hit ‘What Ifs’ has just been certified Diamond by the RIAA. That means that the song has sold more than 10 million units, joining just 11 other country songs to reach that statue. To celebrate, the pair, who have been friends since grade school, got matching “diamond” tattoos.
The music catalog of the late The Notorious B.I.G. might soon be sold. The Hollywood Reporter reported that in the next few weeks, Primary Wave could acquire publishing rights to Big’s music for between $100 and $150 million. Primary Wave is looking to purchase Biggie’s masters as well as publicity rights, including name, image, voice, and “other identifiable characteristics like key verses in lyrics.”
“You” star Penn Badgley and wife singer Domino Kirke are having more babies! On Friday, Domino revealed that they are expecting twins. “Babies #3 and #4 coming this Summer! Talk about a PLOT TWIST!,” she wrote on Instagram.
Luke Combs is the first country artist of all time to have two songs pass the billion-stream mark on Spotify. A couple weeks ago, Luke’s song “When It Rains It Pours” passed the billion-stream mark . . . and now his song “Beautiful Crazy” has eclipsed a billion as well.
Following her high-profile appearance as the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” on March 1, Tate McRae has earned her first No. 1 album of her career with “So Close To What”, which debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart this week. The Canadian pop superstar’s new record claims the biggest debut week for a studio album by a woman in five months.
Timothée Chalamet had girlfriend Kylie Jenner by his side for the 2025 Oscars. The “A Complete Unknown” Oscar nominee arrived solo to walk the red carpet. The actor rocked a bright butter-yellow leather suit with a shiny black boot. Once inside, Kylie was photographed with Timothée and the two packed on the PDA!
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