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Seconds after Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson entered the holding room where presenters and performers at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala were to take this picture, someone became starstruck — but who that was might surprise you. “It’s Jelly Roll!” Wilson shouted excitedly as she saw the Grammy-nominated singer-rapper. But the feeling was mutual, as Jelly Roll later murmured, if only to himself, about the surrealness of the moment. He was standing in proximity to Hanks and Wilson as Dionne Warwick sat…

The day after her record-breaking night at the Grammys, Taylor Swift’s beau Travis Kelce gushed about the pop icon’s talent and soaring career while promising to match her big win when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers at Sunday’s Super Bowl. “She’s unbelievable,” Kelce told a reporter when asked about Swift’s album of the year win for Midnights at a Feb. 5 press conference. “She’s re-writing the history books herself, and I told her I’d have to hold up my end of the bargain and…

SZA is feverishly scrolling through her phone. She missed the afterparty celebrating her Grammy wins on Sunday, and her die-hard fans are on social media wondering if she revealed clues about her new album at the affair. “I was trying to scroll the pictures of my party to see if I missed an album hint somewhere,” she says, “and I found it.”  The anticipation for new SZA music is wild, and the response to her epic SOS album has been grandiose. It won the performer three Grammy Awards on…

The reason Killer Mike was hauled away in handcuffs after winning three Grammy awards Sunday is coming into focus. A senior law enforcement source tells Rolling Stone that a female security guard working the star-studded event claims she was injured by the rapper during a confrontation inside the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. It was shortly after the Atlanta musician, whose legal name is Michael Render, swept the rap category with trophies for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance that he…

The Grammy Awards made history on Sunday night as women dominated the big categories in a clean sweep, with Taylor Swift winning album of the year, Billie Eilish for song of the year, Miley Cyrus for record of the year and Victoria Monét for best new artist. By now, you may have read all those headlines, but there was a lot more action that went down inside Crypto.com Arena. The Hollywood Reporter was on the scene at the awards ceremony to catch the memorable moments that didn’t make the CBS telecast,…

Thirty-five years before she joined Luke Combs onstage at the 66th annual Grammy Awards, Chapman sang her hit on the 31st Grammys and won Best New Artist Tracy Chapman‘s triumphant return to the Grammy Awards stage at the 2024 ceremony marked her first live television performance in years, but it also coincided with another major milestone: the 35th anniversary of her Grammy Awards debut. Last night, Chapman took the stage alongside Luke Combs — whose country rendition of “Fast Car” brought…

Celine Dion made a surprise appearance at the 2024 Grammys to present the album of the year award, following her Stiff-Person Syndrome diagnosis. “When I say that I’m happy to be here, I really mean it from my heart,” she said, as the audience stood up to cheer her on and sing along to her song “The Power of Love.” “Those who have been blessed enough to be here at the Grammy Awards must never take for granted — the tremendous love and joy that music brings to our lives and to people all around the…

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. took to the 2024 Grammys stage to pay tribute to the victims of the Supernova music festival massacre that launched the Israel–Hamas war on Oct. 7, 2023. “Tonight, we celebrate the world of music,” he said. “Every one of us, on matter where we’re from, is united by the shared experience of music. It brings us together like nothing else can and that’s why music must always be our safe space. When that’s violated, it strikes at the very core of who we are.”…

Taylor Swift‘s night at the 2024 Grammys proved to be memorable as the singer not only made history but also dropped a surprise announcement. For this year’s Grammys, Swift was nominated for six awards, including for best pop vocal album for Midnights, best pop solo performance for “Anti-Hero” and best pop duo/group performance for “Karma” with Ice Spice, who received a best new artist nom. Swift, who was shown on camera throughout the night dancing and singing along to the array of…

Drake reignited his long-running feud with The Recording Academy, the organizers of the Grammy Awards, by slamming the ceremony on Sunday night. The rapper took to social media before the telecast, posting a message on his Instagram Stories that used a brief clip of his 2019 Grammy acceptance speech. In the caption, he wrote “All you incredible artists remember this show isn’t the facts, it’s just the opinion of a group of people name are kept a secret (literally you can Google it). Congrats to…