While backstage at the Ivor Novello Awards in London on Thursday, Lana Del Rey detailed which of her songs was written — and rejected — for a James Bond film.
“I mean, how has that not happened yet?” Del Rey replied when asked by BBC if she would consider writing a theme song for the franchise. The Born to Die singer then sang the chorus to her track “24” — which was one of the 14 songs that appeared on her 2015 album, Honeymoon — before adding, “I wrote that for them.”
Noting the song’s release date,...
“I mean, how has that not happened yet?” Del Rey replied when asked by BBC if she would consider writing a theme song for the franchise. The Born to Die singer then sang the chorus to her track “24” — which was one of the 14 songs that appeared on her 2015 album, Honeymoon — before adding, “I wrote that for them.”
Noting the song’s release date,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Usher and H.E.R. stripped down to just their underwear for the new music video set to their song “Risk It All“!
The 45-year-old entertainer and the 26-year-old singer teamed for the track, which is featured on the soundtrack for her new movie The Color Purple.
“A special thank U to @hermusicofficial …U produced and co-wrote such a beautiful record. Appreciate U for blessing this video with all of your greatness.
The 45-year-old entertainer and the 26-year-old singer teamed for the track, which is featured on the soundtrack for her new movie The Color Purple.
“A special thank U to @hermusicofficial …U produced and co-wrote such a beautiful record. Appreciate U for blessing this video with all of your greatness.
- 12/29/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
(Welcome to Did They Get It Right?, a series where we look at Oscars categories from yesteryear and examine whether the Academy's winners stand the test of time.)
Best Original Song is such an odd category. On the Academy Awards broadcast, it is the one that gets the most airtime, as it is typical to perform all five of the nominated tunes during the show. While this is technically meant to showcase the nominees, it is really an excuse to break up what would be a fairly monotonous, long awards show.
However, most of the songs nominated for Best Original Song aren't all that interesting. A lot of the time, these tunes aren't integral to the film itself in the slightest, and they are simply musical wallpaper to play over the end credits of a movie as you file out of the theater. This is also the category most susceptible...
Best Original Song is such an odd category. On the Academy Awards broadcast, it is the one that gets the most airtime, as it is typical to perform all five of the nominated tunes during the show. While this is technically meant to showcase the nominees, it is really an excuse to break up what would be a fairly monotonous, long awards show.
However, most of the songs nominated for Best Original Song aren't all that interesting. A lot of the time, these tunes aren't integral to the film itself in the slightest, and they are simply musical wallpaper to play over the end credits of a movie as you file out of the theater. This is also the category most susceptible...
- 9/17/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
Seemingly dropped purposefully on June 9th , Sam Smith and Madonna have shared their new single “Vulgar.” Give it a listen below.
Smith teased the song with a brief, eight-second clip on their socials that featured the title, release date, and both artists’ initials, which conveniently happen to be “S&m.” The full song, true to its name, goes all out, placing the duo’s charms in a hard-hitting pop setting with Eastern-influenced strings and fiery ad-libs from Madonna, like “Do you know how to spell my name?/ B I T C H/ Go fuck yourself/ You heard me, bitch.”
But “Vulgar” isn’t unnecessarily filthy — rather, the artists are asserting a message of empowerment, and demanding respect. In February, Madonna introduced Smith’s performance of “Unholy” with Kim Petras at the 2023 Grammy Awards, which sparked a wave of condemnation from conservative figures. “Are you ready for some controversy?” Madonna asked the Grammys crowd.
Smith teased the song with a brief, eight-second clip on their socials that featured the title, release date, and both artists’ initials, which conveniently happen to be “S&m.” The full song, true to its name, goes all out, placing the duo’s charms in a hard-hitting pop setting with Eastern-influenced strings and fiery ad-libs from Madonna, like “Do you know how to spell my name?/ B I T C H/ Go fuck yourself/ You heard me, bitch.”
But “Vulgar” isn’t unnecessarily filthy — rather, the artists are asserting a message of empowerment, and demanding respect. In February, Madonna introduced Smith’s performance of “Unholy” with Kim Petras at the 2023 Grammy Awards, which sparked a wave of condemnation from conservative figures. “Are you ready for some controversy?” Madonna asked the Grammys crowd.
- 6/9/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Music
Delivering a great Oscar acceptance speech requires a bit of magic, with the winner having to strike just the right balance of charm and humility.
However, often the speeches most remembered are those that end in disaster.
Over the years, many actors have been booed, pitied or laughed at for their podium faux pas. Some speeches are too saccharine, others too long. The worst are when an actor thinks only of themselves.
Despite Frances McDormand’s empowering speech about Hollywood’s gender imbalance a few years back, attempts to inject the ceremony with political messaging haven’t always been handled so well. Oscars history is peppered with the uncomfortable silences and jeers that have invariably greeted bad political jokes and clumsy protests.
As the clock counts down to the 94th awards ceremony, all of the nominees will be hoping to bring home a statue. But more than that, should they win,...
However, often the speeches most remembered are those that end in disaster.
Over the years, many actors have been booed, pitied or laughed at for their podium faux pas. Some speeches are too saccharine, others too long. The worst are when an actor thinks only of themselves.
Despite Frances McDormand’s empowering speech about Hollywood’s gender imbalance a few years back, attempts to inject the ceremony with political messaging haven’t always been handled so well. Oscars history is peppered with the uncomfortable silences and jeers that have invariably greeted bad political jokes and clumsy protests.
As the clock counts down to the 94th awards ceremony, all of the nominees will be hoping to bring home a statue. But more than that, should they win,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - Film
Delivering a great Oscar acceptance speech requires a bit of magic, with the winner having to strike just the right balance of charm and humility.
However, often the speeches most remembered are those that end in disaster.
Over the years, many actors have been booed, pitied or laughed at for their podium faux pas. Some speeches are too saccharine, others too long. The worst are when an actor thinks only of themselves.
Despite Frances McDormand’s empowering speech about Hollywood’s gender imbalance a few years back, attempts to inject the ceremony with political messaging haven’t always been handled so well. Oscar history is peppered with the uncomfortable silences and jeers that have invariably greeted bad political jokes and clumsy protests.
As the clock counts down to the 93rd awards ceremony, all of the nominees will be hoping to bring home a statue. But more than that, should they win,...
However, often the speeches most remembered are those that end in disaster.
Over the years, many actors have been booed, pitied or laughed at for their podium faux pas. Some speeches are too saccharine, others too long. The worst are when an actor thinks only of themselves.
Despite Frances McDormand’s empowering speech about Hollywood’s gender imbalance a few years back, attempts to inject the ceremony with political messaging haven’t always been handled so well. Oscar history is peppered with the uncomfortable silences and jeers that have invariably greeted bad political jokes and clumsy protests.
As the clock counts down to the 93rd awards ceremony, all of the nominees will be hoping to bring home a statue. But more than that, should they win,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - Film
Ahead of Sam Smith’s musical guest spot on Saturday Night Live this weekend, the singer has shared “Gloria,” the title track from their upcoming LP.
In a statement, Smith called the title track “my queer love hymn, saying life is a song to Gloria, the thing I can’t put a word to. I don’t know if it’s nature or a feminine energy inside me that I’m setting free.”
Gloria, Smith’s first album since 2020’s Love Goes, features guest appearances by Ed Sheeran, Kim Petras,...
In a statement, Smith called the title track “my queer love hymn, saying life is a song to Gloria, the thing I can’t put a word to. I don’t know if it’s nature or a feminine energy inside me that I’m setting free.”
Gloria, Smith’s first album since 2020’s Love Goes, features guest appearances by Ed Sheeran, Kim Petras,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Although Diane Warren knows she is finally getting an Oscar, she doesn’t quite know how she’ll respond when the trophy is finally in her hands Saturday night at the 13th Annual Governors Awards.
“I’m still blown away. It hasn’t hit me yet. It hit me like, ‘Holy shit, I can’t believe I’m getting an Oscar,’ but I think the night of the event, it’s gonna really be emotional. I mean, it was emotional when I found out. I cried when I heard about it,” said Warren during an interview with IndieWire in her Hollywood recording studio.
The songwriter has built up enough of a reputation at the Oscars, famously going zero for 13 in the Best Original Song category. It’s a feat she’s still proud of because “it’s pretty hard to get nominated for an Academy Award,” but the honorary Oscar...
“I’m still blown away. It hasn’t hit me yet. It hit me like, ‘Holy shit, I can’t believe I’m getting an Oscar,’ but I think the night of the event, it’s gonna really be emotional. I mean, it was emotional when I found out. I cried when I heard about it,” said Warren during an interview with IndieWire in her Hollywood recording studio.
The songwriter has built up enough of a reputation at the Oscars, famously going zero for 13 in the Best Original Song category. It’s a feat she’s still proud of because “it’s pretty hard to get nominated for an Academy Award,” but the honorary Oscar...
- 11/19/2022
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Following the success of their single “Unholy” with Kim Petras, Sam Smith is ready for what’s next: their fourth studio album. On Monday, the British singer announced that their LP Gloria will be released on Jan. 27, 2023.
“It feels like emotional, sexual, and spiritual liberation,” Smith said in a press release. “It was beautiful, with this album, to sing freely again. Oddly, it feels like my first-ever record. And it feels like a coming of age.”
On Instagram, Smith wrote a note to their “dearest sailors,” posting the LP’s cover,...
“It feels like emotional, sexual, and spiritual liberation,” Smith said in a press release. “It was beautiful, with this album, to sing freely again. Oddly, it feels like my first-ever record. And it feels like a coming of age.”
On Instagram, Smith wrote a note to their “dearest sailors,” posting the LP’s cover,...
- 10/17/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Lawyers for Sam Smith and Normani are asking a judge to reject the bulk of an amended copyright infringement lawsuit that alleges the superstar duo’s 2019 multiplatinum hit “Dancing With a Stranger” stole from a 2015 song by the same name.
In a recently filed dismissal motion obtained by Rolling Stone, the lawyers say the revised complaint, filed Aug. 15, doesn’t go far enough in addressing the alleged deficiencies listed in their prior dismissal motion filed back in July, which was set aside to give the plaintiffs a chance to update their pleadings.
In a recently filed dismissal motion obtained by Rolling Stone, the lawyers say the revised complaint, filed Aug. 15, doesn’t go far enough in addressing the alleged deficiencies listed in their prior dismissal motion filed back in July, which was set aside to give the plaintiffs a chance to update their pleadings.
- 9/7/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Sam Smith is learning to love themself and taking us on their journey. The singer released anthem “Love Me More” as they reflect upon their upbringing and career start in the music video. In typical Sam Smith fashion, we’re moved to tears — not because we’re sad, but because the video is beautiful.
“I wrote this song for anyone who feels different, anyone who has to stop themselves every day from saying unkind things to themselves, in their head, all the time,” Smith said in a statement. “I felt...
“I wrote this song for anyone who feels different, anyone who has to stop themselves every day from saying unkind things to themselves, in their head, all the time,” Smith said in a statement. “I felt...
- 4/28/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
It didn’t take an Oscar win for Billie Eilish to grow up.
“I went from 14 to 20, that will do it,” the moody pop singer said to a member of the press Sunday in the Oscars media room.
Hollywood Reacts To The Oscar Slap: Physical Assault, Say Many; “How We Do It”, Says Jaden Smith
“You were an emo, sad-looking teenager, now you’re having a good time,” observed the reporter. “Do you feel like you’ve had a change in your career as the last few years have gone along?”
She replied: “I was also a very young teenager. You know teenagers — it’s just growth and aging. I’m super happy. I feel like I’m just coming into being aware of what is good and around me. When you’re that young, it’s hard to understand how big a deal things are around you, how important things are.
“I went from 14 to 20, that will do it,” the moody pop singer said to a member of the press Sunday in the Oscars media room.
Hollywood Reacts To The Oscar Slap: Physical Assault, Say Many; “How We Do It”, Says Jaden Smith
“You were an emo, sad-looking teenager, now you’re having a good time,” observed the reporter. “Do you feel like you’ve had a change in your career as the last few years have gone along?”
She replied: “I was also a very young teenager. You know teenagers — it’s just growth and aging. I’m super happy. I feel like I’m just coming into being aware of what is good and around me. When you’re that young, it’s hard to understand how big a deal things are around you, how important things are.
- 3/28/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
As predicted, the “No Time to Die” song from the recent James Bond film of the same name has prevailed at the 2022 Oscars for Best Song. That means the sister-brother songwriting duo of Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell have added an Academy Award to their trophy collection for “No Time to Die,” to go along with their Critics Choice Award, Golden Globe and Gold Derby Award.
The other Best Song Oscar nominees this year were “Be Alive” from “King Richard” (Dixson and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter), “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” (Lin-Manuel Miranda), “Down to Joy” from “Belfast” (Van Morrison) and “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days” (Diane Warren). Eilish and O’Connell accepted their prize during ABC’s ceremony on Sunday, March 27 — see the complete Oscars winners list.
See‘This is such an honor’: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell (‘No Time to Die’) thank Gold Derby Awards voters [Watch]
“No Time to Die...
The other Best Song Oscar nominees this year were “Be Alive” from “King Richard” (Dixson and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter), “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” (Lin-Manuel Miranda), “Down to Joy” from “Belfast” (Van Morrison) and “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days” (Diane Warren). Eilish and O’Connell accepted their prize during ABC’s ceremony on Sunday, March 27 — see the complete Oscars winners list.
See‘This is such an honor’: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell (‘No Time to Die’) thank Gold Derby Awards voters [Watch]
“No Time to Die...
- 3/28/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Earlier on Oscars night, Billie Eilish revealed that writing a song for the James Bond franchise had been a longtime dream for her and her brother, Finneas, who used to practice writing “Bond songs” just to see what they could come up with.
All of that practice paid off when the pair took to the stage to perform their 2020 song “No Time to Die” — a classic, string-laden noir ballad — which minutes later snagged the Best Original Song Oscar over Beyoncé’s “Be Alive,” Sebastián Yatra’s “Dos Oruguitas,” Van Morrison’s “Down to Joy,...
All of that practice paid off when the pair took to the stage to perform their 2020 song “No Time to Die” — a classic, string-laden noir ballad — which minutes later snagged the Best Original Song Oscar over Beyoncé’s “Be Alive,” Sebastián Yatra’s “Dos Oruguitas,” Van Morrison’s “Down to Joy,...
- 3/28/2022
- by Sarah Grant and Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
When a producer like Barbara Broccoli flies to your concert and hands you 23 pages from the next James Bond script, you could say you’ve landed the job of writing the pic’s theme song.
However, multi-Grammy winners Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell remain humble, saying that at really no point in time were they sure they were a lock for the No Time to Die theme. Let’s face it, Bond, which skews older, needs young fans, and if there’s a window to millennials it’s Eilish, who counts close to 200 million followers on social media.
“We didn’t have the feeling, we’re the perfect people to do this,” says Eilish about being approached to write the title theme to Bond 25. “We didn’t feel worthy at all.”
“It was not a ‘You have the job’ thing, it’s, ‘Let’s see if you have the...
However, multi-Grammy winners Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell remain humble, saying that at really no point in time were they sure they were a lock for the No Time to Die theme. Let’s face it, Bond, which skews older, needs young fans, and if there’s a window to millennials it’s Eilish, who counts close to 200 million followers on social media.
“We didn’t have the feeling, we’re the perfect people to do this,” says Eilish about being approached to write the title theme to Bond 25. “We didn’t feel worthy at all.”
“It was not a ‘You have the job’ thing, it’s, ‘Let’s see if you have the...
- 3/16/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Diana Ross has dropped a new single, “I Still Believe,” along with a teaser trailer for her upcoming music video for “All Is Well.” Both tracks come off her album Thank You, out November 5th via Decca Records/Universal Music Group.
The full video for “All Is Well” will be unveiled alongside her album. The clip was directed by Amanda Demme in collaboration with the singer’s sons, Evan Ross (producer) and Ross Naess (photography). It marks her first music video in over a decade.
“My sons gave me the...
The full video for “All Is Well” will be unveiled alongside her album. The clip was directed by Amanda Demme in collaboration with the singer’s sons, Evan Ross (producer) and Ross Naess (photography). It marks her first music video in over a decade.
“My sons gave me the...
- 11/3/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Diana Ross will release a new studio album, Thank You, this fall, marking the singer’s first since 2006’s I Love You. Written during lockdown, the album features collaborations with several writers and producers, including Jack Antonoff and Jimmy Napes.
Ross previewed the album, out September 10th via Decca Records, with a breezy, hopeful single, “Thank You.” “Thank you for the smiles/thank you for the tears,” Ross sings on the pop number. “Thank you for being who you are/for all those years.”
“This collection of songs is my...
Ross previewed the album, out September 10th via Decca Records, with a breezy, hopeful single, “Thank You.” “Thank you for the smiles/thank you for the tears,” Ross sings on the pop number. “Thank you for being who you are/for all those years.”
“This collection of songs is my...
- 6/17/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Prolific composer Diane Warren has written nine number one songs and had 32 tunes hit the Top Ten on the Billboard Charts. She has won a Grammy, an Emmy, a Golden Globe and three consecutive Billboard Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year. She’s also be named ASCAP’s Writer of the Year three times and was inducted into the Songwriter Hall of Fame in 2001. But one honor that has eluded her is the Academy Award. Though she hasn’t reach Susan Lucci territory (she finally won an Emmy for “All My Children” on her 19th nomination) Warren has been a bridesmaid at the Oscars 11 times.
But she may well win this year for her wistful ballad “Io Si (Seen)” from the Italian-language Netflix drama “The Life Ahead,” which begins streaming Nov. 13. Laura Pausini, who recorded the song, co-wrote the Italian lyrics with Niccolo Agliardi.
The legendary 86-year-old Oscar-winner Sophia Loren...
But she may well win this year for her wistful ballad “Io Si (Seen)” from the Italian-language Netflix drama “The Life Ahead,” which begins streaming Nov. 13. Laura Pausini, who recorded the song, co-wrote the Italian lyrics with Niccolo Agliardi.
The legendary 86-year-old Oscar-winner Sophia Loren...
- 11/6/2020
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Sam Smith has returned with new song “My Oasis” featuring Burna Boy. The track follows their Demi Lovato duet “I’m Ready.”
On “My Oasis,” Smith sings of helplessly needing someone, even though the return of this partner’s affections seems questionable. “You play with my emotions/I’m flowing like the ocean/I pray for your devotion/’Cause there’s nothing I can do when it comes to you,” Smith sings on the chorus. Nigerian singer-songwriter Burna Boy reflects the same feelings of longing in his verse.
“This track...
On “My Oasis,” Smith sings of helplessly needing someone, even though the return of this partner’s affections seems questionable. “You play with my emotions/I’m flowing like the ocean/I pray for your devotion/’Cause there’s nothing I can do when it comes to you,” Smith sings on the chorus. Nigerian singer-songwriter Burna Boy reflects the same feelings of longing in his verse.
“This track...
- 7/30/2020
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Sam Smith samples audio from the 2001 cult classic film Donnie Darko in their latest single, “To Die For,” released on Valentine’s Day.
“Releasing this song is going to be a wild one — I feel like it’s from one of the deepest parts of me,” Smith told Rolling Stone ahead of the single’s release. “I wrote this with Jimmy Napes and Stargate in L.A. during a time of self-discovery and heartbreak. This is for all the lonely hearts out there on another Valentine’s Day xx.”
The...
“Releasing this song is going to be a wild one — I feel like it’s from one of the deepest parts of me,” Smith told Rolling Stone ahead of the single’s release. “I wrote this with Jimmy Napes and Stargate in L.A. during a time of self-discovery and heartbreak. This is for all the lonely hearts out there on another Valentine’s Day xx.”
The...
- 2/14/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The “No Time to Die” theme song from 18-year-old singer-songwriter Billie Eilish dropped on Thursday, co-written and produced by her brother, Finneas O’Connell. Fittingly, it’s a haunting ballad that bids farewell to Daniel Craig’s fifth and final outing as James Bond. Listen below.
Eilish, who swept the Grammys this year and who sang the “Yesterday” “In Memoriam” tribute at the Oscars on Sunday, is the youngest person to record a theme song for a Bond movie. Her song follows the back-to-back Oscar winners, “Writing’s on the Wall” (“Spectre”) from Sam Smith (co-written by Jimmy Napes), and the eponymous “Skyfall” from Adele (co-written by Paul Epworth). The other two Bond songs from the Craig era are the rockers “Another Way to Die” (“Quantum of Solace”) from Jack White & Alicia Keys, and “You Know My Name” (“Casino Royale”) from the late Chris Cornell.
Eilish, in a statement, said, “It...
Eilish, who swept the Grammys this year and who sang the “Yesterday” “In Memoriam” tribute at the Oscars on Sunday, is the youngest person to record a theme song for a Bond movie. Her song follows the back-to-back Oscar winners, “Writing’s on the Wall” (“Spectre”) from Sam Smith (co-written by Jimmy Napes), and the eponymous “Skyfall” from Adele (co-written by Paul Epworth). The other two Bond songs from the Craig era are the rockers “Another Way to Die” (“Quantum of Solace”) from Jack White & Alicia Keys, and “You Know My Name” (“Casino Royale”) from the late Chris Cornell.
Eilish, in a statement, said, “It...
- 2/14/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
U.K. rapper Stormzy appeared on The Tonight Show to perform his recent song “Crown.”
The live rendition of the track, which comes off his sophomore album Heavy Is the Head, marks Stormzy’s U.S. television debut.
The rapper appeared on a mostly dark stage, accompanied by a choir and a live band to showcase the emotional song. The song — produced Mj Cole and Jimmy Napes, who co-wrote the track along with Stormzy — reflects on power as the rapper offers a twist on the phrase “heavy is the head that wears the crown.
The live rendition of the track, which comes off his sophomore album Heavy Is the Head, marks Stormzy’s U.S. television debut.
The rapper appeared on a mostly dark stage, accompanied by a choir and a live band to showcase the emotional song. The song — produced Mj Cole and Jimmy Napes, who co-wrote the track along with Stormzy — reflects on power as the rapper offers a twist on the phrase “heavy is the head that wears the crown.
- 1/14/2020
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift unveiled a video diary documenting the creation of her new holiday song, “Christmas Tree Farm.”
Swift released “Christmas Tree Farm” on December 6th, just five days after coming up with the idea for the song. The first video in the new behind-the-scenes clip is dated December 1st and finds Swift filming herself at a piano as she picks out a few chords and sings some scattered lyrics.
“So, the idea I have for the song is ‘Christmas Tree Farm,’ because I grew up on one,” she says, adding moments later with slight laugh,...
Swift released “Christmas Tree Farm” on December 6th, just five days after coming up with the idea for the song. The first video in the new behind-the-scenes clip is dated December 1st and finds Swift filming herself at a piano as she picks out a few chords and sings some scattered lyrics.
“So, the idea I have for the song is ‘Christmas Tree Farm,’ because I grew up on one,” she says, adding moments later with slight laugh,...
- 12/23/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sam Smith is the latest musician to pull back the curtain on his life for Apple Music — and he’s introducing the world to his female alter ego “Karamel.”
“What people don’t know is Karamel’s actually sold 24 million records in America from her first album, Karamel with a K,” Smith joked in a clip of the documentary.
On Sunday, Smith opened up his gender identity and revealed he doesn’t consider himself a cisgender man.
“I don’t know what the title would be, but I feel just as much woman as I am man,” he told the U.
“What people don’t know is Karamel’s actually sold 24 million records in America from her first album, Karamel with a K,” Smith joked in a clip of the documentary.
On Sunday, Smith opened up his gender identity and revealed he doesn’t consider himself a cisgender man.
“I don’t know what the title would be, but I feel just as much woman as I am man,” he told the U.
- 10/24/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
After teasing the possibility of new music earlier in the week, Sam Smith officially kicks off his comeback on Friday with the long-awaited single “Too Good At Goodbyes”. Written in collaboration with Jimmy Napes and Stargate, the song is Smith’s first new single since his Oscar-winning “007” song, “Writing’s on the Wall”. Sitting down for […]...
- 9/8/2017
- by Sylvia Ogweng
- ET Canada
It's a good time to be a pop music fan. In a week that's seen new releases from Kelly Clarkson, Zayn Malik and more stars, Sam Smith has released "Too Good at Goodbyes," his first single since the 2015 release of his Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning "Writing's on the Wall," the theme song for the James Bond film Spectre. Written with Jimmy Napes and Stargate, "Too Good at Goodbyes" heralds the return of one of music's most celebrated artists. "This song is about a relationship I was in and it's basically about getting good at getting dumped," Smith, 25, says in a statement. "It's been a long while since I've put any music out and I feel that this first...
- 9/8/2017
- E! Online
Author: Steven Neish
Recently released from prison, Byron (Quinton Aaron) has secured a probationary placement at his step-brother’s family farm. Working for widower Beth (Amy Pietz) and her two daughters, Eliza (Gillian Zinser) and Julia (Nicole Scimeca), Byron has something of a rude awakening when he realises just how much work is involved in a farm’s day-to-day operations. His sponsor Josh, a lawyer, isn’t around much, so it’s left to a skeptical and overworked Beth to show him the ropes. Meanwhile, Paulie (Marcus Henderson), Byron’s friend from prison, tempts him with an easier and eminently more appealing alternative.
From first-time writer-director Ben Caird, a British-American brought up in London, Halfway has similarly spent time being developed on both sides of the Atlantic. Originally envisioned as the story of a UK national transplanted to the States for rehabilitation, the script evolved over time to focus more...
Recently released from prison, Byron (Quinton Aaron) has secured a probationary placement at his step-brother’s family farm. Working for widower Beth (Amy Pietz) and her two daughters, Eliza (Gillian Zinser) and Julia (Nicole Scimeca), Byron has something of a rude awakening when he realises just how much work is involved in a farm’s day-to-day operations. His sponsor Josh, a lawyer, isn’t around much, so it’s left to a skeptical and overworked Beth to show him the ropes. Meanwhile, Paulie (Marcus Henderson), Byron’s friend from prison, tempts him with an easier and eminently more appealing alternative.
From first-time writer-director Ben Caird, a British-American brought up in London, Halfway has similarly spent time being developed on both sides of the Atlantic. Originally envisioned as the story of a UK national transplanted to the States for rehabilitation, the script evolved over time to focus more...
- 2/28/2017
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
For weeks now, Oscar pundits and awards-circuit journalists have been saying virtually the same thing: La La Land should dominate the night; Zootopia has all but picked up its statuette and put it on a mantel; the impeccably written Manchester by the Sea will almost assuredly go home with the Best Original Screenplay award. When narratives like this cement themselves around the Academy Awards, as they do almost every year, it's tough to shake off what seems like an inevitability. But as anyone who's been covering the show for a minute or three knows,...
- 2/24/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes took home the Oscar for Best Original Song, “Writing’s On The Wall” in the movie Spectre and during his acceptance speech, Smith dedicated his win to the entire gay community. “I actually can’t breathe right now,” said a bewildered Smith as he took a deep breathe with his hands on […]
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- 2/29/2016
- by Crystal Smith
- Uinterview
Sam Smith is adding an Oscar to the shelf this year! The "Writing's on the Wall" performer accepted the 2016 Academy Award for Best Original Song, presented by last year's winners Common and John Legend, on Sunday. Smith and songwriter Jimmy Napes took the stage together, where the singer dedicated the award to the Lgbt community. "I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellen, and he said that no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar, and if this is the case - even if it isn't the case - I want to dedicate this to...
- 2/29/2016
- by Chancellor Agard
- PEOPLE.com
British singer Sam Smith upset Lady Gaga for best song at the Oscars, prompting the world to lose its damn mind on Twitter. Lady Gaga‘s legion of fans, nicknamed Little Monsters, took to social media to express their outrage over the Academy’s decision to give the Oscar to Smith and Jimmy Napes for their “Spectre” theme song “Writing’s On the Wall” over Gaga and Diane Warren’s ballad “Til It Happens to You.” Gaga was considered a heavy favorite, especially since her song from the documentary “The Hunting Ground” addresses the issue of rape and meant so much to survivors of sexual.
- 2/29/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
In a shocking win, the James Bond title song from Spectre, “Writing’s On the Wall” by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes, took the best original song Oscar tonight. It’s the second time time that a 007 song has broken through at the Oscars, after “Skyfall” three years ago became the first Bond song to win. That title theme was written by Adele and Paul Epworth. In his acceptance speech onstage, Smith said: “I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellen and he said that no…...
- 2/29/2016
- Deadline
And the winner for Best Original Song at the 2016 Oscars is "Writing's on the Wall" from "Spectre."
The five nominees at this year's Academy Awards were "Earned It" from "Fifty Shades Of Grey," "Manta Ray" from "Racing Extinction," "Simple Song #3" from "Youth," "Til It Happens To You" from "The Hunting Ground," and "Writing's On The Wall" from "Spectre."
Jimmy Napes and performer Sam Smith took home the big award, and this is the second Bond film to win Best Song since "Skyfall." This is the first Oscar for British singer Smith, who has already won four Grammy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe earlier this year.
The five nominees at this year's Academy Awards were "Earned It" from "Fifty Shades Of Grey," "Manta Ray" from "Racing Extinction," "Simple Song #3" from "Youth," "Til It Happens To You" from "The Hunting Ground," and "Writing's On The Wall" from "Spectre."
Jimmy Napes and performer Sam Smith took home the big award, and this is the second Bond film to win Best Song since "Skyfall." This is the first Oscar for British singer Smith, who has already won four Grammy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe earlier this year.
- 2/29/2016
- by Alana Altmann
- Moviefone
Open Road / Participant Media’s journalism procedural delivered a surprise finale to one of the most closely fought contests in years in Sunday’s 88th Academy Awards.Click here for full list of winners
The show itself was good-humoured despite recent outrage over the #OscarsSoWhite controversy in which all 20 acting nominees were, for the second year in a row, white.
Show host Chris Rock mostly navigated the terrain with aplomb, peppering his routine with jokes about inequality in Hollywood. Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who last month announced changes in the Academy’s governance designed to better reflect cultural diversity, spoke of her confidence in shaping a future “in which all of us can be proud.”
Spotlight bookended the show, kicking off proceedings with a win for director Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer in the original screenplay category before signing off in dramatic fashion at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
The film had...
The show itself was good-humoured despite recent outrage over the #OscarsSoWhite controversy in which all 20 acting nominees were, for the second year in a row, white.
Show host Chris Rock mostly navigated the terrain with aplomb, peppering his routine with jokes about inequality in Hollywood. Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who last month announced changes in the Academy’s governance designed to better reflect cultural diversity, spoke of her confidence in shaping a future “in which all of us can be proud.”
Spotlight bookended the show, kicking off proceedings with a win for director Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer in the original screenplay category before signing off in dramatic fashion at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
The film had...
- 2/29/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Open Road / Participant Media’s journalism procedural prevailed in one of the most closely fought contests in years to claim the best picture prize at the finale of the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday.
In two of the most widely predicted wins of the night, Leo DiCaprio was named best actor for The Revenant and Brie Larson scooped the best lead actress prize for Room.
Earlier, Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G Innaritu made it back-to-back wins when he claimed the best directing prize for The Revenant after his triumph last year for Birdman. Inarritu was the frontrunner in the category after prevailing in the DGA awards.
Earlier in the night George Miller’s wildly popular dystopian adventure burst out of the blocks at the 88th Academy Awards, earning six awards including best editing and sound editing.
Margaret Sixel took the editing award after a three-in-a-row crafts triumph that saw Mad Max: Fury Road pick up statuettes for costume...
In two of the most widely predicted wins of the night, Leo DiCaprio was named best actor for The Revenant and Brie Larson scooped the best lead actress prize for Room.
Earlier, Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G Innaritu made it back-to-back wins when he claimed the best directing prize for The Revenant after his triumph last year for Birdman. Inarritu was the frontrunner in the category after prevailing in the DGA awards.
Earlier in the night George Miller’s wildly popular dystopian adventure burst out of the blocks at the 88th Academy Awards, earning six awards including best editing and sound editing.
Margaret Sixel took the editing award after a three-in-a-row crafts triumph that saw Mad Max: Fury Road pick up statuettes for costume...
- 2/29/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sam Smith gave an elegant performance of "Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre. Smith and co-writer Jimmy Napes are up for Best Original Song and are both first-time Academy Award nominees.
In front of a surreal, constantly changing background, a dapper-looking Smith gave a simple, soaring performance of the ballad. After his delivery of the Bond theme, host Chris Rock made a crack at how similar Smith and George Michael look, noting how much he loved "Father Figure."
Smith and Napes took home the Golden Globe for Best Original Song earlier this year.
In front of a surreal, constantly changing background, a dapper-looking Smith gave a simple, soaring performance of the ballad. After his delivery of the Bond theme, host Chris Rock made a crack at how similar Smith and George Michael look, noting how much he loved "Father Figure."
Smith and Napes took home the Golden Globe for Best Original Song earlier this year.
- 2/29/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Let's hear it for the boys! Tonight's the night every silver screen heartthrob steps out on the red carpet to promote the biggest films of the year. There's no better way to rise to the occasion than showing up in a new suit. All eyes are on Leonardo DiCaprio tonight and not only because he's up for a much-anticipated Oscar. His classic and timeless suit, though expected, will never go overlooked. He always puts his best patent dress shoe forward. Sam Smith, who kicked it back to the old school in an incredibly classic tux with a crisp bow tie and patent shoes, walked the red carpet with Jimmy Napes who was also looking as dapper as ever in his forest green velvet blazer....
- 2/29/2016
- E! Online
Sam Smith having a tea party on the red carpet at the 2016 Oscars? Sure, why not? The handsome singer stopped to chat with Ryan Seacrest during E!'s Live From the Red Carpet ahead of tonight's big award show, and Seacrest made sure to keep his promise to the English star. "It just works out while we were chatting at the Grammys, we discussed what would make you most comfortable at your first Oscars. And you actually said English tea with British notes, so Wolfgang Puck happened to see that and this is English tea with British notes for you," Seacrest said while handing Smith and Jimmy Napes a tray of tea. "It's very easy to maneuver the carpet with that," Seacrest joked, "You...
- 2/29/2016
- E! Online
Welcome to the 88th Academy Awards from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, where the film industry’s best and whitest gather for the annual celebration of motion picture achievements. It’s been a tight race this year, with several contests still too close to call.
The Revenant is the favourite to win best picture heading into the ceremony, with 12 nominations, however don’t be surprised if Mad Max: Fury Road, The Big Short, or Spotlight spring a surprise.
The backdrop to this evening’s proceedings – along with the foreground and everything above it, below it, to the left and to the right of it – has been dominated by the #OscarsSoWhite outrage, which erupted back in January when, for the second year in a row, all 20 acting nominees were white.
The ensuing maelstrom triggered jerky knees in the Academy, which has moved to alter its composition and the way it does business going forward.
Time will tell. Meanwhile...
The Revenant is the favourite to win best picture heading into the ceremony, with 12 nominations, however don’t be surprised if Mad Max: Fury Road, The Big Short, or Spotlight spring a surprise.
The backdrop to this evening’s proceedings – along with the foreground and everything above it, below it, to the left and to the right of it – has been dominated by the #OscarsSoWhite outrage, which erupted back in January when, for the second year in a row, all 20 acting nominees were white.
The ensuing maelstrom triggered jerky knees in the Academy, which has moved to alter its composition and the way it does business going forward.
Time will tell. Meanwhile...
- 2/28/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
By Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
Lady Gaga, just hours after performing at the Super Bowl, broke into song. Sam Smith, just hours before performing at THR‘s Nominees Nite party, mused about the lack of gay Oscar winners. And David Lang, a Pulitzer Prize winner and Yale University professor, disclosed how he found his lyrics through a Google search. It all happened at the second annualTHR/Billboard Song Summit, a gathering of the best original song Oscar nominees at the Beverly Hilton hotel immediately after the Academy’s Oscar Nominees Luncheon. (You can check out last year’s edition here.)
This year’s seven participants represented all five nominated songs: Smith and Jimmy Napes, nominated for “Writing’s on the Wall” from the Bond film Spectre; Gaga and Diane Warren, nominated for “Til It Happens to You” from the sexual assault documentary The Hunting Ground; Lang, nominated for “Simple...
The Hollywood Reporter
Lady Gaga, just hours after performing at the Super Bowl, broke into song. Sam Smith, just hours before performing at THR‘s Nominees Nite party, mused about the lack of gay Oscar winners. And David Lang, a Pulitzer Prize winner and Yale University professor, disclosed how he found his lyrics through a Google search. It all happened at the second annualTHR/Billboard Song Summit, a gathering of the best original song Oscar nominees at the Beverly Hilton hotel immediately after the Academy’s Oscar Nominees Luncheon. (You can check out last year’s edition here.)
This year’s seven participants represented all five nominated songs: Smith and Jimmy Napes, nominated for “Writing’s on the Wall” from the Bond film Spectre; Gaga and Diane Warren, nominated for “Til It Happens to You” from the sexual assault documentary The Hunting Ground; Lang, nominated for “Simple...
- 2/16/2016
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
It's been a big year already for Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes. Between toasting their success with other A-list hopefuls such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lawrence, the incredible writing duo sat down with E! News at the annual Academy Awards nominee luncheon at the Beverly Hilton to chat all about James Bond and their Oscar nomination for the Spectre song "Writing's on the Wall. "We poured our hearts out," 23-year-old Smith gushed, discussing the process of writing with Napes after they were given the script for Spectre. "It's a different challenge because you've got to write something actually from a script, normally you're just plucking...
- 2/9/2016
- E! Online
More than 150 Oscar nominees came together at noon on Monday at the Beverly Hilton as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored this year’s Oscar contenders at its annual Nominees Luncheon.
From Left to Right:
Seated: Adam Benzine, Paul Massey, Michael Standish, Chris Jenkins, Randy Thom, Jason Smith, Josh Cooley, Maryann Brandon, Richard Williams, Patrick Vollrath, Ed Lachman, Mary Parent, David Acord, Anders Langland, Henry Hughes, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tom Yellin
First Row: Rosa Tran, Jacqueline West, Ed Guiney, Evgeny Afineevsky, Matthew Shumway, Amy Hobby, Jonas Rivera, Gregg Rudloff, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Love Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Courtney Marsh, Nomi Talisman, Mark Ruffalo, Diane Warren, Paco Delgado, Bryan Cranston, Jistin Wilkes, Blye Pagon Faust, Roger Guyett, Basil Khalil, Drew Kunin, Sian Grigg, Andrea Berloff,
Second Row:Adam Stockhausen, Tom McArdle, Keith Redmon, Damian Martin, Ale Abreu, Matthew Heineman, Matt Damon, Bernhard Henrich, Cameron Waldbauer, Alan Robert Murray,...
From Left to Right:
Seated: Adam Benzine, Paul Massey, Michael Standish, Chris Jenkins, Randy Thom, Jason Smith, Josh Cooley, Maryann Brandon, Richard Williams, Patrick Vollrath, Ed Lachman, Mary Parent, David Acord, Anders Langland, Henry Hughes, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tom Yellin
First Row: Rosa Tran, Jacqueline West, Ed Guiney, Evgeny Afineevsky, Matthew Shumway, Amy Hobby, Jonas Rivera, Gregg Rudloff, Signe Byrge Sorensen, Love Larson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Courtney Marsh, Nomi Talisman, Mark Ruffalo, Diane Warren, Paco Delgado, Bryan Cranston, Jistin Wilkes, Blye Pagon Faust, Roger Guyett, Basil Khalil, Drew Kunin, Sian Grigg, Andrea Berloff,
Second Row:Adam Stockhausen, Tom McArdle, Keith Redmon, Damian Martin, Ale Abreu, Matthew Heineman, Matt Damon, Bernhard Henrich, Cameron Waldbauer, Alan Robert Murray,...
- 2/9/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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If you missed the Oscar nominations this morning you can check out the full list at our Official Nomination Index Page. The individual Oscar charts will take some time to update but should go up throughout the day. But while we're all gathered let's have so fun checking off some trivia and stats. This post is dedicated to the first timers in Oscar's club.
Feel free to contribute "firsts" in the comments!
First Time Lucky
Mad Max Fury Road is the first live action sequel ever nominated for Best Picture whose original wasn't nominated. In fact the entire Mad Max franchise had received zero nominations up until this morning. Mad Max is only the second sequel ever nominated for Best Picture whose original wasn't up for the same prize. The only other example is Toy Story 3 (the first...
If you missed the Oscar nominations this morning you can check out the full list at our Official Nomination Index Page. The individual Oscar charts will take some time to update but should go up throughout the day. But while we're all gathered let's have so fun checking off some trivia and stats. This post is dedicated to the first timers in Oscar's club.
Feel free to contribute "firsts" in the comments!
First Time Lucky
Mad Max Fury Road is the first live action sequel ever nominated for Best Picture whose original wasn't nominated. In fact the entire Mad Max franchise had received zero nominations up until this morning. Mad Max is only the second sequel ever nominated for Best Picture whose original wasn't up for the same prize. The only other example is Toy Story 3 (the first...
- 1/15/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
The race for best original song at this year’s Academy Awards includes a number of big name recording artists whose work for film has been generating significant Oscar buzz.
In past years the category has seen a number of popular, chart-topping performers take home the statuette, including John Legend and Common’s “Glory” from last year’s best picture nominee Selma, about Martin Luther King’s historic march for civil rights and 2013’s “Skyfall”, performed and co-written by British songstress Adele with co-writer Paul Epworth, for the 007 film of the same name.
This year another James Bond theme is in the hunt for best original song, as Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall”, co-written with accomplished British songwriter James Napier (a.k.a. Jimmy Napes), the Spectre title track that became the first No. 1 in Bond theme history, has earned a Golden...
Managing Editor
The race for best original song at this year’s Academy Awards includes a number of big name recording artists whose work for film has been generating significant Oscar buzz.
In past years the category has seen a number of popular, chart-topping performers take home the statuette, including John Legend and Common’s “Glory” from last year’s best picture nominee Selma, about Martin Luther King’s historic march for civil rights and 2013’s “Skyfall”, performed and co-written by British songstress Adele with co-writer Paul Epworth, for the 007 film of the same name.
This year another James Bond theme is in the hunt for best original song, as Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall”, co-written with accomplished British songwriter James Napier (a.k.a. Jimmy Napes), the Spectre title track that became the first No. 1 in Bond theme history, has earned a Golden...
- 1/6/2016
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
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