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The next Oscars will have a host, ABC Entertainment president reveals

January 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Oscars podium has remained empty since Jimmy Kimmel left the stage in 2018, but for this year’s 94th annual Academy Awards, a host will emcee the evening once again.

“You heard it here first,” said Craig Erwich, president Hulu Originals & ABC Entertainment, at the virtual Television Critics Association press confab on Tuesday.

It remains to be seen who will get the tap, but the Academy has apparently reached out to some perspective hosts, according to The Hollywood Reporter — including Spider-Man series star Tom Holland.

Holland, an accomplished dancer who kicked off his career on stage in Billy Elliot, told the trade that he’d be up for it, which apparently prompted the chat with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

The Oscars ran without a host for the first time in 2019, following a Twitter controversy that led Kevin Hart to ditch plans for what was for him once a dream gig.

Without a host, ratings actually jumped from the previous year; however, the most recent host-less telecast in 2021, which was delayed by the pandemic and held at Los Angeles’ Union Station instead of its traditional Dolby Theatre home, attracted a mere 10.4 million viewers — less than half the audience of its first host-free event.

The 94th Annual Academy Awards will air March 27 on ABC.

Adele posts extended teaser for upcoming “Oh My God” music video

January 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Adele is tantalizing fans with another sneak peek of her upcoming “Oh My God” music video, but it does little to answer why she’s dressed up like a ’60s fashionista.

The music video, which premieres Wednesday, boasts a large cast and some gutsy stunts. Among the snippets are people dressed exactly like Adele, a man flipping over a chair engulfed in flames, interpretive dancers writhing on a mattress and people smashing props on the stage.

Although it’s only a 30-second trailer, fans are already hard at work piecing together the clues featured in the short clip.

A brief frame also shows Adele holding an apple, leading fans to believe she’s added some symbolism in the upcoming black-and-white music video. Some fans have also pointed out that they detected a “Rolling in the Deep” vibe since its music video featured similar themes — muted colors, frantic dancing and Adele belting out the impassioned number while sitting on a chair.

“Oh My God” goes live on YouTube on Wednesday, January 12, at 12 p.m. ET. When teasing the music video last week, Adele also whipped her fans into a frenzy when declaring, “Rested and Re-Set! Feeling ready for 2022, there’s so much coming, I’m excited for you all to see it.”

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J. Cole, 21 Savage and Roddy Ricch headlining 2022 Bonnaroo Festival

January 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After being canceled the past two years, the annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is returning this June, with J. Cole, 21 Savage and Roddy Ricch among the headliners.

The four-day event will be held June 16-19 at the Bonnaroo Farm, located 60 miles southeast of Nashville in Manchester, Tennessee. Ludacris, Tinashe, Herbie Hancock, Isaiah Rashad, Tierra Whack, Denzel Curry and Fem Kuti also will be among the dozens of artists performing on the festival’s 10 stages. The 2020 edition of Bonnaroo was canceled because of COVID-19, and last year’s event was canceled due to flooding from Hurricane Ida.

Tickets for Bonnaroo 2022 will go on sale Thursday, January 13, at 12 p.m. CT at the festival website. Options include general admission, general admission+, VIP, platinum, general admission with camping & parking, VIP camping, platinum camping, and more.

Quavo demands pay from Drake following bet on Alabama vs. Georgia college football national championship game

January 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

In the words of their 2018 collabo on the 2018 Migos Culture II album, Quavo wants Drake to “Walk It Talk It” after losing their bet on Monday night’s college football national championship.

The Migos member attended the game in Indianapolis between the University of Georgia Bulldogs and the University of Alabama Crimson Tide. When the Bulldogs won 33-18, he was ecstatic because his team was victorious, and called out the Certified Lover Boy in an Instagram Story to pay up.

“He ain’t answer the phone,” Quavo says in a video he uploaded from the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. “I need my chips with dip, baby. I need my chips with dip. My boy.” He tagged Drake in the clip, @champagnepapi.

Drake is known for betting on sports. Last month, after YK Orisis owed him $60K over a basketball bet, he let the Florida rapper clear the debt by performing his 2019, triple-platinum hit, “Worth It,” in front of him.

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David Guetta sweetly shouts out Olivia Rodrigo: “I love that we keep inspiring each other”

January 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Olivia Rodrigo recently celebrated the first anniversary of her debut single “drivers license,” but it appears she had a fan well before she took over the radio.

DJ David Guetta shared on Monday an adorable throwback of a young Olivia belting out his 2011 Sia collab, “Titanium,” and marveled over how far she’s come since that moment.

“@oliviarodrigo singing my song when she was 10! Now I’m making bootleg remixes of her music to play in my djs set,” he wrote, and posted a second video of him putting an EDM spin on “drivers license.” He closed his sentimental post by writing, “Life is amazing and I love that we keep inspiring each other.”

Fans are hopeful this means David and Olivia team up in the studio for future, official remixes of her SOUR album. Olivia has yet to respond to the French DJ’s kind remarks.

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Foo Fighters premiere official trailer for ‘Studio 666’ movie

January 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Foo Fighters have debuted the first trailer for their upcoming horror-comedy film, Studio 666.

The clip, which premiered via EW.com, follows Dave Grohl and company as they enter a creepy mansion to record their new album. While the house certainly is unsettling, Grohl is dealing with something even more serious: writer’s block. At one point, he starts playing a new riff that he just wrote, only for drummer Taylor Hawkins to inform him that’s the riff from “Everlong.”

Soon, Grohl starts scribbling away, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”-style, before he’s overtaken by the house’s malevolent forces, turning him into a demonic, murderous monster.

To find out what happens next, you can catch Studio 666 premiering in theaters February 25.

Along with the six Foo members, the Studio 666 cast includes Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte and Jenna Ortega. Additionally, the trailer features cameos from Slayer‘s Kerry King and Lionel Richie.

Carly Pearce says 29 Tour is “the first time that I’ve really gotten to be 100 percent myself”

January 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Carly Pearce launched the 29 Tour, named after her CMA Award-winning album, in 2021 and she’s now looking back on some of the highlights as she prepares to launch the new leg.

In a video posted to Instagram, the singer takes fans behind-the-scenes of the tour with clips of her performing onstage, her name in lights on the venue marquee and posing for photos with fans outside her tour bus. The trek allowed the Kentucky native to bring her own brand of country music — blending modern and traditional country with storytelling — to theaters across the U.S.

“I think that this tour is the first time that I’ve really gotten to be 100 percent myself,” she describes.

The video also features footage of rehearsals backstage, playful moments of Carly and her band on the bus and fans chanting her name. The singer expresses deep gratitude for the people who came to the shows each night.

“Country music fans, you have blown my mind during this season of life for me and made me feel so loved and so accepted and so appreciated, and I hope that you feel that reciprocated every single night. You have made all of my dreams come true,” she says. “You telling me your stories is actually making me feel like I’m going to be okay too, so it’s a very cool thing every night. I love you and I can’t wait to see what happens next.”

Carly continues on the 29 Tour, beginning March 10 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and concluding on April 9 in Toronto, Canada.

Page to screen: Survey shows most people say a book is usually better than a movie based on it

January 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

A famous bit on Sacha Baron Cohen‘s Da Ali G Show had the clueless character pitch a literary agent “a book version of The Lord of the Rings” movies. However, a new survey shows a lot of folks don’t know at least two popular movies that were once books.

Seventy-percent of those polled by ThriftBooks didn’t know that Mean Girls and Die Hard were both books before hitting the big screen: Mean Girls was adapted from Rosalind Wiseman‘s 2002 work Queen Bees and Wannabes, while Die Hard was born from Roderick Thorp‘s 1979 page-turner Nothing Lasts Forever.

The survey of 2,000 American book readers revealed 67% preferred the book version to the movie from which it’s adapted, but half of those polled say they prefer to watch a movie first, then pick up its original source.

Respondents don’t mind changes to a story if it improves a movie — but they find straying more than 23% from a source to be a “nuisance.”

The biggest gripe readers have is when a movie’s character drifts too far from their depiction in books — looking at you, Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher — with 52% saying that’s the most bothersome; 27% don’t like it when a movie changes a book’s ending.

The poll also looked into holiday stories, with respondents saying a movie should only be dubbed a “Christmas movie” if there are “Christmas-related characters” or if the movie, “takes place during the season.”

Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas made the cut with 41% of those polled, more than the 26% who celebrate the holidays with Bruce Willis‘ John McClane, and the 20% who say Trading Places is a Christmas must-watch. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan‘s You’ve Got Mail also made that list, according to 14% of those polled.

Survey questions, methodology and results have not been verified or endorsed by ABC News or The Walt Disney Company.

Stevie Nicks and Robert Plant part of lineup for Bonnaroo 2022 festival

January 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Stevie Nicks and Robert Plant are among the many acts set to perform at Bonnaroo 2022, taking place June 16-19 in Manchester, Tennessee.

The Fleetwood Mac singer will headline the festival’s final day, Sunday, June 19. The Led Zeppelin frontman will be performing on Friday, June 17, with acclaimed country-bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, with whom he recorded the 2021 duets album Raise the Roof — a follow-up to their Grammy-winning 2007 collaboration Raising Sand.

Other artists headlining Bonnaroo this year include country group The Chicks, rockers Tool and Machine Gun Kelly, and rappers J. Cole, 21 Savage and Roddy Ricch.

The bill also includes Herbie Hancock, CHVRCHES, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Tove Lo, Puscifer, The War on Drugs, All Time Low and Bleachers.

Additionally, hit songwriter, producer and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff will lead the annual Bonnaroo SuperJam, which will be inspired by the year 1984.

Tickets go on sale this to the general public this Thursday, January 13, at noon CT. For the full lineup and ticket info, visit Bonnaroo.com.

Bonnaroo 2022 will mark the first time the festival has taken place since 2019. After COVID-19 canceled the 2020 event, Bonnaroo was set to return in September 2021 before being scrapped again due to the effects of Hurricane Ida.

Nicks currently has one other performance on her 2022 schedule, taking place at Colorado’s JAS Aspen Snowmass in early September. Plant’s Bonnaroo performance with Krauss will come at the tail end of a brief U.S. tour that the duo have lined up in June in support of Raise the Roof.

Kanye West plans to meet with Russian President Putin and perform Sunday Service

January 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Kayne West once called himself “Young Putin,” and now he reportedly plans to travel to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin.

Yeezy also wants to hold his Sunday Service in Moscow, according to Billboard. West’s strategic advisor, Ameer Sudan, is planning the trip, and says, “Russia is going to be ‘a second home’ for Ye. He will be spending a lot of time out there.” Kanye will apparently explore business and musical opportunities in the country.

The Sunday Service shows will be Ye’s first performances in Russia, and he plans to invite Putin to attend as a special guest.

The 22-time Grammy winner also debuted the black-and-white video for “Heaven and Hell” from his Donda album Monday night during the broadcast of the College Football Playoff national championship game between the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama. Georgia won, 33-15.

The clip shows a dark, impoverished society filled with people wearing black hoodies and the face-obscuring masks Kanye wore during his Donda listening events. On the broadcast, the video segued into a promo for Ye’s Yeezy Gap fashion line and the hoodies worn in the video.

As previously reported, Netflix released a teaser on Monday for a three-part Kanye West documentary titled jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy that will debut February 16 on the streaming platform. The doc’s first act, Vision, will be shown in theaters nationwide on February 10 for a one-day engagement.

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