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Honorees for the 2025 Critics Choice Association’s eighth annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television have been announced, with Spike Lee, Ryan Coogler and Sterling K. Brown among those being celebrated.

Spike will receive the Career Achievement Award in recognition of filmography over the course of his career. Coogler will be honored with the Director Award for his work on Sinners. Brown will be presented with the Actor Award – Series for his work in Hulu’s Paradise.

Others being honored include Vanguard Award recipient David Alan Grier and Comedy Award winner Janelle James. Tessa Thompson will be given the Actress Award – Film for her performance in Hedda, with Jurnee Smollett receiving the the Actress Award – Series for her work in Apple TV’s Smoke.

One Battle After Another stars Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor and Chase Infiniti will be honored with the Ensemble Award, and Damson Idris will receive the Supporting Actor Award – Film for his work in F1.

The CCA’s Celebration of Black Cinema & Television will take place Dec. 9 in Los Angeles with Jay Pharoah taking on hosting duties. A list of the honorees can be found at criticschoice.com.

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Brett Young will perform his latest hit, “Drink with You,” Wednesday on the syndicated The Kelly Clarkson Show.

You can check out Live from Indiana versions of The Band Loula‘s “Who Gets to Heaven (Nobody Knows),” as well as a cover of Johnny Cash‘s “Folsom Prison Blues.” They were recorded July 19 on Dierks Bentley‘s Broken Branches Tour. 

The debut album from Kashus Culpepper, Act I, is set to arrive Friday, along with the music video for “Mean to Me.”

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After teaming with Cardi B on songs “Ring” and “Safe,” Kehlani opened up about their friendship in a Billboard Family interview conducted by her daughter, Adeya Nomi Parrish Young-White.

“She’s really herself and she knows how to be herself all the time. And she’s not afraid of what the world is going to say about her being herself,” Kehlani said of Cardi. “And she just makes you want to root for her because she’s really loving and she doesn’t care what anybody thinks, and I think we could all use a little bit of that.”

Kehlani also spoke to Adeya about her song “Folded,” which she says she created while on a work trip in Miami. 

As for why she decided to release it, she says, “I just really thought it was a really cool way to come back into music after I hadn’t put out music for a while, and I was pretty confident about it. I thought it was a good song.”

Kehlani added the follow-up “Folded” TikTok challenge “just happened naturally” and shared her reaction to seeing Brandy sing a cover of the song.

“It was really crazy. She’s my favorite,” Kehlani told Adeya for Billboard. “She’ll be your favorite, too, one day.”

She also revealed she has a new album coming out in 2026.

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Nathaniel Rateliff has joined the lineup for the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Previously announced presenters and performers include Twenty One Pilots, Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Iggy Pop, Beck, Alice in Chains‘ Jerry Cantrell and Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless.

The inductees include The White Stripes, Soundgarden, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Outkast and Cyndi Lauper.

The 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony takes place Nov. 8 in Los Angeles and will stream live on Disney+.

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Phil Collins may have retired from touring, but his music is going on the road next year. 

The Phil Collins Story, described as a “docu-concert” and an “immersive musical journey,” will visit 50 North American cities in 2026, starting Feb. 11 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The production features live musicians and state-of-the-art audio, projections and lighting. It will cover Phil’s entire career, from his time with Genesis through his solo career and his work with Disney on projects like Tarzan.

The project is written and staged by Dean Elliott, who created a similar production, The Simon & Garfunkel Story, which is currently touring the world. Dean says in a statement, “It is truly an honor to collaborate on a project celebrating the music of Phil Collins. His work continues to inspire global audiences, and we’re excited to bring that energy to the stage.”

Collins, whose final show with Genesis was in 2022, has dealt with a variety of health issues that prevent him from playing the drums. He was hospitalized last summer for knee surgery and was not able to join his bandmates in September for press appearances for the new 50th anniversary reissue of the Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, also due to health issues.

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Dream Theater has announced a new box set dubbed The Studio Albums 1992-2016.

As its title suggests, the package includes each Dream Theater album from their 1992 record, Images and Words, through 2016’s The Astonishing, all spread across 14 CDs. 

Meanwhile, if CDs aren’t your jam, Dream Theater has also announced the third and final installment of their vinyl reissue series. Dream Theater Vol. 3, which follows the previously released Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, collects 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings, 2011’s A Dramatic Turn of Events, 2013’s Dream Theater and The Astonishing across 10 LPs.

Both The Studio Albums 1992-2016 and Dream Theater Vol. 3 will be released Nov. 21. Preorders are open now.

Dream Theater is currently on tour in support of their latest album, Parasomnia, their first with returning original drummer Mike Portnoy in 16 years.

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Kenny Chesney will return to Sphere Las Vegas in 2026, booking five shows that start June 19 and run through June 27. 

Even if you were there as he became the first country artist to headline the innovative venue earlier this year, the new concerts won’t be exactly the same. 

“You can’t truly understand until you start playing music with all the people there, feeling that energy and the way the visuals and the songs just consume people,” Kenny says. “The more I watched the fans having this experience I’m sure they couldn’t imagine, the more ideas I had – both to reconfigure some of last year’s songs, and a few songs that seemed like they should get this immersive treatment – and wanted to do.”

Tickets for the new dates go on sale Oct. 31.

“I think there are so many ways for people to play this venue, but I feel pretty sure nobody has had more fun there, brought more joy – or that freewheeling Sandbar experience – than No Shoes Nation,” Kenny continues. “And wherever they sat, we could hear ‘em, too. So, if you didn’t get to see it, c’mon! And if you did, well, come live those songs again – because this isn’t something you get to do every single year!”

Kenny’s book, Heart Life Music, comes out Nov. 4. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday, Oct. 19.

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You can catch a glimpse at Lainey Wilson‘s first big-screen role in the new trailer for Reminders of Him.

Lainey appears about a minute into the clip, meeting the film’s main character, Kenna, played by Maika Monroe.

“What’s your trauma?” Lainey’s character, Amy, asks. The two go on to become friends and co-workers, as Kenna struggles to rebuild her life after a tragic car accident that sent her to prison. 

The movie’s based on Colleen Hoover‘s 2022 bestseller of the same name, and follows the successful adaptation of her book It Ends with Us in 2024.

Reminders of Him also stars Gilmore Girls‘ Lauren Graham and The West Wing‘s Bradley Whitford. It’s set to open in theaters March 13, 2026. 

Lainey made her acting debut in season 5 of Yellowstone, in a role creator Taylor Sheridan wrote specifically for her. Reminders of Him is her first time in a major motion picture. 

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