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Nicole Kidman, Pedro Pascal and more announced as final Oscars presenters

March 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The final presenters for the 98th Oscars have been revealed.

Rose Byrne, Nicole Kidman, Jimmy Kimmel, Delroy Lindo, Ewan McGregor, Wagner Moura, Pedro Pascal, Bill Pullman, Lewis Pullman, Channing Tatum and Sigourney Weaver will take to the Oscars stage to present awards at this year’s ceremony, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.

They join the previously announced presenters Javier Bardem, Chris Evans, Chase Infiniti, Demi Moore, Kumail Nanjiani, Maya Rudolph, Will Arnett, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Hathaway, Paul Mescal and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Also presenting are Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Mikey Madison and Zoe Saldaña, who will all return to the awards ceremony after winning Oscars last year.

Additionally, Matt Berry will serve as the show’s announcer.

A post on the academy’s official Instagram tells audiences to “tune in Sunday for more surprises.”

Conan O’Brien will host the awards ceremony for the second time, while Raj Kapoor serves as executive producer and showrunner and Katy Mullan executive produces.

The Oscars will take place Sunday at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The show will air live on ABC and will also stream live on Hulu.

Jay Weinberg selling used drum kits, masks & outfits from time in Slipknot

March 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg is selling personally used items from his days with the masked metallers in his own shop on the online gear marketplace Reverb.

The shop will include drum kits and accessories, as well as stage-worn masks and outfits, plus signed memorabilia.

Also available will be the kit that Jay played on Bruce Springsteen’s 2009 Working on a Dream tour, during which he filled in for his dad, usual E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg.

Jay’s Reverb shop will launch March 18. For more info, visit Reverb.com.

Jay parted ways with Slipknot in 2023. He released his debut solo single, “Sandstone,” in 2025.

Another new song, called “Drone Operator,” is due out Friday.

Nashville notes: CMHoF welcomes Clint Black exhibit + Brandy Clark show

March 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Conner Smith’s new album, Stories I’ve Never Told — Acoustic Tapes, will arrive on Friday, featuring six songs Conner wrote, as well as a cover of Zac Brown Band’s “Free.” He’s currently working on more new music to arrive later this year.

Clint Black’s new exhibit, The Hard Way on Purpose, is set to open at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on April 22. Scheduled to run through August 2027, it coincides with his autobiography, Killin’ Time: My Life and Music, which comes out May 19.

Brandy Clark will bring her Art of the Storyteller tour to the CMA Theater in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on April 21, with Walker Hayes set to open. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Marcello Hernandez wears Harry Styles’ clothes in new ‘SNL’ promo

March 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Marcello Hernandez does his best Harry Styles impression in a new promo for Saturday Night Live.

Harry will host and be the musical guest on the March 14 installment of the show. In the promo, Marcello dons Harry’s outfit from the BRIT Awards and apes his dance moves as he makes his way to the stage of Studio 8H, while Harry’s song “American Girls” plays. He steps to the mic, only to be interrupted by the real Harry, standing in the back of the studio with Kenan Thompson.

“What are you doing, Marcello?”

“Nothing, Harry Styles,” says Marcello, knocking the mic to the floor.

“Are those my clothes?” Harry asks.

“Yeah, sorry. I thought you weren’t coming,” Marcello replies. “I thought I would just go on as your understudy.”

“Understudy? I’m 15 minutes late because Kenan and I went out for pain au chocolat,” Harry responds, as he and Kenan hold up the French pastries. “It’s a tradition when I host.” To be clear, Harry has only hosted the show once before.

“Tsk tsk, Marcello. You forgot the pain au chocolat,” Kenan scolds.

“I’m sorry, I just wanted to help,” Marcello says. “If you want to help, hold my pain au chocolat,” says Harry.

Marcello quickly exits the stage, while Harry gets behind the mic and says, “See you on Saturday.”

Yes to release expanded edition of 2019 mini album ‘From a Page’

March 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Yes is set to release an expanded and remastered edition of their four-song mini album From a Page.

Originally released in 2019, From a Page featured previously unreleased tracks taken from 2010 Yes recording sessions for the album that would eventually become 2011’s Fly From Here.

The new reissue is now being expanded to 15 tracks, made up of the four original songs, plus alternative takes and demos of songs, some of which wound up on Fly From Here.

The new reissue was overseen by Oliver Wakeman, son of Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who produced the original From a Page release and also played in the band from 2009 to 2011.

From a Page (Deluxe Edition) will be released April 24 as a two-CD or two-LP box set. The CD set includes a booklet with expanded liner notes from Oliver Wakeman, a poster and five art cards.

From a Page (Deluxe Edition) is available for preorder now.

Kix Brooks offers Hope on the Inside through writers round

March 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Country Music Hall of Famers Kix Brooks and Vince Gill are coming together for a writers round in Nashville to raise money for a nonprofit Kix co-founded.

Kix started Hope on the Inside with fellow Louisiana native Briana Calhoun in 2023 to help people in correctional facilities.

“I can’t wait to share what is going to be a really special night with some of Nashville’s most prolific songwriters, great artists and inspiring stories,” Briana says. “Hope on the Inside’s mission and success in rehabilitation support programs is offering true second chances to those who might otherwise never get one.”

Kix and Vince will be joined by legendary songwriters Bob DiPiero and Tim Nichols. Bob wrote George Strait’s “Blue Clear Sky” and Faith Hill’s “Take Me As I Am,” while Tim is the force behind Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying” and Jo Dee Messina’s “Head Carolina, Tails California.”

Tickets for the April 2 show at Nashville’s Listening Room are on sale now.

After calling out Timothée Chalamet, Doja Cat admits, ‘I’ve never been to a ballet. I’ve never seen an opera’

March 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

In response to Timothée Chalamet’s claim that “no one cares” about opera or ballet, Doja Cat posted and then deleted a TikTok calling out the actor for his comments. Now she’s coming clean about the fact that her Chalamet response was just “virtue signaling.”

In her deleted TikTok addressed to Timothée, Doja said, “Your industry has a tough time. My industry has a tough time. Doesn’t mean people don’t care about it. People care. … There’s still an audience. People give a f***.”

But Doja said in a follow-up TikTok, “I am gonna come out and just say that I know nothing about opera. I know nothing about ballet.” She added, “I’ve never been to a ballet. I’ve never seen an opera.”

“What I was doing yesterday was virtue signaling, because I wanted to connect, and I knew that Timothée’s goof-up was something that I could leverage in order for people to connect with me and f*** with me,” she said.

“And it’s easy,” she continued. “It’s a modern way to garner clicks, likes, approval and all kinds of things like that from people. And so I did that yesterday, and I didn’t really think about why I was doing it. … Am I proud of it? No.”

She concluded, “It just kind of furthers the fact that sometimes I think s*** and then I’m like, ‘Never mind.’ So never mind.”

Melissa Auf der Maur to guest on Billy Corgan’s ’The Magnificent Others’ podcast

March 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Melissa Auf der Maur will be the next guest on Billy Corgan’s podcast, The Magnificent Others.

The episode will premiere on March 17, the same day the former Hole bassist, who also briefly played with Corgan in The Smashing Pumpkins, releases her memoir, Even the Good Girls Will Cry.

“The two revisit their time together in The Smashing Pumpkins, while reflecting on their origins in the alternative rock scene and the personal stories that inspired Auf der Maur’s memoir,” a press release says of the conversation.

Along with putting out a book, Auf der Maur will be playing shows with former bandmate Courtney Love. After teasing the shows as a “tour,” Love clarified a Hole reunion is still not happening.

Kate Winslet in talks to join ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’: Report

March 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Kate Winslet might just be making her way to The Shire.

The Oscar winner is in talks to star as the female lead in the upcoming film The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, Deadline reports. The specific role she would play has not been revealed.

Warner Bros. Pictures had no comment when reached by ABC Audio.

The upcoming film is set to debut in movie theaters on Dec. 17, 2027. Andy Serkis, who has played Gollum in The Lord of the Rings franchise for decades, will direct it.

Peter Jackson and his partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens will produce The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, with the studio saying the creatives will be on board every step of the way.

“Yesssss, Precious. The time has come once more to venture into the unknown with my dear friends, the extraordinary and incomparable guardians of Middle-earth Peter, Fran and Philippa,” Serkis said at the time the project was announced.

Jackson, Walsh and Boyens also shared a joint statement.

“It is an honour and a privilege to travel back to Middle-earth with our good friend and collaborator, Andy Serkis, who has unfinished business with that Stinker – Gollum!” they said.

Sir Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf the Grey in the original trilogy, revealed details about the upcoming film at the For the Love of Fantasy fan event in August 2025.

“I hear there’s going to be another movie based in Middle-earth, and it’s going to start filming in May. It’s going to be directed by Gollum, and it’s all about Gollum,” McKellen said.

“I’ll tell you two secrets about the casting: There’s a character in the movie called Frodo, and there’s a character in the movie called Gandalf,” McKellen said. “Apart from that, my lips are sealed!”

See what happens when Chris Janson teams up with David Lee Murphy for ‘Fun’

March 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The men behind “Buy Me a Boat” and “Dust on the Bottle” are getting together to have some “Fun.”

Chris Janson teased his new collaboration with David Lee Murphy on his socials on Wednesday.

“They can’t say we didn’t have fun! New song and music video feat. @davidleemurphy out Friday,” he revealed, along with a snippet of the video.

“We had a truckload of it/ Fun/ Yeah, we couldn’t get enough of it/ Fun’s what you get when we all get together/ Say what you want, but you can’t say we didn’t have fun,” the two sing in a clip that shows them doing exactly that.

“Fun” follows “Easy to Love, Harder to Hold,” which Chris put out at the end of January.

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