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Kanye West Joined By Marilyn Manson and Justin Bieber at Sunday Service Concert - Yahoo Entertainment
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Amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Marilyn Manson has found an unlikely ally in Kanye West. After appearing alongside Kanye at a listening event for his latest album, Donda, earlier this year, the disgraced rocker was again spotted with Kanye on Sunday — this time at his Sunday Service gospel concert. What’s more, Justin Bieber was also on hand.
Manson, Bieber, and rapper Roddy Ricch all joined Kanye and his Sunday Service gospel choir for a rooftop performance held on Halloween. All of the parties were dressed entirely in white — with Manson also choosing to obscure his face with a mask. Alongside performances of Donda tracks like “No Child Left Behind” and “Moon” by the Sunday Service choir, Bieber and Ricch also performed a selection of their own songs.
Kanye has seemingly aligned himself with Manson and other controversial figures like DaBaby as a statement against “cancel culture.” But whereas DaBaby has simply faced criticism for things he has said, Manson is the subject of a criminal investigation over his alleged misconduct, as well as a defendant in multiple civil suits. All told, at least 15 different women — including actresses Evan Rachel Wood and Esme Bianco — have accused Manson of horrific acts of sexual abuse and other violent behavior.
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Alec Baldwin and family post Halloween costume pictures after deadly 'Rust' shooting - Fox News
Hilaria Baldwin posted images of husband Alec Baldwin and her young children in Halloween costumes Sunday following a recent on-set shooting in New Mexico in which he was involved that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead.
"Parenting through this has been an intense experience, to say the least," Hilaria Baldwin wrote along with a videos and pictures of her husband and children in costumes. "Today, we rallied to give them a holiday. Last min costumes…a little hodge-podge…but they were so happy and that warmed my mama heart."
Hilaria went on to post emojis that indicated her children give them love. She also issued a heart and a pumpkin emoji in celebration of Halloween.
The Instagram post comes a day after the Baldwins spoke to photographers in Vermont, when Alec said he is cooperating with police and has been speaking to them every day. Baldwin maintained that he could not speak on the active investigation.
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"It's an active investigation in terms of a woman died, she was my friend," Baldwin said.
"We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together, and then this horrible event happened," he added.
Baldwin admitted the fatal shooting on the set is a "one-in-a-trillion event."
Alec Baldwin spoke out in public for the first time since the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. (Fox News Digital)
"There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this," he said. "This is a one in a trillion episode. It's a one in a trillion event."
Baldwin said he is "extremely interested" in limiting the use of firearms on set following the fatal incident.
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The actor revealed he has been speaking to the police every day regarding the ongoing investigation. (Fox News Digital)
In the days after the deadly shooting, Hilaria was spotted driving her husband around a posh ski town. At one point, she can even be seen hiding her head from photographers as the duo tried to keep a low profile amid the investigation into Alec's involvement in an accidental shooting incident that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead.
HILARIA BALDWIN DRIVES HUSBAND ALEC AROUND IN POSH SKI TOWN AFTER DEADLY ‘RUST’ SHOOTING
Fox News' Lauryn Overhultz and Tyler McCarthy contributed to this report.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Brings Lovefests Between Taylor Swift and Carole King, Drew Barrymore and Go-Go’s, and More - Variety
At the 36th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday night — which marking the return of the event to a live setting in Cleveland, after last year’s strictly virtual edition — there were plenty of surprises among the performance choices, which included Taylor Swift opening the show with Carole King’s “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and Paul McCartney and Foo Fighters closing it with “Get Back.” Among those unexpectedly joining jams were Eminem and Jennifer Lopez for LL Cool J, and Keith Urban filling in for Bryan Adams in a Tina Turner medley. Among speeches, the intrigue included Dave Chappelle in person and Barack Obama on tape helping to induct Jay-Z.
The class of 2021 was being honored at Cleveland’s 12,000-capacity Rocket Mortgage Financial Fieldhouse in Cleveland, ushering Carole King, LL Cool J, the Go-Go’s, Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren, Randy Rhoads, Gil Scott-Heron, Kraftwerk, Billy Preston, Charley Patton and music executive Clarence Avent into the hall.
While the action was plentiful on stage, backstage inductees and inductors fielded questions and posed for photos in the press room going on in the press room.
Carole King, who made history as one of three women inducted twice into the Hall, was still clearly moved by Swift’s performance. “I came in briefly when she was rehearsing,” she said. “The version that she did tonight was amazing. She just owned it and she made it her own in a way that I have never heard done that way, and that is my joy as a songwriter, to see how different people interpret a song.”
Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 30, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. Kevin Kane for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
King is already in the hall as a songwriter alongside one-time partner Gerry Goffin, and made history as the third woman to be inducted twice, along with Stevie Nicks and fellow 2021 inductee Tina Turner. Backstage, she talked reverently of Goffin, who died in 2014. “Had he been here tonight, he would be here cheering me on just like in the musical ‘Beautiful’: ‘You’re going all the way.’ He really was a supporter of me, long after we weren’t married anymore,” she said.
Being inducted a second time is different, she said, because she was being inducted for something she never thought she would do, “which was to be a performer. … I feel that as a performer, after all the years I have been actually doing it, was just part of the way that I bring music to people,” she said. “I understand what an audience comes to see. I know they don’t expect perfection, so that’s good. They get the song from the heart with great players.”
Jennifer Hudson and Carole King pose for photos during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. AP
King was clearly the belle of the ball backstage, posing for photos and getting hugs backstage with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Jay-Z, Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, Swift and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, who portrays Aretha Franklin in the film “Respect,” and performed the Goffin-King-written classic, “(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman.”
Also making a stop backstage was Angela Bassett, who portrayed Turner in the movie “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” “I couldn’t say anything but yes,” Bassett said about inducting Turner into the hall. Turner, she said, is an inspiration, “turning pain into power and her hurt into triumph.. and (showed) what is possible for a woman at any age at any stage.”
LL Cool J spoke backstage about hip-hop’s place in the hall and why it is essential, saying he was happy the hall “expanded to include other genres.”
“For me as a kid growing up at a time when they took music out of the schools, at a time the world was really changing, the Bronx was a war zone,” he said. “It changed our lives. Me being a kid from Queens, it gave us an opportunity to express ourselves creatively and artistically and to really level up. It gave us a way to really see the world. As a young Black kid in Queens it made me feel empowered. It was the first time I saw kids that looked like me saying something that sounded powerful because, to be honest, most of the time I saw them on the news was… in handcuffs.” Hip-hop, he said, connected kids and stories “all over the world.”
LL Cool J and Jennifer Lopez perform during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. AP
Asked about which rock ‘n’ roll performer inspired him, LL Cool J did not hesitate to name check Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Billy Squier.
“I would listen to ‘Hey Joe’ consistently. You got guys like Billy Squier, that one song ‘The Big Beat,’ was one if the most important records in the whole hood,” he said. “Bob Dylan, ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues,’ come on, man! The words and the lyrics and the stuff he does in that.” He continued about DJs scratching the drum beats of classic songs with vinyl records, and of Run DMC’s collaboration with Aerosmith for “Walk This Way.” “We appreciate rock ‘n’ roll. We’re not against rock ‘n’ roll. We are not anti- rock ‘n’ roll at all. On the contrary,” he said. “It’s all love.”
The love was reciprocated by Dave Grohl, who gave LL Cool J’s performance an ovation. “I’ve definitely listened me to some Foo,” LL Cool J said, adding that he and Grohl share a birthday, January 14. “We both always laugh about that,” he said.
He then talked about attending country shows and being impressed. “I don’t listen to country music riding in the car, but when you see country music live, these guys are really connected to relationships and telling stories — it’s like hip-hop.”
Asks who he would like to see in the hall next, LL Cool J name-checked Outkast, Eminem, Big Daddy Kane, Eric B and Rakim, KRS 1 and others that did not have mainstream success. “We are all looking for something new and fresh. We all want to hear good music, and I don’t know who it was but they said there was two types of music — good and bad,” he said.
Drew Barrymore wrapped herself in a towel and gave herself a facial to recreate the Go-Gos’ iconic 1981 “Beauty and the Beat” album cover before inducting the band. For Barrymore, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was heaven in a place in earth, as she excitedly inducted a band she discovered when she was 6 years old. “If you’d told tiny me that I’d be up here introducing my heroes into the most notable rock club in human history, I would say, ‘Well, I will do my best to honor these women,’” she said.
Jane Wiedlin, Gina Schock, Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, and Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s pose in the press room during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. AP
“Beauty and the Beat,” she said, “blew the doors off my life… It sounded like pure possibility,” she said as she shared a photo of herself and Carlisle from when she was just 9. “I spent hours staring at that cover and the back side, with all of them in the bathtub — the coolest girls in the world taking a spa day in cool-girl heaven.”
Gary Clark Jr. strapped on a guitar after inducting the late blues legend Charley Patton to perform “High Water Everywhere,” while Brandi Carlile performed “All I Have to Do Is Dream” by the Everly Brothers for the In Memoriam segment, joined by twins Tim and Phil Hanesroth for three-part harmonies that paid homage to the Everlys’ two-part magic.
H.E.R., Brandi Carlile and Mickey Guyton attend the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 30, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. Kevin Mazur for The Rock and Ro
Later, Lionel Richie, who flew in to Cleveland one day after performing a sold-out show at the Wynn in Las Vegas to personality induct Avent into the hall, joked with reporters that he got his energy from drinking “12 cups of coffee.”
“So many people are grateful to you, Clarence,“ he told an emotional Avent, as the exec known affectionately as “the Black Godfather” received the Ahmet Ertegun Award on stage. “You have done so much for me and so many artists, you are truly the Godfather of us all.”
A planned all-star jam of Rolling Stones songs honoring the late Charlie Watts was apparently scrapped due to time constraints.
Paul McCartney, presenter for the Foo Fighters, speaks during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. AP
Prior to entering the event, all attendees were asked to prove proof of vaccination for Covid-19, with rapid tests being administered to all with access to the backstage area. Last year’s ceremony was moved to late fall due to the pandemic, and John Sykes, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation chairman, confirmed to the press backstage that the ceremony will now take place every November, with the next eligible Class of Fame ready to be unveiled in January.
Throughout the weekend inside the hall, fans participated in a virtual fan vote located outside an exhibit of the current inductees, with Motley Crue leading the vote.
Carole King speaks after being inducted in the performer category during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard) AP
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Angelina Jolie Dresses as Adorable Giraffe for Halloween Party With Eternals Cast - E! NEWS
Angelina Jolie went above and beyond to celebrate Halloween with her Eternals co-stars.
In honor of the spooky holiday, Gemma Chan posted never-before-seen pics from the festivities that took place back in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and while the Marvel film was still in production.
On Sunday, Oct. 31, Gemma shared an Instagram carousel of images, including one of Angelina dressed in a cute giraffe onesie as she posed next to fellow cast member Lauren Ridloff. Lauren and Brian Tyree Henry were both channeling the 2019 horror movie Midsommar.
Meanwhile, Gemma went as Uma Thurman's character from 1994's Pulp Fiction, while Richard Madden was a skeleton, complete with painted face and long bony hands.
According to Variety, Angelina threw the bash in the Canary Islands in 2019, while director Chloé Zhao's film was shooting on location. "It was a pre-COVID celebration," cast member Lia McHugh told the publication. "It was really fun."
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Hilaria Baldwin Is Worried Alec Baldwin Will Develop PTSD After Fatal Shooting of Halyna Hutchins - E! NEWS
Hilaria Baldwin is sharing her concerns about husband Alec Baldwin's emotional state after he accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of their movie.
The star's wife made her comments on Saturday, Oct. 30, in a rare interview with The New York Post hours after the actor spoke on-camera for the first time about last week's fatal shooting, answering questions from paparazzi who followed the couple and their six children to Vermont, where they had traveled soon after the incident.
"I brought [Alec] up here because we have to mourn Halyna's death," she said. "Alec had a really traumatic thing happen, and I am trying to limit the PTSD."
She continued, "He needs space for me to take care of him and his mental health. It's an awful thing that happened. Alec feels awful."
Later that day, Hilaria posted on Instagram a photo of herself holding her husband's hand, writing, "I love you and I'm here."
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LL Cool J Surprises Rock Hall With J.Lo & Eminem Collab - Vulture
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Last night, LL Cool J was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he didn’t leave without bringing a few friends onstage. Dr. Dre inducted the hip-hop pioneer with high praise and playful jokes during his speech. LL Cool J performed a number of his hits for the lucky crowd, including “Going Back to Cali.” For his performance of “Rock the Bells,” Cool J surprised fans by introducing fellow rapper Eminem, who swapped verses with him on the track. He then continued with the surprise guests by bringing out Jenny from the Block, Jennifer Lopez, to perform their number-one song, “All I Have.” He has been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame six times since 2010 and made sure to show the Rock Hall why he deserved his spot with his performances Saturday night.
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Kal Penn Comes Out, Announcing Engagement to Partner of Eleven Years - Variety
Kal Penn, the actor best known for his lead role in the “Harold & Kumar” comedy series, has come out, revealing that he is engaged to his partner of eleven years.
Penn gave his story during an interview on this week’s CBS Sunday Morning while promoting his new tell-all memoir “You Can’t Be Serious,” touching on his introduction to acting, his time working with the Obama administration and his relationship with his partner, Josh.
“Josh and I’ve been together for 11 years,” Penn said, discussing how he presented his sexuality in his memoir. “We had our 11th anniversary in October. So, writing about it… it’s very matter-of-fact in our lives, and when you’re the son of Indian immigrants who says that you want to be an actor, the chaos that that creates in your family and your community, will trump anything else, always.”
After moving to Los Angeles to work as an actor, Penn broke out with the 2004 comedy “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” alongside his co-star John Cho. The film spawned two sequels and led Penn to other projects, including the 2006 drama “Namesake” and the Fox series “House.”
Penn also took a hiatus from acting to campaign for President Barack Obama. He went on to work within the administration in the office of public engagement, working to connect Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Penn met his fiancé during his time working in Washington, D.C.
“I discovered my own sexuality relatively late in life compared to many other people,” Penn later told told People magazine. “There’s no timeline on this stuff. People figure their shit out at different times in their lives, so I’m glad I did when I did.”
“I’ve always been very public [about my relationship] with everybody I’ve personally interacted with,” Penn continued. “I’m really excited to share our relationship with readers. But Josh, my partner, my parents, and my brother, four people who I’m closest to in the family, are fairly quiet. They don’t love attention and shy away from the limelight.”
Simon & Schuster will release “You Can’t Be Serious” on Nov. 2.
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Jay-Z Inducted Into Rock Hall Of Fame By Obama, Dave Chappelle: 'He Is Hip-Hop, Forever’ - HuffPost
In just his first year of eligibility, “Brooklyn’s finest,” Jay-Z, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on Saturday night among a class that included The Go-Go’s, Carole King, Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren, and Foo Fighters.
But only a hip-hop legend of his caliber, who’s been a driving force in the music industry for over two decades, was honored with a speech by a former president. Barack Obama, who previously paid tribute to Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter when he became the first rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, delivered moving remarks about how Jay-Z’s music has served as a soundtrack to some of his most pivotal moments.
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“I’ve turned to Jay-Z’s words at different points in my life, whether I was brushing dirt off my shoulder on the campaign trail, or sampling his lyrics on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 50th anniversary of the Selma march to Montgomery,” Obama said in a taped video message. “Today, Jay-Z is one of the most renowned artists in history and an embodiment of the American dream, a dream he has helped make real for other young people like him.”
His comments arrived after a star-studded video introduction for the hip-hop mogul, which featured his wife Beyoncé and their daughter Blue Ivy Carter reciting some of Jay-Z’s most famous lyrics alongside LeBron James, Rihanna, Chris Rock, Sean Combs, Samuel L. Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Queen Latifah and many more.
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But only one major Jay-Z fan chose to honor the rapper in person: The controversial comedian Dave Chappelle, who permanently resides in Ohio, appeared at the ceremony as the final induction speaker.
After a “massive ovation from the crowd,” per Rolling Stone, Chappelle began his remarks by saying, “I would like to apologize to … Nah, I’m just fucking with you,” presumably referencing the backlash to the transphobic material in his recent Netflix special, “The Closer.” Since its release, Chappelle has defiantly stood by his jokes despite the pushback on Netflix’s support of the special, which resulted in employees staging a walkout in protest of how the company has handled the response.
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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos was actually on site for the ceremony, posing with Chappelle backstage after his remarks.
But the comedian kept his attention turned to the “incredible honor” of inducting a man who’s inspired him and the Black community, telling the crowd, “I need everybody around the world to know: Even though you are honoring him, he is ours. He is hip-hop, forever and ever and a day.”
Chronicling Jay-Z’s life from a boy raised in Brooklyn housing projects to the man who became one of the best-selling musicians of all time, Chappelle emphatically said, “What’s most important for everyone in this room to know is what it means to us, what he means to his culture.”
“We love him more than you could ever recognize or even realize because he embodies the potential of what our lives can be and what success can be,” he added.
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Eventually, Jay-Z himself took the stage, joking that all of the evening’s praise was “trying to make me cry in front of all these white people.”
“Growing up, we didn’t think we could be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” he said at the start of his speech. “We were told that hip-hop was a fad. Much like punk rock, it gave us this anti-culture, this sub-genre, and there were heroes in it.”
He went on to pay respect to some his own musical influences, including Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Chuck D and fellow inductee LL Cool J. He also shouted out his former manager Damon Dash, with whom he and Kareem “Biggs” Burke created the company Roc-A-Fella Records, which spawned his groundbreaking 1996 debut album “Reasonable Doubt” and many others.
Jay-Z concluded his speech by recalling how Obama asked him to campaign during his 2008 presidential run. “That showed me the power of hip-hop, the power of these heroes who let me know that these things are possible,” he said. “Hopefully I’m informing the next generation that anything is possible.”
The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air as an HBO special starting Nov. 20.
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Alec Baldwin returns to Twitter with political jab after 'Rust' shooting incident - Fox News
Alec Baldwin returned to somewhat normal Twitter behavior this week for the first time since an on-set shooting he was involved in left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead.
Baldwin issued a statement the day after the incident noting that he is cooperating with authorities as they investigate and offered his condolences to Hutchins’ family. Since then, he was completely silent on social media as he and his wife Hilaria traveled to New England.
On Saturday, Baldwin seemingly returned to business as usual on social media, first by complimenting the Halloween costume of actor and comedian Mario Cantone. He then retweeted a thread about the importance of teachers.
Finally, he returned to commenting on politics Saturday night in response to political author Kurt Anderson, who asked his followers for examples of other "once-great American institutions misleadingly operating under their old names?"
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"The federal government," Baldwin responded.
He made the comments on the same day he spoke publicly for the first time about the shooting to reporters in New England.
The 63-year-old began by noting he cannot comment on the investigation into the death of Hutchins.
Alec Baldwin spoke with reporters about the deadly on-set shooting on the movie 'Rust.' (Fox News Digital)
"It's an active investigation in terms of a woman died, she was my friend," Baldwin said.
"We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together, and then this horrible event happened," he added.
Baldwin suggested the fatal shooting on the set is a "one in a trillion event."
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"There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this," he added. "This is a one in a trillion episode. It's a one in a trillion event."
District attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies speaks at a news conference on Oct. 27. (REUTERS/Adria Malcolm)
Previously, the actor took to Twitter one day after the shooting to share his initial thoughts with the public.
"There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours," he wrote at the time.
Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of ‘Rust.’ (Mat Hayward/Getty Images for AMC Networks)
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"I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna," the actor concluded.
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Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza previously noted that criminal charges are on the table for Baldwin when it comes to the investigation into Hutchins' death. However, he also stated in subsequent interviews that investigators are looking into how live ammunition made it to the set and into the gun and who is responsible for that.
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Taylor Swift Sizzles in Her Riskiest Outfit Yet at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony - E! NEWS
Taylor Swift swapped her "cardigan" for something a little edgier!
The Grammy-winning musician stole the show with her head-turning fashion moment and electrifying performance at the 36th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 30. Taking to the stage at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Ohio, Taylor paid tribute to 2021 inductee Carole King by singing a cover of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow."
Of course, the 31-year-old star's performance wasn't the only thing worth noting that night.
To mark the special occasion, the "Lover" singer also dressed to impress with one of her more risqué looks yet.
Case in point? Taylor donned a skin-tight catsuit by Sarah Regensburger and Greta Constantine that featured black lace over glimmering gold sequins. She accessorized with black Louis Vuitton ankle boots and Djula jewelry. The "Style" artist's glam was also on point as she opted for an effortless wavy hairstyle and shimmery eyeshadow.
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Live From the Rock Hall Induction, It’s Chappelle’s Show - Vulture
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Amid ongoing controversy involving his new Netflix comedy special The Closer, Dave Chappelle appeared as a special guest at this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, where he inducted his longtime friend Jay-Z with the help of a pre-recorded video from Barack Obama. The comedian
didn’t use his speech as an echo chamber to further address the special’s backlash, which has been generating a constant stream of headlines since its release earlier this month. Well, okay, maybe a little. “I would like to apologize,” Chappelle began. “I’m just fucking with you.” Now back to Hova.
“This is an incredible honor to induct this next man into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But I need everybody in rock and roll know that even though we are honoring him, he is ours. He is hip-hop,” he said. “Forever and ever and a day. I could sit up here tonight, I could talk about his acumen as businessman. I could talk about his accomplishments in music. But I think what’s most important for everyone in this room to know is what it means to us, what he means to his culture. Being Black in America is not as easy as it looks. It’s always … ‘don’t do this, or else. Don’t say this, or else.’” Chappelle recounted Jay-Z’s origin story in the Brooklyn housing projects, and how his “ascension through American life” began while dealing drugs and writing.
“In the music industry they call him ‘one-take Hov.’ He said it about himself, but you don’t know why he said it,” Chappelle continued. “Because when he was hustling, because he used to sell crack. Oh, don’t get it twisted. American pie is not made out of apples. It’s made out of whatever you get your fucking hands on. He used to sell crack. He didn’t have anything to write his rhymes on and he would sit there and he would just write down whatever. He would memorize all these thoughts that came to his mind, an avalanche of ideas. And he would just be catching rainwater.” To celebrate how Jay-Z embodies Black excellence, Chappelle allowed himself one joke:
With success comes co-option. And he never let that get him. The way a white person might hear his music is not the same the way someone from [the] Marcy [projects] would. Well, he’s said, “This is Jay every day.” He told us he’d never change. Probably says the white person, “Well, maybe this guy should focus on his development.” But what we heard is that he’ll never forget us. He will always remember us. That we are his point of reference, that he is going to show us how far we can go if we just get hold of the opportunity. For this, we will always love him, we always treasure him.
Interestingly, the Rock Hall has embraced the tradition of comedians giving induction speeches in recent years: David Letterman, a stealth Jay-Z fan, inducted Pearl Jam and their “entire balcony” of drummers in 2017, while Howard Stern did the raunchy honors for Bon Jovi in 2018. Netflix seems to be embodying that “This Is Fine” dog meme in the meantime.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Dune Wins Halloween Frame w/ $15.53M; My Hero Academia Debuts in 4th ($6.4M); Last Night in Soho ($4.22M) & Antlers ($4.2M) Disappoint - Boxoffice Pro
Despite the opening of no fewer than three titles in wide release this weekend (Last Night in Soho, Antlers and My Hero Academia) and the expansion of The French Dispatch into 788 theaters, Warner Bros.’ Dune easily retained the top spot at the box office in its sophomore frame with an estimated $15.53M, marking a rather steep 62% decline from its $41M debut. Mixed results were in store for the remainder of the weekend’s new titles, whose grosses were depressed in part due to Halloween falling on a Sunday.
As a big-budget tentpole, Dune had little direct competition this weekend, though as with previous HBO Max day-and-date titles – namely The Suicide Squad and Mortal Kombat, both of which dropped over 70% in their sophomore frames – it suffered a relatively steep decline. The $165M-budgeted title, which had a sequel greenlit by the studio last week, has taken in $69.4M in North America to date. Unfortunately, the Dennis Villeneuve-directed adaptation is facing down next weekend’s release of Marvel’s Eternals, which will surely dominate the box office and gobble up a substantial portion of Dune’s intended audience.
Buoyed by the titular holiday, and despite competition from two new horror films, Halloween Kills finished in second place in its third weekend with an estimated $8.5M, a drop of just 41%. The total for the horror sequel now stands at $85.63M, which is about 57% of what its predecessor – which debuted exclusively in theaters pre-pandemic – had at the same point in its run.
No Time to Die eased just 36% to third place with an estimated $7.82M, bringing the James Bond entry to $133.33M through the end of its fourth weekend. Not adjusting for inflation, the MGM/UA release is running about even with 2006’s Casino Royale at the same point in its run.
Debuting in fourth place was Funimation’s My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission, which holds strong appeal among fans of the ongoing anime franchise. The prior two theatrical entries in the series – 2020’s My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising ($13.3M domestic total) and 2018’s My Hero Academia: Two Heroes ($5.8M domestic) – previously scored healthy limited-time runs in North America. Though it debuted in just 1,602 locations, World Heroes’ Mission leapfrogged over the weekend’s two higher-profile newcomers, Last Night in Soho and Antlers, to gross an estimated $6.4M.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage finished in fifth place in its fifth weekend with an estimated $5.75M, for a total of $190.44M to date. The antihero sequel is running just slightly behind the first Venom, which had $198.69M by the same point in its run, and will soon surpass the $200M mark — making it just the second film in the pandemic era to cross that threshold.
Falling below expectations in its opening frame was Focus Features’ Last Night in Soho, the latest film from director Edgar Wright. The horror-thriller, which finished neck-and-neck with the weekend’s other horror newcomer Antlers, was never expected to perform at the level of Wright’s last movie — the more traditional Baby Driver, which took in over $107M in North America in 2017 — and yet with just $4.22M from 3,016 locations, Soho came in under even the most conservative projections heading into the weekend. Though it received generally positive reviews, its difficult-to-market time-travel premise made it a tougher sell to mainstream audiences. Speaking of audience, the film skewed slightly male, with men making up 57% of the opening weekend turnout. The studio notes that Soho performed best on the coasts, with Los Angeles and New York making up nearly a quarter of the weekend audience.
Coming in just below Soho in seventh place — though their positions could switch once actuals are tallied on Monday — was Searchlight Pictures’ Antlers, which took in an estimated $4.2M from 2,800 locations. The Scott Cooper-directed film, which was originally slated for release in April 2020, simply couldn’t compete in a weekend crowded with other horror titles including Halloween Kills and Soho. The audience was nearly two-thirds male (59% vs. 41% female) and 69% under the age of 35.
After opening to a not-great $7.3M last weekend, Disney/20th Century Studios’ Ron’s Gone Wrong grossed an estimated $3.8M in its second frame, a drop of 48%. The animated title has taken in an underwhelming $12.6M to date.
In ninth place was The Addams Family 2, which grossed an estimated $3.28M in its fifth weekend, a drop of just 27%. The spooky animated title, which clearly benefitted from the Halloween frame, has a decent $52.86M to date – significantly below that of the first Addams Family by the same point in its run in 2019, though of course that film didn’t have a day-and-date release on VOD.
The French Dispatch grossed an estimated $2.76M in its expansion from 52 to 788 locations after the Wes Anderson title debuted to a solid $1.35M last weekend. The per-screen average for the oddball comedy was $3,503; its domestic total is now $4.64M.
OVERSEAS
Dune grossed an estimated $21.4M from 75 markets, giving it an overseas total of $222.7M and a worldwide total of $292.1M. To date, the sci-fi epic has grossed $33M in China, $29M in France, $21M in Russia, $19.9M in Germany and $18.1M in the U.K.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage also took in an estimated $21.4M, from 53 markets, bringing its international tally to $205.4M and its global total to $395.8M. The film’s top-grossing territories are Russia ($31.2M), Mexico ($21.5M), the U.K. ($20.2M), South Korea ($16.8M) and Brazil ($10.1M).
| Title | Estimated weekend | % change | Locations | Location change | Average | Total | Weekend | Distributor |
| Dune | $15,530,000 | -62% | 4,125 | n/c | $3,765 | $69,401,232 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| Halloween Kills | $8,500,000 | -41% | 3,616 | -111 | $2,351 | $85,633,610 | 3 | Universal |
| No Time to Die | $7,818,525 | -36% | 3,507 | -300 | $2,229 | $133,329,260 | 4 | United Artists / MGM |
| My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission | $6,401,452 | 1,581 | $4,048 | $6,401,452 | 1 | FUNimation | ||
| Venom: Let There be Carnage | $5,750,000 | -38% | 3,278 | -235 | $1,754 | $190,441,558 | 5 | Sony Pictures |
| Antlers | $4,160,000 | 2,800 | $1,486 | $4,160,000 | 1 | Searchlight | ||
| Last Night in Soho | $4,160,000 | 3,016 | $1,379 | $4,160,000 | 1 | Focus Features | ||
| Ron’s Gone Wrong | $3,828,000 | -48% | 3,560 | n/c | $1,075 | $12,639,987 | 2 | 20th Century Studios |
| The Addams Family 2 | $3,276,353 | -27% | 2,757 | -150 | $1,188 | $52,857,872 | 5 | United Artists |
| The French Dispatch | $2,759,000 | 105% | 788 | 736 | $3,501 | $4,636,210 | 2 | Searchlight |
| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $1,078,000 | -47% | 1,115 | -485 | $967 | $222,758,241 | 9 | Walt Disney |
| The Last Duel | $558,000 | -73% | 950 | -2,115 | $587 | $10,076,470 | 3 | 20th Century Studios |
| A Quiet Place Part II | $88,000 | 615 | $143 | $160,160,261 | 23 | Paramount | ||
| Free Guy | $77,000 | -69% | 185 | -195 | $416 | $121,395,119 | 12 | 20th Century Studios |
| Candyman | $59,000 | -63% | 659 | -127 | $90 | $61,130,565 | 10 | Universal |
| Heart of Champions | $37,000 | 102 | $363 | $37,000 | 1 | Vertical | ||
| Lamb | $36,790 | -77% | 145 | -290 | $254 | $2,676,410 | 4 | A24 |
| Jungle Cruise | $34,000 | -45% | 100 | -45 | $340 | $116,903,599 | 14 | Walt Disney |
| Dear Evan Hansen | $30,000 | -74% | 292 | -197 | $103 | $14,899,905 | 6 | Universal |
| The Souvenir Part II | $26,485 | 3 | $8,828 | $26,485 | 1 | A24 | ||
| Mass | $18,456 | -22% | 77 | 18 | $240 | $122,200 | 4 | Bleecker Street |
| The Eyes of Tammy Faye | $5,000 | -48% | 20 | -5 | $250 | $2,397,200 | 7 | Searchlight |
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Dune Wins Halloween Frame w/ $15.53M; My Hero Academia Debuts in 4th ($6.4M); Last Night in Soho ($4.22M) & Antlers ($4.2M) Disappoint - Boxoffice Pro
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