Month: September 2023

The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were held on Tuesday night at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Taylor Swift was the big winner of the evening earning nine awards, including Video of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects all for “Anti-Hero,” Album of the Year for Midnights, plus Artist of the Year and Show of the Summer.

Swift’s first award of the night was handed out by the reunited members of NSYNC, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, and Chris Kirkpatrick.  Swift became the first artist to win Video of the Year two years in a row, and extended her record for the most wins in that category to four.

Nicki Minaj hosted and performed during the show, while Sean “Diddy” Combs was honored with the Global Icon Award and performed hits from throughout his 30-year career, and Shakira accepted the Video Vanguard Award and gave a performance of her biggest hits.

For the full list of winners, head to: www.mtv.com.

Editorial credit: rafapress / Shutterstock.com

Netflix’s The Crown took to social media to share a first look at what’s ahead in the show’s sixth, and final season.

The series posted on X: “After six seasons, seven years and three casts, The Crown comes to an end later this year. Here’s a hint at what’s to come in our final season,” and showed an official pamphlet that read: “Service of Prayer and Dedication Following the Marriage of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall” (meaning that the show will cover King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s 2005 wedding).

Then referred to as the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the current King and Queen were married in Windsor on April 9th, 2005. In addition to their union, the sixth season of The Crown will also cover young Prince Harry’s Nazi Halloween costume scandal.

The Crown Season Six has yet to receive an official release date.

Editorial credit: JOCA_PH / Shutterstock.com

According to Page Six, Chris Evans and girlfriend Alba Baptista tied the knot on Saturday, September 9.

People said that Chris and Alba tied the knot at a private estate in Cape Cod, and the couple’s wedding was a very private affair, with reports that guests had to sign NDAs and were not allowed to use their phones. Famous names on the guest list included John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Jeremy Renner.

Evans, 42, and Baptista, 26, made their relationship public shortly after the 2022 holiday season, with Evans sharing a glimpse of their romance via social media. “A look back at 2022 ,” he captioned an Instagram post in January.

The couple were first linked in 2021 after fans noticed that Baptista had followed Evans and some of his family members on Instagram. In November 2022, the twosome were spotted holding hands while out and about in New York City.

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com

Drew Barrymore announced that Season 4 of her daytime talk show ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ will begin taping this month amid the ongoing Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes. Paramount announced last week that the talk show would return for the fall season with “a lineup of cutting-edge guests and key influencers.” While upcoming guests have yet to be named; and members of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) have been on strike since mid-July.

In a lengthy Instagram post, Barrymore confirmed reports that her daytime talk show would be returning for its fourth season in the midst of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Barrymore’s statement read: “I made a choice to walk away from the MTV, film and television awards because I was the host and it had a direct conflict with what the strike was dealing with which was studios, streamers, film, and television. It was also in the first week of the strike and so I did what I thought was the appropriate thing at the time to stand in solidarity with the writers … And to be clear, our talk show actually wrapped on April 20th so we never had to shut down the show. However, I am also making the choice to come back for the first time in this strike for our show, that may have my name on it but this is bigger than just me. I own this choice. We are in compliance with not discussing or promoting film and television that is struck of any kind.”

Barrymore went on to say: “We launched live in a global pandemic. Our show was built for sensitive times and has only functioned through what the real world is going through in real time. I want to be there to provide what writers do so well, which is a way to bring us together or help us make sense of the human experience. I hope for a resolve for everyone as soon as possible. We have navigated difficult times since we first came on air. And so I take a step forward to start season 4 once again with an astute humility.”

When ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ returns with new episodes on Sep. 18, it will join daytime talk shows including The View, Tamron Hall, and Live with Kelly and Mark. Barrymore and CBS maintain that the show will remain in compliance with the strikes and refrain from promoting studio work, however, the official Twitter account for WGA East has announced plans to picket show’s tapings in the coming weeks. Actors and writers are technically allowed to appear on talk shows, they must restrain from promoting any work distributed, produced, or financed by studios or streaming platforms that are part of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

The Drew Barrymore Show will return on Monday, Sep 18.

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com