Josh Pawlik

The biggest snubs and surprises ahead of music’s biggest night The 67th annual Grammy Awards are slated to take place in Los Angeles at the Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 2, 2025 and nominations were released this past Friday, Nov. 8. A-list musicians from Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter to newer up-and-coming artists such as Benson Boone and RAYE landed nominations. Leading the pack with 11 total nominations, is Beyoncé.

This past weekend, the highly anticipated film, “Joker: Folie à Deux” starring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix, hit theaters. Unfortunately, the film had an underwhelming opening weekend at the box office, bringing in $40 million. $40 million seems like a great debut, but compared to the $100 million debut of its predecessor movie “Joker” in 2019, this is clearly an upset for Warner Bros Studio. To put this into perspective, the film cost nearly five times its $40 million earnings to create.

The 2024 presidential election is five weeks out, and the race for the White House is neck-and-neck with both candidates within just a few points of each other in most national polls. With that being said, can an endorsement from Hollywood’s biggest stars influence voters? It’s easy to idolize artists and creators, but many care where they stand on contemporary issues. For some, it is important that their favorite artist’s views align with their own, and for others, it doesn’t matter at all.