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Who’s taking home a Moon Person at the 2025 MTV VMAs?

The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by LL Cool J, is going down at UBS Arena in New York on Sunday, Sept. 7, and some of the biggest artists in music are receiving honors for their work.

Lady Gaga led this year’s nominations with 12 in total, including Artist of the Year, Video of the Year and Song of the Year.

Other top nominees included Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar, ROSÉ, Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Billie Eilish and Charli xcx.

Among the stars performing at the ceremony are Gaga, Carpenter, Sombr, Alex Warren, J Balvin featuring DJ Snake, Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll, Conan Gray and Tate McRae.

The VMAs Extended Play Stage, presented by Doritos, will see Bailey Zimmerman featuring The Kid LAROI, Lola Young and Megan Moroney take the stage to perform during the show.

Additional performers will include special honorees Mariah Carey, Ricky Martin and Busta Rhymes.

Click here to see all of PEOPLE’s MTV VMAs coverage.

See the complete list of 2025 MTV VMAs winners below.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR, presented by Burger King® 

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – Republic Records — WINNER
• Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Darkroom/Interscope Records
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang/Interscope Records
• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” – Interscope Records
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.” – Atlantic Records
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” – Island
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless” – XO/Republic Records

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Bad Bunny – Rimas Entertainment
• Beyoncé – Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records
• Kendrick Lamar – pgLang/Interscope Records
• Lady Gaga – Interscope Records — WINNER
• Morgan Wallen – Big Loud Records/Mercury Records
• Taylor Swift – Republic Records
• The Weeknd – XO/Republic Records

SONG OF THE YEAR

• Alex Warren – “Ordinary” – Atlantic Records
• Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Darkroom/Interscope Records
• Doechii – “Anxiety” – Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” – Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records
• Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry” – Interscope Records
• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die with a Smile” – Interscope Records
• Lorde – “What Was That” – Republic Records
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.” – Atlantic Records — WINNER
• Tate McRae – “Sports Car” – RCA Records
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless” – XO/Republic Records

BEST NEW ARTIST

• Alex Warren – Atlantic Records – WINNER
• Ella Langley – SAWGOD/Columbia Records
• Gigi Perez – Island
• Lola Young – Island
• sombr – SMB Music/Warner Records — FINALIST
• The Marías – Nice Life/Atlantic Records — FINALIST

BEST POP ARTIST

• Ariana Grande – Republic Records
• Charli xcx – Atlantic Records
• Justin Bieber – Def Jam Recordings
• Lorde – Republic Records
• Miley Cyrus – Columbia Records
• Sabrina Carpenter – Island — WINNER
• Tate McRae – RCA Records

MTV PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR, presented by BACARDÍ® Rum

• Aug 2024 – Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – American Dogwood/EMPIRE
• Sept 2024 – Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song” – Mavin Records/Republic Records
• Oct 2024 – Mark Ambor – “Belong Together” – Hundred Days Records/Virgin Music
• Nov 2024 – Lay Bankz – “Graveyard” – Artist Partner Group Inc.
• Dec 2024 – Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye” – Warner Records
• Jan 2025 – KATSEYE – “Touch” – HYBE/Geffen Records — WINNER
• Feb 2025 – Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI” – 300 Entertainment
• Mar 2025 – Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS” – EZMNY Records/Motown Records
• Apr 2025 – Livingston – “Shadow” – Republic Records
• May 2025 – Damiano David – “Next Summer” – Sony Italy/Arista Records
• June 2025 – Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song” – Island
• July 2025 – ROLE MODEL – “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” – Interscope Records

BEST COLLABORATION, presented by Under Armour

• Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)” – Atlantic Records/Warner Music Nashville
• Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “luther” – pgLang/Interscope Records
• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die with a Smile” – Interscope Records — WINNER
• Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me A Drink” – Mercury Records
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.” – Atlantic Records
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Sunset Blvd” – SMG Music/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records

BEST POP

• Alex Warren – “Ordinary” – Atlantic Records
• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – Republic Record
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” – Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records
• Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” – Interscope Records
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.” – Atlantic Records
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” – Island

BEST HIP-HOP

• Doechii – “Anxiety” – Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records — WINNER
• Drake – “NOKIA” – OVO/Santa Anna/Republic
• Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me” – Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records
• GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red – “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME” – CMG/Interscope Records
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang/Interscope Records
• LL COOL J ft. Eminem – “Murdergram Deux” – Def Jam Recordings
• Travis Scott – “4X4” – Cactus Jack/Epic Records

BEST R&B

• Chris Brown – “Residuals” – Chris Brown Entertainment/RCA Records
• Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)” – EZMNY Records/Motown Records
• Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous” – gamma. — WINNER
• PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l” – OVO Sound
• Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman” – LVRN/Interscope Records
• SZA – “Drive” – Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records
• The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless” – XO/Republic Records

BEST ALTERNATIVE

• Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song” – Island
• Imagine Dragons – “Wake Up” – KIDinaKorner/Interscope Records
• Lola Young – “Messy” – Island
• mgk & Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road” – EST 19XX/Interscope Records
• sombr – “back to friends” – SMB Music/Warner Records — WINNER
• The Marías – “Back To Me” – Nice Life/Atlantic Records

BEST ROCK

• Coldplay – “ALL MY LOVE” – Atlantic Records — WINNER
• Evanescence – “Afterlife (From the Netflix Series “Devil May Cry”)” – Netflix Music
• Green Day – “One Eyed Bastard” – Reprise Records/Warner Records
• Lenny Kravitz – “Honey” – ℗© 2024 Roxie Records Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH
• Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine” – Warner Records
• twenty one pilots – “The Contract” – Fueled By Ramen

BEST LATIN

• Bad Bunny – “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” – Rimas Entertainment
• J Balvin – “Rio” – Capitol Records
• KAROL G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” – Bichota Records/Interscope Records
• Peso Pluma – “LA PATRULLA” – Double P Records
• Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos – “Khé?” – Sony Music US Latin
• Shakira – “Soltera“ – Sony Music US Latin — WINNER

BEST K-POP

• aespa – “Whiplash” – SM Entertainment/Virgin Music Group
• JENNIE – “like JENNIE” – OA Entertainment/Columbia Records
• Jimin – “Who” – BIGHIT MUSIC
• JISOO – “earthquake” – Warner Records
• LISA ft. Doja Cat & RAYE – “Born Again” – Lloud Co./RCA Records — WINNER
• Stray Kids – “Chk Chk Boom” – JYP/IMPERIAL/Republic
• ROSÉ – “toxic till the end” – Atlantic Records

BEST AFROBEATS

• Asake & Travis Scott – “Active” – YBNL Nation/EMPIRE
• Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa” – Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic Records
• MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix)” – gamma.
• Rema – “Baby (Is It A Crime)” – Mavin Global Holdings Ltd / Jonzing World Entertainment / Interscope Records
• Tems ft. Asake – “Get It Right” – RCA Records/Since ’93
• Tyla – “PUSH 2 START” – FAX Records/Epic Records — WINNER
• Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Heart” – Starboy/RCA Records

BEST COUNTRY

• Chris Stapleton – “Think I’m In Love With You” – Mercury Nashville
• Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood – “I’m Gonna Love You” – CoJo Music / Warner Music Nashville
• Jelly Roll – “Liar” – BBR Music Group/BMG/Republic Records
• Lainey Wilson – “4x4xU” – Broken Bow Records
• Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?” – Columbia Records — WINNER
• Morgan Wallen – “Smile” – Big Loud Records/Mercury Records

BEST ALBUM

• Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS – Rimas Entertainment
• Kendrick Lamar – GNX – pgLang/Interscope Records
• Lady Gaga – Mayhem – Interscope Records
• Morgan Wallen – I’m The Problem – Big Loud Records/Mercury Records
• Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet – Island — WINNER
• The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow – XO/Republic Records

BEST LONG FORM VIDEO 

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – Republic Records — WINNER
• Bad Bunny – “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film)” – Rimas Entertainment
• Damiano David – “FUNNY little STORIES” – Sony Italy/Arista Records
• Mac Miller – “Balloonerism” – Warner Records
• Miley Cyrus – “Something Beautiful” – Columbia Records
• The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow” – XO/Republic Records

VIDEO FOR GOOD

• Burna Boy – “Higher” – Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic Records
• Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish” – Atlantic Records — WINNER
• Doechii – “Anxiety” – Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records
• Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me” – Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records
• Selena Gomez, benny blanco – “Younger And Hotter Than Me” – SMG Music/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records
• Zach Hood ft. Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking” – Arista Records

BEST DIRECTION

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – Republic Records
• Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish” – Atlantic Records
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang/Interscope Records
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – Interscope Records — WINNER
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.” – Atlantic Records
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” – Island

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish” – Atlantic Records
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang/Interscope Records
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – Interscope Records — WINNER
• Lorde – “Man Of The Year” – Republic Records
• Miley Cyrus – “End of the World” – Columbia Records
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.” – Atlantic Records

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – Republic Records
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” – Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang/Interscope Records — WINNER
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – Interscope Records
• Miley Cyrus – “Easy Lover” – Columbia Records
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” – Island

BEST EDITING

• Charli xcx – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish” – Atlantic Records
• Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire” – Gingerbread Man Records/Atlantic Records
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang/Interscope Records
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – Interscope Records
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” – Island
• Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching (from F1® The Movie)” – Atlantic Records — WINNER
  

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

• Doechii – “Anxiety” – Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records — WINNER
• FKA twigs – “Eusexua” – Atlantic Records
• Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang/Interscope Records
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – Interscope Records
• Tyla – “PUSH 2 START” – FAX Records/Epic Records
• Zara Larsson – “Pretty Ugly” – Epic Records

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead” – Republic Records
• Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – Interscope Records
• ROSÉ & Bruno Mars – “APT.” – Atlantic Records
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” – Island — WINNER
• Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching (From F1® The Movie) “ – Atlantic Records
• The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow” – XO/Republic Records

BEST GROUP

• aespa
• All Time Low
• Backstreet Boys
• BLACKPINK — WINNER
• Coldplay
• Evanescence
• Fuerza Regida**
• Grupo Frontera
• Imagine Dragons
• Jonas Brothers
• KATSEYE
• My Chemical Romance
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• The Marías
• twenty one pilots

SONG OF THE SUMMER

• Addison Rae** – “Headphones On” – Columbia Records
• Alex Warren – “Ordinary” – Atlantic Records
• Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical” – Night Street Records/Warner Records
• BigXthaPlug** ft. Bailey Zimmerman – “All The Way” – UnitedMasters
• Chappell Roan – “The Subway” – Island
• Demi Lovato – “Fast” – Island
• Doja Cat – “Jealous Type” – Kemosabe/RCA Records
• HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI** – “Golden” – Republic Records/Visva Records
• Jessie Murph – “Blue Strips” – Columbia Records
• Justin Bieber – “Daisies” – Def Jam Recordings
• MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix)” – gamma.
• Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae – “What I Want” – Big Loud Records/Mercury Records
• Ravyn Lenae** ft. Rex Orange County** – “Love Me Not” – Atlantic Records
• Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” – Island
• sombr – “12 to 12” – SMB Music/Warner Records
• Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching (From F1® The Movie)” – Atlantic Records — WINNER

Sabrina Carpenter scores her second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart as Man’s Best Friend debuts atop the list dated Sept. 13. It launches with 366,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending Sept. 4, according to Luminate. Of that sum, traditional album sales comprise 224,000. Both figures mark career-high weeks for the singer-songwriter.

Man’s Best Friend also collects 2025’s biggest week, by units and by album sales, for an album by a woman. It logs the third-biggest week of the year among all albums, by units and by album sales.

Further, Man’s Best Friend notches Carpenter’s biggest streaming week for an album, as well as 2025’s biggest streaming debut for an album by a woman.

Carpenter previously topped the Billboard 200 with Short n’ Sweet, which also debuted at No. 1, in September 2024, and spent four nonconsecutive weeks atop the list.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Sept. 13, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Sept. 9. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of Man’s Best Friend’s 366,000 first-week equivalent album units, album sales comprise 224,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart), SEA units comprise 141,000 (equaling 184.11 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 12 songs; it also debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 1,000.

In 2025, the three largest weeks for albums, by units, are the opening frames of Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem (493,000), The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow (490,000)and Man’s Best Friend (366,000). In traditional album sales, the three biggest weeks of 2025 belong to the bows of Hurry Up Tomorrow (359,000), Stray Kids’ KARMA (296,000) and Man’s Best Friend (224,000).

Man’s Best Friend’s album sales were aided by its availability across 13 vinyl variants (two signed by Carpenter), four CD variants (one signed), two cassette variants, a standard digital download album and a deluxe download edition with a bonus track.

As Man’s Best Friend’s first-week SEA units total 141,000, that equates to 184.11 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 12 songs in its first week. That’s the largest streaming debut for an album by a woman in 2025, as well as Carpenter’s best streaming week yet.

Man’s Best Friend was preceded by its first single, “Manchild,” which debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 (June 21), marking her second leader after Short n’ Sweet’s “Please Please Please” (in June 2024).

Notably, Man’s Best Friend is the first album by a woman to top the Billboard 200 in five months, since Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine was No. 1 on the April 12 chart. Carpenter ends the longest wait for a No. 1 by a woman in three years. The last longer gap between No. 1 albums by a woman was the seven-month gap between the final week atop the list for Adele’s 30 on the Jan. 8, 2022, chart, and the debut of Beyoncé’s Renaissance on the Aug. 13, 2022 chart.

Man’s Best Friend is the lone debut in the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200. Holding at No. 2 is the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, which logs its seventh nonconsecutive week in the runner-up slot (its peak), with 120,000 equivalent album units earned (down 5%). Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping I’m the Problem is a non-mover at No. 3 (105,000, down 10%), Stray Kids’ KARMA falls 1-4 in its second week (61,000, down 80%) and Alex Warren’s You’ll Be Alright, Kid climbs 8-5 (38,000, down 1%).

Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time jumps 10-6 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned (down 6%), Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet skips 15-7 (34,000, up 17%), Gunna’s The Last Wun rises 9-8 (34,000, down 11%) and SZA’s chart-topping SOS ascends 12-9 (34,000, down 1%). BigXthaPlug’s I Hope You’re Happy falls 7-10 in its second week to close out the top 10 (30,000, down 37%).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

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Last month, the indefatigable Vice magazine published a piece on the “summer of British chaos”, documenting a scene of deranged social media provocateurs existing at the crispiest fringes of our nation’s cooked identity. Writer Clive Martin defined these graven images of the algorithm as being regionally specific, lurid, rowdy, funny and hedonistic. As a former member of Little Mix, a girl band popularised by public vote on The X Factor, Jade Thirlwall might not seem like the likeliest bedfellow of this unhinged movement. But the South Shields pop star’s debut solo single, last year’s Angel of My Dreams, dodged focus-grouped smoothness to present a sublimely whacked-out, thoroughly British pop vision that felt like spinning through someone else’s for you page and realising they exist in a markedly different universe from your own.

It started with a wound-up sample of Puppet on a String, exploded into a falsetto-spiked power ballad, then grinding electroclash paired with a withering rap, then sped through each mode again, variously at double and half speed. Its wild energy was fuelled by contradiction: Gucci glamour paired with lines such as “If I don’t win, I’m in the bin”. And while Jade dissed Syco and X Factor boss Simon Cowell (“selling my soul to a psycho”), the song’s vaulting soundclashes defying his bland vision of pop, Angel was also her love letter to the toxic paramour of fame: a status that might be easier to sustain with more conventional fare than whiplashing Sandie Shaw into growling synths. It was crackers and brilliant: no former boy- or girl-bander has come close to making such an arresting reintroduction since – and I mean this as the highest possible praise – Geri Halliwell burned bright through a short-lived fit of dadaist genius.

It set the bar extremely high for Jade’s long-awaited debut album, That’s Showbiz Baby! At least in its first half, ideas brawl for space and kick up thrilling novelty from the dust. The contrast between lavish balladry and techno wub on It Girl recalls Beyoncé’s brazen tapestry-like song constructions; the saucy, stalking Midnight Cowboy, about “givin’ you the Ginuwine”, imagines what it might have been like had her western-inspired Cowboy Carter been as much ribald, clubby fun as its predecessor Renaissance. The rhapsodic Fantasy is Jessy Lanza with budget, its lyrics about egging each other on to get freaky in bed mirrored by the song’s speeding momentum. FUFN (Fuck You For Now) is a dry ice-swathed Eurovision stomper that’s far more poised than Jade’s lyrics about the messiness of a drunken fight with a lover on a night out – but in its all-pistons-firing Gaga maximalism, it honours this particularly British display as a moment of high-diva drama.

Not all the experiments land so well. Unconditional is a tribute to Jade’s mother, who has lupus. “I thought: how can I write a really sad song that we’re all going to want to shake our tits to?” Jade has said. It’s an admirable aim, but the lovely shift from New Order-style melancholy electronica to Moroder adrenaline would work better without the slamming blasts of electric guitar and the distracting “pew pew” synths. And Headache, about knowing you’re sometimes a massive pain in the arse to your long-suffering partner, proves its point too effectively in its racket of thumping bass and dentist-drill vocals.

If there’s a theme amid the madness, it’s finding the freedom to be exactly yourself – at work, in relationships, in bed. Jade’s lyrics are spiked with very her, very British moments without overdoing it: Midnight Cowboy has the excellent triptych, “I’m a real wild bitch, yeah I’m mental / I’m the ride of your life, not a rental / I’m the editor, call me Mr Enninful.” And she nails some really lovely specific sentiments. Plastic Box channels Robyn’s pained electropop solitude as Jade struggles with the knowledge that her partner had relationships that came before her – she knows it’s irrational, but still honours those very real anxieties with solemn beauty. “Can I have your heart in a plastic box?” she asks. “Never used, fully clean, untouched / Like I’m the only one you’ve ever loved.” Disingenuousness gets short shrift: Natural at Disaster almost certainly reads former Little Mix bandmate Jesy Nelson her rights, after she burned through several metric tons of goodwill with a racially insensitive solo debut and kept slating her ex-bandmates for headlines. “‘Cos you were all snakes no ladders / You’re happiest when you make me sadder,” Jade sings, the delicate verses and dramatic, gospel-spliced choruses echoing Billie Eilish’s deconstructed classicism.

The force of Jade’s presence on these songs makes it disappointing when she disappears from view. Self-Saboteur is a bit Robyn, a bit Carly; Lip Service has a nice synaptic tingle but could be by anyone from Normani to Rihanna pre-Anti. Before You Break My Heart is chunky disco based around a Supremes sample that seems like a dated vestige of the sample-pop wave from a few years ago; Silent Disco channels Midnights-era Taylor Swift, its lyrical intimacy amid gauzy synths conveying the sense of a couple shutting out the world in a crowded room.

It’s in these moments that the album’s title seems like a shrug: hey, them’s the breaks when you need to be playlisted on Capital FM. But in its most bravura moments, That’s Showbiz Baby! sounds Jade holding a pose breathless in the spotlight after a dazzling turn, no idea how she quite pulled it off, letting pretenders know how it’s done.

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Baz Luhrmann and Elvis Presley are, it seems, forever intertwined.

While speaking with TheWrap on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival about his new documentary “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,” which unearths long-lost concert footage from Elvis’ Las Vegas residency, the filmmaker confirmed his long-discussed stage musical adaptation of his 2022 is also formally in the works.

“I don’t know if we’ve announced it, but there’s a stage musical being made of the movie,” he said.

Luhrmann, of course, directed “Elvis,” which starred Austin Butler as the legendary musician and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker, the singer’s duplicitous manager. The movie was a huge hit, making more than $288 million worldwide and earning eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor (for Butler).

Now, Luhrmann is back with “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,” a documentary feature for which Luhrmann restored lost concert footage of Elvis, along with previously unseen footage from a pair of concert documentaries (1970’s “Elvis: That’s the Way It Is” and 1972’s “Elvis on Tour”). Like Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” “EPiC” will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, including on IMAX screens and other premium formats. The new documentary just debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Luhrmann spoke with Steve Pond about how the Las Vegas residency really was a turning point for the performer – he had so many ambitious, to tour England and Japan. (He never did make it to Japan.) But with Las Vegas, he became trapped.

“We speculate what would have happened had he not been like a bird hitting its head against glass, had he just gone round and round the same circuit. He was not meant to be in Vegas more than once. He was there until the day died,” Luhrmann said.

He started hearing about the lost footage when he was preparing the “Elvis” movie. “The tapes were mythical. No one knew – did they really exist?” Luhrmann said. He had a team go into the salt mines in Kansas where MGM keeps all its negatives. He said the vaults were like “Raids of the Lost Ark” (“I’m not exaggerating”). It was in the mines that he found 35 hours of negative, although there was no magnetic tape, so they had to find secondary sources to create the audio.

He worked with Peter Jackson and the team at Park Road, who also helped on some recent Beatles documentaries, to find the appropriate audio. Slowly, the project came together. Sometimes he would mix-and-match audio and video, sometimes he would use an array of assets – “a combination between his original vocal on stage, some recorded vocal, our own orchestrations” – to create what Luhrmann called “a dreamscape.”

But is Luhrmann finally done with Elvis?

He said he is very deep into prep for his upcoming “Joan of Arc” movie, but acknowledges that he and the King are now forever linked.

“I think I now recognize that, better or worse, Elvis is going to be part of my life for the rest of it, in some way or another,” said Luhrmann. The footage in the new documentary, he said, is “the tip of the iceberg, really.” Included in the footage is another entire concert, at Hampton Road, that would take a half-a-million-dollars just to get up and on its feet.

“Somehow we’re inextricably linked,” Luhrmann said.

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Daily Horoscope Prediction says, You believe in being just to others

Settle the internal issue in the relationship today. Be productive at the office, and financial prosperity also exists. Pay more attention to the lifestyle today.

Stay happy in your love life by resolving the issues of the past. Overcome the professional challenges confidently. Both wealth and health are good today.

Aquarius Love Horoscope Today

Love is in the air, and you will recognize that while spending time together. You both need to support each other in both personal and professional endeavors. Treat your partner with respect and you will receive the same respect. Those who are travelling should connect with their lover over the phone and must share emotions without inhibition. You should also stay away from extramarital relationships. Married females may go the family way.

Aquarius Career Horoscope Today

New challenges will come up today, and there will also be instances where you need to prove your professional talent. Some government employees will be under political pressure to compromise on their duties. Legal and media professionals will also see new hiccups today. You may expect a hike in the position today. Entrepreneurs need to maintain a harmonious relationship with their partners and not jump into making business decisions. Instead, think deeply before you make the right call.

Aquarius Money Horoscope Today

You may also renovate the home or invest in real estate. This is also a good time to repay all loans and close the financial liabilities. It is good to have a proper financial plan to handle wealth smartly. A family function will be there, and you will need to contribute a significant amount today. A sibling may also ask for financial assistance, and you may provide it. However, before you part with a large amount, ensure it will be paid back.

Aquarius Health Horoscope Today

No serious health issue will come up. However, some females will have throat issues and a viral fever. You will require adding more proteins to the diet, and the second part of the day is good to join a gym or yoga session. Ensure that neither alcohol nor tobacco is consumed today. You should also follow all traffic rules while driving.

Aquarius Sign Attributes

• Strength: Tolerant, Ideal, Friendly, Charitable, Independent, Logical
• Weakness: Disobedient, Liberalistic, Rebel
• Symbol: Water carrier
• Element: Air
• Body Part: Ankles & Legs
• Sign Ruler: Uranus
• Lucky Day: Saturday
• Lucky Color: Navy Blue
• Lucky Number: 22
• Lucky Stone: Blue Sapphire

Aquarius Sign Compatibility Chart

• Natural affinity: Aries, Gemini, Libra, Sagittarius
• Good compatibility: Leo, Aquarius
• Fair compatibility: Cancer, Virgo, Capricorn, Pisces
• Less compatibility: Taurus, Scorpio

By: Dr. J. N. Pandey

Vedic Astrology & Vastu Expert

Website: www.astrologerjnpandey.com

E-mail: djnpandey@gmail.com

Phone: 91-9811107060 (WhatsApp Only)

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Resolve the friction within the relationship. Professionally, you will succeed in handling the challenges. In addition, both wealth and health will also be good throughout the day. Have control over the diet and maintain a balanced office and personal life.

Scorpio Love Horoscope Today

Do not let minor issues go out of control today, as they can give a wrong turn to the love life. Be a patient listener and ensure you also spare time for the lover. The second part of the day is crucial for new lovers, and this is also the time to get to know each other. Discuss the love affair with the parents to get their support. Married females will find the interference of seniors irritating, and this should be discussed with their spouse today.

Scorpio Career Horoscope Today

Despite minor productivity issues, office life will be good. The seniors are supportive, and clients will not object to your innovative thoughts. Those who are into human resources, aviation, accounting, media, academics, and law will have higher chances of switching jobs. Continue settling the client issues through impressive communication. You may also appear for job interviews. Businessmen should be careful while handling government officials. Students waiting for admission at foreign universities will crack them.

Scorpio Money Horoscope Today

Wealth may come in today from different sources, and this will help you make smart investments in the stock market. You may consider buying electronic appliances and home essentials today. Some females will require spending on a vacation, while seniors can also spend on personal happiness. You will also be good at resolving a financial issue involving a sibling today. Businessmen will succeed in clearing all pending dues.

Scorpio Health Horoscope Today

You are good in terms of health. However, some natives will have issues associated with cold coughs, headaches, and viral infections. You should also be careful while on a vacation, as minor injuries may happen. Pregnant females should avoid riding a two-wheeler today. You may also have minor sleep-related issues that may require medical attention. It is also good to avoid alcohol while driving.

Scorpio Sign Attributes

• Strength: Mystic, Practical, Intelligent, Independent, Dedicated, Charming, Sensible
• Weakness: Suspicious, Complicated, Possessive, Arrogant, Extreme
• Symbol: Scorpion
• Element: Water
• Body Part: Sexual Organs
• Sign Ruler: Pluto, Mars
• Lucky Day: Tuesday
• Lucky Color: Purple, Black
• Lucky Number: 4
• Lucky Stone: Red Coral

Scorpio Sign Compatibility Chart

• Natural affinity: Cancer, Virgo, Capricorn, Pisces
• Good compatibility: Taurus, Scorpio
• Fair compatibility: Aries, Gemini, Libra, Sagittarius
• Less compatibility: Leo, Aquarius

By: Dr. J. N. Pandey

Vedic Astrology & Vastu Expert

Website: www.astrologerjnpandey.com

E-mail: djnpandey@gmail.com

Phone: 91-9811107060 (WhatsApp Only)

Be cool in love life and spare more time for your lover. Professional life will be creative but chaotic. Handle wealth carefully today, but health is positive.

Leo Love Horoscope Today

Do not hurt the emotions of the lover. You may have minor hiccups in the form of external interferences, and your lover may also be adamant on certain topics that may upset you. Talk about this openly to clear out the issues. You should also be careful when making statements and spending time with your lover. Some words or phrases may be misunderstood by the lover, and this may lead to chaos. Married females may also conceive today.

Leo Career Horoscope Today

Bring in new ideas to the meeting table and ensure you express your suggestions without inhibition. You will require evading office politics, and it is also crucial to have control over your temper at team sessions. Those who are in creative sectors, including arts, music, painting, and animation, will see new opportunities. If you have a job interview scheduled for today, the result will be positive. It is good to launch a new venture, and entrepreneurs may also sign new partnerships. Students appearing for competitive examinations will clear them.

Leo Money Horoscope Today

There will be monetary issues today. It is good to overcome this through proper financial planning. A financial expert may guide you in investments. You may inherit an ancestral property, and you may also win a legal dispute over a property today. The second half of the day is also good for donating wealth to charity and providing financial assistance to a needy sibling. Businessmen will also receive funds through foreign funds.

Leo Health Horoscope Today

No serious health issue will come up. However, it is good to have control over one’s lifestyle. Some male natives will develop viral fever, headache, eye conjunctivitis, or coughing issues that may disrupt the day. Pregnant females must avoid adventure sports, including underwater activities. Maintain a balanced office and personal life. Spend the evening with the family to curb the mental stress.

Leo Sign Attributes

• Strength: Generous, Loyal, Energetic, Enthusiastic
• Weakness: Arrogant, Luxury seeker, Careless, and Self-complacent
• Symbol: Lion
• Element: Fire
• Body Part: Heart & Spine
• Sign Ruler: Sun
• Lucky Day: Sunday
• Lucky Color: Golden
• Lucky Number: 19
• Lucky Stone: Ruby

Leo Sign Compatibility Chart

• Natural affinity: Aries, Gemini, Libra, Sagittarius
• Good compatibility: Leo, Aquarius
• Fair compatibility: Cancer, Virgo, Capricorn, Pisces
• Less compatibility: Taurus, Scorpio

By: Dr. J. N. Pandey

Vedic Astrology & Vastu Expert

Website: www.astrologerjnpandey.com

E-mail: djnpandey@gmail.com

Phone: 91-9811107060 (WhatsApp Only)