Kendrick mostly played characters we’ve seen her do before – nervous first time host, nervous fairytale creature, nervous zookeeper, nervous blonde Republican lady – the writing team really did not do her any favors.Ĭontinue reading: SNL Recap: Anna Kendrick Is As Doe-Eyed As Ever, Pharrell Brings Out Grammy Hat A little mermaid who can’t sing and is, apparently, vaguely racist. The Disney theme continued throughout the night with Kendrick doing a Kesha-inspired (sans $) version of the little mermaid. Kendrick tried her best, but the script didn't do her any favours. However, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan, via Variety, the album is nowhere near topping The Lion King's 10 mln copies record, despite achieving double platinum status.Ĭontinue reading: Bring On The Ice Puns: "Frozen" Maintains Hold Over US Album ChartĪn excellent topic to kick off Monday with – Anna Kendrick hosted SNL last week (excellent unless you missed it, of course.) Kendrick was perfect at matching the pitch of SNL’s comedy (get it?) On her first time hosting, she kicked things off with a Broadway-like musical number to the tune of Beauty and the Beast’s Little Town in lieu of an opening monologue, proving that everything is funnier when you add synchronized dance. Frozen has become a hit of Lion King proportions, having matched the 1994 soundtrack’s ten week run. Idina Menzel is getting some well deserved recognition out of the soundtrack's success.įor the fifth week in a row, Frozen took the top position with sales of 133,000 (off 11%), according to Nielsen SoundScan data for the week ending April 13, vaulting over the 2 million-unit sales mark. It looks like Frozen might be a constant presence in the charts throughout spring, which is unfortunate for news writers, who have all run out of ice-related puns a long time ago.
Its current run has been going on for 5 weeks straight. The Frozen soundtrack keeps going strong for its tenth non-consecutive week at the top of the US album chart.
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He's also had a good year in that he got to appear on Bob Geldof's Band Aid 30 tribute 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' as well as appearing at the first ever London edition of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.Ĭontinue reading: The Full Winners Of The 2014 BBC Music Awards Announced But it was a no-brainer when his second studio album 'X' - produced by His Musical Majesty Rick Rubin - became a number one success and he also became Spotify's most streamed artist of all time. So who were our winners for British Artist of the Year, International Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and BBC Introducing?Įd Sheeran - Suffolk singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran landed British Artist of the Year, despite being up against some serious competition with the likes of Sam Smith and rock legend David Bowie. The 2014 BBC Music Awards results came as no surprise as three pop favourites were sent home on Thursday (December 11th 2014) clutching awards - and deservedly so at that. Spencer's Dorothy doesn't really get a subplot, but then she's the movie's scene-stealer, so she doesn't really need one. Meanwhile, the script offers slight glances at their personal lives: Katherine is a single mother with three smart daughters and a sweet romantic interest (Mahershala Ali), and Mary's preacher husband (Aldis Hodge) helps her fight for the right to study in an all-white college. Gentle humour abounds in the interaction between characters, and even the racial insults (such as requiring Katherine to sprint through the rain to use a designated restroom) are played for chuckles. But the film never takes a political approach, instead finding the humanity in the situation. The fact that this story is so little-known kind of answers that question. So as the entire facility works to get a man into space, it's doubtful that the leaders will see that these women are vital to the project. Meanwhile, engineer Mary (Janelle Monae) struggles in a system that ignores her contributions, while Dorothy (Octavia Spencer) has been passed over for promotion despite the fact that she's the only person who can make any sense of the new computer system.
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Henson), a mathematician who works with the black women in the "colored computer" room downstairs. To get things moving, programme director Al (Kevin Costner) turns to Katherine (Taraji P. It's set in 1961 Virginia, where Nasa is losing the space race to the Russians.