Christopher Nolan and his wife, producer Emma Thomas, have been selected to receive knighthood and damehood in the U.K., respectively, for their contributions to the film industry. This honor comes after their recent success at the Academy Awards, where their film Oppenheimer won several awards, including Best Picture. The couple, who run their production company Syncopy, has collaborated on numerous acclaimed films, such as the Batman trilogy, The Prestige, Interstellar, and Tenet. The formal ceremony, typically conducted by a U.K. monarch at Buckingham Palace, will likely be postponed due to King Charles' temporary absence for cancer treatment.
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter album has already broken a Spotify record for the most-streamed album in a single day in 2024. Spotify announced the news on Friday (March 29th),the day the album was released. The streaming service tweeted, "On Friday, March 29, Beyoncé's COWBOY CARTER became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far. This is also the first time a country album holds the title this year." According to Billboard, this is also the first country album to accomplish this feat this year. Before the album arrived, "Texas Hold ’Em" had been streamed 200 million times.
Lizzo is through with Hollywood, apparently, following lies being told about her. In an Instagram post shared on Friday (March 29th), Lizzo wrote, "I'm getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet. All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it. But I'm starting to feel like the world doesn't want me in it." She continued, "I'm constantly up against lies being told about me for clout & views, being the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look… my character being picked apart by people who don't know me and disrespecting my name." Lizzo went on to say that she didn't "sign up for this s t," adding, "I quit."
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's charitable foundation is set to close following a drop in donations after Will slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. Tax records reveal that the revenue of the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation plummeted by 83% in 2022, with high-profile contributors withdrawing their support. Before the incident, the foundation had received substantial donations from organizations like American Airlines and CAA. While the couple has not commented, a source close to them revealed that they had already been planning to wind down the foundation and focus on private charitable giving. Despite the closure, Will Smith continues to earn significant paychecks in Hollywood. Details from the foundation's 2023 tax information are expected to be released soon.
Brendan Paul, a 25-year-old man recently named in a lawsuit as Sean Combs' drug "mule," was arrested at Miami's Opa-Locka Airport. He faces charges of cocaine and marijuana possession. The arrest took place during a joint operation between Miami-Dade police and Homeland Security agents. Simultaneously, a federal sex trafficking investigation led agents to raid Combs' residences in Miami and Los Angeles. It remains unclear if Paul's arrest is directly linked to the wider investigation into Combs. Combs, who was in Florida at the time of the raid, had his phones seized before a scheduled trip. Paul, currently held on two $2,500 bonds, was accused in the lawsuit of acquiring and distributing drugs for Combs.