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Watch a Tween Justin Bieber Predict His Pivot to R&B in 2008 Interview
Was Justin Bieber pulling a long con on us this whole time? The singer who surprise dropped his soulful, 21-song Swag album on Friday doubled-down on his seventh album's swerve to a more spare, less pop radio-ready vibe in a throwback video he posted on Tuesday morning (July 15). In the way back clip from a 2008 interview with Canadian broadcaster CTV's eTalk program, Bieber, 31, is asked by the interviewer if he gets nervous when he sings. 'To be honest, no, not really,' says tween JB, who was likely 12 or 13 when the chat was recorded. Looking dwarfed by the red leather chair he's sitting on, Bieber says of his chance to showcase his talents, 'I would never have thought this opportunity would happen, like, it's out of this world.' More from Billboard Fans Choose Justin Bieber's 'Swag' as This Week's Favorite New Music Olivia Rodrigo's Guitarist Cried Upon Learning Robert Smith Would Join Glastonbury Set Parkway Drive Leads Park Waves Australia With The Amity Affliction & More Flashing forward to the day when he might have some success and a recording deal, London, Ontario-born Bieber predicts that when his day comes, 'I see myself doing more, like, R&B.' The video is cued to the sultry Swag between-the-sheets soul ballad 'Too Long,' which features the grown man lyrics, 'Yeah, sometimes I get insecure/ I be trying you know I do/ But I wanna let go/ Keep on stroking my ego while you're stroking my…' In the full version of the conversation, Bieber talks about playing guitar, piano and trumpet after teaching himself to strum when he was 'really little,' and posting videos online of his early efforts that, at that point, were starting to rack up views. 'It's kind of weird, because I'm just like a normal person. I play sports and stuff with my friends… it's kind of different for me,' he says shyly about the widening spotlight. He admitted then had sometimes didn't tell his friends about his cover song videos because he just wanted to be 'a regular kid.' At the time the video was recorded, Bieber said he had just returned from hanging out with one of his musical heroes, Usher. Soon after, he would sign with his longtime, now former, manager Scooter Braun, who discovered those early YouTube videos and signed the singer to a joint venture management contract with Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG). The pair would team with Island Def Jam to release Bieber's debut EP, My World, in Nov. 2009. While Bieber's career would mostly follow a pop path in the years to come thanks to hits such as breakout 2010 smash 'Baby' and Billboard Hot 100 No. 1's 'Boyfriend,' 'What Do You Mean?,' 'Sorry,' 'Love Yourself' and 'Peaches,' on his first full-length since 2021's Justice he appears to have been fully in charge of the look, feel and sound following his split with Braun in 2023. The result is an album featuring a new cast of contributors including Carter Lang (SZA), Australian singer Eddie Benjamin, indie guitarist-singer and Dijon (Kanye West, Bon Iver), as well as features from rappers Gunna, Sexyy Red, Cash Cobain and Lil B on songs that get back to his early love of Usher-like balladry. On seductive, spare tracks that chronicle his turbulent personal life and struggles in the spotlight, Bieber seems to have achieved his early dream on an effort Variety said in a review, 'lands somewhere in between Bieber's greatness and his proclivity to give in to his artistic impulses, for better or worse, existing in a pocket of R&B that can often feel aimless but is nevertheless intentional.' Check out Bieber's clip below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart Solve the daily Crossword
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28-02-2025
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How to Watch the Oscars 2025 Around the World
If you are excited to find out who wins at the 2025 Oscars — Emilia Pérez leads the nominations with 13, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with 10 apiece — you can watch the 97th Academy Awards on TV or online in many countries around the world this Sunday, March 3. Others will be tuning in, no doubt, to see what host Conan O'Brien brings to this year's ceremony, while also experiencing all the glitz and glamour on the red carpet of the Academy Awards in L.A. after the city was hit hard by the wildfires. That is unless you have one of the rare tickets to attend the Oscars in person. As is tradition, ABC will be broadcasting the ceremony in the U.S., along with showing it on and the ABC app and streaming services that carry ABC, including DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV, Verizon and Sling. Disney will also, for the first time this year, be streaming the Oscars live on Hulu. The big show kicks off at 4 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. ET. More from The Hollywood Reporter How to Stream the 2025 Oscars Online for Free France's César Awards Winners Unveiled (Updating Live) The Vocal Coach Who Keeps Ariana Grande in Tune - and Taught Timothée Chalamet to Sing The Oscars ceremony, like the U.S. movie business at large, is very much a global show nowadays. People living or traveling in other parts of the world have various ways to watch the red carpet, awards presentations and acceptance speeches. (The event isn't immune from geopolitics, however — for the fifth year in a row, China will not air the Oscars, nor will Russia.) Here's The Hollywood Reporter's guide to where the Oscars will be airing in select international markets. For the full roundup of international networks and streamers showing the ceremony, the Academy has a list here. Canada In Canada, CTV returns as Canada's broadcaster for the Oscars. Coverage of Hollywood's biggest night on the national network CTV and, and the app starts at 6 p.m. ET with eTalk Live at the Oscars. The 97th Academy Awards will then air live from 7 p.m. ET, using the ABC feed. eTalk's prime interview position on the Oscar red carpet is second only to host U.S. broadcaster ABC. After the Oscars, eTalk will feature a 30-minute recap show on Monday, March 3. United Kingdom Comcast-owned European pay TV giant Sky had held the exclusive rights to the big awards ceremony for years, but this year ITV and its streamer ITVX, and its STV and STV Player in Scotland, are the home of the Oscars in the U.K. for the second year in a row. 'The 96th Oscars ceremony in 2024 proved a hit with U.K. audiences, with the exclusive free-to-air coverage across ITV1 and ITVX reaching a combined 5.2 million viewers,' ITV touted recently. 'Building on this success for 2025, ITV's programming promises to deliver audiences more of what they love, from the highly coveted awards show, to the star-studded red carpet and everything in between.' For the first time, the Oscars red carpet will be broadcast live across both ITV1 and ITVX from 10:30 p.m. British time, 'with expert hosts providing seamless access to the arrivals of the 97th Oscars nominees, Hollywood's biggest stars and VIP guests as they make their entrance to the ceremony,' the U.K. TV giant has vowed. 'Renowned film enthusiast and broadcaster Jonathan Ross will return to host ITV's coverage of the Oscars, bringing U.K. audiences closer to the action with live commentary, special celebrity guests and film experts and live chats with all the stars on the red carpet.' For those who are not night owls, ITV will air a highlights show of the biggest Oscars talking points on Monday evening. Albania/Kosovo Digitalb Sh.A, and TOP Channel are the official Oscar broadcasters in the region. Armenia Armenian public broadcaster First Channel will again carry the Academy Awards ceremony. Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) Baltic-based movie channels Filmzone and Filmzone+ are the exclusive home to the Oscars in the Baltics. Belgium In Belgium, pay-TV channel Pickx+ is the only French-language channel carrying the Oscars (also for French-speaking Luxembourg viewers) with coverage kicking off at 11:50 p.m. on Sunday. As is tradition, Telenet and VOD service GoPlay and its sister channels Play6 and Play More provide Flemish coverage. Bosnia & Herzegovina Public network BHT 1 is the Bosnian home of the Oscars. Bulgaria Nova Television (NTV) will be hosting the Oscar ceremony for Bulgarian viewers, carrying the show on its various channels, including Diema Family, Nova Television, Diema and Kino Nova. Croatia National networks HRT 1, HRT 2 and HRT 3 are the official Croatian broadcasters of the 2025 Oscars. Cyprus Movies Best HD, the only 24-hour HD Cypriot film network, is also the only place to watch the 97th Academy Awards in the territory this year. Czech Republic Public broadcasters CT1 and CT2, as well as arts network CT Art will cover the lead-up to the ceremony as well as the Oscars. Denmark Free-to-air broadcaster TV2 and its VOD services TV2 Play and TV2 Zulu will carry the 97th Academy Awards. Finland Public broadcaster YLE is again carrying the Academy Awards ceremony and viewers can watch on the YLE Teema Fem or YLE Areena channels. France Disney+ has replaced Canal+ as the exclusive streamer of the Oscars in France and will be carrying the show live, starting with red-carpet coverage Germany Long-time broadcaster partner ProSieben will again host the Oscars, live-streaming the awards and the lead-up to the event, kicking off with red-carpet arrivals on March 2 at 11:45 PM local time followed by the ceremony at 1 a.m. Central European Time on March 3. ProSieben's streaming service Joyn will start its live coverage earlier, at 10:30 PM and also carry the full ceremony. Disney+ subscribers can also watch on the service in Germany, which will stream the ceremony live, starting from 1 a.m. CET on March 3. Hungary Disney+ will be carrying the 97th Oscars for Hungarian viewers. Iceland Icelandic pay-TV network Stod 2 and Stod 2+ will be the main broadcasters for the Oscars this year. Ireland Irish Oscar fans can once again catch the red carpet and the ceremony for the 2025 Academy Awards on national broadcaster RTE, on RTE2 and on the RTE Player. Italy In Italy, the 97th Academy Awards will be broadcast on public network Rai and its VOD service RaiPlay. Norway In Norway, Disney+ is the place to be for the 2025 Oscars, with coverage starting early, just after midnight on Sunday. Netherlands In the Netherlands, the digital FilmBox channel and pay-TV network Film 1 will be carrying the Academy Awards ceremony this year. Poland Long-time Oscar broadcaster Canal+ will again carry the red carpet and official ceremony with commentary for Polish viewers, who can also watch on Canal+'s Player+ of myCanal platforms. Portugal Public channels RTP 1 and RTP 2 will both be broadcasting the Academy Awards live in Portugal. Romania (and Moldovia) Leading Romanian commercial channel ProTV will be broadcasting the Oscar ceremony, which will also be carried on its Pro Cinema channel and film channel Voyo. Serbia Public network RTS will again be carrying the Oscar ceremony live for Serbian viewers. Spain Moviestar+ will start its Oscar coverage in Spain at 10:00 p.m. on Sunday night, with the ceremony starting at 2 a.m. local time on Monday, March 3. Sweden For the first time in years, the Oscars in Sweden will not be on TV4 but will be streamed on Disney+ in the territory, with the ceremony being carried live from Monday, March 3 at 1 a.m. local time. Switzerland German-speaking Swiss who'd like a local accent for their Oscar coverage can switch over from ProSieben and Joyn to public broadcaster SRF Zwei, which will be carrying the ceremony live from 11:35 p.m. local time on Sunday, March 2. Turkey Disney+ is the go-to streamer for live coverage of the 2025 Oscars in Turkey. Ukraine Ukrainian film fans will be able to watch the 97th Academy Awards on Suspilne Kultura, the culture channel of the Ukrainian public broadcaster. Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT, TNT Go, CNN Chile and HBO Max will air the Oscars live across many countries in the region. In Mexico, Azteca 7 and Azteca 13 will air the Hollywood kudos fest, traditionally starting with a preshow, followed by the main Oscars ceremony. Pay-TV group Yes will carry the 97th Oscars on its Yes Movies HD channel in Israel. Regional TV giant MBC, through its MBC 2 and MBC Max channels, as well as its streamer Shahid Plus and Saudi channel Al Thaqafeya have the rights to the Oscars in other parts of the Middle East and North Africa, bringing the ceremony to local fans, according to the Oscars website. In South Africa, the Academy Awards will once again air live on pay-TV giant DStv's M-Net early Monday local time. It will broadcast the Oscars live from 2 a.m. South Africa time on M-Net Movies 1. For those who don't want to stay up all night, however, the star-studded awards ceremony will also get a replay on Monday evening at 10 p.m. local time on M-Net. 'Of course, the official red carpet show is an essential part of the Oscars and will be hosted by multi-hyphenate Julianne Hough and television personality Jesse Palmer,' DStv was excited to tell fans. 'The 30-minute special will highlight Oscar nominees, performers and presenters and provide a multi-view experience of the red carpet arrivals, giving the audience every can't-miss moment from Hollywood's biggest celebration. It will be broadcast live as part of the M-Net Movies feed, starting from 1:30 South Africa time.' Australia Seven Network, and its 7Plus streamer, is the Oscars' established home down under, with the outlets taking over from Nine Network a few years ago. The red carpet coverage starts at 10:30 a.m., followed by the ceremony at around 11 a.m. local time on Monday. India Star Movies and Star Movies Select will bring movie buffs the Oscars in India, with JioHotstar also streaming all the action and fun from Hollywood live. The show at 5:30 a.m. local time. Japan Premium cable operator Wowow, which has carried the Academy Awards ceremony in Japan since 2000, will once again air the show live on Wowow On Demand. Japanese public broadcaster NHK also carries the awards show on its channels NHK-G and NHK BS, and via the OTT service NHK+. South Korea In movie-loving South Korea, local entertainment giant CJ ENM again has the rights to the Oscars via its cable channels and platforms OCN, OCN Movies, OCN Movies 2, O Choice, TVN Limited, Genie TV, Genie TV Mobile, LG U+TV, LG U+ Mobile TV and U Play. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 20 Times the Oscars Got It Wrong The Best Anti-Fascist Films of All Time Dinosaurs, Zombies and More 'Wicked': The Most Anticipated Movies of 2025
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17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard root for each other's steamy scenes: 'We're married; we're not dead'
Kristen Bell trusts her husband, Dax Shepard, implicitly when it comes to romantic scenes with co-stars. The "Nobody Wants This" star told E! News that the couple have "foundational trust" in each other. "Even if Dax hooks up with the most beautiful person in the world at work, I know he's committed to our family. I know he's coming home. I know he loves our children. I know he strives to be a great husband and father," Bell said. She continued, "We're just human, right? So maybe there could be a day where I'm like, 'I'm actually really nervous that you spend time with that person.' And he could say, 'Oh, OK, let's talk about it. What makes you nervous? What are you thinking?' We have a very open communication." That trust is key for the times the couple is working on projects with romantic and intimate scenes. "We root for each other," Bell said. "When he got to make out with Minka Kelly on 'Parenthood,' I was like, 'Yes. Get it.' We're married; we're not dead." When the situation was reversed and Bell had to kiss her "Nobody Wants This" co-star Adam Brody, Shepard was cool with it. "Dax also knows there's no real threat there, because Adam and I, if you were to see us in person, there is not chemistry," the mom of two said. "We bicker all the time. We're like an old granny and grampy. It's not hot and heavy on set at all." Bell previously explained in an interview with eTalk that Shepard acknowledged and appreciated her chemistry with Brody. "Even I can acknowledge watching it, like, 'Whoa, that's hot,'" she said in October. "My husband said the same thing. Like, watching the first episode, he was like, 'Oh my god, I want you to kiss him so badly.'" Shepard also directly praised the co-star's chemistry, saying, "My friend... we watched that scene together, the kissing scene, which I'd argue is the very best kissing scene ever, ever put on film." He continued, "And my best friend, Aaron, from childhood, he goes, 'Does she ever kiss you like that?' No, I didn't even know she could kiss like that." Shepard and Bell first met at a dinner party for a mutual friend in 2007. A few weeks later, the two ran into each other at a hockey game, and the rest is history. After their dinner party, Shepard texted Bell saying, "I violated your privacy and got your number from Shauna. How do you feel about that?" "I was, like, OK, starting it off with a really good joke that makes me feel, like, butterflies. I fell in love with him way before he fell in love with me," Bell recalled. The two married in 2013 and share two daughters, Lincoln and Delta.
