In the entertainment industry, the show must continue.
This is why the Grammys – The first award ceremony to take place since the January fires in Los Angeles – take place as planned Sunday at The Crypto.com Arena.
But this year, telediffusion “will be redesigned to collect funds to support forest fire efforts and help music professionals affected by forest fires in Los Angeles,” said a press release.
Here’s what you need to know else about the 67th Grammy Awards.
Trevor Noah organizes (once again)
The organization of spares is one of Hollywood’s most ungrateful jobs, but that did not seem to frighten the actor Trevor Noah.
The former host of “The Daily Show” will run the prize program for a fifth consecutive year. He shared a video behind the scenes on X of him walking in the place of the series.
Beyoncé is the most nominated artist
Beyoncé leads the nominees to the Grammy with 11 heads for “Cowboy Carter”. She is now the most nominated artist in the history of Grammy, with a total of 99 nominations. The other nominees include Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift.
The nominees Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan are ready to play
Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Doechii and Benson Boone are among the more than two dozen stars that should occur this evening.
The other programming artists include Cynthia Erivo (freshly out of his nodal appointment for “Wicked”), Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder, Shakira, John Legend, Janelle Monáe, Brad Paisley, Chris Martin, Brittany Howard, Herbie Hancock, Jacob Necklace, Lainey Wilson, Raye, Sheryl Crow, St. Vincent and Teddy swim.
The late Quincy Jones is honored
The recording academy said that there will be a “starry salvation in the life and inheritance of Jones” as well as “musical tributes honoring the city of Los Angeles, and the annual Memoriam segment”.
Jones “died peacefully” in his Bel Air house in November of pancreatic cancer at the age of 91.
Throughout his career, Jones solidified as a legend of industry, receiving 80 nominations and 28 victories in categories including the album of the year, the record of the year and the producer of the ‘year.
Forest fire efforts are part of the show, but not the goal
Due to the January forest fires, certain organizations (including Universal Music Group, Sony, Spotify, BMG and Warner Music Group) canceled their events around the program of awards, instead of focusing on help efforts local.
The registration academy, which is at the origin of the prize ceremony program, condensed its pre-grammy week in four events, which all presented a fundraising element.
The ceremony itself will include a tribute to firefighters and emergencies at the forefront of the response of Los Angeles forest fires, the organizers said. But “it will always be the Grammy Awards,” said Ben Winston, the program’s executive producer, at the New York Times. “We are always looking at an incredible year of music. We always have any performances that we would have had when we plan the show on January 1st. But of course, we are now thinking about what’s going on in Los Angeles. »»
In a recent interview with the Associated Press, the CEO of recording the academy, Harvey Mason Jr. instead, the registration academy decided to take advantage of the attention of the Grammys and the Refocus to help forest victims, Mason said.
How to look at the premiere ceremony, during which many prizes will be awarded, will take place at the adjacent peacock theater. It will broadcast from 12:30 pm PT / 3:30 HE on the YouTube channel of the Recording Academy and Live.grammy.com.
The Grammys, which are held at the Crypto.com arena, will be broadcast live on CBS and Stream on Paramount + from 5 p.m. PT / 8 H HE.
NBC News journalists will provide live updates on NBCNews.com from 11:00 a.m., PT / 14 PM HE.