The Grammys’ Nominating Committees Had to Go — Even if It Means Sacrificing Some Quality Picks (Column)

He’s learned to slam on the brake — but not this time. Shortly after the first Dear Evan Hansen trailer dropped, Ben Platt took aim at critics who claim he’s too old to play the titular high school student.

Yesterday, the world was given the first look at the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway musical, “Dear Evan Hansen.” While the trailer seemed to showcase what is a faithful adaptation of the award-winning source material, fan reaction was…mixed, to say the least. And it appears that most of the social discourse was less to do with the content of the trailer, but instead the idea that 27-year-old Ben Platt is in the lead role as the high school-aged kid, Evan Hansen.

Ben Platt is coming to the big screen as Evan Hansen.

Dear Evan Hansen has just been released – check it out below.Ben Platt is set to star in the film, reprising his Tony-winning titular role from the Broadway musical which opened in 2016.Per Variety, the film follows Evan Hansen, “an anxious and isolated high school student who writes letters to himself.

The musical Dear Evan Hansen has been turned into a feature film and the first trailer just dropped!

Ethan Shanfeld Universal has released the first trailer for the “Dear Evan Hansen” movie, premiering in theaters on Sept. 24.Ben Platt returns in his Tony-winning titular role in the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical hit created by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.“Dear Evan Hansen” follows Evan Hansen, an anxious and isolated high school student who writes letters to himself.

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The kids come first. Jade Roper reacted to the photos of Carly Waddell and Evan Bass spending time together amid their divorce during an exclusive interview with Us Weekly.

Fox has picked up to series Pivoting, its half-hour single-camera comedy pilot headlined by Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin and Maggie Q. The project, written and executive produced by Liz Astrof, hails from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Warner Bros TV and Fox Entertainment.

The Felker family! Evan Felker and Staci Felker are still going strong despite the Turnpike Troubador singer’s cheating scandal, sharing sweet pictures with their daughter, Evangeline, after her surprise March 2021 birth.

The Weeknd has said that he still won’t submit his music for consideration by the Grammy Awards.

The Weeknd has doubled down on his decision to no longer enter his music for future Grammy consideration, despite the Recording Academy’s announcement to eliminate “secret committees”. “Even though I won’t be submitting my music, the Grammys’ recent admission of corruption will hopefully be a positive move for the future of this plagued award and give the artist community the respect it deserves with a transparent voting process,” he said in a May 3 statement to The New York Times.

The Weeknd is opening up on the recent rules committee changes announced by the Recording Academy on Friday, and the pop star is doubling down on his decision to boycott the Grammys after being shut out of all nominations for the 2021 awards. The "After Hours" performer – born Abel Tesfaye – had one of the biggest albums of the year, which netted The Weeknd the most-streamed single of the year with "Blinding Lights" and a Super Bowl LIV Halftime performance to boot.

Linda Chorney I’m not sure how the major labels feel about the Recording Academy finally eliminating the Nomination Review Committees (NRC), but I can promise you that independent artists like me are doing back flips, just like I did the day I was nominated for a Grammy in 2012 for best Americana album — the first in the category without a label, publicist or manager. How the fuck did that happen? There was no NRC in American Roots.

This weekend was a tricky one for the Grammys committee as they decided to disband previous nominations and let voters call the final shots by choosing the winners. The decision comes as no surprise as stars like The Weeknd heavily criticised the nominees after his album After Hours failed to make the list.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s safe to say that the music industry was stunned on Friday when the Recording Academy almost completely eliminated the controversial “secret” committees that for decades have decided the final list of Grammy nominees in most categories, including the “Big Four” General field of Album, Song, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.The committees (which worked from a shortlist from the main body of approximately 12,000 voting members) were comprised of industry

Grammy Awards have announced that they are ending the “secret” committees responsible for its nomination process. The Recording Academy had faced criticism from artists including previous Grammy-winner The Weeknd, who stated in March that he would be boycotting the ceremony “because of the secret committees”.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Recording Academyannounced today that ithas made significant changes to the Grammy Awards process — including the elimination of nearly all of the controversial “secret” nominating committees that made final decisions about which artists or recordings were nominated in certain categories, including the “Big Four” General field of Album, Song, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.

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