'American Idol' Contestants Who Passed Away, Including Several Tragic Losses in Recent Years

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Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Demi Moore, whose performance in Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” as been praised as Oscar-worthy, will receive a career tribute at the French Cinematheque in Paris on Nov. 5, ahead of the movie’s local release. The day-long retrospective and tribute are being co-hosted by Mubi, the global arthouse distributor and streamer which has successfully released the bold and bloody movie in the U.S., the U.K., Latin America, German and most other international territories, as well as Metropolitan which handles the French theatrical release, and the French Cinematheque.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Mainland Chinese film and TV studio Linmon Media says it is expanding its commitment to the costume drama series genre. At this week’s TIFFCOM film and TV rights market, which takes place alongside the Tokyo International Film Festival, gave updates on four costume drama series and other contemporary shows. These will release through 2025 and early 2026. Executives were also in Tokyo for the international launch of “The Unseen Sister,” the company’s Midi Z-directed mystery drama film that played in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s main competition.

Snoop Dogg has given a bit of insight into how a few of the standout records will sound. On Friday, the rapper was on hand in New York City’s Times Square to give a surprise performance to launch “Fortnite” Chapter 2 remix, which features contributions from Snoop, Ice Spice, Eminem and the late Juice WRLD’s estate. During an interview shortly after he wrapped the performance, Snoop shared that he anticipated two of the album’s tracks — “Last Dance With Mary Jane” featuring Jelly Roll and Tom Petty, and “Gunz n Smoke” featuring 50 Cent and Eminem — may potentially be featured in the new “Fortnite” rollout.

Christopher Vourlias Alex Berger of “The Bureau” producer TOP (The Oligarchs Productions), prolific Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan (“Aníkúlápó”) and Sydney Gallonde of Paris-based outfit Make it Happens Studios are among the headliners of the Salon International du Contenu Audiovisuel d’Abidjan (SICA), a three-day industry event that takes place Nov. 5 – 7 in Ivory Coast.

Carlos Aguilar Incessant and nerve-shattering, the cacophony of the sounds of war — shelling, air-raid alarms, explosions — has seemingly muffled the voices of those under Russian attack in Ukraine. Yet, as Ukrainian citizens learn to coexist with the destruction that plagues their quotidian comings and goings, the resilience of the country’s artists couldn’t be more thunderous.

Selome Hailu The second-to-last episode of “Agatha All Along” hit 4.6 million views in its first day of streaming on Disney+. That puts Episode 8 nearly 10% above the 4.2 million views achieved by Episode 7 in the same amount of time.

Jack Dunn Nvidia will replace Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, in a move that underscores the growing influence of Gen AI and advanced computing. The Santa Clara-headquartered tech giant has increased its stock price seven-fold in the past two years through its leadership in artificial intelligence technology, including with development of its Blackwell GPU architecture — what founder and CEO Jensen Huang described as “a processor for the generative AI era” when it was introduced in March at its Silicon Valley GTC AI conference.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Earlier this year, when he was guest of honor at the Asian Film Awards, Kurosawa Kiyoshi was in determined mood as he spoke about his craft, his influences and a need to keep reinventing himself. Six months and several accolades later, he is just as resolute. “I turned 68 last year.

If you were like us when you heard the news this week that Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz called off their engagement and split after three years together, you were completely shocked!

Tom Holland has an interesting Google history! This is so cute!!!

Epic Games’ massive multiplayer online game “Fortnite.” The event was revealed in real time to everyone present at the New York City landmark location, with Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice performing in person as the stunt was available for viewing to all “Fortnite” players. In addition the performance, “Fortnite” revealed its Chapter 2 remix with contributions from Snoop, Ice Spice and Eminem, as well as the estate of Juice WRLD. A new posthumous album is expected from the late rapper later this year via Grade A Productions and Interscope Records.

Wow, what a huge and unexpected development in a case we thought had long gone cold! The Horry County, South Carolina home of

Is this the end of Gisele Bündchen‘s career as we know it?

during the queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. A photo of Paddington and Queen Elizabeth enjoying their tea will appear in one of the film’s scenes, according to Variety.

Selena Gomez performs “Mi Camino” in the new music video clip from her upcoming movie Emilia Pérez!

Lana Condor and Anthony De La Torre are officially married!

spoiler alerts below!Kelly Monaco’s final episode as the iconic character ended on Friday, November 1, after McCall donated her liver to Lulu Spencer. We now know what happened to make that decision fatal.Earlier this week, viewers learned that the doctors had successfully removed her organ, but Sam lost her life in the process.

Boots has massively reduced a 'divine' designer perfume that usually costs £66 to just £18.99. The impressive discount means shoppers could save themselves almost £50 by taking advantage of the deal while it lasts.

The government has warned that unless standards improve at a Salford school it will be transferred to a different trust to run. The move comes after a damning Ofsted inspection report on Arbour Academy which rated it inadequate.

A Mississippi mom is facing charges of felony child abuse after allegedly failing to go through with a “suicide pact” with her 10-year-old. While speaking with People, Ocean Spri

Is there actually hope for Dave Grohl and Jordyn Blum’s marriage? Or is it just wishful thinking on his part?

Oh, Jennifer Lopez…

This makes a lot of sense to us! U? Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz…

This is a lot! Liam Payne…

OK, obviously it’s not the biggest shock in the world to say Donald Trump has been lying. In other news, that Meryl Streep is doing some good work in acting. But this lie?? And so much more… Hoo boy… buckle up…

AJ McLean just revealed he texted his co-star Liam Payne, concerned about his well-being… the day before he died.

The cause of death for Veronica Butler, 27 (left), and Jillian Kelley, 39 (right), has been revealed, and it is just as horrific as you could imagine.

Tyler, The Creator is not happy with Taylor Swift fans right now!

Fascinating details here! Diddy…

Ed Sheeran did not infringe the copyright of Marvin Gaye‘s ‘Let’s Get It On’.Today (November 1), The US Court Of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Sheeran’s 2014 hit track did not infringe on Gaye’s iconic track, citing that both songs only share the “fundamental musical building blocks”, per Billboard.The original case was filed in 2018 by Structured Asset Sales, the partial owners of the copyright of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote ‘Let’s Get It On’. The case claimed that the ‘Lego House’ singer had copied a chord progression and rhythm from the iconic ‘1973’ song.The appeals court said that the suit was seeking “a monopoly over a combination of two fundamental musical building blocks.”A panel of appeals court judges also wrote: “The four-chord progression at issue—ubiquitous in pop music—even coupled with a syncopated harmonic rhythm, is too well-explored to meet the originality threshold that copyright law demands.“Overprotecting such basic elements would threaten to stifle creativity and undermine the purpose of copyright law.”Sheeran’s attorney Donald Zakarian told Rolling Stone: “We are gratified that the Second Circuit agreed with Judge Stanton that Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge did not infringe ‘Let’s Get It On’ in creating ‘Thinking Out Loud’.

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird has been released, showing glimpses of the friendship behind the bands The Mars Volta and At The Drive-In. Watch it below.The clip, issued yesterday (October 31) by Oscilloscope Laboratories, comprises a montage of archival footage from the vault of Mars Volta co-founder and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, with narration about his close and prolific – though stormy – relationship over the decades with Cedric Bixler-Zavala.“I’m glad that God has put us in the same place and the same time,” he says.

Days of Our Lives fans need not to worry, the show isn’t going anywhere!

Josh Duhamel is celebrating his baby boy’s first Halloween!

Rachel Zegler is currently starring on Broadway and she had a Broadway-themed costume for Halloween!