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Raye Wins 2026 Mercury Prize
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She beat out Sir Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean, Jade, Nia Archives, and more
She beat out Sir Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean, Jade, Nia Archives, and more
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Raye Wins Mercury Prize for Album of the Year
Singer-songwriter and Variety Hitmakers 2024 honoree Raye has won the 2026 Mercury prize for her epic second studio album, “This Music May Contain Hope,” beating out Olivia Dean, Paul McCartney and others for the prize. The Mercury Prize has no real equivalent in the U.S., and is
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Raye wins the Mercury Prize with This Music May Contain Hope
The pop star beat artists like Paul McCartney, Suede and Jade Thirlwall to lift the £25,000 prize.
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Find out all about the albums up for this year's Mercury Prize
This year's best album shortlist includes several returning nominees - but Lily Allen misses out.
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Peter Chan Rules Out AI-Generated Content, Says Feature Films Will Survive the Rise of Vertical Dramas
Acclaimed Asian filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun, director of “Comrades: Almost a Love Story” and “The Warlords,” said he will probably use AI in his filmmaking but “definitely not AIGC,” or AI-generated content, and that the two-hour feature will hold its ground against short-form an
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‘Ebenezer’ Creates a Real Venmo Profile for Scrooge, Which Looks to Be Accepting Money But Not Dishing It Out
The surly miser Ebenezer Scrooge is no longer just a fictional character haunting the holidays — he’s on Venmo. To promote Ti West’s upcoming adaptation of the notorious character in the film “Ebenezer,” starring Johnny Depp in the titular role, the team created a Venmo account f
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