UPDATE (Sept. 4): Daniel Blumberg, who won an Oscar for best original score in March for The Brutalist, is nominated for the Discovery of the Year Award at the 2025 World Soundtrack Awards. Blumberg is competing with Robin Carolan (Nosferatu), Jung Jae-il (Mickey 17), Dave Metzger (Mufasa: The Lion King) and Hania Rani (Sentimental Value).

The first round of nominations were announced by Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Academy on Aug. 5. This second wave of nominations also includes the Public Choice Award, WSA Game Music Award, and Belgian Film Composer of the Year. Winners will be announced on Oct. 15 at the annual WSA Ceremony & Concert during Film Fest Gent, Belgium’s biggest international film festival.

PREVIOUSLY (Aug. 5):“I Lied to You” from Ryan Coogler’s box-office smash Sinners is nominated for best original song at the 2025 World Soundtrack Awards, which boosts its chances of being nominated for an Oscar.

A song from each of writer/director Coogler’s last two films was nominated in that marquee Oscar category – “All the Stars” from Black Panther and “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Sinners was released in April and ranked No. 1 at the box office in each of its first two weekends. It’s the fifth-highest grossing film so far in 2025 domestically, behind A Minecraft Movie, Lilo & Stitch, Jurassic World: Rebirth and Superman, and No. 12 for the year so far worldwide.

Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq co-wrote “I Lied to You,” which was performed by Miles Caton, one of the stars of the film. Both writers are past Oscar nominees for best original song. Göransson was nominated for co-writing the aforementioned “Lift Me Up”; Saadiq for co-writing “Mighty River” from Mudbound. In addition to his best original song nod, Göransson is a two-time Oscar winner for best original score, for Black Panther and Oppenheimer.

The other four nominees for best original song at the World Soundtrack Awards are from 2024 films and thus can’t be in the running for Oscars next year. (One of them, “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez, won the Oscar earlier this year. Of the others, “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late, was nominated; “Winter Coat” from Blitz was shortlisted but not nominated; and “Beautiful That Way” from The Last Showgirl wasn’t even shortlisted.)

German composer and pianist Volker Bertelmann is nominated for both film composer of the year (for Conclave and The Amateur) and television composer of the year (for The Day of the Jackal, Dune: Prophecy and The Count of Monte Cristo). Bertelmann won film composer of the year at the 2023 World Soundtrack Awards.

Philip Glass and Michael Nyman are set to receive lifetime achievement awards.

Here’s the full list of nominations.

Best Original Song

    “Beautiful That Way” from The Last Showgirl – written by Andrew Wyatt, Lykke Li, Miley Cyrus; performed by Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Matt Dunkley

    “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – written by Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard; performed by Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón

    “I Lied to You” from Sinners – written by Ludwig Göransson, Raphael Saadiq; performed by Miles Caton

    “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late – written by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin; performed by Elton John, Brandi Carlile

    “Winter Coat” from Blitz – written by Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen, Taura Stinson; performed by Nicholas Britell, Saoirse Ronan

Film Composer of the Year

    Volker Bertelmann – Conclave; The Amateur

    Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist

    Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot

    Clément Ducol and Camille – Emilia Pérez

    Alberto Iglesias – The Room Next Door

    John Powell – How to Train Your Dragon

Television Composer of the Year

    Volker Bertelmann – The Day of the Jackal; Dune: Prophecy; The Count of Monte Cristo

    David Fleming, Gustavo Santaolalla – The Last of Us (Season 2)

    Ariel Marx – Dying for Sex

    Bear McCreary – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Season 2)

    Martin Phipps – Black Doves

    Theodore Shapiro – Severance (Season 2)

Discovery of the Year Award

Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist

Robin Carolan – Nosferatu

Jung Jae-il – Mickey 17

Dave Metzger – Mufasa: The Lion King

Hania Rani – Sentimental Value

Public Choice Award

Buio come il cuore (Dark is the Heart) – David Cerquetti

Hola Frida – Laetitia Pansanel-Garric

Ni chaînes ni maîtres – Amine Bouhafa

Reagan – John Coda

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim – Stephen Gallagher

WSA Game Music Award

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Lorien Testard

Doom: The Dark Ages – Alex Klingle, Brian Lee White, Brian Trifon, Jay Wiltzen

Dune: Awakening – Knut Avenstroup Haugen

Farewell North – John Konsolakis

Neva – Berlinist

Belgian Film Composer of the Year

Vincent Cahay – Maldoror

Ruben De Gheselle – Young Hearts; There was, There was not

Frédéric Vercheval – Largo Winch: Le prix de l’argent

Best Original Composition by a Young Composer

Neville Bharucha

Théo Cascio

Bongseob Kim

Lifetime Achievement Award

Philip Glass

Michael Nyman

Lil Jon may want to reconsider his diminutive stage name after his shocking finish in the annual Muscle Beach championship in L.A.’s Venice Beach. The 53-year-old, Grammy-winning “Turn Down For What” MC took home the third place trophy in the annual Men’s Physique Masters Over 45 category on Monday (Sept. 1).

Looking super shredded thanks to his years long fitness journey, Jon pumped iron, flexed and posed with the best of them as the showed off his winner’s medallion in an impressive Instagram video from the competition. “3RD PLACE! ALHAMDULLIAH. THANKS TO ALL THAT SUPPORTED ME ON THIS JOURNEY!!” he wrote.

“It’s been a lot physically, just in the gym, dedication, eating, focus. I’m winning just by being here and changing my lifestyle, mentally and physically,” Jon said in an interview with ABC 7 during the competition. “One of the things I hope is that I can be an inspiration to so many people who say, ‘Oh, I don’t have time. I can’t do it.’ If I can do it, then you can do it too.”

The annual Labor Day tradition in Venice Beach is billed as the greatest outdoor bodybuilding show on Earth and is open to amateurs only. Athletes from around the world descend on the famed stretch of beach every year to compete in categories including bodybuilding, physique, bikini and wellness.

Jon has been chronicling his wellness journey over the past year, posting videos of fasting cardio, his impressive pull-up skills and ridiculously jacked triceps. In addition to his dedication to eating well and working out, Jon has been feeding his mind as well via two albums of guided meditations, 2024’s Total Meditation and Manifest Abundance: Affirmation of Personal Growth and teaming up with Peloton last summer for a new Artist Series, bringing his catalog to six of the workout company’s live classes, including cycling, tread, row, meditation and strength.

Oasis are on a glide path to wrapping up their brief run of U.S. reunion shows. After kicking things off on Aug. 28 at Chicago’s Soldier Field, then rocking more than 140,000 ecstatic, bucket hat-wearing fans during a double-down at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, the Gallagher brothers will hit the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Saturday (Sept. 6) and Sunday (Sept. 7).

But before that, the band shared the latest live track from their get back run on Thursday morning (Sept. 4) with the release of “Wonderwall (Live from Dublin, 15 August ’25).” Recorded last month during a double-down at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland on the first of two sold-out nights that saw them playing to more than 160,000 fans, the shows were the group’s first gigs in Ireland since 2009.

The recording opens with singer Liam Gallagher’s existential question: “Where the f–k would we all be without ‘Wonderwall?’ Where would we be? Selling carpets or some s–t like that.” Backed by brother Noel Gallagher’s acoustic guitar at the top, the recording is the perfect encapsulation of the energy and enthusiasm the group has been me with on their triumphant reboot, with the audience lustily singing along to every iconic line from the song that ran up to No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1996, giving Oasis their highest charting song to date on the tally.

The new live “Wonderwall” joins a handful of other live songs they’re released so far, including: “Bring It On Down (Live from Edinburgh, 9 August ‘25),” “Slide Away (Live from Cardiff, 4 July ‘25),” “Cigarettes & Alcohol (Live from Manchester, 11 July ‘25),” and “Little By Little (Live from London, 2 August ‘25).” 

Oasis are 22 dates into the 41-show tour that nobody thought would ever happen given the Gallaghers’ legendarily fractious relationship. Instead of the old rancor and unpredictability, so far the tour has been all hugs, hand-holding and pithy quips from Liam, with fans reveling in the joy of seeing the band roar back in top form and conquer the U.S. on a scale they never achieved during their initial late 1990s-early 2000’s run.

After the L.A. shows, the tour will move on to two nights in Mexico City (Sept. 12-13) and another pair of gigs at Wembley Stadium in London before moving on to South Korea and Japan in late October and then Australia and South America in November.

Listen to Oasis’ live version of “Wonderwall” below.

  

It’s Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players week, and we had Zeddy Will and Cash Cobain join staffers Delisa Shannon and Kyle Denis for an episode of Billboard Unfiltered Live on Wednesday (Sept. 3).

This week’s show debated who is the current king and queen of rap in New York City. Denis went with Joey Bada$$ as the king, based on the dominance he showcased this year in battle and with his new album.

“He basically single-handedly took on an entire coast and won,” Denis said. “That new album is flames. He’s got this tour coming up. I’m really proud of the way that Joey maneuvered this year throughout music, throughout fashion, throughout acting.”

Zeddy Will went with the queen being Nicki Minaj. “She’s been able to still for all these years come back and sell arenas out,” he claimed. “She did MSG twice back-to-back. Her fanbase is still crazy to this day and she got all the hit records. The numbers don’t lie.”

As for Cash, he’s keeping it classic with Hov. “The king of New York is Jay-Z,” he said matter-of-factly. “It’s Jay-Z. Multi-platinum albums [and] president of Def Jam. He’s like the richest rapper, right? What didn’t he do?”

Cobain teased rumors that have been swirling about Jay-Z potentially coming back to drop his first solo album since 4:44. “I heard Jay-Z about to drop some s—t. That’s what I heard. That’s about to shake the world,” he said.

From Cardi B to A$AP Rocky, plenty of other names were floated for their stake at the crown, but the trio didn’t come off their original picks.

Watch the full episode below.

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Before hit ’90s shows like South Park and King of the Hill, we had Beavis and Butt-Head, the eccentric, counter-culture duo poking fun at music videos, musicians and pop culture in general.

Decades later, the hit animated series created by Mike Judge is back after a two-year hiatus. With season 11 (or season 3, if you’re counting from its 2022 reboot) out today, we’ve gathered all the info you need to stream the latest episodes online for free.

At a Glance: How to Watch the New Season of ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Without Cable

In season 3, our favorite counter-culture teenage icons are now older, richer than ever, and out to “buy Metallica.” After being hit a with a gold bar mid-concert, band co-founder and lead singer James Hetfield is prevented from doing the deal but the mayhem doesn’t stop there. The trailer reveals even more whacky mischief the pair get into, including becoming aliens, Butt-Head removing his braces (he falls in love with himself), and the usual inventive and gratuitous acts of violence.

How to Watch ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Online

Yes, the series did originally end in 2011, however, Paramount+ pumped new life into the hit series back in 2022. After its two-year hiatus, the show is back for its eleventh season and fans can stream the latest season online on the streaming service without cable.

Paramount+ has a 7-day free trial available, so you can watch Beavis and Butt-Head online for free with a subscription. The streamer has two tiers for streaming plans to choose from. The first is the Paramount+ Essential plan, which is ad-supported and goes for $7.99 per month. It grants you access to everything the streamer has to offer, including and catalog titles — from hubs such as CBS, CBS Sports, CBS News, BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and The Smithsonian Channel — but with limited commercial breaks throughout movies, TV shows and live TV.

The other is Paramount+ with Showtime, which is ad-free and goes for $12.99 per month. This plan has all of Paramount+ originals and network hubs, as well as programming from Showtime with hits including Yellowjackets, Billions, The Curse, The Chi and Your Honor without any ad breaks.

Watch the trailer for the new season of Beavis and Butt-Head.