The most surreal thing about the 2024 Kids’ Choice Award is that it went on as scheduled on Saturday (July 13) at 8 p.m. ET, even though the rest of the world was reacting to the shocking assassination attempt on former President Trump. There wasn’t even a mention of the incident on the show. Most awards show open with a moment of reflection following distressing news events, which are, sadly, all too common.
To be fair, an opening about an assassination attempt would be tonally all wrong for a show built around epic slimings. The kids who watch and enjoy this show probably wouldn’t have understood what the moment meant for a country where violence and anger are constant facts of life.
It’s also not a surprise that so many kids’ favorites appeared on the show, including The Kid Laroi, who performed a three-song medley. Many young stars grew up watching this show. It’s a kick for them to appear on it. This show introduces young kids to the fun of watching award shows. It’s a gateway show. To tweak the title of a Billboard 200-topping album by AC/DC, “For Those About to Watch Awards Shows, We Salute You.”
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Many of the winners on the show were thoroughly expected. No one could have been surprised that Barbie won favorite movie or that Taylor Swift won favorite female artist, favorite global music star or favorite ticket of the year for The Eras Tour. And the win for Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” as favorite viral song was hardly a surprise.
That doesn’t mean all awards went as expected. Take a look.
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Former President Donald Trump was shot at in an apparent assassination attempt on Saturday (July 13), an incident that had 50 Cent looking back at Get Rich or Die Tryin’, the rapper’s debut album. 2003 album track “Many Men (Wish Death)” references 50 surviving someone opening fire on him; he’s previously talked about an incident in which he was shot nine times.
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“Trump gets shot and now I’m trending,” 50 posted on his social media accounts Saturday night. His remark, topped off with a shrugging emoji, was the caption to a Get Rich or Die Tryin’ cover edit featuring Trump’s face on his body.
Before posting the altered album art, the rapper shared a still image of Trump from Saturday’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, where the Republican presidential candidate had a bloodied ear and face and his fist pumped up for the crowd. Trump was surrounded by the Secret Service, who were rushing him off the stage following gunshots.
Trump is “fine,” according to a statement from spokesman Steven Cheung obtained by The New York Times. One rally attendee and the suspected shooter were killed.
“Many men wish death upon me/ Blood in my eye, dawg, and I can’t see/ I’m tryin’ to be what I’m destined to be/ And n—– tryin’ to take my life away,” 50 Cent sings on the intro of “Many Men (Wish Death).”
His breakthrough album Get Rich or Die Tryin’ went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 2003 and was nominated for a Grammy for best rap album.
“Many Men (Wish Death)” was never serviced as an official single, though it had a life of its own that included a music video released in 2003. Interestingly, 50 revealed two decades later that “Many Men” is his least favorite from the debut set: “We was in that hard-hitting intensity, the energy on the records, and it’s the slowest song on Get Rich or Die Tryin’. And it’s now the tempo that the artists are rapping to. So the fast tempo, hard-hitting beats, that was that era, that time period.”
In a 2013 interview with Howard Stern, 50 Cent said of his shooter, “He was paid to do it … It’s my past … It’s karma.” He told Stern, “He was paid ’cause someone felt like I would potentially do something to them if they kept going in the direction that they were going in.” He said getting shot in the face was “not as painful as having to visit the dentist repeatedly for a root canal.”
“His street credit just went up a couple points,” one of 50’s followers wrote of Trump Saturday night on the rapper’s post, where many others made light of the former president being shot at, with comments like: “Get reelected or die trying,” “Fif better let Trump use ‘many men’ during his campaign” and “He walking out at his next rally to this song.”
“Blood in my ear dawg and I can’t hear, Biden tryna take my votes away,” one person quipped, while another wrote, “Bro fighting charges and got shot… put him in the booth rn.”
See 50 Cent’s posts about Trump from Saturday night below.
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Barbie, Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo all won multiple awards at the 2024 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, which were held at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on Saturday (July 13).
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Barbie won favorite movie, favorite movie actress (Margot Robbie), favorite song (Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?”) and favorite music collaboration (“Barbie World” by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua).
Swift won three awards — favorite female artist (for the third time), favorite global music star (also for the third time) and favorite ticket of the year for The Eras Tour. In addition, her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, won favorite male sports star.
Rodrigo won favorite album for GUTS (beating Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, among others) and also favorite female TV star (kids) for her role as Nini on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
Post Malone, who collaborated with Swift on “Fortnight,” a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, won favorite male artist for the first time. Imagine Dragons took favorite music group for the first time.
Reneé Rapp won favorite breakout artist. Four of the last five winners in this category identify as LGBTQ. Eilish won in 2019, followed by Lil Nas X in 2020 and Dove Cameron in 2023. The winner in 2022 was the straight-identifying Rodrigo. The category wasn’t presented in 2021.
Eilish’s win for favorite song is her third in that category, following wins for “Bad Guy” and “Happier Than Ever.” This puts Eilish in a tie with Harry Styles for the most wins in the category. Styles’ tally includes two hits with One Direction — “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Story of My Life.” Styles won as a solo artist last year for “As It Was.”
The show was hosted by SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny) and Patrick Star (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke). The show recreated the undersea home of Bikini Bottom, the setting of SpongeBob SquarePants. Unsurprisingly, the show won favorite cartoon. This year marks the 25th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants, which first aired on Nickelodeon as a sneak peek after the Kids’ Choice Awards on May 1, 1999, and officially premiered on July 17 of that year.
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2024 was simulcast live on the east coast at 8 p.m. ET, and on tape delay on the west coast, across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, the Nick Jr. channel, TV Land, CMT and MTV2.
Show highlights include an opening dance number, with Paul Russell performing his hit “Lil Boo Thang;” a medley performance by The Kid LAROI of “Nights Like This,” his current single “Girls” and his Hot 100-topping “Stay”; Serena Williams being honored with the Legend Gold Blimp, presented by Kelly Rowland; a halftime show moment featuring Jelly Roll, Heidi Klum and a marching band; and underwater scuba divers revealing Jack Black as favorite villain.
The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2024 will encore on Sunday, July 14, at 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Nickelodeon, and 9 a.m. on Nicktoons, and on Monday, July 15, at 9 p.m. on TeenNick. All times shown are ET/PT. The show will also be available to stream on Paramount+ on Sunday, July 14.
Here’s the complete list of nominations for the 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards, with winners marked.
Music
Favorite album
Various Artists, Barbie: The Album
Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter
Miley Cyrus, Endless Summer Vacation
WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS
Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
Jelly Roll, Whitsitt Chapel
Favorite song
Dua Lipa, “Dance the Night”
Luke Combs, “Fast Car”
Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”
Doja Cat, “Paint the Town Red”
Justin Timberlake, “Selfish”
Beyoncé, “Texas Hold ‘Em”
WINNER: Billie Eilish, “What Was I Made For?”
Ariana Grande, “yes, and?”
Favorite viral song
Benson Boone, “Beautiful Things”
David Kushner, “Daylight”
WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter, “Espresso”
Tate McRae, “Greedy”
Paul Russell, “Lil Boo Thang”
Tyla, “Water”
Favorite music collaboration
Lil Durk and J. Cole, “All My Life”
David Guetta, Anne Marie and Coi Leray, “Baby Don’t Hurt Me”
WINNER: Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua, “Barbie World”
Pharrell Williams featuring Miley Cyrus, “Doctor (Work it Out)”
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone, “Fortnight”
Taylor Swift and Ice Spice, “Karma (Remix)”
DJ Khaled featuring Lil Baby, Future and Lil Uzi Vert, “Supposed to Be Loved”
Jessie Murph and Jelly Roll, “Wild Ones”
Favorite female artist
Ariana Grande
Beyoncé
Billie Eilish
Cardi B
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
Selena Gomez
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Favorite male artist
Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Justin Timberlake
WINNER: Post Malone
The Weeknd
Travis Scott
Usher
Favorite music group
Black Eyed Peas
Coldplay
WINNER: Imagine Dragons
Jonas Brothers
Maroon 5
*NSYNC
Favorite breakout artist
Coco Jones
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
WINNER: Reneé Rapp
Tate McRae
Teddy Swims
Tyla
Victoria Monét
Favorite social music star
Addison Rae
WINNER: Bella Poarch
David Kushner
Djo
Madison Beer
Paul Russell
Favorite ticket of the year
Bad Bunny: Most Wanted
Beyoncé: Renaissance Tour
BlackPink: BornPink Tour
Olivia Rodrigo: Guts Tour
Sabrina Carpenter: Emails That I Can’t Send Tour
WINNER: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Favorite global music star
Africa: Tyla
Asia: BLACKPINK
Australia/NZ: Troye Sivan
Europe: Zara Larsson
Latin America: Karol G
WINNER: North America: Taylor Swift
UK: Dua Lipa
Film
Favorite movie
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
WINNER: Barbie
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Little Mermaid
The Marvels
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Wonka
Favorite movie actor
Adam Sandler (Danny Friedman, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah)
Chris Pratt (Peter Quill, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3)
Jason Momoa (Arthur, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom)
John Cena (Jakob Toretto, Fast X)
Paul Rudd (Gary Grooberson, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire)
Ryan Gosling (Ken, Barbie)
Ryan Reynolds (Cal, IF)
WINNER: Timothée Chalamet (Willy Wonka, Wonka)
Favorite movie actress
America Ferrera (Gloria, Barbie)
Brie Larson (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, The Marvels)
Halle Bailey (Ariel, The Little Mermaid)
Jennifer Garner (Jess, The Family Switch)
WINNER: Margot Robbie (Barbie, Barbie)
Melissa McCarthy (Ursula, The Little Mermaid)
Zendaya (Chani, Dune: Part Two)
Zoe Saldana (Gamora, Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3)
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Gunshots rang out at a Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday (July 13). The former president, who appeared to have blood on his ear and face, was immediately escorted from the stage by the Secret Service.
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Trump, currently the Republican presidential candidate, is “fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility,” according to a statement obtained by The New York Times. Spokesman Steven Cheung did not provide the publication with any further information about whether he had been injured, but later on Saturday, Trump posted on his Truth Social account that he “was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening.”
The NYT reports one rally attendee and the suspected shooter were killed.
“I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “and also to the family of another person that was badly injured.”
At the time of the shooting, Trump was photographed surrounded by Secret Service agents while raising his fist to the crowd before being rushed off to his motorcade.
The rally was being held on the grounds of the Butler Farm Show.
President Biden received a briefing about what happened at Saturday’s rally, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says state police arrived on the scene to work with federal partners.
In a televised address, President Joe Biden said “everybody must condemn” the attack and that he is relieved Trump is “doing well.” The Associated Press reports Biden’s campaign is pausing all messaging to supporters and pulling television ads.
As news of the assassination attempt spread across social media, with Trump’s name trending on X (formerly Twitter), a number of music artists and public figures posted reactions. X’s Elon Musk posted his endorsement of Trump for president, and commented, “Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt.”
“Trump was shot!!!” John Rich, of Big & Rich alerted his followers, later adding, “They couldn’t beat him in a fair contest, so they tried to kill him. BUT THEY MISSED.”
“Praying for our country rn,” said country singer and American Idol alum Scotty McCreery.
Josh Turner wrote: “Thank God President Trump is okay. Thoughts and prayers go up for him and for the family of the attendee whose life was taken at today’s rally.”
“I know the vibes,” noted 50 cent, posting a clip of his track “Many Men (Wish Death)” from Get Rich or Die Tryin’. “We are all in trouble now!”
Kid Cudi noted that the incident was “upsetting,” and said, “This aint cool. I aint voting for him and dont support him but wishing death on someone aint it.”
M.I.A. said she was “looking for bullet proof sun hats just for America.”
See various reactions to the incident at the Trump rally below.
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The 2024 Paris Olympics kick off July 25 and will feature the best athletes around the globe competing for a chance at a coveted gold medal. Now, sustainable footwear brand Cariuma is giving fans some coveted merch to go along with their Olympic viewing, teaming up with Olympic skateboarders to launch a line of sneakers that are not only approved by the athletes, but will also be worn by them when they compete in front of the world.
Four Olympians are spotlighted in the Cariuma Olympic collection, including U.S. skateboarder Jagger Eaton, Brazilian skateboarder Kelvin Hoefler, Portuguese skateboarder Gustavo Ribeiro and Dutch skateboarder Roos Zwetsloot. Out of all the Olympics merch available, this latest launch is one of the most streetwear-friendly yet, with each style built with the brand’s highly-rated cushioning in addition to an elevated exterior inspired by each athlete’s unique style.
Two jerseys for The Netherlands and Portugal were also created as part of the collaboration for you to complete your Olympics viewing outfit. Keep reading to shop the Olympian skateboarding sneakers below.
Inspired by ’90s basketball shoe silhouettes, these sneakers will subtly show off your support for the U.S. using a red, white and blue colorway complete with small golden stars on the heel. The materials are made from consciously sourced leather from LWG-certified tanneries and feature gold accents for added style. The LWG (Leather Working Group) sets standards to ensure sustainable sourcing and shipping.
Bring a soft look to your feet with these Gustavo Ribeiro Naioca Pro sneakers that show off a suede material and gum sole for extra support and grip. Ribeiro’s name is decorated on the shoe while the toe has been reinforced and also has an extra layer of rubber for protection.
These simple sneakers present a fully stitched outsole to provide a longer lifespan as well as LWG-certified suede that adds durability and an eco-friendly touch. You’ll also find Zwetsloot’s name in embossed silver in addition to blue and orange details as a nod to her home country.
Stock up on these limited-edition sneakers decorated with the Brazilian flag – Hoefler’s home country. As a one-of-a-kind shoe, you can expect the design to come with heavy-duty materials like consciously-crafted LWG-certified suede, recycled mesh, recycled rubber and full cushion.
Show off your pride for The Netherlands with this casual jersey. Along with shades of the country’s colors, you’ll also find a patch with the official Olympics logo in the corner.
Stay cool in this Portugal tank top featuring the country’s bold colors as well as a graphic of the flag on the corner or the chest. The material is an airy and breathable fabric that comes from recycled water bottles.
Cariuma continues to expand its list of iconic collaborations that also include a yearly line inspired by the Pantone color of the year. The brand also got nostalgic with a Peanuts collection that had fans clamoring to stock up on the exclusive merch.
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Prime Day is next week! If you’ve been looking to sign up for Starz, Paramount+ with Showtime, MGM+, BET+ and other popular streaming channels, you don’t want to miss Amazon’s early Prime Day streaming deal.
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As part of our continuing efforts to serve the music industry and its creators, Billboard Pro now features a music industry events calendar for readers.
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The calendar will act as music’s most complete summary major national and international industry events, from conferences to festivals to networking mixers and more. Just as Billboard is music’s must-read source for news, charts and analysis, now it also is the go-to for business happenings.
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The viral multi-styler — designed for drying, smoothing, volumizing and more that works for multiple hair types, including curly, coily and hair shorter than chest length — comes in various colorways, including a limited releases such as the ceramic pink and rose gold Airwrap, which is currently out of stock, but there are other colorways such as blue and copper.
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At $600, the Airwrap feels more splurge-worthy than budget-friendly, but it also provides an all-in-one experience, thus cutting down on the number of hair tools that you may need to use, and potentially saving you money in the long run. If you’re considering gifting someone with a Dyson Airwrap, it’s easily one of the most useful (and sought-after) gifts that you’ll buy — even if the price feels a bit steep.
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The board of directors of Downtown Music Holdings is exploring a sale of the nearly 20-year-old music company in part because the family of its longtime backer, the late Sir Douglas Myers, is considering winding down its stake. But who was Douglas Myers and how did he get involved in Downtown?
Before Myers’ investment in what was then known as Downtown Records helped catapult Gnarls Barkley‘s 2006 hit “Crazy” to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earn the duo a Grammy nomination for record of the year, he was the heir of one Australasia’s most successful brewing dynasties.
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Myers was a fourth-generation brewer and the descendant of Polish Jewish immigrants to New Zealand. In 1965, he joined the brewing company that would become Lion Nathan and eventually spend around 15 years there as MD, CEO and ultimately chairman, a post he ascended to in 1997, according to 2007 biography The Myers by Michael Bassett and Paul Goldsmith. In 1998, Myers sold the majority of his Lion Nathan share to Japan’s Kirin Brewery Company.
In retirement, Myers threw himself into philanthropy and some alternative investments, including, at 69, Downtown.
The success of Gnarls Barkley’s led to Douglas attending the 2007 Grammys, where he saw the duo, which was composed of Cee Lo Green and Danger Mouse, pick up two awards: best urban/alternative performance for “Crazy” and best alternative music album for St. Elsewhere. In a subsequent interview on the New Zealand TV evening news show Sunday, Douglas described feeling starstruck.
“It’s not my thing,” Douglas said, describing the event as “amazing. Lionel Richie was there, Tony Bennet, Sting was there….Beyoncé was there.”
Myers reportedly invested in Downtown because of his son Campbell Myers‘ love of music. Campbell Myers later served as Downtown’s director of business development for a year from 2009-2010, according to his LinkedIn profile, and more recently founded and served as co-CEO of CreateMe, a San Francisco-based technology-focused clothing manufacturer.
Douglas died in 2017 after a long battle with cancer.
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Glen Ballard became the 2,374th recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today (July 11) with a little help from the members of Wilson Phillips, whose self-titled 1990 debut album—produced by and co-written with Ballard—went on to sell 10 million copies worldwide and cemented the friendship between the producer and the trio.
The love the “Hold On” performers still shared with Ballard, also well known for his work with acts like Alanis Morissette and Michael Jackson, was evident and the emotional high point of Ballard’s ceremony.
Carnie Wilson who called Ballard “the most humble human being I’ve ever met” and the “fourth member” of Wilson Phillips, gave a little history lesson, taking the audience back to the trio and Ballard sitting in a his studio in Encino, Calif., “eating our chopped salads and pasta from Emilio’s five days a week for two years,” while they crafted the album. “You understood our need to sing harmony, our blend. We heard and spoke the same language.”
Her younger sister Wendy, who was only 16 when they entered the studio in 1987, called their years together “a blissful time we will always cherish,” as she talked about feeling safe under Ballard’s wing as he helped them develop their sound.
But it was Chynna Phillips, who made the attendees understand just how vital a role Ballard played in their lives that stretched far beyond his musical tutelage and brought herself, Ballard and many in the audience to tears.
“We were three girls who really needed a father figure,” she said, her voice cracking with emotion. Carnie and Wendy are, of course, the daughters of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, while Phillips’ father was The Mamas and the Papas’ John Phillips. All three have had, at times, complicated and fractured relationships with their fathers. “The three of us were desperate for a man in our lives who would speak into us, and who would nurture us and love us and show us that we mattered and had something to say and we had it in us… You reflected that in us and you really showed us that we could do what we wanted to do with our lives… It was a very personal, very influential, very moving time in our lives, transformative. And if it weren’t for you Glen, I don’t know where I would be today. I just love you with all my heart.”
Phillips then shared one of her most personal memories of Ballard, reflecting his own father-daughter connection with his child Bannon, who died as an infant many years ago. “When I went to your house that you had built in the ocean Malibu area, the very top of your house, you had a wind directional. You told me you had put it there for Bannon and that you just wanted her always to be able to find you. I just want you to know her spirit is here today and always with you, and I love her and know that she is so proud of you too.”
Ballard, whose two adult sons and many members of his extended family were in attendance, graciously gave credit to his many collaborators, which also include Annie Lennox, Barbra Streisand, Aerosmith and Dave Matthews Band, for his success, but shared a valuable lesson he learned from working with Wilson Phillips.
“One of my greatest joys is being involved in artists from the beginning, from the downbeat as they say in music. When I met Wilson Phillips, they hadn’t made a record, and it was up to us to create the initial sound. Luminous, three-part harmony in an era of grunge music was a bold and unusual choice,” he said, which received a laugh from the audience. “Creatively courageous. But when we won the Tokyo Music Festival in 1990 and that week our record [“Hold On”] went No. 1 across the world. We realized that the counter program worked. And it’s a lesson that I’ve taken with me from that moment. Five years later, I met a young singer-songwriter, and we wrote 20 songs and they became Jagged Little Pill that was Alanis Morissette. We weren’t chasing the marketplace, we were chasing her muse. And it turned out well. And then five years after that, Katy Perry was knocking on my studio door and after we spent a year in Paris, well, you know the rest, it worked out very well.”
Ballard has also had a number of theatrical successes, including Back to the Future, which is running on Broadway and London’s West End. Tony winner Roger Bart, who plays Doc Brown in the Broadway version, also feted Ballard, praising his collaborative spirit.
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