Taylor Swift pays homage to one of the most iconic stars of screen in the new video for her The Life of a Showgirl track “Elizabeth Taylor.” The visual dropped on Tuesday morning (March 31) and, like her previous videos from the album, it was available only on Spotify and Apple Music, with no version uploaded to YouTube at present.
Unlike so many of Swift’s colorful, story-centered videos, the “Elizabeth Taylor” visual consists of a series of clips from Taylor’s most beloved films, with Swift entirely absent from the proceedings. The mega-mix of Taylor films cut together include bits from such big screen hallmarks as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, Father of the Bride, Giant, A Place in the Sun and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” among others.
Also included in the montage are bits of footage of the legendary actress in newsreel footage in which she’s draped in her signature jewels and high fashion outfits during public appearances and paparazzi shots.
“Elizabeth Taylor” is the latest single from Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl album. The song paying homage to the Hollywood legend follows on the heels of the first two radio singles from the singer’s 12th studio album, following on the heels of “The Fate of Ophelia” and “Opalite.”
Upon the album’s release in October, Swift said she asked permission from the Taylor estate to pay homage in the song to the actress who died in 2011 at age 73, explaining that because she was writing about a real person she did her due diligence and “we go to their family and their estate and let them know and they were lovely about it.”
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The Internet’s biggest awards show is almost here, and some of the biggest names in music are nominated this year.
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 2026 Webby Awards on Tuesday (March 31). Now in its 30th year, the Webby Awards spotlight Internet excellence, from viral memes and podcasters to content creators and filmmakers. As always, this year’s nominees represent a wide range of online successes, including major tech companies, A-List actors and some of the biggest names in music.
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Lady Gaga is nominated in two categories: Events & Livestreams, Social Campaigns (Social) for the Lady Gaga Monster Press Conference put on by Spotify, and Best Mobile Visual Design – Aesthetic, Mobile Features & Design (Websites & Mobile Sites) for her website. Taylor Swift is up for Arts, Culture & Lifestyle, Social Campaigns (Social) for “The Fate of Ophelia” launch on YouTube (done by We Are Social North America). Bad Bunny is up for both Best Partnership or Collaboration, Social Features (Social) and Best Community or Fan Engagement – Media/Entertainment, Social Features (Social). Kendrick Lamar and SZA will duke it out against Sabrina Carpenter, Rosalía, Little Simz and Claude for Best Music Video. Other musicians included in this year’s nominees are KATSEYE, Cardi B and Justin Bieber.
On top of the individual categories they are competing in, nominees are also eligible to win The Webby Award, selected by the Academy, and The Webby People’s Voice Award, voted on by fans online. Voting for The Webby People’s Voice Awards is open now through April 16 at 11:59 p.m. PT at vote.webbyawards.com.
The 30th Webby Awards, hosted by The Daily Show‘s Josh Johnson, will be presented live on Monday, May 11, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City and streamed on the Webby Awards YouTube channel. See below for the full list of this year’s Webby Awards nominees.
Best Use of Earned Media, Media Campaigns (Advertising, Media & PR)
The Death of Duo – Duolingo
Panera Croissant Clutch – 72andSunny
Steph Curry Shoots the Moon – Known
Bet on Kendall – OBB Media & Fanatics Studios
e.l.f. x Sailing with Phoenix – e.l.f. Beauty
Politics & Advocacy, Branded Content (Advertising, Media & PR)
Zohran for NYC (New York City Mayoral Primary) – Melted Solids
The Final Exam – BBDO Chicago
NYC Votes x Mad Realities – Hollywood IQ
Gavin Newsom: @GavinNewsom – LaMont Digital
Poder Latinx North Carolina – Desconsiderados – Mundial Media
Best B2B Campaign, Advertising Campaigns (Advertising, Media & PR)
Centivo “How Dare We” – territorial
Webflow’s AI Guy – neuemotion
Microsoft – Yours to Build – Code and Theory
Ramp’s Brian Baumgartner Box Stunt – Ramp
Wake Up With Craig – BBDO New York
Health, Wellness & Pharmaceutical, Branded Content (Advertising, Media & PR)
OURA – Give Us The Finger – nice&frank
The Relief Rider – The Martin Agency
Louder Than Cancer – Amazon Ads Brand Innovation Lab
The Swedish Prescription – Weber Shandwick
Find out what you’re made of. – Autumn Communications
Brand Strategy, Advertising Campaigns (Advertising, Media & PR)
YouTube Rickrolls the Internet for 20th Birthday Celebration – We Are Social North America
Mammut – Give mountainwear the life it deserves – DEPT®
Adolescent Content x Ipsy: I Play Beauty – Adolescent Content
The Swedish Prescription – Weber Shandwick
Food Deserves Pepsi – BBDO New York
B2B, Branded Content (Advertising, Media & PR)
Bye Bye Dongle – Logitech – Logitech
From Invisible to Indispensable: Reframing Maternal Health Through B2B Content – Hello Helio
Rewind it Back Think – mojo, Inc.
Vast: The Next Giant Leap – Vast, Inc
The Next Chapter – Casual Films
Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign, Advertising Campaigns (Advertising, Media & PR)
LinkedIn – The Mom B.A. – R/GA
Nat Geo x Costa Sunglasses – Disney CreativeWorks
The Mind Set – Amazon Ads Brand Innovation Lab
Sorry – Droga5 London
How Ya Travellin’? – Keep Left
Best Partnership or Collaboration, Advertising Campaigns (Advertising, Media & PR)
Kyle F*cking Connor – Courage
What’s Next? with LeBron James – Amazon
Bet on Kendall – OBB Media & Fanatics Studios
Stranger Things Season 5 Campaign – Game Seven
Absolut Tabasco – Wieden+Kennedy London
Best Viral PR Campaign, PR Campaigns (Advertising, Media & PR)
The Dr Pepper Jingle – Deutsch
Bet on Kendall – OBB Media & Fanatics Studios
Eau de Croissant – A fragrance by Lidl – Coolr
Sydney’s Bathwater Bliss – Made You Feel
The Death of Duo – Duolingo
Video Ad Longform, Individual (Advertising, Media & PR)
The Unanswered Children – Accenture Song Brand Denmark A/S
Facebook “Secret Santa” – Droga5, part of Accenture Song
Human Grade (Taxider My Family) – Good Behavior
Imagine That, Frankenstein – Park Pictures
A Spicy But Not Too Spicy Plumber, Björn Rühmann – SMUGGLER
Products & Services, Branded Content (Advertising, Media & PR)
A Tale As Old As Websites – Squarespace
Five Star Theater Starring Benedict Cumberbatch – Amazon
Expedition Impossible, Benji Weinstein – SMUGGLER
Someday – TBWA Media Arts Lab
Downy’s Almost Scandalously Soft Stories – Saatchi & Saatchi
Game or Application, Individual (Advertising, Media & PR)
A Tale As Old As Websites – Squarespace
Five Star Theater Starring Benedict Cumberbatch – Amazon
Expedition Impossible, Benji Weinstein – SMUGGLER
Someday – TBWA Media Arts Lab
Downy’s Almost Scandalously Soft Stories – Saatchi & Saatchi
Launch or Drop, Advertising Campaigns (Advertising, Media & PR)
NikeSKIMS Spring ’26 Campaign featuring Blackpink’s LISA – Karla Otto
Ricola Scarf – Tombras
Venmo Taco Bellt – 72andSunny
Filet O Fish Facebook Society – Leo UK
Fractional Window Shopping – Ogilvy Canada
Belonging & Inclusion, Branded Content (Advertising, Media & PR)
Defy the Storm – Vladimir Jones
Re:framing Mentorship – SixDegrees.org
HBO Max Pride 2025: Trixie Mattel Gay HBO Max Song – HBO Max
Face the Difference – BDG
How to Raise Adults – SHE Media
Creative Tools, AI Experiences & Applications (AI)
Defy the Storm – Vladimir Jones
Re:framing Mentorship – SixDegrees.org
HBO Max Pride 2025: Trixie Mattel Gay HBO Max Song – HBO Max
Face the Difference – BDG
How to Raise Adults – SHE Media
Consumer Application, AI Experiences & Applications (AI)
Google Gemini Marketing Site – Google
Amazon introduces agentic Health AI assistant for simpler, personalized, and more actionable health care – Amazon
Advisor: Warby Parker’s styling expertise paired with the power of AI – Kettle Solutions LLC
McAfee’s Scam Detector – McAfee
BestInterest Coparenting App – BestInterest, Inc
Data Visualization & Reporting, AI Experiences & Applications (AI)
Language Explorer – Hook
FRnD Insights: realtime AI marketing consultancy – FRnD
Boomtown Unboxed – Hyper-personalised festival aftermovies for every unique visitor – Monks
ROAM-AI – Wolfpack Digital
Aily Labs – Aily Labs
Energy & Sustainability, AI Experiences & Applications (AI)
ClimateGPT 3+ – ClimateGPT Foundation / Erasmus.AI
Beewise’s BeeHome™ – Beewise
Tapestry: using AI to build a more resilient & reliable electric grid – Tapestry
ON.energy AI – ON.energy
Groundbreaking Climate Video Powered by Real-Time Data- Huge
Best AI Agent, AI Features & Innovation (AI)
Opal – Google
G42.ai – R/GA
Google’s Agentic Checkout – “Buy for me” with Price tracking – Google
Deductive AI – Method Communications
You.com’s ARI: the most intelligent, accurate deep research agent – Six Eastern
Best Product or Service, AI Features & Innovation (AI)
Claude Code – Anthropic
Particle – Particle
Flow by Google – Google
Google NotebookLM – Google
AI Arbitrator – American Arbitration Association
Best Use of AI Voice & Conversational Interface, AI Features & Innovation (AI)
ElevenLabs Agents Platform – ElevenLabs
Krisp is the infrastructure that makes conversational AI usable at scale – Krisp.ai
VoiceAI by EliseAI – Aircover PR for EliseAI
T-Mobile’s AI Assistant – T-Mobile
Project Jade – a Peridot embodied AI experience – Niantic Spatial, Inc.
Experimental & Innovation, AI Features & Innovation (AI)
Touch: Beyond Vision – AI for Blind – Carveco LTD
Internet Storm Tracker (GUDEA) – GUDEA
Carpe Diem Creative Intelligence Dept. – Carpe Diem Creative Agency
My First Voice – Monks
MiroMind.ai – MiroMind.ai
Travel, Transportation & Hospitality, AI Experiences & Applications (AI)
Waymo | Safety Hub – Waymo
Reinventing Travel with HTS Assist – Hopper and HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions)
Qatar Museums AI Tour (QM AI Tour) – Qatar Museums
Réno — Luxembourg Airport’s AI Concierge – Arhs Cube S.A.
Drive Stories – ZeroSixty
Best Creator-to-Creator Collaboration, Creator Excellence (Creators)
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BTS dominates Billboard’s latest charts (dated April 4) following the release of the group’s new album, ARIRANG.
Released March 20 via BigHit Music/Geffen/Interscope Capitol, the LP launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 641,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in its opening week, according to Luminate. It marks the biggest week of 2026 and the largest since Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl debuted with 4.002 million in October. It also earns the eighth-biggest week of the 2020s decade.
ARIRANG earns BTS its seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and first since Proof in 2022.
The release also powers BTS back to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart, where it leads for a 22nd total week and for the first time since June 2022. Since the chart launched in 2014, only four acts have spent more weeks at No. 1: Taylor Swift (137), Drake (38), Morgan Wallen (34) and The Weeknd (29).
On the Billboard Hot 100, BTS charts 13 songs from ARIRANG, led by “Swim” at No. 1. Here’s a recap:
With 13 debuts, BTS ups its career total to 39 Hot 100-charting hits. The group first appeared on the chart dated Oct. 7, 2017, with “DNA,” which peaked at No. 67. To date, 18 of the act’s entries have reached the top 40, 10 peaked in the top 10 and seven hit No. 1: “Dynamite”; “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo; “Life Goes On”; “Butter”; “Permission to Dance”; “My Universe” with Coldplay; and “Swim.”
The Artist 100 measures acts’ activity across key metrics of music consumption: album sales, track sales, radio airplay and streaming. Using a methodology comprising those metrics, the chart provides a weekly multidimensional ranking of artist popularity.
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Donald Glover said he was ready to hang up the mic in 2024 after the release of what he suggested was his final album under his nom de rap Childish Gambino, Bando Stone & The Brave New World. “It really was just like, ‘Oh, it’s done.’ It’s not fulfilling,” Glover said at the time. “And I just felt like I didn’t need to build in this way anymore.”
But, like a boxer who just can’t quit the sweet science, the Super Mario Bros. Galaxy star seems to be on the fence about totally retiring his Grammy-winning side hustle. At the Japanese premiere of the video game adaptation movie this week Glover was being interviewed by an Entertainment Tonight reporter when he was hit with a question — a statement, really — that made him admit he still loves making music.
“The streets aren’t very happy with you, with the news that you said Childish Gambino is done,” she lightheartedly said to a smiling Glover as the reporter went on to note that she’d recently read an article in which Glover’s frequent collaborator, Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, said he was taken off guard that Gambino is a thing of the past.
“Why are you putting me out there?” Glover asked playfully. “I still really love making music. I don’t think that’s ever going to go away. I love making it. Even if that’s for myself. Even if it’s just … I have plenty of songs that are, like, just for me. And I’m not saying, like, ‘oh I’m like hoarding them.’”
When the reporter teasingly wondered, “why are you being greedy?,” Glover opened his eyes wide and doubled-down, saying, “I just … I just love making it! … I like telling stories. So like, if I can make something that I’m like, ‘Oh, people should hear this,’ I definitely will put it out.”
Glover has released five studio albums under his alter ego, as well as more than a dozen mixtapes and four EPs. His third album, 2016’s “Awaken My Love!” was his highest charting LP on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 5 while spending 124 weeks on the chart, followed by 2013’s Because the Internet (No. 7, 142 weeks on the chart), 2011’s Camp (No. 11, 24 weeks on the chart) and 2020’s 3.15.20 (No. 13, three weeks on the chart.)
In addition, his 2018 Grammy-winning single “This Is America” — co-written with Göransson and Young Thug — peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Other charting Gambino singles include 2016’s “Redbone” (No. 12), 2018’s “Summertime Magic” (No. 44) and 2018’s “Feels Like Summer” (No. 54), among others.
Watch Glover talk about the status of Childish Gambino below.
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The Eurovision Song Contest is expanding to Asia this year. The annual musical extravaganza will host its first Asian edition in Bangkok on Nov. 14 with an initial slate of 10 countries lined up to participate so far, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, with more countries to be announced later, according to a release on the expansion.
“As we mark the 70th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, it feels especially meaningful to open this next chapter with Asia, a region rich in culture, creativity and talent,” said contest director Martin Green in a statement on Tuesday (March 31).
The Asian version will take flight after the original contest takes place in Vienna in May, with 35 countries competing in the singing contest known for outrageous costumes, towering ballads and high-energy performances. The participating Asian countries will host their national selection rounds soon, with the winners going to the grand final in Bangkok.
This is the latest expansion of the contest that last year drew more than 160 million viewers from around the world. Back in 2022, organizers put on the American Song Contest, which featured singers from all 50 states and hosts Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg. Unlike the wildly popular European version, though, tune in was soft and the show did not get a second-season pickup.
The global contest, which always attempts to set aside politics and global conflict to focus on music, promises on the event’s website to make sure “every vote will count” and, as always, spotlight the “celebration of original pop music.”
Though political lyrics and statements have long been verboten, the Vienna edition is being boycotted by Slovenia, Iceland, Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands due to the inclusion of Israel in the wake of the country’s war in Gaza. Last year’s Eurovision was hit by protests inside and outside the venues over the inclusion of singer Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Oct. 7, 2023 surprise attack by Hamas on Israel in which more than 1,200 Israelis were murdered and 250 were kidnapped.
In addition, Russia has been banned from participating in the contest since 2022 over its ongoing war against Ukraine.
Check out the teaser trailer for Eurovision Song Contest Asia below.
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The Great Escape has announced a raft of new names for its 2026 edition, including Bella Kay, Bimini, PVA, Charlotte Plank and more. The annual festival previews emerging music newcomers in Brighton, England. This year is the festival’s 20th anniversary edition and it will take place between May 14-17.
On Tuesday (March 31) over a hundred new names were added to the lineup, including Arxx, Bella Kay, Ben Ellis, Bimini, Ceebo, Chase Icon, Do Nothing Gans, Girl In The Year Above, Girl Scout, Kerr Mercer, Madmadmad, Max Winter, My First Time, PVA, Sassy 009, Sunday Mourners, The Orchestra (For Now), The Skinner Brothers, Tom Rasmussen, Tommy Barlow, Tsatsamis, Xanadu, Y + More.
Bella Kay’s inclusion will be her first live performances in the U.K. since the success of her song “iloveitiloveitiloveit,” which peaked at No. 2 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart and at No. 18 on Billboard’s Hot 100 earlier this month. Rising star Nectar Woode will also appear on the bill, as well Ben Willis, The Haunted Youth and more. See the full lineup for the festival so far below.
Previously-announced names for the festival include The Kooks, Peaches and more. For the second year running, Billboard U.K. will host a stage at the Deep End venue on the Brighton seafront; rising indie-rockers KEO will headline the programming on May 15. Mercury Prize winners English Teacher headlined the Billboard U.K. Live event in 2025.
Since its inception, the festival has hosted early performances from Stormzy, Sam Fender, Dua Lipa, Fontaines D.C., Adele, George Ezra, Lewis Capaldi and more.
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Saturday Night Live UK is set to continue its debut season momentum with Tuesday’s (March 31) announcement of its latest musical guest, British soul singer Jorja Smith. The 28-year-old, who is gearing up for a huge co-headline show at All Points East this summer (Aug. 16) with Tems, will grace the SNL UK stage next weekend (Apr. 11) alongside host Jack Whitehall.
Sky’s U.K. iteration of the iconic live sketch show first hit screens earlier this month (March 21), with the first episode featuring indie-rockers Wet Leg and SNL alum Tina Fey. The following week welcomed appearances from host Jamie Dornan and a set from Wolf Alice.
Smith rose to prominence with her 2018 debut album Lost & Found, which earned her a BRIT Award for British female solo artist and a Mercury Prize nomination. She followed up with second LP Falling Or Flying in 2023, reaching No. 3 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. Since then, she has remained a fixture on major festival stages, including a performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2025. Smith also recently released a standalone track, “Price Of It All,” which features in the Amazon Prime original series Bait.
London-raised comedian Whitehall, meanwhile, is best known for his work on the sitcom Bad Education and travel-based stand-up series Travels With My Father. He has also hosted The BRIT Awards six times – more than any other presenter– including this year’s edition at the Co-op Live in Manchester.
SNL UK shares many of the components of its famous American counterpart, with each 75 minute episode including an opening monologue, topical sketches, live music and a British take on SNL’s satirical news segment, Weekend Update. It has premiered to mixed reviews from critics in the U.K., though its first series was recently extended to eight episodes from six.
This weekend (Apr. 4), British rock band Kasabian will hit the SNL UK studios for a performance, while actor Riz Ahmed is lined up for hosting duties. Viewers can watch the episode live on Sky One at 10 p.m. GMT before it drops in the U.S. the following day at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Peacock.
SNL UK features a cast of up-and-coming British comedy actors and comedians, including Hammed Animashaun, Ayoade Bamgboye, Jack Shep, Emma Sidi, Paddy Young and more.
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American Idol made history on Monday (March 30) when host Ryan Seacrest announced that no elimination would take place at the end of the season’s first live show — the first time in the competition’s history that a result could not be delivered on the night.
“We will not be announcing the elimination tonight,” Seacrest told the audience. “First time it’s ever happened. Believe me, I’ve been here every night. We want to make sure we get every vote counted.”
The unprecedented development occurred after a high volume of viewer votes flooded in during the Top 14’s live performances, making it impossible to accurately tally them in time.
The night had opened with Seacrest revealing which 14 artists had advanced from the Top 20 Hawaii performances, where America voted for the first time this season. Moving forward are Jordan McCullough, Chris Tungseth, Rae, Daniel Stallworth, Brooks, Philmon Lee, Braden Rumfelt, Keyla Richardson, Lucas Leon, Jake Thistle, Hannah Harper, Kyndal Inskeep, Julián Kalel and Jesse Findling.
Eliminated ahead of the live shows were Ruby Rae, Madison Moon, Makiyah, Abayomi, Kutter Bradley and Genevieve Heyward.
The theme for the first live show was songs of faith, with each contestant choosing a performance to match. Richardson, last week’s standout after her Beatles cover drew comparisons to Fantasia Barrino from guest judge Keke Palmer, opened the night with “Jireh” and delivered again.
“You have that star look, that star sound, and more importantly, that star strut,” Lionel Richie said. Carrie Underwood called it the right “way to kick off the show,” while Luke Bryan praised Richardson for how she “commanded the stage.”
Several other performances drew particularly strong reactions from the panel. Jordan McCullough’s rendition of “I Can Only Imagine” brought the judges to their feet, with Underwood simply saying “Thank you. That’s all I have to say. Thank you,” and Richie closing with “May the congregation say amen? AMEN!” Kyndal Inskeep’s performance of “Nothing But the Blood” left Underwood stunned — “I don’t know for the life of me how you are not super duper famous already” — while Rae’s take on Patty Griffin’s “Up to the Mountain” earned a rare “perfect performance” from Richie. Bryan told Philmon Lee, who chose Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man,” simply: “I’m like, where has this guy been?”
The eliminated contestants will be revealed on the next episode. American Idol airs Mondays at 8/7c on ABC.
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A U.S. federal judge has ruled largely in favour of Amyl and the Sniffers frontwoman Amy Taylor in her ongoing copyright dispute with photographer Jamie Nelson.
Judge George Wu denied Nelson’s anti-SLAPP motion, ordered the parties to mediate within three weeks, and warned the photographer that “things are only going to get worse” if the matter proceeds to trial.
At a hearing before district court Judge George Wu in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Monday (March 31), Taylor’s lawyer Jonathan Pink described the outcome as a near-total victory.
“The U.S. district court today ruled almost entirely in favour of plaintiff, Amy Taylor, giving her the right to amend her federal court action, keeping alive her state-based claims, and leaning on defendant, Jamie Nelson, to settle this lawsuit,” Pink said in a statement. “In summary, today’s hearing was a near-complete victory for Amy Taylor and nearly the complete opposite for Ms. Nelson.”
Judge Wu set a mediation deadline of April 23, ahead of an April 27 hearing, and issued a stark warning to Nelson. Absent a course-correction, Wu indicated he would enter a default judgment against Nelson’s company, Jamie Nelson Studios LLC, on April 29.
He also dismissed Nelson’s attempts to question the legal expertise of Taylor’s counsel — a 30-year copyright attorney — and declined to assist Nelson with her claims, noting that such assistance was not the role of the federal judiciary. In comments from the bench, the judge told Nelson directly: “Settlement is worth it even if you have to pay more than you want. Things are only going to get worse for you if you go forward.”
Nelson, for her part, maintained that her own copyright claims remained active. “My copyright counterclaims remain active and will continue to move forward against Amy Taylor, Amyl and the Sniffers, John Angus Stewart, and PHC Films,” she told Rolling Stone AU/NZ on Tuesday. “This case highlights the realities independent artists face when navigating disputes against well-funded and highly aggressive legal pressure, and I will continue to assert my rights as an artist as this matter proceeds.”
The dispute stems from a 2025 photo shoot for Vogue Portugal, for which Nelson photographed Taylor in a series she later titled Champagne Problems.
Taylor’s side maintains she agreed to the shoot on the understanding the images would be used exclusively for the magazine. Nelson subsequently proposed selling a selection of the photographs as fine art prints — priced at $3,600 each — and a limited-edition zine, both of which Taylor’s management rejected. Taylor’s lawsuit, filed in California district court in late 2025, alleges Nelson proceeded to list the prints for sale anyway and continued using the images across her website and social media without authorisation.
The dispute had escalated sharply at the end of last year. In December 2025, Nelson filed a civil harassment restraining order petition against Taylor in Los Angeles Superior Court, which the court declined to grant.
Nelson has since filed copyright counterclaims of her own, alleging a third party connected to Taylor posted her images without permission. The latest hearing marks the most significant legal development yet, with the court firmly signalling that settlement is the preferred path forward.
Formed in Melbourne in 2016, Amyl and the Sniffers have become one of Australia’s most prominent rock exports. Their 2022 album Comfort to Me debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and earned widespread international acclaim, including nominations at the Brit Awards and Australian of the Year recognition for Taylor.
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The U.S. Army has launched an investigation after two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters conducted low-altitude maneuvers near the Nashville home of Kid Rock on Saturday — the same day as nationwide No Kings protests against the Trump administration.
The singer, a prominent Trump supporter, shared footage to his X account on Saturday (March 28) showing the two helicopters hovering close to his 27,000-square-foot Nashville-area estate, which he refers to as the “Southern White House.”
In one video, one of the Apaches appeared to rotate into what looked like an attack position facing the entertainer as he stood poolside saluting.
“This is a level of respect that s— for brains Governor of California will never know,” he wrote, taking aim at Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. “God Bless America and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend her.”
This is a level of respect that shit for brains Governor of California will never know. God Bless America and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend her. 🇺🇸 🙏 pic.twitter.com/iD5mmkaXv1
The Army’s 101st Airborne Division confirmed Monday it was reviewing the incident. “Army aviators must adhere to strict safety standards, professionalism and established flight regulations,” said Maj. Jonathon Bless, public affairs officer for the 101st Airborne Division, in a statement.
“An administrative review is underway to assess the mission and verify compliance with regulations and airspace requirements. Appropriate action will be taken if any violations are found.”
The Army said the helicopters had been on a training route in the Nashville area, and maintained that any connection to the No Kings rally happening in Nashville that day was “entirely coincidental.”
But 101st Airborne leaders acknowledged to local outlet NewsChannel5 Investigates that they were still unclear whether the overflight at Kid Rock’s property was incidental or deliberate. “Our pilots do regularly fly routes outside the Fort Campbell area,” Bless said. “We just don’t know if it was incidental or if it was deliberate.”
The timing of the flyby drew immediate scrutiny. The videos were posted on the same day that millions of Americans participated in nationwide No Kings demonstrations against the Trump administration — the third such round of protests — including a rally in downtown Nashville. The optics of military aircraft conducting low-altitude maneuvers at the home of a well-known Trump ally on the day of those protests drew widespread attention online.
Kid Rock has maintained a close relationship with Trump throughout his political career. Last year he appeared alongside the president at the White House when Trump signed an executive order targeting ticket scalping in the live entertainment industry.
Newsom’s X account had previously mocked Kid Rock in February after a video surfaced of the singer working out shirtless with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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