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Mark Ronson Didn’t Get to Deliver His Golden Globes Acceptance Speech, And Now We Know Where It Ended Up

At least he was prepared, just in case.

Mark Ronson attends the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 07, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.

Mark Ronson attends the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 07, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Never let it be said that Mark Ronson lets a good speech go to waste. He had prepared some remarks just in case either of his two nominated songs from Barbie — “I’m Just Ken” or “Dance the Night” — won best original song at the Golden Globes on Sunday. As we all know by now, the speech wasn’t needed. Billie Eilish and Finneas won in the category for their Barbie contribution, “What Was I Made For?”

So Ronson tore up the speech, which he had written on note cards, and tossed it into a wicker wastebasket, presumably in his hotel room, next to an empty suitcase. But the ever-thinking songwriter took a photo of the basket and its contents and posted it on Instagram. At least he can get some social media mileage out of it. At press time, the good-humored post — which also included a red-carpet photo and video with wife Grace Gummer — had gotten 19,000 likes.


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Barbie had a disappointing night at the Globes. Ryan Gosling, whose go-for-broke performance of “I’m Just Ken” was one of the film’s unquestioned highlights, lost best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture to Robert Downey Jr. for Oppenheimer.Margot Robbie, who played Barbie to pink perfection, lost best performance by a female actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy to Emma Stone for Poor Things. More surprisingly, Barbie lost best motion picture – musical or comedy to Poor Things.

In the biggest shocker, Greta Gerwig and Noah Bambach lost best screenplay – motion picture to Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, the screenwriters of Anatomy of a Fall. The screenplay award was widely expected to go to Barbie as a sort of consolation prize for Gerwig’s expected loss in the best director – motion picture category to Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer.

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Of course, Barbie’s long ride has been so spectacularly successful that one meh night at an awards show shouldn’t take any of the shine off the experience. And Ronson seems to have a good sense of humor about the whole thing.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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Recording Academy President Panos A. Panay on Canada, Diljit Dosanjh and the Grammys’ Global Future

The influential music executive returned to a place he has called home at NXNE for the Billboard Global Summit. Here's why it was particularly meaningful for him.

The music landscape is changing quickly, and Panos A. Panay, the President of the Recording Academy and the Grammys, is right in the middle of it.
This week (June 11), Panay interviewed Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh as part of the Billboard Summit at NXNE. For him, it represented a global shift in music where sounds carrying different cultures and languages are pushing against the "Anglo-American" mainstream. Celebrating the universality of music in the diverse city of Toronto holds special meaning for him.
Panay spent some formative years in Canada, and says in some ways he considers it as much like home as Cyprus, where he was born. It shaped how he sees the world and his career, and it's been important in his work at the Grammys, which is also going through changes. Since he started his job in 2021, along with CEO Harvey Mason Jr., Panay has been helping the Academy adapt to a new generation of artists, represent diversity and navigate the changing music scene.

Before he was at the Recording Academy, Panay founded the online platform Sonicbids, which brought him to NXNE many times. Again, it feels like coming home.

In this exclusive interview with Billboard Canada, Panos discusses Dosanjh, how the Grammys are changing and the future of Canadian music.

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