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Environmental activist and Support+Feed founder Maggie Baird has been working toward a more sustainable future at every stage of her life. At no point in her journey did it become more evident that work needed to be done than when her children — Grammy winners Billie Eilish and Finneas — entered the music industry.

“At the time it seemed like no one was talking about it,” Baird tells The Hollywood Reporter over Zoom, recalling when Eilish first broke through as a touring superstar in the late 2010s. “Oh, the waste, the plastic water bottles, the gift boxes, the packaging, the merch, just everything was overwhelming. On the road it’s exhausting, and so convenience becomes the name of the game. It was like, ‘Wait, we’ve created a world.’ We are vegan, we are living very sustainably with all our choices, and now we’ve stepped into a world.”

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Hayley Williams, Finneas and St. Vincent and more stars are set to perform at an upcoming wildfire relief benefit concert,

G*ve A F*ck L.A., a benefit concert and auction for L.A. fire relief, is slated for Hollywood Palladium on Feb. 5. Hosted by John C. Reilly, the full list of artists and comedians includes Christopher Owens, Courtney Barnett, Finneas, Fred Armisen, Hayley Williams, Jenny Lewis, Juliette Lewis, Kevin Morby, Lucy Dacus, Muna, Perfume Genius, Phantom Planet, Reggie Watts, Rostam & Sasami, Scout Willis, St. Vincent, Symone, The Linda Lindas, along with special guests. Fat Tony and Harmony Tividad will open the show with DJ sets.

The show will be donating 100 percent net ticket proceeds to L.A. local organizations supporting those impacted by the fires, including Altadena Girls, Friends in Deed, One Voice and Pasadena Humane Society. All venue and ticketing service fees will be waived for the event,...

Billie Eilish will headline the first U.S. rendition of Overheated, a climate change activism event organized by her mother Maggie Baird’s organization, Support+Feed.

Eilish, an Overheated co-founder, will speak alongside “activists, artists, organizations and thought leaders,” per the organization’s announcement, to “amplify their efforts, and inspire others with practical tips and accessible resources for addressing the climate crisis.”

The event is scheduled for Nov. 3 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, and is currently sold out. It will also be livestreamed globally via Eilish’s official YouTube channel.

“There will be conversations on the importance of storytelling, impact of food systems, methods of sustainable fashion, environmental justice, accessible resources for addressing the climate crisis and more,” the event description continues. “We will share a plant-based lunch and there will even be a dance party afterwards!”

Special guests also include Baird, Saad Amer, Corinea Austin, Xiye Bastida,...

The Billie Eilish-co-founded climate sustainability conference Overheated is getting fired up again. The musician will appear as a speaker at the forthcoming event scheduled for Nov. 3 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. She will be joined by more than a dozen panelists assembled to engage in important conversations about climate change and sustainability practices.

Although tickets are sold out, the event will be live streamed on YouTube from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Est via the official Billie Eilish channel.

“I am thrilled that we can bring this unique...

In a rare move, Beyoncé showed up at the Glamour 2024 Women of the Year Awards, where her mother, Tina Knowles, received a special award. Maggie Baird, the mother of Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, and Donna Kelce, the mother of Travis and Jason Kelce, were also honored that evening.

All eyes were on the multihyphenate as she was clad in a striking yellow-gold ensemble by Sergio Hudson. But more than her outfit choice, her appearance amidst Diddy’s legal troubles caught many off guard.

Bey and her husband Jay-Z, one of Hollywood’s power couples, have been close friends with the rapper, but they have remained mum about conspiracy theories claiming their connections to the artist. Despite being in hot water, Bey put up a brave front to support her mother.

Beyoncé attends the 2024 Glamour Women of the Year Awards to support her mother, Tina Knowles (Credit: Elder Ordonez / INSTARimages...

Winning nine Grammy awards even before reaching the age of 25 is a feat that not many can boast of achieving. Billie Eilish belongs to the limited section of people who can boast about that, all while being 22.

With her 3rd Studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft debuting on 2nd at the Billboard 200, and also marked her best streaming debut on Spotify with 72.7 million streams globally, no wonder she is destined for greatness in the near future. And that is why it comes as a shock that music was never her first choice for a career.

How a medical condition turned the trajectory of Billie Eilish’s life? Billie Eilish could have been a dancer had it not been for her injury || Image by crommelincklars, licensed under Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Billie Eilish always had an inclination towards doing something out of the box. The You Should See Me...

Billie Eilish rose to fame for her song Ocean Eyes which was produced by her brother, and after gaining worldwide attention, she has become one of the most successful and sought-after singers in Hollywood. She also went to win multiple accolades, including Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and even Guinness World Records.

Credits: Billie Eilish in Jimmy Kimmel Live

With all that glory, many would think she started with a strong background in music. While Eilish came from a family of musicians and was trained by her mother, she didn’t have a formal education in singing.

Billie Eilish Finally Enrolled in a Formal Voice Lesson

Billie Eilish has come a long way from being the singer who debuted in 2015. Her music style continues to evolve and as a vocalist, she has also improved a lot through the years. This can be attributed to the fact that she has finally...

The stars are taking over New York City to celebrate women!

Beyoncé and Billie Eilish stepped out to support their moms Tina Knowles and Maggie Baird, respectively, as they were honored at the 2024 Glamour Women of the Year on Tuesday (October 8) held at the Times Square Edition Hotel in New York City.

Other stars in attendance included Sophia Bush, Demi Lovato, Taraji P. Henson, and Pamela Anderson.

Following the event, we compiled photos of the stars in attendance so that you can see what everyone wore!

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Abby Phillip

Amber Ruffin

Anna Wintour

Arya Starr

Bethenny Frankel

Fyi: Bethenny is wearing an Oscar de la Renta dress.

Beyoncé & Kelly Rowland

Fyi: Beyoncé is wearing Sergio Hudson. Kelly is wearing Gaurav Gupta.

Billie Eilish with brother Finneas O’Connell & mom Maggie Baird

Brooke Shields & daughter Rowan

Fyi: Rowan is wearing a Pamella Roland dress.

Beyoncé is making a rare public appearance to support her mom!

The 43-year-old Cowboy Carter entertainer wowed in a yellow outfit as she supported mom Tina Knowles at the 2024 Glamour Women of the Year on Tuesday (October 8) held at the Times Square Edition Hotel in New York City.

Also joining Beyoncé and Tina, 70, at the event was longtime family friend Kelly Rowland.

Tina along with Selena Gomez‘s mom Mandy Teefey, Travis and Jason Kelce‘s mom Donna Kelce, and Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell‘s mom Maggie Baird were all honored at the event for “raising this generation’s superstars.”

After the event, Beyoncé was all smiles as she and Tina headed to a private dinner party.

In a rare new interview, Beyoncé talked about the meaning behind the title of some of her recent projects, the lack of visuals from her latest two albums, thoughts on retiring, her legacy and discography,...

Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell‘s mom is explaining why her kids are not really “nepo babies.”

In a new interview, Maggie Baird reacted to claims that her children are “nepo babies” because she and husband Patrick O’Connell are actors and musicians.

Keep reading to find out more…While speaking with Glamour, Maggie hit back at the “nepo baby” claims after a clip of her appearing on Friends started circulating on social media.

“That came out, and it was like, ‘Oh, Billie is a nepo baby,’” Maggie said. “And I’m like, ‘Did you know that I got that episode of Friends because I was about to lose my health insurance?’”

Maggie went on say that she and her husband – who appeared in Iron Man and The West Wing – are “working class actors.”

“We eked out a meager living, and it afforded us a lot of time with our kids,...

Don’t call Billie Eilish a nepo baby. During a recent cover story for Glamour, Eilish’s mom Maggie Baird sat down for a conversation with Selena Gomez, Beyoncé, and Travis Kelce’s mothers, and shut down social media claims that her daughter is a “nepo baby” because of Baird’s connection to Hollywood.

“I think it’s hilarious,” Baird told the publication. Her response came after she was asked about her cameo in a 1999 episode of Friends, which recently went viral online, and sparked the “nepo baby” allegations.

“It was like,...

Fans of Billie Eilish are often surprised to hear that her mother may have had a role in Mass Effect 2. With video games more regularly catching the attention of the entertainment industry, players are starting to see familiar celebrities appearing in the gaming space more often. For both Billie Eilish fans and curious players, rumors of her mother appearing in a popular video game should lead to a deep dive into a past acting career.

Maggie Baird, Billie Eilish's mother, is an actress recognized for her performance in the indie film Life Inside Out (2013). She has also appeared in minor roles on television shows like The X-Files (1993), Jack & Jill (1999), Six Feet Under (2001), and Bones (2005). However, many do not know that Baird has also been in video games, questioning if she really appeared in the Mass Effect series as the topic circulates the internet now and again.

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Who would have thought that a future pop icon’s mother would make a cameo on one of television’s most beloved sitcoms? Maggie Baird, the talented woman behind Billie Eilish’s musical genius, once graced the iconic Central Perk set.

Maggie Baird in Friends || credits: Warner Bros.

This unexpected connection between the world of ’90s sitcoms and modern pop culture has fans on Reddit doing a double take. While her role on Friends might have been brief, it’s an interesting glimpse into the interconnectedness of the television industry.

Billie Eilish’s Mom Appeared on Friends and We Just Found Out

While Friends is famous for its star-studded guest appearances, including Brad Pitt and Ben Stiller, a lesser-known cameo has recently come to light. Maggie Baird, the mother of Oscar-winning singer Billie Eilish, made a brief but memorable appearance on the show in 1999, just two years before her daughter...

Billie Eilish — the massively influential music performer who’s consistently topped the Billboard charts and repeatedly won Grammys and Oscars — has signed, along with her brother and collaborator Finneas O’Connell, to WME, ending their relationship with Wasserman Music. “While grateful to their former live booking agents at Wasserman, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell have opted to have film, TV and music handled by the same agency, WME, moving forward,” an Eilish spokesperson tells The Hollywood Reporter. (Eilish and O’Connell had been with WME for film and TV since January 2023.)

Neither WME nor Wasserman responded to requests for comment.

The move was first reported by Billboard and comes after the Daily Mail published an extensive Aug. 1 article about Wasserman owner Casey Wasserman’s alleged sexual misconduct during a period of years involving a series of women, mainly subordinates at his firm as well as others who worked for him, while still married.

The Grammy-winning singer, known for several hits like Bad Guy and What Was I Made For, Billie Eilish has once again gained people’s attention. The recent release of her third studio album Hit Me Hard and Soft has received positive reception, with an upcoming concert on the horizon. However, Eilish has now found herself entangled in the conversation of nepo babies in the entertainment industry.

Billie Eilish in Swarm (2023) | Credit: Amazon Prime

The claims were made arose following the revelation of her mother’s brief appearance in the hit sitcom Friends, where she had a scene alongside Joey Tribbiani, played by Matt LeBlanc. The surprising fact has led many to speculate that Eilish’s family connections in show business may have played a significant role in her successful career.

Billie Eilish’s Mother Starred Alongside Matt LeBlanc in Friends

Episode 4 of Friends Season 6, The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance,...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Poolman, A Man in Full and Hacks.

TCM Classic Film Festival

After kicking off with a Pulp Fiction reunion on April 18, the TCM Classic Film Festival continued through the weekend, as Jodie Foster had her handprints and footprints enshrined in concrete at the Tcl Chinese Theatre and then appeared at a screening of her film The Silence of the Lambs; Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins reunited for a screening of their film The Shawshank Redemption; and Mel Brooks introduced a closing night presentation of his film Spaceballs.

Jodie Foster signs her autograph in cement during the Handprint and Footprint Ceremony TCM Host Eddie Muller, Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins and TCM Host Dave Karger attend ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ screening Mel Brooks speaks onstage at the ‘Spaceballs’ screening

Poolman premiere...

Billie Eilish is at the bottom of a pool, held down by a large black weight attached to her shoulders. She is not, to put it mildly, enjoying herself. “I was basically waterboarding myself for six hours straight,” the 22-year-old superstar tells me later. “If I’m not suffering somehow, I don’t feel good about what I’m doing.”

Eilish is wearing baggy black pants beneath a pair of shorts, a button-down shirt over a thermal long-sleeve, a striped tie, arm warmers, a variety of silver rings, and a goth-studded bracelet,...

In an effort to raise awareness about the music industry’s sustainability practices, or lack thereof, Billie Eilish is highlighting the ways in which artists — herself included — can avoid feeding into the cycle of overconsumption. In a recent interview with Billboard, the musician called out the “wasteful,” yet popularized, trend of artists releasing multiple vinyl variants with slight differences in artwork or track listing to encourage more purchases. But the point of her criticism was nearly overshadowed by speculation about whether she was subtly calling out anyone in particular.

“It...

Billie Eilish is calling out artists who are not mindful of the environmental impact they are having by selling multiple vinyl variants to boost their album sales.

The Oscar winner has been conscious about using 100% recycled black vinyl for copies of her Happier Than Ever album, using recycled scraps for colored variants, and having each record enclosed in a shrink-wrap made of sugarcane.

“We live in this day and age where, for some reason, it’s very important to some artists to make all sorts of different vinyl and packaging … which ups the sales and ups the numbers and gets them more money and gets them more…,” Eilish said in an interview with Billboard about sustainability.

Eilish’s mother, Maggie Baird, added, “Well, it counts toward No. 1 albums.”

The “Bad Guy” creator continued, “I can’t even express to you how wasteful it is. It is right in front of...

Billie Eilish isn’t here for artists who put out multiple unique vinyls for their albums, unless they do so in a sustainable way.

The Grammy winner and her mom, Maggie Baird, recently sat down with Billboard to discuss how she’s constantly fighting for sustainability in her career — and has been since before she became famous. For her 2022 Happier Than Ever tour, she partnered with Reverb, a nonprofit that addresses environmental concerns in the music industry, to serve plant-based meals for the artists and crew. During her Lollapalooza set in 2023, she partially used zero-emissions battery systems on-site to set up a temporary “solar farm.”

During the conversation, Eilish opened up about one particular practice in the music industry that she finds completely “wasteful”: putting out multiple, unique vinyls for upcoming albums.

“We live in this day and age where, for some reason, it’s very important to some...

The Academy Awards telecast had its fair share of memorable highlights, like John Cena’s naked presentation of the costumes category, or Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s faux “Barbenheimer” feud while presenting a special tribute to stunt professionals.

But there was plenty that the audience at home didn’t see, from the pre-show pandemonium caused by late arrivals to the sweetest interactions at the Governor’s Ball after party.

See the full list of Oscar winners here.

Late Start

Viewers at home may not have noticed when the broadcast began, but the room was filled with chaos in the moments before the program, causing a five-minute delay to the show’s start. The ceremony was slated to begin earlier than usual this year, bumped up an hour to 4 p.m. Pt. Couple that with hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters shutting down a major section of Hollywood and many A-listers arrived with just seconds to spare.

Singer Billie Eilish and actress Melissa McCarthy hit the stage together at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards to present the award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series. On the stage, McCarthy revealed that she had met Eilish even before she was born as Eilish’s mother, Maggie Baird, was her first improv teacher and was pregnant with Eilish.

Billie Eilish in What Was I Made For?

Further during their conversation, McCarthy asked Eilish to sign her gown but since Eilish refused to ruin her look, she asked her to sign her face instead. Eilish’s 2024 has been good so far as the singer accepted the Song of the Year for “What Was I Made For?” at the 2024 Grammys with her brother, Finneas.

Melissa McCarthy says she met Billie Eilish before she was born

Billie Eilish and Melissa McCarthy presenting an award at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards

While...

Melissa McCarthy won’t soon forget sharing a moment on stage at the SAG Awards with Billie Eilish thanks to a black Sharpie.

In one of the show’s more hilarious moments, McCarthy and Eilish took to the stage to present the trophy for female actor in a comedy series, and the movie star took the opportunity to have a fangirl moment. McCarthy reminded Eilish that they had meet before, actually several times, though Eilish seemed not to recall.

“We’ve actually met before, but it’s Ok, it doesn’t matter. I mean, why would you remember that? You shouldn’t remember. We’ve meet twice, actually we’ve met thrice. You’ve met my daughters and one of my dogs,” McCarthy said to the music superstar, who is making the rounds (and picking up tons of trophies) for writing “What Was I Made For” for the Barbie soundtrack.

Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell have another hit on their hands with “What Was I Made For,” a track from Greta Gerwig’s Barbie that has already snagged a Golden Globe nomination and five Grammy nominations, including record and song of the year.

On Thursday night in the desert, the song propelled them to the stage to pick up a Chairman’s Award during the Palm Springs Film Awards and Eilish took the opportunity to dedicate the trophy to a target audience while also revealing emotional truths about her life and when she wanted it to end.

“I would really like to say that this award and any recognition that this song gets, I just want to dedicate to anyone who experiences hopelessness, the feeling of existential dread and feeling like, what’s the point, why am I here and why am I doing this?” Eilish explained while standing next...

Billie Eilish’s tender speech about being a woman brought the audience to tears long before her heartrending performance of the “Barbie” ballad, “What Was I Made For?” at Variety’s Power of Women event Thursday, presented by Lifetime.

The surprise speech was spurred after “Barbie” star Ariana Greenblatt shared an emotional story centered around the moment she met Eilish at the film’s premiere. “I was still processing the fact that she made a song for the movie, a song that resonates with me and probably many of you in a deep way. I did not think I would be capable of meeting her, let alone holding a conversation with her,” she said.

“Well, that night I did get to meet her, and it was the biggest full-circle moment thus far in my life. That night was the start of a friendship that I cherish and hold close to my heart.

Billie Eilish is the star of Gucci‘s new The Horsebit 1955 in Demetra campaign and she celebrated the ad with a star-studded party!

The Grammy-winning singer hosted an intimate cocktail party with the brand at plant-based restaurant Nic’s on Beverly on Friday night (November 3) in Los Angeles.

Guests at the party included Jessica Chastain, Elliot Page, and all of the celebs photographed inside the post.

In support of the campaign and event, Gucci has made a significant donation to Support+Feed, an intersectional nonprofit organization founded in 2020 by Maggie Baird, Billie Eilish’s mother, which is dedicated to combating climate crisis and food insecurity by working toward an equitable, plant-based food system.

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Billie Eilish and Janelle Monáe sat together for drinks at the Support + Feed’s fall fundraiser this week.

Unlike the usual formal fundraising events celebrities go to, this one seemed pretty casual. The “What Was I Made For?” singer wore a black windbreaker and drank Liquid Death water as she sat across Monáe.

Monáe was honored with an Inspiration Award for her own initiative called Wondalunch, which also partnered with Support + Feed to feed Los Angeles families.

In her acceptance speech, she called herself a “child of service” and talked about her family and their roles in serving the community.

“I remember what it was like not to have food on the table,” she recalled. “What it was like for Thanksgiving and Christmas, to have to get canned goods from your church, or the Salvation Army, or an aunt or your grandmother — I remember that,” she said. “I remember the...

As Billie Eilish treated herself to a bowl of soup the day after her headlining performance at the first weekend of Coachella 2022, she learned that Donald Glover was looking for her.

“I was on some management call, and I remember being told, ‘There’s this show, but it’s during a period of time where you’re not available. It’s a pass,”’ she says about the first time she heard about Amazon Prime Video’s “Swarm.” “I was like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, what the fuck are you talking about? This is my dream!”’

The daughter of actors Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell, Eilish grew up acting in plays, but as her pop music stardom grew, she shelved those ambitions. “I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t wanna do this anymore.’ I did, but it’s always been a deep thing that I’ve been reluctant to talk about because...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Reality, Primo and FYC events for Queen Charlotte and George & Tammy.

GLAAD Media Awards

GLAAD announced its second batch of 2023 winners at its NYC Media Awards on Saturday, where Maren Morris received the Excellence in Media Award and Jonathan Van Ness received the Vito Russo

Award. The New York ceremony for the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards was hosted

by Harvey Guillén, and featured a special performance from Idina Menzel. Winners included Fire Island, We’re Here and Heartstopper.

Cast of ‘Fire Island’ Maren Morris and Jonathan Van Ness

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies FYC

The stars of the new Paramount+ series attended a FYC event for the show in Hollywood on Sunday.

Ari Notartomaso, Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells and Tricia Fukuhara

George & Tammy FYC...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Artist, Activist and Global Citizen Ambassador John Legend have joined the growing list of leaders gathering in New York City this week for Global Citizen Now, the summit setting a global agenda for action on the most urgent issues facing humanity and the planet.

Hosted by the world’s leading international advocacy organization, Global Citizen, Global Citizen Now will convene government leaders, private sector executives, grassroots activists, cultural innovators, philanthropic experts, and leading journalists across two dynamic days to make progress on the systemic challenges our world is facing.

“Building a future that is fair, equal, and peaceful, with clean air and clean water for everyone, is at the heart of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and reflects the vision of the Global Citizen Now summit. In New York City, I look forward to advancing our shared progress and advocating for strong global...

Billie Eilish has been granted a five-year restraining order against a man who broke into her childhood home to “profess his love” for her.

It was reported last month that the individual, named Christopher Anderson, entered her home most recently on January 5.

This led to Eilish requesting a restraining order, and TMZ claimed this week that the judge had sided with her.

The musician appeared virtually in court on Thursday for a hearing, with the judge granting court-ordered protection for her and her parents Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell, as well as her brother Finneas O’Connell.

Read More: Billie Eilish Fears For Her And Her Family’s Safety After Fan Breaks Into Her House To ‘Profess His Love’

The permanent restraining order means Anderson has to stay 100 yards away from Eilish, her family and her parents’ home at all times.

He also can’t message her on social media, or...

Billie Eilish has said she fears for the safety of herself and her family after a fan broke into her house “unannounced and uninvited.”

The 21-year-old is filing a restraining order against one individual named Christopher Anderson, who entered her home most recently on January 5.

Eilish said in legal documents obtained by the Pa News Agency, “My father and members of the Los Angeles Police Department recently informed me that an individual who goes by the name Christopher A Anderson or Chris Anderson recently entered the interior of my family’s home on January 5 2023, unannounced and uninvited, after apparently professing his love for me and expressing that he really wanted to meet me,” the Evening Standard reported.

Read More: Billie Eilish’s Family Home Burglarized, Suspect In Custody

The musician was said to have submitted her restraining order request to the Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, asking for protection for her mother and father,...

A suspect is in police custody after allegedly breaking into the home in which Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell collaborated on some of their biggest hits.

People reports that the suspect was placed under arrest after allegedly burglarizing the home belonging to the parents of Eilish and her brother.

According to People, LAPD officers responded to a call in the Highland Park area of L.A. at approximately 9:15 p.m. local time Thursday evening.

Read More: Suspects Arrested In Connection With Burglary At Mariah Carey’s Home

The officers’ response was connected to an eyewitness report of a man who hopped over a fence to enter the backyard of the home, reportedly clad entirely in black while also wearing a black mask.

The home belongs to Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell, parents of the sibling musicians; it’s not known at this time whether anything was stolen from the residence.

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Black Adam, Halloween Ends, The Watcher and the New York Film Festival.

New York Film Festival

The annual film fest continued its second week at Lincoln Center with screenings for Women Talking, Armageddon Time, She Said and The Inspection.

Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Michelle McLeod, Sheila McCarthy, Sarah Polley, Rooney Mara, Kate Hallett and Liv McNeil attend the red carpet event for ‘Women Talking’ on Oct. 10 in New York City. Producer Marc Butan, Focus Features vice chairman Jason Cassidy, Jeremy Strong, Anne Hathaway, director James Gray, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Focus Features president of production and acquisitions Kiska Higgs, Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski and producer Rodrigo Teixeira at the ‘Armageddon Time’ screening on Oct. 12. Jodi Kantor, Zoe Kazan, Megan Twohey and Carey Mulligan attend the red...

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The Environmental Media Association held its annual awards gala Saturday night, recognizing the efforts of those working toward a healthier planet. Don’t Look Up, Abbott Elementary, Yellowstone and The Problem With Jon Stewart were among the productions feted for their work in following green practices and telling stories of environmental justice, climate action and sustainability.

The event, held at Los Angeles’ Sunset Las Palmas Studios, also honored superstar Billie Eilish and her mother Maggie Baird with the Ema Missions in Music Award for their environmental work. Together, the mother-daughter duo created “Overheated,” an extra component to Eilish’s Happier Than Ever, The World Tour, with climate-focused activities including clothing swaps, documentary screenings and plant-based conversations to communicate issues related to sustainable fashion. It was organized in collaboration with Baird’s charity, Support + Feed, which takes on food insecurity and the climate crisis with plant-based food.

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David Spade and Wendie Malick are set to host the 2022 Environmental Media Association Awards gala.

The Just Shoot Me co-stars previously hosted the event in 2000.

“I couldn’t ask for a better co-host for this year’s Ema Awards Gala,” Malick, who also serves as an Ema board member, said in a statement. “I’d like to take full credit for igniting David’s passion for environmental activism, but I think he saw the light when he became a Dad. I look forward to celebrating all that has been achieved this year, and once again being on stage with my friend David to honor those bringing inspiration and humor to the very serious issues affecting our planet.”

The Ema also announced this year’s nominees for its celebration of environmental excellence in media.

Nominated projects include films Don’t Look Up and Jurassic World Dominion...

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Billie Eilish and her mother, Maggie Baird, will be honored by the Environmental Media Association at its upcoming Ema Awards gala.

The duo will receive the Ema Missions in Music Award at the Oct. 8 event “for their incredible work as role models for sustainable behaviors,” including Eilish’s current tour, Happier Than Ever, The World Tour, the organization said.

Together, Eilish and Baird created “Overheated,” an extra component with climate-focused activities including clothing swaps, documentary screenings and veganism talks as part of an effort to communicate issues related to sustainable fashion and encourage fans to participate. It was organized in collaboration with Baird’s charity, Support + Feed, which takes on food insecurity and the climate crisis with plant-based food.

“I’m thrilled to accept the Ema Missions in Music Award this year alongside my daughter,” said Maggie Baird, who’s been an eco,...

Filmmaker R.J. Cutler’s interest in documenting Billie Eilish dates back to 2018, when he contacted director of photography Jenna Rosher about a rising star he saw interviewed in Vanity Fair. “I watched those and was completely fascinated and blown away by her from the get-go,” Rosher says of the magazine’s series, which checks in on Eilish yearly.

To chronicle the moment in which she became a worldwide phenomenon, “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry,” available on Apple TV Plus, follows the teen singer as she writes and releases her debut album, interweaving intimate family footage with concert clips and rare behind-the-scenes moments.

Rosher, who worked with Cutler and editor Lindsay Utz, was not looking to make a celebrity vanity piece or a talking-head documentary. “We were interested in telling a story about a young woman coming of age on the world stage,” she says.

For a film that was shot verité style,...

“I spent a lot of years pretending to be somebody that I’m not,” said Billie Eilish in her Saturday Night Live opening monologue tonight. “Basically, acting.”

“And somebody wise once told me: ‘Billie, you should never, ever act’…that person was my mom!” exclaimed the seven-time Grammy winner in her SNL hosting debut.

Technically, tonight repped Eilish’s second time on SNL; her first time appearing was as a musical guest on September 28, 2019. She performed her hit song “Bad Guy” back then while dancing in a rotating, mechanical box. To Americans watching, it appeared that Eilish was pulling a Fred Astaire and dancing on the ceiling.

In her opening monologue tonight, Eilish made light of her poofy, candy-cane colored dress (“I’m dressed like Mrs. Claus going to the club”), gave a shoutout to her upcoming birthday (“I’m turning 20 or as the internet likes to call that: middle-aged...

There’s an emotional realness to singer-songwriter Billie Eilish, a disinclination to disguise experience behind euphemism or pretense.

It manifests in her music and in Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, the Oscar-contending documentary that follows her on her journey to global stardom. In the film directed by R.J. Cutler Eilish doesn’t censor dark moments from her past, occasional frustrations attendant to fame, and a major romantic disappointment—young love ultimately unrequited.

When it came time to discuss the documentary publicly for the first time, Eilish brought the realness again, admitting to an audience in Hollywood that she felt anxious as the film was about to be released on Apple TV+.

“I was excited and scared and nervous, and worried and hopeful,” she told attendees at a post-screening Q&a. “It was not acting, I wasn’t playing a character. It was real life footage of my life…...

Before Netflix had grown into a world-conquering streaming giant, “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry” director R.J. Cutler would routinely bump into the company’s co-ceo Ted Sarandos on the film festival circuit. Netflix was still a DVD-by-mail rental service at the time, and Sarandos confided to him that “The War Room” – Cutler’s Oscar-nominated Bill Clinton campaign doc – was among its most popular rentals.

Flash forward a few years, and the streaming-fueled boom in documentary filmmaking didn’t seem so far-fetched to Cutler. “It made complete sense to me that when Netflix transformed to a streaming service, and then began producing original content, the audience’s passion for nonfiction would continue to form a key element of the streamer’s success,” he said. “If it works on Netflix, that meant it would work on Amazon, Hulu, Disney Plus, Apple TV Plus, HBO Max, Discovery Plus, Peacock and others.

Fans are happier than ever over Billie Eilish's latest look.  The "bad guy" singer debuted her fresh hairstyle on social media Monday, Aug. 23. While the shaggy bob is new for the Grammy winner, she had very familiar inspiration: her mom! The star shared throwback snaps of her mother Maggie Baird with a similar 'do. "Like my mama," she proclaimed on her Instagram Story. "I love it." Fans do, too. "Ur hair suits u so much," one follower commented on a recent Instagram post.  Another echoed, "Billie bob billie bob yessssss." When it comes to being a hair chameleon, the 19-year-old star has proven to be quite the master. Over her...

From the outside, the house isn’t terribly different from others on the block: a cozy bungalow in L.A.’s Highland Park neighborhood with an old lilac tree blooming near the entrance. In fact, it’s legendary: the place where a prodigal teenager and her older brother recorded the album that made Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell the queen of Gen-z pop.

It’s a location familiar to any Eilish fan, and at first glance on an absurdly beautiful day in April, not much appears to have changed...

The finalists for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards are being announced at 11 a.m. Et/8 a.m. Pt on Thursday.

The finalists will be revealed as part of a live stream, dubbed Billboard Music Awards — The List Live, that will be streamed across Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (you also can watch the live stream at the end of this post).

Access Hollywood’s Zuri Hall and comedian Lala Milan will host the live stream, which will feature appearances by Anitta, Bretman Rock, Brianne Howey and Antonia Gentry, Chris Sullivan, Finneas and Maggie Baird, Jay Pharoah, Jon Batiste, Kandi Burruss, Kyle Richards, Leslie Jordan,...

The finalists for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards are being announced at 11 a.m. Et/8 a.m. Pt on Thursday.

The finalists will be revealed as part of a live stream, dubbed Billboard Music Awards — The List Live, that will be streamed across Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (you also can watch the live stream at the end of this post).

Access Hollywood’s Zuri Hall and comedian Lala Milan will host the live stream, which will feature appearances by Anitta, Bretman Rock, Brianne Howey and Antonia Gentry, Chris Sullivan, Finneas and Maggie Baird, Jay Pharoah, Jon Batiste, Kandi Burruss, Kyle Richards, Leslie Jordan,...

Update: Billie Eilish obtained a five-year civil harassment restraining order against John Matthews Hearle on Thursday, March 4, court documents show. ______________ Billie Eilish is seeking a restraining order against a man who has allegedly harassed her since last August. In court documents filed Feb. 11 and obtained by E! News, the singer requested the court grant her a civil harassment restraining order against John Matthews Hearle, a 23-year-old man who also goes by Adam Lucifer. She also requested additional protective orders for her parents, Maggie Baird and Patrick O'Connell, per the documents. According...

Exclusive: How did audiences respond to the Apple TV+ premiere of Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, which premiered in over 100 countries and theaters? The streamer would not divulge specific numbers — they never do — but I can report that the film became the biggest hit title for young adult audiences that Apple has had so far across its slate of films and TV series. The movie drew a record-breaking 33% new viewers to the service, with young adult audiences fueling the momentum from the moment the film premiered on Thursday, February 25. Nearly half of the film’s audience came from outside the U.S. and was number one among young adults across the globe, including the U.K., Australia, Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Russia, the Netherlands, France, and more, per Apple.

Directed by Emmy winner R.J. Cutler, the film is a coming of age story of the teen singer songwriter, capturing...

One of the first credits in the documentary “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry” is “An Interscope Films Production,” which isn’t the most encouraging opening. When the company that manages an artist and releases their music is also behind a film about that artist, you expect lots of access but perhaps not so much objectivity.

Then again, it’s pretty much guaranteed that most music-oriented docs these days have ties to the artists’ business interests — and besides, Billie Eilish is not the kind of musician who seems inclined to be looking for an airbrushed vanity piece. The music she’s been making since she was 13 constitutes her own authorized portrait of sorts, and it’s a portrait that is raw and unkempt and human; if the point of her music is to capture a young life in all its messiness, uncertainty and pain, the company that releases that...

There’s an interesting moment in the documentary Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry where singer-songwriter Billie Eilish’s brother-producer-collaborator Finneas explains to his and Billie’s mother, Maggie Baird, that he’s been told by the label to write a hit. The problem is that Billie, he notes, “hates writing songs in general and is … so woke about her own persona on the internet that she’s terrified of anything that she makes being hated. And her equation is that the more popular something is the more hate it’s gonna get.” This is the ...

There’s an interesting moment in the documentary Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry where singer-songwriter Billie Eilish’s brother-producer-collaborator Finneas explains to his and Billie’s mother, Maggie Baird, that he’s been told by the label to write a hit. The problem is that Billie, he notes, “hates writing songs in general and is … so woke about her own persona on the internet that she’s terrified of anything that she makes being hated. And her equation is that the more popular something is the more hate it’s gonna get.” This is the ...