This Weekend Gallery Is Stuffed Like a Damn Turkey
Pics of industry peeps doing industry stuff? It beats arguing with your in-laws. Check these photos out and pass the damn gravy.
Sir Elton John was joined on a special edition of his Rocket Hour podcast by none other than King Charles III, who was on hand to commemorate 50 years of esteemed charity The King’s Trust. The show, which will air on the monarch’s 78th birthday (Nov. 14), was the first to be recorded at the new Apple Radio Studios in London. In addition to discussing the trust’s vital work, Charles expressed his fondness for Jethro Tull and favored Sir Elton with a few bars of the hit single “Too Old To Rock & Roll, Too Young To Abdicate.”
At the Latin Grammys Person of the Year gala honoring Daddy Yankee, the following people confronted the crushing reality that nowhere is safe from our cameras: Recording Academy trustee Dr. Chelsey Green, Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr., attorney Bobby Rosenbloum and Academy President Panos A. Panay. Later, Lenny Beer polled everyone about the likely winner in the Polka category.
The Latin Grammys were a veritable cavalcade of glitz and glamour, as you will no doubt infer from this ritzy three-shot. Warner Music Latina’s freshly inked breakout Aria Vega, who took home the Best New Artist statuette, is seen here with manager Rebeca León and WML President Roberto Andrade, who closed the highly competitive deal. When Roberto saw Aria, he felt relieved that he hadn’t succumbed to the temptation to wear that same dress. That would’ve been awwwkwaaard.
Manager, Cherrytree Music chief exec, writer-producer and dashing man about town Martin Kierszenbaum, who co-penned Best Pop/Rock Song winner “Hasta Jesús Tuvo un Mal Día,” is flanked in this postprandial pic by CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso. The pair co-wrote and recorded the track, which features Sting. After ingesting some waffles, everyone pictured here pondered a Spanish-language reimagining of the Dwight Twilley catalog.
Veterans Day saw a guest appearance by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer John Fogerty on Warner star Zach Bryan’s “Belting Bronco” video series. The rock great, who’ll be joining Bryan on a few 2027 tour dates, played some of his best-known songs and spoke candidly about his experiences in the military and his reflections as a veteran. In a related story, Pete Hegseth is still calling himself a “warrior.”
In USHER’s dressing room at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the star was photographed with a phalanx of industry giants and Atlanta Hawks upper management. Seen wondering when the Jell-O shots would arrive are, from left, Johntá Austin, Jermaine Dupri, USHER, Hawks owner Tony Ressler, Hawks President, Business Enterprise & Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Saltzman and USHER’s manager Ron Laffitte. Later, Elon Musk dropped by to ask Ressler if he’d spot him a few billion until payday.
“Don’t just stand there, you two,” Warner Chappell chief Guy Moot admonished Mark Ronson and Amy Allen on the occasion of his Music Industry Trusts (MITS) honor in London. “Write me some hits! Chop chop.”
“Tito El Bambino, eh? That’s a pretty good name,” acknowledges BMG’s Tom Becci at the company’s Latin Grammy party in L.A. “In the Latin world, I’m told they refer to me as ‘un gran friki,’ which I assume means ‘a cool dude,’ or something like that.” Seen wishing we’d get lost in translation are, from left, singer-songwriter Tito, Becci and artist Lito MC Cassidy.
At the 20th annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit in NYC, the legendary Bruce Springsteen noted that while he was born to run, he was eager to sit down. Seen before dancing in the dark and bumping into everything are, from left, New York Comedy Festival and Stand Up for Heroes co-founder Caroline Hirsch, comedian Josh Johnson, Bob Woodruff Foundation co-founder Lee Woodruff, Springsteen, New York Comedy Festival and Stand Up for Heroes co-founder Andrew Fox and Bob Woodruff Foundation CEO Anne Marie Dougherty. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for the Bob Woodruff Foundation)
At Warner Records Nashville duo Dan + Shay’s sold-out show at Anaheim’s Honda Center, CAA’s Rick Roskin told everyone for the 14th time that they could be at Disneyland in, like, 11 minutes if they didn’t stop for red lights. Seen thinking it isn’t a small enough world after all are, from left, Roskin; Kelly Carbone, Simon Tikhman, Tracy Martin and Chief Zaruk of The Core Entertainment; CAA’s Jeff Krones; and Shay Mooney and Dan Smyers.
Diplo and former Downtown Music Holdings boss Andrew Bergman have launched bicoastal indie pubco Bison Music. And here’s the gimmick: Free bison jerky with every royalty statement! Seen wishing they could demand a remix of this caption are, from left, COO Tom Lee, Bergman, Diplo, GM Jenny Ilibassi and CCO Juba Lee.