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Questlove on Why His ‘SNL’ Music Doc Couldn’t Get a Clearance From Pavarotti, but How Eminem Saved the Day
“Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music" co-director Questlove on clearing music rights and the one artist he couldn't get.
The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Tupac, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Jack White, Radiohead, Lenny Kravitz, Tom Waits, Coldplay, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Mary J. Blige, Donald Glover, U2, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Billy Joel, No Doubt, Tom Petty, Elton John, Olivia Rodrigo, Bruno Mars and Prince are just a few of the artists who have appeared on the show. He recalls a moment shortly after winning his BAFTA for 2021’s “Summer of Soul” when he went back to North London, and the Kentish Town apartment he lived in as a starving artist decades earlier, to look around and reflect. Variety’s “Awards Circuit” podcast, hosted by Clayton Davis, Jazz Tangcay, Emily Longeretta, Jenelle Riley and Michael Schneider, who also produces, is your one-stop source for lively conversations about the best in film and television.
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