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Music movies land major Oscar nominations

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January 22, 2019

'Bohemian Rhapsody,' 'A Star Is Born,' and 'Black Panther' - all movies that made big music-world waves - have been nominated for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards. Also in the news today: Chris Brown was detained in France, guitarist Reggie Young has died at 82, you can now mute artists on Spotify, and Vampire Weekend released a two-hour guitar loop. Audio sampled: Jahzzar - "Comedie" (CC BY 4.0), BoxCat Games - "Against the Wall" (CC BY 3.0), Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) - "Shallow", Kendrick Lamar, SZA (Black Panther) - "All The Stars", Jennifer Hudson (RBG) - "I'll Fight", Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns) - "The Place Where Lost Things Go", Willie Watson & Tim Blake Nelson (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs) - "When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings", Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody", The Box Tops - "The Letter", Vampire Weekend - "120 Minutes of Harmony Hall Guitars"