Seconds after Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson entered the holding room the place presenters and performers at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala had been to take this image, somebody turned starstruck — however who that was may shock you.
“It’s Jelly Roll!” Wilson shouted excitedly as she noticed the Grammy-nominated singer-rapper. However the feeling was mutual, as Jelly Roll later murmured, if solely to himself, concerning the surrealness of the second. He was standing in proximity to Hanks and Wilson as Dionne Warwick sat close by and members of Inexperienced Day had been hanging out whereas everybody waited for one in all music’s biggest architects — Davis himself — to reach.
The interplay was simply one in all a number of “pinch-me” moments because the likes of The Isley Brothers, Maluma, Josh Groban, Lainey Wilson and plenty of extra got here collectively to take a snapshot with Davis and commemorate the evening of fantastic music that was to come back on the legendary celebration, the place company included Mariah Carey, Berry Gordy, Megan Thee Stallion and Meryl Streep and performers ranged from Stevie Surprise and Gladys Knight to Andra Day and Ice Spice.
On the photograph shoot, Keyshia Cole instructed Victoria Monét how proud she was of her. The Conflict and Treaty and Monét paid homage to Ronald Isley, with Monét actually bowing to him. There was even a quick, impromptu efficiency of “We Are the World” — within the zeitgeist due to the Netflix doc The Biggest Evening in Pop. Quipped Billie Joe Armstrong as Inexperienced Day took selfies with Public Enemy: “Future World Tour!”
1 Chuck D 2 Victoria Monét 3 Ernie Isley 4 Ronald Isley 5 Keyshia Cole 6 Clive Davis 7 Dionne Warwick 8 Rickey Minor 9 Taste Flav 10 Noah Kahan 11 Josh Groban 12 Tré Cool 13 Billie Joe Armstrong 14 Mike Dirnt 15 Lainey Wilson 16 Andrew Wyatt 17 Harvey Mason Jr. 18 Mark Ronson 19 Maluma 20 Tom Hanks 21 Rita Wilson 22 Jelly Roll 23 Michael Trotter Jr. 24 Tanya Trotter 25 Andra Day
Dionne Warwick
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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
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Inexperienced Day
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Keyshia Cole
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The Conflict and Treaty
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Victoria Monet and Keyshia Cole
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This story first appeared within the Feb. 7 situation of The Hollywood Reporter journal. Click on right here to subscribe.