k. j matthews. he's an entertainment journalist is joining me from los angeles, k. j. great to see you as always. so beyond say, it is highly anticipated country album is i presume, the report there at some of the big topics that are being discussed. but tell us, why has it being causing such a ruckus as you know, i think when you have an a list, artist, musician like beyond say. and they're known for doing a certain type of music in a certain genre and many making announcements that i'm going to kind of move out of as john read over into another john ro, temporarily. it's going to cause a lot of people to be, may sayers, it's going to cause a lot of people to question things. and so yes, it's kind of controversial, but there's always good controversy. right. and she's definitely putting the spotlight on country music and particularly a black artist in country music. so i think that's a good thing. yeah. short note. tell us about the critics and funds. how have they been reacting to the album? well, you know, if you're beyond say, fan all the beyond sapiens of love to

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an oscar where the performance in itself, the dentist type of journalist k j matthews joins us from los angeles. welcome back to dw k j. let's pick up from that report. we're always welcome. let's pick up from not report with arguably the nights biggest lose the. i'm the use highest grossing phone bobby. despite going home almost empty handed, it really felt like a dominated you know, i think a lot of people understood, especially the people were putting together the oscar show that people were not happy that model robbie and get it right. a girl we're not nominated. so they kind of gave the os protell a cache or a paid an o march to barbie. there was a lot of talk to body to office 3 and a half hour show. so yes, the can perform is i'm just kid by ryan gosling was wonderful. i love the way people were getting into action and dancing with it. and i think they did a good job of honoring the film even though the film was not on or in the categories that a lot of fans wanted to see. which is the best director and best actress. i know surprises them. that's a oppenheimer sweat the boat. eve

an oscar where the performance in itself the earlier i asked entertainment journalist k j matthews, about the impact of political statements at this year's oscars. you know, a lot of people, it's showing that they don't like that they really don't when they look at their ratings and whatnot from people who've gotten really political. i don't think this year was really that political. there were 2 people didn't mention the ongoing uh you know, more and would you crane and russian. obviously the situation with, with the gaza and in israel in their speech is for winning best documentary. and obviously that's an irrational bmw zone of interest, which was you know, the 1st academy award for international feature film for the u. k. um, but outside of that, i mean, i think they were just wanting piece and wanting a ceasefire. and that's kind of what they hit to that. but i thought the most political statement of the night actually came from jimmy kimball, about 3 hours and 20 minutes into the show when he to digs are kind of took a shot at uh, president trump saying that president trump was twee