Chris Willman (@ChrisWillman) profile picture

Senior Writer and Chief Music Critic at @Variety

Los Angeles, CA
Joined May 2008
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I reviewed Aerosmith & Friends at the Bowl... Aerosmith Joined by Dave Grohl and Johnny Depp at Hollywood Bowl for First Show in Three Years, as GNR and Black Crowes Open With Tribute Sets: Concert Review variety.com/2026/music/conce… via @variety
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Q: "You not going to Kansas has nothing to do with you being sick of travel?" President Trump: "You're sick to ask that question. You are sick...I don't feel I have to go to Kansas...I feel perfect. You are disgusting. Put yourself in shape. You look like hell!"
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Fox: Why are you here this morning? Trump rally attendee: Well, in the late 70s, I was a little too young to go to South America for the Jonestown Massacre. But this is as close as I'll ever get, so that's why I'm here. There's nothing like seeing a cult right up front.
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I'm hoping Trump will also find a way to work Milton Berle into his closing arguments for the midterms
Trump: Arnold Palmer was all man. This man was strong and tough. And I refuse to say it, but when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there and said, 'Oh my god. That's unbelievable.'
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Very grateful for nominations for this year's National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. Honored to be in the company of so many great team members from @variety, as well as friends from the wider community of entertainment journalists.
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Trump speaks to small Corpus Christi crowd, repeatedly glitches and makes strange noises during speech where he also slurred heavily while his dentures seemed to be falling out Supercut:
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Some nights "the weave" goes better than others
Crowd: *silence* Trump: Did nobody know that? What the hell I have that line in there for? What the hell am I wasting my time for?
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Just got out of a showing of “Musk” I drove 45 miles to see at a Simi Valley Regal, one of only three theaters within a 50-mile radius of L.A. showing it this weekend. Full house. I wish I could drag everyone I know back out here to see it.
It has not concluded. But, in order to overcome social media platform censorship, there is also a work-around. See announcement tomorrow, 10/26.
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This brutal Obama-Trump supercut side by side from @MeidasTouch helps explain why Trump is losing it tonight 👇🏽
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TRUMP on HIGH GAS PRICES: We’re making money like we’ve never made before. They’ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.
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Here's a supercut of notable moments from Trump's rally tonight in Georgia, including a lot of gutter racism, blasphemy, and reveling in the suffering of Americans who are struggling with high prices:
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Taylor Swift on her debut, retrieved from my two-decade-old archive tapes... via @Variety... variety.com/2026/music/news/…
💬| In a newly published interview with Variety from January 2008, an 18-year-old Taylor Swift spoke about taking control of her own career and future, and here are some stand-out quotes: “At the end of the day, I want to be here for the next 20 years.”🥹 “If I want to be in charge of my own future, I have to be in charge of my career.” 💪🏼 “I know nothing compared to what I’m gonna know a year from now.” “We haven’t tapped into half the people we’re gonna tap into.” “I think you can be grateful for every single thing that happens.” 🫶🏻 “If those people are willing to stand that long, I am too.” This was about fans waiting through her four-and-a-half-hour autograph sessions. “But I’m gonna continue to do it as long as I can.” Also about meeting fans after shows. “When I find someone who fascinates me as much as my career, I’m gonna go for it.” 🥰 “Songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens to you in your life productive.” ✍🏼 “I don’t look at it as crossover as much as I look at it as spillover.” On her music beginning to reach pop radio. 🙂‍↕️ Nearly 20 years later, she has become one of the defining artists of her generation!
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Stepped back in time to revisit one of my first interviews with @taylorswift13, publishing this Q&A about her debut album in full for the first time... Happy 20th Birthday, ‘Debut’: A Revealing Look Back at Taylor Swift’s Self-Titled First Album, Via a Previously Unpublished Q&A variety.com/2026/music/news/… via @variety
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