Sabrina Carpenter just left Las Vegas with AMA hardware in hand and immediately stepped into a Universal Pictures deal — and she’s producing it herself. The producer credit on the Alice film is the part that jumps out. Lorene Scafaria is directing it — the Hustlers woman — and Sabrina isn’t just starring, she’s the one who helped get the room moving. This is Sabrina Carpenter Daily — AMA recap, the Alice in Wonderland announcement, and a lyrics story that keeps climbing for reasons we should probably say out loud. Seven nominations walked into Las Vegas. Let’s see what actually made it out. Here's 93.7 BOB FM:
Sabrina Carpenter is set to star in and produce an untitled musical film inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland for Universal Pictures, Lorene Scafaria (Succession, Hustlers) will write and direct the project, from her own script. The project will mark Carpenter’s first major studio film, with Marc Platt on board to produce through Universal-based Marc Platt Productions, with Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton producing through Alloy Entertainment.
The Alice in Wonderland film is the lead today — Universal Pictures, Lorene Scafaria writing and directing from her own script, and Sabrina listed as producer. That last part is the one I want to sit with, because a producer credit on a major studio feature says something different than a profile answer about creative instincts. And the Scafaria hire matters. This is the person who wrote Hustlers and worked on Succession — not somebody pulled from a generic Disney-pipeline shortlist. Universal gave a filmmaker with a real voice the keys, and Sabrina’s in that mix too. Marc Platt is producing as well, and that’s worth clocking. Same Marc Platt who produced Wicked. So, no, this is not some entry-level setup. We spent Monday on nominations, Wednesday on Met Gala cosigns, and now it’s a Universal musical with a prestige director and Sabrina holding a producer credit. That’s three different receipts in one week, and this is the first one that’s about what happens next. Press Pass LA writes:
Sabrina Carpenter continued her breakout streak with three wins of her own, including Album of the Year and Best Female Pop Artist for her chart-dominating album “Man’s Best Friend.” Rising acts KATSEYE and SOMBR also had huge nights, each earning three awards and delivering some of the evening’s most talked-about performances.
The seven nominations we flagged on May 25th — here’s how they landed. Sabrina took three wins at the 52nd AMAs, including Album of the Year and Best Female Pop Artist for Man's Best Friend. That’s the number from Las Vegas, not a projection. Following up on the Man's Best Friend run from last edition — the album just turned its pop moment into three AMA wins, and Album of the Year is not a participation trophy. BTS also went home with three, including Artist of the Year, so the night wasn’t a coronation. It was a split decision, which is actually more interesting. Press Pass LA calling this a “breakout stars” story is doing a lot of work for an artist who just won Album of the Year at the 52nd AMAs. At some point, breakout stops fitting. Right — KATSEYE and SOMBR are your breakout story. Sabrina headlining the same sentence as a BTS reunion night at MGM Grand is a different tier entirely. This one's from Legacyfootball:
Sabrina Carpenter's fashion choices are always a spectacle, and her recent appearance at Broadway's 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' is no exception. While her yellow pastel coat and baggy dark-wash jeans were notable, it was her footwear that truly stole the show. Carpenter donned a pair of Jacquemus' 'Les Doubles' shoes, featuring a stacked double heel that demanded attention.
Fashion item in the feed today: Sabrina at Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway, wearing Jacquemus double-stacked heels. That’s the detail. The piece wants to make it a full style retrospective, but the actual news is she showed up at a theatrical event. And she showed up at a theatrical event the same week a theatrical film got announced. I’m not saying she’s doing mood-board PR in public, but I’m also not not saying that. One sentence on the shoes, one sentence on the timing — that’s the whole story. Legacyfootball is framing it as a fashion moment, which it is, but the Broadway adjacency is the part worth one breath before we move on. Here's Bianca Atterberry, Dayyon Drinkard, Sabrina Carpenter, Sidney Swift at Lyreka:
Here's the scoop: Sabrina's keeping a juicy, clandestine love affair under wraps. Our girl doesn’t feel the need to plaster it on social media or introduce it to prying eyes—sometimes secrecy is sexier.
Before we move on — Tell Em is showing up in the search feed today, which makes this a catalog pull, not a new release. The song is from Man's Best Friend, so the question is why it’s surfacing now: did AMA momentum pull older tracks up, or is something else underneath it? Lyreka doing a lyrics breakdown on a track that’s already out usually means search volume spiked somewhere upstream. My read is the AMAs pushed Man's Best Friend back into people’s ears and they went digging. Tell Em is the “I don’t owe anybody an explanation about my relationship” song, and she just had a whole ceremony happen around her, so the timing tracks. The breakdown itself isn’t the story. Lyreka can call it a clandestine romance track if they want — that’s what the lyrics are. The question is whether AMA night actually moved catalog numbers, because that would be a real data point. Without that, it’s just a lyrics page being a lyrics page. Got thoughts on today’s episode, a Sabrina story we should cover, or a correction for us? Send it our way at sabrinacarpenterdailyfancast at lantern podcasts dot com. We’d love to hear from you.
You’ll find links to everything we talked about today in the show notes, so if a story caught your ear, you can go a little deeper there.
That’s Sabrina Carpenter Daily Podcast for Monday, June 1st. This is a Lantern Podcast.