PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Lizzo was named entertainer of the year and “Just Mercy” won best motion picture, best actor and best supporting actor Saturday at the NAACP Image Awards, as the show that recognizes entertainers of color ladled honors on the film that was snubbed by bigger shows throughout awards season. Sign Up For […]
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles’ Staples Center, where the 2020 Grammys was held was also where Kobe Bryant played most of his 20 seasons for the Los Angeles Lakers and where local superstar Nipsey Hussle’s massive funeral was held last year. Both Bryant and Hussle were honored and celebrated at the show. We need […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ousted Grammys CEO fired back at the Recording Academy on Tuesday,alleging that she was removed after complaining about sexual harassment and pay disparities and for calling out conflicts of interest in the nomination process for music’s most prestigious awards. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: Lawyers for Deborah Dugan, who was […]
“Parasite” has officially infected this year’s award season. Bong Joon Ho’s Korean class satire became the first foreign language film to take top honors from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday, setting itself up as a legitimate best picture contender to the front-runner “1917” at next month’s Academy Awards. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: The […]
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, were announced Wednesday in West Hollywood, California. As we’ve seen with the Golden Globe Awards, there are some films in the mix that are shaping up to be Oscar frontrunners. As we’ve also seen, some stellar performances by Black actors and actresses were […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Genre-mashing, bold and chart-topping new artists have caught the attention of the Recording Academy, as Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X lead in nominations at the 2020 Grammy Awards. RELATED: Lizzo Is Top Nominee For 2020 Grammys Lizzo is in first place, scoring eight bids Wednesday for her fun, positive […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Game of Thrones” resurrected the Iron Throne at Sunday’s Emmy ceremony, ruling as top drama on a night of surprises in which “Pose” star Billy Porter made history and the comedy series “Fleabag” led a British invasion that overturned expectations. Porter, who stars in the FX drama set in the LGBTQ […]
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The incomparable career of Missy Elliott, the rapper-singer-songwriter-producer-dancer whose music videos have moved the needle over the last two decades, was honored at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, where Taylor Swift also took center stage with her gay pride anthem, “You Need to Calm Down.” Elliott earned the Michael Jackson […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson didn’t make a household name for himself by conforming to someone else’s idea of who he should be, an approach he encouraged others to take while accepting a top honor at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US […]
Turner Sports and the NBA today announced the star-studded lineup of film, television and sports presenters for the 2019 NBA Awards presented by Kia on TNT – Monday, June 24, at 9 p.m. ET. Award-winning and critically acclaimed actor Samuel L. Jackson, comedian, actress and producer Tiffany Haddish, and NBA on TNT analyst and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley will take the stage […]
Would anyone — anyone at all — like to thank the academy? This is normally the time of year when Oscar hopefuls are readying acceptance speeches that almost always begin with a few words of gratitude for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. But that sentiment has been hard to come by in […]
Fashion returned to the Golden Globes on Sunday in shades of green, red, yellow and sparkly gold after last year’s show of #MeToo solidarity that turned the carpet black. And then there was Lady Gaga, a work of baby blue from head to toe. Gaga, always fearless fashion-wise, went for volume in blue couture Valentino […]
