Lifetime Achievement Award

Seasoned actor LeVar Burton will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the first annual Children’s & Family Emmy Award ceremony happening later this year for his decades of work in Hollywood, highlighted by a career-defining role as Kunta Kinte in the iconic miniseries 'Roots.'

R&B legend Donny Hathaway will be honored with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of his death. The 2019 list of recipients was announced by the Recording Academy on Dec. 19 and features Dionne Warwick, George Clinton & Parliament, Black Sabbath, Julio Iglesias, Billy Eckstine, and Sam & Dave, vibe.com reports. Hathaway, whose classics include “Someday We’ll […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey was in town to praise one of her idols, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison. “It’s impossible to actually imagine the American literary landscape without a Toni Morrison,” Winfrey said Tuesday night during a dinner gala in downtown Manhattan hosted by the Center for Fiction, which named Morrison the winner of […]