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Jennifer Hudson, Will Smith Win Big at 2022 NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners
Jennifer Hudson and Will Smith were big winners at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards, which were presented on Feb. 26. The show aired on BET and was simulcast on several of its sister ViacomCBS networks. Hudson took two awards — entertainer of the year and outstanding actress in a motion picture for playing Aretha Franklin in Respect. This makes up for her disappointing showing in the Oscar nominations, where she was passed over for both best actress and best original song. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news It’s the second year in a row the NAACP award for outstanding actress in a motion picture has gone to someone for playing a music legend. Viola Davis won last year for playing blues great Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Smith won outstanding ...
Selena Gomez, Hailee Steinfeld, Tim McGraw & More Added to 2022 SAG Awards Presenter Lineup
Additional presenters for the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced. A myriad of SAG Awards nominees are set to take the stage during Sunday’s (Feb. 27) show including Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog), Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), Jung Ho-Yeon (Squid Game), Martin Short and Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building), Oscar Isaac (Scenes From a Marriage), Salma Hayek Pinault (House of Gucci), Tony Goldwyn (King Richard) and Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show). Other presenters also include SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog), Hailee Steinfeld (Hawkeye), Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park Dominion), Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter), Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere), Lisa Kudrow (Friends), Mira Sorvin...
Lady Gaga Among Presenters at 2022 SAG Awards
Castmembers from the five nominated film ensembles will introduce clips from their respective movies at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards, it was announced Wednesday. The actors representing their nominated features will be Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill and Ciarán Hinds from Focus Features’ Belfast; Daniel Durant, Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur and Marlee Matlin from Apple TV+’s CODA; Cate Blanchett, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tyler Perry from Netflix’s Don’t Look Up; Lady Gaga and Jared Leto from MGM/UA’s House of Gucci; and Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton and Will Smith from Warner Bros.’ King Richard. Explore Explore Lady Gaga See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The 28th Scr...
Here’s Who Won Top Artist Every Year at the Billboard Music Awards
The Billboard Music Awards have recognized the artists and records that have made the biggest splashes on the Billboard charts since its inception in 1990. Beginning in 1993 (with the exception of 1994 and a break 2007-10), Billboard would award the Artist of the Year or Top Artist award to the musical act who dominated the year commercially. Artists from Whitney Houston to Ed Sheeran have been recognized, with several artists — including Adele, Drake and Taylor Swift — having won the award on more than one occasion. Check out a gallery of all the artists who have won Top Artist at the Billboard Music Awards below, and find out who will take home the Top Artist award at the 2022 BBMAs on May 14. [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to ...
Will Smith Is a Winner on Night 1 of 2022 NAACP Image Awards’ Pre-Telecast Awards
Will Smith, who received two Oscar nominations for his work in King Richard, won an NAACP Image Award for outstanding literary work – biography/autobiography for Will on Monday (Feb. 21). The NAACP Image Awards are following the lead of the Primetime Emmys’ Creative Arts Awards in stripping their “pre-telecast” awards across an entire week. The focus on opening night was on literary categories and four inaugural podcast categories. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered” was the night’s only double winner. It won for outstanding society and culture podcast and outstanding arts and entertainment podcast. Acting legend Cicely Tyson, who died in January 2021 at age 96, won outstanding literary work – debut author for Just as I ...
Gabby Barrett Will Set This Record When She Co-Hosts the 2022 ACM Awards
When Gabby Barrett takes the stage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on March 7 to co-host the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards, she’ll become the youngest host or co-host in that show’s history. The show falls two days after her 22nd birthday. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news She’ll break the record previously held by Wynonna Judd, who was 22 years and 10 months old in April 1987 when she co-hosted the show along with Naomi Judd, her mother and partner in the high-flying duo The Judds, and Dallas star Patrick Duffy. Actor/singer John Schneider was just a bit older, 23 years and one month, in May 1983 when he co-hosted the show with Jerry Reed and Tammy Wynette. We’ve already reported that this year’s primary ACM Awards host, Dolly Parton, 7...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Tops Hot 100 & Lands Oscar Nod in the Same Week: Who Else Has Done That?
Lin-Manuel Miranda is winding up a week he’ll probably always remember as being one of the high points of his career. On Sunday, Feb. 6, he learned that the Encanto soundtrack, for which he wrote all the songs, remained atop the Billboard 200 for a fourth non-consecutive week. On Monday, Feb. 7, he learned that one of those songs, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” held at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second week in a row. On Tuesday, Feb. 8, he learned that another of those songs, “”Dos Oruguitas,” received an Oscar nomination for best original song. That’s what you call a pretty good week. But just how rare is it? Very rare. Miranda is just the fourth individual songwriter or songwriting team to receive an Oscar nomination for best original song and have a writing credit on the No. 1...
Adele Tearfully Thanks Son & Ex-Husband While Accepting Album of the Year at 2022 Brit Awards
Adele has won the 2022 Brit Awards’ most prestigious honor: the album of the year award. Before the conclusion of Tuesday’s (Feb. 8) awards show, the singer accepted the prize for her fourth studio album, 30. Though the 33-year-old kept things brief while collecting her awards for song of the year (“Easy on Me”) and artist of the year, she delivered a personal speech the third time around and thanked her 9-year-old son Angelo and ex-husband Simon Konecki. “I’d like to dedicate this award to my son and to Simon, his dad. This album was all of our journey, not just mine,” Adele said, holding back tears. “I’m very proud of myself for sticking to my guns and putting out an album that was about something so personal to me because not many people do stuff like that anymore. My son has been ...
Adele Dominates 2022 Brit Awards: Full List of Winners
Adele was the big winner at the 2022 Brit Awards, which were presented at the 02 arena in London on Tuesday (Feb. 8). She won artist of the year, Mastercard album of the year for 30 and song of the year for “Easy on Me.” She lost in just one category, the fan-voted best pop/rock act, which went to Dua Lipa. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This was Adele’s third win for both album and song of the year. She previously won album of the year for 21 (2012) and 25 (2016). She is the first solo artist in Brits history to win this award three times. Moreover, she’s only the second artist in Brits history, following Coldplay, to win this award with three consecutive studio albums. Adele previously won song of the year for “Skyfall” (2013) and “Hello” (2...
Questlove, Will Smith & More Music Stars Who Received 2022 Oscar Nods in Non-Music Categories
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson and Jared Leto, all of whom were in the conversation for 2022 Oscar nominations for acting, were snubbed when the nominations were announced on Tuesday morning (Feb. 8). But a few music stars were nominated outside of the two music categories. Take a look. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Questlove: The musician and leader of The Roots received his first Oscar nomination as director of Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), which was nominated for best documentary feature. The film chronicles a previously all-but-forgotten music festival in Harlem in 1969 that featured performances by dozens of top stars. Questlove is shown as Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson on the nominations list. His co-nominees...
2022 Oscars: See the Full List of Nominations
The Power of the Dog leads the nominees for the 94th annual Academy Awards, which were unveiled Tuesday morning (Feb. 8). The film landed a total of 12 noms, including best picture, best director for Jane Campion, and acting noms for star Benedict Cumberbatch and supporting players Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Dune follows with a total of 10 noms, including best picture, but the film was left out of the directing and acting categories. West Side Story and Belfast earned seven noms, while King Richard was nominated in six categories. Those three also will compete for best picture in a category that includes a total of 10 nominees; CODA, Don’t ...
Iggy Pop and Ensemble Intercontemporain Named 2022 Polar Music Prize Laureates
Iggy Pop, one of the founding fathers of punk music, and Ensemble Intercontemporain, a classical music assemblage based in Paris, have been named the Laureates of the Polar Music Prize for 2022. The royal ceremony and banquet will take place in Stockholm on May 24 after a two-year COVID gap. Explore Explore Iggy Pop See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first Polar Music Prize ceremony, which honored Paul McCartney and the Baltic States, in 1992. The Prize was founded and funded by Stig “Stikkan” Anderson, the noted Swedish songwriter, producer, label owner and music publisher who was the manager of ABBA. After the Nobel Prize Committee rejected Anderson’s suggestion of a Nobel Prize for music, he created the Polar...
