Awards

17 Mar 2025

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025: Best Photos From the Red Carpet

The 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards took over the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Monday night (March 17), celebrating the most-played artists and songs throughout the past year.

Leading the pack with nominations this year are Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen with 10 nods each.  Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Sabrina Carpenter follow with nine nominations each. All five are up for artist of the year, as are Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll, SZA and Teddy Swims.

Additionally, Lady Gaga will be honored with the 2025 iHeartRadio Innovator Award. Mariah Carey will also receive the 2025 iHeartRadio Icon Award, and Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour will already be recognized as the Tour of the Century. The telecast will air an exclusive performance from the opening night of The Eras Tour, March 17, 2023.

LL Cool J is returning to host the show, after previously hosting in 2022. Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, GloRilla, Gracie Abrams, Kenny Chesney, Muni Long and Nelly are all set to perform during the star-studded night.

Before the fun, countless superstars walked the red carpet, showing off their incredible outfits as the night began. To celebrate another great year in music, check out some of the best photos from the red carpet of the iHeartRadio Music Awards below.

17 Mar 2025

Anne Murray to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2025 Junos

Anne Murray, who has received more Juno Awards than anyone else in history, will pick up one more at the 2025 ceremony — the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the National Arts Centre. Murray will become just the second recipient of that award, following Pierre Juneau, a Canadian film and broadcast executive, who received the award in 1989. Juneau, for whom the Juno Awards were named, died in 2012 at age 89.

Murray will be present at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, March 30, to receive the award, which is her second career-spanning honor at the Junos. She was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1993.

This year’s award brings Murray’s Juno collection to 26. She is followed on the Juno leaderboard by The Weeknd (22), Bryan Adams (21), Celine Dion (20), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (19), The Tragically Hip (17), and Michael Bublé and Alanis Morissette (15 each).

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Murray, 79, received her first Juno Award — top female vocalist — at the second Junos ceremony in 1971. Murray’s collection of Junos includes back-to-back awards for both album of the year and single of the year for 1980-81. She took the album awards with New Kind of Feeling and Anne Murray’s Greatest Hits, and the single prizes with “I Just Fall in Love Again” and “Could I Have This Dance” (the latter from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack).

In addition, Murray hosted the Junos in 1996.

Murray was one of the top pop/country crossover artists of the 1970s and ’80s. She topped the Billboard Hot 100 once (with “You Needed Me” in 1978) and the Hot Country Songs 10 times. She won a Grammy for best female pop vocal performance with “You Needed Me” and for best female country vocal performance three times, with “Love Song,” “Could I Have This Dance” and “A Little Good News.” She is one of just four women to win Grammys in both pop and country solo vocal performance categories. She followed Olivia Newton-John and Linda Ronstadt in accomplishing the feat, and preceded k.d. lang.

Murray made the top 10 on the Hot 100 with her first charted hit. “Snowbird” reached No. 8 in September 1970.

In 1984, she won both album of the year and single of the year at the CMA Awards. She won for “A Little Good News” and the album of the same name. She won vocal duo of the year the following year in tandem with the late Dave Loggins (who was a second cousin to Kenny Loggins). In addition, she co-hosted the CMA Awards three times.

Murray is a Companion of the Order of Canada — the highest honor that can be awarded to a Canadian civilian. She has been inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame, and in 2008 received the Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Murray has a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Nashville’s Walkway of Stars. 

Murray has also received three American Music Awards and three Canadian Country Music Association Awards.

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Boi-1da and Sum 41 are also set to receive special honors during this year’s Juno Awards. Boi-1da will receive the International Achievement Award (to be presented by Jessie Reyez). Sum 41 will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame (with Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte doing the honors).

Bublé is set to host this year’s Juno Awards, which will broadcast and stream live across Canada on Sunday, March 30, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally on the CBC’s website and CBC Music’s YouTube page. The show will be produced by Insight Productions (a Boat Rocker company).

17 Mar 2025

Conan O’Brien Already Set to Host 2026 Oscars

Well, that was fast. Just two weeks after Conan O’Brien hosted the Oscars for the first time, the Motion Picture Academy announced that he will be back to host the 2026 show. O’Brien is the first first-time host to host again the following year since Jimmy Kimmel in 2017-18.

“The only reason I’m hosting the Oscars next year is that I want to hear Adrien Brody finish his speech,” O’Brien said with characteristic dry wit. (The best actor winner set a new record for the longest acceptance speech – it clocked in at 5:36 – in Oscar history.)

It can’t be a coincidence that the Oscars chose to make the announcement on St. Patrick’s Day. O’Brien was famously raised in an Irish Catholic family. The host announcement is much earlier in the year than normal, a strong vote of confidence in the new host. Last year, the Academy announced O’Brien as host on Nov. 15. O’Brien’s success as an Oscars host makes up for his bumpy, eight-month run as host of another legendary franchise, The Tonight Show, in 2009-10.

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O’Brien, 61, has won five Primetime Emmys. He is set to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on March 23.

Last week, the Golden Globes made a similarly early announcement that they are bringing back first-time host Nikki Glaser to host their 2026 show.

The 2025 Oscars, held on March 2, delivered a five-year high in both total viewers (19.69 million) and adults 18-49 (4.54 rating) and ranked as the No. 1 primetime entertainment telecast in both total viewers and adults for the 2024-25 season. The show earned 104.2 million total social interactions, ranking as the No. 1 most social TV program for the season to date, outperforming both The Grammy Awards (102.2 million interactions) and The Super Bowl (62.4 million) this season for the first time on record.

The 2026 Oscars will air live on ABC on Sunday, March 15 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. It’s the third year in a row that the telecast will start at 4 p.m. on the West Coast – in an effort to make it so that East Coast viewers can find out who wins the biggest awards before they go to bed. (This year’s show ended at 10:50 p.m. ET, making that goal a reality for all but the earliest risers.)

The show has aired on ABC every year since 1976, when that network took over from NBC, which had aired it in the five previous years. The Academy’s current deal with ABC, signed in 2016, allows it to televise the show through 2028, which will be the year of the show’s 100th anniversary.

An Academy statement did not mention Hulu, which livestreamed the show this year for the first time. Technical glitches marred the livestream.

The show will again be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Theater in Hollywood, its home base for every year but one since 2002. (The best-forgotten 2021 pandemic show was held at the Union Station in downtown L.A.)

Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan will return as the show’s executive producers for the third consecutive year. They first served in that capacity in 2024, when Kimmel hosted. They each won Primetime Emmys for outstanding variety special (live) for that show. Kapoor had previously won for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) for his work on Adele: One Night Only.

“We are both so honored to be returning in our roles for the 98th Oscars,” Kapoor and Mullan said in a joint statement. “We can’t wait to work with Conan and his entire team as we continue to explore even more special and heartfelt opportunities to celebrate next year’s nominees and the impact of film around the world.”

Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney will return as producers for a second time. Sweeney will also serve as a writer. Sweeney has won three Primetime Emmys for previous productions with O’Brien. Ross has won one.

“We are thrilled to bring back Conan, Raj, Katy, Jeff and Mike for the 98th Oscars!” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang in a joint statement. “This year, they produced a hugely entertaining and visually stunning show that celebrated our nominees and the global film community in the most beautiful and impactful way. Conan was the perfect host – skillfully guiding us through the evening with humor, warmth and reverence. It is an honor to be working with them again.”

15 Mar 2025

Here’s the 2025 Children’s and Family Emmy Awards Winners List (Updating)

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced 2025’s Children’s and Family Emmy Awards winners during a ceremony at Television City in Los Angeles on Saturday night (March 15).

Hosted by Looney Tunes voice actor Eric Bauza, the third annual Children’s and Family Emmy Awards honored the “pinnacle of creativity and innovation in children’s entertainment,” NATAS says.

During Saturday’s main ceremony, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Velveteen Rabbit, Orion and the Dark and Sesame Street projects each took home two awards.

Percy Jackson won best young teen series as well as directing for a single-camera live-action series for “I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher,” in a tie with “The Big City” episode of A Real Bug’s Life; The Velveteen Rabbit won best fiction special, and star Phoenix Laroche won younger performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program; Orion and the Dark won best animated special, and voice actor Jacob Tremblay won younger voice performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program; Sesame Workshop’s Elmo and Jesse Remember Uncle Jack won best short form live-action program, and Sesame Street‘s Leslie Carrara-Rudolph won outstanding puppetry performer.

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More awards will be announced in a separate creative arts ceremony.

Outside of competitive categories, Fran Brill (performer and puppeteer, Sesame Street and The Muppet Show) received the lifetime achievement award from The Muppets‘ Dave Goelz.

Additionally, honors for individual achievement in animation were given to Merry Little Batman‘s Philip Vose (background designer), Elena Najar (animation supervisor) and Guillaume Fesquet (art director); Orion and the Dark‘s Miho Tomimasu and Lauren Zurcher (visual development artists); Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire‘s Lesego Vorster (character designer); and Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin’s David Lux (storyboard artist).

Billboard Family has the winners list from the 2025 Children’s and Family Emmy Awards below. More categories will be presented in a separate creative arts ceremony, and this list will be updated with the winners in those categories after the event.

Preschool Series

Blue’s Clues & You! (WINNER)
Nickelodeon

Donkey Hodie
PBS Kids

Lovely Little Farm
Apple TV+

Sesame Street
Max

Children’s or Family Viewing Series

Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (WINNER)
Apple TV+

La Fuerza de Creer: Dulce Sazón
Univision

Jane
Apple TV+

Malory Tower
BYUtv

Raven’s Home
Disney Channel

Young Teen Series

Goosebumps
Disney+

Heartstopper
Netflix

One Piece
Netflix

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (WINNER)
Disney+

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

Fiction Special

Monster High 2
Nickelodeon

The Naughty Nine
Disney Channel

The Slumber Party
Disney Channel

The Velveteen Rabbit (WINNER)
Apple TV+

World’s Best
Disney+

Non-Fiction Program

All-Round Champion
BYUtv

Elmo & Tango Holiday Helpers
Max

Kids Baking Championship
Food Network

A Real Bug’s Life
National Geographic

Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School (WINNER)
HBO | Max

Preschool Animated Series

Frog and Toad
Apple TV+

Interrupting Chicken
Apple TV+

Rosie’s Rules
PBS Kids

StoryBots: Answer Time
Netflix

The Tiny Chef Show (WINNER)
Nickelodeon

Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series

CURSES!
Apple TV+

Hilda
Netflix

Iwájú
Disney+

Kiff
Disney Channel

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (WINNER)
Disney+

Summer Camp Island
Cartoon Network

Animated Special

Merry Little Batman
Amazon Prime Video

Orion and the Dark (WINNER)
Netflix

Peter and the Wolf
Max

Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
Apple TV+

The Tiger’s Apprentice
Paramount+

Tiny Chef’s Marvelous Mish Mesh Special
Nickelodeon

Short Form Live-Action Program

Elmo and Jesse Remember Uncle Jack (WINNER)
Sesame Workshop

GIRLS’ VOICES NOW: The Beauty in Being Different
Girls’ Voices Now
Here TV

Healthy Minds Thriving Kids
Child Mind Institute

Kid Gloves
Kid Gloves Show

Short Form Animated Program

How Not to Draw
Disney Channel

I Am Groot
Disney+

Once Upon a Studio (WINNER)
Disney+

Take Care with Peanuts
Snoopy – Official Channel

The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse:Steamboat Silly
Disney+

Interactive Media

Cousin Hodie Playdate
Donkey Hodie
PBS Kids

Cyberchase: Cyber Sound Quest
PBS Kids

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
PBS Kids

Molly of Denali
PBS Kids

Stu’s Super Stunts!
PBS Kids

Lead Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program

Lola Blue as Addie Darrow
A Kind of Spark   
BYUtv

Ella Bright as Darrell Rivers
Malory Towers
BYUtv

Justin Long as Mr. Bratt
Goosebumps
Disney+

Raven-Symoné as Raven Baxter
Raven’s Home     
Disney Channel

Christian Slater as Mulgarath (WINNER)
The Spiderwick Chronicles       
Roku Channel

Supporting Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program

Adam Copeland as Ares
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

Amanda Lawrence as Matron Shipley (WINNER)
Malory Towers      
BYUtv

Elizabeth Mitchell as Carol / Mrs. Claus
The Santa Clauses          
Disney+

Sarah Rafferty as Katherine Walter
My Life with the Walter Boys    
Netflix

Lance Reddick as Zeus
Percy Jackson and the Olympians   
Disney+

Eric Stonestreet as Magnus Antas / The Mad Santa
The Santa Clauses          
Disney+

Younger Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program

Pyper Braun as Natasha Williams
Erin & Aaron
Nickelodeon

Noah Cottrell as Simon Grace
The Spiderwick Chronicles       
Roku Channel

Mykal-Michelle Harris as Alice Baxter
Raven’s Home     
Disney Channel

Alaya High as Lay Lay
That Girl Lay Lay  
Nickelodeon

Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase
Percy Jackson and the Olympians   
Disney+

Phoenix Laroche as William (WINNER)
The Velveteen Rabbit   
Apple TV+

Puppetry Performer

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby Cadabby & Tango (WINNER)
Sesame Street
Max

Eric Jacobson as Bert, Oscar the Grouch & Grover
Sesame Street
Max

Donna Kimball as Mokey, Storyteller & Cotterpin
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock        
Apple TV+

Karen Prell as Red & Icy Joe
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock        
Apple TV+

David Rudman as Cookie Monster & Baby Bear
Sesame Street     
Max

Voice Performer in a Preschool Program

Kimiko Glenn as Baby Shark
Baby Shark’s Big Show!
Nickelodeon

Bobby Moynihan as Bobby Boots
Pupstruction         
Disney Junior

Cree Summer as Lizard & DeeDee
Spirit Rangers
Netflix

Fred Tatasciore as Bang, BlimBlam the Barbarian, King Hydrogen,  Alabama Smith & The Lone Drifter
StoryBots: Answer Time
Netflix

Kari Wahlgren as Granny Caterina, Ms. Poochytail & Magda (WINNER)
Superkitties
Disney Junior

Voice Performer in a Children’s or Young Teen Program

Eric Bauza as Daffy Duck & Bugs Bunny (WINNER)
Teen Titans Go!
Cartoon Network

Bob Bergen as Porky Pig
Looney Tunes Cartoons
Max

Ben Feldman as Tylor Tuskmon
Monsters at Work
Disney+

William Shatner as Keldor
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Netflix

Paul Walter Hauser as Dark
Orion and the Dark
Netflix

Younger Voice Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program

Lucia Cunningham as Jessica Williams
Jessica’s Big Little World
Cartoon Network

Simisola Gbadamosi as Tola Martins
Iwájú
Disney+

Terrence Little Gardenhigh as Pat
Fright Krewe
Hulu I Peacock

Arianna McDonald as Marcie
Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
Apple TV+

Jacob Tremblay as Orion (WINNER)
Orion and the Dark
Netflix

Children’s Personality

Awkwafina
A Real Bug’s Life
National Geographic

Gavin Friday
Peter and the Wolf
Max

Duff Goldman
Kids Baking Championship
Food Network

Ian McShane
One Piece
Netflix

Meryl Streep (WINNER)
Storyline Online
StorylineOnline.net

Writing for a Preschool or Children’s Series

“The Big City”
A Real Bug’s Life
National Geographic

“Brave Bessie by Brave Gabrielle”
Sesame Street
Max

“Can They Be Friends?”
Sesame Street
Max

“I’m Pogey“
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Apple TV+

“This for That”
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Apple TV+

Writing for a Young Teen Series

“Admissions”
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Disney+

“The Field Guide to Jared Grace”
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

“I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher”
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

“Perfect”
Heartstopper
Netflix

“Say Cheese and Die!”
Goosebumps
Disney+

Writing for a Preschool Animated Series

“Glow Toy”
Jessica’s Big Little World
Cartoon Network

“I am Grandmaster Flash”
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
PBS Kids

“Not a Mascot”
Molly of Denali
PBS Kids

“Taxes”
StoryBots: Answer Time
Netflix

“Tornado”
StoryBots: Answer Time
Netflix

Writing for a Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series

“Abducted”
My Dad the Bounty Hunter
Netflix

“Dancing With Myself” (WINNER)
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Disney+

“Heart of the Forest”
Craig of the Creek
Cartoon Network

“The Fairy Isle”
Hilda
Netflix

“I Wanna Dance With My Buddy”
Hailey’s On It!
Disney Channel

Directing for a Single Camera Live-Action

“The Big City” (WINNER – TIE)
A Real Bug’s Life
National Geographic

“I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher” (WINNER – TIE)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

“Panthera Leo”
Jane
Apple TV+

“Say Cheese and Die!”
Goosebumps
Disney+

“Welcome to Spiderwick”
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

Directing for a Multiple Camera Live-Action

“Gown to the Wire”
Raven’s Home
Disney Channel

“Pickleball”
All-Round Champion
BYUtv

“The Sign Language ABCs”
Sesame Street
Max

Directing for a Preschool Animated Series

“Fractions”
StoryBots: Answer Time
Netflix

“Ganga”
Ghee Happy
Ghee Happy Studio

“Glass”
StoryBots: Answer Time
Netflix

“I Am Grandmaster Flash”
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
PBS Kids

“Xutash Harvest”
Spirit Rangers
Netflix

Directing for an Animated Series

“Descent Into Fear“
Monsters at Work
Disney+

“The Fairy Isle”
Hilda
Netflix

“Kole”
Iwájú
Disney+

“The Molecular Level”
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Disney+

“Moremi”
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
Disney+

Voice Directing for an Animated Series

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
PBS Kids

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Disney+

Monsters at Work
Disney+

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
Disney+

Young Love
HBO | Max

Music Direction and Composition for a Live-Action Program

The Naughty Nine
Disney Channel

One Piece
Netflix

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School
HBO | Max

The Velveteen Rabbit
Apple TV+

Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program

Frog and Toad
Apple TV+

Gremlins: Secrets of The Mogwai
Max

Looney Tunes Cartoons
Max

Orion and the Dark
Netflix

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
Disney+

Original Song for a Preschool Program

“Find the Area”
StoryBots: Answer Time 
Netflix

“Keep Swimming Through”
Baby Shark’s Big Movie!
Nickelodeon

“Let Your Wish Carry You Away”
Alice’s Wonderland Bakery     
Disney Junior

“That’s Why We Love Nature”
Sesame Street     
Max

“The Tornado Song”
StoryBots: Answer Time 
Netflix

Original Song for a Children’s or Young Teen Program

“Kiss Your Friend”
Hailey’s On It!
Disney Channel

“My Sails Are Set”
One Piece
Netflix

“Radishes vs. Strawberries”
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock        
Apple TV+

“Speak Out”
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series         
Disney+

“Things”
Kiff   
Disney Channel

Show Open

The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish
Nickelodeon

Hilda
Netflix

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

Peter and the Wolf
Max

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

Cinematography for a Single-Camera Live-Action Program

Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Apple TV+

One Piece
Netflix

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

A Real Bug’s Life
National Geographic

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

Editing for a Single-Camera Live-Action Program

Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Apple TV+

Goosebumps
Disney+

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly HighSchool
HBO | Max

The Velveteen Rabbit
Apple TV+

Editing for a Multiple-Camera Live-Action Program

All-Round Champion
BYUtv

Erin & Aaron
Nickelodeon

Sesame Street
Max

The Thundermans Return
Nickelodeon

Editing for a Preschool Animated Program

Frog and Toad
Apple TV+

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
Disney+

StoryBots: Answer Time
Netflix

StoryBots: Super Silly Stories with Bo
Netflix

The Tiny Chef Show
Nickelodeon

Editing for an Animated Program

Hilda
Netflix

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Disney+

Merry Little Batman
Amazon Prime Video

Orion and the Dark
Netflix

Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin
Apple TV+

The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
Disney+

Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Live-Action Program

Goosebumps
Disney+

Jane
Apple TV+

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

A Real Bug’s Life
National Geographic

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School
HBO | Max

The Velveteen Rabbit
Apple TV+

Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program

Baby Shark’s Big Movie!
Paramount+

Santiago of the Seas
NICK Jr.

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
Disney+

Shape Island
The Winter Blues
Apple TV+

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
PBS Kids

Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for an Animated Program

I Am Groot
Disney+

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Netflix

Mech Cadets
Netflix

Monsters at Work
Disney+

Orion and the Dark
Netflix

Transformers: EarthSpark
Nickelodeon

Lighting, Camera and Technical Arts

Malory Towers
BYUtv

A Real Bug’s Life
National Geographic

Ruby and the Well
BYUtv

Sesame Street
Max

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

Visual Effects for a Live-Action Program

Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Apple TV+

Goosebumps
Disney+

The Naughty Nine
Disney Channel

One Piece
Netflix

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

Casting for a Live-Action Program

Heartstopper
Netflix

One Piece
Netflix

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

Pretty Freekin Scary
Disney+

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

Casting for an Animated Program

Gremlins: Secrets of The Mogwai
Max

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Netflix

Monsters at Work
Disney+

Orion and the Dark
Netflix

Rock Paper Scissors
Nickelodeon

Spirit Rangers
Netflix

Supa Team 4
Netflix

Art Direction/Set Direction/Scenic Design for a Single-Camera Program

Malory Towers
BYUtv

One Piece
Netflix

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

The Santa Clauses
Disney+

The Spiderwick Chronicles
Roku Channel

Art Direction/Set Direction/Scenic Design for a Multiple-Camera Program

Bunk’d
Disney Channel

Sesame Street
Max

The Villains of Valley View
Disney+

Costume Design/Styling

Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Puppet Design entry)
Apple TV+

Malory Towers
BYUtv

Monster High 2
Nickelodeon

One Piece
Netflix

Sesame Street (Puppet Design entry)
Max

The Velveteen Rabbit
Apple TV+

Hairstyling and Makeup

Goosebumps
Disney+

Monster High 2
Nickelodeon

One Piece
Netflix

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

The Really Loud House
Nickelodeon

The Santa Clauses
Disney+

Stunt Coordination for a Live-Action Program

Goosebumps
Disney+

One Piece
Netflix

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+

The Really Loud House
Nickelodeon

The Villains of Valley View
Disney Channel

Choreography

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Disney+

Monster High 2
Nickelodeon

World’s Best
Disney+

14 Mar 2025

Music Awards Japan Announces All Entries for 62 Categories, Names YMO as ‘Symbol’ of the Awards

The details and entries for all 62 categories in the inaugural Music Awards Japan, set for May 21 and 22 in Kyoto, have been announced. Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) has been named the Symbol of Music Awards Japan 2025, the act that personifies the spirit of this year’s MAJ.

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About 3,000 entries were announced, with 256 songs up for Song of the Year, 167 artists in Artist of the Year, 171 albums in Album of the Year, 61 artists in New Artist of the Year, 100 songs in Top Global Hit from Japan and 24 songs in Best Song Asia.

Voting is currently underway among artists and creatives nominated for an award, plus media-related and other music industry professionals from Japan and overseas. The nominees will be announced on Thursday, April 17, and the award winners will be revealed at the ceremony set for May 21 and 22. All of the entries can be viewed on the official MAJ website, and Spotify is currently celebrating the entries with its “museum” playlist. Fans can check out playlists for each category on various streaming platforms including d Hits, Amazon Music Unlimited and Apple Music.

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Atarashii Gakko! took to the stage at the event in Tokyo announcing this year’s entries. The four-member group is slated to perform at the music event called matsuri ’25: Japanese Music Experience Los Angeles on Mar. 16 with Ado and YOASOBI, an event by the Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA) that organizes MAJ.

In addition to the main categories mentioned above, MAJ has a total of 62 categories including: International Special Awards — awarded to songs that have won an award for Best Song or an equivalent prize in music awards in six countries — linked to award events in South Korea, China, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam; the award for Largest Live Audience honoring Japanese artists who attracted the largest crowds in shows; and the Honorary Award in Music Technology, which celebrates Japanese music-tech professionals who have contributed to the music industry on a global scale.

Fans can participate in the selection process for the following five categories: through Spotify’s voting function for the Best of Listeners’ Choice awards for Domestic Song and lnternational Song powered by the streaming platform; the Special Award: Karaoke for J-pop and Enka / Kayōkyoku powered by DAM & JOYSOUND honoring songs sung the most at karaoke; and for the Special Award: USEN Request Oshi-Katsu Request Artist of the Year powered by USEN honoring the song requested the most on the USEN Oshi-Katsu Request Ranking.

Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) has been named the Symbol of Music Awards Japan 2025, the act symbolizing the guiding principle that MAJ aims to achieve. The trio consisting of Haruomi Hosono and the late musicians Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi formed in 1978, sparking a techno-pop craze in Japan and successfully touring internationally. The group was chosen as this year’s Symbol for the way they transcend borders and eras, showing a future that the MAJ strives to aim for. A YMO tribute concert will take place at the Kyoto International Conference Center on May 20, with performing artists and other details announced later.

International Special Awards: This category was established by CEIPA, the organizer of MAJ, in collaboration with music awards and their organizers in six countries: South Korea, China, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. It recognizes songs that have won the award for Best Song or an equivalent prize at music awards in the six countries. The top executives of the music awards in each country, or those nominated by the top executives, will participate in MAJ as overseas voting members. The category aims to connect the countries of the Pacific Rim through music, such as by realizing collaborations between artists from various countries through the collaborations between music awards.

Largest Live Audience: This award honors the artist who attracted the largest number of people to their shows. Based on the research data of the Live Entertainment Research Committee — a group of organizations and companies that surveys the size of the domestic live entertainment market, instances of overseas expansion, etc., and compiles an annual report — the artist who attracted the largest number of people to their live performances in Japan in 2024 will be awarded. This award celebrates the activities of artists who have energized the live music scene that has been on the road to recovery since the end of the pandemic.

Best Radio-Break Song: Radio DJs/personalities, directors and producers from 99 radio stations across Japan, who are at the forefront of the music scene and in direct contact with listeners, will vote as special radio voting members. This category will select songs with innovative appeal that update the music scene through a professional perspective, based on the music airplay data compiled by radiko.

Overseas Voting Members (partial list):
Lucian Grainge (Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Group)
Rob Stringer (Chairman, Sony Music Group)
Robert Kyncl (CEO, Warner Music Group)
Lyor Cohen (YouTube & Google Global Head of Music)
Annette Barrett (President, IMPF)
Hannah Karp (Editorial Director, Billboard)
Ellen Lu (Vice President of Regional Festivals at Goldenvoice)
Alex Norström (Co-President and Chief Business Officer at Spotify)

13 Mar 2025

Matt Rogers & Bowen Yang’s ‘Las Culturistas’ Wins Podcast of the Year at the 2025 iHeartPodcast Awards: Full List

The 2025 iHeartPodcast Awards Live at took over SXSW in Austin, Texas, this week, celebrating the biggest names in the audio storytelling space.

The event, which took place at ACL Live at The Moody Theater, was hosted by Jack O’Brien and Miles Gray of The Daily Zeitgeist, and a number of stars took the stage to present awards, including Annaleigh Ashford and Melissa Moore, Cam Jordan, Chelsea Handler, Dennis Quaid, Ed Helms, Joe Manganiello, Kyle MacLachlan and Sophia Bush, among others.

Some standout awards of the evening included the social impact award, given to sports journalist Sarah Spain; the Audible audio pioneer award given to director and film producer Dan Taberski; and the innovator award, presented to Peruvian-American novelist Daniel Alarcón.

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Handler took the stage to honor the podcast of the year winners, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, for their work on Las Culturistas. The podcast features interviews with everyone from Ariana Grande to Mariah Carey, and includes the two comedians as they discuss everything pop culture-related.

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See below for the full list of winners at the 2025 iHeartPodcast Awards.

Social Impact Award: Sarah Spain
Audible Audio Pioneer Award: Dan Taberski
Innovator Award: Daniel Alarcón
Podcast of the Year: Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
Best Business & Finance Podcast: Planet Money
Best Comedy Podcast: Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
Best Crime Podcast: Betrayal
Best Pop Culture Podcast: The World’s First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster
Best Food Podcast: Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Best Wellness & Fitness Podcast: Huberman Lab
Best History Podcast: You’re Wrong About
Best Kids & Family Podcast: Story Pirates
Best Music Podcast: Song Exploder
Best News Podcast: Pivot
Best Fiction Podcast: Hello From The Magic Tavern
Best Sports Podcast: New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
Best Science Podcast: Ologies with Alie Ward
Best Technology Podcast presented by Lenovo®: Hard Fork
Best Ad Read: Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
Best Overall Host: Mel Robbins (The Mel Robbins Podcast)
Best Overall Ensemble: My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Best Political Podcast: The Megyn Kelly Show
Best TV & Film Podcast: How Did This Get Made?
Best Spanish Language Podcast: Radio Ambulante
Best Advice/Inspirational Podcast: Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Best Beauty & Fashion Podcast: Naked Beauty
Best Travel Podcast: JUMP with Traveling Jackie
Best Green Podcast: TED Climate
Best Spirituality & Religion Podcast: Oprah’s Super Soul
Best Branded Podcast: You Can’t Make This Up (Netflix)
Best Emerging Podcast: Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce
Best International Podcast: The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett – United Kingdom

13 Mar 2025

Doechii, Durand Bernarr, Maren Morris & More Set to Attend the 2025 GLAAD Media Awards

With the United States government repeatedly failing to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people — and more specifically, transgender people — everywhere, a star-studded group of performers is coming together to celebrate queer excellence in defiance of the systems of oppression surrounding them.

On Thursday (March 13), LGBTQ+ non-profit organization GLAAD announced the list of attendees, including presenters and performers, for the 2025 GLAAD Media Awards. The event — which is set to take place on Thursday, March 27, in Los Angeles — will feature guests including Doechii, Durand Bernarr, Maren Morris, Keke Palmer, Hannah Einbinder, Joe Locke and cast members from RuPaul’s Drag Race, among others.

Along with attending the annual awards show, Bernarr is also set to serve as the musical guest at the official afterparty for the awards ceremony. The R&B star, who recently released his latest studio album Bloom, is also nominated at the ceremony for outstanding breakthrough music artist.

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Doechii — who has been named Billboard‘s Woman of the Year for 2025 — is also a nominee at the annual ceremony in the category of outstanding music artist for her work on Alligator Bites Never Heal, her Grammy award-winning mixtape released last year. In accepting the Grammy for best rap album in February, the “Anxiety” rapper sent a message to Black girls watching at home: “I want to tell you that you can do it. Anything is possible,” she said. Don’t allow anybody to project any stereotypes onto you … you are exactly who you need to be to where you are, and I am a testimony [to that].”

Elsewhere at the GLAAD Awards, Wicked star Cynthia Erivo is set to receive the organization’s Stephen F. Kolzak award, which honors a queer celebrity each year who “made a significant difference in raising visibility” for the LGBTQ+ community through their work. In a statement shared with the news of Erivo’s award, GLAAD CEO and president Sarah Kate Ellis commended the actress for how she “continues to show up for Black, queer and other marginalized peoples amid her well-deserved success.”

13 Mar 2025

NLE Choppa to Perform at 2025 Truth Awards Celebrating Black LGBTQ+ Creative Community

Awards season might be over, but a number of A-list stars are ready to keep the celebrations going on Saturday at the 2025 Truth Awards.

On Thursday (March 13), the show’s organizers Better Brothers Los Angeles and The DIVA Foundation announced the official slate of performers and presenters for the annual awards ceremony celebrating Black LGBTQ+ creatives, including NLE Choppa, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Coleman Domingo, Ava DuVernay and Tamar Braxton.

While most of the newly announced attendees will serve as presenters and special guests at the ceremony, Choppa will offer his debut performance during the ceremony. “True progress requires us all to lean into discomfort and emerge stronger,” BBLA co-founder V. Scott Hamilton said in a statement. “The presence of allies like NLE Choppa underscores that our stories resonate beyond boundaries.”

This won’t be the rapper’s first time celebrating the LGBTQ+ community during his career: When he thanked the community in 2024 for their support of his song “Slut Me Out 2,” Choppa made his position on acceptance clear in a post to X. “IDC what’s normalized as a rapper, I was raised to F— with who f— with you! So thank y’all for appreciating my craft,” he wrote. “My music For ALL we do NO Discrimination.”

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The new slate of stars will join in celebrating the evening’s honorees, including filmmaker Lee Daniels, who is set to receive the event’s lifetime achievement award. “Visibility transforms lives; it disrupts outdated scripts and writes new ones where love conquers fear,” Ralph, who also serves as founder of the Diva Foundation, said in a statement about the Truth Awards. “This celebration serves as a mirror reflecting our truth and a window into what lies ahead.”

The 2025 Truth Awards will take place Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Tickets for the event are currently available at the Truth Awards’ website.

13 Mar 2025

Nikki Glaser Already Tapped to Return as Golden Globes Host for 2026

Nikki Glaser got the ultimate vote of confidence on Thursday (March 13) when the comedian was announced to return as host for the Golden Globes next year, 10 months ahead of the 2026 ceremony.

The comedian made her hosting debut at the awards show in January, leading the CBS broadcast to 10.1 million viewers and a 9% jump from last year’s livestreaming audience on Paramount+ and the CBS App.

“Hosting the Golden Globes this year was without a doubt the most fun I have ever had in my career,” Glaser says in a press release announcing the news. “I can’t wait to do it again, and this time in front of the team from The White Lotus who will finally recognize my talent and cast me in Season Four as a Scandinavian Pilates instructor with a shadowy past.”

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Glaser made history in January as the first solo woman to host the Globes, following four co-hosting stints from Amy Poehler and Tina Fey (in 2013-15 and 2021) as well as a series of women with male co-hosts throughout the years, including Sandra Oh (with Andy Samberg in 2019), Faye Dunaway (with Tim Curry in 1994) and Raquel Welch (with Michael York in 1985), among others.

The response to Glaser’s hosting gig on social media appeared to be overwhelmingly positive, after a show that included jokes about Diddy, Selena Gomez, Wicked and an Adam Sandler/Timothee Chalamet bit that had a callback earlier this month at the Oscars.

In the press release, Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne said of the early hosting pick: “Nikki Glaser brought a refreshing spark and fearless wit to the Golden Globes stage this year. Her sharp humor, and bold presence set the tone for an unforgettable night, making the ceremony feel vibrant and most of all fun.”

A graphic for the 2026 edition — which has Glaser ready for battle in golden boxing gloves — says the show will again be in January, but doesn’t include an exact date.

The Golden Globes are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Corporation. PMC is also the parent company of Billboard.

12 Mar 2025

Watch Selena Gomez Give Steve Martin & Martin Short Their ‘Only Murders in the Building’ SAG Awards

Selena Gomez is proud of her Only Murders in the Building co-stars! So much so, that when Steve Martin and Martin Short’s SAG Awards arrived, she wanted to deliver them to the actors herself.

In a clip posted to the popular Hulu series’ social media accounts, Gomez is seen with Michael Cyril Creighton and the show’s director John Robert Hoffman, all holding SAG Award statues. “It’s a surprise, they don’t know we’re coming,” Hoffman says of giving the awards to Martin and Short. “Cross your fingers they don’t say anything too inappropriate.”

Gomez then enters the room, where Martin and Short are seen lounging on chairs, announcing, “And the SAG Award goes to Steve Martin and Martin Short!”

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The comedic duo are visibly surprised as they receive their trophies, subsequently pretending that they are too heavy to hold. “Thank you world,” Martin says, before Short adds jokingly, “I’d like to thank the Academy, and everyone in the crew whose names I just don’t know.”

Only Murders in the Building outstanding performance by an ensemble at the awards ceremony last month. “Marty and Steve aren’t here because they don’t really care,” Gomez joked onstage while accepting the honor without her two co-stars. “Thank you to Marty and Steve for helping to raise me. I genuinely am just so grateful. I take it home for all of us; bringing this back to New York for Season 5.”

In addition to the ensemble prize, Short also won outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series.

Watch Martin and Short receive their awards below.