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Nominations for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards won’t be announced until July 17, but nominations for the 2024 Astra TV Awards were announced on Tuesday, July 9. The awards are presented by The Hollywood Creative Alliance, which includes critics, entertainment journalists, content creators, industry insiders and creatives.
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With 15 nods, FX’s The Bear was this year’s most nominated series, followed by Max’s Hacks and Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building with 13 each. ABC’s Abbott Elementary and CBS’s Ghosts are tied for third place with 11 nods each.
Apple TV+’s The Morning Show led the drama categories with 11 nominations. Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith was the second-most nominated drama series with 10 nods.
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Several artists who have topped the Billboard Hot 100 received nominations in various categories. Selena Gomez is nominated for best actress in a streaming comedy series for Only Murders in the Building. Ricky Martin is up for best supporting actor in a streaming comedy series for Palm Royale (Apple TV+). Bradley Cooper is nominated for best guest actor in a comedy series for Abbott Elementary. Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) is up for best actor in a streaming drama series for Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
In other categories, The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix), about the 1985 recording session for “We Are the World,” is nominated for best documentary, where it is competing with In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (Hulu) and STEVE (Martin): A Documentary in Two Parts (Apple TV+), among other shows.
Gaga Chromatica Ball (Max) is nominated for best variety series or special, where it is competing with 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (ABC) and the most recent editions of the Grammys, Oscars, Tonys and SAG Awards, among other shows.
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story (Hulu) is nominated for best docuseries.
Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple TV+) is nominated for best short form.
Seth MacFarlane is nominated in three categories for Ted (Peacock) – best directing and writing in a streaming comedy series and best voice-over performance.
There are three new categories – best anime series, best children or family series and, remarkably, best Saturday Night Live host. Nominees in the latter category are Emma Stone, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Ryan Gosling and Timothée Chalamet.
The 2024 Astra TV Awards will stream live from the Avalon Hollywood on Sunday, Aug. 18. The ceremony can be watched worldwide on the official Astra Awards YouTube channel and KNEKT Television Network.
The Hollywood Creative Alliance, commonly called HCA, is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization. The vision and mission of the HCA is to amplify diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and culture in entertainment.
The Kid Laroi is set to perform at the 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards, which will be simulcast live on the East Coast on Saturday, July 13, at 8 p.m. ET/PT across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, the Nick Jr. channel, TV Land, CMT and MTV2.
The Australian pop star will perform a medley that will include “Nights Like This,” a track from his debut studio album The First Time; “Stay,” his 2021 global smash that led the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks; and a non-album single “Girls.” Nickelodeon promises that his performance “will conclude with an epic sliming.”
Justin Bieber, The Kid Laroi’s partner-in-slime on “Stay,” performed at the 2021 Kids’ Choice Awards. The Bieb performed “Intentions” (with Quavo), “Hold On” and “Anyone.” Jack Harlow and Kid Cudi performed on the show in 2022. Lil Uzi Vert, Bebe Rexha and Lil Baby were among the performers on last year’s show.
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The 2024 show will be hosted by SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny) and Patrick Star (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke). This marks the first time that the show has been hosted by virtual characters. This year marks the 25th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants, which first aired on Nickelodeon as a sneak peek after the Kids’ Choice Awards on May 1, 1999, and officially premiered on July 17 of that year.
Taylor Swift is the leading individual nominee for the 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards, with six nods. She is followed in the nominations by Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo and Justin Timberlake, with four nods each.
Barbie also scored heavily in the nominations, with eight total nods. The box-office juggernaut has four nods in film categories (favorite movie, favorite movie actor for Ryan Gosling and favorite movie actress for both Margot Robbie and America Ferrera) and four in music categories (favorite album, favorite song for both Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” and Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” and favorite music collaboration for Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World” with Aqua).
The Kids’ Choice Awards, complete with green slime and Nick’s signature orange blimp award, has long been a top attraction for young viewers. This year’s show will be held at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion for the first time since 2010 and the 11th time overall.
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2024 is produced by Nickelodeon Productions and overseen by Ashley Kaplan, executive vice president, Nickelodeon & Awesomeness Unscripted & Digital Franchise Studio; Paul J Medford, vice president, unscripted current series; Luke Wahl, vice president, unscripted creative; Jennifer Bryson, vice president, production, tentpoles, events & music & specials; and Ellen Rydzewski, senior vice president, celebrity, events & talent relations. Guy Carrington & Kevin Hermanson of Done and Dusted serve as executive producers, with Rob Paine serving as co-executive producer. The show is directed by James Merryman.
Tia Ray was the top winner at China’s 2nd Wave Music Awards, which were presented in Beijing on June 20. The event was initiated by the Wave Music Committee and organized by Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), an online music platform in China.
Tia Ray (born Yuan Yawei) won the best female singer award, and also received honors for record of the year and best pop album for Allure.
Tia Ray, 39, a singer-songwriter from Hunan, China, rose to fame in 2012 as a contestant on the televised singing competition The Voice of China. She has since released four albums, all of which she co-wrote and co-produced.
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After almost three months of evaluation, the Wave Music Awards selected the most representative Chinese music works from nearly 10,000 new songs and more than 500 albums released in 2023. A total of 35 awards were presented across seven categories, including singer, style, creation and technology.
Album of the year was awarded to Flow by Faith Yang, 50. Song of the year went to “Mother and Daughter” by Huang Qishan, 56, and Curley G, 25.
Other highlights included best male singer won by JJ Lin, and best group, which was awarded to Radio Mars. Leah Dou’s “Monday” won best pop song, while Chinese rock band Young Drug’s “Flower” earned the best rock song award.
The Wave Music Awards also presented honors in the fields of creation and technology. Dao Lang’s “Luocha Haishi” won best lyrics, JJ Lin’s “Dust and Ashes” won best composition, Jude Qiu’s “Please Unfriend Leo” won best arrangement, Xu Jun’s “OPEN IT” won best album production, “The Source of Life” by Lowell Lo and Jonathan Lee won best single production, Faith Yang’s “Flow” got best recording studio engineering album and Eason Chan’s “Something Missing” won best music video.
The ceremony also featured performances by 11 artists with diverse styles. Such award winners as Huang Qishan, Yu Kewei, Leah Dou, Young Drug performed their honored works.
If you’re a voting member in good standing of the Country Music Association, check your email today, Monday (July 8). You should find your nomination ballot to vote in the first round for the 58th annual CMA Awards. For the rest of us, the countdown begins to what is always one of the year’s most […]
Angela Simmons has apologized for posing with her gun-shaped purse on the BET Awards red carpet after receiving backlash on social media.
The entrepreneur and daughter of Run-DMC‘s Rev Run posted a video explaining her wardrobe accessory choice, saying she didn’t intend to cause any controversy. “I see a lot of conversation around the purse I wore to the awards,” she said. “Normally, I don’t address rumors and stuff but I’m not like that. I’ve never been like that. I’m not violent.”
Adding, “I have obviously been through a lot in my personal life when it comes to gun violence. It’s very personal to me, but I just liked the bag. I thought it was cool and a fashion moment. That was it. I didn’t have any intentions of ruffling anyone’s feathers … I’m sorry if it bothered anyone.”
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She then released a lengthy statement on her Instagram Stories, calling the purse “a poor decision.”
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“I want to address the recent incident involving the green purse I carried at the BET Awards. When I chose the purse, I believed it was cute and unique and I made a poor decision in using it as an accessory to amplify my beauty,” she wrote. “I deeply regret that this item, which symbolizes a gun, was inappropriate and insensitive, especially given my personal and community experiences with gun violence.”
She then gave an apology later in the statement, saying, “It was a mistake that does not define who I am or my commitment to ending gun violence. To anyone who was hurt or offended by my actions, I offer my deepest apologies.”
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Yo Gotti, who is currently dating Angela Simmons, made light of the situation on his Instagram Stories, saying, “She was just practicing.“
Angela Simmons’ ex-fiancé Sutton Tennyson was fatally shot 13 times in 2018 after an argument outside of his home escalated. He was 37 years old and the two have a son together.
In 1990, writer/producer Glen Ballard helped Wilson Phillips land a multiplatinum debut album that spawned three No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 – “Hold On,” “Release Me” and “You’re in Love.” On July 11, the pop trio will return the favor, speaking as Ballard gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. […]
Usher got his flowers at the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday, June 30, receiving their lifetime achievement award. The award has been presented in all but one year since the show started in 2001. (There was no recipient in 2020, the year the COVID-19 pandemic nearly brought awards shows to a standstill.)
Whitney Houston was the inaugural BET lifetime achievement award winner in 2001. She was just 37 at the time, rather young for an award of this nature, but, as it turned out, it’s a good thing she got it when she did. She died unexpectedly in 2012.
Eight winners of the BET lifetime achievement award have also received Kennedy Center Honors, arguably the top “lifetime achievement award” given to entertainers. Those double winners are Earth, Wind & Fire, James Brown, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, Al Green, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson and Queen Latifah.
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Most, but not all, of the BET lifetime achievement awards have also won Grammy Awards in competition. The BET honored six acts who, for whatever reason, have yet to win a competitive Grammy. They are Diana Ross, The O’Jays, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Charlie Wilson, New Edition and Busta Rhymes.
The BET’s 2006 lifetime achievement award went to actor Samuel L. Jackson. That was the year Prince died, and the show had five separate segments honoring the music legend. A lifetime achievement award to another music star would have easily been overshadowed by all the love shown to Prince, so the show pivoted and honored an actor instead. (Prince had received BET’s lifetime achievement award in 2010.)
Other BET lifetime achievement award honorees, not already mentioned in this story, are The Isley Brothers, Chaka Khan, Patti La Belle, Anita Baker, Mary J. Blige and Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Looking at that roster of past honorees, you may wonder “who’s left to receive this award in future”? Quite a few people, as it turns out. Here’s a list of 25 leading candidates for lifetime achievement awards at the BET Awards. All are still living. (The BET has yet to present a lifetime achievement award posthumously.) All have been active for 20 years or more.
The list includes legends whose careers date back to the late 1950s or early 1960s, such as Jerry Butler, Dionne Warwick and Stevie Wonder, as well as a few stars who broke through in the early 2000s – Alicia Keys, T.I. and Kanye West/Ye.
Of these 25 leading candidates for lifetime achievement awards at the BET Awards, who would you most like to see get the honor?
Though the BET Awards largely went off without a hitch on Sunday night (June 30), there was one blip in the broadcast. As Usher accepted the network’s lifetime achievement award, parts of his passionate, 12-minute speech were inaudible to viewers at home. BET issued an apology to the eight-time Grammy winner on Monday (July 1), […]
From rising stars to certified greats, a litany of the world’s biggest hip-hop and R&B artists took the stage at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater to celebrate Black musical excellence at the 2024 BET Awards Sunday evening (June 30). And in case you missed it, every single one of those musicians brought the fire — in […]
From Will Smith to Ice Spice and Sexyy Red, Billboard ranks all of the performances from an action-packed 2024 BET Awards.