Spotlight pulled out an 11th hour surprise by pulling out a Best Picture win with just one other award, Best Original Screenplay. That hasn’t happened since 1953 when The Greatest Show on Earth won essentially the same two awards (The Greatest Show on Earth won Best Writing, Motion Picture – an expired category). Spotlight‘s win keeps the history of …
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The Oscar Original Song category is one that long been a hard category to predict. Winners here have ranged from songs from animated films, songs from high-profile Best Picture nominees and songs from major pop talent. This year has just one of those but in triplicate: Grammy winners Lady Gaga, Sam Smith and The Weeknd all have songs competing …
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Oscars producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin announced today the first slate of presenters for the 88th Oscars telecast. The Oscars, hosted by Chris Rock, will air live Oscar® Sunday, February 28, on ABC. First Slate of Presenters and Performers Benicio Del Toro Tina Fey Whoopi Goldberg Ryan Gosling Kevin Hart Lady Gaga (with an introduction by Vice President Joe Biden) Sam Smith …
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The nominations for the 2015 American Music Awards were announced today and to no one’s surprise Taylor Swift led the race with six mentions that cover individual, collaborative and album nominations. Meghan Trainor, Nicki Minaj and Ed Sheeran also felt love and newcomer The Weeknd led new artist mentions with nominations in Artist of the Year, New Artist, Song …
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Beck kept Beyoncé from achieving one of the only Grammys that’s been out of her grasp, Album of the Year, with his win tonight for Morning Phase. Don’t be too sad for Bey though, she still managed Grammy wins for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance (for “Drunk in Love,” with husband Jay-Z), pushing her into 20+ lifetime Grammys. …
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The winners of the 46th NAACP Image Awards were announced last night and Selma dominated the motion picture categories winning Outstanding Motion Picture and three acting trophies for its cast (David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo and Common). Strangely though, its director, Ava DuVernay lost out to Antoine Fuqua for the Denzel Washington TV-to-film version of The Equalizer. Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, …
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The 57th Grammy Awards are just a week away and we have the only predictions you’ll need right here from The Grammy Gods! ALBUM OF THE YEAR SONG OF THE YEAR RECORD OF THE YEAR BEST NEW ARTIST BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE Continue for rest of the categories…
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Sam Smith had a good morning today as the Grammy nominations came in and he snagged 6 for his song, “Stay With Me” and for his album In the Lonely Hour, including Album of the Year. He’s also up for Best New Artist, sharing a nomination with Iggy Azalea, Bastille, Brandy Clark and Haim. Beyonce also scored an Album of …
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One Direction continued their domination of the American Music Awards, winning three tonight; Artist of the Year, Favorite Album – Pop/Rock and Favorite Band, Duo or Group – Pop/Rock. Iggy Azalea, who came into the night with the most nominations (6) managed two wins, both in the Rap categories. Katy Perry also won two, for Single of the Year and …
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VIDEO OF THE YEAR Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy” Beyonce ft. Jay Z – “Drunk in Love” Pharrell Williams – “Happy” Sia – “Chandelier” Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball” (WINNER) BEST FEMALE Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – “Dark Horse” (WINNER) Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy” Beyonce – “Partition” Lorde – “Royals” Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea – “Problem” BEST MALE Pharrell Williams – “Happy” …
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