Tina Knowles Lawson Hosts Virtual Panel for Women’s History Month Tina Knowles Lawson Hosts Panel Featuring Black Women Activists, Artists and Scholars, Streaming on March 15 to Celebrate Women’s History Month Panelists include Elaine Brown, activist and former leader of the Black Panther Party LOS ANGELES (March 8, 2022) — WACO Theater Center, Newark Symphony… Continue reading Tina Knowles Lawson Hosts Virtual Panel for Women’s History Month
Category: Awards/Honors
Will Smith Shares Denzel Washington Telling Him: ‘This Is Your Year’
Will Smith Shares Denzel Washington Telling Him: ‘This Is Your Year’ Adding yet another trophy to his mantle of awards, Will Smith has stated that his recent Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor was “one of the greatest moments” of his career. But, according to Smith, hearing his mentor Denzel Washington telling him that… Continue reading Will Smith Shares Denzel Washington Telling Him: ‘This Is Your Year’
The Inaugural Jazz Music Awards Announces Online Submissions
The Inaugural Jazz Music Awards Announces Online Submissions for its Global Awards Ceremony in October 2022 (Atlanta, GA – February 10, 2022) – The inaugural Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating the Spirit of Jazz, today announced the online submissions for the global awards show, which opened on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, and will run through Saturday,… Continue reading The Inaugural Jazz Music Awards Announces Online Submissions
Mary J. Blige Scheduled to Perform at This Year’s 2022 NAACP Image Awards
Mary J. Blige Scheduled to Perform at this Year’s 2022 NAACP Image Awards R&B singer and actor, Mary J. Blige has hit quite a winning streak lately! BET has announced along with the NAACP that nine-time Grammy Award-winning singer and two-time Academy Award-nominated actress and producer Mary J. Blige will be the scheduled performer of… Continue reading Mary J. Blige Scheduled to Perform at This Year’s 2022 NAACP Image Awards
Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer Will Host the 94th Oscars
Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer Will Host the 94th Oscars The producer of this year’s Oscars Award has announced the hosts for this year’s ceremony! Will Packer, who is producing this year’s Oscars revealed that Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes will be sharing hosting duties for the 94th Oscars®. This will… Continue reading Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer Will Host the 94th Oscars
Issa Rae Receives the Key to the City of Inglewood Becoming 1st Person to Do So
Issa Rae Receives the Key to the City of Inglewood Becoming 1st Person to Do So Sometimes art imitates life, but with this moment, life imitates art! In a fantasy scene in the final season of her hit HBO series, Insecure, Issa Rae‘s character, Issa Dee receives the key to the city of Inglewood. She… Continue reading Issa Rae Receives the Key to the City of Inglewood Becoming 1st Person to Do So
Issa Rae Receiving Producers Guild’s Visionary Award
Issa Rae Receiving Producers Guild’s Visionary Award Insecure actress Issa Rae will be receiving the Producers Guild’s Visionary Award at this year’s award ceremony. The Producers Guild of America (PGA) just announced that actor and producer Issa Rae will be honored with the 2022 Visionary Award at this year’s ceremony. This year’s 33rd Annual Producers… Continue reading Issa Rae Receiving Producers Guild’s Visionary Award
Denzel Washington Adds Another As Most Oscar-Nominated Black Actor Of All Time
Denzel Washington Adds Another As Most Oscar-Nominated Black Actor Of All Time The Oscar nominations are in and we already have a winner! This week the nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards were announced and the winner of the Most Nominated Black Actor in the history of the Oscars is STILL Denzel Washington! With… Continue reading Denzel Washington Adds Another As Most Oscar-Nominated Black Actor Of All Time
Zora Howard Announced as First Manhattan Theatre Club’s Judith Champion Playwriting Fellowship Recipient
Zora Howard Announced as First Manhattan Theatre Club’s Judith Champion Playwriting Fellowship Recipient Manhattan Theatre Club Announces Judith Champion Playwriting Fellowship and Inaugural Recipient Zora Howard Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce the creation of the Judith Champion Playwriting Fellowship, which will be awarded by MTC annually.… Continue reading Zora Howard Announced as First Manhattan Theatre Club’s Judith Champion Playwriting Fellowship Recipient
A Tribe Called Quest, Lionel Richie and Dionne Warwick Among 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
This year’s nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have been announced! The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation revealed the recording artists who are up to be inducted for 2022. Popular Hip-Hop group, A Tribe Called Quest (Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, and Jarobi White) joins Motown legendary artist and… Continue reading A Tribe Called Quest, Lionel Richie and Dionne Warwick Among 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Major League Baseball Gifts $40,000 Towards Replacing Vandalized Jackie Robinson Memorial
Major League Baseball has rededicated Jackie Robinson‘s birthplace marker after it had been vandalized last year. The Georgia Historical Society, in collaboration with Major League Baseball and the Jackie Robinson Cairo Memorial Institute, has dedicated two historical markers at the birthplace of baseball’s first Black man to play in the Major Leagues. After the original… Continue reading Major League Baseball Gifts $40,000 Towards Replacing Vandalized Jackie Robinson Memorial
Spike Lee Will Become First Black Director to Be Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award at 2022 Directors Guild of America Awards
The accolades and acknowledgments keep coming for the New York Knicks’ biggest fan! Filmmaker and esteemed director Spike Lee has another award being bestowed upon him this year. The Directors Guild of America will be presenting the proud Brooklyn, New Yorker with the Guild’s top honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion… Continue reading Spike Lee Will Become First Black Director to Be Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award at 2022 Directors Guild of America Awards
Grammy Awards Rescheduled for April and Relocated to Las Vegas
Earlier this month, with the rise in coronavirus cases, the Grammy Awards ceremony was postponed from the originally scheduled date of January 31. It was announced that the awards show was given another air date as well as a change in venue. On April 3, CBS and the Recording Academy have revealed that the 64th… Continue reading Grammy Awards Rescheduled for April and Relocated to Las Vegas
Cardi B Breaks Own Record With Third Diamond Record
A new week, a new accolade for Bronx-born rapper and entertainer, Cardi B! Not even three weeks after becoming the first female rapper to score two diamond (10 million units sold) certified records, Cardi B breaks her own record by obtaining another diamond record! The latest news is that Cardi B’s 2018 single I Like… Continue reading Cardi B Breaks Own Record With Third Diamond Record
United Negro College Fund Selects Ashlynn Lee As 2021 Scholarship Recipient
United Negro College Fund Selects Ashlynn Lee As 2021 Scholarship Recipient Bennett College is pleased to share, Ashlynn Lee is a 2021 United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Scholarship recipient, an award provided by the nation’s largest private scholarship provider to minority group members and more than $100 million in scholarships and provides students with internships… Continue reading United Negro College Fund Selects Ashlynn Lee As 2021 Scholarship Recipient