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
Category: Awards/Honors
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
Wheaties Century Box Featuring Michael Jordan
Wheaties Century Box Featuring Michael Jordan In honor of its 100th anniversary, Wheaties is paying tribute to sports icon Michael Jordan, featuring him on the box for a historic 19th time. As part of the ongoing year-long commemorative celebration, Wheaties will also partner with 23XI Racing, co-owned by Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny… Continue reading Wheaties Century Box Featuring Michael Jordan
University of Alabama Quarterback Bryce Young Takes Home this Year’s Heisman Trophy
After securing a nearly $1 million deal (Name, Image and Likeness) NIL earlier this summer, University of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young comes away with the coveted Heisman Trophy. The announcement was seen on the Twitter account of The Heisman Trophy, Congratulations to @AlabamaFTBL quarterback Bryce Young, the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner! pic.twitter.com/XicytFHRKz — The Heisman… Continue reading University of Alabama Quarterback Bryce Young Takes Home this Year’s Heisman Trophy
Steve Harvey Asks Miss Universe Winner Miss India to Do an Animal Impression and Makes Another Blunder With Another Contestant
Steve Harvey Asks Miss Universe Winner Miss India to Do an Animal Impression and Makes Another Blunder With Another Contestant “Will there be another Steve Harvey distraction while he hosts the Miss Universe pageant this year?” “Steve, I’m gonna have to say yes” “Survey says…. Yes is the number one answer!” Although there was a… Continue reading Steve Harvey Asks Miss Universe Winner Miss India to Do an Animal Impression and Makes Another Blunder With Another Contestant
Ne-Yo Will Host 2022 Urban One Honors on MLK Day – January 17th, 2022
URBAN ONE HONORS PRESENTED BY T-MOBILE ANNOUNCES ICON RECIPIENTS OF THIS YEAR’S SHOWCASE INCLUDING JENNIFER HUDSON, TIMBALAND, JIMMY JAM AND TERRY LEWIS, GAMBLE AND HUFF & TASHA COBBS LEONARD GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING RECORDING ARTIST & SONGWRITER NE-YO SET TO HOST THE ANNUAL SHOWCASE CONTINUES WITH THE THEME “THE SOUNDTRACK OF BLACK AMERICA” SET… Continue reading Ne-Yo Will Host 2022 Urban One Honors on MLK Day – January 17th, 2022
Simone Biles Named 2021 Time Athlete of the Year
Adding another accolade to her already full mantel, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has just been named Time Magazine 2021 Athlete of the Year. Biles took to her Twitter account to announce to the 1.7 million people who follow her that she has won this prestigious award. Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) is TIME’s 2021 Athlete of the… Continue reading Simone Biles Named 2021 Time Athlete of the Year