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Nomadland director Chloé Zhao made history on Sunday night. With her Best Director win at the 93rd Academy Awards, Zhao became the first woman of color to win in the category. She’s also only the second woman to ever win the award, with Kathryn Bigelow having become the first—and prior to Sunday, the only—woman to have […]
Following a year that challenged the film industry like no other, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony—delayed by two months thanks to the ongoing pandemic—is upon us. Heading into Sunday’s ABC-broadcast ceremony, Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland had been discussed as a likely contender to emerge as the night’s most awarded production. The film, based on Jessica Bruder’s 2017 nonfiction […]
The nominees for the 25th Annual Webby Awards have been announced, with Complex Networks bagging two nominations. The organizations who received the highest number of nominations for 2021 include Google (22), HBO (20), Comedy Central (19), Condé Nast (16), National Geographic (15), Spotify (14), CNN (11), ViacomCBS (11), Vox Media (10) The Washington Post (9), Disney […]
The FCC received more than 1,000 complaints regarding Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” performance at the Grammys, according to Rolling Stone. If you want, you can watch that performance here. A previous though unspecific figure that came out days after the March 14 event was pegged at “80 or so.” Now that we’re about a month out you can bump […]
The cast of Glee came together Thursday night to honor the late Naya Rivera at the 32nd GLAAD Media Awards. Demi Lovato opened up the virtual tribute by highlighting the impact of Rivera’s Glee character, Santana Lopez, a high school cheerleader who came out as lesbian 10 years ago. Lovato, who portrayed Lopez’s girlfriend Dani in later seasons, recalled the […]
Chadwick Boseman’s life and career were commemorated at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards. The late actor won the Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture award for his work in Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, one of his last films. He passed away in August at the age of 43 after a difficult four-year battle with […]
The 2021 Academy Awards, like everything else for the past year or more, has been hit with wholly expected pandemic delays and additional complications that—among other things—resulted in an extension of the usual eligibility period. Film-centered award institutions face the added challenge of honoring cinema following a year of theaters mostly (and wisely) being closed or […]
While their instaclassic collab “WAP” was not submitted for consideration at this year’s Grammy Awards, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion still owned the stage together at Sunday’s ceremony. Prior to the main festivities, Megan was awarded with Best Rap Performance for her “Savage” remix featuring this year’s leading nominee Beyoncé. The category was among […]
Roddy Ricch, who entered the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards race with six nominations after a truly top-tier year of critical acclaim and commercial success, did not disappoint with his performance at Sunday night’s mid-pandemic ceremony which featured him debuting “Heartless.” He also performed his chart-topping single “The Box.” Roddy also appeared on stage to perform “Rockstar” with DaBaby during the […]
Billie Eilish shouted out Megan Thee Stallion in a major way while accepting the Record of the Year award at the 2021 Grammys for her song “everything i wanted.” Eilish devoted a significant part of her acceptance speech on Sunday night to praising the “Savage” rapper and saying that the award should have went to her instead. “This is really […]
