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Jay-Z is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Notably, Jay’s induction comes on his first year of eligibility. “This diverse class of talented inductees reflects the Hall’s ongoing commitment to honor artists whose music created the sound of youth culture,” John Sykes, chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame […]
Queen Elizabeth II has bestowed British sex toy company Lovehoney with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise. According to Yahoo News, the royal family labels the recognition as “the highest accolade for business success.” In a press release, Lovehoney described itself as “the UK’s biggest sexual wellness brand,” and it seems to be, since the company […]
The Grammys nomination process will look much different from here on out. On Friday, the Recording Academy announced it has eliminated the nomination review committees in general and genre fields, including the Big Four categories: Album, Record, and Song of the Year, as well as Best New Artist.Variety reports the affected committees were primarily made up of […]
Lil Baby is already a superstar on the music front, and it looks like his talents don’t end there. The multi-platinum rapper posted an old photo of himself being crowned “Mr. Sixth Grade” in middle school, proving that he’s been a professional winner from a young age. Baby took to his Instagram story to post the throwback, […]
Anthony Hopkins wasn’t expecting to bag his second Oscar on Sunday night. With his win in the Best Actor category for his performance in The Father, Florian Zeller’s devastating exploration of the continual heartbreaks of dementia, Hopkins made history as the oldest winner in the show’s history. Previously, Hopkins—83—won in the same category for his […]
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 […]
Hollywood has taken a major step forward in recent years in terms of recognizing Latinx actors and filmmakers. However, there is still a long way to go. During a conversation with Variety, groundbreaking Latinx actor Rosie Perez revealed that she hadn’t been invited to the Academy Awards in over 25 years. “Not even to sit in the […]
Marsai Martin, fresh off being honored with the 2021 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Youth and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in black-ish, has detailed her “no Black pain” approach to selecting projects to bring to life under her Genius Entertainment banner in a new interview. In […]
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 […]
