Awards

Swag bag for Emmy nominees features black and female-owned businesses

Sunday is the 72nd Emmy awards celebrating television’s biggest and best shows! With any award show comes a swag bag for the nominees, but this year is very different.

September 16

Kobe Bryant to be honored at 2020 Oscars

Hollywood will honor Kobe Bryant during the Academy Awards, which take place two weeks after his sudden and tragic death. 

August 6

Here are the nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards

“Watchmen,” cloaked in superhero mythology and grounded in real-world racism, received a leading 26 nominations Tuesday for the prime-time Emmy Awards.

July 28

Academy delays 2021 Oscars ceremony because of coronavirus

For the fourth time in its history, the Oscars are being postponed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network said Monday that the 93rd Academy Awards will now be held April 25, 2021, eight weeks later than originally planned because of the pandemic’s effects on the movie industry.

June 15

What's included in the Oscars $225,000 nominee gift bags

The 2020 "Everyone Wins” Nominee Gift Bag awarded independently by Distinctive Assets is filled with fabulous trips, world-class beauty, fine art, brilliant jewelry and opportunities to give back to charity. Win or lose on Hollywood’s biggest night, everyone is a winner with this ultimate swag bag!  

February 10

What to expect at Sunday's Oscars

After the shortest awards season in decades, the 92nd annual Academy Awards will get underway Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The red carpet is being rolled out two to three weeks earlier than usual in a bid to freshen up a ceremony and potentially boost ratings.

February 9

Essence event celebrates black women in Hollywood

Through laughs, tears and speeches that turned into sermons and affirmations, the overarching theme of this year’s star-studded Essence luncheon was that in an unforgiving industry that often overlooks, black women need no validation from Hollywood — or elsewhere — to appreciate their self-worth.

February 7

Grammy Awards scandal threatens organization's reputation

It’s the biggest music awards show but this year, the talk is that the Grammys is rigged. 

January 24

The Oscars to go host-less for 2nd year in a row

For the second year in a row, next month's Oscar ceremony will be held without a host, the president of ABC Entertainment said Wednesday.

January 8

'1917' wins best drama film Golden Globe award

The Latest on on the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards honoring achievements in television and film and being presented Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California (all times local):

January 5

Stars hit the red carpet for the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globes are famously unpredictable, but a few sure things seem to be in store for Sunday’s awards: Streaming services will play a starring role; five-time host Ricky Gervais will snicker at his own jokes; and Brad Pitt is all but assured of taking home an award.

January 5

'Marriage Story,' 'The Irishman' shine as Netflix dominates the Golden Globe nominations

The streaming service Netflix flexed its muscles Monday as nominations were announced for the 77th Golden Globes, with its relationship drama "Marriage Story" collecting a leading six nominations, while the mob drama "The Irishman" collected five.

December 9, 2019