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‘Mank’ leads Academy Awards race with 10 nominations
By JAKE COYLE | AP Film Writer NEW YORK — In a year in which the pandemic shuttered movie theaters for months, Academy Awards nominations went to two female filmmakers for the first time and a...
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Terry Pierson wins NPPA Region 10 photographer of the year — again
Terry Pierson, a Southern California News Group photojournalist, has been selected National Press Photographer Association, Region 10, photographer of the year for the seventh time in the past 10...
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‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ takes top honors at SAG Awards
The starry cast of Aaron Sorkin’s 1960s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7” took the top prize Sunday at a virtual Screen Actors Guild Awards where actors of color, for the first time, swept...
View ArticleGlenn Close on 8 Oscar nods with no wins: I am not a loser
By MESFIN FEKADU | Associated Press NEW YORK — Though Glenn Close has been nominated for eight Oscars without any wins, the distinguished actor wants to make one thing clear: she is not a loser. Close...
View Article2022 Oscars will be a month later, won’t be held in train station
LOS ANGELES — Next year’s Oscar ceremony will be held later than planned, with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announcing Thursday the show will be held March 27, 2022. That’s one month...
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21st Annual BET Awards: What you need to know about the performers, nominees...
After rushing to put together a virtual event in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year the BET Awards return with an in-person ceremony that will recognize artists, entertainers and athletes...
View ArticleCedric the Entertainer to host the Emmys live from downtown LA
LOS ANGELES — Actor/comedian Cedric the Entertainer was named host Monday of the 73rd Emmy Awards, which will return to a live event with a “limited” audience at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los...
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‘The Crown,’‘Mandalorian’ top Emmy nominations with 24 each, and...
By LYNN ELBER | AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES — “The Crown” tied with “The Mandalorian” for the most Emmy nominations Tuesday with 24 apiece, but the Marvel universe also got bragging rights with...
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‘Pose’ star Mj Rodriguez is first transgender actress with lead Emmy...
LOS ANGELES — “Pose” co-star Mj Rodriguez made Emmy history Tuesday by becoming the first transgender performer to be nominated for a leading-performance Emmy Award in a prime-time series. Rodriguez is...
View Article2022 Grammy Award nominations: Jon Batiste lands 11, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat,...
By Jonathan Landrum Jr. | Associated Press Jon Batiste might be the Grammys biggest surprise: The multi-genre performer and recent Oscar winner made such an impression on voters that he scored the most...
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Surprise! Lakewood third graders receive brand new bikes in time for holiday...
Third graders at entered the multipurpose room on Monday, Dec. 13, thinking that two students would be awarded brand new bikes for their efforts in essay writing. Principal Danielle Saldavia Pouncey...
View ArticleGolden Globes announce nominations to a skeptical Hollywood
By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK (AP) — After widespread criticism forced the organization that puts on the Golden Globes to lose its televised award show and overhaul its membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press...
View ArticleGolden Globe Awards carry on with no stars, no broadcast. So who ‘won’?
By Lindsey Bahr | Associated Press The Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood’s so-called biggest party that regularly drew 18 million television viewers, was reduced to a live blog Sunday night for its 79th...
View ArticleWill Smith, Lady Gaga, Ben Affleck score SAG nominations
By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK (AP) — The Oscar race may be missing in-person glitz this year, but it doesn’t lack for star power. Will Smith, Lady Gaga and Ben Affleck landed individual nominations for the...
View ArticleThese three women are hosting the 2022 Oscars
LOS ANGELES — The Oscars will be a triple feature with Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes hosting the Academy Awards, it was announced Tuesday morning. Producer Will Packer made the announcement...
View ArticleAre Santa Monica’s in-a-tent Spirit Awards a hip, Nick Offerman-and-Megan...
By LINDSEY BAHR | Associated Press “Parks and Recreation” alum Nick Offerman is teaming up with his wife Megan Mullally to host the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the cool, laid-back cousin of awards...
View ArticleDowntown Long Beach Associates brings back Spirit of Downtown awards
Five people — including the mayor — and two organizations will be feted Thursday, March 24, with Spirit of Downtown awards. Bestowed by the Downtown Long Beach Alliance, the awards are “given to those...
View ArticleWill Smith banned from attending any Academy events for 10 years
LOS ANGELES — Actor Will Smith was banned Friday from attending any Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences events — including the Academy Awards — for 10 years in response to his on-stage smack of...
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‘Strange Loop’ makes history at Tony Awards; ‘Company’ wins 5
NEW YORK — “A Strange Loop,” an irreverent, sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness took home the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on Sunday, as voters celebrated Broadway’s most...
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See SCNG photographers’ award-winning images from PPAGLA competition
Five Southern California New Group photographers won 25 awards from the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles 1st quarter 2022 competition. The honorees are Mindy Schauer, Sarah...
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