The film written, directed and produced by Perry follows a criminal defense attorney who, in the hopes of becoming partner, takes on the case of an artist who may or may not have murdered his girlfriend. Others set as producers include Angi Bones, Will Areu and Rowland.
Rowland is a Grammy and Billboard Music Award winner best known for teaming with Beyoncé and Michelle Williams to found the girl group Destiny’s Child. She’s previously appeared in films including The Curse of Bridge Hollow, Bad Hair, Think Like a Man and Freddy vs. Jason, among others. She’s also previously been seen on series including The Equalizer, L.A.’s Finest, A Black Lady Sketch Show, American Soul and Empire, to name just a few.
‘CREED III’ Held a VIP Red Carpet & HBCU FAN SCREENING IN ATLANTA at the Regal Atlantic Station. Selected Media had a chance to view this amazing movie and interview the cast at the event. Kingsmen Media Group was on the scene to bring you some exclusive content before the Release in theaters on March 3.
Cast in Attendance Included Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Mila Davis-Kent
Celebs/VIPS in attendance included Mayor Andre Dickens, Big Tigger, Da Brat and Judy Dupart, Darrin Henson, Oshea Russell, Cynthia Bailey, Kyle Pitts, Renee Montgomery, K Camp, Trina Braxton, Headkrack, Ricky Dillard and more! Check out photos and videos from Kingsmen Media Group.
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SYNOPSIS: After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian (Jonathan Majors), resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian – a fighter who has nothing to lose.
Directed by: Michael B. Jordan
Produced by: Irwin Winkler, p.g.a., Charles Winkler, William Chartoff, David Winkler, Ryan Coogler, p.g.a., Michael B. Jordan, p.g.a., Elizabeth Raposo, p.g.a., Jonathan Glickman, Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Mila Davis-Kent, Florian Munteanu, and Phylicia Rashad
Music superstar Rihanna will perform the Oscar®-nominated song “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” at the 95th Oscars®, executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner announced today. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 95th Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
“Lift Me Up,” with music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson and lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler, is nominated for Original Song. It is Rihanna’s first Oscar nomination.
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A nine-time Grammy Award winner, Rihanna has eight multi-platinum albums, and 14 singles that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The producers will continue to announce talent joining the show in the coming weeks.
The 95th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
On Tuesday, civil rights attorney Ben Crump was joined by members of Malcolm’s family at the Shabazz Educational Center in Washington Heights. Crump alleges that the agencies named “had factual evidence and exculpatory evidence that they fraudulently concealed from the men who were wrongfully convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X.”
“Many things that will be put forth in our lawsuit that speaks to this factual evidence. We believe that now it could be substantiated based on the recent exonerations of those who were wrongfully convicted.”
“The rhetorical question is this: if the government compensated the two gentlemen that were wrongfully convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X with tens of millions of dollars, then what is to be the compensation for the daughters who suffered the most from the assassination of Malcolm X?”
Comedy legend Marlon Wayans returns in his third comedy special for HBO Max, MARLON WAYANS: GOD LOVES ME, debuting THURSDAY, MARCH 2on HBO Max.
Logline: Filmed at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, Wayans delivers a hilarious hour-long performance, unleashing his spot-on impressions and fearless physical comedy to address one of the most infamous recent events in pop culture – “the slap” that took place at the 94th Academy Awards® ceremony. With his inimitable blunt and boisterous style, Wayans skillfully weaves anecdotes from his own life with stories about his long-time friends, from divulging his teenage crush on Jada Pinkett Smith, getting humbled by Chris Rock in an early stand-up set, and examining the impact of Will Smith’s long career. A daring tour-de-force, this special is a hysterical yet thoughtful exploration of friendship, family, mistakes, and redemption.
Marlon Wayans quote: “I’m excited to be back in business with HBO Max. We’ve had a lot of success with my last two specials so this will be great. I know HBO Max and the sophisticated team of executives are notorious for being true tastemakers and snobs of comedy, so I am flattered that they found this special to be… special.”
Credits: Written and performed by Marlon Wayans; directed by Troy Miller; Executive produced by Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez, Michael Rotenberg, Steve Harris, Troy Miller.
Apple TV+ today revealed the trailer for the highly anticipated, star-studded drama “Extrapolations,” from writer, director and executive producer Scott Z. Burns (“Contagion,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “The Report”). Told over a season of eight interconnected episodes and produced by Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res, “Extrapolations” will make its global premiere on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on Friday, March 17, 2023, followed by one new episode every Friday through April 21, 2023.
“Extrapolations” is a bracing limited series that introduces a near future where the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded into our everyday lives. Eight interwoven stories about love, work, faith and family from across the globe will explore the intimate, life-altering choices that must be made when the planet is changing faster than the population. Every story is different, but the fight for our future is universal. Are we brave enough to become the solution to our own undoing before it’s too late?
The series stars (in order of appearance) Yara Shahidi, Kit Harington, Daveed Diggs, Matthew Rhys, Heather Graham, Sienna Miller, Tahar Rahim, Meryl Streep, David Schwimmer, Neska Rose, Judd Hirsch, Cherry Jones, Edward Norton, Michael Gandolfini, Indira Varma, Diane Lane, Adarsh Gourav, Gaz Choudhry, Keri Russell, Gemma Chan, Marion Cotillard, Forest Whitaker, Hari Nef, Eiza González, Tobey Maguire, Ben Harper, Murray Bartlett and MaameYaa Boafo.
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“Extrapolations” is executive produced by Burns, Ellenberg, Gregory Jacobs, Dorothy Fortenberry and Media Res’ Lindsey Springer. The series marks another partnership for Apple TV+ and Media Res, joining Emmy, SAG and Critics Choice Award-winner “The Morning Show,” and AFI Award-winning series “Pachinko.”
The series will premiere alongside highly anticipated Apple Originals also set to make their global debut soon on Apple TV+, including “Hello Tomorrow!,” “Liaison,” “The Big Door Prize,” “Schmigadoon!” season two, “Liaison,” “The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy,” “The Last Thing He Told Me,” “The Afterparty” season two, “City on Fire,” “Swagger” season two, “Ted Lasso” season three and more.
Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries, and series have been honored with 320 wins and 1,398 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy “Ted Lasso” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”.
The cast of ‘Strange Love’ held a press junket in atlanta with selected media to discuss their roles in the new movie and much more. Kingsmen Media Group was on the scene to capture some great footage. Check out video and more info about the new movie.
ABOUT STRANGE LOVE In this film, Kountry Wayne is a young, sex deprived and handsome African American man who considers himself an alpha male, until he is pitted against his wife, Megan (Marquita Goings), who works as a phone sex operator against his wishes. To help repair their marriage, they purchase a luxury home for $25,000! Things seemed too good to be true until Megan discovers her husband has fallen in love with a sexy ghost that dwells in their new home!
Kountry Wayne speaks on the people that judge his content and his walk with God
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Following the immensely popular Seven Deadly Sins movies—Lust, Envy, Wrath and Greed—Lifetime continues the anthology with a new sin and new movie, Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story. Executive produced by T.D. Jakes, Derrick Williams and Shaun Robinson, and inspired by actual events, the movie centers on the story of a famous bakery owner and reality TV star Birdie Moore (Grammy-Award winner, Stephanie Mills) whose past secrets threaten the enormous success she has achieved. Joining Mills are co-stars Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles as Birdie’s son, Gabe Moore; Keeya King as her granddaughter, Ella Boudreaux; and Grammy-Award winner Erica Campbell as Pastor Trey. Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Storypremieres on Saturday, April 8 at 8/7c.
Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Storytells the story of reality TV star Birdie Moore (Stephanie Mills), whose carefully constructed world starts to crumble — like the baked goods that catapulted her to fame — when her family secrets are brought to light. To salvage her legacy, Birdie must let go of the pride that estranged her from her daughter. Birdie’s pride also prevents her from seeing that her son Gabe Moore (Thomas Miles) is actually a thieving opportunist and that her granddaughter Ella Boudreaux (Keeya King) is just a lost twenty-something trying to build up her life after some missteps. While pride helped drive Birdie’s success, it also made her blind to what was happening around her. Will Birdie finally be able to see and admit the truth, or face the consequences of her pride?
Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Storyis produced by Neshama Entertainment, T.D. Jakes Enterprises, DNA Media Group and RobinHood Productions in association with MarVista Entertainment. T.D. Jakes, Derrick Williams, and Shaun Robinson serve as executive producers along with Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew for MarVista Entertainment, and Arnie Zipursky and Suzanne Berger for Neshama. Pride is directed by Troy Scott from a script written by Felicia Brooker. Award-winning composer and music director, Ray Chew, is the movie’s composer.
In addition to Stephanie Mills, Thomas Miles and Keeya King, the movie also stars Lucia Walters (Virgin River) as Shanice; and Jaime M. Callica (Ruthless) as Khalil.
The Seven Deadly Sins movie anthology is inspired by novels from author Victoria Christopher Murray, who is a consulting producer on Pride.
Former Forbes editor Zack O’Malley Greenburg reported a 2022 net worth for Jigga as the wealthiest hip-hop artists with a fortune of $1.5 billion USD. Hov’s status continues to grow after he became hip-hop’s first billionaire, paving the way for others in the industry. A large chunk of his wealth comes from his ownership in Roc Nation as well as his champagne company, Armand de Brignac. He has also taken up stakes in growing businesses including Rihanna‘s Savage x Fenty and D’Usse.
Last week JAY-Z reportedly reached an agreement in his legal battle with D’USSE for a staggering $750,000,000.00 for more than half of his 50% stake in the company.
Jay‘s new estimated net worth: $2.25 Billion and growing.
The Ben Affleck-directed dramedy stars Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro, who’s trying to find a way to save Nike at a time when the corporation wasn’t a household name. After finding some game tape of a young Michael Jordan, Vaccaro shows up at the Jordan family home to talk the young player’s parents into recruiting him. Though at first, Nike co-founder Phil Knight (Affleck) is skeptical of a rookie being the face of a new Nike basketball shoe line, he eventually relents and the rest is history,
In addition to Affleck and Damon, the film also stars Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Chris Messina, Marlon Wayans, and Chris Tucker.
And while Davis shows up as MJ’s mother, the trailer doesn’t feature Jordan himself. No one associated with the film has said whether Jordan appears in the movie, and the iMDB page doesn’t list an actor cast in the role, either. It looks like there’s only one way to find out whether or not we’re getting our first ever fictionalized portrayal of MJ.
Ahead of his performance of “America The Beautiful” at Super Bowl LVII this Sunday, 12X GRAMMY® Award winner, Babyface, releases his latest single “As a matter of fact,” out today via P Music Group. Written by Babyface & co-produced by Tommy Brown (The Weeknd, Ariana Grande), “As a matter of fact” is Babyface’s first solo single since his 2015 album “Return of the Tender Lover,” and his first single under the P Music Group label. Listen HERE.
The infectious lover’s anthem has secured an iHeart Radio World Premiere and is a follow up to Babyface’s most recent project “Girls Night Out,” which earned Babyface his 80th GRAMMY® nomination for his #1 single “Keeps On Fallin’’ featuring Ella Mai in the Best Traditional R&B Performance category in addition to charting at #1 on the Mediabase R&B chart.
As a passionate philanthropist who actively supports numerous charities including Larry Ruvo‘s Keep Memory Alive,Babyface has collaborated withShine The Light On for two special, limited-edition hoodies and a hat in conjunction with his Super Bowl performance in which a portion of the proceeds will benefit the charity. Following Sunday’s performance, Babyfacewill join Anita Baker for her highly anticipated “The Songstress” arena tour beginning February 14th in Atlanta.
Babyface is one of the most celebrated creative forces in music. He has contributed to over 800 million records sold and over a billion record streams. Babyface has produced and written 125 Top 10 hits, 44 No. 1 R&B hits and 16 No. 1 Pop hits. As a recording artist, songwriter and producer, he has won a total of 12 GRAMMY® Awards and ranks as the only individual in GRAMMY® history to be honored as “Producer of the Year” four times. He has also won five Soul Train Awards, five NAACP Image Awards, four American Music Awards and numerous other honors. In addition, Babyface produced and co-wrote the Oscar-winning song “When You Believe,” sung by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, and co-founded the legendary record label LaFace. On October 21, 2022 Babyface released his latest project, Girls Night Out, which features collaborations with some of today’s brightest female R&B stars, including Ari Lennox, Kehlani, Queen Naija and Muni Long among others.
While most sports enthusiasts are preparing for the Super Bowl, there are some of us who are just excited for the music! Yes, we know all about Rihanna making her comeback to the stage during the much anticipated half-time show but, there’s something even more special happening just a few days before. The 24th Annual Super Bowl Soulful Celebration.
Formerly known as the Super Bowl Celebration of Gospel, this evening of inspiration and culture will showcase the hidden talents of a few former players as well as some big names in the entertainment industry. Since 1999 this is the only event that offers an opportunity for the players to celebrate their faith, family and football during the biggest weekend in sports.
The only multicultural program and community event sanctioned by the NFL during Super Bowl weekend, the highly anticipated night of music, comedy, NFL Players and soulful inspiration is hosted by nationally-syndicated radio host Willie Moore, Jr. and themed “Unstoppable,” with featured performances from the legendary Patti LaBelle, Israel Houghton, Kierra Sheard-Kelly, Tye Tribbett, and The Players Choir. You read that right, there’s a gospel choir made up entirely of past and present NFL players!
We caught up with Stephen Pierce, former NFL Wide Receiver for the Cleveland Browns, to ask about his involvement with The Players Choir. Pierce, who is currently the CEO of The Stephen Pierce Foundation, an organization that focuses on youth and community outreach, expressed his excitement to once again be involved in this faith filled event. When asked whether he felt more fulfilled on the football field or in the choir Pierce took pause to consider the question then stated “The choir. On the football field I can only reach so many people at a time, even televised. With singing, I feel like I reach more, that I can spread the word of God more.” We have to admit that it was refreshing to see someone so revered be boisterous about their love for God.
This year, the Super Bowl Soulful Celebration will honor Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback and Super Bowl LVII contender Jalen Hurts with the “Faith In Action” award. This award recognizes current and former NFL players making an impact in their communities and in the lives of others off the field. Previous honorees include Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders, Tim Brown, Russell Wilson, Tony Dungy and Troy Vincent, among others.
The Super Bowl Soulful Celebration will be hosted by REACH Media Nationally-Syndicated Radio Host Willie Moore, Jr. and presented live on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Arizona.
Series premiere of ‘Act Your Age’ set for Saturday, March 4 on Bounce, starring Kym Whitley and Tisha Campbell, with special guest star Yvette Nicole Brown
Double-episode premiere kicks off at 8 p.m. ET/7p.m. CT
Bounce, the popular broadcast and multi-platform entertainment network serving African Americans, today announced that its newest original series, “Act Your Age,” produced in partnership with MGM, will premiere on Saturday, March 4, with the first two episodes back-to-back starting at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.
The premieres kick off the two-part, 16-episode first season, with the first eight episodes running weekly throughout the spring and the second half running over the summer.
The multiple-camera, half-hour comedy tells the story of three vibrant, successful Washington D.C./Northern Virginia-area women in their 50s who are each at a personal crossroads and who decide the best way forward in life is together. “Act Your Age”stars Kym Whitley (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Next Friday,” “Young and Hungry”) and Tisha Campbell(“Uncoupled,” “My Wife and Kids,” “Dr. Ken”) with special guest star Yvette Nicole Brown(“Community,” “The Mayor,” “Big Shot”).
Whitley plays Bernadette, a successful, no-nonsense real estate developer. Campbell plays Keisha, the wild card of the group who is always up to something, and Brown plays Angela, the former First Lady of Norfolk, Virginia, who is looking to redefine her life after being widowed by her husband, a revered career politician.
The multi-generational sitcom also features Mariah Robinson (“The Wrong Valentine”) and Nathan Anderson (“Black-ish,” “Richie Rich,”) as the 20-something children of Angela and Bernadette, respectively.
Alyson Fouse (“Big Shot,” “Everybody Hates Chris,” “The Wanda Sykes Show”) created the series and serves as showrunner and executive producer. The series is executive produced by Barry Poznick, Bradley Gardner (“Hot in Cleveland”) and David Hudson; and co-executive produced by Ranada Shepard and Ken Ornstein (“Everybody Loves Raymond”).
In addition to Bounce, viewers can also watch “Act Your Age” – along with all Bounce original series – anytime on Brown Sugar, Bounce’s subscription video-on-demand service, with episodes dropping the day after their Bounce premieres. Visit www.BrownSugar.com for more information.
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Bounce (@bouncetv) features a programming mix of original series and movies, theatrical motion pictures, off network series, specials and events designed for African American audiences. Bounce is available to 98% of U.S. television homes free and over the air with a digital antenna, on cable, on DISH channel 359, DIRECTV channel 82, over the top on Roku, Pluto TV and Apple TV; on mobile devices via the Bounce app; and on the web via BounceTV.com. Bounce XL, Scripps Networks’ newest free ad-supported television (FAST) channel, is available on Samsung TV Plus, Pluto TV and Xumo. Bounce is part of The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP).
The 65th Grammy Awards celebrated 50 years of hip-hop with a blow-out performance, kicked off by LL Cool J, that featured dozens of icons spanning generations performing onstage.
With Jay-Z leading the cheers from the Crypto.com arena, and DJ Khaled holding up his lighter to the music, the unrelenting tribute’s all-star lineup played their greatest hits.
Emmy-winning actor and current 2x NAACP Image nominee for his work in ABC’s Women of the Movement, Glynn Turman (Fargo,Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) is coming off an incredible last year with buzz-worthy performances in a number of reputable projects with an incredible 2023 on the horizon. First up, Turman appears opposite Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin in the Paramount film 80 FOR BRADY, which is in theaters now. Up next, Turman has the release of his documentary THE LEGEND OF GLYNN TURMAN, which will be on all major platforms this summer (trailer is here: https://vimeo.com/658329085) and later this year, Hulu’s “Black Cake,” from Harpo Films, which reunites him with Women of the Movement star Adrienne Warren and Marissa Jo Cerar. Turman also wrapped filming on Netflix’s RUSTIN, the biopic on the Civil Rights icon which sees him reunite with former MA RAINEY co-star Colman Domingo and director George C. Wolfe in the film for the Obama’s Higher Ground production company.
Turman’s true “Glynn-aissance” is in full swing, coming off of his Emmy nomination in 2019 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama for his role as Nate Lahey Sr. in the Viola Davis starrer “How to Get Away with Murder.” He also had critically acclaimed and award garnering roles in the Oscar nominated film MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, FX’s “Fargo,” opposite Chris Rock, a major arc on the David E. Kelley/Jack Bender series “Mr. Mercedes,”opposite Ben Affleck in the Gavin O’Connor-directed Warner Bros. film THE WAY BACK, and so many more.
Dear Alpha Female Its Not Him It’s You is a love letter for today’s career woman struggling with romance.
Valentines Day is a little over a week away, but many women have started celebrating their sister friendships with Galentine’s Day. Best-selling author Christal Jordan says the holiday dedicated to sisterly affection was the perfect release date for her highly anticipated new book ‘Dear Alpha Female: It’s not him, it’s You!’
The book is an interactive guide that takes 21st century single women on a journey to self-appreciation by coaching them through the roles they play in their love lives. Jordan describes the book as a “love letter wrapped in accountability” and shares much of her personal testimony as a career woman who identifies with the “alpha female” and struggled with finding and maintaining a romantic relationship despite achieving success in other areas of her life.
‘Love can’t exist without accountability and at some points in my life I needed to be held accountable in areas where I was struggling,’ she shares. A celebrity publicist by trade, Jordan says at the times her business was being touted as one of the premiere PR agencies in the southeast, she was secretly dealing with anxiety and high functioning depression. While her areas of weakness did not show up in her ability to serve clients and lead a staff of five, it did affect her dating life. After going through a painful divorce, Jordan was single for a little over a decade before a girlfriend told her she needed to get help.
That help included being a guest on ‘Iyanla: Fix my Life’, where she was held accountable for her contribution to her singleness. “Ms. Vanzant immediately cut through my exterior and spoke to that little girl inside me that believed she needed to “over-achieve’ to prove her worth. I’d never loved myself unconditionally; I told myself I had to perform at a certain level or else.” After her encounter with Iyanla Vanzant, Jordan went back to therapy and ended up getting married a year and a half later.
Today Jordan says she cringes hearing women boast and brag about their accomplishments suggesting their financial and or career success make them a “perfect catch”. “So many of us have bought into the idea that money, accolades or materialistic things make us worthy of love and then are disappointed and ultimately bitter when those achievements don’t reward us with a loving relationship. The truth is we have to love ourselves differently, finding value in just being our authentic selves. When we are unbalanced we don’t leave an open space for real love.”
Jordan hopes ‘Dear Alpha Female’ will serve as a cautionary epiphany to ambitious women everywhere.
In this thought-provoking devotional, readers will be confronted with questions (Will your life end if you never get married? Are you considered a failure if you don’t have children?) that encourage them to take inventory of their values and do away with toxic beliefs that may be holding them back from attracting the love they desire.
I wrote this book because I truly believe I am not my sister’s keeper, I am my sister,” says Jordan, who remarried last year after spending over a decade as a divorced, single working mom. “It’s time to allow those over-achieving little girls inside of us to relax. We have to let her know she’s carried us this far, but it’s time for her to exhale. It’s time for her to let go of her fear. It’s time for her to be loved unconditionally. It’s time for her to grow.”
TLC’s Chilli, a close friend and client of Jordan’s provides the foreword for the book.
‘Dear Alpha Female It’s Not Him It’s You’ is slated for release on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 in celebration of Galentine’s Day 2023. The book available on Amazon.com, Walmart, Barnes & Noble booksellers and more.
For more information on ‘Dear Alpha Female: It’s Not Him It’s You!’ or for interview opportunities with Christal Jordan email: Jamal James via associate@enchantedpr.net.
History was made at this year’s Grammy award show. Here are some of the highlights and winners.
Beyoncé has become the most decorated artist in Grammy history and Viola Davis became the 18th person to achieve the coveted EGOT status winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony.
Record of the Year
Don’t Shut Me Down — ABBA
Easy On Me — Adele
BREAK MY SOUL — Beyoncé
Good Morning Gorgeous — Mary J. Blige
You And Me On The Rock — Brandi Carlile Featuring Lucius
Woman — Doja Cat
Bad Habit — Steve Lacy
The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar
About Damn Time — Lizzo
As It Was — Harry Styles
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: Lizzo accepts Record Of The Year for “About Damn Time” onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Album Of The Year
Voyage — ABBA
30 — Adele
Un Verano Sin Ti — Bad Bunny
RENAISSANCE — Beyoncé
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) — Mary J. Blige
In These Silent Days — Brandi Carlile
Music Of The Spheres — Coldplay
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers — Kendrick Lamar
Special — Lizzo
Harry’s House — Harry Styles
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: Harry Styles attends the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Song Of The Year
abcdefu — GAYLE
About Damn Time — Lizzo
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film) — Taylor Swift
As It Was — Harry Styles
Bad Habit — Steve Lacy
BREAK MY SOUL — Beyoncé
Easy On Me — Adele
GOD DID — DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar
Just Like That — Bonnie Raitt
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: <> poses in the press room during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Best New Artist
Anitta
Omar Apollo
DOMi & JD Beck
Muni Long
Samara Joy
Latto
Måneskin
Tobe Nwigwe
Molly Tuttle
Wet Leg
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: <> onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Best Pop Solo Performance
Easy On Me — Adele
Moscow Mule — Bad Bunny
Woman — Doja Cat
Bad Habit — Steve Lacy
About Damn Time — Lizzo
As It Was — Harry Styles
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: Adele poses with the Best Pop Solo Performance Award for “Easy on Me” in the press room during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Don’t Shut Me Down — ABBA
Bam Bam — Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran
My Universe — Coldplay & BTS
I Like You (A Happier Song) — Post Malone & Doja Cat
Unholy — Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Higher — Michael Bublé
When Christmas Comes Around… — Kelly Clarkson
I Dream Of Christmas (Extended) — Norah Jones
Evergreen — Pentatonix
Thank You — Diana Ross
Best Pop Vocal Album
Voyage — ABBA
30 — Adele
Music Of The Spheres — Coldplay
Special — Lizzo
Harry’s House — Harry Styles
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
BREAKMY SOUL — Beyoncé
Rosewood — Bonobo
Don’t Forget My Love — Diplo & Miguel
I’m Good (Blue) — David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
Intimidated — KAYTRANADA Featuring H.E.R.
On My Knees — RÜFÜS DU SOL
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
Renaissance — Beyoncé
Fragments — Bonobo
Diplo — Diplo
The Last Goodbye — ODESZA
Surrender — RÜFÜS DU SOL
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Between Dreaming And Joy — Jeff Coffin
Not Tight — DOMi & JD Beck
Blooz — Grant Geissman
Jacob’s Ladder — Brad Mehldau
Empire Central — Snarky Puppy
Best Rock Performance
So Happy It Hurts —Bryan Adams
Old Man — Beck
Wild Child —The Black Keys
Broken Horses — Brandi Carlile
Crawl! — Idles
Patient Number 9 —Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck
Holiday —Turnstile
Best Rock Album
Dropout Boogie —The Black Keys
The Boy Named If — Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Crawler — Idles
Mainstream Sellout — Machine Gun Kelly
Patient Number 9 — Ozzy Osbourne
Lucifer On The Sofa — Spoon
Best Alternative Music Performance
There’d Better Be A Mirrorball — Arctic Monkeys
Certainty — Big Thief
King — Florence + The Machine
Chaise Longue — Wet Leg
Spitting Off The Edge Of The World — Yeah Yeah Yeahs Featuring Perfume Genius
Best Alternative Music Album
WE — Arcade Fire
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You — Big Thief
Fossora — Björk
Wet Leg — Wet Leg
Cool It Down — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best R&B Performance
VIRGO’S GROOVE — Beyoncé
Here With Me —Mary J. Blige Featuring Anderson .Paak
The GRAMMY Awards To Celebrate 50 Years Of Hip Hop With Historic Segment At 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
BIG BOI, BUSTA RHYMES WITH SPLIFF STAR, DE LA SOUL, DJ DRAMA, DJ JAZZY JEFF, MISSY ELLIOTT, FUTURE, GLORILLA, GRANDMASTER FLASH, GRANDMASTER MELE MEL & SCORPIO/ETHIOPIAN KING, ICE-T, LIL BABY, LIL WAYNE, THE LOX, METHOD MAN, NELLY, PUBLIC ENEMY, QUEEN LATIFAH, RAHIEM, RAKIM, RUN-DMC, SALT-N-PEPA AND SPINDERELLA, SCARFACE, SWIZZ BEATZ, AND TOO $HORT TO PERFORM
The lineup for the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards® has expanded with the addition of a historic segment celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop in 2023 showcasing the genre’s rich history and continued global influence with electrifying performances by Big Boi, Busta Rhymes with Spliff Star, De La Soul, DJ Drama, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Missy Elliott, Future, GloRilla, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Mele Mel & Scorpio/Ethiopian King, Ice-T, Lil Baby, Lil Wayne, The Lox, Method Man, Nelly, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Rahiem, Rakim, RUN-DMC, Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella, Scarface, Swizz Beatz, and Too $hort. LL COOL J will introduce the segment, perform and give a dedication to hip hop. Questlove will serve as producer and musical director, music will be provided by The Roots and Black Thought will narrate.
This GRAMMY® segment is being produced by Questlove, Jesse Collins, Patrick Menton of Fulwell 73, Creative Producer Fatima Robinson, and Questlove’s manager and President of LNU, Shawn Gee.
“For five decades, Hip Hop has not only been a defining force in music, but a major influence on our culture,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “Its contributions to art, fashion, sport, politics, and society cannot be overstated. I’m so proud that we are honoring it in such a spectacular way on the GRAMMY stage. It is just the beginning of our year-long celebration of this essential genre of music.”
The all-star performance is part of Paramount Global’s companywide initiative to honor the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop. Paramount announced an extensive slate of new and returning content offerings and initiatives that celebrates the culture across the media and entertainment company’s portfolio of leading broadcast, cable, streaming and digital brands. In partnership with the Recording Academy, CBS will broadcast a special Hip Hop music event later in 2023. More information on the global initiative can be found HERE.
Live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and hosted by Trevor Noah, the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live on Sun, Feb. 5, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Prior to the Telecast, the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony® will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater at 12:30 p.m. PT and will be streamed live on live.GRAMMY.com.
The 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by Fulwell 73 Productions for the Recording Academy®. Raj Kapoor serves as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Ben Winston and Jesse Collins as executive producers. Phil Heyes joins for the first time as director, Eric Cook as co-executive producer with Tabitha Dumo, Tiana Gandelman, Patrick Menton, and David Wild as producers.
On GRAMMY Sunday, fans can access exclusive behind-the-scenes GRAMMYs® content, including performances, acceptance speeches, interviews from the GRAMMY Live red-carpet special, and more via the Recording Academy’s digital experience on live.GRAMMY.com.
The NAACP and BET announced that U.S. Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) will be honored with the prestigious Chairman’s Award during the “54th NAACP Image Awards.” The Chairman’s Award is bestowed in recognition of individuals who demonstrate exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump will receive the Social Justice Impact Award for his prolific work on some of the most high-profile cases in the U.S., most recently representing the family of Tyre Nichols, as well as the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, the residents of Flint, Michigan, who were severely affected by the pollution of the Flint River, and the family of Henrietta Lacks in a landmark reparations case.
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The public can now vote to determine the winners of the “54th NAACP Image Awards” by visitingwww.naacpimageawards.net. Voting closes on February 10, 2023. Winners will be revealed during the “54th NAACP Image Awards” telecast on February 25, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET on BET and 8:00 PM PT on delay. NAACP will also recognize winners in non-televised Image Awards categories virtually February 20-23 onwww.naacpimageawards.net and at an Awards Dinner and Program February 24. For all information and the latest news, please follow NAACP Image Awards on Instagram @NAACPImageAwards.
Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World is based on the remarkable true story of one of the greatest comebacks of all time and the transformational power of second chances. Fueled by an impoverished childhood, Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker George Tillman Jr. from a story by Dan Gordon and Frank Baldwin & George Tillman Jr, and a screenplay by Baldwin & Tillman, the film stars Khris Davis (Judas and the Black Messiah) as Foreman and also stars Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker as Foreman’s trainer and mentor Doc Broadus.I’m
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