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Def Jam at 25, works it at VH1 ‘Hip Hop Honors’

by Glenn Gamboa [Newsday (MCT)]

[14.Oct.09] :. Pop culture moves on two tracks simultaneously — the fast-paced, ever-quickening one that picks stuff up, lifts it to the heights of popularity then replaces it with something new, and the one...

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Emmys look a little like last year, save for Harris’ hosting

by Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[21.Sep.09] :. CHICAGO — The 2009 Emmys looked a lot like the 2008 Emmys, when it came to the winners. Once again, Tina Fey picked up a best comedy statue for “30 Rock” (it was the NBC...

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The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards: Who should win and who will win

by Verne Gay [Newsday (MCT)]

[17.Sep.09] :. “Family Guy”? “Family Guy”?! “FAMILY GUY”!!?? Yes, indeed. There’s a different whiff to this year’s Emmys, wouldn’t you say? When a show this...

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Predicting the Emmys (if anybody cares …)

by Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[17.Sep.09] :. Neil Patrick Harris makes his debut as Emmy host Sunday night — just as the telecast could use a great big blast of his “awesomeness.” The Emmys, you see, have a public-relations...

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Live from New York … it’s (again) the MTV Video Music Awards

by Glenn Gamboa [Newsday (MCT)]

[11.Sep.09] :. NEW YORK — After two years in Las Vegas, the MTV Video Music Awards are back home Sunday night in Manhattan at Radio City Music Hall, where they debuted 25 years ago. But MTV isn’t big...

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The Emmys get it wrong, again

by Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[7.Aug.09] :. PASADENA, Calif. — Sometimes at the Television Critics Association, you get a master class in what could be called “The Art of Making TV Critics Angry.” I thought CBS’ Emmys...

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Emmys: ‘Family Guy,’ ‘Flight of the Conchords’ up for top comedy

by Hal Boedeker [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[17.Jul.09] :. At 61, the Emmys have struck a surprisingly hip pose. Nominators threw a lot of love at Fox’s “Family Guy” and HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords,” two cutting-edge...

‘Billy Elliot’ takes 10 Tony Awards

by Robert Kahn [Newsday (MCT)]

[8.Jun.09] :. They were the Tonys, but you could have called them the Billys. Wantagh, Long Island, teen Trent Kowalik, an international Irish dance champion, on Sunday night won Broadway’s top honor as...

A better way to watch the Oscars

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[18.Feb.09] :. It is no secret that last year’s Oscars telecast produced the lowest ratings in the history of the show. Hugh Jackman is not going to make that much of a difference this year. Hey, I like...

Which Jerry Lewis will visit the Oscars?

by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[18.Feb.09] :. We can’t lose with Jerry Lewis at the Oscars this Sunday. Like the clashing personalities showcased in Lewis’ greatest film, two scenarios present themselves. Scenario 1: The perpetually...

‘Sick and Tired’ of wife-beaters: Pop violence against women

by Diepiriye Kuku

[18.Feb.09] :. The audience interested in seeing a black drug-dealing, rogue cop trumps any audience interested in seeing an entertaining film with plenty of black characters about the birth of America's most revolutionary and transformative civil conflict of the century, challenging white supremacy. Yet, with Negroes like Nellie neatly assimilated into the hegemonic beat, white racism really does not have to exist for blacks to perceive and profess oppression.

Truth, fiction face off — and ‘Slumdog’ will likely take the lead

by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[18.Feb.09] :. There really is no backlash when it comes to “Slumdog Millionaire,” the best bet to take home the best picture Academy Award next Sunday. It’s all front lash with this one. By...

It is written: It will be a ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ night

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[17.Feb.09] :. I don’t care what the odds are, how the winds are blowing or what the obsessed online Oscar watchers say about his chances. I’m pulling for Richard Jenkins (“The Visitor”) to...

Plant, Krauss take the lead at the Grammys

by Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[9.Feb.09] :. LOS ANGELES - The 51st annual Grammy Awards are 2 ½ hours old at Staples Center, and the acclaimed duo of Robert Plant & Alison Krauss have taken the lead over Lil Wayne and British band...

Pulling Names from a Hat: The 2009 Grammy Awards

by Evan Sawdey

[9.Feb.09] :. If the Grammy Awards are really supposed to be "Music's Biggest Night", then what does the 2009 ceremony say about the state of sonic entertainment right now?

Predicting the Grammy winners, with a little help from Adele

by Jon Bream [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[8.Feb.09] :. Just when you thought you had the Grammy Awards figured out, Herbie Hancock came out of nowhere to win album of the year last February. Tonight’s 51st annual Grammys will probably be a sweep....

What Grammy can learn from three music innovators

by Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[3.Feb.09] :. If the sagging music industry really wanted to turn itself around, Radiohead, Lil Wayne and Paul McCartney would be doing more than just performing Sunday at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. They...

Who will strike it lucky at the SAG Awards?

by Aaron Barnhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[21.Jan.09] :. The Screen Actors Guild likes to boast that the SAG Awards for outstanding film and television performances are “the award show where only actors vote for actors.” This year, however,...

Real moments spice Golden Globes

by Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[12.Jan.09] :. We’re supposed to bash awards shows for being fakey ceremonies that traffic in false emotions, but there were a fair number of moments at Sunday’s Golden Globes that felt genuine and even...

Who will win a Golden Globe? We have our picks

by Rafer Guzmán [Newsday (MCT)]

[9.Jan.09] :. With Seth Rogen, Jennifer Lopez, Drew Barrymore, Sacha Baron Cohen and others on board as presenters, Sunday’s Golden Globe awards ceremony is clearly hoping not to be a repeat of last...

What the Golden Globes nominations say about the awards season

by Tom Maurstad [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[15.Dec.08] :. Once a year, Americans pay close attention to what a small group of foreigners have to say. That time is upon us again with the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations. Treated as the...

‘Doubt,’ ‘In Treatment’ lead Golden Globe nominations

by Zap2It.com [(MCT)]

[11.Dec.08] :. Last year, the writers strike ended up canceling NBC’s “prom,” but for the time being - pending the SAG, vote that is - all things are full steam ahead for the Hollywood Foreign...

Grammy list offers reasons to cheer

by Dan Deluca [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[7.Dec.08] :. Anytime the Grammys get anything right, it’s cause for a minor celebration. And at least three good reasons to start a party were revealed when the Recording Academy released its 110-category...

Lil’ Wayne leads Grammy nominations

by Preston Jones [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[4.Dec.08] :. In a bid to inject some much-needed life into a ceremony that, traditionally, is one of the stuffiest awards shows going, the Grammys tried something new Wednesday night. The clumsily titled...

Grammy Awards could give nods to Coldplay, Alicia Keys

by Kevin C. Johnson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[2.Dec.08] :. Rapper Lil’ Wayne looks like he’s got the biggest-selling album of 2008 with “Tha Carter III,” but will it mean anything when the nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards...

Country music awards are predictable and flashy

by Erin White [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[13.Nov.08] :. The 42nd annual Country Music Association Awards gave country fans plenty of big stars, lots of flash and more Carrie Underwood wardrobe changes than you care to count. Here’s a look at the...

The Country Music Association Awards, Wednesday on ABC

by Mario Tarradell [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[12.Nov.08] :. Are you a gambler? Are you a country music fan? Either way, you might be trying to get odds on the victory chances of the prime contenders in the Country Music Association Awards. Find out Wednesday...

Latin Grammys go the alternative route

by Ed Morales [Newsday (MCT)]

[11.Nov.08] :. It was almost two decades ago that Cafe Tacuba was an unsigned underground garage rock band in a distant suburb of sprawling Mexico City. Their lead singer snarled like Johnny Rotten, and their music...

The Emmys should reflect our miserable lives

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[22.Sep.08] :. Didn’t I just go to the Oscars yesterday? I can’t believe that awards show season is upon us again. And when I say “us,” you know that I really mean “me.” I...

What’s that lingering odor? Sunday night’s Emmys ceremony

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[22.Sep.08] :. Sunday night’s telecast of the 60th Annual Emmy Awards set a new standard for awards shows. You could take every elephant Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus owns, feed them rancid...

Fey sweeps up at the Emmys

by Hal Boedeker [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[22.Sep.08] :. Tina Fey is Emmy’s new golden girl. NBC’s “30 Rock,” which she created, was named top comedy series at the 60th annual awards Sunday night. Fey won top comedy actress and...

Will Emmy fall for ‘Mad Men’?

by Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[18.Sep.08] :. It’s Emmy time once again in Hollywood and this year the basic-cable runts get to leave behind the kids table and eat with the grown-ups. But will they get to scarf up on more than just...

Is there an Emmy in the ‘House’? Tune in Sunday night

by Hal Boedeker [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[17.Sep.08] :. At 60, will Emmy have a Hugh Laurie moment? Isn’t it time? The race for best dramatic actor is the most competitive at the annual awards, which air at 8 p.m. EDT Sunday on ABC. Laurie has...

Awards-show addiction: no 12-step program

by Mary F. Pols [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[17.Jan.08] :. A woman I know recorded the Critics’ Choice Awards, saving them as a treat to get her through the otherwise uncelestial Golden Globes weekend. I’m tempted to mock her for using a marginal...

Globes controversy overshadows lack of Oscars buzz

by Gene Seymour [Newsday (MCT)]

[10.Jan.08] :. Most years, we settle down to watch the Golden Globes wondering who’s going to win. Getting ready for this year’s edition Sunday night, we were wondering if anybody was going show...

Oscars may be next on strike-casualty list

by Russ Britt [MarketWatch (MCT)]

[9.Jan.08] :. LOS ANGELES—A drastically scaled-back Golden Globes raises the question of whether the Writers Guild of America strike will hit Hollywood’s showpiece awards event, the Oscars. And the...

Writers strike cancels Golden Globes ceremony

by Korin Miller [AM New York (MCT)]

[8.Jan.08] :. So much for the glitz and glamour of the Golden Globes. As actors threaten to boycott the show because of the ongoing screenwriters strike, the 65th Annual Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday is being...

Sacrifice the Golden Globes, but save the Oscars

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[7.Jan.08] :. More than 10,000 Hollywood writers are on strike, but they’re still managing to write a pretty interesting scenario as we head into the final weeks of movie awards season. As of this writing,...