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Clive Davis Reveals Plans for Not One, But Two Pre-Grammy Benefits: ‘We Are Here to Celebrate Music’
Davis tells Billboard plans for the Jan. 30 event were already underway when the Recording Academy decided this month to reschedule the Grammy Awards from Jan. 31 to March 14 due to the pandemic, so he simply decided to honor the original date and then hold a second event on the party’s traditional evening before the Grammy Awards. “When the Grammys moved to March 14, I had so many wonderful artists already set to join me on 30th and rather than getting into schedules, I decided to keep it Jan. 30, but also do our traditional night before the Grammys on March 13,” Davis says. For the first time, both events will be fundraisers. The annual party has been billed as the Recording Academy & Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala for the last several years. Davis is the sole host for both events this ...
Clive Davis Taps Keith Urban, Cher, Sia & More for Pre-Grammy Virtual Events
He’s rounded up Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Sean Combs, Jamie Foxx, Alicia Keys, Barry Gibb, Earth Wind & Fire, Gladys Knight, Jennifer Hudson and John Legend. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Cher, Casey Affleck, Stacey Abrams, Candace Bushnell, Sia, Timbaland and Ludacris are expected to attend as guests. Other RSVPs include longtime friend Nancy Pelosi, Cardi B, Offset, Quincy Jones, Megan Thee Stallion, Cyndi Lauper and H.E.R. Surprise moments and more talent confirmations are expected. The first event will serve as a benefit for MusiCares and the March 13 gathering will benefit the Grammy Museum. This article originally appeared in THR.com. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating sh...
Is the SAG Award for Outstanding Movie Cast a Good Predictor for Best Picture Oscar?
But the two awards don’t always go hand-in-hand. Of the 25 films to win the SAG Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture since the category’s inception in 1995 (the awards show’s second year), 12 have gone on to win the Oscar for best picture, 12 have gone on to be nominated for best picture (but not win), and one wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar for best picture. (That was Mike Nichols’ 1996 farce The Birdcage.) Looking at it from the other direction, of the last 25 Academy Award winners for best picture, all but three were at least nominated for the SAG cast award. The three Oscar winners for best picture that were not SAG-nominated in the cast category were Braveheart (1995), The Shape of Water (2017) and Green Book (2018). Are there any pattern...
Martin Luther King Jr. Was Assassinated 4 Days Before the 1968 Oscars: The Show Did Not Go On
The Oscars initially planned to go forward as scheduled, but it became increasingly apparent that the show simply couldn’t go on. The show was pushed back two days, to April 10, the day after the funeral. With that, these four stars agreed to appear on the show in these roles. The Oscar telecast opened, appropriately, on a serious note. Gregory Peck, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences at the time, offered some sober remarks. “This has been a fateful week in the history of our nation. We join with fellow members of our profession and men of goodwill everywhere in paying our profound respects to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Society has always been reflected in its art and one measure of Dr. King’s influence on the society we live in is that of t...
Here Are the Major Awards Phil Spector Won During His Career
Spector probably would have won more Grammys, but many Grammy voters were cool to rock in the 1960s, when he was at his peak. Phil Spector, who died on Saturday (Jan. 16) at age 81, may be best known today as a convicted killer, but he was one of the most successful and celebrated producers of the rock era. Spector and George Harrison co-produced The Concert for Bangladesh, which won a 1972 Grammy for album of the year. The triple-disk album, recorded live at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 1, 1971, featured many of the biggest rock stars of the era, including Harrison, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Leon Russell. Spector and Harrison had been Grammy-nominated in that category the previous year for producing Harrison’s smash solo album, All Things Must Pass, which was also a triple-disk opus. T...
Garth Brooks & Joan Baez Among 2021 Kennedy Center Honorees
But the pandemic will have an impact on how the event is staged, with live-filmed tributes and virtual moments to take the place of the traditional event in a packed Kennedy Center Opera House. A statement says: “The center’s entire campus will come alive with small, in-person events and re-envisioned virtual tributes. Featuring multiple events for physically-distant audiences in locations across the Kennedy Center’s campus…Programs for each event will encompass both performances and speaking tributes for the honorees. Virtual events will also be held throughout the week beginning May 17, and the viability of additional in-person events will be considered as COVID-19 safety protocols evolve over the upcoming months…An honoree medallion ceremony for the honorees and a limited audience...
Jeep Grand Cherokee: MotorTrend’s 1993 Truck of the Year
The MotorTrend ’93 Truck of the Year competition proved that intensity isn’t a function of quantity. Although only three trucks answered the call this year, there was no shortage of talent. Each entrant is a standout in its own class. The Ford Ranger, for instance, has been the best-selling compact pickup in America for the last six years. The Isuzu Trooper is the all-time sales champ for import SUVs. And the Jeep Grand Cherokee, of course, is Chrysler’s sequel to the popular Cherokee, the vehicle that almost single-handedly built the four-door SUV segment. Naturally, other new trucks were introduced over the past year. But the new Land Rover Range Rover County LWB and Defender SUVs, and Chevrolet and GMC turbodiesel extended-cab pickups couldn’t meet...
Grammys’ Rescheduled Date Conflicts With Screen Actors Guild Awards
“We announced the same date for the SAG Awards last July with the intent to give the greatest possible scheduling consideration for other awards shows. We expect the same consideration from sister organizations throughout the industry.” This is the second year in a row that there was a scheduling conflict involving these two shows. Last year, the 26th Annual SAG Awards were originally scheduled for Jan. 26, 2020. But when the Grammy Awards were announced for the same date, SAG-AFTRA moved the SAG Awards a week up, to Jan. 19. Last year’s scheduling conflict was of course pre-COVID-19. This year’s conflict is a direct result of the chaos that the pandemic has caused in every aspect of American life, including a logjam of award shows. Yesterday, the Recording Academy was gearing up to announ...
Emily Lazar Is First Mastering Engineer to Land 3 Grammy Nods for Album of the Year
Fourteen years ago, Rick Rubin was nominated as producer of The Chicks’ (formerly known as Dixie Chicks) Taking the Long Way and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Stadium Arcadium and one of five co-producers of Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds. (Rubin won for The Chicks’ album.) Six years ago, Pharrell Williams was nominated as artist and producer of his own album, Girl, as one of six producers of Ed Sheeran’s X and as one of a whopping 17 producers of Beyoncé’s Beyoncé. In both of those years, there were just five nominees in the category. For the last three years, there have been eight nominees in each of the “Big Four” categories, including album of the year. Lazar was first nominated for album of the year nine years ago (along with Joe LaPorta) as mastering engineers of Foo Fighters...
3 Grammy Nominees for Best Children’s Music Album Ask to Withdraw Nods Due to Lack of Diversity
This year’s two other nominees in that category, Justin Roberts and Joanie Leeds, didn’t sign the letter asking to be removed as nominees, but made it clear that they support the other nominees’ aims. It’s unclear, though, if the Academy will honor the artists’ request to not to be nominated. As of Monday (Jan. 4), the last day of voting for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, the Academy had not removed the three artists’ names from their online list of nominees. Billboard reached out to the Academy to find out why the artists’ names still appear, and whether the Academy allows artists to decline nominations, but hadn’t heard back by the time of publication. Moock, the Okee Dokee Brothers and Dog on Fleas say that it is “not an aberration” that there is so little diversity in the category this...
How to Watch the 2020 Global Citizen Prize Awards Special
Three new awards will also be presented this year: Warren Buffett will receive the prize for philanthropy, the Black Lives Matter organization co-founders Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors will receive the prize for activism, and the Sesame Workshop will receive the prize for culture and education. Legend will be pulling double-duty that evening by also performing during the awards special, along with Alessia Cara, Carrie Underwood, Common, Gwen Stefani, JoJo and Tori Kelly. Miley Cyrus, Usher, Oprah Winfrey, Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Katie Couric, Scott Evans, John Oliver and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will be presenting. The 2020 Global Citizen Prize Awards will broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. The awa...
Nicky Jam, Karol G, Camilo & More Winners at the 2020 Heat Latin Music Awards
The ceremony followed safety precautions such as social distancing, face coverings, and COVID-19 testings. Below, check out the full winners list at the 2020 Heat Latin Music Awards and see photos of the ceremony. Best Urban Artist: Karol GBest Female Artist: GreeicyBest Male Artist: Nicky JamBest Pop Artist: CamiloBest Rock Artist: JuanesBest Band or Group: MoratBest Tropical Artist: Eddy HerreraBest Artist South: Leslie ShawBest Artist North: Nicky JamBest Artist Andean: Manuel TurizoBest Collaboration: “Con Altura,” Rosalia, J Balvin ft. El GuinchoBest Popular Regional Artist: Pipe BuenoMusical Promise: GuaynaaBest New Artist: El AlfaInfluencer of the Year: MarkoBest Video: “Tusa,” Karol G, Nicki Minaj You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagine...
