ASCAP Pop Music Awards: Louis Bell No 'Sucker,' Repeats as Songwriter of the Year in Virtual Edition

The BFI London Film Festival is shifting much of its activities online for its 2020 edition as it contends with the fallout of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Although the festival is due to take place Oct.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: Events are being completely redefined during COVID-19, with the word “virtual” becoming the driving concept at a time when physical gatherings are not possible.Navigating this 2020 landscape, Michael Sugar’s Sugar23 has teamed up with experiential agency Blue Revolver to bring to market new virtual event technology.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Cannes Marche du Film Online, which hosted its first ever digital edition last week, has revealed that it had 10,002 participants take part in its virtual marketplace.The largest delegation came from the U.S., which saw 1,500 participants log on, followed by France (1,400) and the UK (950). The majority of the overall pool were European (5,900).

The upcoming 2020 MTV Video Music Awards will be held with “limited or no audience”, according to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Many awards shows have been postponed or cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic this year, but on Monday, Cuomo announced the annual music prizegiving will go ahead on 30 August with few spectators and in accordance with social distancing safety protocols.

(Reuters) - The MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) show will take place in New York at the end of August, MTV and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday, marking the first major awards show since the coronavirus pandemic that will occur in a physical venue.MTV and Cuomo said the Aug.

The coronavirus pandemic brought much of the world to a halt, but as things begin to open up in some parts of the globe live production is slowly figuring out how to make things work. Sound issues aside, the BET Awards put on an entertaining and non-claustrophobic program last night and the Emmy Awards have already announced a plan to move forward with a primetime telecast in some manner.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York City, which was the initial global epicenter of COVID-19, will host the MTV Video Music Awards on August 30 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed the date and venue Monday during one of his regular briefings about the pandemic.

On Sunday, the 20th annual BET Awards took place virtually with appearances by Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, and Megan Thee Stallion. The awards show saw Lizzo take home that best female R&B/pop artist prize.

Naman Ramachandran Next year’s edition of the Brit Awards, the annual showcase for the U.K. music industry, is moving from its usual February slot and will now take place on May 11, the organizers have announced.

Nicole Pajer On Thursday night, Kristen Bell tossed on a ruffled purple shirt and Zoomed in from her living room. Ed Helms strummed a guitar while singing a twangy cover of “Freeborn Man” by Jimmy Martin. India.Arie performed “Strength, Courage, & Wisdom” with her virtual band members supporting her from their individual homes.

It was only a matter of time. The 2020 Toronto Film Festival, set to run Sept.

Chris Willman Music WriterA week after ASCAP gave out its pop awards, the performing rights organization rolled out another round of kudos with the ASCAP Screen Music Awards for composers, announced online Tuesday morning as the kickoff to a two-day online event taking place in lieu of the org’s usual black-tie dinner in Beverly Hills as a result of ongoing quarantining.Hans Zimmer won the trophy for top box office film for scoring the blockbuster remake of “The Lion King.” In television, the

Hans Zimmer will receive the top award for top box office film at the 2020 ASCAP Screen Music Awards, which will be held virtually Tuesday (June 23) through June 25. Zimmer will receive the award for the reboot of The Lion King.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe Cannes Film Festival may be off this year, but its Marché du Film is up and running virtually.

Christopher Vourlias As part of its annual showcase of documentary filmmaking, the Cannes Film Festival has unveiled a full program during this year’s virtual Marché du Film that will offer documentary professionals a dedicated platform to network and a tailored slate of industry events.From June 22-26, Cannes Docs will recreate the popular Doc Corner strand of previous festivals with an online documentary showcase that includes virtual exhibitors, curated selections of docs-in-progress,

Christopher Vourlias The Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition, a virtual platform for Russian content hosted by film promotion body Roskino, wrapped this week with a slew of sales and an affirmation that global players are increasingly looking to tap into the Russian market.The online market welcomed some 600 international participants from 70 countries, with the largest number of buyers coming from the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Japan and China.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe ASCAP Pop Music Awards are taking place as a virtual event over two days this year, and rather than make anyone wait through any of the programming to find out the winners, the performing rights organization named its honorees right at the outset of the festivities Wednesday morning — including props to the Jonas Brothers’ “Sucker” as the pop song of the year.“Sucker” was also a major factor in Louis Bell being named ASCAP’s songwriter of the year, with the kudos

The Association Of Independent Music has announced that its Independent Music Awards this year will be presented via a virtual ceremony. Before lockdown, the tenth anniversary edition of the event was originally set to take place at The Roundhouse in London in September.