BRITs drops gendered awards

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Holly Humberstone, Bree Runway and Lola Young have been shortlisted for next year’s BRITs Rising Star award.As was the case in 2018 and 2020, all three nominees for the prize (fka the Critics’ Choice award) are female solo artists.

BRIT Awards are to be announced in a TV special next month.Hosted by Clara Amfo & Maya Jama, The BRITs Are Coming ITV show on December 18 will also feature performances from Anne-Marie, Joel Corry & Mabel, Glass Animals and Mimi Webb.The one hour show will air at 5pm GMT ahead of next year’s awards which will take place on February 8 at The O2 in London.Mo Gilligan is set to host the 2022 BRIT Awards as a host of new changes for the 2022 ceremony come into force, including the removal of Male

Brian May has defended himself after criticism over recent comments regarding the trans community, saying his words were “subtly twisted” by a journalist.May was criticised this week for slamming the BRIT Awards’ removal of gendered awards, and saying Queen would have had to have a transgender member to be successful now.“It’s a decision that has been made without enough thought.

With award season in full swing, a lot of changes are being made.

Queen‘s Brian May has criticised the BRIT Awards‘ decision to scrap their traditional gendered system for awards categories, calling it emblematic of a “frightening” trend.This week, the BRITs announced details of their 2022 ceremony, including the news that Artist of the Year and International Artist of the Year awards are replacing the traditional Male and Female categories from previous years.Back in 2019, it was reported that the BRITs were planning to scrap their gender categories in a bid

Bad Bunny, Selena Gomez, Karol G and more received nominations this year in preparation for the ceremony that takes place on January 31, 2022.Gomez recieved her first Grammy nominnation this year, with her album Revelation getting a nod for Best Latin Pop Album.

BRIT Awards as a host of new changes for next year’s ceremony have been announced, including the removal of Male and Female categories.As revealed back in September, next year’s awards will take place on February 8 at The O2 in London and will be broadcast live on ITV.Gilligan will replace Jack Whitehall as host of the show, who announced recently that he was stepping down from the role after four consecutive years.“It’s an absolute privilege to host the 2022 BRIT Awards,” Gilligan said in a

Latin GRAMMY Awards are here!The biggest acts in Latin music are reuniting at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday to celebrate another year of hit records and songs.Heading into the night, Colombian singer-songwriter Camilo leads with 10 nominations, including Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Juan Luis Guerra follows with six nods, with Spanish artist C.

The Daytime Emmys are splitting off its children’s and family categories and giving them their own awards show, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. The Children’s and Family Emmy Awards will premiere in 2022 as a standalone awards show.

Ed Sheeran is slated to perform at this year’s Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).During the MAMA press conference held earlier today (November 16), chief producer Park Chan-wook announced that Sheeran will be the awards show’s global artist representative of the year.

Jennifer Yuma editorKristen Stewart, Jamie Dornan, Mahershala Ali, Kirsten Dunst, Jake Gyllenhaal and Javier Bardem were among the stars who came out Saturday to celebrate the contributions of artisan, craft and technical crew members at the 11th annual Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards.“We seem to get a lot of the attention and the kudos when movies come out but reality is that it’s guys like Haris who do all the work,” said Dornan of Haris Zambarloukos, who was honored with the

trying to sue him for defamation since 2017, abruptly dropped her lawsuit on Friday. The lawsuit ends without any compensation or apology from Trump.In a filing to the Supreme Court of New York in New York County, both Zervos and Trump agreed that “all claims and counterclaims” from the lawsuit are dismissed with prejudice — meaning permanently.

Carly Pearce couldn't contain her excitement on Wednesday night when she was named Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2021 CMA Awards. In fact, the 31-year-old singer was so overcome with emotion that she turned and planted a big kiss on her date — her new boyfriend, Riley King — on live TV. «Truly, I was just like out of body,» Pearce told ET's Rachel Smith after winning the honor.