GLAAD Media Awards Pivot to Virtual Ceremony With Appearances by Dolly Parton, Lil Nas X and Lena Waithe

Though they're not able to celebrate in person this year, GLAAD is making sure that LGBTQ representation in media is still recognized with the GLAAD Media Awards — and they're teaming up with some big stars to do it.

Naman Ramachandran Lena Waithe (“The Chi”), Andrea Riseborough (“Luxor”) and Julie Taymor (“The Glorias”) will be among the luminaries participating at this year’s virtual Sundance London event in August.Waithe and Riseborough will be joined on a panel by Jeff Deutchman, executive VP of acquisitions and production, Neon; Julia Oh, senior commissioning executive for Film4; and Mathieu Ajan, BFI Network executive and founder of Bounce Cinema.

With the initial spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. back in the early months of 2020, perhaps the first definitive proof that it had hit crisis-level proportions was the widespread cancellation of live events nationwide.

‘Old Flowers’ is an intimate Emmylou Harris-inspired revelation that sees her coming to grips with the end of a nine-year relationship.We called Courtney at her Nashville home – where the Arizona native has lived for the past year-and-a-half – to discuss channeling sorrow into songwriting, along with some less sad stuff such as singing with Dolly Parton, making her granny sell her merch and how she kinda used to be a member of Jimmy Eat World.“I think that was my way of processing it and

Social media is bursting at the seams with videos of entitled white women having rage-fuelled meltdowns in stores throughout the U.S. when employees insist that they wear a face mask to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Da 5 Bloods,” “Extraction” and “The Crown” are among the shows nominated for the 7th Annual Location Managers Guild International Awards.The LMGI Awards will break from tradition and take place on a virtual platform due to the coronavirus pandemic. Actor and Director Isaiah Mustafa will host the awards ceremony and will be joined by a celebrity line up of honorees and presenters.

The Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson is nominated for Outstanding Newspaper Article and the Los Angeles Blade’s Karen Ocamb will receive special recognition at the GLAAD Media Awards next week. (Photo courtesy Ocamb)

Chernobylwas the runaway winner at the BAFTA TV Craft awards, celebrating behind-the-camera talent and held for the first time virtually. The HBO/Sky show — already a three-time Emmy winner — went into the awards with a commanding lead in terms of nominations, having amassed 11.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLena Waithe and her production company, Hillman Grad Productions are known for being mindful of inclusion with their staff and now they are extending this with the safety of their productions.

Lil Nas X recently gave an update on his forthcoming debut album, and now he’s delivered a snippet of some of his new music on social media.CALL ME BY YOUR NAME ☎️❣️ pic.twitter.com/Za6UU63oSh— nope (@LilNasX) July 9, 2020The GRAMMY-winning rapper took to Twitter today (July 10) to post a video of him rapping along to an unreleased song of his, with the caption ‘CALL ME BY YOUR NAME’.

Lil Nas X,GunnaandVictoria Monetare among 2,321 people who have been invited to join the Recording Academy. That is nearly 1,000 more invitations than the academy issued last year, when it invited 1,340 new members.

GLAAD Media Awards are going virtual this year.

Country legend Dolly Parton earns her first top 10 on both the Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay charts, as her duet with Zach Williams, "There Was Jesus," enters the upper tier on both of Billboard's faith-based surveys (dated July 11). The track lifts 12-7 on the streaming-, airp

GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization, will host a virtual ceremony on July 30. Two ceremonies were planned earlier this year before the COVID-19 pandemic forced a pivot.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterGLAAD is going virtual with the 31st Annual GLAAD Awards Media ceremony which will stream on GLAAD’s Facebook and YouTube on July 30 at 8pm ET and will air on Logo on August 3 at 8pm ET.

The GLAAD Media Awards are going virtual. The media advocacy organization announced today (July 9) that it is combining two planned ceremonies, one in New York (March 19) and the other in Los Angeles (April

Lil Nas X, Gunna and Victoria Monet are among 2,321 people who have been invited to join the Recording Academy. That is nearly 1,000 more invitations than the academy issued last year, when it invited 1,340 new members.