McBride, Rankine among nominees for Carnegie literary medals

President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday during his first joint interview with vice president-elect Kamala Harristhat he will ask for Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president. Jake Tapper spoke with both Biden and Harris in Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware — the same theater where the President-elect revealed several top members of his administration.

NEW YORK -- Author James McBride and editor Chris Jackson were among those honored Thursday night by the Center for Fiction.McBride and Showtime received an On Screen Award for the acclaimed adaptation of his prize-winning historical novel “The Good Lord Bird,” which starred Ethan Hawke as the radical 19th century abolitionist John Brown. Jackson, whose authors range from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Bryan Stevenson, was given the Medal for Editorial Excellence Award.

No Time To Die actress Lashana Lynch has wrapped filming on UK indie Ear For Eye, Debbie Tucker Green’s feature film adaptation of her well received play of the same name, which debuted at the Royal Court in 2018 with Lynch in the lead role.

This year’s Brit List of best unproduced scripts is topped with twelve recommendations by Amy Guyler’s TV comedy-drama The Jude Problem from The Man In The High Castle producer Headline Pictures.

Among Us stream, along with streaming celebs HasanAbi and Northernlion.The leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party reached out to AOC on twitter, inviting her to play the social deduction game for his first ever stream.The Congresswoman responded to the invitation saying “Canadian Members of Parliament & US Members of Congress venting each other into space. What could go wrong? I’m in.”Canadian Members of Parliament & US Members of Congress venting each other into space.

The 21st Century witnessed some of the best performances from World Cinema. While there were a few veteran actors who continued to hold moviegoers' attention in the past two decades, there were several others who held the spotlight and had the world bowing down to them.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe American Music Awards (AMAs) handed out trophies for their 2020 ceremony with The Weeknd, Doja Cat and Taylor Swift as some of the night’s top winners.Hosted by Taraji P. Henson, this in-person ceremony aired on ABC and was wildly socially distanced with cardboard cutouts of Beyonce, Jay Z, Dolly Parton and others in the orchestra section of the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

The 2020 American Music Awards – aka the AMAs – are airing tonight, Sunday (November 22) – and there are so many nominees!

went on without a hitch amid the novel coronavirus pandemic from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 22.Nominations for the 48th annual affair were announced on Good Morning America on October 26. The Weeknd and Roddy Rich tied with eight apiece, making them the most nominated stars of the night.Shortly behind the pair was Megan Thee Stallion, who snagged five nods across categories such as New Artist of the Year and Collaboration of the Year.

2020 American Music Awards are set to air on Sunday, November 22, and promise a lineup of stars that music lovers won’t want to miss.Earlier this month, ABC announced that Taraji P. Henson will be hosting the AMAs for the first time in her career from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Donald Trump‘s increase in votes from Black male voters in the 2020 US election could in part be attributed to “the bling, the women, the money” in rap music.During an extensive interview with The Atlantic, the former president suggested that comparisons can be made between the way in which Trump values success and the opulent displays of wealth often portrayed in the genre’s music videos.“It’s interesting: people are writing about the fact that Trump increased his support among Black men [in

Dave McNary Film ReporterVeteran American Express executive Deborah Curtis has joined Endeavor On Location as its chief marketing officer.The move was announced Monday.

NEW YORK -- Awards season, such as it is this year, got formally underway Thursday with the first notable film nominations yet announced in a pandemic-marred movie year.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Ryan Simpkins (Fear Street 2 & 3), Karim Saleh (Transparent), Jake Choi (Single Parents), Matt D’Elia (American Animal), Jake Sidney Cohen (Homecoming), Cole Escola (At Home with Amy Sedaris, Search Party), Jaz Sinclair (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Paper Towns) Dana Ashbrook (Twin Peaks), and Mary Lynn Rajskub (24) have joined the cast of feature Please Baby Please.Starring are Andrea Riseborough, Demi Moore, Harry Melling and Karl Glusman.

Andreas Wiseman, Tom Grater Few North American film markets have taken place amid such tumult as this year’s virtual AFM. If it’s not the deadly pandemic, it’s the excruciatingly tense U.S election and its fallout.Will the industry be able to pull itself away from CNN for a minute to focus on the event? “Last week it was very challenging to focus on AFM projects,” said one market regular.