Oscars Make History by Nominating Two Women Directors

Alejandro Fernández is gearing up for a night to remember! The 49-year-old singer will be honored with the Icon Award at the 2021 Latin American Music Awards on Thursday, April 15.For decades, Fernández has played a major part in bringing both rancheras and mariachi music to listeners all over the world as well as preserving the Mexican culture through his work.

Carlos Aguilar Praised for its immersive approach to mapping out a drummer’s confrontation with hearing loss, writer-director Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal,” now contending for six Academy Awards, features a singularly story-driven use of sound.Part of that sonic alchemy proudly bears a “Made in Mexico” stamp. The film is nominated for best sound, and three of the nominated artisans are Mexican re-recording mixers Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, and Carlos Cortés Navarrete.

Cardi B is continuing to make history in the music world!

Beyonce and Taylor Swift just proved that two of the biggest female stars in the world are nothing but supportive of each other. Both ladies won big at the Grammy Awards on March 14, and Bey congratulated Taylor for her big night by sending her a bouquet of flowers after the show. Taylor took to Instagram on March 19 to share a photo of the gorgeous arrangement, along with the personalized note that Bey sent her.

Taylor Swift had a record-making night at the 2021 Grammy Awards, a jam-packed but socially distanced show highlighted by live music sorely absent during the pandemic era.Four women won the top four prizes Sunday, including Swift, who became the first female performer to win album of the year three times. Beyoncé — with her 28th win — became the most decorated woman in Grammy history.H.E.R.

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Academy Awards — delayed two months by the coronavirus pandemic — with 10 nominations, including best picture, best director, acting nods for Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried, and a host of others for its lavish craft.  The rest were spread among a wide variety of contenders.

A pair of actors received historic best actor Oscar nominations on Monday.Riz Ahmed, nominated for his role in The Sound of Metal, became the first Muslim actor nominated in the category, whileMinari's Steven Yeun became the first Asian American actor to receive a best actor nomination. The nomination of Ahmed, the British Pakistani rapper and actor, follows two wins by Mahershala Ali in the supporting actor category for Moonlight (2016) and Greenbook (2018).

Oscars 2021 is bigger, better and diverse! The 93rd Academy Award nominations were announced on Monday, 15 March and presented by and Nick Jonas. While there are some hits and misses, there are also quite a few firsts.

David Fincher's Mank led the pack with 10 nominations as the 93rd Oscars were announced Monday morning. The 1930s-set film, which centers on alcoholic screenwriter Herman J.

Nomadland and for Promising Young Woman, both of whom were , alongside Regina King for One Night In Miami… Though King was not nominated by the Academy, her film did garner a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Kemp Powers. With this nomination, Zhao becomes the first woman of color to be nominated in the directing category.

2021 Oscars nominations were announced on Monday, with 's Chloe Zhao and 's Emerald Fennell landing nominations for Best Director — the first time in Oscars history that more than one woman has been nominated in the category.The trio became just the sixth and seventh women ever to be recognized in the category, alongside David Fincher for, Lee Isaac Chung for and Thomas Vinterberg for Zhao has also made history ahead of this year's ceremony, as the first Asian woman ever to be nominated for Best

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Mank,” an ode to Hollywood’s golden age that was produced and released by Netflix, one of the companies reshaping the movie business, led the nominations for the 93 Academy Awards.

2021 Oscars nominations were announced on Monday, with 's Chloe Zhao and 'sEmerald Fennelllanding nominations for Best Director — the first time in Oscars history that more than one woman has been nominated in the category.The trio became just the sixth and seventhwomen ever to be recognized in the category, alongside David Fincher for , Lee Isaac Chung for  and Thomas Vinterberg for Zhao has also made history ahead of this year's ceremony, as the first Asian woman ever to be nominated for Best

Taylor Swift had a record-making night at the 2021 Grammy Awards, a jam-packed but socially distanced show highlighted by live music sorely absent during the pandemic era.Four women won the top four prizes Sunday, including Swift, who became the first female performer to win album of the year three times. Beyoncé — with her 28th win — became the most decorated woman in Grammy history.H.E.R.

Sunday night's Grammy Awards, making history with her 28th Grammy with best R&B performance for "Black Parade. " The previous record for most wins by an artist, which she tied with best rap song — for Megan Thee Stallion's "Savage" — was held by Allison Kraus.

first Black female nominated for best country solo performance - gave an impressive performance of her song "Black Like Me". Other performers included Eilish, Cardi B, Bad Bunny, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris and Harry Styles, who won best pop solo performance for the hit "Watermelon Sugar".