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The Oscar nominations are in and are sure to be a night to remember.

Grammys 2021 on Sunday  — both in the performances and the precious hardware. The awards show was hosted by Trevor Noah outside the Los Angeles Convention Center.Performances by female performers such as Billie Eilish, Brittany Howard and newly anointed Best New Artist winner Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B — in their first-ever live throwdown of their No.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentPresenters and honorees at the April 4 SAG Awards are likely to air political views, which inevitably will inspire public indignation: “Why should anybody listen to you people?” Naysayers often see this as a 21st-century liberal conspiracy, but actually, it was the U.S.

The Golden Globes 2021 has finally come to an end and it won't be wrong to say that The Crown truly dominated the television side.

The start of a beautiful beginning!

direct to your inboxA jury was told how Alex Rodda's 'life was cut short before it had really begun' as prosecution and defence lawyers delivered their closing speeches in a trial today.Matthew Mason, 19, is charged with beating the schoolboy to death with a large metal tool in a woodland area near the village of Ashley, Cheshire, on December 12 last year.Mr Mason, then 18, murdered the 15-year-old after they entered into a sexual relationship, the prosecution alleges.He paid Alex more than

direct to your inboxLawyers made their closing arguments to the jury as the trial into the killing of David Allan in Wythenshawe reaches its final stages.Mr Allan, 23, died after being attacked in the street following a row over a bike.Aiden Matthews, 30, and Joseph Stott, 33, deny murder.Mr Matthews has admitted manslaughter.Jurors at Manchester Crown Court have heard that earlier on June 4, Mr Allan pushed a boy off his bike.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are celebrating their historic win in Delaware!

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVElection Day turned into Election Week for the 2020 presidential election, but just a few hours before the show went live, President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris took the stage in Wilmington, Del. to deliver their first speeches since the 2020 presidential election was called in their favor.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe spoken words of music royalty will be the centerpiece of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s first podcast.The “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Vault,” premiering Friday (Nov. 6), will feature replays of the most famous induction ceremony speeches culled from the org’s past 35 years.The podcast is being produced with and distributed by radio and podcast giant iHeartMedia.

On October 13, New York representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez rang in her 31st birthday.

ACM Awards might have looked a lot different this year, but that didn't keep the night's big stars from bringing the heat. Country music's biggest names came together, separately, for a fun and lively evening of music and unity.As the first live awards show since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the show's slew of artists and singers belted out their performances from different iconic locations across the city of Nashville, including the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium and the

On Tuesday night, when it was time for Beans director Tracey Deer to accept a TIFF Tribute Award at the Toronto Film Festival's virtual awards gala, and she began to thank her mother, the Canadian Indigenous filmmaker's eyes suddenly welled with tears, and she drew in a deep breath. "Mom...

Four days after Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for president in the 2020 race, the Republican party will make the case for President Donald Trump. The Republican National Convention begins on Monday, August 24, ending on Thursday, August 27 with their party nomination. Before that, though, comes three days of speeches from Trump’s closest allies in the Republican party, along with members of his family, like Melania and Ivanka Trump.

In The Late Show's latest live coverage of the Democratic National Convention, host Stephen Colbert recounted how emotions ran high during night three thanks to a "powerhouse lineup of speakers" and a Late Show cameo.

Ted Johnson Speeches from Barack Obama and Kamala Harris likely helped boost TV viewership for the third night of the Democratic National Convention.According to early numbers from Nielsen, 21.4 million watched during the 10 PM ET hour across six networks, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN. That is a boost from the 18.6 million who watched on Tuesday and the 18.7 million who watched on Monday.

The Democratic National Convention went digital this year, and while the grandeur of the traditional, in-person event will be missed, it’s now easier than ever to watch at home. In fact, you don’t even have to leave HollywoodLife (or your couch) to tune in to all of the speeches and performances happening from August 17 to August 20.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVWith 700+ Primetime Emmy nominations in 124 categories and a total number of nominees in the thousands — all socially distancing in their homes — pulling off a virtual award ceremony is a daunting task.To better manage the logistical challenges, the TV Academy already split the Creative Arts categories over five nights.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe most unusual of years for the Emmy Awards will include the most unusual of tasks: This year, everyone nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy has been asked to pre-tape an acceptance speech.In a letter to nominees, the Television Academy has asked all of the contenders to record an acceptance speech as if they have just won for the categories in which they are nominated.

Since this year’s graduates did not get to go out and celebrated their graduation ceremony, due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, YouTube surprised them by bringing together some of the biggest celebrities in the entertainment industry for a rocking virtual ceremony titled ‘Dear Class of 2020.’ BTS’s Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook also joined the ceremony and treated their fans to a rendition of their smash hits, Boy with Luv, Spring Day, Mikrokosmos. In addition to delivering

Beyoncé and BTS have given commencement-style speeches for the graduating class of 2020, which took place last weekend on a YouTube-hosted virtual graduation ceremony.Beyoncé congratulated the high school seniors who persevered through the myriad of challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic and the recent “worldwide expression of outage” over the killing of George Floyd.“Congratulations to the class of 2020, you have arrived here in the middle of a global crisis, a racial pandemic and

coronavirus shined a light on a plethora of America’s ongoing issues. “In a lot of ways, the pandemic just brought into focus problems that have been growing for a very long time,” he continued.

, social media managerQueen of music! Queen of TV! Queen of movies! Queen of hip-hop! Queen Latifah is an OG of feminist activism in hip-hop. Queen Latifah walked so that Megan Thee Stallion could gallop, and I mean that.

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Prince William has a trick when it comes to battling anxiety at public events.

Prince William revealed in a new BBC documentary that giving public speeches worsens his anxiety.To calm the nerves, the Duke of Cambridge, who wears contact lenses, takes them out before going onstage.William explained, "And it helps, because it's just a blur of faces and because you can't see anyone looking at you."Prince William seems like he's a seasoned professional when it comes to giving public speeches.

Denzel Washington’s son John David revealed that his father used to give inspirational speeches from his movies at his youth football games. John David is a football player-turned-actor who, in an interview with Esquire, discussed both his career as well as what it was like growing up with his dad as he was shooting to fame thanks to movies like “Malcolm X” and “Glory.” He told the outlet that he grew up idolizing his father, and was thrilled when he started coaching his youth teams.

The class of 2020 is getting some good advice, courtesy of Cardi B, Matthew McConaughey and more celebs. 

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Brett Favre will return the $1.1 million in Mississippi state welfare money he received for speaking engagements he never participated in, the state auditor announced Wednesday.  According to the Associated Press, via NBC News, Auditor Shad White said Favre had already refunded $500,000 and agreed to repay the remaining $600,000 in installments over the next few months.  In a spending audit released Monday, the Mississippi Department of Human Services was shown to have spent millions of dollars

The Obamas are set a number of students’ dreams come true by delivering commencement addresses at an upcoming virtual graduation ceremony.

Barack and Michelle Obama will be delivering words of wisdom in a few commencement speeches in some upcoming graduation specials.

Singer John Legend, comedian Jimmy Fallon, and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be sharing their words of wisdom with graduating students in a commencement speech podcast special.

Singer John Legend, comedian Jimmy Fallon, and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be sharing their words of wisdom with graduating students in a commencement speech podcast special.

Celebrities are coming together to share words of wisdom with graduating students.