Grammy Awards (2024) | Award Shows and Ceremonies | Feb 4, 2024
Original Date of the 75th Annual Emmy Awards (2023) | Award Shows and Ceremonies | Sep 18, 2023
The 75th Emmy Awards telecast was originally planned to air live from Los Angeles on Monday September 18, 2023 (8:00-11:00 PM Eastern Time) on FOX Network. The event was rescheduled because of the writer’s strike in Hollywood and airs Monday, January 15, 2024. Emmy winners Jesse Collins and Dionne Harmon, along with Emmy-nominee Jeannae Rouzan-Clay ….
First Emmy Awards Takes Place at Hollywood Athletic Club (1949) | Award Shows and Ceremonies, Milestones | Jan 25, 1949
The Los Angeles–based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) established the Emmy Award as part of a public relations campaign. The first Emmy Awards ceremony took place on January 25, 1949, at the Hollywood Athletic Club, but only to honor shows produced and aired locally in the Los Angeles area. Shirley Dinsdale has the ….
BET Awards 2023 to Host Iconic Celebration of Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary (2023) | Award Shows and Ceremonies | Jun 25, 2023
The BET Awards 2023 returns live from Los Angeles on Sunday, June 25th. The 2023 event celebrates five decades of Hip Hop throughout the telecast on BET Network, with a simulcast on The Paramount Network. Performers for the 2023 event include 69 Boyz, Big Daddy Kane, Chief Keef, Coco Jones, DJ Unk, Doechii, E-40, Fast ….
First-ever Grammy Awards are Held Simultaneously at Both the Beverly Hilton and Park Sheraton Hotels (1959) | Award Shows and Ceremonies, Inaugurals, Milestones | May 4, 1959
The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held simultaneously in two locations on May 4, 1959, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, and the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City, with 28 Grammys awarded. The event was hosted by Mort Sahl. The Grammy Awards are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the ….
Carl Van Meter Day at The Martial Arts History Museum (2023) | Award Shows and Ceremonies, Film Screenings | Jun 24, 2023
Carl Van Meter is an accomplished martial artist and an actor. He has been featured in more than 18 films as an actor and 7 as a stunt performer. Some of his work includes the television series Sangre Negra… Black Blood, Fight of Fury, Xmas Knight, The Martial Arts Kid, 1000 Ways to Die, Homicide ….
Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (2023) | Award Shows and Ceremonies | Jul 21, 2023
Comic-Con has announced the nominees for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2023. The nominations are for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2022 and were chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges. The Eisner Award trophies will be presented in a gala awards ceremony to be held at the San Diego Hilton ….
Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2023) | Award Shows and Ceremonies | May 18, 2023
Just ahead of Universal Pictures’ Fast X, series co-star Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges receives a star on Hollywood’s famous Walk of Stars. The ceremony included Fast X star Vin Diesel, fellow rapper-turned-actor LL Cool J and many others. Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of ….
Clive "DJ Kool Herc" Campbell (2023) | Award Shows and Ceremonies | May 3, 2023
On May 3, 2023, legendary hip hop DJ Kool Herc was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Influence Award category.
Wild Style 40th Anniversary and National Hip Hop Museum Induction Ceremony (2023) | Art Festivals, Award Shows and Ceremonies | Jun 11, 2023
The 2023 edition of Five Points Festival will host the 40th Anniversary of the world’s first movie centered on Hip Hop culture, Wild Style. The event will also include a celebration of the seminal film’s official induction into the National Hip-Hop Museum. Some of the luminaries scheduled to appear include Wild Style director and co-writer ….