Country Music AssociationLuke Combs and Carly Pearce revealed the first contenders for the 2020 Country Music Association Awards this morning on ABC’s Good Morning America, live from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House. Here are the initial nominees for the 54th CMA Awards, with more to be unveiled shortly:
New Artist of the Year Jimmie Allen Ingrid Andress Gabby Barrett Carly Pearce Morgan Wallen
Album of the Year Heartache Medication — Jon Pardi Never Will — Ashley McBryde Old Dominion — Old Dominion What You See Is What You Get — Luke Combs Wildcard — Miranda Lambert
Musical Event of the Year “10,000 Hours” — Dan + Shay (with Justin Bieber) “Be a Light” — Thomas Rhett featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, Keith Urban “The Bones” — Maren Morris with Hozier “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” — Miranda Lambert (featuring Maren Morris, Elle King, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes & Caylee Hammack” “I Hope You’re Happy Now” — Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
Entertainer of the Year Eric Church Luke Combs Miranda Lambert Carrie Underwood Keith Urban
Marvel Studios (LOS ANGELES) — In the days following the shocking announcement that Chadwick Boseman died at age 43 following a private four year battle with colon cancer, tributes have poured in from his Black Panther costars.
Michael B. Jordan, who played Boseman’s on-screen nemesis, expressed his grief Monday by penning a heart-wrenching goodbye to his “big brother.”
“I wish we had more time,” the 33-year-old expressed. “One of the last times we spoke, you said we were forever linked, and now the truth of that means more to me than ever.”
Jordan went on to detail how important Boseman was to him, not only as a dear friend but as someone who made his acting career possible by “paving the way for me.”
“I’ve been watching, learning and constantly motivated by your greatness,” continued the Just Mercy star. “Through it all, you never lost sight of what you loved most. You cared about your family , your friends, your craft, your spirit. You cared about the kids, the community, our culture and humanity. You cared about me.”
“You are my big brother, but I never fully got a chance to tell you,” confessed Jordan. “I’m more aware now than ever that time is short with people we love and admire.”
He then named all the ways he will be missing Boseman, “I’m gonna miss your honesty, your generosity, your sense of humor, and incredible gifts. I miss the gift of sharing space with you in scenes.”
Jordan made one final promise to his role model, writing, “I’m dedicating the rest of my days to live the way you did. With grace, courage, and no regrets.”
Then, with a final nod to their memorable scene from Black Panther, he concluded “‘Is this your king!?’ Yes . he . is! Rest In Power Brother.”
MTV(NEW YORK) — Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards delivered strong ratings, despite being forced to air remote, socially distanced performances and award presentations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year’s viewership dipped by just 5% from last year in terms of total linear viewership, according to Variety. A total of 6.4 million viewers tuned in across MTV and the 12 other ViacomCBS brands on which it was simulcast, as opposed to 6.8 million last time around, according to the industry trade. Those figures include the pre-show, main show, post-show, and encore performances of the show.
The VMAs, hosted this year by Hustlers star Keke Palmer, also delivered a whopping 41.1 million impressions on social media, second only to the Super Bowl.
(LOS ANGELES) — Protesters gathered in South Los Angeles Monday night after Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a Black man who they say had a handgun and was fighting with them.
The shooting occurred Monday afternoon after two deputies pulled over a man who was riding a bicycle in violation of vehicle laws, according to Sheriff’s Department Lt. Brandon Dean.
The man got off the bike and ran off, Dean said, and the deputies ran him down.
“Our suspect was holding some items of clothing in his hands, punched one of the officers in the face, and then dropped the items in his hands,” Dean said. “The deputies noticed that inside the clothing items he dropped was a black semiautomatic handgun, at which time a deputy-involved shooting occurred.”
The suspect was struck several times, with both officers firing their weapons, Dean said.
Deputies recovered the handgun that the man had been carrying, he said. The investigation is ongoing.
Members of Black Lives Matter LA called on demonstrators to protest the shooting at the site of the incident. Video of the demonstration overnight, which was posted on social media, shows tense scenes between protesters and police near the scene of the shooting in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Westmont.
(NEW YORK) — As the Black Lives Matter movement has picked up momentum around the nation in recent months, companies like Dictionary.com are paying more attention to language use and redefining words that reflect culture, identity and race.
“The work of a dictionary is more than just adding new words. It’s an ongoing effort to ensure that how we define words reflects changes in language — and life,” said John Kelly, senior editor at Dictionary.com.
As a mark of respect and recognition, Dictionary.com announced in a press release Tuesday that it has updated its language to include capitalizing the word “Black.” The word also is now a separate entry, as it refers to a person, breaking with dictionary conventions to group together words that share the same origin.
“We broke that rule because it has real world consequences,” Kelly told ABC News. “These have real effects on people’s social identities, these meanings are personal.”
Other major organizations have recently had similar thinking.
Over the summer, The Associated Press and The New York Times each announced their style changes to capitalize the word Black when referring to race or culture. Meanwhile, Black media outlets such as Essence and Ebony have been leading the way on this change for years.
Kelly explained that the word “Black” does not just refer to the color of one’s skin but also African ancestry, noting that “it is important to not lump the term into one category.”
Other words added to Dictionary.com regarding race and ethnicity include Afro-Latina, Afro-Latino, Afro-Latinx, Filipina, Filipinx, Pinay, Pinoy and Pinxy. The racially offensive terms “brownface” and “whitesplain” were also added.
“As our understanding of race continues to evolve, ‘brownface’ warranted an entry that was distinct from blackface,” Kelly told ABC News.
Along the identity lines, LGBTQIA language was revised to better reflect the complexity and richness of the experiences of those identities and help eliminate heterosexual bias as the unmarked, default experience, according to the press release. Related terms with revised or new definitions also include bisexual, pansexual and Pride, which is now a separate entry and capitalized in relevant references.
Overall, Dictionary.com updated more than 15,000 entries across its website in the company’s largest new words release to date, including 650 new entries as well as thousands of new and revised definitions, etymologies and pronunciations. The company said the changes reflect its “point of view that language entries have consequences and go beyond being simply an academic exercise.”
Country Music AssociationLuke Combs and Carly Pearce revealed the first contenders for the 2020 Country Music Association Awards this morning on ABC’s Good Morning America, live from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House. Here are the initial nominees for the 54th CMA Awards, with more to be unveiled shortly:
