LOS ANGELES–The winners of the 49th NAACP Image Awards were announced during the live broadcast from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium which aired on TV One. The two-hour live special was hosted by Anthony Anderson and opened with a powerful moment in support of #TIMESUP featuring Angela Robinson, Kerry Washington, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Laverne Cox, Lena Waithe […]

LOS ANGELES–The winners of the 49th NAACP Image Awards in the non-televised categories were announced during a gala dinner celebration that took place Sunday at the Pasadena Conference Center. The event was hosted by The Real’s Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Tamera Mowry-Housley. Talent attending included: Abdul Williams, Amanda Lipitz, Andrew Finkelstein, Angela Jollivette, […]

LOS ANGELES–The NAACP said Thursday that actor, producer and humanitarian Danny Glover will be presented with the NAACP “President’s Award” at the 49th NAACP Image Awards on January 15 on TV One. The NAACP “President’s Award,” chosen by NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson, is bestowed in recognition of special achievement and distinguished public service. […]

LOS ANGELES–The surviving 1968 sanitation workers – some of them are still on the job – were presented with the prestigious NAACP Vanguard Award in conjunction with the 49th NAACP Image Awards at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum. This honor is presented in recognition […]

LOS ANGELES–Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Holly Hunter, Daniel Kaluuya, Zoe Kazan, Frances McDormand, Laurie Metcalf, Kumail Nanjiani, Sam Rockwell, Ray Romano, Saoirse Ronan and Allison Williams will be presenters at the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Executive Producer Kathy Connell said Saturday. This elite group joins a growing roster of actors […]

LOS ANGELES–About 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 90th Academy Awards ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said today. The films in the running are: “Alien: Covenant” “Beauty and the Beast” “Blade Runner 2049 “Dunkirk” ‘‘Ghost in the Shell” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” […]

LOS ANGELES–Kristen Bell (The Good Place, Frozen) has been selected as the first host of the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, according to SAG Awards Executive Producer Kathy Connell. As the SAG Awards has never had an emcee before, Connell and the SAG Awards Committee are breaking a long-standing custom by inviting the multi-faceted […]

LOS ANGELES– Emmy-award nominated actor and star of “black-ish,” Anthony Anderson will return as host for the 49th NAACP Image Awards. The NAACP’s two-hour special will air live on TV One on January 15, 2018, the federal holiday honoring the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  The telecast will also include a live pre-show […]

LOS ANGELES–(PRNewswire)–Jam City, via its game studio TinyCo, FoxNext Games, and Matt Groening released a Futurama double-length podcast episode today, created by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, and the Futurama writers. The new episode, which features the original cast and clocks in at a whopping 42-minutes in length, is now live at nerdist.com, soundcloud.com, and […]

SAN DIEGO—The stars and creators of HBO series “Game of Thrones” and “Westworld” will appear for panels and autograph signing sessions at San Diego Comic-Con at the San Diego Convention Center Friday. The “Game of Thrones” panel kicks off at 1:30 p.m. on July 21 in Hall H at the San Diego Convention Center. The […]