Awards

Two-time Golden Globe-winning comedy writer and actress Tina Fey will receive the “2023 PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award” at the 50th annual PEN America Literary Awards, taking place in New York on March 2. Fey will be recognized for her comic writing legacy, as the fifth recipient to receive the award honoring a groundbreaking writer whose transformative work inspires audiences in the spirit of the late director Mike Nichols Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Graduate (1967), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), Postcards from the Edge (1990) and Closer (2004) …) “It’s been a lifelong dream to have my name associated in any way with the great Mike Nichols,” Fey said in a statement.

Emmy and Grammy Award-winning musician and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Queen Latifah will host the 54th annual NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, the NAACP announced on Tuesday.

The NAACP Image Awards Luncheon is part of a tradition that started 54 years ago when black artists like Lena Horne, Sidney Poitier and many others gathered to counter the harmful tropes that Hollywood used when representing people of color. This year the event was held Saturday, February 4th.

It was not your usual night in the press room at the Loews Hotel, where journalists have gathered to interview Oscar winners backstage: the evening featured metal detectors accompanied by extra Covid-19 precautions, including plenty of extra elbow room between seats and tables. But once the ceremony had settled into its routine (or almost), including a choreographed musical number by Beyoncé introduced by the Williams sisters (portrayed in the film King Richard), it was almost business as usual - until the now-infamous moment when Will Smith got up and punched Chris Rock before returning to his seat and screaming clearly audible offensive words.

The Russian invasion “shocked the world with images and stories telling of a truly horrific and heartbreaking situation,” as British Academy President Krishnendu Majumdar said at the start of BAFTA awards ceremony. On the red carpet, some stars wore badges or ribbons in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, including Golden Globe nominee Benedict Cumberbatch.

The 53rd NAACP Image Awards celebrating Black Excellence in entertainment happens on Saturday, February 26, 2022, on BET 8/7 Central. It culminates a week of awards on consecutive days starting February 21 that encompasses not only film, television and music, but also literature, fashion, news, podcasts and more.

Australian actors Rebel Wilson and Jai Courtney, along with Australian filmmaker James Wan, were honored at this year’s star-studded Australians in Film Awards, which took place at NeueHouse Hollywood on October 19. Rebel Wilson received the inaugural Screen NSW Annette Kellerman Award, presented by Vogue magazine Australia, as a trailblazing Australian woman who has made her own mark in Hollywood.

Los Globos de Oro. Los Oscar.