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The New Orleans MLB Youth Academy, which is operated by Major League Baseball, and Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), a Historically Black College & University (HBCU) in New Orleans, have partnered to help launch the university’s 2021 baseball and softball seasons in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). This season marks the first-time baseball will be offered at Xavier since 1960, and the first-ever softball program in school history.
As part of the agreement, both programs will receive full access for games and practices to the facilities at the New Orleans MLB Youth Academy, including Wesley Barrow Stadium, the artificial turf softball field, indoor/outdoor bullpens and batting cages, and the 200-square-foot climate-controlled press box. The teams are scheduled to play their first home games at the New Orleans MLB Youth Academy on Tuesday, February 23rd (baseball) and Saturday, February 27th (softball), resp
Riz Ahmed remembers great, tremendous actor Irrfan Khan during acceptance speech at Gotham Awards Riz Ahmed, who won the award for Sound of Metal, quoted tremendous actor Irrfan Khan while accepting his prize.
British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed paid tributes to his inspiration Irrfan Khan in his acceptance speech for the best actor honour at the Gotham Awards 2021.
The 30th annual Gotham Awards was a virtual-hybrid event, held in New York on Monday night.
Ahmed, 38, won the award for director Darius Marder s acclaimed drama
Sound of Metal, which features him as a drummer who begins to lose his hearing.
During his virtual acceptance speech, the actor said 2020 was the year of a lot of loss and quoted Khan s words, which he always thinks of.
Riz Ahmed remembers Irrfan Khan after Gotham Awards win
Riz Ahmed remembers Irrfan Khan after Gotham Awards win
The 30th annual Gotham Awards was a “virtual-hybrid” event, held in New York on Monday night.
Ahmed, 38, won the award for director Darius Marder’s acclaimed drama “Sound of Metal”, which features him as a drummer who begins to lose his hearing.
During his virtual acceptance speech, the actor said 2020 was the year of a “lot of loss” and quoted Khan’s words, which he “always thinks of.”
“I want to mention Irrfan Khan, another great, tremendous actor who we lost last year. Who’s words ring in my ears right now, which I always think of: ‘Surrender to the dance of uncertainty’,” Ahmed, who is billed to be a frontrunner in best male actor categories this award season, said.
Nomadland wins big at 2021 Gotham Awards
BANG Showbiz 1/12/2021 Bang Showbiz Nomadland was the big winner at the 2021 Gotham Awards.
Chloé Zhao s 2020 independent contemporary western drama - which stars Frances McDormand - scooped Best Feature and the Audience Award at Monday night s (11.01.21) live-streamed ceremony from Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
It s the first time in the three-decade history of the prestigious awards show that all the Best Feature nominees were motion pictures helmed by women, with ‘Nomandland’ beating off stiff competition from Kitty Green’s ‘The Assistant’ and Eliza Hittman s ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’.
The late Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis were honoured with the Actor and Actress Tribute prize, while Steve McQueen won Director Tribute, Ryan Murphy took home the Industry Tribute and the first-ever Ensemble Tribute was handed to Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 cast.
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