Drake is being crowned as the best artist of the decade by Billboard,
Usher is set to host and perform at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, and NBC cancelled the Golden Globes due to their racism. OOP. Get it all inside…
This awards season was nothing ordinary as ceremonies were altered to comply with COVID-19 guidelines. Most were virtual, but the
Oscars were able to host the bulk of their winners and nominees last month. The 2021 Billboard Music Awards are set to go down at the Microsoft Theater in L.A.
Hate him or love him:
Drake is a record-breaking superstar. And he’s being recognized for the work he has put in.
“We’ve been calling on the HFPA to make meaningful change,” Times Up CEO
Tina Tchen told
Gayle King. “We even gave them a roadmap for how to do it, to just demonstrate, this isn’t just about adding a few Black members.”
Both
Scarlett Johansson and
Mark Ruffalo also released statements condemning the HFPA and pledging to boycott any events sanctioned by group, including the Golden Globes, while
Tom Cruise returned all three of his Golden Globe trophies.
In addition to NBC’s decision to drop the show, both Netflix and Amazon Studios vowed to stop working with the HFPA until the board implements policies meant to tackle the group’s larger issues which Netflix CEO
If a Golden Globe falls in a forest and no oneâs around to hear it, does it still make a woke, whiny, petulant, sanctimonious sound?
We ask because NBC has canceled next yearâs version of the Globes, having been too slow to pull the plug on this yearâs event before it posted record-low viewership numbers. Of course, the network didnât cite the embarrassing ratings as the reason for its cancellation. Instead, NBC called out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the cross-burners who host the event, for insufficient commitment to diversity.
The proof of the HFPAâs white supremacy can be found in the bean counting: The organization is said to have not a single black person among its voting members â which is to say, the organization hasnât been able to find a single black person willing to endure the embarrassment of said membership. Just imagine being associated with such stiffs â much less being seen with them.