Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award
NEW YORK – The latest honor for Salman Rushdie was a prize kept secret until minutes before he rose from his seat to accept it. On Tuesday night, the author….
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The 2024 Grammy Award nominations are about to arrive. Here’s what to know
LOS ANGELES – Buckle up, music lovers! The nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards will arrive Friday. Nominees will be announced during a video stream live on the Grammy website….
Paul Harding, Justin Torres are among National Book Award finalists
NEW YORK – Paul Harding’s Maine-based historical novel “This Other Eden,” Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian “Chain-Gang All-Stars” and Justin Torres’ multi-generational “Blackouts” are among the fiction finalists for the National….
Quincy Jones is State Department’s first Peace Through Music Award as part of new diplomacy push
LOS ANGELES – Quincy Jones, who once embarked on an international diplomatic tour with jazz great Dizzy Gillespie, will receive the U.S. Department of State’s inaugural Peace Through Music Award…..
Michael J. Fox receives 2023 Elevate Prize Catalyst Award at Clinton Global Alliance
NEW YORK – Actor and philanthropist Michael J. Fox won this year’s Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, which the “Back to the Future” star plans to use to further his foundation’s….
‘American Fiction’ wins People’s Choice award at Toronto Film Festival
Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” a biting satire starring Jeffery Wright as a disillusioned academic, has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a much-watched bellwether in….
Author Sandra Cisneros receives Holbrooke award for work that helps promote peace and understanding
NEW YORK – Author Sandra Cisneros is this year’s winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, honoring writers who help foster “understanding between and among people.” Cisneros,….
Kimiko Hahn wins $100,000 award from Poetry Foundation for lifetime achievement
NEW YORK – Cornelius Eady, Toi Derricotte and Kimiko Hahn are among this year’s winners of awards from the Poetry Foundation, which announced some of the poetry world’s most lucrative….
Lainey Wilson leads the 2023 Country Music Award nominations for the second year in a row
LOS ANGELES – It’s another landmark year for breakout country superstar Lainey Wilson, who tops the CMA Awards nominations for the second year in a row. Wilson was a first-time….
Shakira to be given the Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards
LOS ANGELES – Shakira will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards next month. Previous recipients include Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez,….