“Moonlight”has won the Best Picture Oscar over strong favorite “La La Land”.
This was after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway read out La La Land as the victor – and the cast and crew took to the stage and completed many of their acceptance speeches.
Directed by Barry Jenkins and adapted from an unpublished playscript by Tarell Alvin McCraney, the film is a about the coming of age of a black teenager from a rough neighborhood in Miami who experiences an intimate encounter with another man.
Viola Davis wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for “Fences.” She becomes the23rd person to be crowned with an Oscar, Tony and Emmy Award. The first black woman to do so.
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Congratulations to Mahershala Ali for his Oscar win for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Moonlight.” He is the first Muslim actor to receive such an honor.
The biggest and brightest of stars were in full effect this evening at the 59th Grammy Awards this evening. Stars like Adele, Katy Perry, and Solange had a chance to grace the red carpet as the made their way into the Staples Center. Check out some of the looks below:
Adele has won Record of the Year at this year’s Grammy’s for her hit song “Hello.” She shouted out Beyoncé, she called “Queen B” her idol and said, “I adore you. I want you to be my mommy.” When she won Album of the Year for “25,” she turned her attention to Bey once again, completely stanning out bringing Bey to tears. Check out the videos below:
Tracee Ellis Ross won best actress in a television series, musical or comedy for her role in “black-ish.” The achievement came as a historic one as she became the first black woman to walk away with the award in over three decades since Debbie Allen received the honor back in 1982.
Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West also scored 8 nominations. Adele will go head to head with Beyonce as they both compete for the biggest honors of the night.
See the full list of nominees here.
The Grammy Awards air live Feb. 12, 2017 on CBS.
Beyoncé collected eight Moonmen during the VMA’s Sunday night!! She performed a medley of songs from visual album LEMONADE. She took home awards for Video of the Year for “Formation,” also won Best Female Video for “Hold Up,” Best Pop Video for “Formation,” Breakthrough Long-Form Video for LEMONADE, Best Choreography for “Formation,” Best Direction“Formation,” Best Direction for “Formation,” Best Cinematography for “Formation,” and Best Editing for “Formation.”
With some of the biggest stars in the world which include Rihanna, who received the Video Vanguard Award and Beyonce who won 8 Moonman, were just a few celebs in attendance for the 2016 VMA’s held at Madison Square Garden. The show was jammed packed which featured performances by Future, Nick Jonas, and Britney Spears.
The biggest and brightest in entertainment celebrated at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards from Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Check out some of the fashions from one of the biggest awards shows of the year!
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