The instantly recognizable gramophone trophy considered by many to be one of the music industry’s most coveted prizes did not spring from Zeus’s head fully-formed. In fact, it was created for the Recording Academy (then known as the Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, in the long-winded days before Twitter) by a Colorado artisan who’s […]
Among 2019 Grammy nominees Willie Nelson summed it up best for visual media contenders with “It Was A Very Good Year,” one of two performances he has on the broader honorees list — 84 categories in all. Black Panther and its creative visionary Kendrick Lamar generated the most nominations overall, with eight, including notice in the […]
In a music list that spread the wealth, Black Panther was doubly rewarded with Golden Globes nominations in both the song and score categories. The Marvel blockbuster received a total of three Globes noms, including best picture, and was touted as the first comic book-based film to receive recognition in that category. A Star is […]
Women achieved greater numbers in orchestras when they auditioned behind a curtain and were selected blindly, chosen only by performance, noted actress Natalie Portman in an interview in the Nov. 28 Oscar Preview issue of Deadline.com’s Awardsline magazine. Exhorting entertainment’s decision-makers not to ignore gender bias, Portman cites a “great orchestra example that started a […]
With an original soundtrack by Sia and Scott Walker, Vox Lux features Natalie Portman as Celeste, a young woman whose traumatic experience at a school shooting inspires her to write a song that launches her to global pop stardom in the Madonna-Lady Gaga idiom. This trailer features two versions of a song called “Wrapped Up,” co-written […]
