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Newest 'Decorated Naval Hero': Tom Cruise

Navy awards him top civilian honor for 'unwavering' support, role in recruitment

(Newser) - Tom Cruise is "now a decorated naval hero," per the AP . The actor's famed portrayal of a US Navy fighter pilot in 1986's Top Gun helped to earn him the Navy's top civilian honor on Tuesday. He received the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, which...

National Book Award Finalists Are Out
Here Are Your
National
Book Award
Winners
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Nov 21, 2024 12:00 AM CST

Here Are Your National Book Award Winners

Percival Everett wins for James

(Newser) - Percival Everett's James, a daring reworking of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling won for nonfiction, the AP reports. The prize for young people's...

Dick Van Dyke, 98, Just Made Emmy History

Actor picked is oldest Daytime Emmy winner ever for his guest star role on 'Days of Our Lives'

(Newser) - Dick Van Dyke has won a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98. The actor was honored Friday night as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock's Days of Our Lives, making him the oldest Daytime Emmy winner ever, per the...

World Press Photo of Year Comes From Gaza

No faces, but plenty of pain in the image from Mohammed Salem of Reuters

(Newser) - Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem captured this year's prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award Thursday with a depiction of loss and sorrow in Gaza, a heartrending photo of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her young niece. The photograph, taken in Khan Younis just days after Salem'...

ESPN Hands Back Dozens of Emmys in Fake-Name Hubbub

Scheme saw network submit aliases for awards so ineligible on-air 'College GameDay' stars could win

(Newser) - "Violating the rules of engagement in the cutthroat world of sports television awards" is how Sports Illustrated is covering the latest commotion at ESPN, after the cable sports network was forced to hand back dozens of Emmys won by its College GameDay program. The story was first reported by...

List of SAG Awards Nominees Missing a Few Big Names

Leonardo DiCaprio didn't make the cut

(Newser) - "Barbenheimer" continues to rule Hollywood's awards season, just as it did the summer box office. The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday heaped nominations on Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer—while snubbing Leonardo DiCaprio for best male actor, reports the AP . Each film...

Rushdie Makes Surprise Appearance to Collect Award

Honor was kept under wraps until minutes before the author accepted it

(Newser) - 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 received the first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award, presented by the Vaclav Havel Center on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Only a handful...

Salman Rushdie Speaks of 'Terror' in Return to Public Life

Author accepts courage award at PEN America's annual gala

(Newser) - Salman Rushdie made an emotional and unexpected return to public life Thursday night, attending the annual gala of PEN America and giving the event's final speech as he accepted a special prize, the PEN Centenary Courage Award, just nine months being after being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized. "It'...

Carey Mulligan Mistakenly Named Winner at BAFTAs

On-stage mix-up involved a sign-language interpreter

(Newser) - The British version of the Oscars had its own version of a Moonlight-like snafu that resulted in a wrong winner being announced. The Sunday flub at the BAFTAs was on a smaller scale, however. As Variety reports, it revolved around a sign-language interpreter. Deaf actor Troy Kotsur (a winner last...

Country Music's Entertainer of the Year Repeats

Singer Luke Combs wins CMA honor 2nd year in a row; Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson also win big

(Newser) - Luke Combs was crowned entertainer of the year at Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards, the second year in a row that he's taken home the night's top honor. "I want to thank country music for making my dreams come true," Combs said, dedicating the award...

Author Who Uses Words Like 'a Knife' Wins Nobel in Literature

French author Annie Ernaux, 82, takes home the writing world's big prize

(Newser) - French author Annie Ernaux is the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. Ernaux, 82, was cited for "the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, and collective restraints of personal memory," the Nobel committee said. Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy,...

Jennifer Hudson Is Now EGOT Royalty
Jennifer Hudson
Is Now EGOT
Royalty
Jun 13, 2022 6:26 AM CDT

Jennifer Hudson Is Now EGOT Royalty

40-year-old performer completes Emmy-Grammy-Oscar-Tony loop with Tony win for producing role

(Newser) - Meet your newest EGOT winner: Jennifer Hudson, who started out as a contestant on American Idol and has worked her way up to one of the most impressive achievements in entertainment. People reports that the 40-year-old actress and singer completed the EGOT feat—in which one wins an Emmy, Grammy,...

Golden Globe Nominees Announced After 'Year of Change'

Hollywood Foreign Press Association is out with this year's film and TV candidates

(Newser) - Less than a year after criticism over a lack of diversity forced the organization that puts on the Golden Globes to lose its televised show and overhaul its membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominees for film and TV awards Monday, per the AP . The HFPA, which usually...

Boseman's Widow Gives 'Most Emotional Speech' of Golden Globes
Chadwick Boseman's
Widow's Speech Has
Viewers 'in Awe'
GOLDEN GLOBES
Mar 1, 2021 6:31 AM CST

Chadwick Boseman's Widow's Speech Has Viewers 'in Awe'

Taylor Simone Ledward accepted best actor award for late husband for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' role

(Newser) - Chadwick Boseman received yet more posthumous nods Sunday evening, this time via a Golden Globe win. The late Boseman, who died last summer of colon cancer at the age of 43, won for best actor in a dramatic motion picture for his performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and...

Murdoch Puts Cancel Culture on Blast

News Corp chairman rails against censorship in rare public remarks

(Newser) - Freedom of speech is being suppressed by "awful woke orthodoxy," according to the head of the conservative publishing empire that includes Fox News. News Corp Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch spoke against "cancel culture" and a "wave of censorship" in rare public remarks Saturday as he accepted...

Art Installation Up for Just Minutes Wins Design Prize

Border seesaws 'reminder of how human beings can transcend the forces that seek to divide us'

(Newser) - The best design of 2020 was in place for less than 20 minutes, reports CNN , which shows just how impactful it was. "Teeter-Totter Wall," erected on the border fence separating El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, has been named the best design of the year by London'...

After a Kennedy Slam, JK Rowling Gives Back Award

'Harry Potter' author blasts RFK daughter Kerry Kennedy for implying she's transphobic

(Newser) - JK Rowling's take on transgender issues has earned her a fair share of controversy . Now, it's prompted her to return a prestigious honor. Per the BBC , the Harry Potter author received the Ripple of Hope Award last year from the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights group. It's...

Mass Resignation to Restore 'Calm' After Polanski Film Noms

All board members of France's Cesar Academy to resign after Polanski backlash

(Newser) - The equivalent of France's Academy Awards will be held later this month, and one film in particular has racked up a dozen nominations—and the controversy surrounding that fact has now led to a big move from the board that oversees the honors. The BBC reports that all 21...

This Is America's Artist of the Decade
AMAs Announce
Artist of the Decade
Oct 31, 2019 12:00 PM CDT

AMAs Announce Artist of the Decade

Taylor Swift to get the honor at 2019 American Music Awards

(Newser) - The last American Music Awards of this decade will be held on Nov. 24, and Taylor Swift will be honored at them as the Artist of the Decade. The singer has won 23 AMAs this decade, the most of any artist, per the Hollywood Reporter . That number also makes her...

Rock Hall Gives Noms to 2 Late Stars

Whitney Houston, Notorious BIG among 16 possibles for the 2020 inductee class

(Newser) - The late musical icons Whitney Houston and the Notorious BIG are among the 16 acts nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2020 class. The prestigious organization announced Tuesday that Dave Matthews Band, Motorhead, Pat Benatar, Soundgarden, the Doobie Brothers, T. Rex, and Thin Lizzy join Houston...

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