2020 grammys

 Best New Artist
 Billie Eilish
Song of the Year
“Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell (Billie Eilish)
Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Higher,” DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend
 Best Rap Album
 IGOR, Tyler the Creator
Best Comedy Album
Sticks & Stones, Dave Chapelle
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
 “Speechless,” Dan + Shay
 Best Pop Solo Performance
 “Truth Hurts,” Lizzo
Best Pop Vocal Album
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go — Billie Eilish
 Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
 “Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus
 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Look Now — Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
 Finneas
Best R&B Album
 Ventura — Anderson .Paak
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo
Best R&B Performance
“Come Home” — Anderson .Paak & André 300
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Jerome” — Lizzo
Best R&B Song
 “Say So” — Pj Morton, Songwriter (Pj Morton Ft. Jojo) 
 Best Rock Performance
 “This Land” — Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Best Rock Song
“This Land” — Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.)
Best Rock Album
 Social Cues — Cage The Elephant
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
A Star Is Born, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Chernobyl, Hildur Guðnadóttir
 Best Song Written for Visual Media
“I’ll Never Love Again” (Film Version), Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born)
 Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Becoming — Michelle Obama
 Best Instrumental Composition
“Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite” — John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Best Remixed Recording
“I Rise (Tracy Young’s Pride Intro Radio Remix),” Tracy Young (Madonna)
 Best Music Video
“Old Town Road (Official Movie),” Lil Nas X featuring Billie Ray Cyrus 
Best Music Film
Homecoming, Beyoncé
Best Dance Recording
 “Got to Keep On,” The Chemical Brothers
 Best Dance/Electronic Album
 No Geography, The Chemical Brothers
 Best Country Solo Performance
“Ride Me Back Home,” Willie Nelson
 Best Country Song
“Bring My Flowers Now,” Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth and Tanya Tucker (Tanya Tucker)
Best Country Album
 While I’m Livin’, Tanya Tucker
 Best Rap Performance
“Racks in the Middle,” Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
 Best Rap Song
 “A Lot,” Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, (21 Savage featuring J. Cole)
 Best Recording Package
Chris Cornell — Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, Jeff Fura & Joe Spix, art directors (Chris Cornell)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Woodstock: Back To The Garden – The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive — Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes
Stax ’68: A Memphis Story — Steve Greenberg, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album
Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection — Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Rob Kinelski & Finneas O’Connell, engineers; John Greenham, mastering engineer (Billie Eilish)
 Best Immersive Audio Album
Lux — Morten Lindberg, immersive audio engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive audio producer (Anita Brevik, Trondheimsolistene & Nidarosdomens Jentekor)
 Best New Age Album
Wings — Peter Kater
 Best Bluegrass Album
Tall Fiddler — Michael Cleveland
Best Traditional Blues Album
Tall, Dark & Handsome — Delbert McClinton & Self-made Men
Best Contemporary Blues Album
This Land — Gary Clark Jr.
Best Folk Album
Patty Griffin — Patty Griffin
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Good Time — Ranky Tanky
Best Reggae Album
Rapture — Koffee
 Best Children’s Music Album
Ageless Songs For The Child Archetype — Jon Samson
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Mettavolution — Rodrigo y Gabriela
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Moon River” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
 Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“All Night Long” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Jules Buckley, Take 6 & Metropole Orkest)
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Sozinho” — Randy Brecker, soloist
 Best Jazz Vocal Album
12 Little Spells — Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Finding Gabriel — Brad Mehldau
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Omni-American Book Club – Brian Lynch Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
Antidote — Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Love Theory”– Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Songwriter
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“God Only Knows” — for King & Country & Dolly Parton; Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone & Tedd Tjornhom, songwriters
Best Gospel Album
Long Live Love — Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Burn The Ships — for King & Country 
 Best Roots Gospel Album
Testimony — Gloria Gaynor
Best Latin Pop Album
#ELDISCO — Alejandro Sanz
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
El Mal Querer – Rosalía
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
De Ayer Para Siempre — Mariachi Los Camperos
Best Tropical Latin Album
Opus — Marc Anthony (TIE)
A Journey Through Cuban Music — Aymée Nuviola (TIE)Best Engineered Album, Classical
Riley: Sun Rings — Leslie Ann Jones, engineer; Robert C. Ludwig, mastering engineer (Kronos Quartet)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh
Best Orchestral Performance
“Norman: Sustain” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording
“Picker: Fantastic Mr. Fox” — Gil Rose, conductor; John Brancy, Andrew Craig Brown, Gabriel Preisser, Krista River & Edwin Vega; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Boston Children’s Chorus)
Best Choral Performance
“Duruflé: Complete Choral Works” — Robert Simpson, conductor (Ken Cowan; Houston Chamber Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Shaw: Orange” — Attacca Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite” — Nicola Benedetti; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Songplay — Joyce Didonato; Chuck Israels, Jimmy Madison, Charlie Porter & Craig Terry, accompanists (Steve Barnett & Lautaro Greco)
 Best Classical Compendium
 The Poetry Of Places — Nadia Shpachenko; Marina A. Ledin & Victor Ledin, producer
 Best Contemporary Classical Composition
 Higdon: Harp Concerto — Jennifer Higdon, composer (Yolanda Kondonassis, Ward Stare & The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
Best Musical Theater Album
Hadestown — Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Patrick Page, principal soloists; Mara Isaacs, David Lai, Anaïs Mitchell & Todd Sickafoose, producers (Anaïs Mitchell, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
 Best Metal Performance
“7empest” — Tool
Best Alternative Music Album
Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend
 Best World Music Album
Celia — Angelique Kidjo
Best American Roots Performance
“Saint Honesty” — Sara Bareilles
Best American Roots Song
 “Call My Name” — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
Best Americana Album
Oklahoma — Keb’ Mo’                                                                        

2020 SAG'S

2020 golden globes

Best Motion Picture -- Drama

• 1917   
• Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama

 Renée Zellweger, Judy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture -- Drama
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy
Awkwafina, The Farewell
 Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy
 Taron Egerton, Rocketman
 Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
 Best Original Score -- Motion Picture
Joker - Hildur Guðnadóttir
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television
 Chernobyl
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television
 Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
Best Director -- Motion Picture
Sam Mendes, 1917
 Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series -- Drama
Olivia Colman, The Crown
 Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television
 Patricia Arquette, The Act
 Best Original Song -- Motion Picture
 "I'm Gonna Love Me Again," Rocketman - Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
 Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy
 Fleabag
 Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
 Laura Dern, Marriage Story
 Best Motion Picture -- Animated
 Missing Link
Best Screenplay -- Motion Picture
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino
 Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series -- Drama
Brian Cox, Succession
Best Motion Picture -- Foreign Language
 Parasite
 Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series -- Musical or Comedy
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Best Television Series -- Drama
 Succession
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl
 Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television
 Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series -- Musical or Comedy
Ramy Youssef, Ramy                      

kennedy center honors 2019

The first honoree was Linda Ronstadt for her range of rock, folk, country and Americana.

Don Henley took the stage to describe how he and Glenn Frey got their start as backup musicians for Ronstadt before forming their own group, The Eagles. He fondly recalled Ronstadt covering the first song they wrote together, “Desperado.”
“Outwardly, she had a youthful vulnerability, but on the inside she was a powerful and determined woman who knew where she was going,” Henley said.
Carrie Underwood took the stage to perform two of Ronstadt’s biggest hits, “Blue Bayou” and “When Will I Be Loved?”
Kevin Kline shared his own memories of starring with her in “The Pirates of Penzance.”
“She had an operatic voice so pure that it brought tears to our eyes,” Kline said. “She was down to earth, self-deprecating, charming, smart, extraordinarily literate, un-diva like, one of the gang and unfailingly authentic.”
Latin Grammy winners Flor De Toloache performed next, followed by remarks from Emmylou Harris, who collaborated with Ronstadt and Dolly Parton on “Trio.”
“She had the most stunningly beautiful voice of our generation,” Harris said. “She was a fierce artist who set the bar high for the rest of us.”The Ronstadt section wrapped with Trisha Yearwood singing “You’re No Good” and a chilling duet with Aaron Neville of “I Don’t Know Much.”.
 Sally Field was the second honoree, complete with a clip package of “Gidget,” “The Flying Nun,” “Sybil,” “Smoky and the Bandit,” “Norma Rae,” “Places in the Heart,” “Steel Magnolias,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Forrest Gump” and “Lincoln.”
Steven Spielberg took the stage to describe how he didn’t initially want to cast her as Mary Todd Lincoln in “Lincoln,” but Field was persistent and proved him wrong.
“She said, ‘Steven, you’re wrong.’ I don’t hear this very often,” Spielberg said. “The next day, she calls and says, ‘I’ve never asked you for anything, but please just test me.’ [We did] and Daniel Day-Lewis was spellbound. We just couldn’t contain ourselves. What we had experienced was the reincarnation of Molly Lincoln.”
Next, Moira Tierney took the stage to recall Field playing her mother on “E.R.”
“She was a tempest with a gorgeous head of hair,” Tierney said.
Pierce Brosnan came out to share memories of “Mrs. Doubtfire.”
“Sally and I were united by the cyclone of Robin Williams,” Brosnan said. “I have fond memories of ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ [including] Robin throwing a lime at the back of my head in the infamous ‘drive-by fruiting.’ Sally, I love you and I always will.”
Next, Tom Hanks took the stage with two words, “Hi, momma.”
“Forrest could only operate at the speed of his common sense and what his mother told him, and that was Sally,” Hanks told WTOP on the red carpet.
“She’s an artist of the highest expertise on stage, television, screen and life,” he added.
Field spoke with WTOP on the red carpet about her iconic scene in “Norma Rae,” where she climbed on top of her textile factory table and held up a sign reading, “Union.” What would that sign read today?
“‘Union,'” Field said. “In all respects. All of us. We need to come together. We are the United States. There are more important things than what camp we belong to.”.
 The third honoree was the cast of “Sesame Street,” the first TV show to be honored.
“The letters of the day are ‘K’ and ‘C’ for ‘Kennedy Center,’ obviously,” star Sonia Manzano told WTOP. “‘Sesame Street’ revolutionized television, so it should be honored.”
Big Bird did not grant interviews, but strutted down the Kennedy Center lobby.
“I guess he’s not doing interviews,” Manzano said. “He’s very temperamental sometimes.”
How about Oscar the Grouch?
“He’s just as grouchy off screen as he is on screen and he happens to be my very most favorite character,” Manzano said. “He’s so nuanced and I never know if I’m talking to a 48-year-old or an 8-year-old, so it’s always interesting.”
Cookie Monster even eyed up microphones on the red carpet.
“Wow, that microphone looks delicious,” Cookie Monster said.
The cast was stunned by Sunday’s passing of Carroll Spinney, the original Big Bird.
“Carroll Spinney was the sweetest man ever born,” Manzano said.
“He really infused that character with his sweetness, and I think that’s why the bird is so popular and why he will always be with us. It’s stunning to me that he would pass on this particular day. It’s very eerie and I just found out about it a few hours ago. We’re of course heartbroken about it, but I can say he will live on through that character.”
During the ceremony, Lucy Liu was the first “Sesame Street” presenter.
“On Nov. 10, 1969, the medium that had just broadcast man’s footsteps on the moon broadcast another type of innovation,” Liu said.
“The groundbreaking series landed with a singular purpose to make kids smarter and kinder, taking us to a place where the air is clean, with characters who loved simple things in life like cookies and trash, where rubber duckies were the one and it wasn’t easy being green.”
Big Bird came into the audience looking for someone named “Thanks.” Turns out, he was looking for “T-Hanks,” as in Tom Hanks, sitting on Hanks’ lap.
Elmo and Abby appeared on stage with Cedric the Entertainer, who said “Sesame Street” taught us how to count by quoting The Count’s famous “Ah, ah, ah!”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt took the stage with Cookie Monster.
“When I was little, ‘Sesame Street’ made me laugh, sing, dance and learn,” Gordon-Levitt said. “Now I’m a dad and my kids love it so much.”
Next, country star Thomas Rhett joined Elmo, Bert, Ernie, Grover and Big Bird to sing an original song, “This is my street, Sesame Street.”It ended with the entire cast singing a goosebumps-inducing rendition of “Sing a Song.”.

After a brief intermission, the next honoree was maestro Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and a third-generation artist.
“My father worked with Orson Welles,” Thomas told WTOP.
“When I was a little boy, I used to get taken on the set of John Ford westerns. I can’t remember which ones, but they were all around Monument Valley. It was paradise for an 8-year-old.”
During the ceremony, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich took the stage to praise Thomas, who conducted a recent collaboration between Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony.
“That rock and classical overlap was the most exhilarating and creatively rewarding of my career,” Ulrich said. “He can talk about a piece from 500 AD as passionately as a hard rock anthem. He can recite that the B-flat note is 3,729 vibrations per second.”
Next came 30 years of alumni from the New World Symphony, which Thomas founded. They performed classical selections ranging from Aaron Coplan to Igor Stravinsky.
Debra Winger took the stage to describe his 1990 collaboration with Audrey Hepburn inspired by “The Diary of Anne Frank.”
“He has a contagious, childlike exuberance,” Winger said.
Pianist Yuja Wang next performed “You Come Here Often.”
Audra McDonald performed Leonard Bernstein’s “Some Other Time” from “On the Town” and “Somewhere” from “West Side Story.”
She returned to the stage to perform George Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” from “An American in Paris.”.

The fifth and final honoree was Earth, Wind & Fire.
Grammy-winning songwriter David Foster took the stage to describe penning “After the Love Is Gone,” beginning a long collaboration with the group.
John Legend wowed the audience with his rendition of “You Can’t Hide Love.”
David Copperfield shared how the band was the first to incorporate magic into live shows.
“Harriet” star Cynthia Erivo took the stage to perform “Fantasy” and “Reasons.”
Next, Ne-Yo danced the night away to “Shining Star” and “Sing a Song.”
The Jonas Brothers next came out to sing “Boogie Wonderland.”
Finally, everyone came on stage to sing and dance to “September.”
“It’s become the people’s song,” band member Philip Bailey told WTOP. “It’s known all around the world. They declared Sept. 21 ‘Earth, Wind & Fire Day’ in Los Angeles.”
The band accepted the award without the late Maurice White, who stopped performing with the group due to Parkinson’s decades ago before his death in 2016.
“You can’t play an Earth, Wind & Fire song or anything related to that without Maurice’s DNA,” Bailey said. “He was the conceptualizer, the brainchild of anything. We’re very proud to have taken on that legacy for over 30 years without him.”
He said the band always tried to keep a positive vibe to their music.
“This culminates the success of us bringing people together and making an impact on the culture,” Bailey said. “Our music and the lyrics in our song, the genres of music we collected to put together, the commerciality, the message in the music has always been positive, uplifting and it has stood the test of time. We’re very proud of that.”