The 23rd BET Awards were given out on Sunday evening, in a five hour-plus (!) ceremony held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
This year’s host-less BET Awards had a lot going on, including a star-studded celebration of 50 years of hip hop (featuring musical medleys curated by DJ and producer Kid Capri); a tribute to the late Tina Turner, led by the legendary (if teleprompter-challenged) Patti Labelle; the recognition of Busta Rhymes with the Lifetime Achievement Award; and performances by nominees Coco Jones, Ice Spice, GloRilla and Latto, plus Doechii, Lil Uzi Vert and Mad Lion.
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This year’s host-less BET Awards had a lot going on, including a star-studded celebration of 50 years of hip hop (featuring musical medleys curated by DJ and producer Kid Capri); a tribute to the late Tina Turner, led by the legendary (if teleprompter-challenged) Patti Labelle; the recognition of Busta Rhymes with the Lifetime Achievement Award; and performances by nominees Coco Jones, Ice Spice, GloRilla and Latto, plus Doechii, Lil Uzi Vert and Mad Lion.
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- 6/25/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Culture’s Biggest Night returns to Los Angeles. The 2023 BET Awards take place on Sunday, June 25, at the Microsoft Theater and “celebrates 50 years of hip-hop and honors music artists, actors, athletes and more for their work, achievements and cultural impact.”
The 23rd annual ceremony will honor Busta Rhymes with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the award-winning Mc, producer, songwriter and actor will be celebrated with a tribute featuring performances by Bia, Coi Leray, Cutty Ranks, Dexta Daps, M.O.P., Rah Digga, ScarLip, Spice, Supercat, Swizz Beatz and others.
“For five decades, hip-hop has not only influenced American culture but has become a global phenomenon and one of the most influential musical genres of our lifetime,” BET evp of specials, music programming and music strategy Connie Orlando said in an April statement. “From music to fashion, art, and entertainment, we are honored to have always provided a platform for hip-hop to thrive.
The 23rd annual ceremony will honor Busta Rhymes with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the award-winning Mc, producer, songwriter and actor will be celebrated with a tribute featuring performances by Bia, Coi Leray, Cutty Ranks, Dexta Daps, M.O.P., Rah Digga, ScarLip, Spice, Supercat, Swizz Beatz and others.
“For five decades, hip-hop has not only influenced American culture but has become a global phenomenon and one of the most influential musical genres of our lifetime,” BET evp of specials, music programming and music strategy Connie Orlando said in an April statement. “From music to fashion, art, and entertainment, we are honored to have always provided a platform for hip-hop to thrive.
- 6/23/2023
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Drake’s unstoppable run in music is continuing at the 2023 BET Awards: He’s the top contender with seven nominations.
The multi-platinum rapper will compete for best male hip-hop artist and best male R&b/pop artist, while “Wait for U” — his song with Future and Tems — is up for best collaboration and the viewer’s choice award. Drake shares three nominations with 21 Savage: album of the year for their collaborative release Her Loss, best group and viewer’s choice for the No. 1 hit “Jimmy Cooks.”
The BET Awards will air live from Los Angeles on June 25.
Breakthrough rapper GloRilla — who scored her first Grammy nomination this year — is behind Drake with six nominations. She will compete for best female hip-hop artist, best new artist, album of the year with her EP Anyways, Life’s Great and video of the year for “Tomorrow 2” with Cardi B. She’s a double...
The multi-platinum rapper will compete for best male hip-hop artist and best male R&b/pop artist, while “Wait for U” — his song with Future and Tems — is up for best collaboration and the viewer’s choice award. Drake shares three nominations with 21 Savage: album of the year for their collaborative release Her Loss, best group and viewer’s choice for the No. 1 hit “Jimmy Cooks.”
The BET Awards will air live from Los Angeles on June 25.
Breakthrough rapper GloRilla — who scored her first Grammy nomination this year — is behind Drake with six nominations. She will compete for best female hip-hop artist, best new artist, album of the year with her EP Anyways, Life’s Great and video of the year for “Tomorrow 2” with Cardi B. She’s a double...
- 6/8/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In terms of the sheer number of entertainment options, there’s never been a better time to be a kid. But it’s also never been more work.
The average 8-year-old in 2013 could turn on one of a few TV channels and park there for an hour or two, and maybe watch a few movies or shows on Netflix or Hulu (in the not-very-likely event their families had an account). YouTube was for teenagers and adults.
A decade later, an 8-year-old can choose from hundreds of titles across a host of streaming platforms and thousands of YouTube channels — as well as an age-protected YouTube Kids app — to say nothing of TikTok and other social media. The shift to streaming is even more pronounced among kids and teenagers than it is in adults: Where a popular network or cable show can still draw maybe half a million adults ages 18-34, no...
The average 8-year-old in 2013 could turn on one of a few TV channels and park there for an hour or two, and maybe watch a few movies or shows on Netflix or Hulu (in the not-very-likely event their families had an account). YouTube was for teenagers and adults.
A decade later, an 8-year-old can choose from hundreds of titles across a host of streaming platforms and thousands of YouTube channels — as well as an age-protected YouTube Kids app — to say nothing of TikTok and other social media. The shift to streaming is even more pronounced among kids and teenagers than it is in adults: Where a popular network or cable show can still draw maybe half a million adults ages 18-34, no...
- 6/8/2023
- by Edited by Julian Sancton
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The video that changed Alaya High’s life is, by production standards, rather elementary.
Shot on a phone, handheld at a slightly off-kilter angle, it shows the tiny 11-year-old girl as she sits in the passenger seat of her father’s car. It looks, in fact, like the sort of video every parent has taken in the spur of the moment. Footage fired off to a spouse or a grandparent, meant for a space no more public than a group chat, destined for an emoji reaction or, if the recipient is feeling generous or a little bored, a follow-up question. The content, though, is pretty extraordinary.
THR Issue 18 Kids Power!
Lay Lay, as she calls herself, is rapping with the talent and tenacity of someone twice her age. A speck of a thing, she’s checking herself out in the car’s visor mirror (“Hold on, Daddy, lemme make sure...
Shot on a phone, handheld at a slightly off-kilter angle, it shows the tiny 11-year-old girl as she sits in the passenger seat of her father’s car. It looks, in fact, like the sort of video every parent has taken in the spur of the moment. Footage fired off to a spouse or a grandparent, meant for a space no more public than a group chat, destined for an emoji reaction or, if the recipient is feeling generous or a little bored, a follow-up question. The content, though, is pretty extraordinary.
THR Issue 18 Kids Power!
Lay Lay, as she calls herself, is rapping with the talent and tenacity of someone twice her age. A speck of a thing, she’s checking herself out in the car’s visor mirror (“Hold on, Daddy, lemme make sure...
- 6/7/2023
- by Seija Rankin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It was green slime galore at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards which was hosted by Nate Burleson and Charli D’Amelio. Kids and adults celebrated the best of pop culture at L.A. Live’s Microsoft Theater for the annual event where the winners receive an orange blimp.
Related: Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards Complete Winners List
Some of the stars that were seen walking on the orange carpet included Nickelodeon veteran Miranda Cosgrove, Bebe Rexha, Halle Bailey, Heidi Klum, Kelly Rowland, That Girl Lay Lay, Case Walker, Landon Barker, Luke Islam, Pierson Wodzynski, Lilly Singh, and even Tariq, known as “Corn Kid.” Scroll through the photo gallery below to see the looks of the orange carpet.
During the slimy night, Adam Sandler received a special Silver Blimp and was named the King of Comedy. The comedian actor came on stage in a throne and was then slimed with the gooey...
Related: Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards Complete Winners List
Some of the stars that were seen walking on the orange carpet included Nickelodeon veteran Miranda Cosgrove, Bebe Rexha, Halle Bailey, Heidi Klum, Kelly Rowland, That Girl Lay Lay, Case Walker, Landon Barker, Luke Islam, Pierson Wodzynski, Lilly Singh, and even Tariq, known as “Corn Kid.” Scroll through the photo gallery below to see the looks of the orange carpet.
During the slimy night, Adam Sandler received a special Silver Blimp and was named the King of Comedy. The comedian actor came on stage in a throne and was then slimed with the gooey...
- 3/5/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
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Who will be slimed this year? Viewers will find out at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards this Saturday. Airing live from the Microsoft Theater for the first time, the 34th annual show will be co-hosted by CBS This Morning sports analyst Nate Burleson and Dancing with the Stars winner and social media star Charli D’Amelio.
Adam Sandler will be given the King of Comedy Award, and the ceremony will feature appearances by Awkwafina, Melissa McCarthy, Halle Bailey, Pete Davidson, Seth Rogen, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Pine, Bella Poarch, Michael Le, That Girl Lay Lay and more. Grammy-nominated artist Bebe Rexha will perform her single, “I’m Good.”
Up for favorite movie actress are Elizabeth Olsen, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Millie Bobbie Brown, Natalie Portman and Sarah Jessica Parker...
Who will be slimed this year? Viewers will find out at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards this Saturday. Airing live from the Microsoft Theater for the first time, the 34th annual show will be co-hosted by CBS This Morning sports analyst Nate Burleson and Dancing with the Stars winner and social media star Charli D’Amelio.
Adam Sandler will be given the King of Comedy Award, and the ceremony will feature appearances by Awkwafina, Melissa McCarthy, Halle Bailey, Pete Davidson, Seth Rogen, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Pine, Bella Poarch, Michael Le, That Girl Lay Lay and more. Grammy-nominated artist Bebe Rexha will perform her single, “I’m Good.”
Up for favorite movie actress are Elizabeth Olsen, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Millie Bobbie Brown, Natalie Portman and Sarah Jessica Parker...
- 3/3/2023
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Keke Palmer, Drew Barrymore, Tinashe and more stars are set to appear during Nickelodeon’s upcoming holiday special, “The Great Nickmas Tree Sliming… Hosted by That Girl Lay Lay,” which will air on the youth-oriented network on Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. Et/Pt, TheWrap can exclusively reveal.
Hosted by Alaya High of Nick’s “That Girl Lay Lay” series (now in its second season), the special is set to feature “slime, surprises, singing, dancing, special celebrity appearances and musical performances, culminating in the grand finale — an epic Christmas Tree Sliming.”
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Per the show’s logline: “In ‘The Great Nickmas Tree Sliming… Hosted by That Girl Lay Lay,’ Lay Lay accidentally zaps Santa’s sleigh out of the sky. The show must go on! If Santa can’t deliver presents, Christmas will be cancelled unless Lay Lay, her celebrity...
Hosted by Alaya High of Nick’s “That Girl Lay Lay” series (now in its second season), the special is set to feature “slime, surprises, singing, dancing, special celebrity appearances and musical performances, culminating in the grand finale — an epic Christmas Tree Sliming.”
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Per the show’s logline: “In ‘The Great Nickmas Tree Sliming… Hosted by That Girl Lay Lay,’ Lay Lay accidentally zaps Santa’s sleigh out of the sky. The show must go on! If Santa can’t deliver presents, Christmas will be cancelled unless Lay Lay, her celebrity...
- 11/22/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Teen hip-hop star Alaya High, otherwise known as Lay Lay, is to front a live-action comedy series for Nickelodeon – a series that leads the kids’ networks latest original programming slate.
That Girl Lay Lay is joined by a series order for Warped!, a new live-action buddy comedy series from Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert, the EPs/showrunners of Nickelodeon’s All That and two animated series Zj Sparkleton and The Hamster Show.
That Girl Lay Lay was created by David A. Arnold, a writer-producer on Netflix’s Fuller House and follows Lay Lay, an avatar from a personal affirmation app that magically comes to life, and her best friend Sadie as they navigate life as teenagers and discover who they truly are.
The 13-part series is produced by Will Packer and his production company Will Packer Media with production set to begin this spring for a summer premiere.
It marks the...
That Girl Lay Lay is joined by a series order for Warped!, a new live-action buddy comedy series from Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert, the EPs/showrunners of Nickelodeon’s All That and two animated series Zj Sparkleton and The Hamster Show.
That Girl Lay Lay was created by David A. Arnold, a writer-producer on Netflix’s Fuller House and follows Lay Lay, an avatar from a personal affirmation app that magically comes to life, and her best friend Sadie as they navigate life as teenagers and discover who they truly are.
The 13-part series is produced by Will Packer and his production company Will Packer Media with production set to begin this spring for a summer premiere.
It marks the...
- 3/18/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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