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KLove Fan Awards in Nashville TN

Presented at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville TN, Matthew West and Mandisa hosted the first ever televised KLove Fan awards.  The awards were filmed on Sunday night and aired at 8 eastern on Trinity Broadcast Networks on Thursday, May 31, 2018.

The first award handed out of the night as to Mercy Me who took group/duo of the year as well as  Song and Artist of the Year.  In addition the movie inspired by their number one song I Can Only Imagine took the award for Film/TV impact of the year. 

In addition to the awards, Matthew West performed his song, All In/ Just As I Am as special tribute to one of the greatest/well known evangelists who past away earlier this year at 99, Billy Graham. 

All the awards given out are below chosen by fans nationwide and tallied prior to the ceremony.

  1. group/duo of the year- MercyMe
  2. breakout single award- Cory Ashbury- Reckless Love
  3. Male Artist of the Year-  TobyMac
  4. Female Artist of the Year- Lauren Daigle
  5. Film/TV Impact- “I can Only Imagine”
  6. Worship Song Of The Year- Reckless Love- Cory Asbury
  7. Song of the year- Even If- MercyMe
  8. Artist of the year- MercyMe
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90th Annual Oscars RECAP

Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 90th Annual Oscars at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on Sunday March 4, 2018, and his opening monologue included last year’s best picture mix up as well as Oscar’s 90th birthday and also paid homage to the Time’s Up Movement.  Kimmel also encouraged short speeches for the winners with a jet ski to the one who has the shortest speech.

Best supporting actor was the first award presented by Viola Davis and awarded to Sam Rockwell for his first Oscar award for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri”.  So far,  the first speech was 1 minute and 29 seconds.

  1.   Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer presented the award for Hair and Make Up to “Darkest Hour”.
  2. The past best actress from 1955 for “All The Waterfront”, Eva Marie Saint presented the award for Costume Design to Mark Bridges as his second Oscar for “Phantom Thread”.
  3. Greta Gerwig and Laura Dern presented the award for Best Documentary to Bryan Fogal and Dan Cogan for the Netflix film, “Icarus”.
  4. Taraji P Henson introduced the first song up for Best Original Song, “Mighty River”, by Mary J. Blige who is the first actress to be nominated for Best Original Song and Best Supporting Actress.
  5. Kimmel read the first joke given out at the first awards ceremony in 1929, “Christopher Plummer is the youngest nominee”, coincidentally this year, Plummer is the oldest nominee.
  6. Ansel Elgort and Eiza Gonzalez gave out the award for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing both to “Dunkirk”.
  7. Kumail Nanjiani and Lupita Nyong’o presented the award for Production Design to “The Shape of Water”.
  8. Best original song nominee, “Remember Me” from Disney’s “Coco” was performed by the original cast members of the Animated film.
  9. Kimmel decided to add a trip to Lake Kabasu as an incentive for the shortest speech. Thus far, Mark Bridges (“Phantom Thread”) is ahead with 36 second speech.
  10. Rita Morena winner of the 1962 “West Side Story” presented Best Foreign Language Film to “A Fantastic Woman”, making this the first Oscar Win for Chile.
  11. Mahasula Ali who took Best Actor last year presented Best Actress in a Supporting Role to Allison Janney for “I, Tanya”.
  12.   The Cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, complete with BB 8, presented the award for Best Animated Short Film to Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant for “Dear Basketball” and best Animated Feature Film goes to “Coco”.
  13. Daniela Vega introduced the third song nominated from the film, “Call Me By Your Name”, performed by Sufjan Stevens, “Mystery of Love”.
  14. Gina Rodriguez and Tom Holland presented the award for Visual Effects to “Blade Runner 2049”.
  15. Matthew McConaughey awarded Best Film Editing to Lee Smith for “Dunkirk”.
  16.   Jimmy Kimmel also took a small break from the awards to thank the movie goers that were in the other theater across from the dolby theater and one of the fans in the theater, Mike Young introduced the next presenters.
  17. Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph presented the award for Documentary Short Subject to Frank Stiefel for “Heaven is a Traffic Jam On The 405” and the award for Best Live Action Short Film goes to Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton for “The Silent Child”.
  18. Dave Chappelle introduced the fourth best original song, by Andra Day and Common, “Stand Up For Something” from the movie, “Marshall”.
  19. Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek and Annabella Sciorra talks about movies and how this year’s films especially highlight the very essence of the “Time’s Up” Movement  and how they are making a difference for what is to come next with words of encouragement for future projects.
  20. Chadwick Boseman and Margot Robbie presented the award for best adapted screen play to James Ivory for “Call Me By Your Name”.
  21. Nicole Kidman presented the award for best original screenplay to Jordan Peele for his first Oscar win for “Get Out”.
  22. Wes Studi introduced a special tribute to the films that had a strong military story over the years, several of which were honored with a Oscar nomination over the last 90 years as it thanked our currently military veterans and soldiers.
  23. Sandra Bullock presented the award for Best Cinematography to Roger A Deakins for “Blade Runner 2049”.
  24. Zendaya introduces the final nominated song, sung by Keala Settle, “This Is Me”, from “The Greatest Showman”, which received a standing ovation for the performance.
  25.   1974 Academy Award winner, Christopher Walken presented best original score to composer Alexandre Desplat for “The Shape of Water”.
  26. Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel Miranda presented the award for best original song to Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for “Remember Me”.
  27. Jennifer Garner introduced the memorandum for those who left us last year, as Tom Petty’s song, “Top of the World” plays in the background.
  28. Emma Stone presents the award for Best Director to Guillermo Del Toro for his first Oscar win for “The Shape of Water”.
  29. Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren presented the award for Best Actor to Gary Oldman for his first Oscar for “Darkest Hour”.
  30. Jodie Foster and Jennifer Lawrence presented the award for Best Actress to Francis McDormand for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri”.
  31.   And the best picture, presented by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, is…

“The Shape Of Water.”

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.  The 90th annual Academy Awards are determined by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

And the winner of the Jet Ski goes to Mark Bridges for a 36 second speech.

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75th Annual Golden Globe RECAP

Hosted by Seth Meyers and airing live on NBC at 5 pm pacific standard time, the night proves to be full of surprises as actors and advocates came out to the 75th Annual Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton.   From the opening monologue to the special million dollar grant given by the President of the Hollywood Foreign Press, Maher Tatna, the night promised big things for all who awaited the coveted award.  Here is a summary of the awards given out and the great moments shared.

  1. The first award was for best actress in a limited series or TV movie and Nicole Kidman took the Globe for Big Little Lies.  Next Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture was awarded to Sam Rockwell for his role in Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri.
  2. Best actress in a TV series, musical or comedy goes to Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and the best actress in a TV series, drama goes to Elizabeth Moss in The Handmaid’s Tale.
  3. Best Actor for a TV series Drama goes to Sterling K Brown, for This Is Us and the best TV series Drama goes to The Handmaid’s Tale.
  4. Best supporting actor in a limited series or made for TV movie goes to Alaxander Skarsgard for Big Little Lies.
  5. Best original score goes to Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water and Best original song goes to “This is Me” from The Greatest Showman.
  6. Best actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy goes to James Franco for The Disaster Artist as he invited the inspiration for the movie, legend Tommy Wiseau in his acceptance speech.
  7. Best actress in a supporting role, TV series, limited or made for TV movie goes to Laura Dern for Big Little Lies.
  8. And the best animated feature  goes to Coco.
  9. Best supporting actress in a motion picture, drama, goes to Allison Janney for I, Tanya.
  10. And a special tribute to Kirk Douglas, who recently just celebrated his 101 birthday last month as he with his daughter in law, Catherine Zeta-Jones announce the best screenplay awarded to Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri.
  11. The Best Foreign Language Film goes to Germany/France for In The Fade.
  12. Best actor in a limited series or TV movie goes to Ewan McGregor for Fargo.
  13. Best TV series musical or comedy goes to The Marvelous Mrs Maisel and the best actor for a TV series musical or comedy goes to Aziz Ansari for Master of None.
  14. And Reese Witherspoon awarded the Cecil B. Demill award to Oprah Winfrey as the first African American woman to be given this honor.
  15. The best director goes to Guillermo Del Toro for his first win for the film The Shape of Water.
  16. The best limited series or TV movie goes to Big Little LIes.
  17. The best actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy goes to Saoirse Ronan for her role in Lady Bird and the best motion picture, musical or comedy also goes to Lady Bird.
  18. The best actor in a motion picture drama goes to Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour and the best actress in a motion picture drama goes to Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
  19. And finally, the best motion picture drama goes to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

The awards are decided before hand by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the presenters have no knowledge of the winners before that night.

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69th Emmy Recap

69th Annual Emmys hosted by Stephen Colbert at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The awards show aired live on CBS 8 pm, est. as thousands watched live and at home in anticipation of who would take that coveted award. Highlights of the night include musical skits by Stephen Colbert himself as well as multiple Emmy’s for shows including the infamous Saturday Night Live, HBO’s Big Little Lies, FX’s Atlanta and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. For the complete recap, see below…

  1. Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series goes to John Lithgow for The Crown.
  2. Outstanding Supporting Actress in a comedy Series goes to Kate McKinnon for Saturday Night Live.
  3. Outstanding Supporting actress in a limited series or movie goes to Laura Dern for Big Little Lies.
  4. Outstanding Directing in a comedy series goes to Donald Glover for Atlanta- “BAN”.
  5. Outstanding Variety sketch series goes to Saturday Night Live
  6. Outstanding Writer for drama series goes to Bruce Miller for The Handmaid’s Tale.
  7. Outstanding Supporting actor in a comedy series goes to Alec Baldwin for Saturday Night Live.
  8. Outstanding Directing for a limited series or movie goes to Jean-Marc Vallee for Big Little Lies.
  9. Outstanding Supporting Actor in a limited series or movie goes to Alexander Skarsgard for Big Little Lies.
  10. Outstanding Writing for a Variety series goes to the team from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
  11. Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama series goes to Ann Dowd for The Handmaid’s Tale.
  12. Outstanding writing for a comedy series goes to Lena Waithe and Aziz Anazari for Master of None.
  13. Outstanding reality competition program goes to The Voice.
  14. Outstanding directing for a drama series goes to Reed Morano for The Handmaid’s Tale.
  15. Outstanding Writing for a limited series or movie goes to Charlie Brooker for Black Mirror: San Junipero.
  16. Outstanding director for a variety series goes to Don Roy King for Saturday Night Live.
  17. Outstanding Variety Talk Series goes to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
  18. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy series goes to Donald Glover for Atlanta.
  19. Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy series goes to Julia Louis Dreyfus for Veep.
  20. Outstanding Comedy series goes to Veep.
  21. Outstanding Lead Actor in a limited series or movie goes to Riz Ahmed for The Night Of.
  22. Outstanding Lead Actress in a limited series or movie goes to Nicole Kidman for Big Little Lies.
  23. Outstanding TV movie goes to Black Mirror: San Junipero.
  24. Outstanding limited series goes to Big Little Lies.
  25. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series goes to Sterling K Brown for This is Us.
  26. Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series goes to Elizabeth Moss for The Handmaid’s Tale.
  27. And Emmy winner Oprah Winfrey gave out the final Emmy of the night to the Outstanding Drama series, The Handmaid’s Tale, making a total of five Emmy’s tonight.

The Emmy are hand selected by a team of The Television Academy Foundation professionals.

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Oscar Picks Now

With less then a day away from the 89th Academy Awards, people are buzzing with their top nominees for who will walk away as Best Picture.

Take a moment and cast your vote now as we are gathering last minute favorites from our followers.

And stay tuned for more exclusive coverage from the 89th Academy Awards.

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74th Annual Golden Globes RECAP

Hosted by Jimmy Fallon and airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and exclusively on NBC, the opening scene of the 74th Annual Golden Globes paid tribute to one of the best picture nominees, La La Land, with a satire skit intro, by Fallon.  The following list of awards and who took them home are below.

  1. Ryan Reynolds and Emma stone presented the first award, for best actor in a motion picture drama, awarded to Aaron Taylor-Johnson for Nocturnal Animals.
  2. The best actor in a TV series drama went to Billy Bob Thornton for his role in Goliath.
  3. Hugh Grant introduced his movie and the first nominee for best picture, Florence Foster Jenkins.
  4. Drew Barrymore and Timothy Elephant presented the Best Actress in a TV Series Musical or Comedy, won by Tracee Ellis Ross for Black-ish. and the Best TV Series Musical or Comedy went to Atlanta accepted by writer, actor and director Donald Glover.
  5. Vince Vaughn introduced the first movie nominated for Best Picture, Hacksaw Ridge.
  6. Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon presented the award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie and Sara Paulson won for her performance O.J. Simpson American Crime Story.  The People vs. O.J. Simpson also won for best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
  7. Annette Bening introduced Twentieth Century Women which is nominated for Best Picture as well.
  8. The Best Actor in a Limited Series or Made for TV Movie went  to Hugh Laurie for his role in The Night Manager.
  9. Sting and Carrie Underwood presented the award for best original score to Justin Hurwitz for La La Land as well as the best original song to “City of Stars” from La La Land.
  10. John Legend introduced the best picture musical or comedy nominated, La La Land.
  11. Michael Keaton presented Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drama to Viola Davis for her role in Fences.
  12. Kristen Bell and Cuba Gooding Jr presented the award to Olivia Coolman for best actress in a TV Limited Series or Made For TV Movie, though she wasn’t able to appear to accept the award.
  13. Dev Patel introduced his movie nominated for best picture, Lion.
  14. Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer presented the award for best actor in a motion picture comedy or musical to Ryan Gosling for his stunning performance in La La Land.
  15. Damien Chazelle won the best motion picture screenplay for his latest movie La La Land.
  16. Kristin Wigg and Steve Carell presented the best animated motion picture to Zootopia.
  17. And jimmy Fallon also introduced a touching film montage tribute for mother daughter team Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds who passed away just days before the end of 2016.
  18. Casey Afflict introduced his film nominated for best picture, Manchester by the Sea.
  19. the Best foreign language motion picture is Elle, from France.
  20. Tom Hiddleton won for best actor in a limited tv or made for tv movie.
  21. The Crown took best tv series, drama.
  22. Viola Davis awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award to Maryl Streep as she intro a video tribute to before she took the stage to accept the honor.
  23. Chris Pine introduced the next nominated best picture, drama, Hell or High Water.
  24. Damien Chazelle won best director for La La Land.
  25. Danny Glove won Best actor in a TV series comedy or musical for Atlanta.
  26. Emma Stone received the Best Actress for a motion picture, comedy or musical for La La Land.
  27. Pierce Brosnan introduced the last nominee for best picture, in a musical or comedy, Sing Street.
  28. And Brad Pitt introduced the last nominee for best picture, drama, Moonlight.
  29. And Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmaine awarded the best motion picture, musical or comedy to La La Land.
  30. The best actor in a motion picture drama goes to Casey Afflict for his role in Manchester By the Sea.
  31. Leonardo DiCaprio awarded Isabelle Huppert the best actress in a motion picture drama for the French movie, Elle.
  32. And Carl Weathers and Sylvester Stallone awarded the best motion picture, drama to Moonlight.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees for the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards.  The Golden Globes are determined by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association prior to the awards show.