The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that Black Panther‘s Best Song Oscar nominee “All the Stars” from Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, Anthony Triffith and SZA will not be performed at Sunday’s ceremony. Note this absolutely has nothing to do with the running time of the telecast. Since the…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. You can tell what a tight race this 91st Academy Awards is providing because it doesn’t look like anyone is throwing in the towel. Just three days after nominations were announced, advertising is ramping up in what is known as Phase 2, or the final…

Kendrick Lamar leads all nominees for the 61st annual Grammy Awards with seven, including album of the year for the Black Panther soundtrack. The album’s “All the Stars,” written by Lamar and SZA, also is among nominees for record of the year, song of the year, best rap/sung performance and best song written for…

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about tonight’s  Power Season 5 finale "One more thing I gotta do," says Joseph Sikora's betrayed Tommy Egan in tonight's Power Season 5 finale before he heads back to his old high school to shoot the almost equally betrayed feeling Omari Hardwick's James "Ghost" St. Patrick…

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes major details about tonight's fatal episode of Power. "Rest in peace, you tough bastard," declares Power's Joseph Sikora as the notoriously vicious Tommy Egan while he and Omari Hardwick's Ghost look down at the bloodied and very dead body of the Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson portrayed…

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about tonight’s episode of Power. If there was any doubt that 2018 belongs to Kendrick Lamar, the Grammy and Pulitzer-winning rapper extinguished the last embers with his appearance today in Power. As the drug-addled NYC sidewalk hustler Laces, who comes under the dark…

"Here's an artist that we respect and he wants to play in our sandbox," Power executive producer Courtney Kemp said today of Kendrick Lamar joining the Starz drama. Stressing that the Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson co-staring and EP'd series wasn't looking to toss in flashy guest stars to "grab more eyeballs," Kemp told the…

Grammy winner Kendrick Lamar is set to guest star in this week’s episode of Power, Starz announced Wednesday. No character details were revealed, but Lamar will appear opposite 50 Cent in the episode that airs Sunday, July 29 at 8 PM. In the episode titled "Happy Birthday," the St. Patricks gather to celebrate Tariq's…

UPDATE, 10:34 AM: Maybe it was the more than three and a half hour run time, maybe it was the surprise Hillary Clinton cameo and political stances than seemed to take up more airtime than the music or maybe it was the move to a January broadcast that hobbled last night’s Grammys. Regardless of the reason, somewhere…

The Grammys returned to New York to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the music industry awards after 15 years on the other coast. The crowd that jammed Madison Square Garden, along with the performers and presenters on two stages delivered an electric charge of protest that frequently had the CBS censors hitting the…

Kendrick Lamar and his video for “Humble” led the way with eight nominations today as the MTV Video Music Awards noms were announced. Katy Perry and The Weeknd landed five noms apiece for the show, which will air live August 27 from the Forum in Inglewood, CA. Like MTV’s earlier Movie & TV Awards, the network has…

2nd UPDATE, 11:46 AM: The last note has long since played, everyone is off stage at the Staples Center, winners and losers alike are recovering from the after-parties and the final numbers are in for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. And, like Kendrick Lamar, CBS did not get the big prize this year. In time-zone adjusted…