• Yann Martel, Murray Sinclair top list of those named to Order of Canada for extraordinary contributions
    Music Arts

    Yann Martel, Murray Sinclair top list of those named to Order of Canada for extraordinary contributions

    December 30, 2021 - By 

    Former senator Murray Sinclair and novelist Yann Martel are among the 135 appointees to the Order of Canada, announced Wednesday by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon.  This year’s list also includes the first Canadian woman hired as a national airline pilot, public health and equity advocates, a CBC investigative journalist and a business owner who donated thousands of meals to frontline workers during the pandemic, even as his own restaurants lost income. Considered one of Canada’s highest civilian honours, the Order of Canada is meant to recognize people who make “extraordinary contributions to the nation,” according to the Governor General of Canada website.  Martel and Sinclair were both named as companions, the highest of…

  • Full list of winners and best performances
    Photographers

    Full list of winners and best performances

    November 22, 2021 - By 

    Boy bands ruled at the 2021 American Music Awards on Sunday night. From BTS — the South Korean sensation who performed twice and won three awards, including Artist of the Year — to a Battle of Boston between classic Beantown boy bands New Edition and New Kids on the Block, it was a night of swoonworthy vocals and synchronized dance movies. It was nice to see BTS — who had been doing their awards performances virtually from South Korea during the pandemic — actually in the house at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. And they certainly made up for…

  • Oscars 2021: Full list of winners at the Academy Awards
    Music Arts

    Oscars 2021: Full list of winners at the Academy Awards

    April 26, 2021 - By 

    Nomadland won the Oscar for ideal photo on Sunday, whilst the film’s director Chloé Zhao made record as the initially lady of colour to win the Academy Award for ideal director. Frances McDormand also won the Oscar for best actress in the film, which follows a girl who leaves her little city to join a group of wanderers in the American West. “I have normally found goodness in the individuals I have fulfilled almost everywhere I went in the entire world,” Zhao stated through her finest director acceptance speech. “This is for anyone who has the religion and the braveness to maintain on to…

  • Local Arts

    A list of Las Vegas Strip closures in the wake of the coronavirus crisis

    March 17, 2020 - By 

    MGM Resorts Worldwide Briefly suspending functions at all of its qualities, which include places to eat, buffets and nightclubs, which include the adhering to exhibits: The Australian Bee Gees Tribute Demonstrate Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club Cirque du Soleil exhibits “O,” Blue Guy Team, KA, The Beatles Really like, Zumanity and Michael Jackson A single Carrot Top rated David Copperfield Fantasy Jabbawockeez Matt Goss Terry Fator Thunder From Down Beneath Match of Kings Caesars Leisure Suspending all ticketed stay enjoyment on venues corporation-large, March fifteen-31 Production/Residency Demonstrates Atomic Saloon Demonstrate at The Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian and The Palazzo…

  • Local Arts

    2020 Grammys winners list: Dave Chappelle, Dan + Shay, Lizzo, Billie Eilish take home awards

    January 27, 2020 - By 

    The 2020 Grammy Awards are underway, with early awards going to Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Vampire Weekend, Tanya Tucker and others. Alicia Keys is hosting the live ceremony from Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Lakers fans have also congregated to mourn the late Kobe Bryant. Lizzo leads the pack with eight nominations, while Eilish and Lil Nas X are both up for six awards. All three will compete for the best new artist trophy. Here is the list of winners and nominees: ALBUM OF THE YEAR: “I, I” — Bon Iver “Norman F— Rockwell!” — Lana Del…