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Beyoncé Wins Best Music Film For ‘Homecoming’
BEYONCE HOMECOMING
Michelle Obama Wins A Grammy, A Third For The Household
Beyoncé has won the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Music Film for her Netflix documen- tary HOMECOMING: A Film by Beyoncé. The film, which captures her iconic 2018 Coachella performance, beat out the Miles Davis film Birth of the Cool, the David Crosby documentary Re-
member My Name, the Rick Rubin documentary series Shangri-La, and Thom Yorke’s ANIMA.
Check out Pitchfork’s fea- ture “Why Beyoncé’s Coachella Performance Was One for the Ages,” as well as the Best New Music review of HOMECOM- ING: THE LIVE ALBUM.
Obama's win for best spo-
Nipsey Hussle Wins Posthumous
Former first lady Michelle Obama has snagged her first Grammy win for the audio- book version of her best-selling memoir "Becoming." It's the third Grammy win for the Obama household.
Obama's husband won for the audiobook recordings of his memoirs "Dreams of My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope" in 2006 and 2008.
MICHELLE OBAMA
inees John Waters and the Beastie Boys, among others. She did not attend the cere- monies.
The text version of "Becom- ing" has sold millions of copies, and had the longest streak at No. 1 on Amazon for any book since "Fifty Shades of Grey" in 2012. The memoir traces Michelle Obama's Chicago roots to her time in the White House.
ken word album beat out nom-
Grammy Award For Best Rap Performance
Nispey Hussle won a posthumous award at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday. “Racks in the Middle” took home best rap perform- ance to rousing applause at the pre-telecast ceremony. Sharing in the award were Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy. It is the rapper’s first-ever Grammy Award.
The honor was accepted by his family including his grand- mother who thanked those in attendance for “showing all the love” for her grandson “that I have felt for him all of his life and will always live in my heart, so thank you.”
Nipsey’s brother spoke of feeling the loss at the Gram-
NIPSEY HUSSLE’S FAMILY
mys last year, and the conver- sation they had that it was “God’s plan” for someone else
to win, and it was God’s plan for him to be back one year later.
‘Equalizer’ Reboot Starring Queen Latifah Ordered To Pilot At CBS
The “Equalizer” reboot in the works at CBS is taking the next big step.
CBS has officially ordered the project, which has Queen Latifah attached to star, to pilot.
The prospective show is de- scribed as a reimagining of the classic series in which Queen Latifah portrays an enigmatic figure who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.
“The Equalizer” originally
QUEEN LATIFAH
aired on CBS for four seasons between 1985 and 1989. Ed- ward Woodward starred as Robert McCall in the show
which was co-created by Richard Lindheim and Michael Sloan. It was then adapted into two feature films starring Denzel Washing- ton in the title role, with the first debuting in 2014 and the second in 2018.
Andrew Marlowe and Terri Miller will serve as writers, executive producers, and showrunners on the new series. Queen Latifah will also serve as an executive pro- ducer in addition to starring.
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