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SAG Awards 2025: How and when to watch Hollywood’s most heartfelt tribute to actors

Fast Company Tech

Shgun is the most celebrated television series, also with five nominations. She will be joined by People editor at large Janine Rubenstein, EW general manager Patrick Gomez, and EW editorial director of TV and music Gerrad Hall. Who are the SAG Awards nominees this year? For movies, Wicked leads the pack with five nominations.

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How NYC entertainers and creatives are driving fire aid for Los Angeles

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The deadly Los Angeles wildfires had just begun when Comic Relief U.S.’s The six weeks since Los Angeles’ most destructive wildfires have proven no different. FireAid raised an estimated $100 million with performances from dozens of popular musical acts. It isn’t just celebrities getting involved.

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Roblox has big plans for virtual music events

The Verge

American pop star Ava Max held a “virtual fan meetup” in the game to celebrate the launch of her new album Heaven & Hell. Despite its straightforward nature, 1.156 million unique players showed up for the event, with a peak concurrent total of 166,620 people — and it’s just the start of a plan to make music an integral part of Roblox.

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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

After graduating with a BFA in drama & music from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Ellen spent ten years bringing joy to audiences nightly as one of only ten lead performers in the longest running musical revue in the world—San Francisco’s “Beach Blanket Babylon.” Want proof?

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The odds are shifting in the Oscars race: Here are the likely front-runners after last weekend’s industry awards

Fast Company Tech

The following day, the Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA) was held at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles and the Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA) was presented at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. It set the tone for a self-aware celebration.

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Highlights from the 2025 Oscars: tributes to LA’s firefighters, a 007 medley, and more

Fast Company Tech

He somehow kept the playoff music at bay. A ‘Wicked’ opening Host Conan O’Brien took a back seat at the Oscars’ opening number, ceding the floor to a Wizard of Oz themed, eight-minute musical medley led by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. Brody had a novel response to the playoff music Sunday. One second.

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Q&A with sgLEADERS: H. Beecher Hicks, III, National Museum of African American Music

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Beecher Hicks III, President & CEO of the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) in Nashville, TN. NMAAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans. Today’s Q&A is with H.

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