Brande Victorian, Managing Editor of MadameNoire, discusses the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. R&B star Bruno Mars took home six awards including Album of the Year, upsetting frontrunners Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z.
We talk about the shortage of female nominees in most of the major categories and what can be done to change that. Victorian digs into Kesha's powerful speech and Janelle Monae's poignant message.
We also talk about the most popular memes from the night, such as Blue Ivy trying to quiet her parents down and Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar's win for Best Rap/Sung Duo.
Electronic Arts, the video game maker of “Madden NFL,” “The Sims,” and other popular titles, is being acquired and taken private for about $52.5 billion in what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private-equity firms.
Merriam-Webster has fully revised its popular “Collegiate” dictionary with over 5,000 new words. They include “petrichor,” “dumbphone” and “ghost kitchen.” Also “cold brew,” “rizz,” “dad bod,” “hard pass,” “cancel culture” and more.
YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned for violating COVID-19 and election misinformation policies that are no longer in effect.
