AWARDS
8/26/2020
by
Paul Grein
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Katy Perry speaks to media on March 11, 2020 in Racy, Australia.
Rachel Platten got the award in 2017, when she used to be coming off her rousing hit “Fight Tune.”
Katy Perry will receive the Gracies Influence Award from the Alliance for Females in Media Foundation (AWMF) on the 45th annual Gracie Awards program, which will air dwell (albeit almost) on AWMF’s Facebook page on Sept. 10.
The Gracies Influence Award is equipped to an artist who has made a particular affect on society by her music. Rachel Platten got the award in 2017, when she used to be coming off her rousing hit “Fight Tune.” Perry has recorded her piece of inspirational anthems, including “Firework,” “Enlighten” and “Upward push.”
The Gracies undercover agent exemplary programming created by, for and about females in radio, television and interactive media. Honorees are selected in nationwide, native and scholar markets.
CBS Data’ Gayle King will settle for an award for her widely praised interview with singer R. Kelly. King used to be credited for conserving her frigid when Kelly grew to become combative.
The producing crew of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly will additionally be honored.
The Lifetime movie Patsy & Loretta, which immediate of the friendship of country headliner Patsy Cline after which-budding important particular person Loretta Lynn, wins as made-for-television movie.
Other music-oriented winners encompass Michelle Williams, for her portrayal of Gwen Verdon in FX’s Fosse/Verdon; Niecy Nash, for BET’s 2019 Shaded Ladies Rock!; Trisha Yearwood for Every Lady at Christmas (ABC Data radio business); Ginger Zee for Interior Frozen II (ABC Data podcast); Alex Duda, showrunner for The Kelly Clarkson Level to (NBCUniversal); and Izzie Take Ibarra, showrunner for FOX Broadcasting’s The Masked Singer.
ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy will doubtless be honored for a March 2019 episode which raised consciousness of sexual assault survivors. Debbie Allen directed the episode, “Calm All These Years,” from a script written by Elisabeth R. Finch.
Other honorees this one year encompass Naomi Watts, Amy Poehler, Tamron Corridor, Angela Yee, Danai Gurira and Natasha Lyonne.
“There’s no doubt that this one year has been indescribable – but one part that has stayed consistent is the level of voice material that continues to be generated by and for females,” Becky Brooks, executive director, AWMF, said in a assertion.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta will pay tribute to frontline journalists who are covering the one year’s defining tales–COVID-19 and Shaded Lives Topic.
Mickey Guyton is slated to compose twice on the tournament. Guyton, a Shaded, female country singer (collected a rarity in country music) used to be nominated for imprint new female vocalist of the one year on the 2016 Academy of Country Tune Awards.
The tournament will doubtless be held on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. ET/PT at @AllWomenInMedia on Facebook and Instagram, moreover the Alliance for Females in Media’s YouTube page.
For additional files, discuss with allwomeninmedia.org and apply on Twitter (@AllWomeninMedia), (#TheGracies), Instagram (@allwomeninmedia) and Facebook.
The Gracies had been named after Gracie Allen, who teamed alongside with her husband George Burns to operate one in every of the most cherished comedy groups in TV historical past. Allen died in 1964 at age 69.
