Abba’s costumes ‘a tax write-off’

Costumes about tax not style … Pop music band Abba says the reason they wore such outrageous outfits on stage was to ensure costumes were a tax write off.
Source: News Limited

ABBA has revealed that the flares, jumpsuits and platform heels that they donned in their heyday were not to stand out but worn as a tax write-off.

In a new book, Björn Ulvaeus says that the band’s style came about in part because of Swedish tax laws that allowed the cost of costumes to be tax deductible but only if they were so outrageous that they couldn’t be worn on the street.
“In my honest opinion we looked like nuts in those years. Nobody can have been as badly dressed on stage as we were,” he writes.
The revelation comes in a new book, Abba: The Official Photo Book, published to mark 40 years since they won Eurovision with Waterloo.
In 2007 Ulvaeus was accused of failing to pay 85m kronor ($ 16m) in Swedish taxes between 1999 and 2005, but successfully appealed against the decision.
“I am of course very happy that I have been informed in writing that I have always done the right thing concerning my taxes,” he said after the court victory.


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2014 BAFTAs: The Complete Winners List!

Celebrating the top films from the past year, the 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards took place in London, England tonight (February 16).
Snagging wins in the Best Supporting Actor/Actress categories were Barkhad Abdi (“Captain Phillips”) and Jennifer Lawrence (“American Hustle”), respectively.

Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett and Chiwetel Ejiofor took home trophies for Best Actress and Best Actor. In addition, “We’re the Millers” star Will Poulter was recognized in the EE Rising star category.
The Best British Film went home to the cast and crew of “Gravity,” while “12 Years a Slave” scored the prize for Best Film.
Check out the full list of 2014 BAFTA winners below!
Best Film

WINNER 12 Years A Slave – Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen

American Hustle – Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon

Captain Phillips – Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca

Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman

Philomena – Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward
Leading Actor

Bruce Dern – Nebraska

WINNER Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

Christian Bale – American Hustle

Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Leading Actress

Amy Adams – American Hustle

WINNNER Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

Judi Dench – Philomena

Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Supporting Actor

WINNER Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips

Bradley Cooper – American Hustle

Daniel Brühl – Rush

Matt Damon – Behind the Candelabra

Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Supporting Actress

WINNER Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle

Julia Roberts – August: Osage County

Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

Oprah Winfrey – The Butler

Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Director

Steve McQueen – 12 Years A Slave

David O. Russell – American Hustle

Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
WINNER Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity

Martin Scorsese – The Wolf Of Wall Street
Adapted Screenplay
WINNER Philomena
Animated Film

Despicable Me 2 – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin

WINNER Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Monsters University – Dan Scanlon
British Short Animation

Everything I Can See From Here – Bjorn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor

I Am Tom Moody – Ainslie Henderson
WINNER Sleeping With The Fishes – James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa
Make-Up And Hair

WINNER American Hustle – Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell, Kathrine Gordon

Behind The Candelabra – Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin

The Butler – Debra Denson, Candace Neal, Robert Stevenson, Matthew Mungle

The Great Gatsby – Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
British Short Film

Island Queen – Ben Mallaby, Nat Luurtsema, Emma Hughes

Keeping Up With The Joneses – Megan Rubens, Michael Pearce, Selina Lim

Orbit Ever After – Chee-Lan Chan, Jamie Stone, Len Rowles

WINNER Room 8 – James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner

Sea View – Anna Duffield, Jane Linfoot
Original Film Music

12 Years A Slave – Hans Zimmer

The Book Thief – John Williams

Captain Phillips – Henry Jackman

WINNER Gravity – Steven Price

Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman
Cinematography

12 Years A Slave – Sean Bobbitt

Captain Phillips – Barry Ackroyd

WINNER Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki

Inside Llewyn Davis -Bruno Delbonnel

Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
Original Screenplay

WINNER American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell

Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen

Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón

Inside Llewyn Davis – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Nebraska – Bob Nelson
Costume Design

American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson

Behind The Candelabra -Ellen Mirojnick

WINNER The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin

The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor

Saving Mr. Banks – Daniel Orlandi
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

WINNER Peter Greenaway
Outstanding British Film

WINNER Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom – Justin Chadwick, Anant Singh, David M. Thompson, William Nicholson

Philomena – Stephen Frears, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Jeff Pope

Rush – Ron Howard, Andrew Eaton, Peter Morgan

Saving Mr. Banks – John Lee Hancock, Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer, Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith

The Selfish Giant – Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan
Documentary

WINNER The Act Of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer

The Armstrong Lie – Alex Gibney

Blackfish – Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Tim’s Vermeer – Teller, Penn Jillette, Farley Ziegler

We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks – Alex Gibney
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer

Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson – Good Vibrations

Kelly Marcel – Saving Mr. Banks

WINNER Kieran Evans – Kelly + Victor

Paul Wright, Polly Stokes – For Those in Peril

Scott Graham – Shell
EE Rising Star

Dane DeHaan

George MacKay

Lupita Nyong’o

WINNER Will Poulter

Léa Seydoux
Production Design

12 Years A Slave – Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker

American Hustle – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler

Behind The Candelabra – Howard Cummings, Barbara Munch-Cameron

Gravity – Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woollard
WINNER The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
Editing

12 Years A Slave – Joe Walker

Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse

Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
WINNER Rush – Dan Hanley, Mike Hill

The Wolf Of Wall Street – Thelma Schoonmaker
Sound

All Is Lost – Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur

Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
WINNER Gravity – Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro

Inside Llewyn Davis – Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, Paul Urmson

Rush – Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse
Special Visual Effects

WINNER Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds

Iron Man 3 – Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick

Pacific Rim – Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner

Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton
Film not in the English Language

The Act Of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen

Blue Is The Warmest Colour – Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
WINNER The Great Beauty – Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima

Metro Manila – Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier

Wadjda – Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul

Enjoy the pictures from the 2014 BAFTA Awards from the Royal Opera House in London (February 16).


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NAACP Image Awards Announces 2014 Nominations

Adding their picks to the awards season deluge, the 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards unveiled the official list of nominees.
Not surprisingly, “The Butler” will compete in categories including Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Supporting Actor & Actress and Writing.

Meanwhile, Kerry Washington’s “Scandal” is up for Outstanding Drama Series, and Ms. Washington herself received a nod for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock gushed, “This has been an incredible year from the artistic community, with phenomenal contributions across the board from the music, television, motion picture, and literature genres that have the power and impact to drive social change.”
The 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards will go live on Friday, February 21st.
And the nominees are:
TELEVISION
Outstanding Comedy Series

“House of Lies” (Showtime)

“Modern Family” (ABC)

“Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)

“The Game” (BET)

“The Soul Man” (TV Land)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

Andre Braugher – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (FOX)

Cedric The Entertainer – “The Soul Man” (TV Land)

Don Cheadle – “House of Lies” (Showtime)

Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA Network)

Kevin Hart – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

Aisha Tyler – “Archer” (FX Networks)

Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project” (FOX)

Niecy Nash – “The Soul Man” (TV Land)

Tasha Smith – “Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse” (OWN)

Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (BET)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Boris Kodjoe – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)

Jerry “J B Smoove” Brooks – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)

Morris Chestnut – “Nurse Jackie” (Showtime)

Nick Cannon – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” (BET)

Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Anna Deavere Smith – “Nurse Jackie” (Showtime)

Brandy Norwood – “The Game” (BET)

Nia Long – “House of Lies” (Showtime)

Rashida Jones – “Parks and Recreation” (NBC)

Sofia Vergara – “Modern Family” (ABC)
Outstanding Drama Series

“Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)

“Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

“Scandal” (ABC)

“The Good Wife” (CBS)

“Treme” (HBO)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

James Pickens, Jr. – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

LL Cool J – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS)

Michael Ealy – “Almost Human” (FOX)

Shemar Moore – “Criminal Minds” (CBS)

Wendell Pierce – “Treme” (HBO)
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC)

Khandi Alexander – “Treme” (HBO)

Nicole Beharie – “Sleepy Hollow” (FOX)

Regina King – “SouthLAnd” (TNT)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Columbus Short – “Scandal” (ABC)

Guillermo Diaz – “Scandal” (ABC)

Jeffrey Wright – “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)

Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC)

Michael Kenneth Williams – “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Archie Panjabi – “The Good Wife” (CBS)

Debbie Allen – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

Diahann Carroll – “White Collar” (USA)

Taraji P. Henson – “Person of Interest” (CBS)

Vanessa L. Williams – “666 Park Avenue” (ABC)
Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

“Being Mary Jane” (BET)

“Betty & Coretta” (Lifetime)

“CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story” (VH1)

“Luther” (BBC America)

“Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” (HBO)
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Chiwetel Ejiofor – “Dancing on the Edge” (Starz)

Danny Glover – “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest (HBO)

Idris Elba – “Luther” (BBC America)

Malik Yoba – “Betty & Coretta” (Lifetime)

Omari Hardwick – “Being Mary Jane” (BET)
Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Angela Bassett – “American Horror Story: Coven” (FX Networks)

Angela Bassett – “Betty & Coretta” (Lifetime)

Gabourey Sidibe – “American Horror Story: Coven” (FX Networks)

Gabrielle Union – “Being Mary Jane” (BET)

Keke Palmer – “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story” (VH1)
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Aaron D. Spears – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)

Kristoff St. John – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

Lawrence Saint Victor – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)

Redaric Williams – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

Tequan Richmond – “General Hospital” (ABC)
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

Angell Conwell – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

Christel Khalil – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

Karla Mosley – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)

Kristolyn Lloyd – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)

Tatyana Ali – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special)

“Justice for Trayvon” (BET)

“Mandela: Freedom’s Father” (BET)

“Oprah: Where Are They Now?” (OWN)

“The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (PBS)

“Unsung” (TV One)
Outstanding Talk Series

“Oprah’s Lifeclass” (OWN)

“Oprah’s Next Chapter” (OWN)

“Steve Harvey” (Syndicated)

“The Arsenio Hall Show” (Syndicated)

“The Queen Latifah Show” (Syndicated)
Outstanding Reality Series

“Iyanla: Fix My Life” (OWN)

“Shark Tank” (ABC)

“Sunday Best” (BET)

“The Voice” (NBC)

“Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” (OWN)
Outstanding Variety Series or Special

“12 Years A Slave: A TV One Special with Cathy Hughes” (TV One)

“Black Girls Rock!” (BET)

“Key & Peele” (Comedy Central)

“Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” (HBO)

“Oprah’s Master Class” (OWN)
Outstanding Children’s Program

“2013 HALO Awards” (Nickelodeon/TeenNick)

“A.N.T. Farm” (Disney Channel)

“Dora the Explorer” (Nickelodeon)

“Postcards: Mandela” (The Africa Channel)

“Wynton Marsalis: A YoungArts MasterClass” (HBO)
Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program – (Series or Special)

China Anne McClain – “A.N.T. Farm” (Disney Channel)

Eric I. Keyes, III – “Live Life and Win!” (Syndicated)

Fatima Ptacek – “Dora the Explorer” (Nickelodeon)

Karan Brar – “Jessie” (Disney Channel)

Zendaya – “Shake It Up” (Disney Channel)
MUSIC
Outstanding New Artist

Ariana Grande (Republic Records)

Candice Glover (19 Recordings/Interscope Records)

K. Michelle (Atlantic Records)

RaVaughn Brown (Columbia Records)

Zendaya (Hollywood Records)
Outstanding Male Artist

Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)

Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)

John Legend (Columbia Records)

Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)

Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)
Outstanding Female Artist

Beyoncé (Columbia Records)

India.Arie (Motown Records)

Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)

Ledisi (Verve Records)

Mary J Blige (Verve Records/Interscope)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

“#Beautiful” – Mariah Carey feat. Miguel (Island Def Jam)

“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)

“Fire We Make” – Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)

“Hurt You” – Toni Braxton feat. Babyface (Motown Records)

“Suit & Tie” – Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z (RCA Records)
Outstanding Jazz Album

“Summer Horns” – Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, Richard Elliot (Concord Records)

“The Beat” – Boney James (Concord Records)

“The Messenger” – Kevin Eubanks (Mack Avenue Records)

“The Morning After: A Musical Love Journey” – Najee (Shanachie)

“The Songs of Stevie Wonder” – SFJAZZ Collective (SFJAZZ Records)
Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)

“20 Year Celebration Volume 1 – Best For Last” – Donald Lawrence (Quietwater Entertainment/eOne Music)

“Azusa: The Next Generation” – Hezekiah Walker (RCA Inspiration)

“Best Days Deluxe Edition” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music)

“Good God” – Shirley Caesar (eOne Music)

“Music From the Motion Picture Black Nativity” – Various (RCA Inspiration)
Outstanding World Music Album

“Coming from a Lady” – Lady Ele (13 Black Records)

“Live At The Royal Albert Hall” – Emeli Sande (Capitol)

“Natalie Cole en Español” – Natalie Cole (Verve Records)

“Sing To The Moon” – Laura Mvula (Columbia Records)

“The Standards” – Gloria Estefan (Masterworks)
Outstanding Music Video

“Cocoa Butter” – India.Arie (Motown Records)

“Fire We Make” – Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)

“Made To Love” – John Legend (Columbia Records)

“Q.U.E.E.N.” – Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)

“Treasure” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Song

“All Of Me” – John Legend (Columbia Records)

“Blurred Lines ” – Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)

“Fire We Make” – Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)

“Q.U.E.E.N.” – Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)

“Treasure” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
Outstanding Album

“20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience” – Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)

“Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)

“Love In The Future” – John Legend (Columbia Records)

“Love, Charlie” – Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)

“The Electric Lady” – Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
LITERATURE
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

“A Deeper Love Inside: The Porscha Santiaga Story” – Sister Souljah (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)

“Anybody’s Daughter” – Pamela Samuels Young (Goldman House Publishing)

“Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery” – Walter Mosley (Doubleday)

“Never Say Never: A Novel” – Victoria Christopher Murray (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)

“Who Asked You?” – Terry McMillan (Viking)
Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction

“Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations: 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World” – Retha Powers (Little, Brown and Company)

“Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery” – Deborah Willis, Barbara Krauthamer (Temple University Press)

“High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society” – Carl Hart (HarperCollins, Harper)

“Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones” – Hill Harper (Gotham Books)

“The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” – Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Donald Yacovone (SmileyBooks)
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

“Better Than Good Hair – The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy Gorgeous Natural Hair!” – Nikki Walton with Ernessa T. Carter (Harper Collins- Amistad)

“Ghana Must Go” – Taiye Selasi (The Penguin Press)

“Nine Years Under” – Sheri Booker (Gotham Books)

“On The Come Up” – Hannah Weyer (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)

“The Returned” – Jason Mott (Harlequin MIRA)
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/ Auto-Biography

“Buck: A Memoir” – MK Asante (Spiegel & Grau)

“Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington” – Terry Teachout (Gotham Books)

“Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker” – Stanley Crouch (HarperCollins, Harper)

“Mom & Me & Mom” – Maya Angelou (Random House)

“The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” – Jeanne Theoharis (Beacon Press)
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

“Do I Look Like An ATM? A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African American Children” – Sabrina Lamb (Chicago Review Press)

“Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don’t Have It)” – Sherri Shepherd with Billie Fitzpatrick (HarperCollins, It Books)

“Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education” – Donna Y. Ford, Ph.D. (Prufrock Press Inc.)

“The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs” – Kevin D. Johnson (Johnson Media Inc.)

“The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life” – Robin Quivers (Avery)
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

“Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid” – Nikki Giovanni (HarperCollins, William Morrow)

“Hum” – Jamaal May (Alice James Books)

“The Cineaste: Poems” – A. Van Jordan (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)

“The Collected Poems of Ai” – Ai (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)

“Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers” – Frank X Walker (University of Georgia Press)
Outstanding Literary Work – Children

“I’m A Pretty Little Black Girl!” – Betty K. Bynum (Author), Claire Armstrong-Parod (Illustrator) (Dream Title Publishing)

“Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me” – Daniel Beaty (Author), Bryan Collier (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

“Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song” – Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

“Nelson Mandela” – Kadir Nelson (HarperCollins Children’s Books/Katherine Tegen Books)

“You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!” – Jonah Winter (Author), Terry Widener (Illustrator) (RH Childrens Books; Schwartz & Wade)
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

“Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black Paratroopers” – Tanya Lee

Stone (Candlewick Press)

“God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens” – Romal Tune (Judson Press)

“Invasion” – Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic Press/Scholastic)

“Raising the Bar” – Gabrielle Douglas (Zondervan)

“Serafina’s Promise: A Novel In Verse” – Ann E. Burg (Scholastic Press/Scholastic)
MOTION PICTURE
Outstanding Motion Picture

“12 Years A Slave” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)

“Fruitvale Station” (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, OG Project)

“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)

“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” (The Weinstein Company/Distant Horizon, Origin Pictures, Pathé, Videovision Entertainment)

“The Best Man Holiday” (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Chadwick Boseman – “42″ (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)

Chiwetel Ejiofor – “12 Years A Slave” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Forest Whitaker – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)

Idris Elba – “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom” (The Weinstein Company/Distant Horizon, Origin Pictures, Pathé, Videovision Entertainment)

Michael B. Jordan – “Fruitvale Station” (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, OG Project)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Angela Bassett – “Black Nativity” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/Mavin Pictures/Wonderful Films)

Halle Berry – “The Call” (TriStar Pictures)

Jennifer Hudson – “Winnie Mandela” (Ma-Afrika Films (PTY) LTD and Equinoxe Films Inc.)

Kerry Washington – “Tyler Perry Presents Peeples” (Lionsgate)

Nicole Beharie – “42″ (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Cuba Gooding Jr. – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)

David Oyelowo – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)

Morris Chestnut – “The Best Man Holiday” (Universal Pictures)

Terrence Howard – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)

Terrence Howard – “The Best Man Holiday” (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Alfre Woodard – “12 Years A Slave” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Lupita Nyong’o – “12 Years A Slave ” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Naomie Harris – “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” (The Weinstein Company/Distant Horizon, Origin Pictures, Pathé, Videovision Entertainment)

Octavia Spencer – “Fruitvale Station” (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, OG Project)

Oprah Winfrey – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

“Blue Caprice” (Sundance Selects)

“Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)

“Fruitvale Station” (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, OG Project)

“The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete” (Codeblack Films/Lionsgate/iDeal Partners/State Street)

“The Trials of Muhammad Ali” (Kartemquin Films)
Outstanding International Motion Picture

“Call Me Kuchu” (Lindy Hop Pictures LLC)

“High Tech, Low Life” (Argot Pictures)

“La Playa D.C.” (Burning Blue)

“Lion Ark” (ADI Films)

“War Witch” (Item 7)
Outstanding Documentary – (Theatrical)

“20 Feet from Stardom” (Tremolo & Gil Friesen Productions)

“Call Me Kuchu” (Lindy Hop Pictures LLC)

“Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” (Codeblack Films/Lionsgate)

“Girl Rising” (The Documentary Group)

“The New Black” (Promised Land Film)
Outstanding Documentary – (Television)

“Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream” (HBO)

“Dark Girls” (OWN)

“Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic ” (Showtime)

“Venus Vs.” (ESPN)

“Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley” (HBO)
WRITING
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Erica Montolfo-Bura – “The Game” – In Treatment (BET)

Karin Gist – “House of Lies” – Sincerity is an Easy Disguise in This Business (Showtime)

Mara Brock Akil – “The Game” – The Blueprint I & II (BET)

Ralph Farquhar, Chris Spencer – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – Rock, Paper, Stealers (BET)

Vincent Brown – “A.N.T. Farm” – influANTces (Disney Channel)
Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

Aaron Rahsaan Thomas – “SouthLAnd” – Babel (TNT)

Chitra Elizabeth Sampath, Damian Kindler – “Sleepy Hollow” – Sanctuary (FOX)

Janine Sherman Barrois – “Criminal Minds” – Strange Fruit (CBS)

Karin Gist – “Revenge” – Mercy (ABC)

Sara Hess – “Orange is the New Black” – Blood Donut (Netflix)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Theatrical or Television)

Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón – “Gravity” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Brian Helgeland – “42″ (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)

Danny Strong – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)

John Ridley – “12 Years A Slave” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Ryan Coogler – “Fruitvale Station” (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, OG Project)
DIRECTING
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

Anton Cropper – “House of Lies” – Sincerity Is an Easy Disguise in This Business (Showtime)

Eric Dean Seaton – “Mighty Med” – Saving The People Who Save People (Disney XD)

Millicent Shelton – “The Hustle” – Rule 4080 (FUSE)

Paris Barclay – “Glee” – Diva (FOX)

Stan Lathan – “Real Husbands of Hollywood” – Rock, Paper, Stealers (BET)
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

Carl Franklin – “House of Cards” – Chapter 11 (Netflix)

Ernest Dickerson – “Treme” – Dippermouth Blues (HBO)

Millicent Shelton – “The Fosters” – Clean (ABC Family)

Regina King – “SouthLAnd” – Off Duty (TNT)

Rob Hardy – “Criminal Minds” – Carbon Copy (CBS)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture – (Theatrical or Television)

Jono Oliver – “Home” (The Home Film Group)

Justin Chadwick – “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” (The Weinstein Company/Distant Horizon, Origin Pictures, Pathé, Videovision Entertainment)

Lee Daniels – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)

Malcolm D. Lee – “The Best Man Holiday” (Universal Pictures)

Steve McQueen – “12 Years A Slave” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)


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Five superstar singers coming to play

Singer Justin Timberlake is set the announce dates for an Australian tour in the next 30 days.
Source: AP

SPECULATION is rife that superstars Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Robbie Williams, Katy Perry and Justin Timberlake are set to announce Australian tours after a ticket agency teaser campaign.

Ticket agency Ticketek put a teaser campaign about “five mega announcements” — with silhouettes of the performing giants — on its Facebook page late yesterday.
Ticketek’s Facebook post said: “Countdown to the hottest performers — 5 mega announcements in 30 days.”

Robbie Williams will perform in Sydney at the Today Show. Picture: Matt Kent/Getty
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However, clever punters wasted no time tracking down shots to fill silhouettes used in Ticketek’s campaign, with the mystery apparently solved.
Ticketek removed the teaser campaign overnight.
Robbie Williams will perform an exclusive show for the Today Show in Sydney on February 20. “I’m itching to get to Australia,” he said. “I want to feel the love.” Williams, promoting a swing album, is expected to use his visit to make a tour announcement
Justin Timberlake has been plotting a visit for a while. His website has promised Down Under dates since last May.

Justin Timberlake will be heading down under.
Source: Getty Images

Kanye West will be coming our way this year. Picture: Nousha Salimi/AP
Source: AP

Last year, Timberlake did a dual-headlining run through the US with rap mogul, Jay Z.
Kanye West toured Australia two years ago with the Big Day Out. He has also visited as support act for U2.
Lady Gaga’s tour, called ArtRave, travels through the US from May to July, and goes to Europe in September.
When Gaga played two ArtRave shows last year, it featured a “flying dress” called the Volantis.
Katy Perry’s world tour, Prismatic, will get to Australia at the end of the year. Perry is a regular visitor to these shores.
Twerk queen Miley Cyrus is also expected to announce a visit later this year.
Live Nation is believed to be promoting the “five mega” tours.

Singer Katy Perry will be back here again. Picture: Kevork Djansezian/Getty
Source: Getty Images

Singer Lady Gaga performs in opening concert of her Australian tour last year.
Source: News Limited

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Simon's baby son has been named Eric after his late father,

Simon's  baby son has been named Eric after his late father, it has been revealed.
Simon's friend Piers Morgan broke news of the name choice on his Twitter account soon after the child was born.
The Tweet included a photo of a young Simon with his dad.
He said: "A young Simon Cowell with his father Eric, who he adored - lovely tribute to name his son after him."

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