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From historic Emmy wins, to Beyoncé's country snub: Are award shows actually diversifying?

Author
GBH
Published
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Episode Link
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_181_38b2b65a-e39b-4d06-bfb2-c116c376b8d0&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wgbh.org%2F181%2Ffeed-rss.xml

Our pop culture experts are back! After two Emmy ceremonies just this year, could the excellence in television award show be leading the charge on Hollywood’s diversity efforts? Meanwhile, the Country Music Awards have snubbed Beyonce, who received zero nominations for her critically acclaimed and record-breaking country album, “Cowboy Carter.” Plus, Kendrick Lamar scores the Super Bowl halftime show, the shocking charges behind Sean “Diddy” Combs’s arrest and bidding farewell to three titans of entertainment: James Earl Jones, Tito Jackson and Frankie Beverly.

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