CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media

Maria Taylor makes history as first Black woman to present Lombardi Trophy NBC Sports host Maria Taylor made history on Sunday as the first Black woman to host a Super Bowl Pregame Show, as well as the first to present the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the champions.

NBC Sports host Maria Taylor made history on Sunday as the first Black woman to host a Super Bowl Pregame Show, as well as the first to present the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the champions.

Diaspora roundup: Offbeat gay romance 'Pillion' dominates, 'The Muppet Show' returns, and Bad Bunny's defiant Super Bowl show thisisdiaspora.substack.com @dinoray.bsky.social

Comfort will be the end of our democracy and our rights. Freedom is fragile!

Jeff Bezos’s Destruction of "The Washington Post" Is a Disgraceful Plutocratic Crime It turns out that democracy doesn’t die in darkness at all—it succumbs to repeated group muggings at the hands of the moneyed power elite.

Under Jeff Bezos, the Washington Post opinion pages have become a mess of glorified Cato Institute press releases and “editorial board fantasias on the heroic leadership of Trump that read like they’d be a stretch for Pravda to pull off.” @thenation.com thenationmagazine.substack.com/p/jeff-bezos...

YouTube video by Sheree Curry GEORGIA FORT ON RACHEL MADDOW'S SHOW

An absolute must-listen: Journalist Georgia Fort, arrested for doing her job informing the public, offers a wake-up call re your / our future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nj5...

Photo shows Audrey Nuna, EJAE, and Rei Ami arrive at the Grammys. Text: Grammys: 'Golden wins the first Grammy for K-pop. The song from "KPop Demon Hunters" won best song written for visual media.

“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” won best song written for visual media at the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony, marking the first time a K-pop act has won a Grammy.

More from the Grammy Awards: bit.ly/45F0dk2

Trump Threatens To Sue Trevor Noah Over Epstein Island Joke And Blasts The Grammys Sunday night’s Grammy Awards ceremony saw several artists speak out against Trump’s immigration crackdown, while host Trevor Noah mocked the president in his monologues.

Sunday night’s Grammy Awards ceremony saw several artists speak out against Trump’s immigration crackdown, while host Trevor Noah mocked the president in his monologues.

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Ella Fitzgerald was the first woman to ever win a Grammy Award. Over the course of her career she won 12 Grammy awards, plus one lifetime achievement award plus six of her songs were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Bad Bunny says 'ICE out' during Grammy awards acceptance speech "We're not aliens," he said on stage after being honored for his album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos."

Bad Bunny says 'ICE out' during Grammy awards acceptance speech reut.rs/3Zwy9Mh

Charli XCX’s The Moment Review: The Pop Music Satire This Era Deserves The singer gamely plays herself in an A24 reality-dramedy satirizing the enshittification of the modern pop star.

Charli XCX’s "The Moment" is the surprising music biz satire this era deserves, says Anna Gaca / Pitchfork pitchfork.com/thepitch/the... via @pitchfork.com

The Melania Trump Documentary Is a Disgrace The exorbitant film captures the rotten state of the entertainment industry.

Sophie Gilbert / The Atlantic: Throughout the new documentary “Melania,” the camera seems desperate to find action. It's still revealing, though. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026... @sophiegilbert.bsky.social / @theatlantic.com

Melania Is Too Stupid and Shallow to Be Effective Propaganda: Review Brett Ratner directs a flat and lifeless portrait of the First Lady and her "creative vision" for the country.

Liz Shannon Miller: "Melania: Twenty Days to History" is too stupid and shallow to be effective propaganda... consequence.net/2026/01/mela... via @lizshannonmiller.com / Collider

Amazon Spends $35M To Promote 'Melania' mediapost.com/publications... - via Tanya Gazdik / MediaPost

NABJ OUTRAGED AT ARRESTS OF DON LEMON, GEORGIA FORT ‘THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT OPTIONAL’ The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is outraged and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and […]

We are OUTRAGED and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and by the government’s escalating effort to criminalize and threaten press freedom under the guise of law enforcement.

The First Amendment is not optional and journalism is not a crime.

YouTube video by Scripps News Don Lemon says DOJ will try to charge him, addresses Nicki Minaj feud

Don Lemon confidently predicted his indictment by Don Orange just last week in this Scripps News talk with his former CNN cohost Alisyn Camerota (follow / watch @scrippsnews.bsky.social for serious, fact-filled journalism).

Wuthering Heights Might Have Gone Mad With Influencers and People Are Noticing This is the first time I've noticed people bringing up how many influencers went to an event

Was surprised how many people noticed the abundance of influencers WB invited to the WUTHERING HEIGHTS premiere. I used that to talk about influencers as celebrities, their lack of transparency on the pay for play model, and trying to be "honest" in their reviews.

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Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is looking for the best new voices in cultural criticism.

Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!

First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...

Applications are open for the 2026 Indigenous Journalism Fellowship! Fellows and mentors are invited to apply for this opportunity supporting Indigenous journalists, mentorship, and professional growth. Deadline: Feb. 13, 2026. https://tinyurl.com/2aamtz9x #IndigenousJournalism #IJA

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Apply to Become a Report for America Journalist!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Apply to Become a Report for America Journalist!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Apply to Become a Report for America Journalist! Info Session tonight, Wed Jan 28, 2026 5pm - 6pm (MST) Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hT67WhyVQuy_RklIByr1IQ#/registration

Sat down with Jesse Plemons, the star of #Bugonia, for this week’s Variety Extra Edition as Oscar nomination voting begins. 🎥

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Society of LGBTQ Critics reveals 2026 Dorian Film Award nominations – full list of nominees GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, the second largest entertainment journalists organization in the world, today announced the group’s 2026 Dorian Film Award nominations. Paul Thom…

Society of LGBTQ Critics reveals 2026 Dorian Film Award nominations – full list of nominees @dorianawards.bsky.social #DorianAwards #DorianFilmAwards thequeerreview.com/2026/01/14/g...

‘Sinners,’ ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Lead NAACP Image Awards Nominations Nominees for the 2026 NAACP Image Awards have been announced, with Sinners leading in overall nominations with a total of 18, including outstanding motion picture, supporting actor nominations for Delroy Lindo and Miles Caton, supporting actress nominations for Jayme Lawson and Wunmi Mosaku and an outstanding actor nod for Michael B. Jordan.

‘Sinners,’ ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Lead NAACP Image Awards Nominations

I’m incredibly proud to share that I’ve been nominated for four NAACP Image Awards. Thank you to everyone who continues to support me, and to the @naacp for this honor 🙏🏾

I promise to keep bringing you the facts: clear, direct, and always with integrity 🤝🏾🔥

Bugonia movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert It’s telling that a film about aliens judging the rottenness of our species comes from a Greek filmmaker using America as a setting.

As BUGONIA expands into more theaters, don’t miss the review from @812filmreviews, where he writes that it’s “an enraged picture” and praises the “deliberate” structuring to reveal the full scope of that anger.

Emma Stone & Jesse Plemons Duel for Humanity's Fate in the Thrilling 'Bugonia' The director of 'Poor Things' is back with a sci-fi conspiracy thriller that's bound to start some arguments in the movie theater parking lot.

i love Bugonia, a fascinating companion piece to Eddington and not as nihilistic as an initial reading suggests (not mentioned in my review: it’s also in the “weird little freaks eating spaghetti” canon)

All You're Gonna Be Is Mean Yorgos Lanthimos' newest finds him settling into a familiar (and successful) lane

my spoiler-free review of Bugonia, opening tomorrow, now up. i think it's one of the best American films of the year, and i wonder if Lanthimos will ever make something like it again open.substack.com/pub/capybaro...

Okay Emma Stone: You & Yorgos Lanthimos Can Keep Making Movies Together The Sci-Fi Black Comedy 'Bugonia' Co-Stars Jesse Plemons

Hey you buncha weirdos here's my review of BUGONIA from one Mr. Yorgos Lanthimos

This is not your grandmother's 'Hedda' Tessa Thompson schemes, manipulates and awes in Nia DaCosta's dazzling adaptation of Hedda Gabler.

Tessa Thompson schemes, manipulates and awes in Nia DaCosta's dazzling adaptation of Hedda Gabler.

It's be fun when Trump demands WSJ twists their arm enough to become the DJTJ . . . can also see Fox and Trump and Friends . . . TrumpMax . . . Trump Echo Times . . . Trump Post . . . etc.