Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce earn Webby Award nominations, together with Sydney Sweeney, Ryan Gosling
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift and her Tremendous Bowl-winning boyfriend Travis Kelce, together with Sydney Sweeney,Ryan Gosling and Timothee Chalamet, are among the many nominees for this yr’s Webby Awards, recognizing one of the best web content material and creators.
The Worldwide Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences introduced the nominees on Tuesday, the results of 13,000 entries from over 70 international locations. The Related Press obtained an early look.
Swift’s Instagram message encouraging her 283 million followers to register to vote was nominated in one of the best creator or influencer class. The web site she directed her followers to — the nonpartisan Vote.org — recorded greater than 35,000 registrations, in response to the group.
Kelce, obtained a nomination in one of the best sports activities podcast class for teaming up along with his brother Jason for his or her “New Heights” present. Talking of {couples}, Michelle Obama obtained a nod for her “The Gentle Podcast,” whereas her husband, former President Barack Obama, was nominated for his work with LinkedIn.
The awards are chosen by the Academy, whereas The Webby Folks’s Voice Award is voted on by followers world wide. Voting for that award is open now till April 18. Winners for all awards shall be introduced Might 13 at a ceremony hosted by “Late Night time with Seth Meyers” author and comic Amber Ruffin.
Sweeney obtained a nod for collaborating with Ford Motor Firm for a contest with the winner getting a 2024 customized Mustang GT designed by the actor. Paris Hilton was nominated for her 10-minute TikTok put up about her household’s lodge model.
“Ted Lasso” star Brett Goldstein obtained a nod for his podcast “Movies to Be Buried With,” by which he brings on visitors to debate the flicks which have most impacted their lives. He faces competitors within the TV and movie podcast class from podcasts about “The Crown,” “The Final of Us,” “Endeavor” and “And Simply Like That…”
Chalamet was nominated within the media and leisure branded content material class for his advert for Apple TV+, a follow-up to final yr’s marketing campaign with Jon Hamm. The advert exhibits the “Dune” star having fun with the programming on Apple’s streaming service and questioning if he may do the tasks. “Severance’ is bizarre. I may do bizarre,” Chalamet says.
Chalamet will face off in opposition to Ryan Gosling, who admitted his Barbie character, Ken, could have “stolen” one in all BTS member Jimin’s signature seems. Gosling gave Ken’s prized guitar to Jimin to apologize.
Music video nominations had been handed out to Doja Cat’s “Paint the City Pink,” Lil Nas X’s “J Christ,” Megan Thee Stallion’s “Cobra,” Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” and new finest new artist Grammy-winner Victoria Monet’s “On My Mama.”
The class of finest general social presence is full of acquainted names — Bravo, “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!,” “Saturday Night time Dwell,” “Sesame Avenue” and “The Kelly Clarkson Present.”
The gravitational pull of the hit film “Barbie” additionally made it into the Webby nominations, with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer selling a dark-haired model of Barbie wearing a pink pantsuit incomes a nod within the public service and activism class and Mattel getting one for its social media film tie-ins.
The record of nominations additionally illustrate the affect of Synthetic Intelligence, with a number of new classes for AI apps and experiences, like Burger King’s cheeseburger nuggets.
Firms incomes the very best variety of nominations are PBS with 20, Warner Bros. Discovery with 18, Netflix at 14, CNN with 13, and three tied with 11 every — Paramount, The Washington Submit and MTV Leisure.
Academy members embody musician and author Questlove, author and actor Quinta Brunson, rapper and actor Tobe Nwigwe, author and producer Roxane Homosexual, Pepsi Co. government Todd Kaplan, and Yann LeCun, an AI scientist with Meta.
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