NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams, Zoe Saldaña and Nutter Butter are among the many nominees for this yr’s Webby Awards, recognizing the perfect web content material and creators.
The Worldwide Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences will announce the nominees on Tuesday, the results of almost 13,000 entries from over 70 international locations. The Related Press received an early look.
A mullet-filled tune about jorts carried out by Will Ferrell, Nick Jonas and Jimmy Fallon was nominated for finest basic music video and movie, and it’ll subsequent face off towards Abrams’ 20-minute behind-the-music “The Secret of Us.”
The Technology Alpha phenomenon often known as Skibidi Rest room received a nod for the fan multiverse by studio Invisible Narratives, whereas Donald Duck celebrated his ninetieth birthday by showing on “Hot Ones” and earned a nomination for consuming spicy hen wings whereas steam got here out of his mouth.
The class for high video or movie comedy pits Jim Gaffigan, The Onion, the makeover sequence “Very Important People” and humor from Kai Cenat, Kevin Hart and Druski. They face stiff competitors from Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman cracking on one another in a “Tonight” present skit.
“New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce,” which received two Webby awards final yr — together with Individuals’s Voice Award for finest co-hosts — is again, nominated this time for finest podcast video sequence. Saldaña’s look on the Netflix podcast “Skip Intro” to debate her function within the movie “Emilia Pérez” earned her a Webby nod for finest particular person podcast interview.
In magnificence, Selena Gomez’s Uncommon Magnificence line faces off towards Alexis Bittar’s “The Bittarverse,” Byrdie, Retrofête and theSkimm. The language-learning app Duolingo’s parody of “The Bear” with its murderous mascot, Duo, received a nod, too.
Cynthia Erivo was nominated for an episode of the video sequence “Celebrity Substitute,” by which she visited a New York Metropolis public college to show elementary college students the significance of storytelling. She and Ariana Grande additionally received nods for his or her viral “holding space” interview for “Wicked.”
The awards are chosen by the academy, whereas The Webby Individuals’s Voice Award is voted on by followers world wide. Voting for that award is open now till April 17. Winners for all awards will likely be introduced April 22 and will likely be invited to a ceremony Might 12 hosted by Ilana Glazer.
Media corporations incomes the best variety of nominations are NBCUniversal with 24, MTV Leisure Studios with 18, CNN and Nationwide Geographic with 16 every, and tied with 14 are PBS, The Walt Disney Firm and The Washington Put up.
Matthew McConaughey’s Tremendous Bowl advert for Uber Eats that uncovered a conspiracy between soccer and meals made the reduce in two classes. Kelley Heyer’s often-copied “Apple” dance to the tune by Charlie xcx, and Ogilvy’s unhinged business for CeraVe with Michael Cera each grew to become elligible for a Webby.
Music video nominations had been handed out to Dua Lipa’s “Illusion,” Megan Thee Stallion’s “Mamushi,” Charli xcx’s “Von Dutch and Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra.” They’ll all face off towards Lamar’s monster hit “Not Like Us.”
Keke Palmer received two nods — one because the host of her personal podcast “Baby, This is Keke Palmer” and one other for showing on “Paging Dr. Chanda.” Oprah Winfrey did the identical, netting one for “The Oprah Podcast” and the opposite for showing on “The Jamie Kern Lima Show.”
The 56-year-old cookie model Nutter Butter went viral in 2024 for hard-to-explain pictures on TikTok — one appears like a peanut butter crime scene — and landed two Webby nominations. And the favored “SmartLess” podcast earned nominations for finest comedy podcast and finest co-hosts for Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes.
Podcasts going up towards “SmartLess” within the comedy part embrace “Office Ladies,” “Lovett or Leave It,” “Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker” and the reigning champ “Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang,” which on Monday received a comedy Ambie, an award handed out by The Podcast Academy.
“Pod Save America” is nominated beside “Next Question with Katie Couric” in the perfect politics podcasts, whereas “The Pink House with Sam Smith” earned one within the variety, fairness, inclusion and belonging class.
Academy members embrace author and actor Quinta Brunson, comic and author Amelia Dimoldenberg, Tubi CEO Anjali Sud, Kraft Heinz govt Todd Kaplan, Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez, NFL star Shannon Sharpe, Unilever govt Esi Eggleston Bracey, Wondery CEO Jen Sargent and Good day Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden.
