All posts tagged: wins

Fresh off Grammy wins, Kendrick Lamar poised for ‘special’ Super Bowl halftime show

Fresh off Grammy wins, Kendrick Lamar poised for ‘special’ Super Bowl halftime show

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After the biggest year of his professional career — which resulted in five Grammy Awards for his iconic Drake diss “Not Like Us” — rapper Kendrick Lamar will take the biggest stage in America when he performs at the Super Bowl on Sunday. Lamar’s performance, which will also include singer SZA, is highly anticipated after he dominated both culture and music charts for much of 2024. And the people who helped put him onstage aren’t shying away from the hype. “Everyone will agree this is a halftime show like none other in Super Bowl halftime history,” Jesse Collins, the executive producer of the show, told NBC News. “The creative concept is really something brilliant, spectacular and special. In all of our years of doing this — and I think every show that we’ve done has been amazing — but I have never seen an artist take this creative approach to it.” Follow along for live coverage Roc Nation, the entertainment company and NFL partner that produces the halftime show, first tabbed Lamar to headline the …

Belgian Artist Wins Landmark Case Against Chinese Plagiarist

Belgian Artist Wins Landmark Case Against Chinese Plagiarist

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A Chinese appeals court upheld a previous ruling requiring Chinese artist Ye Yongqing to pay €650,000 ($670,469) in damages and issue an apology in a major Chinese newspaper within ten days for plagiarizing the work of Belgian artist Christian Silvain. According to Artdependence, the court also warned that failure to comply with the ruling could result in Ye’s imprisonment.  The decision marks the conclusion of a five-year legal battle that began in 2019 when the striking similarities between Ye’s work and Silvain’s were exposed in a Belgian newspaper, Het Nieuwsblad. Related Articles Christian Silvain, now 74, expressed relief, describing the ruling as the end of a long struggle to obtain acknowledgment of Ye’s plagiarism. Silvain plans to use the compensation to pay legal fees and collaborators.  Ye, a former art school professor and celebrated artist, has faced significant consequences since the plagiarism accusations surfaced. He has not held an exhibition since 2018, was dismissed from his university position, and saw his works removed from several museums. The scandal severely damaged his reputation and provoked protests from students and …

Nicholas Galanin Wins 0,000 Don Tyson Prize from Crystal Bridges

Nicholas Galanin Wins $200,000 Don Tyson Prize from Crystal Bridges

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The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has named Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit-Unangax̂) as the recipient of this year’s Don Tyson Prize for outstanding achievement in American art. A press release called Galanin “a renowned figure in the art world” for his multidisciplinary practice, which blends traditional Tlingit art forms with modern techniques and themes. The biennial cash prize of $200,000 was established in 2016 by the Tyson family in honor of the former chairman and CEO of Tyson Foods. “Receiving the Don Tyson Prize is a profound honor,” Galanin said in a press statement. “My work seeks to disrupt colonial frameworks while celebrating Indigenous presence, knowledge, and creativity. This recognition fuels my ongoing efforts to create art that sparks dialogue, reclaims narratives, and envisions a future where culture, land, and identity are protected and celebrated.” Related Articles Speaking from the Campo Air artist residency in Garzón, Uruguay, Galanin told ARTnews that he might put the money toward a possible upgrade for the “brutal” flight home back to Sitka, Alaska. He also said the funds would …

California wins against Trump as Tesla faces down a union coup

California wins against Trump as Tesla faces down a union coup

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On today’s episode of Quick Charge, the Trump administration has lost its first battle against state’s rights in California while Tesla faces down (what it’s calling) a union coup in Germany. Meanwhile, SoCal Edison puts 280 Chevy Silverado EV pickups to work on California’s roads and Colorado is putting up a bunch of new DC fast chargers. We’ve also got a possible Honda-Nissan-Mitsubishi merger shaping up in Japan, some dumb thieves in China, 130 new hybrid bucket trucks getting to work in the northeast, and a massive, twin-rotor wind turbine that is finally online. Source Links Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or …

Senegal’s ruling party wins majority in parliament, paving way for reforms

Senegal’s ruling party wins majority in parliament, paving way for reforms

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DAKAR, Senegal —  Senegal’s ruling party, PASTEF, secured a resounding victory in the country’s legislative elections, winning 130 of 165 seats, according to provisional results announced Thursday by the national vote counting commission. The win grants newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye a clear mandate to carry out ambitious reforms promised during the campaign, which include fighting corruption, revamping the fishing industry and maximizing the country’s natural resource benefits. The main opposition coalition led by former President Macky Sall won 16 seats. Sall congratulated PASTEF in a post on X on election day, and two other major opposition leaders conceded defeat hours after the polls closed on Sunday. The results will now have to be confirmed by the constitutional council, which is expected to do so in the coming week. Before Sunday’s legislative election, PASTEF held 56 seats in the National Assembly while Sall’s coalition had a slim majority of 83 seats. Faye, who was elected in March on an anti-establishment platform, said the lack of a majority had prevented him from executing reforms he …

Trump Wins Not Just the White House but His Freedom

Trump Wins Not Just the White House but His Freedom

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Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday was not just an electoral success but a triumph over the legal system. In the years since reluctantly leaving office in 2021, he has been dogged by four separate criminal prosecutions for his various abuses of power before, during, and after his first term as president. Securing a second term was the simplest way to bring these prosecutions to an end, and now his path to doing so is clear—mostly. That the country is even facing these questions is evidence of the novel—and frightening—position it now finds itself in. Trump has made history as the first person ever to be elected president with a felony record, having been convicted by a New York jury in May, but not yet sentenced. Additionally, he has been indicted in three other cases in both state and federal court, though these cases have not yet made it to trial, and now may never. An apparent majority of American voters decided that these charges, the bulk of which speak directly to Trump’s willingness to abuse …

Faith to Faithless volunteer wins national helpline award

Faith to Faithless volunteer wins national helpline award

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Lya [pictured: third from right] is one of our dedicated Faith to Faithless helpline volunteers Faith to Faithless volunteer Lya was nominated for the Helpline Partnership’s Volunteer of the Year award, and won! The award was presented to Lya at the annual Helpline Awards, held on 7 November in Birmingham, and commends Lya for her contribution to the helpline sector. Faith to Faithless is a programme at Humanists UK dedicated to providing specialist support to people leaving high control religion. Humanists UK offers its warm congratulations. The Helplines Partnership is the national membership body for organisations that provide information, support, or advice via phone, email, text, or online. Each year it holds the Helpline Awards to celebrate unsung heroes and recognise the exceptional work of the helpline sector. By giving Lya (who prefers only her first name is used for her safety) this award, the Helpline Partnership has recognised the remarkable contributions she has made in providing outstanding support, guidance, and compassion to those in need. The Faith to Faithless helpline, a dedicated helpline for …

States’ Abortion Rights Wins May Be Short-Lived Under a Second Trump Term

States’ Abortion Rights Wins May Be Short-Lived Under a Second Trump Term

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When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, it ended the constitutional right to have an abortion and returned the ability to regulate the procedure to the states. Now, amid a heated presidential election that resulted in a win for Donald Trump, a handful of states have voted to enshrine reproductive rights into their state constitutions. On Tuesday, Americans in 10 states voted on ballot initiatives to protect or expand abortion access. Seven of those states successfully passed protective measures, underscoring the widespread unpopularity of restrictive abortion policies. Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York passed referendums upholding abortion rights, while measures to restore or expand access failed in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Abortion is already legal until viability in Maryland, Montana, and New York, and throughout pregnancy in Colorado with no restrictions, so the passage of these measures will not change access to abortion in those states. Nevada currently allows abortions through 24 weeks, but the ballot initiative passed on Tuesday would extend that until fetal viability. …

SpaceX wins 3M Space Force launch contract

SpaceX wins $733M Space Force launch contract

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SpaceX was awarded an eight-launch, $733 million contract by the U.S. Space Force on Friday, as part of an ongoing program intended to foster competition among launch providers. The award includes seven launches for the Space Development Agency and one for the National Reconnaissance Office, all anticipated to use Falcon 9s and occur no earlier than 2026.  The massive new contract is part of a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) program with the catchy name of “National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1.” This third round of contracts was split into two lanes last year: Lane 1, for lower-risk missions and near-Earth orbits; and Lane 2, for heavy-lift missions and the more demanding orbits.  The Space Force selected SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and (somehow, despite not getting to orbit yet) Blue Origin to compete for launches under Lane 1 earlier this summer. At the time, the Space Force acknowledged that the pool of awardees was small, but that it aimed to account for this by allowing companies to bid on Lane 1 …