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Girl power at the Grammys! Cardi B becomes first ever solo woman to win Best Rap Album for Invasion Of Privacy while Lady Gaga and Kacey Musgraves win big
Cardi B was the first ever solo woman to earn Best Rap Album for Invasion of privacy
Kacey Musgraves won the biggest award of the night: Album Of The Year en route to earning four total
Lady Gaga got emotional as she earned Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for Shallow
Dua Lipa won the Best New Artist award and was very emotional during her speech
Childish Gambino won Record Of The Year and three other awards for This Is America but didn't attend
Dua Lipa was announced as Best New Artist
H.E.R. won Best R&B Album
Drake took home Best Rap Song over Travis Scott for God's Plan
Jennifer Lopez performed a Motown 60th anniversary medley which was met with much criticism
Dolly Parton joined by Musgraves, Miley Cyrus, and others as she received a Lifetime Achievement Award
By Justin Enriquez For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:24 EST, 10 February 2019 | Updated: 16:34 EST, 11 February 2019
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Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, and Lady Gaga led the women's empowerment push as they were some of the biggest winners at the 2019 Grammy Awards on Sunday night.
Cardi, 26, made history as she became the first ever solo woman to take home Best Rap Album for Invasion Of Privacy at the gala event held in Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The big win was quickly followed by 30-year-old Musgraves who won the biggest award of the night; Album Of The Year for Golden Hour.
Girl power! Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, and Lady Gaga - pictured left to right - led the women's empowerment push as they were some of the biggest winners at the 2019 Grammy Awards on Sunday night
Earlier in the evening Lady Gaga was emotional as she earned Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for her work on Shallow from the A Star Is Born soundtrack.
The emotional high point of the night happened as Cardi looked absolutely stunned as she won in the male-dominated category beating out Pusha-T, Travis Scott, Nipsey Hussle, and the late Mac Miller.
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Cardi seemed overwhelmed as she received her honor as she joked: 'Oh, the nerves are so bad. Maybe I need to start smoking weed!'
Obviously taken aback by the moment, Cardi had to hold the hand of her Migos member husband, Offset, during her speech.
Queen: Cardi, 26, made history as she became the first ever solo woman to take home Best Rap Album for Invasion Of Privacy at the gala event held in Staples Center in Los Angeles
She likes it! The emotional high point of the night happened as Cardi looked absolutely stunned as she won in the male-dominated category beating out Pusha-T, Travis Scott, Nipsey Hussle, and the late Mac Miller
Taken aback: She seemingly couldn't believe that she won as she was the fifth woman ever nominated for the award and the first to ever capture the Best Rap Album crown
Bad And Boujee: Obviously taken aback by the moment, Cardi had to hold the hand of her Migos member husband, Offset, during her speech
Hilarious: Cardi seemed overwhelmed as she received her honor as she joked: 'Oh, the nerves are so bad. Maybe I need to start smoking weed!'
Road to recovery: It was a show of support amid the marital issues they have had over the past year as the 27-year-old rapper even kissed her hand during her acceptance speech
Proud: Cardi and Offset proudly posed with her shiny, new hardware
It was a show of support amid the marital issues they have had over the past year as the 27-year-old rapper even kissed her hand during her acceptance speech.
Cardi B told the crowd she found out she was pregnant before her album was completed. She was under pressure to finish it and do video shoots before she began showing.
'He was like you're going to do this album,' she said of Offset. 'We're going to have this baby and do this album.'
Cardi B is just the fifth woman ever nominated in the category, which was created in 1995. Lauryn Hill was part of the Fugees when the group won in 1997 for The Score.
Wow factor: Earlier in the night Cardi performed her hit Money
Fierce: She laid on on platform as she dazzled the audience
Simply stunning: Cardi donned a sheer outfit featuring a leopard pattern down the legs
Musgraves led the field with the most Grammys on the night as she earned four including the top honor. Childish Gambino tied her with four for most wins on the night.
She also won three-of-the-four country awards at the event including Best Country Album once again for the critically-acclaimed Golden Hour.
The 30-year-old star beat out heavy competition including Kelsea Ballerini, Brothers Osborne, Ashley McBryde, and Chris Stapleton.
Kacey also won Best Country Solo Performance for her song Butterfly and Best Country Song for track Space Cowboy.
Golden: The 30-year-old Musgraves who won the biggest award of the night; Album Of The Year for Golden Hour
Taking the high road: Earlier in the evening, Musgraves was presented with Best Country Album
Oh What A World! She was the biggest winner of the night as she earned four trophies total including Best Country Solo Performance for her song Butterfly and Best Country Song for track Space Cowboy.
Wonder in white: Earlier in the night Kacey performed her hit Rainbow
Shining star: She hit every note during the emotional performance
The first award of the night was presented to 32-year-old Gaga who won for Shallow.
The 32-year-old singer accepted the award on behalf of herself and Bradley Cooper for the A Star Is Born soundtrack hit as the 44-year-old actor/director attended the BAFTAs on the same day.
Gaga urged the audience to be more compassionate when it comes to mental health issues as she said: 'If you see somebody that’s hurting, don’t look away.
Shimmering: Lady Gaga was the first to take home an award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night
Flying solo: The 32-year-old artist accepted the award on behalf of herself and Bradley Cooper for the A Star Is Born soundtrack hit Shallow as the 44-year-old actor/director attended the BAFTAs on the same day
Aww: Gaga urged the audience to be more compassionate as she said: 'If you see somebody that’s hurting, don’t look away'
Touching: She was obviously emotional as tears run down her face
Sending a message: Gaga said 'If you're hurting, even though it might be hard, try to find that bravery within yourself to dive deep and tell somebody'
Sisterhood: Gaga and Cardi posed with one another during the show as they each had huge nights
'If you're hurting, even though it might be hard, try to find that bravery within yourself to dive deep and tell somebody.'
The New York-native was already a double winner as earlier in the night she earned Best Pop Solo Performance for her album Joanne.
It was also A Star Is Born's second win of the night as earlier they were announced as the winners in the Best Song Written For Visual Media category.
Rocking out: Later on in the evening, Lady Gaga performed the hit single from A Star Is Born
Jaw-dropping: As she is no stranger to theatrics, Gaga put on a very physical performance for a relatively somber song
Headbanging: No doubt she is a fan of metal as she whipped her hair back and forth
Dynamic duo: She was joined by Mark Ronson whom she often collaborates with
Dua Lipa kept the night of 'girl power' going as she earned the coveted Best New Artist trophy and covered her face in shock backstage as she was announced as the winner after a stirring performance with St Vincent.
The 23-year-old London-born singer was teary-eyed as she hit the stage but still managed to take a jab at the Recording Academy president Neil Portnow and his declaration at least year's show that women 'need to step up.'
His comments, an explanation for the lack of female nominees and winners at previous shows, were poorly received by audiences and musicians.
'Where I want to begin is by saying how honored I am to be nominated alongside so many incredible female artists this years,' she said. 'I guess this year we've really stepped up.'
New Rules: Dua Lipa kept the night of 'girl power' going as she earned the coveted Best New Artist trophy and covered her face in shock backstage as she was announced as the winner
Going for the jugular: The 23-year-old London-born singer was teary-eyed as she hit the stage but still managed to take a jab at the Recording Academy president Neil Portnow and his declaration at least year's show that women 'need to step up'
'I guess this year we've really stepped it up': His comments, an explanation for the lack of female nominees and winners at previous shows, were poorly received by audiences and musicians
Double trouble: Dua donned an edgy black and white dress festooned with golden safety pins
Leaving those tongues wagging: Earlier in the afternoon she also won Best Dance Recording for Electricity as she proudly showed off her two new golden trophies
Doppelgangers: Dua Lipa was joined by St. Vincent for a very sensual performance
Talented: St. Vincent AKA Annie Clark began with her hit Masseducation
Sizzling: She was later joined by Dua to play her hit One Kiss
Seeing double: The two looked absolutely stunning as they posed back-to-back
Rocking it: Earlier in the night Annie accepted Best Rock Song for Masseducation alongside Jack Antonoff
Dua donned an edgy black and white dress festooned with golden safety pins as she included a shout out to her fans who helped propel her to success.
She said 'I want to say a really big thank you to my fans, who have allowed me to be the best version of myself. I love you guys very much,' she said with palpable emotion.
Earlier in the afternoon she also won Best Dance Recording for Electricity.
Eye-catching: Another big winner on the night was H.E.R. who earned two awards including a win in the Best R&B Album category
Tough competition: The 21-year-old artist - real name Gabriella Wilson - beat out a tough field including Toni Braxton and Leon Bridges
Emotions: During her acceptance speech the singer -whose stage acronym stands for Having Everything Revealed - said: 'I'm speechless right now. I'm holding back tears'
Doubling up: Earlier in the night she won Best R&B Performance for Best Part, which featured Daniel Caesar
Talented: The half-Filipina star lit up the stage with a stirring performance of her ballad Hard Place
In awe: As if being a talented vocalist wasn't enough, the star ripped a ferocious solo on the see-through acrylic guitar
Another big winner on the night was H.E.R. who earned two awards including a win in the Best R&B Album category.
The 21-year-old artist - real name Gabriella Wilson - beat out a tough field including Toni Braxton and Leon Bridges.
During her acceptance speech the singer -whose stage acronym stands for Having Everything Revealed - said: 'I'm speechless right now. I'm holding back tears.'
He's come a long way since Freaks And Geeks! Childish Gambino AKA Donald Glover was not in attendance at the event but he did earn one of the highest honors of the night: Song Of The Year For This Is America en route to tying Musgraves for most on the night with four
Proxy: It was the first time Song Of The Year had ever been won by a rap song as the 35-year-old multihyphenate sent producer Ludwig Göransson (center) and Derek 'MixedByAli' Ali to accept the prize in his honor.
The half-Filipina star lit up the stage with a stirring performance of her ballad Hard Place.
Earlier in the night she won Best R&B Performance for Best Part, which featured Daniel Caesar.
Childish Gambino AKA Donald Glover was not in attendance at the event but he did earn one of the highest honors of the night: Song Of The Year For This Is America en route to tying Musgraves for most on the night with four.
Drizzy: Drake took home Best Rap Song for God's Plan
It was the first time Song Of The Year had ever been won by a rap song as the 35-year-old multihyphenate sent producer Ludwig Göransson and Derek 'MixedByAli' Ali to accept the prize in his honor.
Gambino's masterpiece This Is America also earned wins in the Record Of The Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance, and Best Music video categories.
Donald Glover was not in attendance at the event but he did earn one of the biggest honors of the night; Song Of The Year for This Is America.
Dazzling: One of the most talked about performances of the night came from Jennifer Lopez who did a 60th anniversary tribute to Motown
Going for it: Flaunting her dancer's figure in a glittering bodysuit, she blew through a series of dizzying moves with reliable showmanship
Gorgeous: As she just completed a 10-day diet challenge, Jennifer looked in amazing shape
Waiting for tonight: The 49-year-old's gig attracted online backlash before it occurred, owing to the fact that she is not black and was never signed with Motown
Pulling out all the stops: She even did an assisted cartwheel during the high-energy performance
Dynamic duo: She was later joined by living legend Smokey Robinson
Flare for showmanship: She sat down on a pink piano and did an impressive back bend
In harmony: Ne-Yo was the man behind the piano as he played and sing as J-Lo looked back at him
Later on in the evening, Drake beat out pal Travis Scott as they competed in the Best Rap Song category.
The 32-year-old Canadian rapper took home Best Rap Song for God's Plan at the Aside from Travis, Drake edged out quite the impressive field including Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, and Jay Rock.
Drake sent a message during his acceptance speech as he said: 'We play an opinion based sport, not a factual based sport.
Triple threat: Katy Perry (left) and Kacy Musgraves joined Dolly Parton (center) for a tribute to the 73-year-old country legend
Just us: Miley Cyrus joined in on the fun as she sung Jolene - which she has done routinely in recent years - but this time she did it next to her godmother
Aww: Miley gave Dolly a sweet smooch on the cheek at the end of the song
In harmony: They were joined by Maren Morris for the performance
Altogether now: The group were also joined by Little Big Town as they did an ensemble version of 9 To 5
'You already won if you have people singing your songs word for word, if they're singing in your hometown. You're already winning, you don't need this right here.
One of the most talked about performances of the night came from Jennifer Lopez who did a 60th anniversary tribute to Motown.
Flaunting her dancer's figure in a glittering bodysuit, she blew through a series of dizzying moves with reliable showmanship.
Astroworld: Travis Scott began his performance alongside James Blake as they did Stop Trying To Be God
Ragers: Travis then continued his performance from the inside of a steel cage
Daring: The 26-year-old Houston native then jumped off the cage as he did No Bystanders
What a catch! He lanted on his fans as he concluded his energetic performance
The 49-year-old's gig attracted online backlash before it occurred, owing to the fact that she is not black and was never signed with Motown.
Jenny From The Block also shared the stage during her medley with the evening's compere Alicia Keys for Papa Was A Rollin' Stone, War and Square Biz.
As the tribute wore on, Jennifer leaped up onto a pink piano and lay on her back, singing up a storm as Ne-Yo accompanied her at the keys for Another Star.
Standing tall: The crowd was on their feet as Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Alicia Keys, former first lady Michelle Obama, and Jennifer Lopez hit the stage
Gorgeous: Michelle was positively perfect in a sparkling silver suit from Sachin & Babi for a surprise appearance at the music awards show
It's Michelle! The audience went crazy at the sight of former First Lady Michelle Obama
One of the most emotional parts of the night came during a tribute for Dolly Parton as the country legend was joined by Musgraves and Katy Perry as they opened a medley of some of the 73-year-old's greatest hits.
Miley Cyrus joined in on the fun as she sung Jolene - which she has done routinely in recent years - but this time she did it next to her godmother.
Maren Morris and Little Big Town also hit the stage as the band even included Linda Perry.
Alicia Keys proved that she was the hostess with the mostess as she began her monologue to a standing ovation.
Singing sensation: Alicia delivered one of the most powerful performances of the Grammys as she took the stage with two pianos, which she played at the same time
Keys first began with the song that she thinks about when she reflects on 'heartache and heartbreak', playing Roberta Flack's 1973 tune Killing Me Softly
Keys said her medley was inspired by the songs that were done so well she wished she had written them herself
The 38-year-old music superstar acknowledged 'sister' Tracee Ellis Ross as well as honoree Dolly Parton.
She then proceeded to bring out some of her sisters including Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, and big surprise former first lady Michelle Obama.
The former First Lady stunned the star-studded audience as she walked onto the stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Living legend: Diana Ross celebrated her 75th birthday with an incredible performance
Adorable: Her grandson Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick introduced her
Fans were screaming and blowing kisses to Michelle as she smiled before saying 'We've got a show to do!' and began laughing with her co-presenters.
Michelle sparkled as she discussed how music has always helped her tell her story, explaining: 'From the Motown records that I wore out on the Southside, to the Who Run The World songs that fueled me through this last decade, music has always helped me tell my story and I know that's true for everyone here,' Michelle said, throwing in a quick tribute to Beyonce as the audience went wild.
'Music helps us share ourselves, our dignity and sorrows, our hopes our joys,' she continued. 'It allows us to hear one another - to invite each other in. Music shows us that all of it matters...every story within every voice, every note within every song.'
Hello sunshine! Camila Cabello opened the show with a fun performance of her smash hit Havana
Tremendous trio: She was joined by Ricky Martin and Bad Bunny
Dynamic duo: Miley Cyrus teamed up with Shawn Mendes for a powerful performance
Together again: Alicia was joined by John Mayer as they shared a cute story about how they shared a Grammy Award together before presenting Song Of The Year
Later on in the evening Keys herself delivered one of the most powerful performances of the night - with a medley that included classics from five different decades.
Sat between two pianos, the 38-year-old songstress wowed the audience at the Los Angeles Staples Center on Sunday as she began to play them both at the same time.
'I've been thinking so much about the people and the music that have inspired me, and I want to give a shout out to Hazel Scott because I always wanted to play to pianos,' she said, referring to the late jazz pianist and movie star.
You know those songs that live inside of you and live inside of me, and you just love it so much, because it was done so well that you wish you wrote it?'
'That's how I feel about these songs. I wish I wrote them.'
Shining stars: Lady Gaga cuddled up with Noah Cyrus
Golden: Kacey Musgraves was joined by husband Ruston Kelly
Eccentric: Post Malone looked happy as he sat in the crowd
Tremendous trio: Noah Cyrus embraced Jaden Smith as they posed with her father Billy Ray
No longer Livin La Vida Loca? Ricky Martin was joined by his family as he sat on a two-dollar bill
Thank U, Next: Ariana Grande won her first Grammy at the event but did not show up after a disagreement with a producer but that did not stop her from posting a photo in her custom Zac Posen gown
Stunning: Before the telecast several awards wear given out including one to Tori Kelly for Best Gospel Performance/Song for Never Alone
Proud: Rashida Jones accepted Best Music Film for Quincy, the documentary she did about father Quincy Jones
Getting Weird: 'Weird' All Yankovic won for Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package for Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of Weird Al Yankovich
Keys first began with the song that she said she thinks about when she reflects on 'heartache and heartbreak', playing Roberta Flack's 1973 tune Killing Me Softly, later popularized by Lauryn Hill and The Fugees.
'Or when it's time to move on, this is the song,' she said, breaking into Juice World's recent hit Lucid Dreams before switching to Nat King Cole's 1952 classic Unforgettable.
Camila Cabello opened the show with a fun performance of her smash hit Havana. She was joined by Ricky Martin and Bad Bunny.
Commanding attention: Earlier in the night Cardi B, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry fought for the spotlight as they hit the red carpet of the 61st annual Grammy Awards in LA on Sunday
Smooch: Kylie Jenner also hit the red carpet as she was joined by beau Travis Scott at the event, where he was nominated for three honors. The couple shared a tender kiss as cameras flashed around them
Barbie girl: Former Fifth Harmony singer Camila Cabello's girly look appeared like it was plucked straight from Barbie's closet
Well suited: Miley Cyrus made it clear that suits can be sexy wearing a well-tailored black Mugler look without a shirt underneath
All together now: At the affair, she was joined by dad Billy Ray and mom Tish, but new husband Liam Hemsworth was nowhere to be seen
Despite making her name as one of music's biggest stars in the past year, Ariana Grande was noticeably absent from the show after a disagreement with the show's producer.
Before the ceremony, it was announced that she had won the coveted Best Pop Vocal award for her work on Sweetener.
She beat out tough competition including Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello.
What a gem! Jennifer Lopez dazzled in an embellishment heavy Ralph And Russo look which hugged her hips
Going the extra mile: Janelle Monae was the epitome of elegance in a gauzy white Jean Paul Gaultier look with dramatically angular shoulders and burgundy trim
Winging it: Heidi Klum was angelic in a white Stephane Rolland look with wild flounces on the shoulders that looked like wings
Kneeling: The singer/songwriter knelt on the ground to show off her full-as-can-be skirt
On her arm: The All About That Bass songstress Meghan Trainor dazzled in a plunging cream gown as she was joined by her husband Daryl Sabara on the red carpet
Go with the flow: The striking style continued with a sequined skirt with a long flowing train behind her
Ravishing in red: Jameela Jamil, Margo Price, and Dolly Parton all showed up in striking scarlet looks
Silver star: Ashlee Simpson sparkled in a silver Georges Chakra jumpsuit with tufts of dove grey feathers while at the event with husband Evan Ross
Gold standard: Ashanti flashed both of her legs in a billowing skirt, while Nina Dobrev went with delicate nude lace. Jorja Smith turned heads wearing a sequin-heavy design with a small cut out atop her chest
The singer had been due to take to the stage at the gala to sing one of her tracks, but it was reported earlier this week that she now won't even be in attendance at the event following a dispute with the organizers.
Grande claims she pulled out of performing at the Grammy awards because her 'creativity and self expression was stifled' by the producers.
Ariana has since broken her silence on the matter, claiming producers of the event refused to allow her to show her 'creativity', despite her offering up 'three different songs' that she could perform.
Grammy Awards 2019: The Winners
RECORD OF THE YEAR
This Is America - Childish Gambino - WINNER
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves - WINNER
SONG OF THE YEAR
This Is America - Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino) - WINNER
Best New Artist
Dua Lipa - WINNER
Girl power: British songstress Dua Lipa picked up Best New Artist
Pop Field
Best Pop Solo Performance
Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?) - Lady Gaga - WINNER
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Shallow - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - WINNER
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
My Way - Willie Nelson - WINNER
Best Pop Vocal Album
Sweetener - Ariana Grande - WINNER
Best Dance Recording
Electricity - Silk City and Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo and Mark Ronson - WINNER
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Woman Worldwide - Justice - WINNER
Fab: Lady Gaga scooped Best Pop Solo Performance for Joanne
Country Field
Best Country Solo Performance
Butterflies — Kacey Musgraves - WINNER
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Tequila - Dan + Shay - WINNER
Best Country Song
Space Cowboy - Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves,songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) - WINNER
Best Country Album
Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves - WINNER
Unstoppable: Kacey Musgraves picked up Best Country Solo Performance
ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album
Colors - Beck - WINNER
R&B FIELD
Best R&B Performance
Best Part - H.E.R. Feat. Daniel Caesar - WINNER
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Bet Ain’t Worth The Hand - Leon Bridges - WINNER - TIE
How Deep Is Your Love - PJ Morton Featuring Yebba - WINNER - TIE
Best R&B Song
Boo’d Up - Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & DijonMcFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai) - WINNER
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Everything Is Love - The Carters - WINNER
Best R&B Album
H.E.R. - H.E.R. - WINNER
Victorious: Best R&B Album went to H.E.R. for her eponymous album
Contemporary Instrumental Field
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Steve Gadd Band — Steve Gadd Band - WINNER
Rock Field
Best Rock Performance
When Bad Does Good - Chris Cornell - WINNER
Best Metal Performance
Electric Messiah - High On Fire - WINNER
Best Rock Song
Masseduction - Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent) - WINNER
Best Rock Album
From The Fires - Greta Van Fleet - WINNER
Posthumous: Best Rock Performance went to Chris Cornell for When Bad Does Good, with his children accepting the award
Reggae Field
Best Reggae Album
44/876 - Sting & Shaggy - WINNER
Children's Field
Best Children’s Album
All The Sounds - Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats - WINNER
Latin Field
Best Latin Pop Album
Sincera - Claudia Brant - WINNER
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Aztlán - Zoé - WINNER
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
¡México Por Siempre! - Luis Miguel - WINNER
Best Tropical Latin Album
Anniversary - Spanish Harlem Orchestra - WINNER
Well done: Best Reggae Album was won by Sting & Shaggy for 44/876
Comedy Field
Best Comedy Album
Equanimity & The Bird Revelation - Dave Chappelle - WINNER
Musical Theater Field
Best Musical Theater Album
The Band’s Visit - Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari’elStachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & DavidYazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist(Original Broadway Cast) - WINNER
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD
Best Music Video
This Is America — Childish Gambino - WINNER
Best Music Film
Quincy — Quincy Jones
SURROUND SOUND FIELD
Best Immersive Audio Album
“Eye in The Sky – 35th Anniversary Edition” — Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, PJ Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer (The Alan Parsons Project) - WINNER
HISTORICAL FIELD
Best Historical Album
“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by WIlliam Ferris” — William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven LanceLedbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) - WINNER
One to watch: Best Music Video went to This Is America by Childish Gambino
PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Classical
“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra) - WINNER
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh - WINNER
Notes Field
Best Album Notes
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by WIlliam Ferris - David Evans, album notes writer (Various Artists) - WINNER
RAP FIELD
Best Rap Performance
King’s Dead - Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake - WINNER - TIE
Bubblin - Anderson Paak - WINNER - TIE
Best Rap/Sung Performance
This Is America - Childish Gambino - WINNER
Best Rap Song
God’s Plan - Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, RonLaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake) - WINNER
Best Rap Album
Invasion Of Privacy - Cardi B - WINNER
New Age Field
Best New Age Album
Opium Moon - Opium Moon - WINNER
Well deserved: Cardi B picked up Best Rap Album for Invasion Of Privacy
Jazz Field
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Don’t Fence Me In - John Daversa, soloist - WINNER
Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Window - Cécile McLorin Salvant - WINNER
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Emanon - The Wayne Shorter Quartet - WINNER
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom - John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists - WINNER
Best Latin Jazz Album
Back To The Sunset - Dafnis Prieto Big Band - WINNER
Earned it: Best Gospel Performance/Song went to Never Alone by Tori Kelly
Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Field
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Never Alone - Tori Kelly Featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly, Songwriters - WINNER
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
You Say - Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury, songwriters - WINNER
Best Gospel Album
Hiding Place - Tori Kelly - WINNER
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Look Up Child - Lauren Daigle - WINNER
Best Roots Gospel Album
Unexpected - Jason Crabb - WINNER
Emotional: American Roots Performance went to The Joke by Brandi Carlile
American Roots Music Field
Best American Roots Performance
The Joke - Brandi Carlile - WINNER
Best American Roots Song
The Joke - Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile) - WINNER
Best Americana Album
By The Way, I Forgive You - Brandi Carlile - WINNER
Best Traditional Blues Album
The Blues Is Alive and Well — Buddy Guy - WINNER
Best Bluegrass Album
The Travelin’ McCourys” — The Travelin’ McCourys - WINNER
Best Contemporary Blues Album
“Please Don’t Be Dead” — Fantastic Negrito - WINNER
Best Folk Album
All Ashore — Punch Brothers - WINNER
Best Regional Roots Music Album
“No ‘Ane’i” — Kalani Pe’a - WINNER
Listen: Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media went to Greatest Showman
Spoken Word Field
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Faith – A Journey For All - Jimmy Carter - WINNER
Music For Visual Media Field
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
The Greatest Showman - (Various Artists) - WINNER
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Black Panther Ludwig Göransson, composer - WINNER
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Shallow - Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper) - WINNER
Sweeping the board: Best Song Written For Visual Media went to Shallow
Composing/Arranging Field
Best Instrumental Composition
Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil) -Terence Blanchard, composer (Terence Blanchard) - WINNER
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists) - WINNER
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Spiderman Theme - Randy Waldman, arranger (Randy Waldman Featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter) - WINNER
Package Field
Best Recording Package
Masseducation - Willo Perron, art director (St. Vincent) - WINNER
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic - Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll & Al Yankovic, art directors (“Weird Al” Yankovic) - WINNER
Talented: Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical went to Pharrell Williams
PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
“Colors” — Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp & Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne,Emily Lazar & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers (Beck) - WINNER
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Pharrell Williams
Best Remixed Recording
“Walking Away (Mura Masa Remix)” — Alex Crossan, remixer (Haim) - WINNER
CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Orchestral Performance
“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) - WINNER
Best Opera Recording
“Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” — Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra) - WINNER
Best Choral Performance
“McLoskey: Zealot Canticles” — Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing) - WINNER
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Anderson, Laurie: Landfall” — Laurie Anderson & Kronos - WINNER
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony) - WINNER
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
“Songs of Orpheus – Monteverdi, Caccini, D’India & Landi” — Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo’s Fire, ensembles - WINNER
Best Classical Compendium
“Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘Spiritualist’; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush” — JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer - WINNER
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony) - WINNER
World Music Field
Best World Music Album
Freedom - Soweto Gospel Choir - WINNER
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I send a lot of email. I also send a lot of email asking for help. Especially for help from people on other teams (for people on my team, I can chat in person/slack).
I’ve kind of settled into a template for these sort of “requests for help”, and thought I’d codify it, for my own use and others.
The basic format is:
Salutation
Short description of context
Short description of what I know/have tried
Optional caveats about what I might misunderstand
Closing one-line question.
I’ll briefly describe each section.
Salutation
I might be old school, but I still like emails with salutations, especially to new people or teams I haven’t interacted with before.
To me, it starts out the exchange out on a soft note, of acknowledging the other team, instead of jumping right into what I need from them.
Obviously just something simple, e.g. “Hi support team”, or “Hi so-and-so-team”.
Short description of context
Given that you’re likely reaching out to this team out of the blue, I think it’s important to briefly rationalize why you’re talking to them in the first place.
E.g. you might explain “we’re writing a new project with your API that does such and such”, or “we’re having some bugs with this library that we’ve been using in production”, or what not.
This should be ~1-3 sentences, nothing long, but just a brief intro for “here’s why I’m asking for your time to pay attention to me”.
Once you’ve interacted with a given team, this section is less necessary, or alternatively it can move from being a high-level “here’s who I am and why I am talking to you”, to a more specific “you know me, but here’s why we need to chat again”.
Short description of what I have tried
I like to have a small section that outlines what I’ve already tried.
For one, I think this shows I’ve tried to help myself, e.g. I’m not being lazy and asking them on a whim.
Second, since they know what I’ve done so far, they can hopefully skip some of the more benign questions, e.g. where an email exchange becomes a back and forth of “Okay, try A”, “I tried A”, “Cool, try B”, “I also did B”. Just up front say “I’ve tried A and B and googling for C”.
Optional caveats about what you might misunderstand
If you know there are things that you’re unclear about, e.g. not really sure how a system or library works, I think it’s often helpful to just be upfront and articulate what you don’t know, and that you’re specifically looking to be informed.
E.g. something like “I believe this library works like this, but it’s not behaving that way, so I am mistaken?”
The idea is that if they can fix your underlying misunderstanding, and you come out of this help email with a solid mental model (or at least more solid than it was before), they’re “teaching you to fish” so to say, and hopefully you’ll be able to answer future questions on your own.
Closing one-line question
I like to end emails with a “hook”, like a call-to-action (I’ve been in advertising too long), that summarizes the ask you’re making.
E.g. “Do you think my diagnosis of the problem is sound? What should I do next?” or “Is there more you need from me to help out?” or if you can’t be more specific just a “What do you think is wrong?”.
Especially after a few (short!) paragraphs of context and here’s-what-I’ve-tried, a closing question is a nice conclusion, that leaves the ball in the receiver’s court, as a gentle reminder that “it’s your turn to reply”.
Keep paragraphs short
As another note, you should strive to keep all of your paragraphs short. Two to three sentences is ideal. Four is okay. Five is too much.
If a paragraph hits five sentences, it’s very likely your reader is going to skim it. If you have 3-4 paragraphs, each of which are five sentences long, it’s a guarantee your reader is going to skim it. People get way too much email to read something that long. They’ll skim and they’ll miss things.
So you might as well proactively copy edit your email down to be as succinct as possible.
Single Responsibility Principle
A colleague of mine, Ian, pointed out another good articulation that I use as well but had missed: keep your thread focused on one thing at a time.
If you have a long email asking “well, this part of the system is doing ABC, can you explain that?”, and then another few paragraphs about “but then there is also behavior XYZ that is odd as well, how should that work?”, it will often be hard for the readers/responders to adequately reply to both issues without the thread becoming unwieldy.
Note that some communities/cultures can handle this, e.g. open source projects with a mature community that are all good communicators can have long-winded threads with several different points/mini-threads and be effective. This is often because the community’s communication is 100% electronic, 100% email-based, and all of the participants have a lot of practice and shared-context to juggle a complex email chain.
But those communities are an exception, and I think in corporate environments it’s better to purposefully focus a thread on only a single question/topic at a time.
Conclusion
This is short enough that I’m not sure if it’s worth posting, but I’ll go ahead anyway and just get it out. Then as I write more asking-for-help emails in the future, I’ll see if this ends up being overly simplistic, or if it’s fairly accurate/good enough.


A new specialist medical centre for people with the rare Beh�et’s Disease which avoids patients getting the wrong treatment is being formally opened in east London today (Friday) .
The new centre at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, which has been given ‘centre of excellence’ status by NHS Specialised Services, is the result of 20 years of research into a condition which had limited understanding in the medical profession.
Patients in the past have endured incorrect diagnosis and inadequate therapies, the Barts & The London NHS Trust revealed.
Now patients referred to the centre from all over the country get quicker diagnosis and holistic treatment, with expert help in one location.
The centre is headed by consultant Professor Farida Fortune, of London University’s Queen Mary College, who explained: “We have learnt over the past two decades about this chronic and poorly-understood disease from the patients’ perspective.
“Becoming a ‘centre of excellence’ creates the potential for research that identifies new drug targets and allow greater focus on improving patients’ quality of life.”
Prof Fortune received the Beh�et’s Syndrome Society award for ‘Services to Patients’ two years running since 2011.
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DIANA TAURASI SPREAD her arms wide and turned toward the crowd. The WNBA superstar had just scored a playoff career-high 37 points while playing on a bum ankle. She was trending on social media. At 39 years old, Taurasi gifted the fans a vintage-style performance against the Las Vegas Aces. Taurasi's Phoenix Mercury were headed home, tied 1-1 in the semifinal series.
Problem was, the game wouldn't take place at the Mercury's home arena. "Disney On Ice" had been previously scheduled at the Footprint Center on the same night as the WNBA playoff game, so the Mercury were banished to a slightly smaller arena at Arizona State.
The juxtaposition -- a thrilling sports moment followed by another perceived affront to the league and its fans -- was a stark reminder of the WNBA's fight to carve out space in the sports landscape 25 years after its founding. While some stars are household names and the league enjoys both a business partner in the NBA and media partners that provide it national and regular exposure, the challenges run deep. The WNBA has struggled to increase franchise values, attendance is lagging and media rights fees have not increased exponentially like in other leagues. Its issues go beyond the bottom line too; the vast majority of its players excel in relative anonymity after they leave college.
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert isn't shying away from any of it. Instead, she's taking aim at what she calls a broken sports ecosystem that has historically and dramatically undervalued women's sports.
"It's a male model discounted by 80 to 90%," she said.
In a 90-minute interview, Engelbert, the former CEO of Deloitte who accepted the WNBA's top job as her "second act" in 2019, said she can fix it.
Instead of tinkering around the edges, Engelbert is focused on the fundamental question of equity.
She has a five-year plan that includes assembling a consortium of powerful stakeholders who want to persuade corporate America that the WNBA is more than the NBA's "little sister." They argue that it's a growing business that found tremendous traction through its racial and social activism in 2020. Engelbert also has plans to prioritize marketing and merchandising, while looking hard at expansion, sports gambling and partnerships. And, she's making the case for higher media rights fees.
"It's not going to be easy," she said. "I have a plan, and I'm already working on it."
The WNBA has spent much of its history struggling to make ends meet. Now, in its 25th season, things are arguably looking brighter than ever. Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images
GIVEN THEIR SIMILAR birthdays, Major League Soccer may be the best financial comparison to the WNBA.
MLS debuted with 10 clubs in 1996, just one year before the WNBA launched in 1997 with eight teams tied to NBA franchises. Franchise fees for MLS teams averaged $5 million to $10 million until 2005. The Connecticut Sun became the first WNBA team to be sold to an independent owner in 2003. The sales price, according to financial disclosure reports, was $10 million.
MLS now has 27 teams and, in recent years, has experienced a roughly 20% increase in average attendance compared to when it debuted. MLS plays mostly in outdoor stadiums and has averaged more than 13,000 fans this season amid COVID-19 pandemic restrictions that have impacted attendance figures across all sports. In 2019, MLS averaged 21,000 fans.
The WNBA's 12 teams, meanwhile, averaged about 6,500 fans during the regular season in 2019, down from a peak of nearly 11,000 in 1998. Attendance this year has averaged around 2,600, a number that is at least in part a result of strict COVID protocols placed on indoor venues.
The leagues' TV ratings, however, are more closely aligned.
According to an ESPN spokesperson, MLS averaged 384,000 viewers per regular-season game this year, and 620,000 people tuned in for the soccer league's most-watched game on May 9 between Portland and Seattle.
The WNBA averaged 306,000 television viewers during regular-season games in 2021, and spiked to 755,000 on Aug. 15, when Seattle played Chicago on ABC, according to figures provided by ESPN. (For perspective, the NBA averaged 1.3 million viewers during the 2020-21 regular season and the NFL averaged 15.4 million viewers in 2020.)
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ESPN did not disclose how much it paid for its current MLS and WNBA deals, but media reports have estimated MLS receives about $90 million a year from ESPN, Fox Sports and Univision Deportes as part of a deal that also includes broadcast rights for the U.S. national teams. The WNBA, according to media estimates, receives at least $25 million a year in a rights deal split between ESPN and CBS.
"There is a huge fee gap between men's and women's sports," Engelbert said. "Even to those men's sports that we actually compete with quite well on viewership."
WNBA teams have consistently sold for about $10 million to $15 million, according to public records, published reports and sports bankers. Franchise fees for MLS expansion teams, in contrast, have steadily increased, exploding to $200 million in 2019. MLS team valuations, or what investors believe teams would be worth if they were sold, range between $370 million and $860 million.
Bob Malandro of Whitecap Sports Group, an investment bank that specializes in sports ownership opportunities for investors, said the biggest differentiator between MLS and WNBA is investor expectations of future media rights deals.
"MLS signed their first real media rights deal in 2014," he said. "That eight-year deal is up in 2022 and the values you're seeing in MLS are likely being baked in anticipation of the next media rights deal."
The national federation and MLS have announced that they will no longer bundle their media rights deals in the next contract, according to media reports. The WNBA deal runs through 2025.
Increasing WNBA franchise values is Engelbert's No. 1 goal.
Cathy Engelbert became the WNBA's first commissioner in 2019, and she believes she's on the verge of shifting the league from survive mode to thrive mode. M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire/AP Photo
The WNBA now consists of a mix of seven independently owned teams and five that share an owner with an NBA team. Ownership of the league itself is split between the NBA and its WNBA franchise owners.
When the NBA announced it would no longer subsidize the WNBA in 2002, some NBA owners sold their teams. The Orlando franchise moved to the Mohegan Sun casino complex in eastern Connecticut after the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority purchased it in 2003. In addition to revealing the $10 million price tag, financial disclosure documents filed by the tribe show that, as of 2016, it owned a 4.2% stake in the league.
The sales of the Washington Mystics in 2005 and the Los Angeles Sparks in 2006 and the Houston Comets in 2007 also were reported at $10 million. Financial disclosure reports filed in 2020 by former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who co-owned the Atlanta Dream with Mary Brock at the time, showed her stake valued between $1 million and $5 million. In the filing, Loeffler stated she didn't receive any income from the team that year.
"A lot of these leagues have their floor values," Malandro said. "If someone said I want to get in, they would have to pay $10 million because that's the fee to get in. They don't want that fee to trade less than that. The league would have a hard time approving a sale at a reduced number."
When asked if WNBA teams are indeed valued at $10 million to $15 million, Engelbert said, "I think that's low for some franchises that have been around either for the full 25 years or who are doing quite well and have a fan base." She emphasized the impact of media rights and sponsorship deals before adding, "You're probably at the low end, I would say."
Ginny Gilder is one of four businesswomen who purchased the Seattle Storm in 2008, three of whom still own the franchise. She declined to disclose how much they paid for the team, but said, "I think that estimate is way low. We wouldn't sell our franchise for that amount."
The WNBA negotiated a new streaming deal with Amazon this year and renewed a deal with Twitter last year. Gilder said she wants the price tag for the WNBA's next television rights deal to increase.
"I think it's got to, because it is a more competitive landscape and also because more people are watching," Gilder said.
In a written statement, ESPN said it has had "a valued relationship with the WNBA for the league's entire 25-year history and we look forward to continuing that for many years to come as part of our longstanding and industry-leading commitment to women's sports."
Engelbert said ESPN "has been a great partner since the beginning of the league."
"But obviously we always want to drive to a higher level based on the interest and the momentum we're seeing in this game right now," she said.
Much of the momentum is coming from deep-pocketed sponsors who are sold on Engelbert's vision.
Engelbert believes the keys to improving the WNBA's bottom line rest in boosting television rights deals, attendance and corporate sponsorships. Allen Kee / ESPN Images
ENGELBERT WAS SITTING courtside at a Golden State Warriors game when she won over one of the WNBA's biggest -- and most important -- partners.
Shortly after being named commissioner, Engelbert appeared on a sports business panel with Olympic silver medalist Kate Johnson. The women then went to the NBA game, where Johnson remembers Engelbert plotting out her strategy to disrupt the business ecosystem in which women's sports are valued.
"In my mind, she's revolutionary," Johnson said of Engelbert. "She's revolutionizing women's sports."
Johnson became director of partnerships for content and sports media at Google in January and urged her new employer to sponsor the WNBA. After a series of brainstorming meetings between the WNBA, ESPN and Google, the league in May announced the tech giant as a "WNBA Changemaker" alongside publicizing a multiyear agreement with ESPN and the league.
The deal goes beyond Google simply writing a check in return for advertising. In addition to its own marketing efforts related to the WNBA, Johnson said Google underwrote an additional eight games to ensure that ESPN aired at least 25 regular-season games during the 25th anniversary season. ESPN has aired another 15 playoff games as of Friday morning. Google also paid to sponsor a weekly women's sports highlights segment on SportsCenter and is a sponsor of the espnW Summit.
"Women's sports continues to go unfunded not because of one thing," Johnson said. "It's a knock-on effect. If there isn't enough content on TV, there's not enough investment to come in to buy that advertising content. Which means then there's not enough dollars coming into the league themselves. And so therefore they're not able to invest in the way that actually would lend towards the growth model."
Along with Google, Engelbert has recruited AT&T, Nike and Deloitte to be WNBA Changemakers. Engelbert presents topics to the group to discuss, and each company provides experts for their perspective.
"For example, let's say a topic is diversity, equity and inclusion," Johnson said. "We would make sure our expert comes to that Changemakers conversation. If it's about media expertise, we would bring our media team. All of these companies have that varied expertise within their organizations."
For her part, Engelbert said, "I'll use all the expertise I can get. Especially when you're trying to totally upend a model that's been around for at least 25 years."
"There's a movement out there to support these women," she said. "I mean, how else would we sign companies like Deloitte, AT&T and Google? They're trying to build their brand as a supporter of diversity, equity and inclusion. So that's what's different, and that's the momentum I see and why I'm so confident we're going to turn this around."
Eighty percent of players in the WNBA are people of color, and the league has a strong LGBTQ presence. Corporate America has embraced players who have been vocal about social justice.
Candace Parker created rare offseason buzz when she joined Chicago in the biggest free-agent move in league history. Now she has gone where no WNBA player has gone before -- the cover of NBA 2K22. Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images
Sue Bird began appearing in CarMax commercials this year, Chiney Ogwumike is the face of a DoorDash ad campaign and Candace Parker is one of the cover stars for NBA 2K22, making her the first woman to receive the coveted spot on the popular basketball video game featuring both NBA and WNBA players.
Parker, currently playing for Chicago in the WNBA Finals, said she learned a lot about trying to expand her personal brand and business portfolio during her 13 seasons in Los Angeles, where she had conversations with former NBA star Magic Johnson, who is part of the Sparks ownership group.
"I want to walk into rooms where corporate decisions are made and see people from women's sports," Parker said of hoping more female athletes get involved in business. "I think that we're capable of having that, and I want to be a part of it."
Engelbert said it's no coincidence that companies are drawn to WNBA players.
"What's different now is companies have their own diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives," she said. "Companies are thirsting for our players as a microcosm of their employee base."
In September, the league announced a partnership with Dick's Sporting Goods. Licensed WNBA merchandise will now be available for the first time in at least 100-120 of its stores, according to the chain's marketing vice president, Melissa Christian.
"What we're working with the W on is how to change visibility of the product," Christian said. "And then more broadly raise visibility of the league and the games, because that drives interest."
Christian said the sporting goods chain rarely partners with professional sports, preferring to focus on youth sports.
"We entered this partnership because she wanted to drive change," Christian said of Engelbert. "We really want to use our resources to drive change and bring more visibility to women and girls in sports."
With big business beginning to get on board, Engelbert hopes for (and needs) more buy-in from loyal and new fans alike.
After the United States won gold at the 1996 Olympics, then-NBA commissioner David Stern pushed owners to create a women's league. The WNBA tipped off in 1997. Andrew D. Bernstein/WNBAE/Getty Images
WHEN LISA LESLIE and Kym Hampton lined up for the first jump ball in WNBA history on June 21, 1997, 14,284 fans were in Inglewood's Great Western Forum to watch the L.A. Sparks and the New York Liberty launch a new professional women's basketball league. Attendance peaked a year later, but the decline has been steady since.
Flipping this trend is a priority for Engelbert.
"When I go to each arena, I meet with the fans," she said.
She's struck by the quality of the fans -- their knowledge about the game and their passion for it -- but now she wants to focus on quantity.
"We've got to drive that fandom more broadly and bring in more fans," she said.
In 2016, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he wanted to grow average WNBA attendance to more than 10,000 fans within five years. But five years later, that may no longer be possible. Some teams, including Washington (4,200) and Atlanta (3,500), have moved to smaller arenas.
Arena rent is one of the largest expenses for teams, according to sports bankers and WNBA owners.
"If you can mitigate it or eliminate it or at least make it palatable, you have a much better chance at success," Malandro said.
When the Mohegan tribe signed its 2003 operating agreement with the WNBA, the owners of the Connecticut Sun agreed to provide the Mohegan Sun Arena rent-free to the team. In 2010, the team became the first in the league to turn a profit.
"You have to have the right building," said one current owner who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "It's hard to make the math work if the size of the building is wrong. If the cost structure is wrong."
A push for smaller arenas has become a growing trend not just in the WNBA but throughout collegiate and professional sports after the proliferation of high-definition televisions clobbered ticket sales.
"It's a good choice, moving into a smaller venue," said John Moag of Moag & Company, which provides financial advisory services for NFL, NBA and other professional team owners. "People don't like watching sports in empty arenas. Your fans are tighter, they're louder and it's a much more exciting atmosphere."
Val Ackerman, the first president of the WNBA who is now commissioner of the Big East Conference, said a full building is always preferable to empty seats: "Sponsors want to be where the fans are," she said.
Engelbert puts the WNBA's new "sweet spot" at an average of 6,000-10,000 fans. But having only 12 teams "is one of our impediments" to increasing attendance.
Expansion, she said, is coming to the WNBA.
Seattle Storm co-owner Ginny Gilder says she's noticing more and more people wanting to invest in the WNBA. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
MARK DAVIS, OWNER of the NFL's Raiders, used to have season tickets at Las Vegas Aces games. He sat next to Bill Hornbuckle, president and CEO of MGM Resorts International, which at the time owned the team and still owns the arena where the Aces play.
"During the games, I would tell him, 'You need to pay the players more,'" Davis recalled during a video call with reporters in February. "I kept giving him hints on how to make this league better. Finally, he turned to me and said, 'Why don't you buy the team?'"
Davis became one of three new ownership groups -- along with Atlanta and Minnesota -- to enter the WNBA this year. The Lynx were sold along with the NBA's Timberwolves for $1.5 billion to entrepreneur Marc Lore and retired baseball star Alex Rodriguez in the spring; they are paying in installments and are expected to take full control of both franchises in 2023.
Engelbert wants to introduce even more owners -- through expansion -- to the league within the next five years. She said the league is prospecting for new cities that would make a good fit.
"We're doing all that data mining now," she said. "I suspect by next summer or this time next year, in our 26th season, we'll be talking about the number of teams and a list of where."
Elizabeth Williams and her fellow WNBA players caught the attention of corporate America following their season of activism in the bubble. Adam Hagy/NBAE via Getty Images
Engelbert said sports betting could help determine where WNBA expansion teams could land, estimating gambling could bring in "seven- to eight-figure potential marketing partnerships with betting partners."
The Mercury signed a reported $66 million deal in June with Bally's Corporation to be its exclusive sports betting partner for the next 15 years. The team called it "the largest sponsorship deal in the history of women's sports."
Engelbert said sports gambling is also an opportunity to bring in a fan base that "we don't necessarily have today watching our games."
She added that cities the league is targeting for expansion are those with strong support for women's sports and "the kind of social justice platform that these WNBA players stand for."
Gilder, the co-owner of the Storm, said the social justice element has attracted potential owners.
"People have not invested or have been hesitant to invest in women's pro sports," she said. "But you have to consider the social context within which this league operates, which is different from any other league in the country. This is starting to change. That's a big thing for the league. People are starting to want to own a WNBA franchise."
Terri Jackson, the executive director of the WNBPA, understands the reasons companies are at last getting behind the league. "Diversity is this league's superpower," she says. Adam Hagy/NBAE via Getty Images
TERRI JACKSON TOOK over as head of the Women's National Basketball Players Association in 2016 and negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement with the league in 2020, soon after Engelbert became commissioner.
"We don't have a perfect CBA, but we got a damn good one," Jackson said. "Now, let's talk about how we're going to add value and keep building this thing together."
The players' union has successfully negotiated for revenue sharing at least as far back as 2008, when the league agreed to split gate revenues if average team ticket revenue during the regular season exceeded $2.5 million.
The current agreement, which runs through the 2027 season, provides for a 50-50 revenue split if the league achieves certain growth targets. The league declined to disclose those targets as well as its overall revenue.
"The way the revenue share is constructed, it's dependent on the league doing well and not team businesses and ticket sales of the team," Jackson said. "I think that kind of played to Cathy's best interests, that we believe that she would grow the league."
But to date, Jackson said, none of the revenue sharing agreements have been triggered because the league has not met any of the agreed-upon financial benchmarks.
Nneka Ogwumike, the No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft, thinks the league is making progress under Engelbert's leadership. David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images
Pointing to the corporate partners Engelbert has secured, Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike, the president of the union's executive committee, believes the league is on the brink of a breakthrough.
"We're kind of like on the cusp of really revving things up when it comes to league investment," she said. "Cathy is doing a great job of stirring that pot and really trying to get results."
The league's highest-paid players earned a salary of $221,450 for the 2021 season, and performance bonuses added to the most recent CBA meant players could earn cash compensations in excess of $500,000, more than triple what they could earn in the prior agreement. The minimum salary in 2021, according to the CBA, was $58,710.
"It's important that we pay them fairly," Engelbert said, "but you do need an economic model to support it."
Engelbert said some of the repairs to the economic model can be achieved through marketing and merchandising. She's also trying to crack a conundrum that has been stumping the league for years.
Jackie Young, who made national headlines in high school when she broke Damon Bailey's Indiana prep scoring record, was taken first in the 2019 WNBA draft after playing three seasons at Notre Dame. Steven Freeman/NBAE via Getty Images
THREE DAYS AFTER suffering a one-point loss to Baylor in the NCAA championship game, Jackie Young officially traded her Notre Dame jersey for a Las Vegas Aces jersey when she became the No. 1 pick in the 2019 WNBA draft.
Nearly 3.7 million viewers had tuned in for the Baylor-Notre Dame classic, and seven players from that game made their transition to the WNBA that April night.
Six months later, the WNBA Finals between Connecticut and Washington drew an average of just 381,000 viewers over five games.
NCAA women's championship games regularly pull in 3-4 million viewers, and Engelbert took note of the drop-off immediately. "This is a fixable issue," she said, "to integrate more out of the college game."
Capitalizing on the NCAA players' popularity and the established collegiate rivalries is an obvious way to ensure more WNBA players are household names, Engelbert said.
"When the NBA really hit their stride is the big rivalry out of the college ranks with Larry Bird and Magic Johnson," she said of the period after the 1979 Michigan State-Indiana State men's championship game.
Engelbert hopes to link the NCAA to the WNBA not only through the draft but also through WNBA marketing during March Madness.
Geno Auriemma and others involved with NCAA basketball have something Engelbert wants for the WNBA: rivalries. Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images
And the investment in marketing won't stop there. Engelbert recently hired longtime Nike executive Phil Cook as the league's first chief marketing officer.
"There's a lot of people in cities who don't even know they have a WNBA team in that city," Engelbert said.
But far beyond the fans in the cities with teams, Engelbert believes there are untapped international markets in Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.
"I think we have an enormous opportunity to kind of follow the NBA in the way they have globalized their game," Engelbert said. "Not only are we starting to get draft picks from outside the U.S., but also there's a lot of interest in bringing the WNBA globally."
Since the WNBA launched as a summer league, most players have played overseas during the winter to maximize their income. This week, the Athletes Unlimited organization announced the 2022 debut of a monthlong women's league set in a single city from late January through February. It won't compete salarywise with European leagues, but it gives players another option and fans another chance to see them.
Engelbert and Jackson believe the WNBA season is "where it needs to be" on the calendar for the foreseeable future, but keeping the league and its players more visible when not in season has been a perpetual challenge. So has merchandising.
For its 25th anniversary, the league added a variety of new uniforms for each team and an updated ball, which was available for the first time in nationwide chains like Walmart. The ball sold out, according to Engelbert, noting that she believes it to be the only ball on the shelves marketed to women that isn't pink.
Another recent success story is the orange hoodie, which Engelbert said was a top-10 seller for the NBA's online store and, according to reports, the No. 1 seller on Fanatics.com for two days in 2020 after NBA stars and other celebrities wore the sweatshirt and posted photos on social media. The initiative was a collaboration with ESPN.
Striking the right balance between having too much merchandise and not enough, though, is imperative, Engelbert said.
"We can't just flood the market with it, and then people don't buy it," she said. "That hurts the league and that hurts the league brand."
At her home arena, Diana Taurasi shared a sweet moment with Cathy Engelbert prior to the WNBA Finals. Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images
IN A SPECIAL ceremony prior to Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, Cathy Engelbert awarded Diana Taurasi a white basketball emblazoned with the letters "GOAT" after fans voted the 10-time All-Star the league's greatest of all time.
Taurasi waved in appreciation to the fans at the Footprint Center. Following the "Disney on Ice" hullabaloo, the NBA has moved two of its preseason games that conflicted with WNBA playoff games to make sure the Mercury could play at home.
As Taurasi turned her head away while she waved, Engelbert pulled what looked like an orange T-shirt out of her pocket. But when she unfolded it and handed it to Taurasi, a baby onesie that read "FUTURE GOAT" appeared. The tiny orange outfit looked a lot like the league's best-selling orange hoodie, replete with the rebranded logo woman silhouette.
Taurasi smiled as she accepted the gift, and then hugged Engelbert. Taurasi's wife, retired Mercury forward Penny Taylor, had given birth to their second child the day before. It was a sweet moment ... and a savvy marketing play that garnered plenty of media coverage for the WNBA.


LONDON (CNN) — Police investigating the deadliest London terror attack in 12 years have named the perpetrator as a 52-year-old British man, Khalid Masood.
“Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a terrorist attack,” a police statement said.
Masood, who was born in Kent and is thought to have been living in the West Midlands, had previous convictions for violence.
Police earlier arrested eight people in raids around Britain, as an ISIS-affiliated news agency claimed that the extremist group was behind the outrage.
Prime Minister Theresa May revealed the perpetrator was British born and once linked to violent extremism, in a statement to Parliament a day after it was locked down when the assailant breached its perimeter.
Three people died in the attack — an American citizen, a woman of Spanish origin and a police officer stabbed as he defended Parliament — and another 40, many of them from other countries, were injured. Of those, 29 required hospital treatment and seven are critical, police said.
May said the attacker had been investigated by security services but was regarded as a “peripheral figure.” Authorities did not know he was about to mount an assault, she said.
Britain’s most senior counterterror police officer said inquiries were continuing in London, Birmingham and elsewhere after the lone attacker plowed a car into crowds of people, killing two people, before stabbing a police officer dead in the grounds of the UK Parliament.
A tweet from ISIS-affiliated news agency Amaq said the attacker was “a soldier” of ISIS inspired by its message. However, ISIS has provided no evidence for any direct links to the assailant, whom it did not name.
May: ‘Our values will prevail’
In a defiant speech, May vowed that Britain’s freedoms and values would remain undiminished.
“Yesterday an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy. But today we meet as normal — as generations have done before us, and as future generations will continue to do — to deliver a simple message: we are not afraid. And our resolve will never waiver in the face of terrorism.
“And we meet here, in the oldest of all Parliaments, because we know that democracy — and the values it entails — will always prevail.”
She said the police officer who was killed in the attack, PC Keith Palmer, was “every inch a hero and his actions will never be forgotten.”
May said Wednesday’s attacker was born in Britain and was investigated “some years ago” in relation to concerns about “violent extremism.” But he was not part of the “current intelligence picture.”
May said the current threat level for Britain — which has been at severe, the second highest, for some time — would not be raised to critical because there was no specific intelligence that an attack was imminent. Since 2013, police, security and intelligence agencies have successfully disrupted 13 separate terrorist plots in Britain, she said.
“We know the threat from Islamist terrorism is very real. But while the public should remain utterly vigilant they should not — and will not — be cowed by this threat,” she said.
CNN Terrorism Analyst Paul Cruickshank said the language used by ISIS asserting the attack was by one of its “soldiers” did not necessarily mean the group was claiming direct connections to the attacker. This phrasing has been used in the past by the group for attacks ISIS believes it helped inspire, he said.
Investigation gathers pace
Mark Rowley, the lead officer in the UK for counter-terrorism policing, said hundreds of detectives worked through the night in a fast-moving inquiry. Their investigation focused on the attacker’s motivation, preparation and associates, he said.
Overnight, officers from the Metropolitan Police searched addresses in Birmingham, central England, and elsewhere. Arrests were made in Birmingham and London.
“It is still our belief — which continues to be borne out by our investigation — that this attacker acted alone yesterday and was inspired by international terrorism,” he said. “To be explicit, at this stage, we have no specific information about further threats to the public.”
Rowley told journalists late Wednesday that police were working on the assumption there was an Islamist dimension to the attack, the first mass-casualty terrorist outrage in Britain since 2005 when 52 people died in the July 7 bomb attacks on the London public transportation system.
A UK official told CNN the working theory was that the attack was ISIS “inspired or copycat.”
The car rental company whose vehicle was used in the attack said it was cooperating with the police.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan told CNN that London was protected by the best police and security services in the world. “I’m confident that we are doing all that we can to keep our city safe, to keep Londoners safe and to keep visitors safe,” he said.
Victims named
The area around Westminster, the heart of the British government since the 16th century, was teeming with Londoners and visitors when the attack began.
The officer killed at Carriage Gates, an entrance to Parliament, was named as Keith Palmer, a member of the Metropolitan Police’s parliamentary and diplomatic protection command unit. He was a husband and father, and had served in the Met for 15 years.
The mayor of Betanzos in northwest Spain, Ramon Garcia Vasquez, named the woman who died as Frade, 43, and told CNN that her family and relatives live in the town. Vasquez said Frade had lived in London for several years with her Portuguese husband.
“We are totally overwhelmed by the news and we send our condolences to the people in London,” Garcia Vasquez added.
US citizen Kurt Cochran was in London celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife Melissa, who suffered a broken leg, broken rib and a cut to her head, her brother Clint Payne posted to social media.
“Our hearts are broken this day as we say good-bye to our dear brother-in-law Kurt. He passed away from the injuries sustained in the London terrorist attack yesterday,” he posted.
US President Donald Trump tweeted: “A great American, Kurt Cochran, was killed in the London terror attack. My prayers and condolences are with his family and friends.”
A number of tourists were among 40 people hurt in the assault, including five South Koreans and three French high school students, according to officials from both countries. One Australian had been hospitalized, officials there said. A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said one Chinese tourist was slightly injured.
May listed 10 foreign nationalities among the victims: Three French children, two Romanians, four South Koreans, one German, one Pole, one Irish, one Chinese, one Italian, one American, and two Greeks. Twelve Britons also required hospital treatment.
A candlelit vigil will be held Thursday evening in Trafalgar Square, not far from Westminster, to show solidarity and remember the victims, the mayor’s office announced.
London police leaders held a moment’s silence Thursday morning to remember the attack victims.
One member of the government, Tobias Ellwood, was lauded as a hero after attempting to save Palmer.
Defiance, condolences
People echoed May’s defiance online, sharing an image of the London Underground logo emblazoned with the words “We are not afraid.”
Khan announced extra armed officers would be deployed on the streets of the British capital. However, Rowley said there were no plans for military officers to provide extra protection at this stage.
World leaders expressed their condolences. Trump phoned the British Prime Minister to pledge US support in “responding to the attack.”
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson led the UN Security Council in a moment of silence Thursday for those affected in London, and for the victims of terror incidents elsewhere.
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A Boy Scouts chapter engaged in a long fight over gay rights has sued the city of Philadelphia to try to avoid paying $200,000 a year in rent to stay in the city-owned space that has been its headquarters for 80 years.
The Cradle of Liberty Council currently pays $1 annually for the space, but the city has given it until Saturday to open their membership to gays or start being charged fair-market rent.
The federal suit filed Friday accuses the city of censorship for targeting the Scouts but maintaining free or nominal leases with other groups that limit membership, such as Baptist and Roman Catholic church groups and The Colonial Dames of America.
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WATCH: Science journalist Matt Ridley reveals the little coronavirus 'WRINKLE' in the number 7896
November 23, 2021
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Like most people, biologist and science journalist Matt Ridley just wants the truth. When it comes to the origin of COVID-19, that is a tall order. Was it human-made? Did it leak from a laboratory? What is the role of gain-of-function research? Why China, why now?
Ridley's latest book, "Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19," is a scientific quest to answer these questions and more. A year ago, you would have been kicked off Facebook for suggesting COVID originated in a lab. For most of the pandemic, the left practically worshipped Dr. Anthony Fauci. But lately, people have been poking around. And one of the names that appears again and again is Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance and a longtime collaborator and funder of the virus-hunting work at Wuhan Institute of Virology.
If you watched Glenn Beck's special last week, "Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World's Most Dangerous Lie," you learned some very disturbing things about what our government officials — like Dr. Fauci — were doing around the beginning of the pandemic. On the latest "Glenn Beck Podcast," Glenn sat down with Ridley to review what he and "Viral" co-author Alina Chan found while researching — including a "fascinating little wrinkle" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology called "7896."
Watch the video clip below or find the full interview with Matt Ridley here:
What is Number 7896 and what can it tell us about the possible origins of COVID-19? Biologist @mattwridley, author of the new book "VIRAL," joins me on The Glenn Beck Podcast to explain this "fascinating little wrinkle" from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and much more ...pic.twitter.com/7rdFZHaidR
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Rand Paul warns: Fauci could 'easily be a medical DICTATOR' — and no one on the left seems to care
November 22, 2021
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Dr. Anthony Fauci's arrogance is out of control and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is one of the only members of Congress calling him out to his face. Last week, Glenn Beck exposed the truth about what happened leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, who the top players in government and science were, and what their real response was in the first days of the pandemic during a live special, "Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World's Most Dangerous Lie." Sen. Paul joined Glenn on the radio program to review some of the facts uncovered during the special and to explain his next steps moving forward in Congress.
Paul said it's "amazing" that so few on the opposite side of the political aisle seem to care about the dangers gain-of-function research poses to the world. COVID-19 has a 1% mortality rate yet it still managed to cause massive destruction around the world, he said. So, what if the next mistake results in a leaked virus with a 50% mortality rate? Because scientists are researching viruses as dangerous as that, Sen. Paul explained, and some — including Fauci — believe the risks are worth it.
"It is kind of amazing, particularly that no one from the opposite side of the aisle seems to care at all about the dangerousness of this virus and that it might have come from a lab, and in all likelihood did come from a lab," Paul said. "Not one Democrat is curious at all. You know, you would think that Democrats have at least some sensibilities about the danger of things. They tend to be the ones who want to regulate away the things that could be dangerous in the workplace. Yet they don't seem to care about something that could kill millions and likely did kill millions of people. This virus has a 1% mortality and killed 5 million people so far, around the world. Can you imagine if the next one that comes out of the lab has 15% or 50% mortality? And they are doing experiments, as we speak, with viruses that have 50% mortality, and Fauci seems to have no problem with this. He says we weigh the risks verses the benefits of the research, and he comes down on the side that the risks are worth it."
"All of humanity could be wiped out if they make [another] tragic error," Glenn responded. "This is not something that the elites should be the ones making the decision. We should all be involved in these decisions. There's no bigger decision to make than, 'should we be playing around with things that don't exist necessarily in nature that have jumped to humans?' Should we be playing around with these things, making [dangerous viruses], so in case it jumps to humans, we can kill it with a vaccine? This is insanity. Insanity. Especially with arrogance coupled to it."
Sen. Paul went on to point out the additional dangers of allowing any one person to have too much authority, particularly, as in the case of Dr. Fauci, a person with casual disregard for both science and individual liberty.
"Fauci not only has a casual disregard for science, but also for individual liberty. You combine the two — ignoring the science, and then having no regard at all for individual liberty — and you have a really dangerous situation. But it's also dangerous because we've centralized the authority," Paul explained.
"Look, I have opinions on where the virus came from. I have opinions on how to treat it. But they're my opinions, you don't have to take them. If you agree with me, you can listen to my opinions. With Dr. Fauci, it's not the same. He has opinions, but he wants you to be forced to do as he says. So it is the difference between coercion and freedom. And in freedom, there are many choices. But the real danger is, as we centralize authority, ultimately you get authoritarianism. And I think that he could easily be a medical dictator, if he were allowed to be."
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Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World’s Most Dangerous Lie
November 18, 2021
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COVID-19 changed everything. The way we live our lives, how we operate our businesses, how we see each other. And now, the federal government is sinking its tendrils even deeper, threatening the fabric not only of our bodily autonomy, but of the republic.
Our American way of life may never be the same. To save it, we must understand the key fundamentals of the pandemic that transfigured our society into the nightmare it is today. What is the COVID-19 origin story? Who are its top players in government and science, pulling the strings? What was their REAL response in the first days of the pandemic? The answers to these questions are frightening.
Emails, documents, and federal contracts tell a dark story that is still dominating our lives. It's time to cast a light on the shocking truth. Because only with the truth can we emerge from the darkness of this "pandemic" and take back the liberty stolen from us.
This is Glenn Beck's most important chalkboard of his life. And the most pivotal time in yours.
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November 17, 2021
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COVID-19 changed everything. The way we live our lives, how we operate our businesses, how we see each other. And now, the federal government is sinking its tendrils even deeper, threatening the fabric not only of our bodily autonomy, but of the republic.
Our American way of life may never be the same. To save it, we must understand the key fundamentals of the pandemic that transfigured our society into the nightmare it is today. What is the COVID-19 origin story? Who are its top players in government and science, pulling the strings? What was their REAL response in the first days of the pandemic? The answers to these questions are frightening.
Emails, documents, and federal contracts tell a dark story that is still dominating our lives. It's time to cast a light on the shocking truth. Because only with the truth can we emerge from the darkness of this "pandemic" and take back the liberty stolen from us.
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Glenn relates the twin stories of Steve Jobs’ original falling out at Apple computers and John Lasseter’s firing at Walt Disney Animation. Both of these “failures” inadvertently led to the making of Toy Story, the first feature-length computer-animated film, establishing Pixar as the most successful animation company in the world.
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Crimes or Cover-Up? Exposing the World’s Most Dangerous Lie
COVID-19 changed everything. The way we live our lives, how we operate our businesses, how we see each other. And now, the federal government is sinking its tendrils even deeper, threatening the fabric not only of our bodily autonomy, but of the republic.
Our American way of life may never be the same. To save it, we must understand the key fundamentals of the pandemic that transfigured our society into the nightmare it is today. What is the COVID-19 origin story? Who are its top players in government and science, pulling the strings? What was their REAL response in the first days of the pandemic? The answers to these questions are frightening.
Emails, documents, and federal contracts tell a dark story that is still dominating our lives. It's time to cast a light on the shocking truth. Because only with the truth can we emerge from the darkness of this "pandemic" and take back the liberty stolen from us.
This is Glenn Beck's most important chalkboard of his life. And the most pivotal time in yours.
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BlazeTV host Steve Deace is a COVID pandemic expert. But even he was surprised by some of the facts Glenn will present to you tonight during his TV special. In fact, Deace says tonight's content perfectly connects all the dots and provides all the context needed. FINALLY, the COVID pandemic's Rosetta Stone is here. Their lies put Western civilization in peril, Deace says, but now Americans are ready for the truth...
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SHIPPING INFO
I'm a shipping policy. I'm a great place to add more information about your shipping methods, packaging and cost. Providing straightforward information about your shipping policy is a great way to build trust and reassure your customers that they can buy from you with confidence.