Month: February 2019

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Black investment firm FIS Group has agreed to acquire another black investment firm, Piedmont Investment Advisors LLC, in a deal that will turn the money management firm into one of the largest African American-owned investment companies in the United States. FIS Group will now have a combined $10 billion in assets under management—just $3.1 billion short of Ariel Investment Partners, the largest African American money manager. The deal is expected to close during the third quarter of 2018.

Philadelphia-based FIS Group was founded in 1996 by Tina Byles Williams, the former CEO and CIO of the city’s board of pensions. The 27-employee firm will continue to be based out of Philadelphia, while Piedmont Investments, a 21-person firm, founded by Isaac H. Green, will keep its name and remain in North Carolina but will now operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of FIS Group. Both firms are women- and minority-owned. Piedmont Investments ranked the fifth largest black-owned asset management firm on Black Enterprise‘s annual listing of the nation’s largest black-owned businesses.

Most of Piedmont Investment and FIS Group’s clients are government. FIS Group specializes in global and non-U.S. equity strategies, while Piedmont specializes in active, passive, and structured beta equity strategies and core fixed income. Just in February, FIS was hired to manage $200 million of Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) $29 billion in assets. FIS Group says it now manages about $5.6 billion “in innovative portfolio solutions across the global public equity spectrum through entrepreneurial managers worldwide.” Piedmont says it expects to manage $4.7 billion in “active, passive, and structured beta equity and core fixed-income management” by June 30.

Even with the merger of both firms, it is an industry that is still dominated by large and well-funded corporations, and remains hard for new firms to break into, according to the Philadelphia Tribune.

While African American executives in recent years have served as chief executive officers at Merrill Lynch, American Express, TIAA-CREF, and other big financial firms, black and female elected officials, investment managers, and their political allies have continued to press government agencies to direct public assets to qualified minority- and woman-owned firms to help them grow and integrate the field.

“We are delighted to join forces with the investment professionals at Piedmont to become an even stronger multi-asset management firm, offering clients investment solutions across the efficient market frontier spectrum,” Tina Byles Williams, FIS Group’s CEO and CIO said in a news release. “This union expands our abilities to construct and manage investment strategies and solutions that will be accretive to our collective clients’ specific needs.”

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Whether you’re a business professional, entrepreneur or parent, we often forget to set aside time for ourselves—which is also known as ‘me time.’ Many consider personal time a spa day or vacation. But as a financial educator, I find it is very important to focus on YOU and your financial goals.

Finances are often overlooked for the very statement most make: ‘I don’t have time.’ We all have 24 hours a day and a total of 168 hours per week, yet we as a society often complain about not having enough. If we start to break down the 24-hour day, how much time can you take back?

Think about time needed vs. time wanted to put things into perspective. You need time to eat, sleep, work, be a parent, etc., and you may want leisure time for television and other social activities. Let’s take television for example: according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2017, consumers spent an average of 2.77 hours per day watching TV, which calculates to 19.39 hours per week. What if you took advantage of those hours by recording your TV shows to watch at a later date, or maybe rewarding yourself with your favorite show after completing one of your financial goals?

I often advise to set time(s) during the month for a “personal inventory day.” This is a day you can get yourself in order — and your financial goals, too.

Listed below are a few ways you can put your personal inventory day to use:

Categorize Spending & Review Your Budget

Set aside an hour a week to monitor your spending habits to ensure you are sticking to your budget. My trick is setting a weekly calendar reminder to review bank accounts, credit cards and all transactions linked to a budgeting tool. Monitoring your budget and transactions not only allows you to stay on track, but frequent access to these accounts reduces the chance unauthorized transactions will go unnoticed.

Monitor Your Credit

Dedicate another 30 minutes a week for your credit report. Pay attention to your credit scores by subscribing to free apps such as Credit Karma or Credit Sesame, where your score is updated weekly. Credit fraud is constantly on the rise. Monitoring your credit allows you to be proactive should your identity be stolen, or inaccuracies are reported by creditors.

Check-in on Your Financial Goals

A small time frame, such as an hour a week, is enough for setting and reviewing personal goals. This can also include planning for another income stream. Goal setting should be a habit of all successful people. By setting and accomplishing a goal, you may feel a rush of excitement or encouragement to move forward to bigger and better things on your list. Small steps lead to big rewards.

Bonus: Find a Better Deal 

During your down time, review your expenses and be sure you are getting the best deal for your money. Pay attention to your bills and be sure you are getting the best rates; this includes bills you may think of as fixed expenses such as cell phone, cable, electric, insurance. Many companies run promotions throughout the year, which you may be missing out on if you never realign yourself with a new company. For example, an electric provider may offer airline mileage to sign up for their services. If you are not in a contract, why not switch and take advantage of the offer?

By setting time aside for the above tasks, you will surely be on track to creating better financial habits and achieving your financial goals.

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“As women, we need to give ourselves some time. We need to recoup. We must learn who we are, and traveling solo can help us do that,” says Coleitha Banks, the founder of Sisters Traveling Solo. This purpose-driven woman created a 7,000-member Facebook Group community and turned it into 50,000 members in a year.  Sisters Traveling Solo is a company created to help women of color travel solo.

By offering unique payment plans, travel planning services for your entire trip, and amazing vacations to places like Peru, Bali, Paris, and more, Sisters Traveling Solo is creating a strong support system that allows women to experience the world in a cost-effective way.

Six years ago, Banks needed a break. She yearned for mental clarity and felt that taking her first solo vacation could help provide the peace of mind she wanted. Banks was determined to take her first solo trip to the 2012 Olympics, and she refused to let the lack of money stop her. With this passion in her heart, she developed a financial plan, took her first solo trip, and had a life-changing experience. Now, even with a corporate job, 90% of all of her trips have been solo, and she has traveled to over 21 different countries.

Currently, Sisters Traveling Solo offers nine trips around the world. “We help make women financially prioritize their travel, and we create an entire experience that is life-changing,“ says Banks. Traveling solo can be inexpensive and the Sisters Traveling Solo Facebook Group helps remove that concern. Here are five ways Banks helps her group members find mental peace through travel in the most cost-effective way:

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Sacrifice Going Out.

Sometimes it is tempting to go out and spend money, especially, if it’s available. However, that disposable income can be used for your vacation. Take the money that you would use during happy hour and set it aside for your vacation. Instead of going out three times a week, save the cash you would have spent, and put it toward your next trip. Sacrifice temporarily, to help ensure that you are living the life of your dreams.

Travel on Deals.

There is no need to spend full price on trips when there are websites like The Flight Deal and Secret Flying. On a daily basis, search for their flight deals, and select the destination of your choice.

Make a Down Payment on Your Lodging.  Never Pay the Full Price Upfront.

If money is a concern for you when planning your travel, make sure that you use websites like Booking.com so that you do not have to pay for your hotel in full, up front. Booking.com does not require all the money at once, but instead a deposit. This will allow you more time to save for your vacation, and still have the dates secured.

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Set a Personal Goal, and Make Your Vacation a Priority.

None of this will work if you are not serious. No more complaining. No more getting frustrated. Make a decision and eliminate all other options. Open a separate online savings account with Goldman Sachs, Capital One 360, or Ally Bank, and start setting aside money each month. Stick with it, and make this trip a priority in your life.

Be Flexible.

Be open to departing from other cities outside of your own. By flying from different destinations your flight can be a lot cheaper.

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Many small businesses are trying to decide on their social media marketing in 2019. Marketing for most small businesses is often not a priority, but it should be. How else will people learn about your product or services? Word of mouth? Well that might have worked 15 or 20 years ago, but does not work now. Today’s audience does not “talk” to each other; they text, chat, and wave to each other online.

Small businesses can compete in the social media realm so long as they have a strategy.

For the first time in social media history, Facebook is in the number three spot for social networks, just behind YouTube and Google. Facebook still has 1.47 billion people logging in daily with more than 70% in the United States. Therefore, Facebook is still a safe and lucrative place to put your marketing dollars.

So, where do you start with your marketing strategy? My suggestion is Facebook, YouTube and Direct Mail Marketing. Otherwise known as cross channel marketing.

The Real Deal on a Social Media Marketing in 2019

Facebook

Facebook is still a great place for your brand to get discovered. More people go to Facebook first for research and recommendations than any other social media outlet. Paid ads are a great way to get discovered, if you know your target demographics and use the audience selection features to ensure you are reaching your potential customers. It’s also cost effective with a great ROI.

YouTube

YouTube recently surpassed Facebook as the number one social network. Creating video content is a critical part of your marketing strategy. Not just video, but mobile-optimized video is crucial for brand awareness. There is nothing more frustrating to our mobile hungry younger generation than a video that doesn’t load or is not clear in the size screen they want to view it on. Slow-loading video is a quick way to lose potential customers.

Marketing is an ever-changing beast. Your market reach is no longer determined by zip codes. Social media is your marketing stage. Consider the numbers — two out of three shoppers online have purchased something from a business in another country. Does this mean we abandon the local SEO? Of course not, it actually means you have to work harder to get found because it’s not just what’s local. It’s more about convenience. Many of these studies have noted that people are willing to pay more if getting the product or using the service makes life easier for them.

So, how to appeal to the local market? Consider direct mail campaigns. This cross-channel marketing method helps you connect with your local customer in a familiar but new way.

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With the always important “rank doesn’t matter” caveat (it’s how much a movie earns, not where it ends up on the charts), The Upside is giving STX Entertainment its first number one debut. Regardless of whether Warner Bros.’ Aquaman miraculously rallies today and tomorrow for its fourth-weekend win, the Kevin Hart/Bryan Cranston/Nicole Kidman dramedy is a big winner. The Neil Burger-directed film is a remake of a blockbuster 2012 French drama about a wealthy white paraplegic who hires a comparatively poor and down-on-his-luck black ex-con to provide day-to-day care. The movie, which starred François Cluzet and Omar Sy, was a massive success, earning $426 million worldwide (including $166m in France and $79m in Germany) to become, back then anyway, the biggest-grossing non-English-language grosser ever at the global box office.

It has been passed by any number of Chinese blockbusters since, but an American remake was inevitable. The skewed irony of the film was that it the kind of movie about racism and class disparity which allows for rich white folks to feel good about themselves that is commonly associated with American Oscar-bait. So, in a season dominated by Green Book-related controversies, it’s amusing that this American remake of The Intouchables is now set to vastly over-perform at the domestic box office. It is doubly ironic when you consider this success considering controversies related to its top-billed star and how his social media feed (along with a history of arguably homophobic or LGBTQIA-unfriendly humor) capsized a chance to host this year’s Oscars.

Whether the controversies helped, they certainly didn’t hurt. Living well is the best revenge, and this one, with an A from Cinemascore, may out-gross the vast majority of the year-end non-musical Oscar biggies by the time it wraps up. If there is any concern that Kevin Hart’s Oscar hosting-related controversies had done any damage to his value as a “butts in the seats” movie star, well, The Upside earned $6.95 million yesterday, including $1.1m in Thursday previews, to take the top spot from Aquaman. We’re probably looking at an opening weekend of between $19m and $21m for the weekend. That is a solid opening for a movie aimed at grownups.

Yes, Cranston and Nicole Kidman added a certain prestige and/or upped the “maybe we should take this seriously” factor, but a comic movie star like Hart opening an adult drama (even if it was cut down to a PG-13) within spitting distance of his comic vehicles (Night School opened with $9.7 million in September for a $27m debut weekend and $77m domestic total) is a big win. Come what may, Aquaman co-star Kidman will have the top two movies of the weekend no matter how this pans out. Unless it nose-dives after this weekend, this will be STX’s 11th profitable theatrical release out of the last 13 offerings. Anything above $17m will put it below Bad Moms ($22m in 2016) as STX’s second-biggest debut weekend ever.

This will either be STX’s first chart-topper ever or just their second second-place-finisher after A Bad Moms Christmas (which opened alongside Thor: Ragnarok). This is their second-straight old-school studio programmer hit following the super-leggy Second Act. That $16m-budgeted Jennifer Lopez dramedy has earned a whopping 5.347x its $6.48m debut weekend. That’s the leggiest “opened on a Friday” movie of last month. This one was a straight distribution deal for the $37.5m-budgeted dramedy (STX and Lantern took it after Weinstein Company imploded right after the film’s Toronto Film Festival premiere in 2017), and thus it’s a win for all parties. And, yeah, if it is at least as leggy as Night School, its theoretical $57m domestic total will put it above the vast majority of year-end Oscar contenders.

Get Out was one of the most talked about movies of the year, and now the social horror flick is getting Oscar buzz.  According to Box Office Mojo, with a worldwide box office tally of over $250 million Get Out is currently the third biggest R-rated horror movie ever in North America, following It and The Exorcist.

One of the things that sets this social horror thriller apart is that it warrants watching several times to catch all of the plot twists and clues you will miss the first time you see it. As a result of writer and director Jordan Peele’s clever story, Get Out has sparked some crazy conspiracy theories, including: the whole movie was Rod the TSA agent’s dream; the ‘grandfather’ keeps running because he is still trying to beat Jesse Owens’s time; and Rose ate her fruit loops outside of the milk so the colors wouldn’t mix.

In a new social media video for Vanity Fair, Peele breaks down several of these theories – some crazy and some spot-on — pulled from Reddit.  Check out which ones you may be right or wrong about here.

Say it ain’t so, O!  Oprah Winfrey has sold the majority of the Oprah Winfrey Network to Discovery Communications for $70 million, which means the media company now has nearly 75 percent ownership over the six-year-old brand.

Prior to the sale, OWN was a 50-50 joint venture between Winfrey and Discovery, though she’ll continue to maintain her role as the network’s chief executive.  Reportedly, the transaction marks the first time the queen of all media has taken money out of the venture.

“Creating OWN and seeing it flourish, supported by Discovery and a rapidly growing group of the finest storytellers in film and television, is one of my proudest achievements,” Winfrey said in a statement.

OWN was launched in 2011, and despite early ratings struggles and staff turnover, OWN has become the top-rated network for African American women with such popular series as Queen Sugar and Greenleaf. The network has benefited from its relationships with dynamic producers Tyler Perry and Ava DuVernay.

As part of the deal, the 63-year-old will work exclusively for OWN in the basic cable space through 2025.

Headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, Discovery Communications also owns the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and TLC. With a majority stake in OWN, which is available in 80 million homes in the U.S., Discovery can exert more control and consolidate the channel’s revenue and earnings on its balance sheet.

“This transaction allows Discovery and Oprah to unlock more value from our partnership; extends once more her commitment to the network; and lets us continue our strong work together to nourish OWN viewers with the content they love,” Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav said in a statement.

Discovery is reportedly in the process of acquiring Scripps Network Interactive, which owns such female-skewing channels as HGTV and Food Network.

With the success of films like Jordan Peele’s Get Out and Stephen King’s It, the horror movie genre is hot. And to cash in on moviegoers’ renewed interest in the macabre, Pharrell Williams and Girls Trip writer Tracy Oliver have teamed up for a film adaptation of the young adult horror-thriller novel, Survive the Night.

Oliver will write and direct. Williams and his production partner Mimi Valdes are producers. Williams and Valdes, a former Vibe Magazine editor, were also a part of the production crew for Hidden Figures and Dope.

This reunites the creative trio, who worked on Issa Rae’s web series Awkward Black Girl.  The Hollywood Reporter reports the production is “music-themed,” and Oliver sees the project as “a grounded empowerment story about four female friends.”

Survive the Night is described as Stephen King-meets-Pretty Little Liars. Here’s a plot description:

Just back from rehab, Casey regrets letting her friends Shana, Julie, and Aya talk her into coming to Survive the Night, an all-night, underground rave in a New York City subway tunnel. Surrounded by frightening drugs and menacing strangers, Casey doesn’t think Survive the Night could get any worse…until she comes across Julie’s mutilated body in a dank, black subway tunnel, red-eyed rats nibbling at her fingers. Casey thought she was just off with some guy—no one could hear her getting torn apart over the sound of pulsing music. And by the time they get back to the party, everyone is gone.

Desperate for help, Casey and her friends find themselves running through the putrid subway tunnels, searching for a way out. But every manhole is sealed shut, and every noise echoes eerily in the dark, reminding them they’re not alone. They’re being hunted. Trapped underground with someone—or something—out to get them, Casey can’t help but listen to Aya’s terrified refrain: “We’re all gonna die down here.”According to Shadow and Act, the project is set at Warner Bros.

What The Fit, starring Kevin Hart and a host of his celebrity friends, produced by Lionsgate’s Jeff Clanagan and Candice Wilson has been nominated for the The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program.

The complete list can be seen below.

Producers Guild Unveils Film And TV Nominations

The Producers Guild has unveiled nominations for its 30th annual PGA Awards, listing nominees for the year’s best-produced works in motion pictures, television and short-form categories. The awards will be presented January 19 at the Beverly Hilton.

The 10-strong film list encapsulates the diverse range of films that have been making their way through awards season this year, spanning superheroes (Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther), romantic comedy (Warner Bros’ Crazy Rich Asians), musical drama (20th Century Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Warners’ A Star Is Born) and genre thriller (Paramount’s A Quiet Place).

Others making the cut in the category, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, which was won by eventual Oscar Best Picture The Shape of Water last year: Focus Features’ BlacKkKlansman, Fox Searchlight’s The Favourite, Netflix’s Roma (Alfonso Cuarón’s drama is a rare foreign-language selection from this guild), Universal’s Green Book and Annapurna’s political comedy Vice which leads all noms going into Sunday’s Golden Globes.

On the TV side, last year’s drama and comedy winners — Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, respectively — return to defend their crowns, as do fellow 2018 winners Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (Nonfiction), Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Talk) and The Voice (Competition).

The Nonfiction race this year includes CNN’s Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, with the host getting a nom for the show’s final season after his death in June.

The newest addition to the noms categories, for Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures, includes HBO’s original pics Fahrenheit 451, My Dinner with Hervé and Paterno; Netflix’s finale movie Sense8: Together Until the End, and Amazon Prime’s King Lear. The category was split off this year from the Limited Series pile; that award now pits noms FX’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace against Showtime’s Escape at Dannemora, Netflix’s Maniac, Amazon Prime’s The Romanoffs and HBO’s Sharp Objects.

The PGA revealed its documentary nominees in November.

Here’s the full list of PGA Award nominees:

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

Black Panther

Producer: Kevin Feige

BlacKkKlansman

Producers: Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele, Spike Lee

Bohemian Rhapsody

Producer: Graham King

Crazy Rich Asians

Producers: Nina Jacobson & Brad Simpson, John Penotti

The Favourite

Producers: Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos

Green Book

Producers: Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga

A Quiet Place

Producers: Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller

Roma

Producers: Gabriela Rodríguez, Alfonso Cuarón

A Star Is Born

Producers: Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper, Lynette Howell Taylor

Vice

Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Kevin Messick, Adam McKay

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures

The Dawn Wall

Producers: Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, Philipp Manderla

Free Solo

Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes, Shannon Dill

Hal

Producers: Christine Beebe, Jonathan Lynch, Brian Morrow

Into the Okavango

Producer: Neil Gelinas

RBG

Producers: Betsy West, Julie Cohen

Three Identical Strangers

Producers: Becky Read, Grace Hughes-Hallett

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Producers: Morgan Neville, Nicholas Ma, Caryn Capotosto

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch

Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy

Incredibles 2

Producers: John Walker, Nicole Grindle

Isle of Dogs

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Producer: Clark Spencer

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Producers: Avi Arad, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg

The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama

The Americans (Season 6)

Producers: Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Chris Long, Graham Yost, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Stephen Schiff, Mary Rae Thewlis, Tracey Scott Wilson, Peter Ackerman, Joshua Brand

Better Call Saul (Season 4)

Producers: Peter Gould, Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, Thomas Schnauz, Gennifer Hutchison, Nina Jack, Diane Mercer, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, Ann Cherkis, Bob Odenkirk, Robin Sweet

The Handmaid’s Tale (Season 2)

Producers: Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Mike Barker, Sheila Hockin, Eric Tuchman, Kira Snyder, Yahlin Chang, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Joseph Boccia, Dorothy Fortenberry, Margaret Atwood, Ron Milbauer

Ozark (Season 2)

Producers: Jason Bateman, Chris Mundy, Bill Dubuque, Mark Williams, David Manson, Alyson Feltes, Ryan Farley, Patrick Markey, Matthew Spiegel, Erin Mitchell

This Is Us (Season 3)

Producers: Dan Fogelman, Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Ken Olin, Charles Gogolak, Jess Rosenthal, Steve Beers, KJ Steinberg, Kevin Falls, Julia Brownell, Vera Herbert, Bekah Brunstetter, Shukree Hassan Tilghman, Cathy Mickel Gibson, Nick Pavonetti

The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

Atlanta (Season 2)

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

Barry (Season 1)

Producers: Alec Berg, Bill Hader, Aida Rodgers, Emily Heller, Liz Sarnoff

GLOW (Season 2)

Producers: Jenji Kohan, Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch, Tara Herrmann, Mark A. Burley, Nick Jones, Kim Rosenstock, Sascha Rothchild, Leanne Moore

The Good Place (Season 3)

Producers: Michael Schur, David Miner, Morgan Sackett, Drew Goddard, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, Joe Mande, Megan Amram, David Hyman, Jen Statsky

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 2)

Producers: Amy Sherman‐Palladino, Daniel Palladino, Dhana Rivera Gilbert, Sheila Lawrence

The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (Season 2)

Producers: Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Tom Rob Smith, Daniel Minahan, Brad Falchuk, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Chip Vucelich, Maggie Cohn, Eric Kovtun, Lou Eyrich, Eryn Krueger Mekash

Escape at Dannemora

Producers: Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock, Michael De Luca, Bryan Zuriff, Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin, Bill Carraro, Adam Brightman, Lisa M. Rowe

Maniac

Producers: Patrick Somerville, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Michael Sugar, Doug Wald, Jonah Hill, Emma Stone, Pal Kristiansen, Anne Kolbjørnsen, Espen Huseby, Carol Cuddy, Mauricio Katz, Caroline Williams, Ashley Zalta, Jessica Levin, Jon Mallard

The Romanoffs

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

Sharp Objects

Producers: Marti Noxon, Jason Blum, Gillian Flynn, Amy Adams, Jean‐Marc Vallée, Nathan Ross, Gregg Fienberg, Jessica Rhoades, Vince Calandra, David Auge

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures

Fahrenheit 451

Producers: Sarah Green, Ramin Bahrani, Michael B. Jordan, Alan Gasmer, Peter Jaysen, David Coatsworth

King Lear

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

My Dinner with Hervé

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

Paterno

Producers: Barry Levinson, Jason Sosnoff, Tom Fontana, Edward R. Pressman, Rick Nicita, Lindsay Sloane, Amy Herman

Sense8: Together Until the End

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

30 for 30 (Season 9)

Producers: Connor Schell, John Dahl, Libby Geist, Erin Leyden, Adam Neuhaus, Jenna Anthony, Gentry Kirby, Marquis Daisy, Deirdre Fenton

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Season 11, Season 12)

Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandra Zweig

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (Season 3)

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

Queer Eye (Season 1, Season 2)

Producers: David Collins, Michael Williams, Rob Eric, Jennifer Lane, Jordana Hochman, Mark Bracero, Rachelle Mendez

Wild Wild Country (Season 1)

Producers: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Josh Braun, Dan Braun, Juliana Lembi

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Season 24)

Producers: Trevor Noah, Steve Bodow, Jennifer Flanz, Jill Katz, Justin Melkmann, David Kibuuka, Zhubin Parang, Max Browning, Eric Davies, Pamela DePace, Ramin Hedayati, Elise Terrell, Dave Blog, Adam Chodikoff, Jimmy Donn, Jeff Gussow, Kira Klang Hopf, Allison MacDonald, Ryan Middleton

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 5)

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 4)

Producers: Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart, Barry Julien, Denise Rehrig, Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Paul Dinello, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Emily Gertler, Aaron Cohen, Michael Brumm, Paige Kendig, Jake Plunkett

Real Time with Bill Maher (Season 16)

Producers: Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Billy Martin, Dean E. Johnsen, Chris Kelly, Matt Wood

Saturday Night Live (Season 44)

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

The Amazing Race (Season 30)

Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo

America’s Got Talent (Season 13)

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 10)

Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

Top Chef (Season 15)

Producers: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Doneen Arquines, Tara Siener, Justin Rae Barnes, Blake Davis, Wade Sheeler, Brian Fowler, Elida Carbajal Araiza, Zoe Jackson, Patrick Schmedeman, Diana Schmedeman

The Voice (Season 14, Season 15)

Producers: John de Mol, Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers, Chad Hines, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, Teddy Valenti, Carson Daly

The PGA does not vet the individual producers of short-form programs, sports programs, or children’s programs. The winning productions will be recognized at the official ceremony on January 19th.

The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program

Biography: History, Herstory (Season 1)

Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Season 2)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Season 5)

Her America: 50 Women, 50 States (Season 1)

Kevin Hart: What The Fit (Season 1)

The Award for Outstanding Sports Program:

Being Serena (Season 1)

E:60 (2018)

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cleveland Browns (Season 13)

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Season 24)

SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt (Season 4)

The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program

Fuller House (Season 4)

PJ Masks (Season 2)

A Series of Unfortunate Events (Season 2)

Sesame Street (Season 48)

Teen Titans Go! (Season 4)

Last night, Kanye donated $150,000 to the family of Jemel Roberson, a black security guard who was killed by police after preventing what had the potential to escalate into another mass shooting.

The enormous donation was made on the GoFundMe page that Roberson’s family created following his murder on Nov. 11.

According to CNN, Roberson was working extra shifts in order to make his 9-month-old son’s first Christmas special. His girlfriend Avontea Boose is pregnant with their second child.

“This was going to be my baby’s first Christmas with his dad and now he’s going to miss out on everything,” Boose told the Associated Press.

In a post on Facebook, Attorney Lee Merritt wrote: “Jemel should be preparing to go to the Whitehouse to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He should be preparing to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. Instead his family is preparing for his funeral. Jemel is a national hero. This is a national tragedy.”

Roberson’s murder remains under investigation by the Illinois State Police.