Heated Rivalry, Bad Bunny, Timothรฉe Chalamet, Sabrina Carpenter and The Hollywood Reporter are among the winners for the 30th annual Webby Awards.
Other winners include Selena Gomez, Cardi B, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Jimmy Fallon, Alex Warren, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Amy Poehler, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes & Will Arnett, Don Lemon, Jason & Travis Kelce, Conan OโBrien, Jimmy Kimmel, Heated Rivalry, Sinners, The White Lotus, SNL, Severance, WAYMO, Apple, Lady Gaga, KATSEYE, NPR, Stranger Things, Sinners, Abbott Elementary,ย Sonic the Hedgehog 3 andย Sesame Street.
The awards, which are run by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, honor โexcellence on the Internet and celebrat[e] the creators, companies, platforms, and personalities shaping todayโs cultural and technological landscape.โ
All nominees are eligible to win two awards: the Webby Award, selected by the Academy, and the Webby Peopleโs Voice Award, voted on by the online community. The Hollywood Reporter won the Peopleโs Voice Award in the category of Entertainment, General Desktop & Mobile Sites (Websites & Mobile Sites).ย
Winners will be recognized May 11 at a special 30th-anniversary awards ceremony hosted by Emmy-nominated stand-up comedian andย The Daily Showย correspondent Josh Johnson in New York City. The ceremony is known for requesting that winners give speeches that are only five words long.
This year, the Webby Awards will also honor several folks with Special Achievement Awards for their โoutstanding contributions to Internet culture.โ They include Claude (Webby Person of the Year Award); Shonda Rhimes (Webby Streaming Person of the Year Award); Kylie Kelce (Webby Podcast of the Year Award); Taraji P. Henson (IADAS and NAACP Webby Advocate of the Year Award); Druski (Webby Special Achievement Award); and Pete Davison (Webby Special Achievement Award). Adobe and the Webbys also will present the Special Achievement in Creative AI…