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>>> GOOD
>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. HAPPY MONDAY.
HAPPY MONDAY. THIS IS ATLANTA AND COMPANY.
WE ARE SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.
COVID-19 MAY HAVE PUT A PAUSE
ON THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF EXCITING
UPDATES.
UPDATES.
UPDATES. THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S TIME FOR OUR
A-SCENE WITH THE AMAZING
FRANCESCA AMIKER.
FRANCESCA AMIKER. HI.
HI.
HI. HOW
HI. HOW ARE YOU, SWEETIE?
>> HEY, HOW ARE YOU?
IT'S SO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
I WILL ASK YOUR VIEWERS TO BEAR
WITH US BECAUSE THERE IS A
THREE AND A HALF SECOND DELAY
BETWEEN KRISTINE AND MYSELF.
NO WORRIES.
NO WORRIES. IT WILL STILL BE ENTERTAINING.
LET'S START WITH THE FIRST
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. THIS IS EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S
ANNOUNCED THE PEABODY AWARDS
FOR 2020.
FOR 2020.
FOR 2020. GUESS WHO WON?
TWO PRODUCTIONS FILMED RIGHT
HERE IN GEORGIA.
WE ARE TALKING THE WATCH MAN
STARRING REGINA KING AND ALSO
STRANGER THINGS CAME HOME WITH
A PEABODY AWARD.
BIG NEWS FOR THEM, THIS IS VERY
EXCITING.
EXCITING.
EXCITING. THE PEABODY AWARDS ARE AWARDS
THAT ARE SPECIAL FOR THE
JOURNALISM INDUSTRY.
JOURNALISM INDUSTRY. IT'S TOTING PEOPLE WHO ARE
GREAT STORY TELLERS AND REALLY
MAKE CHANGE THROUGH THEIR
ENTERTAINMENT.
ENTERTAINMENT. IT WAS GREAT.
>> AWESOME.
>> AWESOME. >> THERE IS A SPEECH FROM THE
FOLKS AT THE WATCH MAN.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD FROM
SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS
ORGANIZATION, IT MEANS SO MUCH.
THIS SHOW NOT ONLY EVOKES
THOUGHT AND CONVERSATION BUT
EXPOSED HISTORY THAT HAS BEEN
FORGOTTEN, ALL WHILE WE WERE
ABLE TO ENTERTAIN.
>> AMAZING TO WIN AWARDS DURING
THIS TIME.
THIS TIME. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >>> NEXT, I WILL GET TO IT.
SPEAKING OF AWARDS AND AWARD
SHOWS WE KNOW WITH THE MOVEMENT
OF BLACK LIVES MATTER, THE
GRAMMYS IS THE LATEST AWARDS
SHOW TO MAKE BIG MOVES AND BIG
CHANGES.
CHANGES.
CHANGES. YOU KNOW THE WORD "URBAN," THEY
HAVE TAKEN IT OUT COMPLETELY.
THEY DROPPED THE WORD AS A WAY
TO DESCRIBE ALBUMS.
IT'S NOW GOING TO BE THE BEST
PROGRESSIVE R AND B ALBUM.
THE NEXT RAP SUNG PERFORMANCE,
THEY WILL CALL IT BEST MELODIC
PERFORMANCE.
PERFORMANCE. BIG CHANGE.
BIG CHANGE. >> NO KIDDING.
IT'S SO GREAT AND SO CRITICAL
THAT THE CONVERSATION HAS
CONTINUED EVEN AFTER SEVERAL
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. SOMETIMES THESE THINGS DIE
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. I
DOWN. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN
INDUSTRIES ACROSS THE BOARD,
THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SPEAKING OF THAT MOVEMENT
CONTINUING AND THINGS CHANGING,
NET FLIX, THEY'RE REALLY
PROGRESSIVE WITH EVERYTHING.
THEY RECENTLY CAME OUT WITH
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. I
THIS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A VIEW OF IT.
%-@
WHEN
WHEN YOU
WHEN YOU LOG ON, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY'RE CREATING THIS
WHOLE UNVEILING OF A BLACK
LIVES MATTER CATEGORY WITH
DOZENS OF MOVIES, TV SHOWS,
DOCUMENTARIES.
DOCUMENTARIES. IT INCLUDES SPIKE LEE'S DEFY
BLOODS.
BLOODS.
BLOODS. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK IS A
FAVORITE FOR SOME PEOPLE.
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE AS WELL.
YES, THAT'S THE NAME OF AN
ACTUAL SERIES.
ACTUAL SERIES. BIG CHANGES, WE ARE SEEING IT
ALL OVER.
ALL OVER.
ALL OVER. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. FRAN, I KNOW WE HAVE TIME FOR
ONE MORE UPDATE.
WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON?
ANYTHING HERE THAT WE NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT?
KNOW ABOUT? >> OF COURSE.
IN GEORGIA WE RECENTLY HAD
VOTING.
VOTING.
VOTING. THAT WAS A PRETTY CHAOTIC
SITUATION.
SITUATION. BASKETBALL GREAT LEBRON JAMES,
HE CAME UP WITH A NEW
INITIATIVE THAT HE IS WORKING
WITH AS WELL AS JAYLONE ROSE
THEY'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER FOR
AN INITIATIVE SO PEOPLE IN
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT ABLE
TO GET THE BEST VOTING
RESOURCES, THEY'RE PUT AT THE
FOREFRONT.
FOREFRONT. >> GOOD.
>> GOOD.
>> GOOD. OH THAT'S SO AWESOME.
FRAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I MISS HEARING FROM YOU BUT OF
COURSE I FOLLOW YOU ON
INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER.
MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR
HANDLE.
HANDLE.
HANDLE. >>