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Buzz Feed
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
BuzzFeed's The Land Of Boggs Wins 2025 Webby People's Voice Award
New York, NY – April 22, 2025 – Today, BuzzFeed Animation Lab's The Land of Boggs channel won the People's Voice Award in the Video/Film Animation category for Series & Channels at the 29th Annual Webby Awards. The Webby Awards is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites and Mobile Sites; Video; Advertising; Media & PR; Apps & Software; Social; Podcasts; Games and AI, Metaverse & Virtual. Selected for the People's Voice Award by the Webby online voters around the world, The Land of Boggs is an animated web series created by Brent Sievers and Lizz Hickey about two best buds learning to embrace the wondrous chaos that comes with growing up. The show follows the comical friendship of Boggo, an introvert with debilitating anxiety, and Boe, an extrovert who is allergic to responsibility, as they weave in and out of trouble. Whether it's public speaking, embarrassing yourself in front of your crush, or simply trying to keep your plants alive, the Boggs team is here to reassure you aren't alone. Masters of the short form content space, the Boggs' concise, charming stories resonate with audiences and add a playful sense of shared humor to experiences we can all find a little uncomfortable, awkward, or confusing. In addition to the People's Voice Award, several brands across BuzzFeed, Inc. were recognized for their great work and selected as Webby Honorees this year: About BuzzFeed, Inc.
Washington Post
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
The Washington Post Wins Three Webby Awards
We are excited to announce The Washington Post won three Webby awards in this year's international competition for 'Best of the Internet.' The Universe team won two Webby awards, including for Best Overall Social Presence in the Social, News & Politics category. Universe also won for News & Politics in the Video & Film category. The Instagram team won in the Social, News & Politics category. The winners will be celebrated in New York on May 12. Congratulations as well to the numerous nominees and honorees from The Post:
Chicago Tribune
11-04-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Naperville News Digest: Naperville Park District to host golf event for kids, teens; forest preserve district offering bridge challenge
Naperville Park District to host golf event for kids, teens Naperville Park District's Golfapalooza, an educational event for golfers ages 5 to 17, will be held Saturday, April 19, at Springbrook Golf Course, 2220 83rd St. Junior golfers can register for one of three hour-long sessions being held at 10 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Registration starts Saturday, April 12, for residents and Tuesday, April 15, for nonresidents. Participants can be new or experienced golfers who will receive instruction from PGA golf professionals on full swing, chipping and putting, a news release said. They can also test out the latest golf equipment, and complimentary hot dogs and beverages will be served. Register at Will County Forest Preserve District offering bridge challenge The Forest Preserve District of Will County has launched a new challenge in which residents are invited to check out five unique bridges located throughout the county. Bridges of Will County, running through June 30, asks participants to visit each of the selected bridges, a news release said. Anyone who complete the challenge will receive a forest preserve tote bag. The five bridges were picked for their beauty, history and significance in connecting communities, the release said. They are the DuPage River Bridge at Hidden Lakes Trout Farm in Bolingbrook, the Swing Bridge at Centennial Trail in Romeoville, the I&M Canal Bridge at Lake Chaminwood Preserve in Channahon, the Big Bridge at Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve in Crete Township; and the Kankakee River Bridge along the Wauponsee Glacial Trail in Custer Park. In addition to completing the challenge, the district is asking participants to offer their feedback on their experiences. To participate, download the free Goosechase smartphone app and search for the program by name or use join code CLF9CZ. Naperville North alum's YouTube channel nominated for a Webby Zac Morris, a graduate of Naperville North High School, has been nominated for a Webby Award for his horror-centric YouTube channel that explores the deeper meaning behind the most iconic and unsettling stories in film and folklore. Morris is the creator and host of CZsWorld, which has more than 1.6 million subscribers. The channel analyzes everything from modern horror icons to obscure legends of the genre, the news release said. CZsWorld was nominated in the 'Creators – Individual Creator: Art, Culture and Music' category at the 29th annual Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and honoring excellence on the Internet. 'One of my goals with the channel is to see horror — and the incredible fans who support it — recognized in the art and culture space,' Morris said in the release. 'It's great to be acknowledged, especially in light of the genre being neglected by other award shows recently.' Winners will be announced April 22, and the awards show held May 12. Ellman hosting scam prevention seminar at 95th Street Library Experts will talk about how to identify and avoid falling victim to scams in an upcoming seminar being held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at the 95th Street Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Drive, Naperville. Sponsored by state Sen. Laura Ellman, D-Naperville, the presentation will be led by experts and crime prevention specialists from the Illinois Division of Banking, Division of Financial Institutions from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, and the Naperville Police Department, an announcement from Ellman's office said.
Associated Press
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams and Zoe Saldaña earn Webby Award nominations, along with Nutter Butter
NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams, Zoe Saldaña and Nutter Butter are among the nominees for this year's Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators. The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences will announce the nominees on Tuesday, the result of nearly 13,000 entries from over 70 countries. The Associated Press got an early look. A mullet-filled song about jorts performed by Will Ferrell, Nick Jonas and Jimmy Fallon was nominated for best general music video and film, and it will next face off against Abrams' 20-minute behind-the-music 'The Secret of Us.' The Generation Alpha phenomenon known as Skibidi Toilet got a nod for the fan multiverse by studio Invisible Narratives, while Donald Duck celebrated his 90th birthday by appearing on 'Hot Ones' and earned a nomination for eating spicy chicken wings while steam came out of his mouth. The category for top video or film comedy pits Jim Gaffigan, The Onion, the makeover series 'Very Important People' and humor from Kai Cenat, Kevin Hart and Druski. They face stiff competition from Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman cracking on each other in a 'Tonight' show skit. 'New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce,' which won two Webby awards last year — including People's Voice Award for best co-hosts — is back, nominated this time for best podcast video series. Saldaña's appearance on the Netflix podcast 'Skip Intro' to discuss her role in the film 'Emilia Pérez' earned her a Webby nod for best individual podcast interview. In beauty, Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty line faces off against Alexis Bittar's 'The Bittarverse,' Byrdie, Retrofête and theSkimm. The language-learning app Duolingo's parody of 'The Bear' with its murderous mascot, Duo, got a nod, too. Cynthia Erivo was nominated for an episode of the video series 'Celebrity Substitute,' in which she visited a New York City public school to teach elementary students the importance of storytelling. She and Ariana Grande also got nods for their viral 'holding space' interview for 'Wicked.' The awards are selected by the academy, while The Webby People's Voice Award is voted on by fans around the world. Voting for that award is open now until April 17. Winners for all awards will be announced April 22 and will be invited to a ceremony May 12 hosted by Ilana Glazer. Media companies earning the highest number of nominations are NBCUniversal with 24, MTV Entertainment Studios with 18, CNN and National Geographic with 16 each, and tied with 14 are PBS, The Walt Disney Company and The Washington Post. Matthew McConaughey's Super Bowl ad for Uber Eats that uncovered a conspiracy between football and food made the cut in two categories. Kelley Heyer's often-copied 'Apple' dance to the song by Charlie xcx, and Ogilvy's unhinged commercial for CeraVe with Michael Cera both became elligible for a Webby. Music video nominations were handed out to Dua Lipa's 'Illusion,' Megan Thee Stallion's 'Mamushi,' Charli xcx's 'Von Dutch and Lady Gaga's 'Abracadabra.' They'll all face off against Lamar's monster hit 'Not Like Us.' Keke Palmer got two nods — one as the host of her own podcast 'Baby, This is Keke Palmer' and another for appearing on 'Paging Dr. Chanda.' Oprah Winfrey did the same, netting one for 'The Oprah Podcast' and the other for appearing on 'The Jamie Kern Lima Show.' The 56-year-old cookie brand Nutter Butter went viral in 2024 for hard-to-explain images on TikTok — one looks like a peanut butter crime scene — and landed two Webby nominations. And the popular 'SmartLess' podcast earned nominations for best comedy podcast and best co-hosts for Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes. Podcasts going up against 'SmartLess' in the comedy section include 'Office Ladies,' 'Lovett or Leave It,' 'Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker' and the reigning champ 'Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang,' which on Monday won a comedy Ambie, an award handed out by The Podcast Academy. 'Pod Save America' is nominated beside 'Next Question with Katie Couric' in the best politics podcasts, while 'The Pink House with Sam Smith' earned one in the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging category.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississpi poultry farm; human flu may offer immunity
A new strain of a highly pathogenic bird flu known as H7N9 has surfaced at a poultry farm in Mississippi where chickens are raised for breeding. The finding of the new strain came as researchers separately reported a potentially positive development: Exposure to human seasonal flu may confer some immunity to H5N1 bird flu. The new strain found in Noxubee County, Miss., was confirmed March 12 and all of the roughly 46,000 birds either died or were euthanized after the infection spread, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service and Mississippi's Board of Animal Health. None of the birds entered the food supply. Authorities didn't say how the birds were infected, although federal wildlife agents had been identifying low-pathogenic versions of the H7N9 virus for several years in wild birds. It is possible that the version found in the chickens is circulating in wild birds, but most researchers think it probably acquired it's deadly attributes once it got into the Noxubee chicken operation. And if that's the case, "my money is on a one-and-done, perhaps with some local spread," said Richard Webby, an infectious disease expert at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Webby said most bird flu outbreaks follow that pattern: A low-pathogenic version is introduced to commercial poultry, and it becomes highly pathogenic once inside. The introduction of H5N1 — the bird flu virus that's been infecting dairy cows, commercial poultry, pet cats, wild animals and wild birds since March 2024 — into poultry and livestock populations was a notable exception to this trend: It was already circulating among wild birds and animals as a highly pathogenic virus. John Korslund, a veterinarian and former USDA researcher, agreed with Webby and noted that the operation housed breeder broilers: Chickens that are grown and maintained for breeding purposes, not for their meat. This is significant because breeders live for months, if not years. If a low-pathogenic virus "happens to get into a broiler meat flock, the birds don't get sick and they go onto slaughter," he said. But when a breeder flock picks up that virus, "the virus can replicate for weeks ... this may well be what happened in Mississippi." However, according to USDA rules, routine and periodic testing of breeder birds for low-pathogenic avian influenzas is required. In 2017, an outbreak of H7N9 occurred along the Mississippi flyway, probably starting in late February, but reported only in March. A summary report of the outbreak suggested the virus was introduced via wild birds. As suspected in this case, it is believed it started as "low path" and only became "high path" once it got into the commercial operation. Nevertheless, experts said, if they are wrong and a highly pathogenic virus is circulating in wild birds, it'll start popping up in other states and sites too. "Time will tell how nasty it gets this time," Korslund said. The key to preventing these kinds of outbreaks — or at least getting ahead of them — is wildlife surveillance, the experts said. Agencies such as the USDA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey's Wildlife Health Center, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have divisions that are tasked with sampling wild birds and other animals for infectious diseases. The information they gather is then used by agriculture and public health officials to determine where and when to bolster biosecurity, or to keep a lookout. Without that information, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization in Canada."we're flying blind." In the positive news that came out this week, a team of international researchers found that ferrets exposed to a common seasonal human flu — H1N1 — before being exposed to H5N1, acquire some immunity from the seasonal flu. Ferrets that weren't exposed to the seasonal flu before being infected with H5N1 had high levels of the virus in their respiratory tissues, as well as detectable virus in their hearts, spleen, liver and intestines. In contrast, those that had been exposed to the seasonal flu beforehand had virus only in the respiratory tract — and at pretty low levels. "The biggest take home message of our data is that prior human seasonal virus infection can provide some level of protection against the lethality of bird flu," said Seema Lakdawala, a microbiologist at Emory University in Atlanta and one of the study's researchers. Webby, the St. Jude researcher, said the work supports other research that has looked at the potential protectiveness of prior exposure to flu viruses. "It is for sure playing some role in modulating H5N1 disease in humans," he said, but was unlikely the only factor. "After all, many people have severe seasonal H1N1 infections each year despite lots of immunity to the virus from previous H1N1 exposures." But the finding may help explain why the virus recently has been associated with generally mild disease in the people who have been infected. Seventy people in the U.S. have been infected since March 2024, and one person has died. (Four people, including the Louisiana patient who died, have been hospitalized). Before last year, the virus was thought to have killed roughly 50% of those infected. Rasmussen said the worry now is that if H5N1 mutates to become transmissible between people, it'll be young children as well as the old and compromised who are likely to be most affected. Children younger than 5 are less likely to have been exposed to seasonal human influenza viruses than school-aged children and adults — potentially making them more susceptible to the harms of a virus such as H5N1. In addition, she said, the bird flu viruses circulating in birds and livestock "as far as we know, can't transmit easily between people. But, if there's reassortment, then who knows? We don't know what kind of residual population-level immunity we would have" from a virus such as that. How seasonal flu vaccines could affect this protection isn't clear. "Seasonal vaccines will not provide the same diversity of immune response as natural infection and unlikely to provide the same level of protection," said Lakdawala, who is testing this issue in the lab. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
