Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce earn Webby Award nominations
2 April 2024, 14:14
The pop star has been recognised for an Instagram post encouraging people to vote, which led to more than 35,000 registrations.
Taylor Swift and her Super Bowl-winning boyfriend Travis Kelce are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognising the best internet content and creators.
Sydney Sweeney, Ryan Gosling and Timothee Chalamet are also nominated.
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences announced the nominees on Tuesday, the result of 13,000 entries from more than 70 countries.
Swift’s Instagram message encouraging her 283 million followers to register to vote was nominated in the best creator or influencer category.
The website she directed her fans to — the nonpartisan Vote.org — recorded more than 35,000 registrations, according to the organisation.
Kelce got a nomination in the best sports podcast category for teaming up with his brother Jason for their New Heights show.
Michelle Obama also got a nod for The Light Podcast, while her husband, former President Barack Obama, was nominated for his work with LinkedIn.
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 18.
Winners for all awards will be announced May 13 at a ceremony hosted by Late Night with Seth Meyers writer and comedian Amber Ruffin.
Sweeney got a nod for collaborating with Ford Motor Company for a contest with the winner getting a 2024 custom Mustang GT designed by the actor.
Paris Hilton was nominated for her 10-minute TikTok post about her family’s hotel brand.
Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein received a nod for his podcast Films to Be Buried With, in which he brings on guests to discuss the movies that have most impacted their lives.
He faces competition in the TV and film podcast category from podcasts about The Crown, And Just Like That…, The Last of Us and Endeavor.
Chalamet was nominated in the media and entertainment branded content category for his ad for Apple TV+, a follow-up to last year’s campaign with Jon Hamm.
The ad shows the Dune star enjoying the programming on Apple’s streaming service and wondering if he could do the projects.
“Severance’ is weird. I could do weird,” Chalamet says.
Chalamet will face off against Ryan Gosling, who admitted his Barbie character, Ken, may have “stolen” one of BTS member Jimin’s signature looks. Gosling gave Ken’s prized guitar to Jimin to apologise.
Music video nominations were handed out to Doja Cat’s Paint the Town Red, Lil Nas X’s J Christ, Megan Thee Stallion’s Cobra, Olivia Rodrigo’s Vampire and best new artist Grammy-winner Victoria Monet’s On My Mama.
The category of best overall social presence is stuffed with familiar names — Bravo, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Saturday Night Live, Sesame Street and The Kelly Clarkson Show.
The gravitational pull of the hit movie Barbie also made it into the Webby nominations.
The list of nominations also illustrates the impact of AI, with several new categories for AI apps and experiences, like Burger King’s cheeseburger nuggets.
Companies earning the highest number of nominations are PBS with 20, Warner Bros Discovery with 18, Netflix at 14, CNN with 13, and three tied with 11 each — Paramount, The Washington Post and MTV Entertainment.
Academy members include musician and writer Questlove, writer and actor Quinta Brunson, rapper and actor Tobe Nwigwe, writer and producer Roxane Gay, Pepsi Co executive Todd Kaplan, and Yann LeCun, an AI scientist with Meta.
