{"id":1002,"date":"2017-05-10T10:36:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T10:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/cher-news-billboard-awards-classic-cher-armenians-birthdays-right-wing-media\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:18:14","slug":"cher-news-billboard-awards-classic-cher-armenians-birthdays-right-wing-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/2017\/05\/cher-news-billboard-awards-classic-cher-armenians-birthdays-right-wing-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Cher News: Billboard Awards, Classic Cher, Armenians, Birthdays, Right Wing Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811eae970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cher-billboard\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811eae970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811eae970c-200wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Cher-billboard\" \/><\/a>Billboard Awards<\/h4>\n<p>The big news is that Cher will be on the Billboard Awards May 21, (a day after her 71<sup>st<\/sup> birthday), at 5 pm Pacific, (check your local times and stations), to receive the Icon award and to sing &quot;Believe.&quot; News announcing the award:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Cher-to-sing-Believe-at-Billboard-Music-Awards-11120512.php\">http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Cher-to-sing-Believe-at-Billboard-Music-Awards-11120512.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/848448\/cher-to-perform-live-at-an-award-show-for-the-first-time-in-15-years-you-better-believe-it\">http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/848448\/cher-to-perform-live-at-an-award-show-for-the-first-time-in-15-years-you-better-believe-it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I heard this and wondered, doesn\u2019t Cher already have a Billboard award from the 2000s. I checked <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Cher\">Wikipedia&#39;s Cherwards page<\/a> and found she&#39;s won the Artist Achievement award in 2002 (see pic to the left with her son Elijah, who considerately matched his hair color to her dress).<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the difference between these awards you may want to know. Cursive research shows nothing. This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Music_Award#Artist_Achievement_Award\">Billboard list of award categories<\/a> and who has won the big categories like Artist Achievement and ICON. The Icon Award gets a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Icon_Award\">dedicated Wikpedia page<\/a> for some reason but with no explanation worth the effort: &quot; to recognize music singers and contribution.&quot;<\/p>\n<div>Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JLyHvHhc-Ac\">Steven Tyler announcing Cher&#39;s Achievement award in 2002<\/a>. It seems like a &quot;lifetime achievement&quot; from how Tyler frames it &#8211; the definition of longevity &#8211; and Tyler gives no mention of what the award recognizes or represents officially. These awards seem willfully vague and I&#39;m starting to dub them Empty Hat Awards. Not that it&#39;s every boring to watch Cher win awards. Or satisfying for Cher scholarship.<\/div>\n<h4><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811f1b970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cher-vegas-cover\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811f1b970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811f1b970c-200wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Cher-vegas-cover\" \/><\/a>Classic Cher Show<\/h4>\n<p>More press for the Classic Cher show from a Cher cover story in <em>Vegas Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegasmagazine.com\/entertainment\/2017\/apr\/28\/cher-las-vegas-park-theater-monte-carlo\/\">https:\/\/lasvegasmagazine.com\/entertainment\/2017\/apr\/28\/cher-las-vegas-park-theater-monte-carlo\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vegasmagazine.com\/cher-on-sonny-bono-oscars-and-vegas-residency\">https:\/\/vegasmagazine.com\/cher-on-sonny-bono-oscars-and-vegas-residency<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This led me to find other covers of Cher\u2019s millennial Vegas shows:<br \/>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811f26970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"676\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vegas2000s\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811f26970c img-responsive\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811f26970c-150wi.jpg?fit=676%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 92px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Vegas2000s\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb0999ec88970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dfb6d5c3ee1f9256ca4cc377948ba425\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb0999ec88970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb0999ec88970d-100wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 100px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Dfb6d5c3ee1f9256ca4cc377948ba425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;&#0160;<\/p>\n<h4><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cherscholar.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb0999ece3970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"676\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Promise2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb0999ece3970d img-responsive\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01bb0999ece3970d-200wi.jpg?fit=676%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 155px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Promise2\" \/><\/a>The Armenians<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Promise\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811f73970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6a00d8341d6c7753ef01b8d2811f73970c-200wi.jpg?w=676&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: right;\" title=\"Promise\" \/>Cher recently attended the premiere of the Armenian Genocide movie <em>The Promise<\/em> and has been promoting it. From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armradio.am\/en\/2017\/04\/12\/keepthepromise-cher-joins-anti-genocide-call-to-action\/\">Armenian Radio.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/sarah-stites\/2017\/04\/10\/these-ten-stars-are-promoting-armenian-genocide-film-promise\">who else is promoting the movie<\/a>. And see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-4407702\/Cher-rocks-edgy-leather-jacket-sequinned-beanie.html\">a story about what Cher wore<\/a> to the premiere. More from <a href=\"http:\/\/extratv.com\/2017\/04\/13\/cher-bashes-president-trumps-decision-to-bomb-syria\/\">Extra TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cher was photographed on red carpet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmagazine.com\/story\/cher-joins-kim-and-kourtney-kardashian-on-red-carpet\">with Armenians Kourtney and Kim Kardashian<\/a>. Story on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-4410476\/Kim-Kardashian-Cher-sisters.html\">Daily Mail saying they could be sisters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paparazzi also caused a scene chasing Cher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-4401682\/Cher-causes-commotion-celebrity-hot-spot.html\">while she was going out to eat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After news of the Met Gala this year, Cher said she might attend next year. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4763691\/cher-on-met-gala\/\">Time Magazine<\/a><\/em> covered this story.<\/p>\n<h4>Politics<\/h4>\n<p>Last week was yet another example of seeing the lowdown right wing media lies in action. Various conservative news sources, led by Breitbart News and FOX News, gleefully ridiculed Cher&#39;s dismayed tweets about the health care bill passing in the U.S. House. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/the_slatest\/2017\/05\/05\/conservative_media_mocked_cher_and_discussed_a_liberal_false_flag_today.html\"><em>Slate<\/em> correctly reported<\/a> that Cher&#39;s comments had been misconstrued. (No shit?)<\/p>\n<p>For years they&#39;ve tried to label her a has-been, (she&#39;s winning a Billboard ICON award this month), and yet right-wing media never stops trying to ridicule her tweets. The effort never quite goes mainstream for them. In the infamous words of Trump: So sad.<\/p>\n<h4>Birthday!<\/h4>\n<p>Cher celebrates her 71st birthday this month. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.famousbirthdays.com\/year\/1946.html\">other famous 1946 birthdays<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billboard Awards The big news is that Cher will be on the Billboard Awards May 21, (a day after her 71st birthday), at 5 pm Pacific, (check your local times and stations), to receive the Icon award and to sing &quot;Believe.&quot; News announcing the award: &#8211; http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Cher-to-sing-Believe-at-Billboard-Music-Awards-11120512.php &#8211; http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/848448\/cher-to-perform-live-at-an-award-show-for-the-first-time-in-15-years-you-better-believe-it I heard this and wondered, doesn\u2019t 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