LOS ANGELES, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
The Pop-Up Event Filmed from Atop of a
Double-Decker Bus
Will Pay Tribute to Deserving but Snubbed Talent, Including Tom
Hanks, Jodie Foster,
Spike Lee & an Homage to Movie
Theaters that Shuttered During the Pandemic, and More
The Snubbys, is expanding and taking on the Oscars®. Hosted by
comedian and Roastmaster General Jeff
Ross
LiveXLive Media (Nasdaq: LIVX) ("LiveXLive"), a global platform
for livestream and on-demand audio, video and podcast/vodcast
content in music, comedy and pop culture, and owner of PodcastOne,
Slacker Radio, React Presents and Custom Personalization
Solutions, announced today that its original hit franchise, The
Snubbys, is expanding and taking on the Oscars®. Hosted by
comedian and Roastmaster General Jeff
Ross, The Snubbys: Oscars® Edition, will be a night
of laughs, surprises, and tributes to a chosen few, including
Tom Hanks, Jodie Foster, and Spike
Lee - who deserved but did not receive nominations. It
will also feature a parody of the Oscars® "In Memoriam''
segment that highlights those great film stars that have "snubbed
death" this year. The #Snubbys will premiere on Friday, April 23 at 8 PM
ET / 5 PM PT on the LiveXLive
platform.
The Snubbys: Oscars® Edition will bring fans
together to celebrate some of their favorite actors in a fun and
lighthearted way. Filmed atop of a double-decker sightseeing bus
with a live audience and keyboardist, host Jeff Ross explores why these wrongs occurred and
treats fans to an epic sing-a-long about this year's Snubbys
honorees. Before taking the show on the road, Ross, dressed in
black-tie, struts down a red carpet on Hollywood Boulevard to speak
with fans on the street (and from a distance) about movies and this
year's Oscars® nominations. Also, fan commentary and participation
will highlight the epic actors snubbed. The #Snubbys and Ross
remind us that it's okay to try our best and still come up
short.
"I love The Snubbys. Besides fun jokes about the films,
it's a pat on the back to all the underdogs in the world who
deserve more recognition than they get," said Ross. "Hollywood had a rough year. Movie theaters
were closed and the nominated films are all depressing. So it's my
job to do what no host has done before… make fun of Tom Hanks."
"We are excited to once again partner with the comedic genius of
Jeff Ross," stated LiveXLive's
President, Dermot McCormack. "The
success of our inaugural Snubbys event proved our fans have
an appetite for this content and want us to right the numerous pop
culture wrongs. We look forward to launching more expansions of
The Snubbys franchise."
The Snubbys: Oscars® Edition follows the inaugural
Snubbys event, which aired in January 2021 as an homage to the artists snubbed
during the Music Awards season. Hosted by Jeff Ross, the first special garnered over 1.3
million global streams.
The LiveXLive platform offers livestream concerts, festivals,
music news, docu-reality series and interviews as well as on-demand
audio and audio playlists and vodcasts/podcasts. In 2020,
LiveXLive's library garnered over 118 million views worldwide.
LiveXLive has powered global pay-per-view and livestream hits with
some of the world's most renowned talent, including Pitbull, Monsta
X, Darius Rucker, Kygo, Jimmy Buffett, Zac
Brown, Sofi Tukker, Darius
Rucker, Hot Chelle Rae, Billy
Joel, Bon Jovi, Chris Rock,
Idina Menzel, Jennifer Lopez, Sullivan
King, and Champagne Drip.
OSCAR(s)® is a registered trademark and service mark of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ("Academy"). LiveXLive
is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, the Academy.
About LiveXLive Media, Inc.
Headquartered in
Los Angeles, California, LiveXLive
Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIVX) (the "Company") (pronounced Live "by"
Live) is a global platform for livestream and on-demand audio,
video and podcast content in music, comedy, and pop culture.
LiveXLive, which has streamed over 1,800 artists since January 2020, has become a go-to partner for the
world's top artists and celebrity voices as well as music festivals
concerts, including Rock in Rio, EDC Las Vegas, and many others. In
April 2020, LiveXLive produced its
first 48-hour music festival called "Music Lives" with tremendous
success as it earned over 50 million views and over 5 billion views
for #musiclives on TikTok on 100+ performances. LiveXLive's library
of global events, video-audio podcasts and original shows are also
available on Amazon, Apple TV, Roku and Samsung TVs in addition to
its own app, destination site and social channels. The Company's
wholly-owned subsidiary, PodcastOne, generates more than 2.25
billion downloads per year with 400+ episodes distributed per week
across a stable of hundreds of top podcasts. For more information,
visit www.livexlive.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram,
TikTok, Twitter at @livexlive, and YouTube.
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