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Trevor Noah earns a Critics Choice Award nomination

Not even stage 6 load-shedding can stop Mzansi from shining on the world stage, with SA-born comedian Trevor Noah scoring a prestigious Critics’ Choice award nomination. Trevor added to his Grammy nomination last month for his Netflix special Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia, Now it has been nominated in the Best Comedy Special category in the Critics’ Choice Awards.

Trevor Noah

He will go up against Amy Schumer: Growing, Jenny Slate: Stage Fright, Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons, Ramy Youssef: Feelings, Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby and Wanda Sykes: Not Normal.

The awards take place on January 12 and will be aired on CW network in America. The nomination came just hours after SA’s Zozibini Tunzi won the Miss Universe pageant and Mzansi-born Hollywood actress Charlize Theron scored a Golden Globe nomination.

Trevor Noah

Taking to Instagram, Trevor said he was honoured: “What a way to start off the week! Thank you Critics’ Choice Awards for this incredible honour. Two weeks after the Critics’ Choice Awards, Trevor will find out if he has scooped the prestigious Grammy Award. That ceremony takes place on January 26 in Los Angeles. He is up against the likes of talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres and comedian Dave Chappelle.

In other news – Unbelievable as Zozi Tunzi hits more than a million Instagram followers in less than 24 hours after being crowned Miss Universe

Unbelievable as Zozi Tunzi hits more than a million Instagram followers in less than 24 hours after being crowned Miss Universe. It’s only been hours and the universe wants more of our beautiful Zozi.

Zozi Tunzi

Since being crowned Miss Universe in the early hours of Monday, Zozibini’s social media following has skyrocketed to unbelievable numbers on both twitter and Instagram. Read more

Source: Timeslive