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  • The International Academy of Digital Art and Sciences has unveiled the nominees for the 24th annual Webby Awards
  • Billie Eilish, Post Malone, Celine Dion are some of the musicians nominated for the awards
  • Celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, Tom Hanks are also nominated this year

The International Academy of Digital Art and Sciences has unveiled the nominees for the 24th annual Webby Awards. Celebrities like Billie Eilish, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, and Lizzo will be battling it out to win accolades in their respective categories.

Eilish has earned a nomination in the Best Viral Video category, according to Deadline. The “Bad Guy” hitmaker recently did a video for Glamour in which she can be seen reacting to fans who are singing her songs. The video has over 120 million views and 3.7 million likes on YouTube. Fans sang their renditions of “Lovely,” “Ocean Eyes,” “Bellyache,” When The Party’s Over,” and “You Should See Me In A Crown.”

Meanwhile, DiCaprio has been nominated in the Best Variety Video category after breaking down the main character of “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” for Vanity Fair. In the video, the actor explains how his character Rick Dalton was made and how he transformed his career. The clip has 3.3 million views and 77,000 likes on the video-sharing platform.

Other nominees include Lizzo, Ariana Grande, The Rolling Stones, Wiz Khalifa, Celine Dion, Jennifer Garner, Jimmy Fallon, Florence Pugh, Idris Elba, Stephen Colbert, Serena Williams, LeBron James, Tom Hanks, and Chris Evans.

Speaking about the nominations and the ceremony, Claire Graves, executive director of Webby Awards, explained that the internet is the most “powerful” tool for everyone around the world.

“It is the most powerful tool for us to support and uplift one another, and it is no surprise that this year's nominees are the companies and people leading the charge. They have accelerated their ingenuity, using their platforms to respond to this crisis by innovating, connecting, informing and helping people all over the world,” Graves said.

Here’s the offical list of nominees:

Best Web Personality/Host (Video)

“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” – Desi Lydic Womansplains: Comedy Central – Viacom
Joe La Puma – Complex’s “Sneaker Shopping”: Complex Networks
Amazon Studios – “Little Late Night: The Foundry @ Meredith”
“Dave on TikTok”: The Washington Post
“Does it Fart?”: Yellow Bear Studios

Best Writing (Video)

“The Lift”: & Co. / NoA
#MoviePosterMovie “In The Time It Takes To Get There”: Black Dog Films
“The Truth is Worth It”: Droga5
“AFTERSHOT”: An App to Help Cowardly Politicians Talk About Gun Control: Kelly&Kelly
“National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)” – Naughty Or: Wieden+Kennedy

Music Video (Video)

DAE – “Where We’re Going (Official Video): DAE
“Cellophane: Object & Animal”/FKA twigs
Bon Iver – “Naeem: Park Pictures”
“Earth”: RYOT/Lil Dicky
“Agoria – Call of the Wild”: Soldats Films

Viral (Video)

“Best Ever Food Review Show”
“Billie Eilish Watches Fan Covers on YouTube”| Glamour: Condé Nast Entertainment
“Sleeping Beauty Proposal: Friends At Work”
“Motherly: I was going to fold the clothes but instead I held you”: Motherly
“La Noria (Short Film)”: NightWheel Pictures

Variety (Video)

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: Stephen Has a Story”: CBS Interactive
“Behind the Scenes of Aladdin Crosswalk the Musical w/ Will Smith”: CBS Interactive
“Leonardo DiCaprio & Quentin Tarantino Break Down Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Main Character”: Condé Nast Entertainment
“Best Interview Ever” – Gaten Matarazzo: IMDb
“If I Could Tell You Just One Thing”: Sundog Pictures Ltd.

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Teen recording artist Billie Eilish is pictured. AFP/Adrian DENNIS