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Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams and Zoe Saldaña earn Webby Award nominations, along with Nutter Butter

NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams, Zoe Saldaña and Nutter Butter are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.
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Gracie Abrams appears at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 6, 2024, left, Kendrick Lamar appears at a news conference in New Orleans on Feb. 6, 2025, center, and Zoe Saldana appears at the Oscars Nominees Dinner in Los Angeles on Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) — Gracie Abrams, and Nutter Butter are among the nominees for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.

The will announce the nominees on Tuesday, the result of nearly 13,000 entries from over 70 countries. The Associated Press got an early look.

about jorts performed by Will Ferrell, Nick Jonas and Jimmy Fallon was nominated for best general music video and film, and it will next face off against Abrams' 20-minute behind-the-music

The known as got a nod for the fan multiverse by studio Invisible Narratives, while Donald Duck celebrated his 90th birthday by appearing on “Hot Ones” and earned a nomination for

The category for top video or film comedy pits Jim Gaffigan, The Onion, the makeover series and humor from Kai Cenat, Kevin Hart and Druski. They face stiff competition from cracking on each other in a “Tonight” show skit.

“New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce,” which won two Webby awards last year — including People’s Voice Award for best co-hosts — is back, nominated this time for best podcast video series. Saldaña's appearance on the Netflix podcast “Skip Intro” to discuss her role in the film earned her a Webby nod for best individual podcast interview.

In beauty, Rare Beauty line faces off against Alexis Bittar's “The Bittarverse,” Byrdie, Retrofête and theSkimm. The language-learning app Duolingo's with its murderous mascot, Duo, got a nod, too.

was nominated for an episode of the video series “Celebrity Substitute,” in which she visited a New York City public school to teach elementary students the importance of storytelling. She and Ariana Grande also got nods for their viral for “Wicked.”

The awards are selected by the academy, while The Webby People’s Voice Award is voted on by fans around the world. until April 17. Winners for all awards will be announced April 22 and will be invited to a ceremony May 12 hosted by Ilana Glazer.

Media companies earning the highest number of nominations are NСƵUniversal with 24, MTV Entertainment Studios with 18, CNN and National Geographic with 16 each, and tied with 14 are PBS, The Walt Disney Company and The Washington Post.

Matthew McConaughey's Super Bowl ad for Uber Eats that uncovered made the cut in two categories. to the song by Charlie xcx, and Ogilvy's unhinged commercial for CeraVe both became elligible for a Webby.

Music video nominations were handed out to Dua Lipa’s “Illusion,” Megan Thee Stallion’s “Mamushi,” Charli xcx’s “Von Dutch and They’ll all face off against Lamar's monster hit “Not Like Us.”

got two nods — one as the host of her own podcast “Baby, This is Keke Palmer” and another for appearing on “Paging Dr. Chanda.” did the same, netting one for “The Oprah Podcast” and the other for appearing on “The Jamie Kern Lima Show.”

The 56-year-old cookie brand Nutter Butter went viral in 2024 for hard-to-explain images on TikTok — one looks like a peanut butter crime scene — and landed two Webby nominations. And the popular podcast earned nominations for best comedy podcast and best co-hosts for Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes.

Podcasts going up against ٳٳ” in the comedy section include “Office Ladies,” “Lovett or Leave It,” “Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker” and the reigning champ “Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang,” which on Monday won a comedy Ambie, an award handed out by The Podcast Academy.

“Pod Save America” is nominated beside “Next Question with Katie Couric” in the best politics podcasts, while “The Pink House with Sam Smith” earned one in the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging category.

Academy members include writer and actor Quinta Brunson, Tubi CEO Anjali Sud, Kraft Heinz executive Todd Kaplan, Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez, NFL star Shannon Sharpe, Unilever executive Esi Eggleston Bracey, Wondery CEO Jen Sargent and Hello Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden.

Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press

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