This year's Now Next Awards has lined up its talent.
The Logo TV event, which bids 2014 goodbye and predicts who and what will dominate pop culture in the coming year, will be hosted by actor and singer Darren Criss. Kicking off Art Basel from Kimpton’s Surfcomber Miami, South Beach, the awards show will feature a performance by Kristin Chenoweth from her live CD "Coming Home". The Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer joins previously announced performers Betty Who and Jessie J, who will sing her hit "Burning Up".
Set to narrate the show, which will air on Logo TV on Sunday, Dec. 7 and on MTV on Friday, Dec. 12, is Cyndi Lauper. She joins a growing list of special appearances from actors, including Nick Cannon, Tyler Glenn, Looking stars Raúl Castillo and Frankie Alvarez, Girl Code's Nicole Byer, Awkward’s Molly Tarlov, and Faking It’s Katie Stevens and Michael J. Willett.
"So many talented and diverse voices broke new ground in music, television, film, theater and the arts this year,” said Chenoweth. "I am beyond excited to celebrate the latest and greatest at the New Now Next Awards with a special performance that infuses a new and modern twist into some classics."
Joe Jonas will serve as the celebrity DJ for the event. Other previously announced appearances include Orange is the New Black stars Laverne Cox, Danielle Brooks, Lorraine Touissant and Lea DeLaria, Nick Jonas, Charli XCX, Mary Lambert, A Great Big World, Fifth Harmony, Perez Hilton, Tyler Oakley, Lance Bass and Bianca Del Rio.
Criss added: "What can I say, I'm really pumped to be able to go Miami with such an amazing group of performers, nominees and special guests. My New Now Next Award was one of the first honors I ever received, so it's a thrill to be back with Logo TV hosting what promises to be an exciting evening."
This year’s nominations categories include television, film, music, theater, social media, literature, fashion and art. See the full list of nominees:
Television
Best New Television Series
Broad City
How To Get Away With Murder
Looking
Outlander
Transparent
Best New Television Actor
Jay Duplass, Transparent
Jonathan Groff, Looking
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
Pedro Pascal, Game of Thrones
Justin Theroux, The Leftovers
Best New Television Actress
Ilana Glazer, Broad City
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
Molly Parker, House of Cards
Katie Stevens, Faking It
Lorraine Toussaint, Orange is the New Black
Best New Television Personality
Pete Davidson, Saturday Night Live
Bianca Del Rio, RuPaul’s Drag Race
John Oliver, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Gwen Stefani, The Voice
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Film
Best Motion Picture By a New Filmmaker
Dear White People, Justin Simien
The Fault in Our Stars, Josh Boone
Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn
Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho
The Theory of Everything, James Marsh
Best New Screenwriter
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Craig Johnson (with Mark Heyman), The Skeleton Twins
Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child
Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias, Love Is Strange
Justin Simien, Dear White People
Best New Lead Film Actor
Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
Ansel Elgort, The Fault In Our Stars
Dylan O’Brien, The Maze Runner
Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy
Miles Teller, Whiplash
Best New Lead Film Actress
Carrie Coon, Gone Girl
Natalie Dormer, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
Music
Best New Musician (Male)
Hozier
Nick Jonas
John Newman
Paolo Nutini
Sam Smith
Best New Musician (Female)
Iggy Azalea
Charli XCX
Mary Lambert
Meghan Trainor
Betty Who
Best New Music Group
A Great Big World
Bastille
Bleachers
Disclosure
Pentatonix
Theater
Best New Broadway Production (Musical)
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Cabaret
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
If/Then
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
Best New Broadway Production (Play)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
It’s Only a Play
Mothers and Sons
A Raisin in The Sun
This Is Our Youth
Best New Broadway Lead Actor
Michael Cera, This Is Our Youth
Bryan Cranston, All The Way
Rupert Grint, It’s Only a Play
Chris O’Dowd, Of Mice and Men
Alexander Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best New Broadway Lead Actress
Rose Byrne, You Can’t Take It With You
Tavi Gevinson, This Is Our Youth
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Real Thing
Sophie Okonedo, A Raisin in The Sun
Michelle Williams, Cabaret
Fashion
Best New Fashion Designer
Becca McCharen, Chromat
Shayne Oliver, Hood By Air
Rachel Mansur & Floriana Gavriel, Mansur Gavriel
Dao-Yi Chow & Maxwell Osborne, Public School
Rosie Assoulin, Rosie Assoulin
Literature
Best New Author (Fiction)
B. J. Novak, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
Courtney Maum, I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You
Edan Lepucki, California
Mira Jacob, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing
Phil Klay, Redeployment
Art
Best New Art Exhibition
Cory Arcangel, tl;dr
Jacolby Satterwhite, Transit
Kara Walker, A Subtlety
Kehinde Wiley, The World Stage: Haiti
Lucien Smith, Tigris
Social Influencers
Best New Social Influencer (Male):
Robby Ayala, Vine: Robby Ayala
John Green & Hank Green, YouTube: Vlog Brothers
Logan Paul, Vine: Logan Paul
Mitch Grassi & Scott Hoying, YouTube: Superfruit
Troye Sivan, YouTube: Troye Sivan
Best New Social Influencer (Female)
Allicattt, YouTube: Allicattt
Jessi Smiles, Vine: Jessi Smiles
Brittany Furlan, Vine: Brittany Furlan
Colleen Ballinger, YouTube: Miranda Sings
Lele Pons, Vine: Lele Pons
