{"id":804868,"date":"2020-03-04T07:45:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=961877"},"modified":"2020-03-04T07:45:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:45:04","slug":"adam-sandler-to-receive-2020-ascap-founders-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/adam-sandler-to-receive-2020-ascap-founders-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Sandler to Receive 2020 ASCAP Founders Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following his win for Best Male Lead<\/a> at the Independent Spirit Awards, Adam Sandler<\/a> will be the recipient of the 2020 ASCAP<\/a> Founders Award. The actor, comedian and musician will be honored at the 37th annual Pop Music Awards, held on April 28th in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

ASCAP \u2014 the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers \u2014 acknowledged Sandler classics such as \u201cThe Chanukah Song,\u201d \u201cThe Thanksgiving Song,\u201d<\/a> \u201cLunchlady Land\u201d and \u201cRed Hooded Sweatshirt\u201d as additions to the musical comedy canon.<\/p>\n

The invitation-only event previously gave the Founders Award to Paul McCartney, Patti Smith, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder, Carly Simon, Dr. Dre, Notorious B.I.G., Jeff Lynne, Heart, Annie Lennox and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam is a giant of comedy, and so many of his most hilarious onscreen moments are based in music and song,\u201d President and Chairman of the Board Paul Williams said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom \u2018Opera Man\u2019 to \u2018The Chanukah Song\u2019 to \u2018Grow Old With You,\u2019 Adam\u2019s genius ability to seamlessly blend comedy and music helps us all appreciate the wonders and absurdities of life and love. ASCAP is honored to recognize Adam Sandler for his singular contributions to the comedy music canon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sandler recently portrayed an opal-obsessed New York City jeweler in Uncut Gems<\/em><\/a>; he was snubbed<\/a> at the 2020 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, as I look around this room, I realize the Independent Spirit Awards are the \u2018Best Personality\u2019 awards of Hollywood,\u201d he said in his hilarious acceptance speech at the previous awards show. \u201cSo when those feather-haired douchebag motherfuckers get their Oscars tomorrow night, their handsome good looks will fade in time, while our independent personalities will shine on forever!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Following his win for Best Male Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards, Adam Sandler will be the recipient of the 2020 ASCAP Founders Award. The actor, comedian and musician will be honored at the 37th annual Pop Music Awards, held on April 28th in Los Angeles. ASCAP \u2014 the American Society of Composers, Authors and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-20 01:26:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}