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Queen Latifah will host the 55th NAACP Image Awards

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The 55th NAACP Image Awards return for one more 12 months of celebrating Black excellence and recognizing the high achievements of changemakers.

Multi-talented musician and actress Queen Latifah will return to host the annual ceremony, which will air live this month on BET and CBS.

Queen Latifah poses for photographers as she arrives at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS event on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc during the 76th Cannes International Film Festival in Cap d’Antibes, southern France. (Photo: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

“The NAACP Image Awards are an important celebration for our community and industry every year. We have the opportunity to highlight the major achievements of artists, writers, animators, activists and other changemakers who are moving Black excellence forward in powerful ways,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson.

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Amanda Gorman attracted national attention as a beacon of hope and inspiration after reciting her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the 2021 Presidential Inauguration. The award-winning creator, inaugural poet and activist will receive the prestigious Chairman’s Award for outstanding efforts in public service and using your platform to advocate for change.

Costume designer June Ambrose will even be honored and recognized at the ceremony for her groundbreaking contributions to costume design and fashion in the entertainment industry. Known for designing the costumes for Hype Williams’ 1998 film “Belly” and styling influential artists corresponding to Missy Elliott and Jay Z, Ambrose will take home this 12 months’s Vanguard Award.

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“We are thrilled to be working with breakout megastar Queen Latifah and are thrilled to welcome her back as this year’s host! We also look forward to honoring changemaker and poet Amanda Gorman and fashion icon June Ambrose for their profound cultural impact,” said Connie Orlando, vp of specials and music strategy at BET. “Queen Latifah, the NAACP and Pastis have been incredible partners in amplifying black culture, excellence, creativity and ingenuity, and this year’s unforgettable show will be no different.”

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The NAACP Image Awards will also honor the outstanding achievements of other Black pioneers who’re making an impact in 80 categories: film, television, streaming, music, literature and podcasts.

Previous winners include Angela Bassett, Will Smith, Viola Davis, Beyoncé, Nicco Annan, Ruth E. Carter, Glynn Turman, Quinta Brunson, Nia Long, Stacey Abrams, Tabitha Brown and lots of other industry powerhouses.

The celebratory event will air on Saturday, March 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET and CBS.

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Kel Mitchell, the star “Kenan & Kel”, hopes to launch his own orange soda, restart the popular program with Kenan Thompson

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Who loves orange soda? You know who!

The only Kel Mitchell, who appeared as a kel in the comedy of the hit Nickelodeon “Kenan & Kel” alongside Kenan Thompson, revealed during a recent performance in Connecticut in the Nineties in Connecticut that he continues to be serious about his old flame and intends to bring a healthy version of the orange drink for masses. People magazine Reported.

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After asking about Kela’s love for orange soda during the convention, the 46-year-old actor remembered how the affair was avoided during a bit, by which his character dances in the form of Fred Astaire, in the rainfall of soda orange. As fans of the series, which was broadcast in 1996-2000, May reminds with love, Kel’s passion for orange soda was a dominant topic. So much, the actor said to today that he was asked to recite the famous slogan of his character: “Who loves orange soda? Kel loves orange soda!”

Then it was teasing that his own version may very well be coming.

“But is coming, well? My own orange soda,” he said, for people. “I talked on the phone with my lawyer because … it must be healthy. I can’t have children just drinking fructose and sugar, you know what I mean? So we worked on it.”

Mitchell also shared several other things in the work which will fall on the pipeline, CT Insider Reported. He was teasing that he and his longtime best friend and former star, Thompson, talked about the third a part of the “Good Burger” movie series, by which the stars of Thompson and Mitchell Stars as the best friends and joint employees Burger Dexter and Ed.

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“So, about it,” we tone. At the end of the film I said: “We’re going into space. We’ll be” fast and furious, “he said.

“Me and Kenan actually sat down and talked about the script for the third part, in order, so he will go down. We must make sure it is true, just like” Good Burger 2 ” – he continued. “We won’t make you wait over 15 years.”

The actor also said that it is feasible that he and Thompson will restart his comedy “Kenan & Kel”, by which the valued dynamic duo tries to move his life as husbands and fathers.

In 2022, Thompson and Mitchell definitely joined the “SNL” again For a sketch, by which they “re -launted” “Kenan & Kel” next to Keke Palmer.

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A member of the cast “Love is a blind” Ashley Adions, after parting from Tyler Francis: “He is a pathological liar”

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Ashley Adions with Netflix “Love Is Blind” S7 finally breaks silence about the scandal surrounding the rainfall from her marriage with Tyler Francis.

The 32-year-old television reality star appeared in the latest episode of the “What’s the Reality” podcast, led by the star “Love Is Blind” Ad Smith, and turned to the scandal, the response she received, their approaching divorce and more.

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“I will say that I have learned and what I take to other relationships is: be careful with your empathy,” said Adions Host AD. “Your empathy must have boundaries. I am a very empathic person and I think he played with all his sad stories about how he grew up and all these things. So if I could do something different, it would be to protect my empathy.”

After meeting and engagement, not seeing one another, the Adtionser married 34 -year -old Francis during the seventh season of the hit series Reality Netflix. The popular program, which the city jumps every season, landed in Washington in the seventh season.

While filming and the program began to broadcast, the attack of gossip surrounded the story of Francis. During the filming, he confessed to the biological father of three children; At that point, nonetheless, he said that he was only their semen donor. He argued that through the exit, when, as a united front, they were barely grilled about the assembly drama.

The Adions (and Internet Legions) later deduced that this story has rather more. Even since then, the child’s mother has come out to verify the same. The Adions shared that she took matters into her own hands and searched his laptop in search of suggestions, which ultimately led her to the conclusion that he was misleading about the nature of his relationship together with his mother’s mother.

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“He is a pathological liar, and I looked at this man, how are you? If we do not have the two biggest things in marriage that are trust and honesty, what do we have?” She said. And the response of the social media she faced, worsened him even worse. “It was so dark, it was different than everything I have ever experienced in my real life,” she added.

After full disclosure, the couple announced a split in January and has not seen it since then. In Podcastie, she stated that she could officially submit a divorce application at 23:59, on Wednesday, May 21. A resident of Virginia remembered how they each became fans of fans during the series, and lots of described the former pair as the gateway of the “R&B Love” relationship.

“Before everything became viral, everyone was like” R&B Love, Tyler and Ashley. In the end we now have them. ”

She added: “You felt what I felt through this wall. It was real for me and I think he loved me in a certain capacity.”

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Considering the attack of a negative slack, which she received amongst Franciszek’s lies, the Adtionser called social media warriors to more “careful” in his interactions with significant characters.

“I moved after the impossible situation in the best way I knew how. I will always go out when I found out what I had to find out … If I find out what I need to find out,” she said.

As for love, while the DM Adions are open, she said that she was not looking, even though it doesn’t allow it to experience this to scare away love.

“I was in the era of my soft girl,” she admitted. “But I want to stop her just because I gave my love to the wrong person, does not mean that my love is not the highest level.”

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Netflix teases the “other world” spinoff cast

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We could be one step closer to the continuation of the beloved sitcom “Another World”.

This weekend, many stores have announced that Netflix has filled six stars who’re to play regular series in Spinoff. According to Variety, These actors are: Chibuik to make as Kojo, Maleah Joi Moon as Deborah, Cornell Young IV as Shaquille, Jordan Aaron Hall as Amir, Alijah Kai as Rashida and Kennedi McClure as Hazel. Alijah Kai is the daughter of the famous actress and singer Tichin Arnold.

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Deadline He reports that the spin-off “Another World” will follow Dwayne and Daughter Whitley when he goes through his journey at Hillman College, a historically fictitious fictitious black college. Rumors began to spin about the development of continuation in August 2024, with reports of pilot targeting last month.

“We don’t like to speak too much, you know, but for many years I have been working on restarting the” other world “, and now it is within reach,” said Allen.

As Allen describes, “The other world changed the world” when it premiered in 1987. Designed as the separation of “The Cosby Show”, a series, which initially centered the journey of Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet) through College, quickly expanded beyond that, following her class colleagues and further. After broadcasting for six seasons, the program led to 1993.

In addition to Allen, in the upcoming continuation, he’ll report some crew behind the backstage of the original series, corresponding to Tom Werner, Gina Prince-Byhwood and Reggie Bytthewood.

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“It is within our reach,” explained Allen. “We hope for this, because it is a program that will inspire so many young people around the world,” said Allen. “When we did this (” different world “) the first time, we got a historically black universities and encouraged every ethnic group of young people to go to college. So the power of the cinema is really great. ”

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