On the final day of the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, TV One General Manager Michelle Rice, CEO Alfred Liggins and other network executives announced an impressive overview of TV One and CLEO TV’s programming slates. The TCA, held this year at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, is an exclusive event where a network […]
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The nominees for the 50th NAACP Image Awards were exclusively announced live today at the Television Critics Association’s (TCA). Prior to announcing the nominees, first to take the stage with an overview of the networks in TV One’s joint press conference were Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and Alfred Liggins, Chairman and CEO of TV One,
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Iconic /Award-winning actress Marla Gibbs and comedy legend, guest stars tonight on an episode of the hit show The Neighborhood. The Neighborhood follows a white midwestern family who moves into a predominantly black neighborhood in Los Angeles—and gentrified shenanigans ensue! The series stars Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield, Sheaun McKinney, Hank Greenspan, Tichina Arnold, and Beth Behrs. In a press release from
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On February 6, the stars shone brightly over the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood where the 10th Annual AAFCA Awards, presented by the African American Film Critics Association, handed out trophies to its winners and special honorees. Music icon Quincy Jones received the inaugural AAFCA Stanley Kramer Award presented to him by Karen Kramer, wife of the late Stanley Kramer.
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 7, 2019) – Voting opens today for the 50TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS – NAACP ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Award, the winner to be revealed during the two-hour special airing live on TV One, Saturday, March 30, 2019 from the Dolby Theatre. The five nominees are: Beyoncé, Chadwick Boseman, Ryan Coogler, Regina King, and LeBron James. The
Chloe x Halle aren’t little girls anymore. The Grammy-nominated sisters have grown up before our eyes and are turning their vision into reality. Fresh off their stunning Super Bowl LIII performance of America the Beautiful, the musical duo now grace the cover of ESSENCE’s first-ever digital cover. In the story Dream Catchers, Halle tells ESSENCE: “We still feel like
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Film director Jalen Blot is off to a promising start in the film industry. At just 25-years old, his first short indie film Colors of Sankofa is an official selection of the Pan African Film Festival, the largest and most prestigious Black Film Festival in America. In its 27th year, PAFF opens this Thursday, February
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LOS ANGELES, CA (February 5, 2019) – The NAACP announced today that Congresswoman Maxine Waters will be honored with the prestigious NAACP Chairman’s Award which is bestowed in recognition of individuals who demonstrate exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change. Leon W. Russell, Chairman of the NAACP National Board of
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The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has announced Tichina Arnold as the host of its milestone 10th Annual Awards Show. A multi-hyphenated performer, Arnold has been a mainstay in Hollywood and currently stars as Tina Butler opposite Cedric the Entertainer on the CBS hit comedy, The Neighborhood, which was recently renewed for its second season. “We are
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Hey y’all, Nigerian-American Filmmaker Chinonye Chukwu, just became the first Black woman to win the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize in the U.. Dramatic competition for her film “Clemency.” Clemency, which stars Alfre Woodard as a warden at a maximum security prison struggling with an approaching execution of a man played by Aldis Hodge,
