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  • Ripping the Headlines Today – Paul Lander, Humor Times

    Ripping the Headlines Today – Paul Lander, Humor Times

    Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to

    The news, even that about Southwest Airlines, doesn’t need to be complicated or confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is for. And, as in the case with anything from Microsoft, to keep the news from worrying our pretty little heads over, remember something new and equally indecipherable will come out soon: 

    Really all you need to do is follow one simple rule: barely pay attention and jump to conclusions. So, here are some headlines today and my first thoughts:

    Southwest Airlines
    A Southwest Airlines passenger climbed onto a wing.

    Southwest Airlines passenger hospitalized after opening emergency exit and climbing onto wing, officials say

    … Some people will do anything for extra leg room.

    Moms for Liberty founder and her husband in 3-way and now battery is alleged

    Oh, I’m guessing all kinds of batteries were involved.

    Man who stripped naked on Disneyland ride was on drugs, police say

    Ironically, he slipped himself a Mickey.

    Century-overdue library book is finally returned in Minnesota

    … No word if it was found with Joe Biden’s boxed papers.

    Jared Leto becomes the first person to legally climb to the top of the Empire State Building

    The last time he was that high, he agreed to do ‘Morbius.’

    George Santos was expelled from Congress

    … Saying that’s nothing compared to time he was suspended from baseball for using PEDs.

    Darryl Hall broke up with John Oates

    … look for a new group: John Oates and Pete Davidson!

    Cyber Monday biggest on-line shopping event ever

    And, now that Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday are done, let’s make way for ‘Burglary Tuesday.’

    Henry Kissinger dies at 100

    It probably was the vaccine.

    Huge crack opens up in Iceland, steam pouring forth

    … So, just another vacation for Chris Christie.

    ‘Oppenheimer’ bests ‘Barbie’ in weekend premiere VOD viewership

    … That would explain the giant pink mushroom cloud where Barbie’s dream house used to be.

    Aaron Rodgers talks Jets return this season

    And says he’ll stomp his leg once if yes, twice if no.Will Smith’s team responds to accusations that the actor bottoms

    Will Smith’s team responds to accusations that the actor bottoms

    Damn, a ‘race to the bottom’ is now a description of people rushing to Will Smith’s house!

    The Las Vegas Sphere is already losing a 100 million dollars

    … Look for Elon to pay billions for it …

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  • Jada Pinkett Smith Reacts To Will Smith’s Former Friend Alleging Intimate Act Between Him & Duane Martin

    Jada Pinkett Smith Reacts To Will Smith’s Former Friend Alleging Intimate Act Between Him & Duane Martin

    Jada Pinkett Smith isn’t letting the intimacy rumors about Will Smith and Duane Martin slide. She recently revealed she and Will plan to take legal action in response.

    In an interview with gossip vlogger Tasha K, a former friend and business partner of Will alleges he caught Smith and Duane in the middle of a sexual act. Brother Bilaal told Tasha he witnessed the alleged moment after walking into Duane’s dressing room. He went on to graphically describe the act and the alleged size of Will’s genitals.

    RELATED: Will Smith Professes Everlasting Support For Jada Pinkett Smith

    Social media has exploded with reactions to Brother’s claims, including conversations about this being a resurfaced rumor from years ago. At this time, no public physical evidence has been released to support Brother Bilaal’s claims.

    See his allegations below. 

    Will Smith & Jada React To Brother Bilaal’s Claims, Sources Say Duane Martin Won’t Respond

    However, it seems like Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith won’t be letting those types of talks slide this time around. In fact, a rep for the ‘I Am Legend’ actor slammed the rumors in a statement to TMZ on Tuesday (Nov. 15).

    “This story is completely fabricated, and the claim is unequivocally false,” the rep said.

    As for Duane Martin, TMZ reports that sources close to him say he has no plans to address the sexual allegations. The source reportedly called the allegations “so ridiculous.”

    TMZ was also the first to report, via a source, that Will was considering legal action. But on Wednesday (Nov. 15), Jada Pinkett Smith confirmed that’s the direction she and her husband are heading in.

    Speaking on ‘The Breakfast Club,‘ Jada blatantly said that legal action is in the pipeline. However, she did not specify if Tasha K — who previously lost a defamation case brought by Cardi B — will also be sued.

    Jada also said Brother Bilaal tried to “shake them down” in the past.

    “It’s ridiculous, and it’s nonsense, and this is a person that tried a shakedown, a money shakedown that didn’t work. We’re going to take legal action because it’s one thing to have your opinion about somebody versus just making up salacious, malicious stories. So that’s actionable, so we gon’ roll with that.”

    Jada added that Will previously attempted to backpay Brother for his “idea” that he was involved in Will Smith’s book. Brother allegedly declined Will’s offer, but Jada said that was a situation she had limited knowledge of.

    However, rumors come with the territory of fame, Jada said. Still, the Smiths are “definitely” taking the sexual allegations through legal channels.

    “It’s not true. We gon’ take care of it, and that’s that,” Jada said.

    As for how Will Smith is dealing with the talks, his wife says he knows how to find a joke in every situation, including this one.

    Watch her full commentary on the topic below.

    And if she wasn’t clear enough on TBC, Jada also told TMZ, “We’re suing,” in a street interview.

    RELATED: Jada Pinkett Smith Says Revealing State Of Her Marriage With Will Brought Them ‘Closer’

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  • Will Smith & Pepa Spark ‘What If’ Talks After Revealing Past Date

    Will Smith & Pepa Spark ‘What If’ Talks After Revealing Past Date

    Will Smith and Pepa have fans’ imaginations running wild all over social media! The Hollywood friends sparked “what if” dating conversations after revealing they went on one date back in the day.

    Their talk happened on Will’s new hip hop history podcast, “Class of ’88.’ The actor sat down with the members of the iconic Salt-N-Pepa group in a recent episode. During their conversation, Will asked Pepa if she remembered the time he took her on a date.

    She said yes, and they exchanged looks until Will reassured her they were “allowed”  to talk about it now. He added, “We’ve matured, we ain’t do nothing.” 

    RELATED: Jada Pinkett Smith And Will Smith Separated In 2016, But Kept It Private

    Will Smith Reveals What Shook Him On Date With Pepa

    Pepa started by saying Will was “very nice” and proved it further when he stopped and gave an unhoused man $100 during their date. Will clarified that they drove around Los Angeles and visited the Hollywood sign.

    Despite wanting to “spit game,” Will Smith said he was worried about Pepa’s ex-boyfriend. At the time, it hadn’t been that long since Pepa and Treach of Naughty by Nature had broken up. So, Will said he was distracted by how the rapper would take their date.

    “So in my mind, when I was like, I was trying to spit my game, but I ain’t really had nothin’ cause my concern was that I was gon’ get killed, ” Smith said.

    Salt jumped into the conversation, adding that death “was a legit concern.” Her response had her, Will, and Pepa laughing.

    See the clip below.

    Social Media Reacts To Will & Pepa’s Date

    After the clip of Will and Pepa discussing their date went viral, fans commented on Will having a Jada-less life.

    This isn’t the first time Pepa’s reportedly commented on Will Smith. Like the fans, she previously praised his generosity and spoke on what life could’ve been with him versus Treach.

    “I thought Will was really cute, and we would hang out a lot on the road. He liked to take care of me and never let me spend a dime. He was that kind of guy, real generous,” she told Global Grind. “I sometimes kick myself when I think about what could have been. He was so nice to me, but I really wasn’t feeling him. I guess I couldn’t appreciate a nice guy like Will Smith. He wasn’t thug enough. I was attracted to thugs and hoodlums. Will was too nice to me.”

    Jada Pinkett Smith’s memoir rollout brought some of their marriage secrets to light and caused a ripple of mixed reactions. The most shocking news happened to be Will and Jada’s seven-year separation leading up to the Chris Rock Oscars slap.

    Amid the media storm, Smith stepped with Jada to a book reading in Baltimore. There, he told the audience that he would always support his “best friend.” Adding that he’s accomplished so many of his dreams “on the foundation of Jada’s sacrifices.” 

    RELATED: Will Smith Professes Everlasting Support For Jada Pinkett Smith

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  • Jada Pinkett Smith Announces She’s Pregnant With Chris Rock’s Baby

    Jada Pinkett Smith Announces She’s Pregnant With Chris Rock’s Baby

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  • Ripping the Headlines Today – Paul Lander, Humor Times

    Ripping the Headlines Today – Paul Lander, Humor Times

    Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to

    The news, even that about the Phillies, doesn’t need to be complicated or confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is for. And, as in the case with anything from Microsoft, to keep the news from worrying our pretty little heads over, remember something new and equally indecipherable will come out soon: 

    Really all you need to do is follow one simple rule: barely pay attention and jump to conclusions. So, here are some headlines today and my first thoughts:

    Phillies Fanatic
    Phillies Fanatic gives fans emotional support, but can’t get any himself.

    Phillies deny emotional support alligator from entering ballpark

    On a related note, the Phillies Fanatic hasn’t been seen since … wouldn’t be surprised if he tasted like San Diego Chicken.

    Jim Jordan forced out of House speaker race after losing secret ballot

    Personally, I wouldn’t let Jim Jordan lead a party of five to their table at a restaurant.

    “I’m not Nostradamus”: Keith Richards on the future of The Rolling Stones

    Adding: “Although I did babysit him.”

    Team Biden joined Truth Social

    … Probably because they want to have a place to be alone.

    Woman says date dashed after she ate 48 oysters and more, sparking debate

    Could’ve been worse; she could’ve had crabs.

    70 percent of New Jersey residents want Menendez to resign: poll

    The other 30% would just like for him to return their gifts!

    Happy 52nd Birthday, Snoop Dogg

    Looks pretty good for a guy’s who’s 364 in Snoop Dogg years.

    Judge Engoron fines Trump $5K for violating his gag order

    … Wonder what Mexico’s gonna do with their bill.

    Meryl Streep and her husband, Don Gummer, have been quietly separated for the past six years

    And living with Will and Jada, respectively.

    Fani Willis gets Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro to flip in Georgia RICO case

    Fani Willis looks like the new Pinball Wizard; she knows how to work those flippers!

    Heidi Klum’s sensational nearly nude photo proves this year’s Cannes appearance is her boldest yet

    Or, is that appearance of her cans? Potato/potato.

    Squirmy critter seen at wildlife refuge leaves Texans disturbed

    I’m shocked, shocked … Ted Cruz was actually spotted in Texas.

    Paul Mooney once ‘walked in’ on Barbara Walters hooking up with comedian Richard Pryor, says Sherri Shepherd

    Would’ve made a great SNL Sketch with Baba WooWoo.

    A Danish artist who submitted empty frames as artwork is appealing court ruling to repay the cash

    They should’ve paid with a piece of unlined, white paper …

    Matt Gaetz repeatedly cursed out by fellow Republicans in heated conference meeting

    … Damn, there’s a lot of white on white violence in the Republican caucus; maybe it should be shut down until we see what is going on …

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  • Will Smith Responds To Jada Pinkett Smith’s Confessions In Her New Book

    Will Smith Responds To Jada Pinkett Smith’s Confessions In Her New Book

    The article paraphrases Smith, writing that Pinkett Smith “had lived a life more on the edge than he’d realized, and she is more resilient, clever and compassionate than he’d understood.”

    “When you’ve been with someone for more than half of your life, a sort of emotional blindness sets in, and you can all too easily lose your sensitivity to their hidden nuances and subtle beauties,” Smith wrote in an email to The New York Times.

    Among the revelation that Pinkett Smith and Smith had been separated for the past seven years, Pinkett Smith also writes in her memoir that Chris Rock asked her out in 2016 when he thought she and Smith were separated (they were not).

    Pinkett Smith also addressed Smith slapping Rock during the 2022 Academy Awards after Rock made a joke at her expense. When Smith yelled at Rock to keep his wife’s name out of Rock’s mouth, Pinkett Smith said on “Today” that she was surprised because she and Smith hadn’t called each other husband and wife in a “long time.”

    “And I think that when we just look at human nature… when you look at the breadcrumbs, people need something to blame,” Pinkett Smith said.

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  • Jada Pinkett Smith Announces She’s Pregnant With Chris Rock’s Baby

    Jada Pinkett Smith Announces She’s Pregnant With Chris Rock’s Baby

    LOS ANGELES—Sharing the exciting personal development with new maternity photos, actor and talk show host Jada Pinkett Smith announced Friday she was pregnant with actor and comedian Chris Rock’s baby. “Chris and I are so overjoyed to be welcoming a new bundle of joy into this world, as we’ve been trying for a long time,” said Pinkett Smith, revealing how the two actors had been flirtatious since starring in the animated film Madagascar and had finally slept together the night of her husband Will Smith’s infamous slap. “When I saw Christ humiliated and broken after he had been slapped across the face, that’s when I knew I wanted to give into this sexual tension that had been building for so long. We’ve been dating ever since, and we just recently moved in together. Of course people out there are going to assume Will would be upset, but he’s actually been our biggest supporter.” At press time, Pinkett Smith announced she would be naming her baby Tupac.

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  • Jada Pinkett Smith reveals what Chris Rock said to her after Oscars slap – National | Globalnews.ca

    Jada Pinkett Smith reveals what Chris Rock said to her after Oscars slap – National | Globalnews.ca

    Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed what happened between her and Chris Rock immediately after her husband, Will Smith, slapped him across the face during the 2022 Oscars ceremony.

    The incident has been referred to as “the slap heard around the world,” after Rock made a G.I. Jane joke about Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia and suffers hair loss. Smith took issue with the joke and walked onto the Oscars stage from his front-row seat and open-palm slapped Rock across the face.

    Smith returned to his seat and shouted for Rock to “Keep my wife’s name out of your f–-ing mouth!”

    In an interview with Hoda Kotb of NBC’s Today show, set to air in its entirety Friday night, Pinkett Smith revealed that she and Rock had a brief conversation immediately after the slap while snippets for the best documentary nominees were being shown.

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    “Chris looks to me and he says, ‘Jada, I meant no harm,’” she recalls. “I’m just out of it because I’m really worried about Will. And Will’s still talking. Now he’s mad because Chris is talking to me.”

    “And I go, ‘Chris, this is about some old s–t.’ That’s all I could think of saying, right? And I couldn’t really take in his apology.”

    It recently came to light that Pinkett Smith and Rock have a long history together. The Matrix Reloaded actor revealed in an interview with People this week that Rock asked her out on a date while rumours were swirling that her and Smith were headed for divorce.

    “I think every summer, all the reports would come out that me and Will were getting a divorce. And this particular summer, Chris, he thought that we were getting a divorce,” she said.

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    “So he called me and basically he was like, ‘I’d love to take you out.’ And I was like, ‘What do you mean?’ He was like, ‘Well, aren’t you and Will getting a divorce?’ I was like, ‘No. Chris, those are just rumors.’ He was appalled. And he profusely apologized, and that was that.”

    As for Smith, he explained in an interview that took place shortly after the 2022 Oscars that there were “many nuances and complexities” as to why he slapped Rock.

    “But at the end of the day, I just — I lost it.”

    And yet, while Pinkett Smith and Smith are still legally married, they are no longer romantically together, Pinkett Smith shared in the interview with Kotb.

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    “It was not a divorce on paper,” Kotb clarified.

    “Right,” Pinkett Smith responded.

    “…but it was a divorce,” Kotb said.

    “Divorce,” Pinkett Smith emphasized.

    According to Pinkett Smith, the pair have been separated since 2016 while maintaining the appearance of being a committed, married couple in the public eye.

    “By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,” she said.

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    So when Smith told Rock to “keep my wife’s name” out of his mouth after the Oscars slap, Pinkett Smith said she was shocked.

    “We haven’t called each other husband and wife in a long time. I’m like ‘What is going on right now?’”

    After the slap, Smith went on to win the best actor award for his role in King Richard. He has also been banned from Academy Awards for 10 years.

    Discussing his behaviour that night, Kotb said it seemed “totally out of character” for Smith.

    “It’s not him whatsoever,” Pinkett Smith agreed.


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  • ‘I said I can’t talk about this now’: Jada Pinkett Smith reveals Chris Rock ‘tried to apologize’ after Will Smith Oscars slap episode

    ‘I said I can’t talk about this now’: Jada Pinkett Smith reveals Chris Rock ‘tried to apologize’ after Will Smith Oscars slap episode

    Jada Pinkett Smith has been making headlines lately after she made some shocking revelations on her marital status with actor Will Smith. The renowned American actress confirmed that she and Smith parted ways in 2016, and have been leading separate lives since then. Jada Pinkett Smith also opened up about Will Smith‘s infamous Oscars slap episode, that involved comedian-host Chris Rock, recently.

    For the unversed, the actress made some shocking revelations on her dynamics with estranged husband Will Smith, and actor-comedian Chris Rock, in her latest chat with People Magazine. In the interview, Jada Pinkett Smith revealed that Rock had ‘tried to apologize’ after the Oscars 2022 event. However, she further added that she never spoke to him after the eventful night.

    Jada Pinkett Smith reveals Chris Rock tried to apologize to her

    In her interview with People Magazine, Jada Pinkett Smith recalled Will Smith’s infamous Oscars 2022 slap episode, which happened after the show’s host Chris Rock cracked an insensitive joke about her health condition. “Chris came down to the end of the stage and tried to apologize to me. He said, ‘I didn’t mean you any harm,’” revealed Pinkett Smith. 

    However, the actress, who was in complete shock, refused to discuss the incident with the comedian at that point. “I said, ‘I can’t talk about this now, Chris. This is some old shit.’ I thought this was about the Oscar 2016 and… the stuff that they had before I even came into the picture in the late ‘80s. I’ve got to leave that to Will and Chris to talk about, but they got their stuff for sure,” Jada Pinkett Smith further added. 

    Jada Pinkett Smith never spoke to Chris Rock again

    According to Jada Pinkett Smith, she never spoke to Chris Rock again after the eventful Oscars 2022 night. “No, I haven’t talked to Chris ROCK…Do I have any desire to talk to Chris? Here’s my desire- I just hope that all the misunderstanding around this can be cleared up and that there can be peace,” the actress said in her chat with People Magazine, hinting that she is done talking about the incident over and over.

    “I would just have to say that I am not really here to make any judgment on how people decide to express themselves and express their art. I’ll say that several times I’ve had my feelings hurt, for sure. I’ve had my feelings hurt a lot by Chris. But at the end of the day, too, being in the spotlight, it comes with the territory,” she concluded.

    ALSO READ: ‘I was in so much pain’: Jada Pinkett Smith reveals she ‘made a plan’ for her ‘death’ at 40; Details inside

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  • Jada Pinkett Smith says she and Will Smith were separated for 6 years before Oscars slap

    Jada Pinkett Smith says she and Will Smith were separated for 6 years before Oscars slap

    Actor Jada Pinkett Smith was surprised that her husband Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars in 2022, she told People magazine in an interview posted Wednesday. “I thought, ‘This is a skit,’” she told the magazine.

    Pinkett Smith also told People that at the time of the Oscars incident, she and Smith had been separated for six years.

    Pinkett Smith spoke to the outlet ahead of the release of her new memoir “Worthy,” which will be released by HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books later this month.

    In the interview, she broke her silence about the Oscars incident, where Smith walked onstage during the awards show and struck Rock after the Oscars host made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s hair, which is shaved because she has alopecia.

    “I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him,’” Pinkett Smith said. “It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit.”

    After the Oscars, when the couple were alone, Pinkett Smith said she asked Smith, “Are you OK?”

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    Actress Jada Pinkett Smith attends the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 27, 2022.

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    Pinkett Smith told People she and Smith were “still figuring it out.”

    “We’ve been doing some really heavy-duty work together,” she said. “We just got deep love for each other and we are going to figure out what that looks like for us.”

    Pinkett Smith also opened up about her mental health in the People interview, discussing her struggles with depression — including considering suicide — and her use of the psychedelic drug ayahuasca.

    She said that when she and Smith became a couple she was being treated for depression and taking Prozac.

    “Once I met Will, I completely abandoned my mental health. I was so intoxicated by him and our dynamic. I really felt like I’m cured,” the 52-year-old told People.

    But by the time she was 40, Pinkett Smith said, she was in “so much pain.”

    “I couldn’t figure a way out besides death,” she said. “So I made a plan.” She said stopped having suicidal thoughts when she started taking ayahuasca.

    “It gave me a new intimate relationship with myself that I had never had before,” she said.

    She said Smith and their adult children have also taken it.

    If you or someone you know might be at risk of suicide, there is help. Call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or visit 988lifeline.org.

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  • Jada Pinkett Smith Reveals First Words To Will Smith After Infamous Oscars Slap

    Jada Pinkett Smith Reveals First Words To Will Smith After Infamous Oscars Slap

    Jada Pinkett Smith is getting more candid than ever about the slap heard ’round the world.

    The 52-year-old actor, who has alopecia, literally had a front-row seat at the 2022 Academy Awards when host Chris Rock joked about her shaved head ― and when her husband, Will Smith, walked on stage and slapped Rock in the face in front of a live television audience of millions.

    Smith later said he was “deeply remorseful” for his actions, and Pinkett Smith expressed a hope that “that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out, and reconcile.” Now, though, she’s offering a much closer look into her thoughts and feelings since that night.

    “I thought, ‘This is a skit,’” Pinkett Smith told People in an exclusive interview published Wednesday. “I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him.’ It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit.”

    Pinkett Smith said her first words to Smith after he sat down were: “Are you okay?”

    Rock was presenting the award for Best Documentary Feature when he joked about Pinkett Smith starring in a sequel to “G.I. Jane,” a 1997 film in which Demi Moore’s character shaves her head and joins the Navy Seals. Pinkett Smith first publicly spoke about her alopecia in 2018.

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ultimately banned Smith from attending the Oscars for 10 years. Academy president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson argued in a statement that “the safety of our performers and guests” is imperative.

    Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith had front-row seats at the 2022 Oscars when host Chris Rock joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.

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    In an unexpected development, Pinkett Smith told Hoda Kotb in an upcoming “Today” interview that she and Smith have been separated since 2016. Pinkett Smith, who is currently promoting her new book “Worthy,” likened it to a “divorce.”

    “I think by the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying,” she told Kotb. “I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be. I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce.”

    The mother of two also told People she became suicidal after starting to date Smith in 1995, and that she “completely abandoned” her mental health during those early years. Pinkett Smith said she was “intoxicated” by Smith and felt like she was “cured,” because Smith “became the drug.”

    Pinkett Smith has espoused the benefits of psychedelics in her mental health journey, and she did so again in her interview with People. Rock, meanwhile, used his Oscars experience as fodder for a Netflix special released earlier this year.

    “She hurt him way more than she hurt me,” Rock said in the special, referring to Pinkett Smith and Smith. “Everybody in the world called him a bitch. I tried to call the motherfucker, I tried to call that man and give him my condolences … Everybody called him a bitch and who’s he hit? Me.”

    Pinkett Smith’s “Today” interview airs Friday on NBC. Read the full interview with Pinkett Smith in People.

    If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org for mental health support. Additionally, you can find local mental health and crisis resources at dontcallthepolice.com. Outside of the U.S., please visit the International Association for Suicide Prevention.

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  • Jada Pinkett Smith reveals she and Will Smith have been separated since 2016 | CNN

    Jada Pinkett Smith reveals she and Will Smith have been separated since 2016 | CNN



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    Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she and husband Will Smith have been living “completely separate lives” since 2016.

    In a clip from her forthcoming NBC News primetime special with Hoda Kotb, Pinkett Smith said the couple had not previously gone public with their separation because they were not “ready yet.”

    They were “still trying to figure out between the two of us, how to be in partnership,” she said.

    “How do we present that to people?” she told Kotb. “We hadn’t figured that out.”

    Pinkett Smith, 52, and Smith, 55, have been married since 1997. Pinkett Smith said they are not legally divorced.

    Their marriage has come under scrutiny during the period she says they have been apart.

    In July 2020, singer August Alsina revealed that he had been romantically involved with Pinkett Smith, something she confirmed during an episode with her husband on “Red Table Talk.”

    “I got into an entanglement with August,” Pinkett Smith said at the time, explaining then that the superstar couple “were going through a very difficult time” when it occurred.

    Then there was the Oscars slap.

    During the 2022 Academy Awards, Smith stormed the stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith being bald. She suffers from alopecia, which has caused her hair loss.

    In a new interview with People, Pinkett Smith opened up about the incident, which she said, like many other people, she initially thought was a comedic bit between the two men.

    “I thought, ‘This is a skit.’ I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him,’” she recalled. “It wasn’t until Will started to walk back to his chair that I even realized it wasn’t a skit.”

    She told the publication that as soon as they were alone she asked Smith, “Are you okay?”

    Pinkett Smith told Kotb during their interview that the marriage fractured because of “a lot of things.”

    “I think by the time we got to 2016, we we both just exhausted with trying,” Pinkett Smith said. “I think we were both kind of still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be.”

    She said she “made a promise” that there would never be a reason for her and Smith to divorce “and I just haven’t been able to break that promise,” she said.

    Pinkett Smith reveals more about her marriage, career and early life in her forthcoming memoir, “Worthy.” The book releases Oct. 17.

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  • Chris Rock Went to Counseling After Will Smith Oscars Slap, Says Leslie Jones

    Chris Rock Went to Counseling After Will Smith Oscars Slap, Says Leslie Jones

    More than 18 months after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, celebrities are still speaking about the fallout. Following Sean Penn’s claim that the incident “never would have happened” had actor turned Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy been present for the Oscars telecast, Leslie Jones has offered some insight about how Rock dealt with the slap’s aftermath.

    “That shit was humiliating. It really affected him,” Jones put it plainly in a recent People interview. “People need to understand his daughters, his parents, saw that. He had to go to counseling with his daughters,” she continued, referencing Rock’s children Lola, 21, and Zahra, 19.

    Rock himself has spoken about the slap, which occurred after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith. “I’m not a victim,” Rock said in his Netflix comedy special Selective Outrage. “You will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying, saying, ‘I couldn’t believe it. I love Men in Black.’” Jones applauded Rock, who wrote the foreword to her new memoir, for speaking about the altercation onstage. “Everybody got pissed off about him doing a special. That’s what comedians do,” Jones said. “Instead of us going crazy we fucking go talk about it on the fucking stage. Thank God we’ve got the stage.”

    Jones then expressed her own reaction to the slap, which resulted in Smith’s resignation from the Academy and the actor being banned from attending the ceremony for the next decade. “It made me so infuriated. You don’t know that I was going to jump in my car and roll up there [to the 2022 Oscars],” Jones said. “I was so fucking mad on so many levels. For a long ass time I was just mad. Chris Rock did a fucking joke. I know Will, too…I was like, you couldn’t handle that shit afterwards. This is the Oscars. The whole world is watching.”

    She later told Rock, “I was like, ‘Chris, when he got up, why didn’t you run?’ I would’ve been running around that stage like, ‘Will, calm down. Jada, call your man!’” Jones maintained that Smith “could have still fixed it” when he returned to the podium to accept the best actor award for King Richard. According to Jones, Smith should have said, “‘I shouldn’t have did that. Bring Chris out. I can not accept the Oscar right now because that was fucking wrong.’”

    Rock hasn’t expressly shared his family’s reaction to the slap, but Rose Rock, Chris’s mother, has offered her blunt reaction: “When he slapped Chris, he slapped all of us,” she said shortly after the incident, adding, “he really slapped me. Because when you hurt my child, you hurt me.” In his July 2022 apology video, Smith directly apologized to Rock’s mother and Rock’s brother, Tony Rock, who called the slap “foul” in a series of tweets. “We had a great relationship,” Smith says about Tony. “Tony Rock was my man. And this is probably irreparable.” A source told People at the time that Chris Rock was “assessing” the incident, but that “the stress of the slap and the aftermath has not taken over his life. Quite the opposite.”

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  • Sean Penn Still Fuming Over Oscars’ Refusal To Allow Ukraine’s Zelenskyy To Speak: ‘Guess What You Got Instead? Will Smith!’

    Sean Penn Still Fuming Over Oscars’ Refusal To Allow Ukraine’s Zelenskyy To Speak: ‘Guess What You Got Instead? Will Smith!’

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    Sean Penn is promoting the new documentary he co-directed, “Superpower”, which focuses on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the stand taken by the Ukrainian people to defend their homeland, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

    In a new interview with Variety about the film, Penn admits he’s still irked that efforts to bring Zelenskyy to speak at the 2022 Academy Awards, shortly after Russia launched its invasion, were refused.

    “The Oscars producer thought, ‘Oh, he’s not light-hearted enough.’”

    “The Oscars producer thought, ‘Oh, he’s not light-hearted enough,’” Penn recalled.

    “Well, guess what you got instead? Will Smith!” he added, referencing Smith’s infamous slap of Chris Rock.


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    During a 2022 appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show”, Amy Schumer — who co-hosted that year’s Oscars alongside Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall — confirmed that she was among those who wanted Zelenskyy to be a part of the telecast.

    “I actually pitched, I wanted to find a way to have Zelenskyy satellite in or make a tape or something just because there are so many eyes on the Oscars,” she said, but explained that producers nixed the idea.

    “I am not afraid to go there,” she added, “but it’s not me producing the Oscars.”

     

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  • Will Smith Addresses SAG-AFTRA Strike: ‘Pivotal Moment’

    Will Smith Addresses SAG-AFTRA Strike: ‘Pivotal Moment’

    On Friday, the actor shared a message of support for the ongoing strikes in an Instagram post dedicated to his acting coach, Aaron Speiser.

    “I wanna talk for a second about ACTING,” he wrote in the post’s caption. “As some of yall mighta heard, my guild, @SAGAFTRA are on strike along with our writer colleagues in the WGA. It’s a pivotal moment for our profession.”

    Smith then described an ongoing internal struggle with processing all of his success in the industry over the years.

    “[Thirty-three] years into my career as an actor, and there are still some days when I feel like I’m that kid from Philly who’s on borrowed time, even though I know I’ve been extraordinarily blessed and lucky to have worked as an actor all this time,” he said, before thanking Speiser for his support and encouragement throughout the years.

    Smith explained that Speiser had recently invited him to attend an acting class where he met “a group of our talented next generation of actors.” He shared a picture that showed him all smiles with the group.

    SAG-AFTRA voted to strike earlier this month after negotiations with film and TV studios fell apart. WGA members have been on strike since May. It’s the first time both unions have been on strike at the same time since the 1960s. Hollywood writers and actors are striking for better wages and conditions in the streaming era and for protections from studios on using artificial intelligence, among other demands.

    The ceremony was originally slated to air on Sept. 18.

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  • Will Smith Honors Jaden’s Birthday With A Not-So-Subtle Hint At Wanting Grandkids

    Will Smith Honors Jaden’s Birthday With A Not-So-Subtle Hint At Wanting Grandkids

    Will Smith recently celebrated his son Jaden Smith’s 25th birthday with a clear hint about his hope to one day have grandchildren.

    The Oscar winner posted a black-and-white photo of him embracing his son on Instagram Saturday, writing that it was his favorite picture of them together.

    “Happy Birthday, J-Diggy. It’s crazy that you’re 25?!?!” he wrote in the post’s caption. “When I was 25 I had a 2 yr. old… I’m just sayin’… Wha’s up? What you doin’ over there?”

    Will was referencing his now-30-year-old son Trey Smith, whom he shares with his ex-wife, skin care entrepreneur Sheree Zampino. The actor shares Jaden and Willow Smith, 22, with his wife, actor Jada Pinkett Smith.

    The “King Richard” actor has been celebrating his children on social media on several occasions over the past couple of months.

    In April, the actor posted a video of himself in a crowd beaming with pride as Willow performed the first weekend at Coachella in Indio, California.

    “WILLOWCHELLA!!” he captioned the post.

    Jaden had joined his sister onstage during her set to perform their collaboration “Summertime in Paris.” He wore a shirt that featured the words “Willow’s Brother.”

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  • Will Smith Reunites With Martin Lawrence On Set Of ‘Bad Boys 4’

    Will Smith Reunites With Martin Lawrence On Set Of ‘Bad Boys 4’

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    Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back.

    The two stars are reuniting on the set of “Bad Boys 4” after three years since the previous film.

    The 54-year-old actor was seen stepping out on set ahead of his co-star in the newest photos from set.

    Smith donned an Adidas tracksuit as he made his way out of his trailer.


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    Will Smith and Martin Lawrence spotted on the Atlanta, Georgia set of Bad Boys – Photo credit: OG-MEGA TheMegaAgency.com
    Will Smith and Martin Lawrence spotted on the Atlanta, Georgia set of Bad Boys – Photo credit: OG-MEGA TheMegaAgency.com
    Will Smith and Martin Lawrence spotted on the Atlanta, Georgia set of Bad Boys – Photo credit: OG-MEGA TheMegaAgency.com

    The actor is slowly returning to the filmmaking after the 2022 Oscars controversy put his career on pause.

    Lawrence was seen shortly after dressed in a white shirt with a paint pattern across it and distressed jogger pants that seemed intentionally dirtied.


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    Martin Lawrence films scenes with Will Smith on the Atlanta, Georgia set of Bad Boys 4 – Photo credit: OG-MEGA TheMegaAgency.com
    Martin Lawrence films scenes with Will Smith on the Atlanta, Georgia set of Bad Boys 4 – Photo credit: OG-MEGA TheMegaAgency.com

    Their costar John Salley and action film superproducer Jerry Bruckheimer were also spotted on set according to the DailyMail.

    Directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are directing the newest entry in the franchise, taking over for original director Michael Bay with “Bad Boys For Life”.

    The first film came out in 1995, following their two narcotics detectives in Miami.

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  • Chris Rock’s Live Netflix Special Revives “Slap” Discourse and A Lot More

    Chris Rock’s Live Netflix Special Revives “Slap” Discourse and A Lot More

    Remember when Will Smith went nuts and whapped Chris Rock across the face in the middle of the Oscars? It was no dream! Netflix did everything they could on Saturday night to make no one will ever forget, and deployed some bleeding edge streaming technology (we call it “live television,” producers said to a hushed boardroom) to ensure Rock’s newest special, Selective Outrage, had maximum impact. 

    The show was Netflix’s first live broadcast play (and remains viewable on the platform for those who missed it) and was perfectly timed—one week before the next Academy Awards ceremony, in which the only thing more guaranteed than Ke Huy Quan winning for Best Supporting Actor is host Jimmy Kimmel making some kind of crack about “The Slap.” Rock saved nearly all his Will Smith-related gags until the very end, surely keeping engagement levels in the stratosphere. Paramedics were dispatched to Netflix’s main offices after execs collided with one another from all the cartwheels they were doing. 

    While Rock has been workshopping some of this material on the road since last year (the line “anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face” brought the house down at the Madison Square Garden comedy summit with Rock, Kevin Hart, and Dave Chappelle last August), Netflix’s stream from Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre was the first time a mass audience got to hear his uncensored thoughts. 

    As V.F. reported, the set dug in quite extensively. Rock discussed how the incident has irrevocably changed his opinion on Smith’s work (“Now I watch Emancipation just to see him get whooped. Got me rooting for massa. Hit him again, massa. Hit him again. You missed a spot,”) and how pitting the guy who played Muhammad Ali in a movie against “Pookie from New Jack City” is not a fair fight. “Will Smith does movies with his shirt off,” Rock joked. “You never seen me do a move with my shirt off. If I’m in a movie getting open heart surgery, I have on a sweater.”

    Most controversially, however, was Rock getting into Smith’s private life, and his relationship with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. His thesis (and, indeed, the title of the special) was that Smith was engaging in selective outrage, and taking out his anger at being cuckolded on one person: Chris Rock. (And he used some very vituperative words to expand on this, which we’re not going to get into here.)

    So what’s the Sunday morning reaction like?

    Many felt it was a slam dunk. Others said they got off the Rock train a long time ago. And a great many people felt that, perhaps, Rock went a little overboard with his rhetorical flourish of using the term “bitch” again and again. (It built up to a specific joke, but it did, indeed, go on for some time!) 

    USA Today went so far as to call the set “old man yelling at clouds,” an old Simpsons gag. “If he is going to joke about Jada Pinkett Smith and extensively address the Oscars slap, the punchline has to be better than calling her a gendered slur over and over again,” the outlet wrote. 

    Rock’s final line of the show (indeed, he ended with a mic drop—nay, a mic hurl) was explaining why he didn’t fight back. “Because I got parents, that’s why,” he said. “You know what my parents taught me? Don’t fight in front of white people.”

    Here are just a few of the social media reactions related to those two controversial moments in the show. 

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  • Chris Rock on Will Smith’s Marriage: “She Hurt Him Way More Than He Hurt Me”

    Chris Rock on Will Smith’s Marriage: “She Hurt Him Way More Than He Hurt Me”

    It’s been almost a year since Chris Rock was slapped at the Oscars by Will Smith. During Netflix’s first-ever global live streaming event, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, it felt at times as if Rock was making viewers wait another year to hear his side of the story. But when he finally spoke candidly about the slap, he didn’t hold back.

    Before Rock’s historic live streaming comedy special began, Netflix presented a live comedy event, The Show Before The Show, hosted by Ronny Chieng at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles featuring comedians and personalities, including Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s J.B. Smoove, basketball legend Kareem Abdul Jabar, and Insecure‘s Yvonne Orji, as well as Arsenio Hall, David Spade, Dana Carvey, and Leslie Jones. The vibe felt like the exact opposite of a roast of Rock, with many of the guests gassing Rock up before he took the stage. ““You are the shit. You are an icon. You are the goat. You are everything,” said Jones. 

    Moments later—across the country in Baltimore, Maryland—Rock, decked out in all white and rocking a necklace with Prince’s logo, took the stage and received a rapturous standing ovation. After basking in the glow, Rock screamed, “Nigga, sit down” at an apparently overly enthusiastic audience member, proving that what we were watching was, in fact, live.

    “Anybody who says that words hurt has never been punched in the face,” said Rock at the top of his set. “Words hurt when you write them on a brick.” While he began with that allusion to Will Smith, it would be  over an hour before Rock would really dive into Smith material, instead choosing to tell wide variety of jokes on the subject of “selective outrage” from the political to the personal.

    “I have no problem with wokeness. I have no problem with it at all. I’m all for social justice. I’m all for marginalized people getting their rights,” he said. “The thing I have a problem with is the selective outrage.” He then gave a definition of the phenomenon: ”One person does something they get canceled. Somebody else does the exact same thing… nothing. The kind of people that play Michael Jackson songs but won’t play R. Kelly. Same crime, but one of them just got better songs.” 

    In front of a background that resembled a cracked mirror (perhaps an allusion to the old adage “those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”), Rock riffed on selective outrage for an hour, telling funny jokes about Lulu Lemon, the January 6th capitol rioters, and Meghan Markle. His second and third references to the Oscar slap occurred in two separate bits about rappers Snoop Dogg and Jay Z. “The last thing I need is another mad rapper,” Rock said as the punch lines to both jokes, foreshadowing what was to come with Smith. But rather than dive straight into the juiciest material of the night, the comedian saved the best for last, and instead regaled the audience with personal stories. Rock joked about how he had a hand in getting his daughter, Lola Rock, getting expelled from her private high school. “I need you to kick her black ass out of this school,” he said. “I need my daughter to learn her lesson before so she doesn’t end up on only fans.” He also opened up about his recent exploits as a single man post-divorce from his wife of 18 years, Malaak Compton-Rock. “Ladies I will lick your ass and never call you again,” he said. “But if we hold hands, you my girl.”

    Eventually, Rock spoke candidly about all things Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.  For anyone who’s been keeping abreast of Rock’s comedy, it was clear that he’s been workshopping material for this show, with many of the jokes that he’s reportedly told about the Slap making their way into his set tonight. “Did it hurt? It still hurts. I got ‘Summertim’ ringing in my ears,” he said, retelling a joke he recently tried out at The Comedy Cellar.  “I know you can’t tell on camera, but Will Smith is significantly bigger than me,” said Rock, another joke he tested at The Cellar. “Will Smith does movies with his shirt off. You never seen me do a move with my shirt off. If I’m in a movie getting open heart surgery I have on a sweater.”

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  • 2023 NAACP Image Awards: Complete Winners List

    2023 NAACP Image Awards: Complete Winners List

    By Mekishana Pierre‍, ETOnline.com.
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    The 54th NAACP Image Awards did the thing! After its regular week-long, non-televised celebrations, the annual awards ceremony concluded with its main ceremony on Saturday night.

    Hosted by Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress and producer Queen Latifah, Saturday’s ceremony included Janelle Monae, Taye Diggs, Kerry Washington, Jonathan Majors, Zendaya and more presenting awards to their peers, while also highlighting the accomplishments of political leaders and activists.

    Jennifer Hudson, Quinta Brunson, Keke Palmer and more scored wins during the pre-awards festivities, while Saturday’s ceremony saw Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, Will Smith and more honoured for their artistic contributions.


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    This year’s Activist of the Year Award was presented to Dr. Derrick Lee Foward, president of the Dayton Unit of the NAACP and a vice president of the Ohio NAACP, and the Youth Activist of the Year Award honoured to Bradley Ross Jackson, the president of the youth council of the Bloomington-Normal NAACP in Bloomington, Indiana. Jackson was recognized for organizing a peaceful protest of over 1,000 people in response to the murder of George Floyd.

    Democratic Congressman Bennie G. Thompson from Mississippi, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, and Dwyane Wade and actress Gabrielle Union also received honours during the main ceremony.

    See the complete list of winners for the 54th NAACP Image Awards below, in bold:

    ACTIVIST OF THE YEAR AWARD

    Dr. Derrick Lee Foward

    CHAIRMAN’S AWARD

    Congressman Bennie G. Thompson

    JACKIE ROBINSON SPORTS AWARD

    Serena Williams

    PRESIDENTS AWARD

    Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union-Wade

    SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT AWARD

    Attorney Ben Crump

    VANGUARD AWARD

    Bethann Hardison

    YOUTH ACTIVIST OF THE YEAR AWARD

    Bradley Ross Jackson

    ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

    Angela Bassett
    Mary J. Blige
    Quinta Brunson
    Viola Davis
    Zendaya

    MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Motion Picture

    A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Emancipation (Apple TV)
    The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)

    Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

    Daniel Kaluuya – Nope (Universal Pictures)
    Jonathan Majors – Devotion (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
    Joshua Boone – A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
    Sterling K. Brown – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul (Focus Features)
    Will Smith – Emancipation (Apple)

    Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

    Danielle Deadwyler – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
    Keke Palmer – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
    Letitia Wright – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Regina Hall – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul (Focus Features)
    Viola Davis – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

    Aldis Hodge – Black Adam (Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema)
    Cliff “Method Man” Smith – On The Come Up (Paramount Pictures)
    Jalyn Hall – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
    John Boyega – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Tenoch Huerta – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)


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    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

    Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Danai Gurira – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives OutMystery (Netflix)
    Lashana Lynch – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Lupita Nyong’o – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)

    Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

    Breaking (Bleecker Street)
    Causeway (Apple TV)
    Mr. Malcolm’s List (Bleecker Street)
    Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
    The Inspection (A24)

    Outstanding International Motion Picture

    Athena (Netflix)
    Bantú Mama (ARRAY)
    Broker (NEON)
    Learn to Swim (ARRAY)
    The Silent Twins (Focus Features)

    Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture

    Jalyn Hall – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
    Joshua Boone – A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
    Ledisi – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
    Y’lan Noel – A Lot of Nothing (RLJE)
    Yola – Elvis (Warner Bros. Pictures)

    Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture 

    A Jazzman’s Blues (Netflix)
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Emancipation (Apple TV)
    The Woman King (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
    TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)

    Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

    DC League of Super-Pets (Warner Bros. Pictures / WAG / DC)
    Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
    Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Universal Pictures)
    Turning Red (Pixar Animation Studios)
    Wendell & Wild (Netflix)

    Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture

    Angela Bassett – Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
    Keke Palmer – Lightyear (Walt Disney Studios)
    Kevin Hart – DC League of Super-Pets (Warner Bros. Pictures / WAG / DC)
    Lyric Ross – Wendell & Wild (Netflix)
    Taraji P. Henson – Minions: The Rise of Gru (Universal Pictures)

    Outstanding Short-Form (Live Action)

    Dear Mama… (Film Independent)
    Fannie (Chromatic Black)
    Fathead (University of Southern California)
    Incomplete (20th Century Digital, Hulu)
    Pens & Pencils (Wavelength Productions/Black TV & Film Collective)

    Outstanding Short-Form (Animated)

    I Knew Superman (Houghtonville Animation)
    More Than I Want To Remember (MTV Entertainment Studios)
    Supercilious (York Cinemas)
    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Apple Studios)
    We Are Here (271 Films)

    Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)

    Elvis Mitchell – Is That Black Enough For You?!? (Netflix)
    Ericka Nicole Malone – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Hulu)
    Krystin Ver Linden – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
    Mo McRae – A Lot of Nothing (RLJE)
    Stephen Adetumbi, Jarrett Roseborough – This Is My Black (Campus of Pine Forge Academy)


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    TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Comedy Series

    Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Atlanta     (FX)
    black-ish (ABC)
    Rap Sh!t (HBO Max)
    The Wonder Years (ABC)

    Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

    Anthony Anderson – black-ish (ABC)
    Cedric The Entertainer – The Neighborhood (CBS)
    Donald Glover – Atlanta (FX)
    Dulé Hill – The Wonder Years (ABC)
    Mike Epps – The Upshaws (Netflix)

    Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

    Loretta Devine – Family Reunion (Netflix)
    Maya Rudolph – Loot (Apple TV+)
    Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood (CBS)
    Tracee Ellis Ross – black-ish (ABC)

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

    Brian Tyree Henry – Atlanta (FX)
    Deon Cole – black-ish (ABC)
    Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
    Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    William Stanford Davis – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

    Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Jenifer Lewis – black-ish (ABC)
    Marsai Martin – black-ish (ABC)
    Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Wanda Sykes – The Upshaws (Netflix)

    Outstanding Drama Series

    Bel-Air (Peacock)
    Bridgerton (Netflix)
    Euphoria (HBO Max)
    P-Valley (Starz)
    Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

    Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

    Damson Idris – Snowfall (FX)
    Jabari Banks – Bel-Air (Peacock)
    Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    Nicco Annan – P-Valley (Starz)
    Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)

    Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

    Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 (FOX)
    Brandee Evans – P-Valley (Starz)
    Queen Latifah – The Equalizer (CBS)
    Rutina Wesley – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO Max)

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

    Adrian Holmes – Bel-Air (Peacock)
    Amin Joseph – Snowfall (FX)
    Caleb McLaughlin – Stranger Things (Netflix)
    Cliff “Method Man” Smith – Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)
    J. Alphonse Nicholson – P-Valley (Starz)

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    Adjoa Andoh – Bridgerton (Netflix)
    Bianca Lawson – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    Loretta Devine – P-Valley (Starz)
    Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us (NBC)
    Tina Lifford – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)

    Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

    Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons (BET Networks)
    From Scratch (Netflix)
    The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
    Women of the Movement (ABC)

    Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

    Morris Chestnut – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Samuel L. Jackson  – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
    Terrence Howard – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Trevante Rhodes – Mike (Hulu)
    Wendell Pierce – Don’t Hang Up (Bounce TV)

    Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

    Niecy Nash-Betts – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)
    Regina Hall – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Sanaa Lathan – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Viola Davis – The First Lady (Showtime)
    Zoe Saldaña – From Scratch (Netflix)

    Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

    Glynn Turman – Women of the Movement (ABC)
    Keith David – From Scratch (Netflix)
    Omar Benson Miller – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+)
    Russell Hornsby – Mike (Hulu)
    Terrence “TC” Carson – A Wesley Christmas (AMC)

    Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

    Alexis Floyd –  Inventing Anna (Netflix)
    Danielle Deadwyler – From Scratch (Netflix)
    Melissa De Sousa – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Nia Long – The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock)
    Phylicia Rashad – Little America (Apple TV+)

    Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)

    #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Votes Matter Election Night 2022 Coverage (Black Star Network/YouTube)
    ABC News 20/20 Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts (ABC)
    Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS)
    OWN Spotlight: Viola Davis – The Woman King (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    The Hair Tales (Hulu)

    Outstanding Talk Series

    Hart to Heart (Peacock)
    Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
    Sherri (Syndicated)
    Tamron Hall (ABC)
    Uninterrupted: The Shop (YouTube)

    Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series)

    Legendary (HBO Max)
    Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon Studios)
    Shark Tank (ABC)
    Sweet Life: Los Angeles (HBO Max)
    The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo)

    Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special) 

    A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO Max)
    BET Awards 2022 (BET Networks)
    Deon Cole: Charleen’s Boy (Netflix)
    Martin: The Reunion (BET Networks)
    The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

    Outstanding Children’s Program

    Family Reunion (Netflix)
    Raising Dion (Netflix)
    Raven’s Home (Disney+)
    Tab Time (YouTube Originals)
    Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant (Netflix)

    Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series)

    Alaya “That Girl Lay Lay” High – That Girl Lay Lay (Nickelodeon)
    Cameron J. Wright – Family Reunion (Netflix)
    Elisha Williams – The Wonder Years (ABC)
    Khali Spraggins – The Upshaws (Netflix)
    Ja’Siah Young – Raising Dion (Netflix)

    Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

    Jada Pinkett-Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith – Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
    Jennifer Hudson – The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndicated)
    Kevin Hart – Hart to Heart (Peacock)
    Lester Holt – NBC Nightly News (NBC)
    Tracee Ellis Ross – The Hair Tales (Hulu)

    Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

    Keke Palmer – Password (NBC)
    Lizzo – Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Amazon Studios)
    Tabitha Brown – Tab Time (YouTube Originals)
    Taraji P. Henson – BET Awards 2022 (BET Networks)
    Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

    Outstanding Guest Performance

    Amanda Gorman – Sesame Street (HBO Max)
    Chance the Rapper – South Side (HBO Max)
    Colman Domingo – Euphoria (HBO Max)
    Glynn Turman – Queen Sugar (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    Gabourey Sidibe – American Horror Stories (FX)

    Outstanding Animated Series

    Central Park (Apple TV+)
    Eureka! (Disney Junior)
    Gracie’s Corner TV (YouTube)
    The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
    Zootopia+ (Disney+)

    Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)

    Billy Porter – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
    Cedric the Entertainer – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)
    Chris Bridges – Karma’s World (Netflix)
    Cree Summer – Rugrats (Nickelodeon)
    Kyla Pratt – The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+)

    Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama 

    Between The Scenes – The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
    Oh Hell No! With Marlon Wayans (Facebook Watch)
    Rise Up, Sing Out (Disney+)
    Sunday Dinner (Youtube)
    Zootopia+ (Disney+)

    Outstanding Short Form Series or Special – Reality/Nonfiction

    Black Independent Films: A Brief History (Turner Classic Movies)
    Daring Simone Biles (Snap)
    Historian’s Take (PBS)
    NFL 360 (NFL Network)
    Omitted: The Black Cowboy (ESPN)

    Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)

    Amy Wang – From Scratch (Netflix)
    Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Kindred (FX)
    Hannah Cope – Karma’s World (Netflix)
    Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Syreeta Singleton – Rap Sh!t (HBO Max)


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    RECORDING CATEGORIES

    Outstanding New Artist

    Adam Blackstone – “Legacy” (BASSic Black Entertainment Records/Anderson Music Group/Empire)
    Armani White – “Billie Eilish” (Def Jam Recordings)
    Coco Jones – “ICU” (Def Jam Recordings)
    Fivio Foreign – “B.I.B.L.E” (Columbia Records)
    Steve Lacy – “Gemini Rights” (RCA Records)

    Outstanding Male Artist

    Brent Faiyaz – Wasteland (Lost Kids)
    Burna Boy – Love, Damini (Atlantic Records)
    Chris Brown – Breezy (Deluxe) (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
    Drake – Honestly, Nevermind (OVO/Republic Records)
    Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)

    Outstanding Female Artist

    Ari Lennox – age/sex/location (Dreamville/Interscope Records)
    Beyoncé – Renaissance (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
    Chlöe – “Surprise” (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
    Jazmine Sullivan – “Hurt Me So Good” (RCA Records)
    SZA – S.O.S. (RCA Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)

    Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album 

    All Things New – Tye Tribbett (Motown Gospel)
    Hymns – Tasha Cobbs Leonard (Motown Gospel)
    Kingdom Book One – Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin (Tribl Records, Fo Yo Soul Recordings and RCA Inspiration)
    My Life – James Fortune (FIYA World/MNRK Music Group)
    The Urban Hymnal – Tennessee State University (TSU/Tymple)

    Outstanding International Song

    “Bad To Me” – Wizkid (RCA Records/Starboy/Sony Music International)
    “Diana” feat. Shenseea – Fireboy DML, Chris Brown, Shenseea (YBNL Nation / EMPIRE)
    “Last Last” – Burna Boy (Atlantic Records)
    “No Woman No Cry” – Tems (Def Jam Recordings)
    “Stand Strong” – Davido feat. Sunday Service Choir (RCA Records/Sony Music UK)

    Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album

    “About Damn Time”– Lizzo (Atlantic Records)
    “Be Alive” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records/ Parkwood Entertainment)
    “Lift Me Up” – Rihanna (Def Jam Recordings)
    “LORD FORGIVE ME” feat. FAT, Pharrell and OLU of EARTHGANG – TOBE NWIGWE (THE GOOD STEWARDS COLLECTIVE)
    “The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)

    Outstanding Album

    age/sex/location – Ari Lennox (Dreamville/Interscope Records)
    Breezy (Deluxe) – Chris Brown (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
    Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
    Renaissance – Beyoncé (Parkwood/Columbia Records)
    Watch the Sun – PJ Morton (Morton Records)

    Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music From and Inspired By – Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis and Dave Jordan (Hollywood Records)
    Bridgerton Season Two (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) – Kris Bowers (Capitol Records)
    Entergalactic – Kid Cudi (Republic Records)
    P-Valley: Season 2 (Music From the Original TV Series) – Various Artists (Lions Gate Records)
    The Woman King – Terence Blanchard (Milan Records)

    Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song 

    “All in Your Hands” – Marvin Sapp (Elev8 Media & Entertainment LLC)
    “Fly (Y.M.M.F.)” – Tennessee State University (TSU/Tymple)
    “Positive” – Erica Campbell (My Block Inc.)
    “Whole World In His Hands” – MAJOR. (MNRK Music Group)
    “Your World” – Jonathan McReynolds (MNRK Music Group)

    Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental

    Detour – Boney James (Concord Records)
    JID014 (Jazz is Dead) – Henry Franklin, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
    The Funk Will Prevail – Kaelin Ellis (NCH Music)
    The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni – Javon Jackson (Solid Jackson Records)
    Thrill Ride – Ragan Whiteside (Randis Music)

    Outstanding Jazz Album – Vocal

    Legacy – Adam Blackstone (BASSic Black Entertainment Records / Anderson Music Group / Empire)
    Linger Awhile – Samara Joy (Verve Records)
    Love and the Catalyst – Aimée Allen (Azuline)
    New Standards Vol. 1 – Terri Lyne Carrington (Candid Records)
    The Evening : Live at Apparatus – The Baylor Project (Be A Light)

    Outstanding Soul/R&B Song

    “About Damn Time” – Lizzo (Atlantic Records)
    “Cuff It” – Beyoncé (Columbia Record/Parkwood Entertainment)
    “Good Morning Gorgeous Remix” feat. H.E.R. – Mary J. Blige (300)
    “Hurt Me So Good” – Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)
    “Lift Me Up” – Rihanna (Def Jam Recordings)

    Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song 

    “Billie Eilish” – Armani White (Def Jam Recordings)
    “City of Gods” – Fivio Foreign (Columbia Records)
    “Hotel Lobby” – Quavo, Takeoff (Motown Records/Quality Control Music)
    “The Heart Part 5” – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
    “Wait for U” – Future feat. Drake and Tems (Epic Records)

    Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) 

    Kendrick Lamar feat. Blxst & Amanda Reifer – “Die Hard” (pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records)
    Mary J. Blige feat. H.E.R. – “Good Morning Gorgeous” Remix (300)
    PJ Morton feat. Alex Isley and Jill Scott – “Still Believe” (Morton Records)
    Silk Sonic – “Love’s Train” (Atlantic Records)
    Summer Walker, Cardi B, and SZA – “No Love” (LVRN/Interscope Records)

    Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) 

    Beyoncé feat. Grace Jones and Tems – “MOVE” (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)
    Chris Brown feat. Wizkid – “Call Me Every Day” (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
    City Girls feat. Usher – “Good Love” (Motown Records/Quality Control Music)
    Future feat. Drake and Tems – “Wait For U” (Epic Records)
    Latto feat. Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled – “Big Energy (Remix)” (RCA Records)

    DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Documentary (Film)

    Civil (Netflix)
    Descendant (Netflix)
    Is That Black Enough For You?!? (Netflix)
    Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (Apple TV+)
    Sidney (Apple TV+)

    Outstanding Documentary (Television)

    Black Love (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network)
    Everything’s Gonna be All White (Showtime)
    Frontline (PBS)
    Race: Bubba Wallace (Netflix)
    Shaq (HBO Max)

    WRITING CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

    Aisha Muharrar – Hacks – “Episode 206” (HBO Max)
    Ayo Edebiri, Shana Gohd – What We do in the Shadows – “Episode 405” (FX)
    Brittani Nichols – Abbott Elementary – “Student Transfer” (ABC)
    Karen Joseph Adcock – The Bear – “Episode 105” (FX)
    Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary – “Development Day” (ABC)

    Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

    Aurin Squire – The Good Fight – “Episode 603” (Paramount+)
    Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Kindred – “Episode 101” (FX)
    Davita Scarlett – The Good Fight – “Episode 604” (Paramount+)
    Joshua Allen – From Scratch – “Episode 105” (Netflix)
    Marissa Jo Cerar – Women of the Movement – “Episode 101” (ABC)

    Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special

    Bree West – A Wesley Christmas (BET Networks)
    Scott Mescudi (Story By), Ian Edelman, Maurice Williams – Entergalactic (Netflix)
    Jerrod Carmichael – Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (HBO Max)
    Lil Rel Howery – Lil Rel Howery: I said it. Y’all Thinking it (HBO Max)
    Matt Lopez – Father of the Bride (HBO Max)

    Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture 

    Charles Murray – The Devil You Know (Lionsgate)
    Dana Stevens, Maria Bello – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Jordan Peele – Nope (Universal Pictures)
    Krystin Ver Linden – Alice (Vertical Entertainment)
    Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)

    DIRECTING CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

    Angela Barnes – Atlanta – “The Homeliest Little Horse” (FX)
    Bridget Stokes – A Black Lady Sketch Show – “Save My Edges, I’m a Donor!” (HBO Max)
    Dee Rees – Upload – “Hamoodi” (Amazon Studios)
    Iona Morris Jackson – black-ish – “If A Black Man Cries in the Woods” (ABC)
    Pete Chatmon – The Flight Attendant – “Drowning Women” (HBO Max)

    Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

    Debbie Allen – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – “Robyn” (Apple TV+)
    Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul – “Axe and Grind” (AMC)
    Gina Prince-Bythewood – Women of the Movement – “Mother and Son” (ABC)
    Hanelle Culpepper – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – “Sensia” (Apple TV+)
    Kasi Lemmons – Women of the Movement – “Episode 106” (ABC)

    Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special

    Anton Cropper – Fantasy Football (Paramount+)
    Marta Cunningham – 61st Street (AMC)
    Sujata Day – Definition Please (Netflix)
    Tailiah Breon – Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas (Lifetime)
    Tine Fields – Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising (ABC)

    Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture

    Antoine Fuqua – Emancipation (Apple)
    Chinonye Chukwu – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
    Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Kasi Lemmons – I  Wanna Dance With Somebody (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    Ryan Coogler – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)

    Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)

    Nadia Hallgren – Civil (Netflix)
    Reginald Hudlin – Sidney (Apple TV+)
    Sacha Jenkins – Everything’s Gonna Be All White (Showtime)
    Sacha Jenkins – Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (Apple TV+)
    W. Kamau Bell – We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)

    LITERARY CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction

    Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction – Sheree Renée Thomas (Macmillan)
    Light Skin Gone to Waste – Toni Ann Johnson (University of Georgia Press)
    Take My Hand – Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Penguin Random House)
    The Keeper – Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes (Abrams Books)
    You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty – Akwaeke Emezi (Simon & Schuster)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction

    Finding Me – Viola Davis (HarperCollins Publishers)
    Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America – Cody Keenan (HarperCollins Publishers)
    Requiem for the Massacre – RJ Young (Counterpoint)
    Under the Skin – Linda Villarosa (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
    Who’s Black and Why? A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race – Henry Louis Gates, Andrew S. Curran (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

    America Made Me a Black Man – Boyah Farah (HarperCollins Publishers)
    Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen – George McCalman (HarperCollins)
    Marriage Be Hard – Kevin Fredericks, Melissa Fredericks (Penguin Random House)
    Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation – Ekemini Uwan, Christina Edmondson, Michelle Higgins (Penguin Randomhouse Convergent Imprint)
    What the Fireflies Knew – Kai Harris (Penguin Random House)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography

    A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story – Raphael G. Warnock (Penguin Random House)
    Scenes from My Life – Raphael G. Warnock (Penguin Random House)
    The Light We Carry – Michelle Obama (Penguin Random House)
    Walking In My Joy: In These Streets – Jenifer Lewis (HarperCollins Publishers)
    You’ve Been Chosen – Cynt Marshall (Ballantine Books)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional

    Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration – Tracey Lewis-Giggetts (Gallery/Simon and Schuster)
    Cooking from the Spirit – Tabitha Brown (William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
    Eat Plants, B*tch: 91 Vegan Recipes That Will Blow Your Meat-Loving Mind – Pinky Cole (Simon & Schuster)
    Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole Authentic Self – Thema Bryant (Penguin Random House/TarcherPerigee)
    The Five Principles: A Revolutionary Path to Health, Inner Wealth, and Knowledge of Self –  Khnum Ibomu (Hachette Book Group)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry

    Best Barbarian – Roger Reeves (Norton)
    Bluest Nude – Ama Codjoe (Milkweed Editions)
    Concentrate – Courtney Faye Taylor (Graywolf Press)
    Muse Found in a Colonized Body – Yesenia Montilla (Four Way Books)
    To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness – Robin Coste Lewis (Alfred A. Knopf)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Children

    Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas – Jeanne Walker Harvey, Loveis Wise (HarperCollins)
    Black Gold – Laura Obuobi, London Ladd (HarperCollins)
    Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky – Nana Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers)
    Stacey’s Remarkable Books – Stacey Abrams, Kitt Thomas (HarperCollins – Balzer + Bray)
    The Year We Learned to Fly – Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael Lopez (Penguin Random House)

    Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens

    Cookies & Milk – Shawn Amos (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
    Inheritance: A Visual Poem – Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperCollins – Quill Tree Books)
    Maybe An Artist, A Graphic Memoir – Liz Montague (Random House Studio)
    Me and White Supremacy: Young Readers’ Edition – Layla F. Saad (Sourcebooks)
    Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama – Ashley Woodfolk (Feiwel & Friends, Macmillan)

    PODCAST CATEGORIES

    Outstanding News and Information Podcast

    #SundayCivics (LJW Community Strategies)
    Beyond the Scenes – The Daily Show (Central Productions, LLC)
    Black Tech Green Money (The Black Effect Podcast Network)
    Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams (Interval Presents & Uppity Productions)
    Into America with Trymaine Lee (MSNBC)

    Outstanding Lifestyle/Self-Help Podcast

    Chile, Please (Honey Chile)
    GoOD Mornings with CurlyNikki (Walton Media, LLC)
    Man to Man: A Black Love Wellness Series (Black Love Inc.)
    Maejor Frequency (Audible)
    Therapy for Black Girls (Therapy for Black Girls)

    Outstanding Society and Culture Podcast

    Comeback with Erica Cobb (Erica Cobb LLC/One Street Studios)
    Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (Spotify & The Ringer)
    Into America with Trymaine Lee (MSNBC)
    LeVar Burton Reads (SiriusXM’s Stitcher Studios)
    The Sum of Us (Higher Ground)

    Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Podcast

    Angie Martinez IRL (Media Noche Productions)
    Black Girl Songbook (Spotify & The Ringer)
    Jemele Hill is Unbothered (Unbothered Inc, Spotify, Lodge Freeway Media, Exit 39)
    The Read (Loud Speakers Network)
    Two Funny Mamas (Mocha Podcasts Network)

    COSTUME DESIGN, MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING CATEGORIES

    Outstanding Costume Design (Television or Film)

    Francine Jamison-Tanchuck – Emancipation (Apple Studios)
    Gersha Phillips, Carly Nicodemo, Heather Constable, Christina Cattle, Sheryl Willock, Becky MacKinnon – Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+)
    Gersha Phillips, Carly Nicodemo, Lieze Van Tonder, Lynn Paulsen, Tova Harrison – The Woman King (Tristar Pictures)
    Ruth Carter – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Trayce Gigi Field – A League of Their Own (Prime Video)

    Outstanding Make-up (Television or Film)

    Angie Wells – Cheaper by the Dozen (Disney+)
    Debi Young, Sandra Linn, Ngozi Olandu Young, Gina Bateman – We Own This City (HBO Max)
    Michele Lewis – The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple Studios)
    Ren Rohling, Teresa Vest, Megan Areford – Emergency (Amazon Studios)
    Zabrina Matiru – Surface (Apple Studios)

    Outstanding Hairstyling (Television or Film)

    Camille Friend – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Curtis Foreman, Ryan Randall – RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+)
    Louisa V. Anthony, Deaundra Metzger, Maurice Beaman – TILL (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
    Mary Daniels, Kalin Spooner, Darrin Lyons, Eric Gonzalez – All American (The CW)
    Tracey Moss, Jerome Allen, Tamika Dixon, Lawrence “Jigga” Simmons, Jason Simmons – Fantasy Football (Paramount+)

    OUTSTANDING SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

    @Theconsciousless- George Lee
    @thechristishow – Christianee Porter
    @earnyourleisure – Troy Millings & Rashad Bilal
    @KevOnStage – Kevin Fredericks
    @lynaevanee – Lynae Vanee (Lynae Bogues)

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