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Oscars 2022: Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes Tapped as Hosts
“We want people to get ready to have a good time. It’s been a while,” Hall and Sykes said.
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Regina Hall Signs First-Look Deal at Showtime to Develop and Produce TV Projects
Regina Hall may have screamed hilariously in Scary Movie when she portrayed a terrified Brenda, but now we’re screaming with joy for her big news! On Monday, Showtime Networks Inc. Executive Vice President of Scripted Programming Amy Israel announced that Hall officially signed a first-look deal with the network. With the deal, she’ll be developing…
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Anthony Anderson, Kelly Rowland, Regina Hall and Terrence J to Host Saving Our Selves: A BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
As we read report after report of COVID-19 disproportionately affecting the black community, it only makes sense that we have our own special centered around the pandemic. In what looks to be an edu-tainment night, BET will be broadcasting Saving Our Selves: A BET COVID-19 Relief Effort. In the weeks since we first reported on…
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BET Networks Has Partnered With United Way and NAACP for COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Similar to Goldilocks’ felony of breaking and entering, COVID-19 has unwelcomingly entered the black community—and is not only shaking the table but our entire houses. Black Americans are being disproportionately affected by the health and financial devastations brought on by this virus and, accordingly, BET Networks is partnering with the United Way Worldwide, NAACP, and…
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Yes, You Can Still Troll Your Friends While Social Distancing—Ask Issa Rae and Regina Hall
Roasting is my love language. Ok, ok, I realize that may not be one of the actual “5 Love Languages,” but colloquially, we’ve managed to create a sixth sense, haven’t we? So, in my mind, there’s a sixth love language. If I roast you, chances are, I love you. It’s my indirect signal that I…
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The Best Man 20th Anniversary: Let's Discuss How Hard Ginuwine, R.L., Tyrese and Case Were Singing on the Soundtrack
Stop what you’re doing—you are now living in a world where Malcolm D. Lee’s The Best Man is 20 years old. Yes, the same movie with an epic bro-code violation and an Electric Slide to make everything okay is two decades old. The Best Man, which premiered October 22, 1999, can almost legally drink. What…
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More Than an Awards Show: BET Just Gave Us Another Unforgettable, Female-Fueled 'Experience'
Fun fact: When Rihanna gives you a standing ovation in the middle of your flute solo, your DNA test is probably right: you’re 100 percent “that bitch.” Frankly, we didn’t expect Lizzo to top the stellar Sister Act 2 tribute she gave only a week ago at the MTV TV and Movie Awards, but clearly,…
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The Root Is at the 2019 BET Awards and You’re Getting This Liveblog — It’s Like You’re There, Too!
The day has come, y’all! Time to bust out your hypothetical red carpet looks for the 19th Annual BET Awards (and yes, you can find anything from ballgown to B.A.P.S. on this carpet, that’s part of the fun!) and sit next to me, The Root’s Staff Entertainment Writer (Tonja Renée Stidhum, if you’re nasty), so…
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Shaft Is Still Black AF, So We Played 'Black Ass Game'
The Shaft franchise been black AF. After all, the first Shaft film was released in 1971, starring Richard Roundtree during the era of blaxploitation films. John Shaft “looked out for his brother man” and wore a huge ‘fro, turtleneck and a long leather jacket (a la the Black Panthers) while doing so. For any film…
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2019 BET Awards: And the Ceremony Host Is…Regina Hall!
BET has some news, and it ain’t Little—the 2019 awards ceremony has a host, and it’s none other than Regina Hall! Per BET’s press release: Regina Hall is one of entertainment’s top leading actresses and a renowned comedian. She is best known for her leading roles in Girls Trip and the internationally recognized Scary Movie…