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Words by Megan Ambers
“Black-ish” star and comedian Anthony Anderson has been announced as the host of the 49thNAACP Image Awards.
This will be Anderson’s third time hosting the prestigous award show after hosting both this year and in 2016. The show is scheduled to air live January 15, 2018 on TV One. The voting polls for the NAACP “Entertainer of the Year” is open to the public and the winner will be reveled during the two-hour telecast. The six nominees of the awards are: Chadwick Boseman, Bruno Mars, Issa Rae, Chance the Rapper, Ava DuVernay and Jay-Z. Voting closes on Friday, November 17.
The 49th NAACP Production team will be returning including Tony McCuin as Director, Bryon Phillips as Producer and Reginald Hudlin and Phil Gurin as the Executive Producers.
Following are the key dates for the 49th NAACP Image Awards:
- November 9 – Nominating Committee voting closes for the 49th NAACP Image Awards
- Week of November 13– Nominees Announced for the 49th NAACP Image Awards; Final Voting opens for the 49th NAACP Image Awards
- November 17– Voting closes for the 49th NAACP Image Awards – NAACP “Entertainer of the Year”
- Week of December 11– Final Voting closes for the 49th NAACP Image Awards
- Monday, January 15, 2018– 49th NAACP Red Carpet and Image Awards Airs Live on TV One
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by Dino-Ray Ramos
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Reginald Hudlin, Diane Warren, Chadwick Boseman and Paula Wagner
Deadline Hollywood Presents THE CONTENDERS 2017, Portrait Studio, Los Angeles, USA – 04 Nov 2017
Marshall star Chadwick Boseman and director Reginald Hudlin were joined on The Contenders stage by producer Paula Wagner and songwriter Diane Warren to discuss the biopic about the civil rights revolutionary Thurgood Marshall.
“I didn’t feel like I needed to know who Marshall was to enjoy the film we created,” said Boseman. “For me, I saw that I had a freedom to explore him in this time period and the audacity he had. He walked into these spaces with confidence and swagger.”
For Hudlin, the film also is about the importance of stitching a tapestry of black America during that era. “You see characters risking their lives and their backs against the wall and how we can stand up for injustice for whenever we see it.”
Wagner read the script and couldn’t put it down. She points out that the film takes place before World War II broke out, when it was assumed that the Northeast was free of racism and anti-Semitism. “It was a gateway for issues that are relevant to now,” she says.
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Chadwick Boseman
Open Road ‘Marshall’ panel, THE CONTENDERS 2017, Los Angeles, USA – 04 Nov 2017
The film’s relevancy spills over into the now in more way than one as Hudlin points out that Trayvon Martin’s parents make a cameo at the end of the film. He says its a very powerful scene that shows the “miscarriage of justice” and puts the struggles of the 1940s and today side by side.
Warren, who wrote the film’s centerpiece song “Stand Up for Something,” sung by Andra Day and Common, said it weaves in with the film’s narrative and speaks to the timeliness of standing up during these times of social unrest when “something is taken away from us.”
Before he became the country’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice in 1967, Marshall was a lawyer famous for winning the landmark Brown v Board of Education case that outlawed segregated schools. Marshall goes back even further, to when he was a rabble-rousing young attorney for the NAACP, and follows the story of his greatest challenge in those early days: the case of black chauffeur Joseph Spell (Sterling K. Brown), accused of sexual assault and attempted murder by his white employer, Eleanor Strubing (Kate Hudson). Marshall fought the case alongside Sam Friedman (Josh Gad), a young attorney with no experience in criminal law.
Hudlin directed a script by Jacob Koskoff and Michael Koskoff. Wagner, Jonathan Sanger and Hudlin produced the pic, with Peter Luo and Belton Lee as exec producers. Open Road Films released the film on October 13, just after the 5oth anniversary of Marshall being sworn into SCOTUS.
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by Anita Busch
The ACLU of Southern California this year is honoring Judd Apatow, Viola Davis, Jane Fonda, Reginald Hudlin, Dolores Huerta and Gina Rodriguez on Dec. 3 to pay tribute to individuals who are making a difference in the struggle to fulfill the historic promise of “liberty and justice for all” and helping to preserve civil liberties and civil rights. This year marks the 225th anniversary of The Bill of Rights.
The event will take place at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The evening will also feature special appearances by Martin Sheen and Van Jones.
Judd Apatow will be receiving the Bill of Rights Award for being an outspoken and tireless advocate on behalf of women in the arts.
Viola Davis will receive the Bill of Rights Award for her commitment to economic justice.
Jane Fonda will receive the Ramona Ripston Liberty, Justice & Equality Award for being an outspoken and lifetime advocate on behalf of women and girls, peace issues, veterans, Native Americans, the environment, and health.
Reginald Hudlin will receive the Bill of Rights Award for his commitment to creating meaningful television and film that challenge societal norms; as well as his dedication to advancing the next generations of African-Americans in the entertainment industry.
Dolores Huerta will receive the Lifetime Advocate for Justice Award for her commitment to upholding social justice and equality and her devotion to advancing the rights of oppressed peoples.
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Gina Rodriguez
The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA – 29 Jan 2017
Gina Rodriguez will receive the Bill of Rights Award for her outspoken and passionate activism in the entertainment industry; and her commitment to serving as a role model for and champion of women’s rights and immigration rights.
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Black Panther by Reginald Hudlin: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1, by Reginald Hudlin, Peter Milligan, John Romita Jr., David yardin, Scott Eaton, Kaare Andrews, and Salvador Larocca
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Ta-Nehisi Coates isn’t the first big-name writer to have tackled the Panther—Hollywood writer, producer, and director Hudlin signed on in 2005 and stayed with it for several years. This chunky collection gathers the first 18 issues of his run, from a modern re-telling of T’Challa’s origin through his budding romance with future Wakandan Queen Storm.
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