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Drake And Beyonce Top BET Awards
Regina King Signs On For Season 3 Of ‘American Crime’
Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar opened with a surprise per- formance.
REGINA KING
Emmy-winner Regina King is first cast member to sign on for new season of ABC anthology series.
Regina King is officially set to rejoin “American Crime” for Season 3, according to TheWrap.
The actress is the first of the cast to sign on for the third in- stallment of John Ridley‘s ABC anthology series. Last year, she won an Emmy for her work on the drama’s first season.
King’s co-stars have not yet joined the new season, but many are expected to return when the drama debuts with a new setting and characters. Season 2 also starred Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton, Lili Tay- lor, Elvis Nolasco, Trevor Jackson, Connor Jessup, Joey Pollari and Angelique Rivera.
‘Beasts Of No Nation’ Star Added To New Spider-Man Movie
Abraham Attah joins Zendaya and Michael Barbieri as teens cast in the movie.
Abraham Attah, the 15- year-old actor who charmed everyone earlier this year while campaigning for Netflix’s child soldier drama has been added to “Spider-Man: Homecoming”.
Attah, the lead in Cary Fukanaga’s “Beasts of No Na- tion,” has now joined Tom Holland on his maiden voyage as Marvel’s beloved Peter Parker, an individual with knowledge of the deal said.
The high-school set project al- ready has a few youngsters cast including, Zendaya Coleman and Michael Barbieri.
The Ghanaian actor, Attah impressed as a child solider in Netflix’s first ever awards cam- paign for “Beasts,” alongside his costar, Idris Elba. He was also a presenter at this year’s Acad- emy Awards alongside “Room’s” nine-year-old star, Jacob Tremblay.
Amy Pascal is producing “Homecoming” for Sony Pic- tures, along with Marvel presi- dent Kevin Feige. Indie and television movie filmmaker Jon Watts is directing.
Los Angeles was the epicen- ter of Hip Hop and R&B Sun- day night (June 26) as the stars of black entertainment assembled for the 2016 BET Awards.
"Black-ish" stars Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross returned to host the TV event at the Microsoft Theater, with a ceremony that opened with a surprise performance from Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar.
Going into the awards, Drake led the nominations with nine, with Rihanna and Beyoncé tied for second place with five.
Beyoncé was voted Best Fe- male R&B/Pop Artist, and her video for "Formation" won for Video
Drake won the prize for Best Male Hip Hop Artist, beating out last year's winner Kendrick Lamar, as well as the other nominees Fetty Wap, Future, J. Cole and Kanye West. The Toronto rapper also took home the prize for Best Group for his What A Time To Be Alive mix- tape with Future, and Best Collaboration with Rihanna, for their track "Work."
The man behind that video, Toronto's Director X, took home the honor of Video Di- rector Of The Year.
Nicki Minaj continued her dominance in the Female Hip Hop Artist category, taking home the trophy for the sev- enth straight year.
Two prizes were pre-an- nounced for the show: a Life- time Achievement Award that went to actor Samuel L. Jackson for his body of work in film, and a Humanitarian Award that went to "Grey's Anatomy" star Jesse Williams for his contribu- tions to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Have a look at the full list below.
Best Male Hip Hop Artist *Drake - WINNER
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
*Nicki Minaj – WINNER Best Female R&B/Pop
Artist
*Beyoncé - WINNER
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
*Bryson Tiller - WINNER
Best Group
*Drake & Future – WIN-
NER
Best New Artist
*Bryson Tiller - WINNER
Best Collaboration
*Rihanna feat. Drake – "Work" - WINNER
Video of the Year *Beyoncé – "Formation"
- WINNER
Video Director of the Year
Director X - WINNER
Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
*Kirk Franklin – WIN- NER
Best Actress
*Taraji P. Henson -
WINNER
Best Actor
*Michael B. Jordan - WINNER
Youngstars Award
*Amandla Stenberg - WINNER
Best Movie
*Straight Outta Comp- ton - WINNER
Sportswoman of the Year
*Serena Williams - WIN- NER
Sportsman of the Year
*Stephen Curry – WIN- NER
Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award
*Beyoncé – "Formation" - WINNER
Centric Award *Beyoncé – "Formation"
- WINNER
Jennifer Hudson and Prince.
BET Delivers With Tributes At Awards Show Honoring Prince
BEThadalottoliveupto Sunday night at the 2016 BET Awards, and it's safe to say the network delivered.
To start off the festivities, the network quickly got into "for- mation" with a surprise ap- pearance by Beyoncé, who stunned the crowd with a live performance of "Freedom." The singer, joined by rapper Kendrick Lamar, silently awaited her dancers as they marched into the theater to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, and performed a water dance.
BET also provided a series of tributes to Prince throughout
the show. Highlights included Jennifer Hudson’s wreck- ing the house with "Purple Rain"; soul singer Bilal chan- neling the Purple One in his performance of "The Beautiful Ones"; and Stevie Wonder and Tori Kelly teaming up for the "Purple Rain" duet “Take Me with U.”
Maxwell also belted out "Nothing Compares 2 U"; Janelle Monet revved up the crowd with a set of Prince songs that included "Kiss"; and Shelia E closed out the show with a string of Prince hits, including "Erotic City" and "Let's Go Crazy."
Prince Protégé Breaks Silence About Emergency Landing
Judith Hill was on the plane with Prince when they had to make an emergency landing due to his health.
When Prince’s flight was rerouted due to a medical emergency the week before his death, the legendary singer’s protege Judith Hill was one of the only other people on board. In fact, she was the first to alert the crew of the singer’s health condition.
Hill broke her silence about the incident in an interview with The New York Times last Tuesday, describing the way the “Purple Rain” singer’s “eyes fixed” during their conversa- tion on the plane, immediately indicating that something was wrong.
“We knew it was only a mat-
ter of time; we had to get down,” Hill said.
The plane’s emergency land- ing was initially attributed to flu-like symptoms, but Prince’s health emergency was eventually revealed to be related to an accidental over- dose.
He would be discovered dead in his home in Minnesota six days later on April 21 due to an overdose of the painkiller fen- tanyl.
“That was definitely the worst day of my life,” Hill told the Times. “I couldn’t believe anything that painful could happen.”
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