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Queen Latifah Set to Host This Year’s NAACP Image Awards

Queen Latifah Set to Host This Year's 54th NAACP Image Awards

Queen Latifah has been announced as the host of this year’s 54th NAACP Image Awards. The ceremony will be held on Feb 25 to celebrate Black performers in movies, TV, theater, music, and literature. “It’s an honor to host the 54th NAACP Image Awards, especially in the year we celebrate …

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Queen Latifah Opens Up About Chris Noth Being Removed From Equalizer: “That’s a Personal Thing That He’s Going to Have to Deal With”

Queen Latifah Set to Host This Year's 54th NAACP Image Awards

In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Queen Latifah expressed her opinion on Chris Noth’s abrupt removal from the “Equalizer.” Following sexual assault charges, Noth, 67, was fired from both the CBS drama and “Sex and the City” spinoff, “And Just Like That” last year. “It’s still surreal. It is such …

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Queen Latifah Remembers The Time Cicely Tyson “Checked” Her Fondly

Queen Latifah Partners With Lenovo to Use AI Version of Herself to Promote Small Businesses

Queen Latifah has a memory of Cicely Tyson that stands out more than others: Tyson “checked” for speaking too casually. On Monday, the Equalizer star shared her experience with the legendary actress on the People Every Day podcast. The interaction happened on a 2014 episode of The Queen Latifah Show with special guests Tyson, Vanessa Williams, and Blair Underwood.  “I was doing …

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Queen Latifah Is Standing By Jussie Smollett Until She “Can See Some Definitive Proof” That He Staged His Own Hate Crime

Queen Latifah Set to Host This Year's 54th NAACP Image Awards

Despite the speculation surrounding Jussie Smollett’s alleged hate crime in Chicago, legendary emcee/actor and all-around entertainer, Queen Latifah, is standing with Smollett until further notice.  Last month, Smollett was arrested for filing a false report for a hate crime he allegedly staged against himself in January. After a longstanding investigation …

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Queen Latifah Will Host This Year’s “Black Girls Rock!”

This year’s BlackGirlsRock will be hosted by media maven Queen Latifah. Latifah went from being honored alongside Venus Williams and Patti LaBelle in 2013, to taking the stage for an event that celebrates everything #BlackGirlMagic. The ceremony will take place in Latifah’s hometown of Newark, New Jersey at the New …

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Queen Latifah Collabs with Strayer University for New Course that Helps Students Build Confidence

#QueenLatifah believes confidence and perseverance are the two most important keys to success, which is why she’s teaming up with Strayer University to provide students with an 11-week online course to help build those skills and others alike. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The “Girls Trip” actress will be featured in several inspirational, …

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