#Queen Latifah

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Queen Latifah to Host NAACP Image Awards

The 2023 NAACP Image Awards will be led by royalty: Queen Latifah has signed on to host this year’s show, which is set to air live February 25 on BET. Deadline confirmed the news. “It’s an...

Features

Quote of the Day: Queen Latifah Accepts BET Lifetime Achievement Award, Emphasizes “Black Is Beautiful”

“Be Black. Black is beautiful,” Queen Latifah emphasized while accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 BET Awards. The Grammy and Emmy-winning multi-hyphenate used her time...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Queen Latifah Helps Those with No One Else to Turn to in “The Equalizer”

“I’m the one you call when you can’t call 911,” says Queen Latifah in a new trailer for “The Equalizer.” The CBS reboot sees the Oscar-nominated actress playing...

Films

Queen Latifah and Millicent Shelton Team Up for Netflix Thriller “End of the Road”

Queen Latifah is set to star in another genre project. The Academy Award-nominated actress already has a gender-swapped “Equalizer” reboot in the works at CBS and now she’s set to...

Television

Queen Latifah’s “Equalizer” Reboot, “Silence of the Lambs” Sequel “Clarice” Get CBS Series Pickups

Two women-driven dramas are among CBS’ first series orders for the 2020-2021 broadcast season. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the Queen Latifah-led “Equalizer” reboot and...

Trailers

Watch: Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, & Missy Elliott on “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel”

Some of hip-hop’s biggest icons have teamed up for a biopic celebrating other trailblazing women in music. Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, and Missy Elliott joined forces with Holly Carter to...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Queen Latifah Investigates a Murder in Quibi’s “When the Streetlights Go On”

“Most people aren’t aware of the exact moment when they lose their innocence. It usually happens slowly, but, for me, it was all at once,” says Charlie (Chosen Jacobs), the narrator...

Television

Queen Latifah-Led “Equalizer” Reboot Lands Pilot Production Commitment at CBS

Queen Latifah is poised to kick some ass. The “Star” alumna is signed on to topline “The Equalizer,” which Deadline reports just scored a pilot production commitment from...

Awards

Queen Latifah to Receive W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard

Already an Oscar nominee and Emmy winner, Queen Latifah is poised to add another prestigious honor to her resume. The actress and musical artist is being recognized by Harvard University for her...

Films

Queen Latifah to Star in and Exec Produce Teen Comedy “Paper Chase,” Angela Tucker Directing

As Operation Varsity Blues continues to make headlines, word comes that Queen Latifah is bringing a different kind of story about doing whatever it takes to make a teen’s dreams of college a...

Television

Queen Latifah to EP Travel Docuseries About Women Comedians

Queen Latifah is pivoting from one “Girls Trip” to another. The multi-hyphenate is executive producing a documentary series following female comedians and their globe-trotting adventures....

News

Queen Latifah and Katie Couric Partner with P&G to Support Women Directors and Creators

Earlier this week Procter & Gamble announced half of its commercials would be women-directed by 2023. The conglomerate also mentioned it would be teaming up with Queen Latifah and Katie Couric...

Music, News, Television

Queen Latifah To Be Recognized at “VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens”

Multi-hyphenate talent Queen Latifah will be celebrated at “VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens.” The Grammy, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner will executive produce the event via Flavor Unit....

News

Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith Team Up for a “Girl Trip”

Though they have a long history of working together off-screen, Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith haven’t appeared on-screen together since 1996’s “Set it Off,” but that may...

Features

The 10 Best Female Performances of 2015

2015 has been an especially strong year for women on screen. Just consider how many actresses turned in performances that were deemed Oscar-worthy. We don’t think Hollywood’s leading...

News, Television

Queen Latifah to Star in Lee Daniels’ Girl-Group Drama

Queen Latifah has joined the cast of “Empire” co-creator Lee Daniels’ unnamed girl-group drama. An Oscar and Emmy nominee, Queen Latifah will play a beauty-salon owner who becomes a surrogate...

News, Videos

Trailer Watch: Jennifer Garner’s Prayers Are Answered in Patricia Riggen’s ‘Miracles from Heaven’

A trailer has arrived for Patricia Riggen’s upcoming Christian drama “Miracles from Heaven,” starring Jennifer Garner. Despite being told by doctors that there was no cure for her young...

Features, News, Women Directors

New and Noteworthy VOD Films and Webseries: May 2015: Soul Singers and Sex Workers

The turbulent stories of two iconic black musicians rise to the top of this month’s VOD picks, albeit in different forms. “Bessie,” the HBO biopic starring Queen Latifah, earned rave reviews...

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