This Year’s “BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™”
Awards Celebrants Are Issa Rae, Yara Shahidi, Roberta Flack,
Suzanne Shank, Derrica Wilson and Natalie Wilson
“BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™” 2017 Awards
Premieres Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 8PM on BET
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Today, BET Networks announces Taraji P. Henson as the
host of the “BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™” 2017 Awards, which will
tape on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at the New Jersey Performing Arts
Center’s Prudential Hall in Newark, NJ and premiere on Sunday,
August 20, 2017 at 8:00 P.M./ET on BET. Created by celebrity DJ and
women’s empowerment advocate Beverly Bond, the “BLACK GIRLS
ROCK!™” 2017 Awards honors the groundbreaking achievements of
Black women who have fearlessly broken barriers in the areas of
art, business, entertainment and community service.
“I’m honored to host the ‘BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™’
Awards. I love the message and I love Beverly Bond and her vision.
I was lucky to be honored in 2011. It is truly a highlight of my
life. Now I’m back to be part of this amazing night to honor the
strong and powerful Yara, Issa Rae, Roberta, Suzanne, Derrica and
Natalie. Let’s make history together as we come together as women
of brains, beauty and in support of each other,” said Henson.
Taraji P. Henson starred in the Academy Award nominated
FOX Feature Hidden Figures based on the life of Katherine Johnson
at NASA. The cast received Best Ensemble at the 2017 Screen Actors
Guild Awards. Taraji received the 2016 Golden Globe for Best
Actress in Drama Series, Critic’s Choice Award and two Emmy
nominations for her star turn as Cookie Lyon in the groundbreaking
and award winning hit series Empire. Taraji released her NY Times
Best Seller Around The Way Girl published by Simon and Schuster
October 2016. She stars in the three features Acrimony/Lionsgate,
Proud Mary/Sony and the independent film Best of Enemies set for
release in 2018. Taraji has received seven NAACP Image Awards for
Outstanding Actress and Entertainer of the Year. She also received
five BET Awards for her work in film and television.
This year, the three-time NAACP Award-winning “BLACK GIRLS
ROCK!™” Awards celebrates “Insecure” creator, actress, writer
and producer Issa Rae (Star Power Award), actress and
activist Yara Shahidi (Young Gifted and Black Award), GRAMMY
Award-winning songstress Roberta Flack (Living Legend
Award), Wall Street powerhouse and pioneer Suzanne Shank
(Shot Caller Award) and Community organizers Derrica Wilson
and Natalie Wilson of The Black & Missing Foundation
(Community Change Agent Award).
The televised special is a BET Networks, B.G.R. Enterprises
Inc./BONDVISION MEDIA and Jesse Collins Entertainment production.
The executive producers are Beverly Bond, CEO, Founder and Creator
of “BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™”,
Connie Orlando, Interim Head of Programming for BET Networks and
Jesse Collins and Jeannae Rouzan – Clay of Jesse Collins
Entertainment.
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ABOUT BLACK GIRLS ROCK!
™:
Founded by celebrity DJ, model and executive producer, Beverly
Bond, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! ™ is a multifaceted movement dedicated to
shifting the culture of media images depicting Black women and
girls. Since 2006, BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™ has been committed to
empowering women through media and enriching girls through
leadership, education, and positive identity development programs.
For additional information on BLACK GIRLS ROCK! ™, visit
http://www.blackgirlsrock.com.
ABOUT BET NETWORKS:
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B),
is the nation’s leading provider of quality entertainment, music,
news and public affairs television programming for the
African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more
than 90 million households and can be seen in the United States,
Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa.
BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse
group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet
destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news;
CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the 25- to
54-year-old African-American audience; BET Digital Networks - BET
Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge
entertainment tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of
BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and
video-on-demand; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event
management and production company with festivals and live events
spanning the globe; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and
video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which
operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the extension of
BET network programming for global distribution.
ABOUT JESSE COLLINS
ENTERTAINMENT:
Jesse Collins Entertainment is a full service television and
film production company founded by entertainment industry veteran
and multi-Image Award® winner Jesse Collins. Collins has played an
integral role in producing many of television’s most memorable
moments in music entertainment. Most recently Collins was the
executive producer of the critically-acclaimed film, The New
Edition Story, a biopic on the boy band that aired as a 3-part
mini-series on BET in January 2017 and posted record ratings for
the network and attracted nearly 30 million viewers. Collins has
also produced award-winning programming including the BET Awards,
BET Honors, UNCF’s An Evening of Stars, ABFF Honors, Soul Train
Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards, is a consulting producer for the
iconic GRAMMY Awards and executive producer of BET’s hit TV series,
Real Husbands of Hollywood starring Kevin Hart and VH1 shows Dear
Mama and Hip Hop Squares with Ice Cube. Will Smith, Beyonce, Chris
Rock, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Prince and
Mariah Carey are a few of the myriad of superstar talent that
Collins has worked with through the years. Follow Jesse Collins
Entertainment @JesseCollinsEnt on Twitter and Instagram and go to
http://www.jessecollinsent.com/ for more information on the
company.
ABOUT NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER:
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown
Newark, New Jersey, is among the largest performing arts centers in
the United States. It is the artistic, cultural, educational and
civic center of New Jersey -- where great performances and events
enhance and transform lives every day. As New Jersey’s Town Square,
NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all
and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists, while
acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home
city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is
shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC
has attracted over seven million visitors (including more than one
million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures
meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents.
Visit http://www.njpac.org or call 1-888-GO-NJPAC for more
information.
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