THE 2018 BLACK GIRLS ROCK! CELEBRANTS ARE:
MARY J. BLIGE, JUDITH JAMISON, NAOMI CAMPBELL, LENA WAITHE AND
TARANA BURKE
2018 “BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™”
AWARDS PREMIERES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 AT 8PM
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BET Networks and Beverly Bond, CEO, founder and creator of
“BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™”are excited to announce
this year’s BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™ Awards taping on Sunday,
August 26, 2018 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s
Prudential Hall in Newark, NJ. The broadcast will premiere on
Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 8:00 P.M. ET/PT on BET.
The 2018 BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™ celebrants are Academy
Award®-nominated actress and GRAMMY® Award winning singer Mary
J. Blige (Star Power Award); World renowned
dancer/choreographer and Artistic Director Emerita of Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater Judith Jamison (Living Legend Award);
International Supermodel and Philanthropist Naomi Campbell
(Black Girl Magic Award); Emmy Award winning writer, creator,
actress and dedicated LGBTQ advocate Lena Waithe (Shot
Caller Award); and founder of the groundbreaking ‘Me Too’ movement
Tarana Burke (Community Change Agent Award).
The dynamic, three-time NAACP Award winning “BLACK
GIRLS ROCK!™” on BET celebrates women throughout the
diaspora by shining a light on the many accomplishments and
contributions of influential Black women and girls.
This year’s performers include Yolanda Adams,
Tamia, H.E.R., Victory Boyd and
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s Jacqueline Green. The
2018 BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™ Awards will also feature
special appearances by Ava DuVernay, Ciara, Misty
Copeland, Naturi Naughton, Storm Reid and
Niatia Kirkland. The 2018 BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™
will honor the legendary ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin in a
star-studded tribute fit for a Queen!
“Each year I’m humbled to gather and celebrate Black women’s
excellence, intelligence and savoir-faire. This year we are
honoring women who are the Queens of their respective industries
and celebrating the memory of our forever Queen of Soul, Aretha
Franklin, who left us with classics and an example of how to take
on life with resilience and grace. I am grateful to BET for helping
to elevate the BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™ mission and for being our
partners in exalting the royalty of Black women and girl” -
BLACK GIRLS ROCK! ™ CEO, Founder and Creator Beverly
Bond.
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, Head of Programming
for BET Networks and Jesse Collins and Jeannae Rouzan – Clay of
Jesse Collins Entertainment.
For updates or more information about BLACK GIRLS ROCK! ™
visit http://www.BET.com/blackgirlsrock and
www.blackgirlsrock.com
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ABOUT BLACK GIRLS ROCK!
™:
Founded by celebrity DJ, model and executive producer Beverly
Bond, The BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Awards show was created to celebrate
the nexus of achievements of exemplary women of color who break
boundaries, blaze trails, and set trends across sectors. Since
2006, the annual BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Awards has honored an
outstanding range of accomplished and inspiring women across
generations and genres. 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; BET
HER, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the African-American
Woman; BET Music Networks - BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET
Home Entertainment; BET Live, BET’s growing festival business; BET
Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for
wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET around
the globe.
ABOUT JESSE COLLINS
ENTERTAINMENT:
Jesse Collins Entertainment (JCE) is a full service television
and film production company founded by entertainment industry
veteran Jesse Collins. For more than a decade, Collins has played
an integral role in producing some of television’s most memorable
moments in music entertainment. Collins has produced
ground-breaking and award winning television programming including
the BET Awards, the GRAMMY Awards, Soul Train Awards, BET Honors,
UNCF An Evening of Stars, ABFF Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards.
Collins was an executive producer of the hit TV series, Real
Husbands of Hollywood starring Kevin Hart, the critically-acclaimed
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. He is also
the executive producer of VH1 shows Dear Mama and Hip Hop Squares
with Ice Cube. He has appeared on the cover of Vibe magazine and
has been featured in numerous publications including Ebony
magazine. JCE will next produce The Bobby Brown Story. The
mini-series will pick up where The New Edition mini-series left off
and chronicle the talented but troubled singer’s exit from the
popular ’80s boy band through his solo success, his affair with
Janet Jackson and tabloid-fodder marriage to pop icon Whitney
Houston. Spanning 30 years of Brown’s life, the new project follows
his story from the hard streets of Roxbury, where he turned to a
life of drug dealing before being given the chance to prove himself
as a solo artist. The Bobby Brown Story also will be a story about
redemption. Through sobriety, the singer learns to be a better man,
husband and father — finding love again and remarrying in 2012. It
will air on BET in September 2018.
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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