Cynthia Erivo, Teyana Taylor, Marla Gibbs and Raamla Mohamed can be honored at this 12 months’s Essence Black Girls in Hollywood Awards, kicking off a sequence of Oscars weekend occasions.
Already an Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner, Erivo lately earned her third Oscar nomination for her efficiency in “Depraved.” Equally, Taylor is a multifaceted award-winning actress, singer and inventive, who’ll subsequent be seen starring in Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest movie and the upcoming sequence “All’s Truthful” from Ryan Murphy. Gibbs is an trade legend, incomes 5 Emmy nominations and eight NAACP Picture Award wins for her TV and movie roles, together with “The Jeffersons” and “227.” Mohamed is an Emmy-nominated author and the creator and government producer of Hulu’s hit sequence “Affordable Doubt.”
“Cross” producer and star Aldis Hodge will host the 18th annual ceremony celebrating Black girls for his or her contributions to the movie and TV enterprise. Scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 27 on the Fairmont Century Plaza Lodge in Los Angeles, the occasion is themed “Scene and Unseen” as a name to “acknowledge the storytelling and imaginative and prescient that always go missed but profoundly form the leisure trade and past.”
Essence can even broadcast a particular pink carpet pre-show (launching Monday, March 3 on Essence’s YouTube channel) to provide viewers an unique have a look at the pink carpet arrivals and reveal the winner of the inaugural ESSIES’ Alternative Award, a fan-chosen award that “shines a light-weight on an rising trade luminary who evokes a shared artistic journey.”
Like most ceremonies this awards season, the Black Girls in Hollywood Awards can even reply to the devastation of the Los Angeles wildfires because the media firm commits to supporting present reduction efforts within the traditionally Black neighborhood of Altadena, in addition to Pasadena and surrounding areas.
On Friday, Feb. 28, Essence’s programming continues with the sixth annual Essence Hollywood Home dubbed “To Altadena With Love.” The occasion is open to the general public and invitations aspiring filmmakers, actors and fanatics within the TV and movie trade to hitch a day stuffed with networking, panel discussions, skill-building actions and mentoring. The day’s occasions can even be accessible to stream on Essence.com.
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