NIECY NASH WILL HOST 2019 BLACK GIRLS ROCK!
THE BLACK GIRLS ROCK!® AWARDS RETURN TO NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 HOSTED BY EMMY-NOMINATED ACTRESS NIECY NASH
THE 2019 BLACK GIRLS ROCK!® CELEBRANTS ARE: ANGELA BASSETT, REGINA KING, CIARA, H.E.R., DEBRA MARTIN CHASE, AND THE MOTHERS OF THE MOVEMENT (SYBRINA FULTON, GENEVA REED VEAL, GWEN CARR, LUCY MCBATH, MARIA HAMILTON & CLEOPATRA PENDLETON-COWLEY)
THE 2019 BLACK GIRLS ROCK!® AWARDS PREMIERES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER eight AT 8PM
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NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 19, 2019 – BET Networks and Beverly Bond, CEO, Govt Producer and Creator of BLACK GIRLS ROCK!® are excited to announce Emmy-nominated actress, Niecy Nash as host of The 2019 BLACK GIRLS ROCK!® Awards on BET. This yr’s celebration will tape on Sunday, August 25, 2019 on the New Jersey Performing Arts Middle (NJPAC) in Newark, NJ. The published will premiere on Sunday, September eight, 2019 at eight:00 P.M. ET/PT on BET.
The 2019 star-studded line up of celebrants embody Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominated actress, director, and producer Angela Bassett (Icon Award), Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy-winning actress and director Regina King (Star Energy Award), GRAMMY-Award profitable singer/songwriter Ciara (Rock Star Award), Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominated producer and business trailblazer Debra Martin Chase (Shot Caller Award) two-time GRAMMY Award-winning musician H.E.R. (Younger Gifted and Black Award), and activists The Moms of The Motion Sybrina Fulton, Geneva Reed Veal, Gwen Carr, Lucy McBath, Maria Hamilton and Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley (Group Change Agent Award).
“I’m thrilled to host this yr’s BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Awards, stated 2019 host, Niecy Nash. “We’re celebrating Black ladies who serve the world with type, grace, class and sass! Our honorees are actually shining brilliant. In a room stuffed with Black lady magic something may occur! That is going to be an incredible occasion!”
Creator and Govt Producer, Beverly Bond added, “BLACK GIRLS ROCK® on BET is the mecca for Black lady brilliance. This present is the preeminent annual celebration of Black ladies and lady’s affect throughout sectors and this yr’s cohort of celebrants are stellar examples of our illustrious contributions to the world.” Bond continued, “Multifaceted actress Niecy Nash brings her personal distinctive taste of black lady magic as our host and we couldn’t be extra thrilled. Our lineup from host to honorees, performers and M.A.D. Women all rock and I’m wanting ahead to presenting one other empowering and dynamic present.”
The 2018 BLACK GIRLS ROCK!® Awards celebrants included: Mary J. Blige (Star Energy Award); Judith Jamison (Residing Legend Award); Naomi Campbell (Black Lady Magic Award); Lena Waithe (Shot Caller Award); and Tarana Burke (Group Change Agent Award). The present included particular appearances by Ava DuVernay, Ciara, Misty Copeland, Naturi Naughton, Storm Reid, Niatia Kirkland; and memorable performances from Yolanda Adams, Tamia, H.E.R., Victory Boyd and Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s Jacqueline Inexperienced.
The televised particular is a BET Networks, B.G.R. Enterprises Inc./BONDVISION MEDIA and Jesse Collins Leisure manufacturing. The manager producers are Beverly Bond, creator and CEO of BLACK GIRLS ROCK! ®, Connie Orlando, Head of Authentic Programming & Manufacturing for BET Networks and Jesse Collins and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay of Jesse Collins Leisure.
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ABOUT BLACK GIRLS ROCK!®:
Based by celeb DJ, mannequin and government producer Beverly Bond, The BLACK GIRLS ROCK! ® Awards present was created to rejoice the nexus of achievements of exemplary ladies of coloration who break boundaries, blaze trails, and set traits throughout sectors. Since 2006, the annual BLACK GIRLS ROCK! ®Awards has honored an impressive vary of achieved and galvanizing ladies throughout generations and genres. BLACK GIRLS ROCK! ® has been dedicated to empowering ladies by way of media and enriching women by way of management, training, and optimistic identification improvement applications. For extra data on BLACK GIRLS ROCK! ®, go to http://www.blackgirlsrock.com.
ABOUT BET NETWORKS:
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation’s main supplier of high quality leisure, music, information and public affairs tv programming for the African-American viewers. The first BET channel reaches greater than 90 million households and may be seen in the US, Canada, the Caribbean, the UK and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American client model with a various group of enterprise extensions: BET.com, a number one Web vacation spot for black leisure, music, tradition and information; BET HER, a 24-hour leisure community concentrating on the African-American girl; BET Music Networks – BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Residence Leisure; BET Stay, BET’s rising pageant enterprise; BET Cellular, which supplies ringtones, video games and video content material for wi-fi units; and BET Worldwide, which operates BET across the globe.
ABOUT JESSE COLLINS ENTERTAINMENT:
Jesse Collins Leisure (JCE) is a full-service tv and movie manufacturing firm based by leisure business veteran Jesse Collins. For greater than a decade, the corporate has performed an integral function in producing a few of tv’s most memorable moments in music leisure together with groundbreaking and award profitable tv programming together with the BET Awards, Soul Practice Awards, BET Honors, UNCF An Night of Stars, ABFF Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards. On the scripted aspect, JCE has produced quite a few reveals for BET together with Actual Husbands of Hollywood starring Kevin Hart in addition to the critically acclaimed The New Version Story, a biopic on the boy band that aired as a Three-part mini-series. It posted file scores for the community and attracted almost 30 million viewers. It was adopted by The Bobby Brown Story, which chronicled the gifted however troubled singer’s exit from the favored ’80s boy band by way of his solo success and was the very best rated non-tentpole program on the community since The New Version Story. The corporate’s second season of American Soul, the critically-acclaimed interval drama primarily based on the untold rise of the enduring music and dance program Soul Practice, will debut in 2020. Go to http://www.jessecollinsent.com/ for extra data on the corporate.
ABOUT NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:
New Jersey Performing Arts Middle (NJPAC), situated in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is among the many largest performing arts facilities in the US. It’s the creative, cultural, academic and civic heart of New Jersey — the place nice performances and occasions improve and rework lives daily. As New Jersey’s City Sq., NJPAC brings numerous communities collectively, offering entry to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s finest artists, whereas appearing as a number one catalyst within the revitalization of its residence metropolis. By means of its in depth Arts Teaching programs, NJPAC is shaping the following era of artists and humanities fanatics. NJPAC has attracted over seven million guests (together with multiple million youngsters) since opening its doorways in 1997, and nurtures significant and lasting relationships with every of its constituents. Go to http://www.njpac.org or name 1-888-GO-NJPAC for extra data.
