Andra Day has been tapped to carry out on the fifty fifth NAACP Picture Awards, airing stay this weekend. The Golden Globe winner will grace the stage together with poet laureate Amanda Gorman, who’s being honored with the celebrated Chairman’s Award. R&B supergroup New Version will obtain the Corridor of Fame Award.
The NAACP and BET have additionally introduced the ceremony’s A-list presenters, which embrace Delroy Lindo, Deon Cole, Diarra Kilpatrick, Donnie Wahlberg, Erika Alexander, Idris Elba, Jeffrey Wright, Keke Palmer, Kenya Barris, Kerry Washington, Leslie Jones, Lil Rel Howery, Morris Chestnut, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Sabrina Elba, Sterling Okay. Brown and Taraji P. Henson. Queen Latifah returns as host for the second consecutive, as beforehand introduced.
This yr’s ceremony will probably be extra inclusive than ever, together with its spectacular roster of performers and presenters. For the primary time in BET historical past, audio descriptions will probably be accessible for the stay telecast, making certain that blind and visually impaired viewers can benefit from the broadcast. Trade leaders VITAC and Audio Eyes will present the audio description on the Secondary Audio Programming (SAP) channel.
As well as, BET Media Group will premiere a particular version of the favored digital sequence For The Fellas to have a good time the fifty fifth NAACP Picture Awards and Girls’s Historical past Month. D.C. Younger Fly, Malcolm Mays and Lenny S. will focus on their love for Black girls, their experiences in Hollywood and learn how to cope with despair. For The Fellas premieres Friday, March 15, 2024, on BET’s Fb and YouTube channels.
The fifty fifth NAACP Picture Awards will air stay on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and EBONY will probably be reporting stay from its carpet.
Watch the fifty fifth NAACP Picture Awards on BET, CBS Tv Community, BET Her, VH1, CMT, Comedy Central, Brand, MTV, MTV2, Paramount Community, Pop, Smithsonian Channel™ and TV Land, and stream it stay on the CBS community feed accessible on Paramount+.
