Andra Day has been tapped to carry out on the fifty fifth NAACP Picture Awards, airing reside this weekend. The Golden Globe winner will grace the stage together with poet laureate Amanda Gorman, who’s being honored with the distinguished 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 might be extra inclusive than ever, together with its spectacular roster of performers and presenters. For the primary time in BET historical past, audio descriptions might be obtainable for the reside 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 fun 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 how one can 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 reside on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and EBONY might be reporting reside 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 reside on the CBS community feed obtainable on Paramount+.
