EBONY Energy 100 gala co-hosts Michelle Buteau and Tone Bell celebrated the return of their hit sequence Survival of the Thickest in New York Metropolis on March 26. “Season two, the phrase that stored coming to thoughts once we have been within the author’s room was ‘physique,’” Buteau exclaimed earlier than the screening commenced. “Loving your physique; letting folks know I like my physique, so you must too.”
This season, Khalil, performed by Tone Bell, explores his psychological wellness by way of remedy. “Khalil is kinda at a pit cease—undecided the place he’s going subsequent. I’ve been by way of the identical factor. So, it’s refreshing to have a storyline like this,” Bell advised EBONY on the after-party held on the Lobster Membership.
“‘He’s in a interval of development, and it hurts generally. It’s a phenomenal second to see my actual life portrayed on display. I’ve been pals with Michelle for 15 years, and that is in all probability a dialog we’ve had. It undoubtedly felt prefer it was time to speak about it, and I can’t wait to speak about it extra.”
Survival of the Thickest, Season 2, is streaming on Netflix.
Fueled by Tradition Sports activities, a robust occasion was hosted at 74 Wythe in Brooklyn, N.Y., bringing collectively leaders in sports activities and enterprise for a reside dialog on possession, branding and athlete legacy. Audio system included Grasp P, Jeff Teague and the Membership 520 Podcast, NBA coach Chris Johnson, and ESPN’s Paul Biancardi, with a shock efficiency by Bobby Shmurda.
This occasion marked the official launch of Fueled by Tradition Sports activities — a brand new company constructed to empower athletes past the sport, with long-term enterprise technique and model improvement at its core. The company is led by former professional athlete and entrepreneur Marcus Damas, who was mentored by EBONY’s late, nice Junior Bridgeman. This relationship continues to encourage Damas’ imaginative and prescient for legacy-driven athlete empowerment.
The Black Girls Movie Community honored a number of ladies on the BWFN Summit contained in the Loudermilk Convention Middle in Atlanta, Ga. That included pioneering media mogul and City One, Inc. Founder Cathy Hughes; Grosse Pointe Backyard Society star Aja Naomi King; Tyler Perry Studios President of Unique Content material Angi Bones; Denise Williams Watts, international head of authentic content material for Apple Music; Felicia Joseph, senior vice-president of casting for Disney Branded Tv; and Katori Corridor, Pulitzer Prize-winning creator and showrunner of the Starz sequence P-Valley.
