Alabama is all over NAACP Image Award nominations
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
Madalen Mills (above) began acting in Tuscaloosa community theater productions before finding opportunity on Broadway and now in Hollywood films. (Courtesy photo)
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Alabama is well represented in the newly announced slate of NAACP Image Awards nominees: A movie telling the story of an Alabama blues pioneer is nominated in numerous categories, and a range of artists associated with the state also are in the running.
The 57th annual Image Awards will be presented March 27 on BET. Nominees announced Tuesday include:
Octavia Spencer: The Montgomery native, who earlier this year worked to help home-state healthcare workers and hospitals during the pandemic, is a nominee for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special, for her role in the Netflix project “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” (Netflix).
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RuPaul s Drag Race Down Under, a local spin-off of the reality TV series, is coming to Stan
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Drag queen and singer RuPaul will host and judge the new local version of the show.
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Start your engines one of the world s best-loved reality TV shows is getting a local edition.
Australian streaming service Stan has announced RuPaul s Drag Race Down Under, a spin-off of the Emmy-winning drag queen competition series, will air this year.
An Australian version was supposed to happen in 2020 but, like many productions, it was postponed due to the pandemic.
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He s also involved in the beauty industry with his skincare line MANTL, and has a self-titled podcast called Karamo.
Dear White People is a TV adaptation from the 2014 dramatic comedy, which hit Netflix in 2017.
Mainstay: Brown has appeared on Queer Eye since 2018; he was snapped in October in LA
Logan Browning plays the role of Samantha White on the Netflix series
The show includes a cast featuring Logan Browning, Marque Richardson, Brandon P. Bell, Antoinette Robertson, DeRon Horton, John Patrick Amedori and Ashley Blaine Featherson.
It tackles racial tensions students of color face as they attend at a Ivy League in contemporary times.
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Stan s Chief Content Officer, Nick Forward, said it was time for a local version after the original RuPaul s Drag Race and its UK adaptation were huge hits in Australia. You asked for it Australia, and now we re bringing it to you – finally, our very own Aussie Drag Race, the new Stan Original Series RuPaul s Drag Race Down Under! Mr Forward said.
Start your engines! I cannot wait for everyone to see that Down Under queens have some of the biggest charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talents in the world, said RuPaul
Ru-vealed: Thank you to Stan and TVNZ for providing a platform for these outrageous drag artists to share their heart, soul and humour, he added
EXCLUSIVE: Karamo Brown, host of Emmy-winning series Queer Eye, has joined the upcoming fourth and final season of Netflix’s Dear White People in a recurring role. Season 4 is slated to premiere in 2021. Details of Brown’s character are being kept under wraps. Based on Justin Simien’s acclaimed debut indie feature, Dear White People is