Entertainment
Leslie Jones will host the 2017 BET Awards
Comedienne, actress, and SNL funny woman will be hosting the 2017 BET Awards.
Comedienne , actress and SNL funny woman Leslie Jones will be hosting the 2017 BET Awards.
Leslie Jones to host the BET Awards
In a statement, Jones said, “I am so excited to be hosting The BET Awards this year.
BET was the first network and place where I was on TV – I am looking to turn this whole experience into a joyful homecoming.”
Many might remember Jones appearing on the BET staple, Comicview early in her career.
All about the laughter
Leslie Jones states she just wants to make people laugh at this years awards.
“I am tired of everybody being sad and angry: I want people to laugh. You can’t do the event without touching on certain things, but I’m trying to make it all funny. It’s really just about pulling the elephants out of the room, and actually, I’ll make the elephant in the room laugh about it.”
Discover more from Unheard Voices Magazine®
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Queen Latifah’s Newark affordable housing mission takes center stage in new BET documentary
Asbury Park High School: Veterans Day 2026
Scott Colom makes history as Mississippi’s first Black U.S. Senator since reconstruction
Remembering: Irma P. Hall, beloved ‘Soul Food’ actress who found Hollywood success later in life, dies at 91
Ole Miss Black students speak out after viral video shows white women making monkey noises outside their apartment
North Carolina A&T, UNC Greensboro and Bennett students march nearly an hour after campus voting sites removed
Baltimore artist MIDDEKO releases new single “FALLINLUV”
New Jersey woman who outsmarted serial killer and escaped in 2016 dies at 44
Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine earns preliminary accreditation, becoming nation’s fifth historically Black medical school
Family of Cal State Fullerton student who died at unaffiliated fraternity event pushes for safety reform
Woody Shaw’s Avant‑Garde ‘Song of Songs’ returns to vinyl after 50 years through Jazz Dispensary’s Top Shelf Series
Kansas City’s Copper Boyz Ranch provides youth violence‑prevention through horsemanship
Nolan Wells’ family demands ‘thorough’ investigation: “What we’ve been told does not make sense”
Peabo Bryson, Grammy‑winning voice behind two Disney classics, dies at 75
OWN greenlights first-ever ‘Belle Collective’ spinoff Belle Collective: Birmingham
-
Crime & Justice2 weeks agoFamily of slain Bronx teen Javits Frimpong demands justice after fatal shooting
-
Culture2 weeks agoBurger King employee wears Blackface, tells customer, “I just want to be Black”
-
Police2 weeks agoVirginia mother loses her car after police mistake her vehicle for shooting suspect’s using flock cameras
-
Sports1 week agoFort Lewis football player Jordan ‘JT’ Thomas suffers severe spinal cord injury during game
-
In Memoriam1 week agoThe Rude Boys founding member Melvin ‘Boy Baby’ Sephus dies at 61
-
Police2 weeks agoSuspected arson damages Senatobia Police headquarters months after officer fatally shot 1-year-old Kohen Wiley
-
Health & Wellness1 week agoTikTok star Marcel Johnson dies at 32 after courageous battle with stage 4 stomach cancer
-
Politics1 week agoFive Black governors make history in 2026 U.S. elections