Queen Latifah Returning To Host NAACP Image Awards This Month
deadline.comThe Queen is coming back. The NAACP said today that Grammy- and Emmy-winning The Equalizer star-producer Queen Latifah will return to host the 55th annual Image Awards, which will be handed out Saturday, March 16.
BET and CBS are airing the show live at 8 p.m. ET and delayed at 8 p.m. PT. Writer, poet and activist Amanda Gormanwill receive the Chairman’s Award during the ceremony, an honor bestowed in recognition of individuals who demonstrate exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change.
Creative director and costume designer June Ambrose is set for the NAACP’s Vanguard Awardduring the Image Awards Fashion Show on Friday, March 15 NAACP also will recognize winners in non-televised Image Awards categories from March 11-13 ahead of its Awards Dinner the following night.
Queen Latifah, who also hosted the 2023 Image Awards, was a 2023 Governors Award recipient and a career honoree at the 2021 BET Awards.
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