Stacey Chanelle Claire Solomon (born 4 October 1989) is an English singer and media personality. In 2009, she finished in third place on the sixth series of The X Factor, and gained a number one single on the UK Singles Chart when her fellow The X Factor finalists released a cover of "You Are Not Alone". Solomon won the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...
Get Me Out of Here!. Her debut single, a cover of "Driving Home for Christmas", was released on 19 December 2011. Solomon then released her debut album Shy on 18 April 2015. In September 2016, she began appearing as a panellist on Loose Women and in November of the same year she presented the I'm a Celebrity spin-off series I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp.
Taraji J. Henson Delivers Stirring Commencement Address At Howard University And Receives Honorary Doctorate
etcanada.com“Empire” star Taraji P. Henson attended the graduation ceremony at her alma mater Howard University in Washington, D.C., Saturday and delivered a stirring commencement address.
Before delivering the speech, Henson was awarded with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for her accomplishments in the entertainment industry. “I would like to take this moment to reintroduce myself: My name is Taraji P.
Henson, Howard University class of 1995,” she said, taking the podium. READ MORE: Taraji P. Henson Has Been ‘Secretly Working’ On New Music, Dishes On Renewed Fitness Focus In her address, Henson got candid about her experiences and struggles in Hollywood as a single mother, including being paid only $100,000 for her role in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, despite the $167-million price tag on the film.
Regardless, Henson said she gave everything she had to prepare herself for the audition process, using her experience at Howard’s Ira Aldridge Theater to guide her. “I had been too well-schooled in auditioning for roles at the Ira Aldridge to not show up or try to phone it in or to not be prepared.
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