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☆ Tina Turner to be honored by Patti LaBelle during the BET Awards on Sunday
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The legendary Tina Turner will receive a posthumous tribute this weekend as part of the 2023 BET Awards. Patti LaBelle is set to honor the late icon with a performance during the awards show that will capture “the essence of Turner’s unparalleled legacy,” according to a release from BET. This year’s BET Awards will also honor several other landmark entertainers. Past lifetime achievement award recipients have included Whitney Houston, Prince, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Samuel Jackson, Lionel Richie and New Edition. The BET Awards 2023 will air live on Sunday on BET at 8 p.m. ET/ PT from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Persons: Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Turner, Busta, Bia, Cutty Ranks, Dexta, Swizz Beatz, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Mary J, Blige, Samuel Jackson, Lionel Richie Organizations: CNN, BET, Microsoft Theater, Paramount Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, Cutty, Prince, Los Angeles

☆ Keke Palmer wants her turkey seasoned thanks
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Keke Palmer is set to host “Saturday Night Live” for the first time on Dec. 3, alongside musical guest SZA. I just can’t wait,” Palmer told CNN in a recent interview. And then it’ll just be fun seeing how they do it, you know, on their side of it. Palmer said she’s looking at the hosting gig as kind of a “Broadway-ish” performance. Palmer said her dad does all the cooking and she gets a break.

☆ 'The Piano Lesson' is back on Broadway, starring Samuel L. Jackson
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Alicia Powell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - American playwright August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" is returning to Broadway, with Samuel L. Jackson starring and his wife directing. LaTanya Richardson Jackson, in her Broadway directing debut, has a more literal take on the story than her predecessors. Samuel Jackson, playing Doaker Charles, returns to the work after playing the character's nephew Boy Willie in its first production at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1987. "By the time the play traveled and came back to Broadway and I was an understudy, I was pretty much devastated that I wasn't going to make my Broadway debut," the actor said. John David Washington, making his Broadway debut as Boy Willie, is dealing with many different feelings, he said.

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