Solange Knowles steps out in a cutout jumpsuit for the Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact Event at Town Hall on Friday night (February 28) in New York City.
The 33-year-old singer’s mom Tina Knowles and her husband Richard Lawson were there to support her, as well as Common, Andra Day, Leon Bridges, Jon Batiste and Mumu Fresh, among others.
Solange is the first ever recipient of the award, which honors “excellence at the intersection of arts and activism.”
She receives $100,000, which she will turn over to Project Row Houses, a Houston-based nonprofit.
“I will never forget being a young girl and the impact of hearing the great Lena Horne so radiantly and powerfully singing the words ‘believe in yourself’ from that remarkable moment in The Wiz,” Solange shared in a statement. “I have carried it with me closely my entire life.”
She continued, “At the age of 12, I played this very role at the Ensemble Theatre in Houston, Texas and it was then I learned about Lena’s dedicated activism and fearless integrity as a woman and groundbreaking artist. I am honored to be receiving an award that bears her name and continue her legacy of using the arts to inspire reflection and evoke change.”
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Lady Gaga is opening up about what she went through to quit smoking in her new interview with New Music Daily with Zane Lowe on Apple Music.
While chatting about her upcoming music and album, the 33-year-old musician revealed that she actually went cold turkey to quit the habit.
“I’m not smoking anymore, but I’d smoke 40 cigarettes all day long,” she shared.
Gaga added, “I swear on my life I’m not smoking cigarettes. I completely quit — I quit cold turkey. But it was so hard.”
She also advised fans to never even start.
“If you don’t smoke, don’t smoke! Because quitting is worse. It is so brutal. And I will never smoke again because I think I saw Jesus for an entire week. It was so awful.”
You can read what Lady Gaga teased about her upcoming LG6 album now!
Chris Pratt is gushing all about his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger in a brand new interview with E!’s In the Room (via People).
The 40-year-old actor shared that Katherine has “changed my life for the better in so many ways.”
“My heart, my soul, my son I feel are all so safe with her. She’s a great stepmom,” Chris added, mentioning his son Jack, who he shares with ex, Anna Faris.
He continued that Katherine is, “God willing, going to be a great mom one day. She’s got great parents, great siblings, she fills in all my many deficits.”
Chris also mentioned that Katherine is a perfect match for him.
“My nickname on these press tours is Yard Sale because I’m such a scatterbrain,” he says. “And she doesn’t mind helping me with that stuff. It’s a good match.”
Find out what trait of Chris‘s annoys Katherine the most.
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Wendy Williams is one of the most controversial people in media these days because of the things she keeps saying on her talk show. She also went through a divorce recently and is dating again.
Wendy has a new boyfriend and they were spotted stepping out together. See who it is and learn more about the couple...
Tony Romo is staying put at CBS Sports as an NFL Analyst with a massive new deal.
The network announced the 39-year-old former Dallas Cowboys player’s long-term contract extension today (February 28), and it was revealed that he’ll make $17 million per year.
The new rights deal comes as the National Football League’s current contract heads toward the end of its term with CBS.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Tony Romo
Tony joined CBS Sports in April 2017 as the lead game analyst for THE NFL ON CBS, and has also called “Thursday Night Football” games, and just recently, called Super Bowl LIII in 2019.
If you missed them, check out the 10 Best Commercials from Super Bowl 2020.
Halsey is speaking out about what it was like suffering a miscarriage.
The 25-year-old singer also got candid about being diagnosed with endometriosis – a disorder that causes tissue that normally lines the uterus to grow outside of it – in a new interview with The Guardian.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Halsey
“It’s the most inadequate I’ve ever felt,” Halsey said about sharing the news with the public. “Here I am achieving this out-of-control life, and I can’t do the one thing I’m biologically put on this earth to do. Then I have to go onstage and be this sex symbol of femininity and empowerment? It is demoralizing.”
She added that being a mother one day looks “like something that’s gonna happen for me. That’s a miracle.”
ICYMI, hear what Halsey recently had to say about her relationship with Evan Peters.
Adam Levine is apologizing for his behavior at the Vina del Mar festival this week in Chile.
The Maroon 5 frontman took to his Instagram Story to apologize to fans for the performance and his behavior.
“To be totally frank there were some things holding me back last night and I let them get to me. And it impacted how I was behaving on stage, which is unprofessional and I apologize for that,” he said. “I struggled a lot and sometimes it’s really for me to mask the struggle. For that, I let you guys down and I apologize.”
The band’s performance was criticized and Adam was seen on camera complaining about the event and storming backstage.
“That was a TV show… that was not a concert”, he was overheard saying.
Adam continued on social media that he will do better and the band will “completely destroy” their next show.
If you missed it, Adam was the first person to tell Nick Jonas about the spinach that was in his teeth during the 2020 Grammys.
