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Janelle Monae adds a chic top hat to her look as she arrives at the 2022 Outfest Legacy Awards Gala held at Paramount Studios on Saturday (October 22) in Los Angeles.

The 36-year-old singer and actress was honored with the Trailblazer Award in recognition of her continued philanthropy and powerful messaging of being your authentic self.

“I feel like I’m at my church tonight,” Janelle told the audience in her acceptance speech, via Variety.

She continued, “I feel like I am in church and I am with people that feel me and see me and understand me…I’m just deeply humbled and just so thankful and at a loss for real words to match my feelings. So just accept my thank you. Thank you so much.”

Janelle will next be see in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Andi. She’s been globe trotting for the past few weeks in support of the film.

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Janelle Monae continues her red carpet domination!

The 36-year-old actor stepped out in a tiered and ruffled textured red dress at the premiere of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday (October 19) next to co-stars Daniel Craig, Kate Hudson and Edward Norton.

The quartet also hit up a photo call earlier that same day. The night before, the cast were in London for a handful of promo events.

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Janelle opened up about her role in the movie.

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Daniel Craig sandwiches himself in between his beautiful co-stars Janelle Monae, Kate Hudson and Kathryn Hahn ahead of the Q&A panel for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery held at The Curzon Mayfair on Monday night (October 17) in London, England.

The four actors were joined by co-stars Madelyn Cline, Jessica Henwick, Edward Norton and director Rian Johnson for the panel and drinks reception.

In a new interview, Rian opened up about having the late Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim make cameos in the upcoming feature.

“They were so kind and so generous. We thought, my God, would either of them ever do it? We didn’t think they would. And both of them were so cool,” he shared, via Deadline.

Rian added that he actually traveled to Angela‘s home to shoot her scenes for the film, and she didn’t understand much of the script but told him to coach her through.

“For both of them, besides just the honor of having them in the movie, personally just being able to have 10 minutes with each of them to tell them what their work has meant to me was really special,” he said.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will be released globally on Netflix on December 23.

FYI: Kate wore a Christian Siriano dress. Janelle wore Sukeina.

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The stars lit up the red carpet for the premiere of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery in London!

Director Rian Johnson joined stars Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monáe, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, and Madelyn Cline for the event, which closed out the BFI London Film Festival on Sunday night (October 16).

If you missed the big news, Glass Onion will be released in all major theaters for a one-week limited run before heading to Netflix. Check out all the details here!

It was also recently revealed that the late Angela Lansbury‘s final on-screen role will be in the movie.

Ahead of the premiere tonight, the stars also stepped out for a panel discussion.

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Janelle Monae is opening up about her acting career and why she wants to emulate Johnny Depp‘s career.

The 36-year-old entertainer made her initial mark in the entertainment industry as a singer before segueing into her acting career.

Janelle made her theatrical film debut in the Oscar-winning movie Moonlight and also starred in the Oscar-nominated movie Hidden Figures, for which she won a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She has since been seen in movies like Harriet and Antebellum and now has Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery coming out very soon.

So, why does Janelle want to be like Johnny?

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The stars of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery are stepping out for the premiere of their new movie!

Kate Hudson, Daniel Craig, and Janelle Monae hit the red carpet for the premiere of their new Netflix movie held during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday (September 10) at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Canada.

Fellow cast members in attendance included Leslie Odom Jr. and wife Nicolette Robinson, Kathryn Hahn, Jessica Henwick, along with Edward Norton and wife Shauna Robertson.

The movie’s director Rian Johnson also attended the premiere with wife Karina Longworth.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which also stars Dave Bautista and Madelyn Cline, will be released on December 23. You can watch the trailer here!

FYI: Kate is wearing a Carolina Herrera dress and REZA jewelry. Janelle is wearing an Iris Van Herpen dress and a Lillian Shalom ring. Leslie is wearing a Kenzo suit. Nicolette is wearing a Bazza Alzouman dress. Kathryn is wearing a Maison Rabih Kayrouz dress. Jessica is wearing a Fendi dress.

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The first look at Knives Out 2, aka Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, is finally here!

The film will see the return of Daniel Craig‘s fan fave character, Detective Benoit Blanc.

Two stills were released by Netflix, and writer/director Rian Johnson explained how he came up with the title for the film in a new interview.

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