Word: latifah
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...have vast support in the black community. There's no black person I can't get to, can't talk to or who won't support me. Over the past three months, Queen Latifah and Malik Yoba have done commercials for us for free. We're talking right now with Kanye West...
This year actress and activist Salma Hayek joined the company of past honorees, including Will Smith, Matt Damon and Queen Latifah...
...FRIENDS? Yes. That morning I crashed her show. Then she was giving a party for Portia [de Rossi], her significant other, and they invited me to come over to the Roosevelt [Hotel]. Prince was there. Queen Latifah was there. It was really, really such a beautiful group of people. We danced, and we hugged. It was just beautiful...
...Queen Trumped King. Before the crowd could get too philosophical about the event falling on Martin Luther King Day, opening presenter Queen Latifah reminded them what the night was really all about-money-when she touted her new movie, Last Holiday, and its weekend box office receipts. Always nice to have somebody help you keep it in perspective...
...dozens of rappers who have come to Hollywood over the past two decades have achieved undeniable commercial success, but only a few--Will Smith, Queen Latifah, Mos Def--are regularly called on to play something other than big-screen versions of themselves. Undoubtedly there are studio heads with limited conceptions of what those (mostly African-American) selves can be, yet there's also plenty of evidence to suggest that some rappers treat acting as an entitlement rather than a calling. "I've heard crazy stories about rappers who get big money to be in films who just don't show...