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41st Annual NAACP Image Awards: Arrivals


Posted on Feb 26, 2010 @ 07:45PM - 21 comments
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Celebrities arrive for the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards.

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Wyclef Jean To Receive NAACP Award


Posted on Feb 23, 2010 @ 01:45PM - Add a comment
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Wyclef Jean will be honored with an NAACP Vanguard Award at the 41st NAACP Image Awards Friday, for his unparalleled humanitarian efforts in the wake of the massive 7.0 earthquake that ravaged his homeland of Haiti January 12.

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NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous said the organization is proud to honor the Grammy Award-winning Fugees alum with this year’s Vanguard Award for his continued activism and dedication. The NAACP Vanguard Award is presented to a person whose groundbreaking work increases understanding and awareness of racial and social issues. Previous honorees include Tyler Perry, Russell Simmons, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Stanley Kramer and Steven Spielberg.

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"His passion for social justice and helping those in need should be applauded," Jealous said. "It was Wyclef who was on a plane shortly after the devastating earthquake hit his homeland of Haiti, and it was his dedication to the people of Haiti that helped spur all of us to donate what we could and keep the people of Haiti in our hearts and prayers.”

The 41st NAACP Image Awards airs on Fox February 26 at 8/7c; to make a donation to the ongoing Haitian relief efforts, check out http://yele.org.

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: NAACP Celebrities Say Chris Brown "Manned Up"


Posted on Sep 01, 2009 @ 11:34AM - 14 comments

Celebrities at the NAACP Theater Awards in Los Angeles Monday night rallied to support embattled R&B singer Chris Brown.

"Chris Brown did not reinvent the wheel. This has been happening for ever and ever."  Everybody Hates Chris star Tasia Sherel told RadarOnline.com reporter Rachel Smith . "He's manned up. He's done his time."

The refreshingly vocal Sherel also said: "As long as he's paid his amends with Rihanna, who the hell are we to judge and that's what we're doing, and I'm sick of it."

Lost's Harold Perrineau found the perfect words of advice:  "I wish he and Rihanna the best and I hope they work through it and I hope they learn some stuff and move forward."

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