Emmy Award-winning actor Niecy Nash-Betts will be feted with the Media and Arts Award at this year's Better Brothers Los Angeles Truth Awards. BBLA is a networking and social organization for members of the Black LGBTQ+ community. The gala, which is co-presented by actor Sheryl Lee Ralph ("Abbott Elementary'') and her The DIVA Foundation, will return for its tenth year on March 30 to "celebrate trailblazing LGBTQ+ African-Americans and allies." Nash-Betts, who recently took home the Emmy Award for outstanding...
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After Netflix’s “Master of None” put her on the map with a comedy writing Emmy, Waithe has been prolific as a writer and producer, launching series such as Showtime’s “The Chi” and producing Amazon’s provocative 2021 limited horror series “Them.” She has also helped to open doors for marginalized people in entertainment, launching the “Rising Voices” talent development initiative with Indeed in February. Then in October, she signed a multi-podcast development deal with Amazon’s Audible as her Hillman Grad prodco teamed with Endeavor Content for a documentary about actor Mary Tyler Moore — all before signing an exclusive, multi-year deal with Warner Bros. TV in November that will see projects release on multiple platforms, starting with “Hoop Dreams,” a scripted series take on the 1994 documentary.
