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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Thanks Keke Palmer for ‘Making Me Famous,’ Aaron Pierre Breaks Out Viral ‘Mufasa’ Dance Moves and More Inside ABFF Honors
Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Aaron Pierre, Marla Gibbs and Giancarlo Esposito were saluted at the 2025 ABFF Honors ceremony on Monday night.
“Keke Palmer made me famous,” Ellis-Taylor declared as she took the stage at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills to accept ABFF’s Excellence in the Arts trophy from her “Origin” director Ava DuVernay. Ellis-Taylor also saluted Marla Gibbs, the evening’s Hollywood Legacy award honoree, explaining that one cannot be honored “alongside” an icon like “The Jeffersons” and “227” alum, “because [she] will always be in the distance — unreachable, unmatched. His insightful and inciting quote (“How come you ain’t got no brothers on that wall?”) inspired her activism moving forward, as the film opened her eyes to the structural inequities that need to be addressed in the fight for equality.
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