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Taraji P Henson Returns to Host the BET Awards (TV News Roundup)


BET has announced Academy Award-nominated actor and producer Taraji P. Henson is set to return as the host of this year's BET Awards on June 30.

Usher will be honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement BET Award, and set performers include GloRilla, Latto, Muni Long, Sexyy Red, Shaboozey and Victoria Monét. “Owning Manhattan” is executive produced by Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Bianca Barnes-Williams and Kelly Montalvo. Per the show’s synopsis, it tells the story of an “idealistic religious organization led by the infamous Jim Jones, who set out to establish a utopian community in Guyana.

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