Coming up on a very special edition of The Locher Room, the show will honor beloved ATWT and GL actress, Lisa Brown, who passed away at the end of November in 2021.

Since Lisa was never able to participate in an episode of the series, host Alan Locher is welcoming longtime Broadway star, Lee Roy Reams, who starred along with Brown on the Great White Way in 42nd Street.

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It was one of Lisa’s wishes to have Reams interviewed on The Locher Room.  Lee Roy will chat on his almost 40-year friendship with Lisa, memories of working together, as well as his storied career.

Some of Ream’s other credits include leading Broadway roles in: The Producers, Beauty & The Beast, La Cage Aux Folles, Hello Dolly!, An Evening with Jerry Herman, Applause, Lorelei, Oklahoma and Sweet Charity.

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Circle Thursday, January 27th at 3 p.m. EST / 12 p.m. PST for the interview and you can watch the livestream here.

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In a harrowing account of coming down with Covid-19, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, who also has a recurring role on General Hospital as Brick, revealed his battle over the holidays that led to him being hospitalized because of the severity of his symptoms.

On Monday, Smith returned to his co-hosting gig on ESPN’s First Take and it was there he shared what happened during his breakthrough case of Covid.  Stephen had been fully vaccinated. Smith said that he had tested positive late in December and wound up in the hospital with pneumonia in both lungs over New Years.

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“And they told me had I not been vaccinated, I wouldn’t be here. That’s how bad I was.”

— ESPN’s @stephenasmith details his recent, nearly fatal battle with COVID pic.twitter.com/jtkZV62RIA

— The Recount (@therecount) January 18, 2022

On Tuesday, nominations were announced for the 2022 NAACP Image Awards honoring excellence in the fields of motion pictures, television and streaming, recordings, literary works, podcasts, as well as directing and writing.

The winners will be revealed during the 53rd annual ceremony, hosted once again by black-ish star, Anthony Anderson.

The award show is set to air on BET on February 26th.  The two-hour live special begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.  Due to the ever-changing developments with COVID-19, this year the ceremony will proceed without an in-person audience.

In the Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series category, This Is Us’ Sterling K. Brown goes up against Billy Porter, Pose, Damson Idris, Snowfall, Forest Whitaker, Godfather of Harlem and Kofi Siriboe, Queen Sugar.  And in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category, Brown’s on-screen counterpart, Susan Kelechi Watson is nominated alongside: Alfre Woodard, SEE, Bianca Lawson, Queen Sugar, Chandra Wilson, Grey’s Anatomy
and Mary J. Blige, Power Book II: Ghost.

In addition, in the Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series) category, Brown and Kelechi’s This Is Us TV daughter, Eris Baker, also scored a nomination.

Daytime talk show’s are represented with a nomination for The Tamron Hall Show  and The Real in the Outstanding Talk Show category.  The syndicated series will go up against Desus & Mero, Hart to Heart, and Red Table Talk.

For the complete list of nominations in all categories visit the official 53rd annual NAACP Awards site.

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