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Monday, June 29, 2026

BET's 4th Annual Black + Iconic Soirée to Premiere June 29, Exclusively on Paramount+

BET'S 4TH ANNUAL BLACK + ICONIC SOIRÉE TO PREMIERE JUNE 29, EXCLUSIVELY ON PARAMOUNT+

Hosted by Laverne Cox, the Celebration of Black LGBTQ+ Excellence Features Honorees Jason Lee, TS Madison, Damon Jones, Marquise Vilson Balenciaga, and a Special Performance by Tweet

'4th Annual Black + Iconic Soirée' Key Art

NEW YORK, NY – June XX, 2026 – BET today announced that the 4th Annual Black + Iconic Soirée will premiere exclusively on Paramount+ on June 29, 2026, bringing BET's signature celebration of Black LGBTQ+ excellence, culture, and community to audiences nationwide.

Filmed at MGM National Harbor in Oxon, Maryland, the Black + Iconic Soirée honors trailblazers, advocates, entertainers, and changemakers whose contributions continue to shape culture, advance equity, and inspire future generations. Hosted by Emmy-nominated actress, producer, and advocate Laverne Cox, with Lavelle Dontae serving as Red Carpet Host, this year's celebration highlighted the power, influence, and impact of Black LGBTQ+ leaders and allies across entertainment, advocacy, business, and media.

The special features appearances from Amara La Negra, Bryan Terrell Clark, Carter The Body, Eva Marcille, and Ty Young, alongside unforgettable moments of recognition, storytelling, and community celebration.

This year's honorees include:

Damon Jones, Chief Communications Officer, Procter & Gamble – Executive Realness Award

Jason Lee, Host and Politician – Culture Trailblazer Award

Marquise Vilson Balenciaga, Actor and Advocate – Active Advocate Award

TS Madison, Actress, Entrepreneur, and Media Personality – Miss Major's Pioneer of the Year Award

The evening also features a special performance by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tweet, whose soulful performance served as one of the night's standout moments.

"The Black + Iconic Soirée is a reflection of our belief that visibility, representation, and community matter," said Tiyale Hayes, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Audience Development, Paramount Television Entertainment Group. "It's a celebration of resilience, joy, leadership, and authenticity, honoring individuals whose impact extends far beyond entertainment. We're proud to bring this celebration to Paramount+ and to share these powerful stories with audiences everywhere."

Sponsored by Gilead Sciences and supported by Procter & Gamble, the 4th Annual Black + Iconic Soirée continues BET's commitment to uplifting stories, voices, and communities that have long shaped culture while driving meaningful conversations around equity, visibility, and representation.

From inspiring acceptance speeches and powerful tributes to unforgettable performances and red carpet moments, the Black + Iconic Soirée stands as a celebration of pride, purpose, and progress.

The 4th Annual BET Black + Iconic Soirée premieres June 29, 2026, exclusively on Paramount+.

ABOUT BET MEDIA GROUP

The BET Media Group, a unit of Paramount, a Skydance Corporation (Nasdaq: PSKY), is the world’s largest media company rooted in community, culture, and connection for the Black community. For over four decades, BET has served as a trusted home for Black audiences, amplifying authentic stories, elevating Black voices, and creating spaces where culture thrives and community comes together.

Through a powerful portfolio of brands—including BET, BET Her, BET Studios, and VH1—along with FAST channels such as BET Tyler Perry Comedy, BET Tyler Perry Drama, BET Comedy Movies, BET Cinema, BET Classics, BET Visionaries, BET Throwbacks, and BET Pluto, BET connects audiences across cable, digital, live events, studios, and global platforms. Together, these platforms deliver culturally resonant content that reflects the depth, creativity, and impact of the Black experience.

For more information, visit www.bet.com and follow @BET on social platforms. For additional announcements, visit paramountpressexpress.com/bet/.

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Michael J. Fox and Creator of Nickelodeon Green Slime Recognized in Order of Canada List

The Back to the Future star and Parkinson’s advocate is promoted to the country’s highest civilian honor, while veteran kids producer Roger Damon Price is also named.

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Michael J. Fox has been promoted to the highest Canadian civilian honor for his Hollywood success and Parkinson’s advocacy, it was announced Friday, June 26.

Canadian-born Fox in 2011 first received the Order of Canada for his acting and raising money and awareness for Parkinson’s disease. His promotion to the Companion of the Order of Canada was given as Fox “is in a remarkable chapter of his life, blending selective acting with powerful global advocacy and unflinching honesty about Parkinson’s. Through his foundation, he drives transformative research and hope,” Mary Simon, Canada’s governor general, said in a statement.

Emmy Award winner Fox grew up in Burnaby, Canada, before cementing his Hollywood career with star turns in Family Ties, Spin City and the Back to the Future movie franchise. He does occasional acting gigs from his home in New York City while continuing to raise money and awareness through his The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

Also Friday, longtime kids TV producer Roger Damon Price was named as a Member of the Order of Canada. Damon Price is considered the father of Nickelodeon’s iconic green slime TV gag, and co-founded YTV, Canada’s cable kids TV network.

The kids’ sketch comedy show You Can’t Do That on Television slimed anyone who said, “I don’t know.” | Courtesy of Nickelodeon

A castmember getting slimed first happened on You Can’t Do That on Television, a Canadian kids sketch comedy series Damon Price created and wrote for five seasons from 1979. The green goop eventually became a Nickelodeon signature when the Canadian series landed on the American kids channel in 1982 and helped define the U.S. cable TV brand, with slime becoming stapes on shows such as Double Dare and Figure It Out. Being slimed is now considered as being one of the highest honors that Nickelodeon can bestow on someone, with celebrities lining up to get slimed at the network's annual Kids' Choice Awards. Nickelodeon's slime even received its own music festival, bring slime, music and mayhem to fans around the world at SlimeFest.

New talent discovered on You Can’t Do That on Television included writer Bill Prady, an eventual co-creator of The Big Bang Theory, and a young Alanis Morissette, who appeared in five episodes.

Niv Fichman, a Canadian film producer of titles like The Red Violin and Blackberry, also made it onto the latest Order of Canada list as an Officer.

Michael Andrew Fox, C.C.
Burnaby, British Columbia and New York, New York, United States of America

Michael J. Fox is in a remarkable chapter of his life, blending selective acting with powerful global advocacy and unflinching honesty about Parkinson’s. Through his foundation, he drives transformative research and hope. He has inspired millions worldwide by channelling his voice into writing, public speaking, and the acclaimed 2023 documentary Still.

This is a promotion within the Order.

Roger Damon Price, C.M.
Ottawa, Ontario

Roger Price is a groundbreaking creator of youth television whose influential series reshaped children’s programming. His imaginative storytelling and irreverent humour empowered young audiences and advanced both science fiction and sketch comedy. His legacy endures through continued work with You Can’t Do That Productions in Ottawa and remains widely celebrated.

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Ray's Emo Phase and Drex's SON?! | FULL EPISODE: Danger Force | Ray Forgives | Nickelodeon UK

Ray's Emo Phase and Drex's SON?! | FULL EPISODE: Danger Force | Ray Forgives | Nickelodeon UK

Full episodes of Danger Force are available now on Nickelodeon and Paramount Plus. In 'Ray Forgives' Ray breaks up with Credenza, giving Danger Force only 48 hours to teach Ray how to forgive before his relationship is over forever. If Ray wants a future with Credenza, he must confront his past and learn to forgive his greatest enemy, Drex.

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The Evolution of Nuck | The Chi

The Evolution of Nuck | The Chi

SPOILER ALERT ⚠️The discreet gangster rose to boss status in the 63rd Street Mob through his use of menacing manipulation. The Chi episodes are now streaming on Paramount+.

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In the South Side’s coldest winter ever, life-or-death choices must be made. The question is: who is willing to make them? As Tiff finds unexpected comfort, Victor, Shaad, Emmett, Kiesha, and Darnell all confront the cost of their pasts. Nuck and Reg balance loyalty against family, while Jake, Bakari, and Papa must cast new visions of their futures. A new generation rises – bringing new trouble – and no one emerges unchanged as legacy, conflict, joy, and pain collide.

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The Chi Tea | Season 8 Episode 6 | When Truth Thaws | The Chi

The Chi Tea | Season 8 Episode 6 | When Truth Thaws | The Chi

We're getting into all #TheChi Tea on the sixth episode of The Chi’s final season.

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All Stars 11 Episode 9 First Lewk, Lip Sync + The Pit Stop 💄 | RuPaul’s Drag Race

All Stars 11 Episode 9 First Lewk 💄 | RuPaul’s Drag Race

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The Pit Stop AS11 E09 🏁 Bianca Del Rio & Valentina MOUTH OFF! | RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars | RuPaul's Drag Race

Fan favorite Valentina returns to The Pit Stop! She joins Bianca Del Rio to recap the first-ever spoken word lip sync challenge, featuring legendary interviews from The RuPaul Show, before diving tit-first into a David Bowie-inspired runway on episode 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 11.

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'HexVets & Magic Pets' Official Intro and Theme Song Unveiled

Watch the official intro and theme song of HexVets & Magic Pets, Nickelodeon's upcoming brand new animated preschool series based on the eponymous BOOM! Studios graphic novels by Sam Davies!

Intro:

Outro:

HexVets and Magic Pets is a CG and 2D-hybrid adventure-comedy series follows two unlikely best friends as they navigate life's weird and wacky challenges, while apprenticing to be magical veterinarians for fantastical creatures. The series made its global debut on ABC Kids in Australia on Saturday, June 27.

At the time of posting, it's currently unknown when the series will debut on Nickelodeon channels in the USA and internationally, however, Paramount plans launch the series in 2026.

About HexVets and Magic Pets:

Nickelodeon is bringing the magical world of Willows Whisper to life with HexVets and Magic Pets.

In HexVets and Magic Pets, kid witches Annette and Clarion are thrilled to become HexVet apprentices to the kind, clever, and sometimes cheeky Dr. Talon. At her clinic, they learn how to heal and care for

magical creatures while picking up some important social-emotional lessons themselves.

Annette and Clarion are unlikely friends that couldn’t be more different - she’s all drive and he leads with his heart - but through their comical adventures, they find they’re stronger together.

Part magical procedural, part creature comedy, and all heart, HexVets and Magic Pets is a series about persisting after failure, celebrating differences, and bringing all the magic you can into the world.

The cast of HexVets and Magic Pets includes Anya McChristie as Annette, Seyan Patel as Clarion, David Cumming as Nurse Ariel, Jaimi Barbakoff as Bonnie / Saoirse, Lucy Montgomery as Aisla, Olivia Chappell as Diana (Speaking), Richard Overall as Laird / Emilios, Ayesha Antoine as Nessie, Steffan Cennydd as Cedric, Stephen Grief as Witch Starkweather, Annie Wight as Myra, James Bradwell as Oswell, Paul Chahidi as Postal Witch Carryall, Jacob Humphreys as Teddy, Stanly Brass as El, Raj Ghatak as Grandfather Wellspring, Maggie Ollerenshaw as Eulalia, and Fenella Fudge, Jim Johnson and Jimmy Almeida O'Brien as the voices of various Creatures.

The series is animated by Blue Zoo Animation, with the show's opening titles produced by Blue Zoo Animation and Skipper Creative Services, Inc.

The series premiere episode, "Witches in Training Part 1," is dedicated to the memory of actor and voice actor Stephen Greif.

First announced during Nickelodeon Upfront in March 2022 under the working title HexVet, Nickelodeon has picked up HexVets and Magic Pets for an initial 20 30-minute episodes.

Paramount Consumer Products will lead consumer products cross-category licensing worldwide for the HexVet property. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

“The high-stakes adventures, wild antics and heartfelt camaraderie Nan and Clarion have in the HexVet graphic novels are all great qualities we look for in an animated series,” said Ramsey Naito, who was serving as President, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation when the show was first announced. “It’s incredibly exciting to expand the HexVet world with an original series that will deepen the connection young readers have with the novels and capture the imagination of new fans of all ages.”

“The vibrant world of HexVet gives our creative team an incredible opportunity to translate the enchantment of the series into products across multiple categories,” said Pam Kaufman, President, Paramount Consumer Products. “We strategically approach each new IP in a unique way and look forward to developing items that highlight the show’s core themes of magic, teamwork and compassion for animals, allowing kids to continue their adventures with Nan and Clarion.”

As HexVets in training, Nan and Clarion are ready to tackle medical maladies in beasts magical or mundane, find their familiars, and earn their wands and pointy hats--all while dodging covens of animal smugglers and dragons with heartburn. Under the tutelage of the talented Dr. Talon, these young HexVets in training will learn how to cure any animal, from a pygmy phoenix with bird flu to a unicorn with a broken horn.

HexVet is an all-ages original graphic novels series written by beloved cartoonist Sam Davies and published by BOOM! Studios through their award-winning KaBOOM! imprint, home to R.L. Stine’s Just Beyond and more. The graphic novel series debuted in 2018 with HexVet: Witches-in-Training to much critical acclaim, then released the second book, HexVet: The Flying Surgery, in 2019. HexVet was a Scholastic Book Fair selection in 2019, and has since sold over 60,000 copies and is distributed internationally in over 132 countries. BOOM! Studios is slated to release additional volumes in the series.

HexVets and Magic Pets is developed for television by Nicole Dubuc (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, The Rocketeer), who also serves as showrunner and executive producer. Frank Molieri (Transformers: Rescue Bots, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie) serves as co-executive producer and Kendall Michele Haney as story editor. The series is also executive produced by Stephen Christy (Just Beyond) and Ross Richie (2 Guns), with Mette Norkjaer serving as co-producer, for BOOM! Studios. Production of HexVet for Nickelodeon Animation is overseen by Eryk Casemiro, Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon Animation, Global Series Content. Kate Crownover serves as Nickelodeon’s Executive in Charge of Production for the series.

A Nickelodeon network premiere date for HexVets and Magic Pets is still to be announced, however, when the series was first announced, Nickelodeon planned to launch HexVets and Magic Pets in the U.S. in 2023, followed by a international launch.

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A Rollercoaster From 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'? With Gus Machado | Netflix Brazil and Gus Machado

Uma MONTANHA RUSSA de Avatar: O Último Mestre do Ar? Com ‪@GusMachado‬ | Netflix Brasil e Gus Machado

No clima da segunda temporada de Avatar: O Último Mestre do Ar, o especialista em montanhas-russas Gus Machado trouxe o sistema de entregas de Omashu diretamente do Reino da Terra para a vida real, sozinho! Dentro de seu quintal, Gus montou um parque completo de Omashu, com direito a guarda real, portão temático e montanha-russa, e mostrou tudo isso neste vídeo! E aí, gostaram do parque? Gostariam de testar o sistema de entregas? Acham que Aang, Katara e Sokka andariam nela? Me contem aí nos comentários!

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Para acabar com a guerra, Aang precisa dominar a dobra de terra. Mas, no Reino da Terra, política, segredos e alianças ocultas são um campo de batalha à parte.

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