Today I had the opportunity to chat with Comedian and Radio and TV personality Rickey Smiley about hosting the Stellar Awards with Sherri Shepherd, which airs on TV One this Sunday. We also jumped into his successful one-hour docs-series, “Rickey Smiley For Real,” that takes a humorous look at the hectic life of Smiley’s personal life as single father to five children and how he balances it all.
It’s that time of the year again! I’m talking about gospel music’s most coveted award show… The Stellar Awards! Today, I had the opportunity to talk to Don Jackson, founder, chairman and CEO of Central City Productions, and executive producer of The Stellar Gospel Music Awards, as well as former professional basketball player and pastor/musician/author Ben Tankard about this year’s premiere gospel event.
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This year’s hosts will be Rickey Smiley & Sherri Shepherd at the Las Vegas, NV – Orleans Arena, Saturday, February 20, 2016 and will air March 6 – 11th on TVOne. The show will appear in national syndication March 12th — April 10th (for a complete listing of dates in each market visit thestellarawards.com).
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For more info, visit thestellarawards.com. Tickets are also on sale for the Stellar Awards Pre-Show on Friday, February 19th and the Stellar Gospel Radio Awards on Saturday, February 19th. Both events will be held at the Orleans Arena Showroom and have to be purchased at orleansarena.com.
Top Nominees:
Anthony Brown & Group TherAPy – 10 Nominations
Erica Campbell – 8 Nominations
Pastor Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago – 8 Nominations
Tasha Cobbs – 6 Nominations
Jonathan McReynolds – 4 Nominations