May 5, 2021
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Ready to Host for MTV Awards
Comedian-actor Leslie Jones
will take the stage as host of the up-
coming MTV Movie & TV Awards.
The network announced last
week that Jones will host the
awards, which will air live on
May 16 from Los Angeles. The
awards show celebrates the best
moments in movies and television
over the past year.
The Emmy-nominated Leslie
is currently the host and executive
producer of ABC’s “Supermarket
Sweep” and appeared in “Coming
2 America,” which is streaming
on Amazon Prime. She also host-
ed the BET Awards in 2017.
MTV announced that the Dis-
Exploring Love
C ontinued froM P age 7
The music video, scheduled for
release this summer, will feature ac-
tor Nadir Muhammad of Portland’s
African American community along
with the Portland band “Cathedral
Leslie Jones
ney Plus series “WandaVision”
leads the awards with five nomi-
nations. Netflix’s “Emily in Paris”
and Amazon’s “The Boys” each
scored four nominations.
Park.” The piece is being directed by
Brian Shoop, also of Portland.
Gabriel, an actress and model
of Native American and Caucasian
descent, has been featured in mov-
ies, magazines and online modeling
sites. Her previous roles include act-
ing and onset work in the Lionsgate
film Backslash (2005) and the film
Metal Messiah (2010).