Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Academy of Country Music has rolled out the biggest news about its 16th annual ACM Honors event, happening Aug. 23 in Nashville — who the specially selected honorees will be, traditionally a curated mix of current superstars, veteran artists and industry execs or broadcast personalities. Chris Stapleton, Kane Brown and Tim McGraw are the reigning artist titans represented in the honorary awards, with Breland and Hardy representing a newer guard. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Clint Black and K.T. Oslin are the longer-standing artists getting their flowers from the ACM. Stapleton qualified for the ACM Triple Crown Award after being named entertainer of the year at the most recent ACM Awards for the first time. The honor goes to anyone who gets that top honor after previously having been named male (or female) vocalist of the year and new male (or female) vocalist of the year at the ACMs. Only eight artists have ever achieved the feat. (Stapleton’s predecessors: Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Mickey Gilley, Merle Haggard, Miranda Lambert, Barbara Mandrell and Carrie Underwood.)
‘Bel-Air’ Stars Jabari Banks And Adrian Holmes Talk Feeling Like Family On Set
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“Bel-Air” is really feeling like home.
At the Corus upfronts this week, Jabari Banks and Adrian Holmes, the stars of the “Fresh Prince” reimagining, sat down with ET Canada’s Morgan Hoffman to talk all about the show.
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The two actors came into the interview laughing and joking around with each other like family, which prompted the question, when did they start to feel that way as a cast.
“I think for me, it was season one because we recognized that we were doing something so huge together,” Banks said, describing how a coming onto a show so big for his first major acting role was like “a traumatic experience” for him.
“I was in shock, you know what I mean?” he explained. “And so I had to, like, latch on to the people closest to me. And I was like, ‘Guys, I don’t know what I’m doing.'”
Holmes, who plays Uncle Phillip to Banks’ Will, could relate, telling his co-star, “But it was a mutual feeling. We all felt the same way. We all had to latch on to each other because we knew we were part of something so great, something so huge, and that it was bigger than all of us.”
The actor added, “And for me and him, I feel like he’s a nephew for real. I love this guy. He is the salt of the earth and he’s very talented. And every time we have scenes together, I can relax because I know he shows up ready to work, . He’s focused, he’s got everything. And he also likes to just explore and try new things, which I really commend him for.”
Banks recalled the first real emotional scene the two actors did together, which was also the first scene where he had to be crying on camera.
“It was a lot of pressure,” he said. “But I remember Adrian was like, ‘Hey, take your
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