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Sheryl Lee Ralph! The star celebrated receiving another honor a little over a month after her momentous Emmy win. On Monday, the 65-year-old shared a post on Instagram from the King's House, where she was recognized with the Honorary Order of Jamaica for her «sterling contribution as an actress, cultural ambassador of Jamaica and for contribution to the international film industry.» According to the  Ralph was one of 143 notable Jamaicans that the ceremony honored, including five-time World Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, recording artist Agent Sasco, renowned jazz pianist Monty Alexander and others.«Well, it is now official! I am The Honourable Sheryl Lee Ralph OJ,» Ralph wrote in her caption. «Warrior Woman!»Ralph's  co-star, Lisa Ann Walter, congratulated her on the post, writing, «Absolute Legend.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is opening up about a “nasty” assault — and the upsetting response by the TV industry.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is claiming that she was sexually assaulted by a «famous TV judge.» The Abbott Elementary actress recalled the alleged incident during an appearance on the  podcast on Monday.«I'm at a very public place. I was suited. I had my suit on.

Clapback class is in session! Quinta Brunson swiftly shut down an Abbott Elementary critic who questioned the show’s take on charter schools.

The upcoming contract talks between the WGA and the AMPTP were evidently in the ether during the WGA Awards on Sunday.

Actress Keke Palmer has welcomed a baby boy with partner Darius Jackson. Sharing the exciting news to social media, the new mum posted a number of photos and video clips of her newborn son.

Quinta Brunson and continued their awards season success on Sunday with a big win at the 2023 SAG Awards!The cast of the ABC comedy won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, the first network comedy to do so since in 2013, and Brunson told ET's Denny Directo backstage that receiving the award from the Screen Actors Guild «just hits different.»«These are our peers, these are people who do the same work that we do as actors. For them to think that we're deserving of this award, it just hits different, it really does,» she noted.Brunson shared a sweet moment with husband Kevin Jay Anik after the win was announced, and the actress and producer couldn't help but gush about her hubby being the best «support system» during breakout success.«I mean, a partner during all of this, you can't buy that kind of support,» she gushed. «Someone willing to go through what it takes to make and be a part of, it's priceless.

beat out,, and to take home the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. The win is shared by the ABC sitcom's ensemble cast, including Quinta Brunson, William Stanford Davis, Janelle James, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, and Tyler James Williams.«What an honor to be honored by our peers in this way,» Brunson said while accepting the award. «I know for me, especially, this means a lot, because being a part of this ensemble means the world to me. I, unfortunately and fortunately spend a lot of time on three sides of this — producer and creator.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is loving every minute of awards season run! ET's Denny Directo caught up with the Emmy winner on the red carpet at the 2023 SAG Awards on Sunday, where she raved about the acclaimed ABC comedy's recent success at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards and more.«I know blessings, and that is one,» she shared of the acclaim.The cast earned two SAG nominations this year, one for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and one for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, for series creator and star Quinta Brunson.However, Ralph recently revealed that the show's success could have looked totally different. The actress shared that she originally wanted to play  self-obsessed principal, Ava — a role that ultimately went to Janelle James.«When I mentioned to Quinta, 'Give me a shot at the principal,' she said, 'Absolutely not.

Quinta Brunson stepped onto the 54th NAACP Image Awards red carpet already a winner. The creator and star of ABC's  earned two wins during the pre-awards festivities which precede Saturday's main ceremony, including Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television). «It means the world to me,» the actress told ET on the red carpet when asked how it feels to have the recently renewed show recognized by an awards ceremony honoring Black artists across television, music, literature and film.

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter are a dynamic duo made for television! The  stars stopped by for ET's «Spilling the E-Tea» to talk about their instant connection behind the scenes of ABC's hit comedy series, reflect on the show's wild rise to fame and spill the tea on what fans can expect in upcoming episodes.ABC announced last month that the workplace comedy is returning for a third season, just as the series is in full swing with season 2. Star and creator Quinta Brunson previously revealed that fans will see a new side of their favorite onscreen characters as the show ventures beyond the elementary school and into their personal lives, which is particularly reflected as viewers see more of the friendship between Barbara Howard (Ralph) and Melissa Schemmenti (Walter). According to the stars, the onscreen friendship isn't far off from their real-life relationship.«Honestly, I thought, 'This could be a friend for life,'» Walter shares when asked about her first impression of Ralph.

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter are a dynamic duo made for television! The  stars stopped by for ET's «Spilling the E-Tea» to talk about their instant connection behind the scenes of ABC's hit comedy series, reflect on the show's wild rise to fame and spill the tea on what fans can expect in upcoming episodes.ABC announced last month that the workplace comedy is returning for a third season, just as the series is in full swing with season 2. Star and creator Quinta Brunson previously revealed that fans will see a new side of their favorite onscreen characters as the show ventures beyond the elementary school and into their personal lives, which is particularly reflected as viewers see more of the friendship between Barbara Howard (Ralph) and Melissa Schemmenti (Walter). According to the stars, the onscreen friendship isn't far off from their real-life relationship.«Honestly, I thought, 'This could be a friend for life,'» Walter shares when asked about her first impression of Ralph.

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter are a dynamic duo made for television! The  stars stopped by ET to talk about their instant connection behind the scenes of ABC's hit comedy series, reflect on the show's wild rise to fame and spill the tea on what fans can expect in upcoming episodes.ABC announced last month that the workplace comedy is returning for a third season, just as the series is in full swing with season 2. Star and creator Quinta Brunson previously revealed that fans will see a new side of their favorite onscreen characters as the show ventures beyond the elementary school and into their personal lives, which is particularly reflected as viewers see more of the friendship between Barbara Howard (Ralph) and Melissa Schemmenti (Walter). According to the stars, the onscreen friendship isn't far off from their real-life relationship.«Honestly, I thought, 'This could be a friend for life,'» Walter shares when asked about her first impression of Ralph.

“If that’s a joke, I love it. If not, can’t wait to unpack that with you later,” said Ted Lasso, perhaps accidentally highlighting two varying differences of comedy – the darker dramedy side and the laugh out loud variety.

EXCLUSIVE: Quinta Brunson and Tyler James Williams will be lending their voices to the upcoming Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day Special.

Is there a televised award that means less to people in Hollywood than a Golden Globe? The People’s Choice Award, sure, but that at least has fan voting behind it. The “and I’m telling you I’m not going” award is the Critics Choice Awards which barely kept its deal with The CW to air the 2023 proceedings.

Are you ready for even more guild awards? This afternoon, after SAG and DGA had their say, the Writers Guild of America announced their 2023 nominations in television and non-film categories. And, unlike their peers, the WGA recognized some well-deserving programs that have gotten little awards love so far such as “Andor,” “Bad Sisters,” “Fleishman Is In Trouble” and “Julia.” Overall, “Better Call Saul” led all programs with three nominations.

AARP is out with the nominees for its 21st annual Movies for Grownups Awards for the best films, TV and filmmakers of 2022. Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans leads with the way with six noms, followed by fellow awards-season favorites Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Woman King are next with five each, and Tár and She Said with four apiece.

The movie honorees received their flowers last month and this morning, Film Independent revealed the highly anticipated television nominees for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Four programs took three nominations each: “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Severance” and “Station Eleven.” In the Best Scripted Series category, the latter three were joined by “The Porter” and “Pachinko” as “Abbott” did not make the cut.

It was a very good day for A24 as the mini-major dominated the film nominations announced for the 2022 Gotham Awards. In fact, the studio had two Best Feature nominees, “Aftersun” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” The other nominations in the top category are “TAR,” which landed five nominations overall, Sundance premiere “Dos Estaciones” and “The Cathedral” which debuted at the Venice Film Festival in 2021.

Quinta Brunson has some special surprises lined up for 's second season. ET's Deidre Behar spoke to the Emmy-winner at the  event Wednesday, where she talked season 2 and the guest stars set to make an appearance.«I think you can be excited about — some guest stars were announced, Leslie (Odom Jr.) Kayla (Monterroso Mejia), Lauren Weedman, who made her debut tonight, but there are also some other ones who people do not know about, and I am so excited for them,» Brunson shared.While Brunson couldn't say who those guest stars are, she did share that they are just as exciting as season 2's premiere episode cameo from Philadelphia Flyers mascot, Gritty.«I think they are people who are exciting to me, and obscure and odd and weird, and I can't wait for people to be surprised by them,» she teased.

Quinta Brunson promised a sensational guest star was making their debut during the season 2 premiere, and the Emmy winner didn't disappoint. The creator, writer and star of the ABC comedy told reporters during a live virtual panel at San Diego Comic-Con that viewers would be treated to a surprise cameo in the first episode of the season, vowing that «it's a really good one.» «It's someone we didn't think we'd be able to get,» Brunson teased. «It's one of the biggest stars in the world to me.

It’s been years since a network TV comedy took off like ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” a show that felt both familiar and fresh at the same time. Sure, it has a structure that recalls hit network shows like “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation,” but it also has rich characters that feel almost instantly like people we know, brought to life by an ace ensemble.

 kicks off its sophomore season on Wednesday, and no one is more excited for the new chapter more than the award-winning cast.ET caught up with star and creator Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Chris Perfetti, Lisa Ann Walter, William Stanford Davis and Sheryl Lee Ralph, to dive into what fans can expect in the upcoming season. According to the cast, season 2 goes deeper.Brunson previously revealed that fans will see a new side of their favorite onscreen characters as the show ventures beyond the elementary school and into their homes.

cast continues to prove they're top of the class! On Thursday, creator, writer and star Quinta Brunson melted fans' heart when she posted a photo of two handmade cards given to her by younger members of the ABC comedy series cast. «Congratulations Ms. Quinta B,» one card reads.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is glowing after her big win at the 2022 Emmy Awards!

is welcoming some new faces in season 2! Ahead of the premiere of its sophomore season, the network revealed that the Emmy-winning series is rolling out a best-in-class guest roster including Leslie Odom Jr., Lauren Weedman and Keyla Monterroso Mejia.Odom Jr. will put his numerous skills to work as Draemond, the owner of a string of charter schools in the area who pays a visit to Abbott.

winners and nominees from the 74th annual Emmy Awards quickly made their way to the high-profile after-parties to let loose. The casts of and had much to celebrate as they took home multiple wins, while other co-stars simply enjoyed being in one another's company. Reese Witherspoon and other stars gave ET exclusive details on the upcoming seasons of their hit shows, while Jimmy Kimmel exclusively spoke with ET about his viral on-stage moment during Quinta Brunson's acceptance speech. And the fashion extravaganza continued with some stunning outfit changes from the likes of Emmy winner Zendaya and others. Here's what went down at the evening's biggest after-parties.The Cast That Plays TogetherThe stars of made a night of it at the Netflix Emmys after-party. Lee Rodriguez (Fabiola Torres), Richa Moorjani (Kamala) and Christina Kartchner (Eve) were all spotted sitting on a couch chatting. They appeared to be very deep in conversation.

The 2022 Emmys may be over, but Us Weekly is just getting started! We’ve got exclusive details of what you didn’t see behind the scenes of TV’s biggest night, from cast reunions to fangirl moments.

Jimmy Kimmel has nothing but praise for Quinta Brunson after her big win at the 2022 Emmy Awards. Even if his comedy bit during the segment seemed to rub people the wrong way.Kimmel attended the Walt Disney Company Emmys After Party on Monday, and he spoke with ET's Matt Cohen about the star and creator's exciting win.«She is so unbelievably talented.

first-time winnerQuinta Brunson. But when the creator and star went onstage to collect her Emmy, she was met with a seemingly passed-out Jimmy Kimmel, who pretended to lie completely still during the entirety of her acceptance speech as part of a prolonged comedy bit. The moment spurred backlash after viewers voiced their unhappiness over his unwillingness to move.Presenting the Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series category during the Emmy telecast, Will Arnett dragged an immobile Kimmel onstage, joking that this is the «13th time in a row that he’s lost and he just got into the skinny margaritas back there.» After Arnett announced Brunson as the winner, she attempted to inform him that he could move now that she had collected the hardware, saying, «Jimmy, wake up.

Ariana DeBose was in the house, but the Emmys tonight were no Tony Awards

 took home the trophy for Outstanding Comedy Series during the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. The beloved Apple TV+ series beat out other major programs, including , ,  and .The category was presented by alum Pete Davidson, who had a brief reunion onstage with Jason Sudeikis, who accepted the honor on behalf of the show, the creative team and the cast.«Thank you so much to everyone who watches the show.

 took home the trophy for Outstanding Comedy Series during the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. The beloved Apple TV+ series beat out other major programs, including , ,  and .The category was presented by alum Pete Davidson, who had a brief reunion onstage with Jason Sudeikis, who accepted the honor on behalf of the show, the creative team and the cast.«Thank you so much to everyone who watches the show.

she became the second Black actress to win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, 35 years after Jackée Harry became the first to do so in 1987. Harry, who won the Emmy for playing Sandra on the NBC comedy series celebrated Ralph's Emmy win with a touching Instagram post where she detailed the  star's monumental moment. «Winning my Emmy was a career highlight, but it was also a lonely experience. For 35 years I’ve been the only black woman to win Outstanding Supporting Actresses in a Comedy Series.

co-star, Janelle James, as well as Alex Borstein (Hannah Einbinder (Kate McKinnon (and 's Sarah NilesJuno Temple andHannah Waddingham.Ralph serenaded the crowd while accepting her award — her first Primetime Emmy Award in a career spanning over five decades — onstage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles during the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. Singing Dianne Reeves' «Endangered Species,» Ralph delivered a statement with her song before motivating the audience with a beautiful speech filled with hope and gratitude.«To anyone that has ever, ever had a dream and though your dream, wasn't, wouldn't, couldn't, come true, I am here to tell you that is what believing looks like,» Ralph said, beginning her impassioned acceptance speech.