Tyler Perry and MPTF to get humanitarian award at Oscars

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Tyler Perry is using his personal experience with the COVID-19 vaccine to help raise awareness and open people's eyes.

Tyler Perry has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination, and he decided to use the experience, via a BET special, to help inform those who remain skeptical about taking the jab. In aCBS This Morning interview on Tuesday, the media mogul said he was asked by health officials to take the shots in order to encourage others who are wary.

Haley Bosselman authorIn today’s TV news roundup, BET sets a Tyler Perry special about the COVID-19 vaccine, and Netflix releases trailers for “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” and “Ginny & Georgia.”Peacock will premiere “Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here” on Feb. 18 with all six episodes dropping at once.

Tyler Perry received both doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and hopes to help reluctant skeptics form their own opinion about the vaccination.

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Tyler Perry wants everyone to get vaccinated for the coronavirus.

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Tyler Perry will be recognized yet again at a prestigious awards show.

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There may not be a Governors Awards this Oscar cycle, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is still intent on handing out honors to those who have given back to the community. This year, the Board of Governors will bestow the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to both Tyler Perry and the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF).

Tyler Perry will receive a significant honour at this year’s Academy Awards.

Eli Countryman The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced plans Thursday to honor filmmaker Tyler Perry and the Motion Picture Television Fund with Jean Hersholt Humanitarian awards at the 93rd annual Oscars.“There has been such widespread generosity in our industry that limiting the Hersholt Humanitarian Award to one recipient, this year in particular, was impossible.

Tyler Perry is going to receive a new award!

Also Read: Oscars International Race Breaks Record With 93 Entries“There has been such widespread generosity in our industry that limiting the Hersholt Humanitarian Award to one recipient, this year in particular, was impossible. So, we are breaking with tradition and giving two awards to honor that spirit,” Academy president David Rubin said in a statement.