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Queen Latifah - TV
By Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist
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Queen Latifah
Cruses Into The 2014
Season
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| Queen Latifah |
She made the highest ratings debut among
new talk shows for the 2013-2014 season last year and held that position all
year and is now poised to repeat the same accomplishment with the renewal of
her second season for 2014. Of course we are talking none other than the ever
popular Queen Latifah and the “Queen Latifah Show.” Latifah serves as not only
the hostess but is also a co-executive producer through her Flavor Unit
Entertainment Company in partnership with Jada Pinkett Smith and her Overbrook
Productions Company and Sony Pictures Television Productions. The show is shot
on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, CA.
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| Famed Living Room Set |
Did Latifah share any of her personal life
victories with her audiences in the first season and how does she connect? She
pauses for a second to reflect then says, “There are so many triumphs. If could
be making it through a tough time in my life or making it through the loss of a
loved one. I think wherever I do connect with someone; where ever I feel like I
can relate to someone it can be talked about. I think I will share as it feels
natural and that’s the connection to people. I feel like we have more in common
then we tend to have differences. I also find the differences to be very
interesting.”
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| Interviewing Will Smith |
Latifah has a calm but stern demeanor that
keeps her pretty even keel in term of staying humble. Where does she dig to
maintain that? She laughs, “I work at it. I work at trying to stay humble
because it’s not like sometimes I don’t feel like saying man, I’m Queen
Latifah, really, do I have to do the dishes tonight? Why do I have to do
dishes? But then I think you should be lucky you have a dish to eat off of. As
soon as I start to get supped up about it then God hits me with some little
message. I have a lot of ways in which I try to stay humble. Number one, I’m
very close to my family and my friends and they keep me real and they keep it
real with me. They pat me on my back when I do a good job and smack my hand
when I do badly. But never the less they love me and that’s more important to
me than having a Hollywood career or having fame and making a lot of money. Having
their love and respect is more important to me.”
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Latifah also adds, “ And I’m human. I make
mistakes. I’m not perfect and knowing that it’s hard for me to get too arrogant
or too conceded especially knowing that I didn’t get here by myself. I’ve been
very blessed and had a lot of help along the way. I have people pray with me. I
don’t want to be a complainer. That’s one trait I don’t want to develop.” Where does Latifah see her show going this
sophomore season? “My personal goal for the show is to really make it a huge
hit – bottom line. I just want it to be something people look forward to
watching every single day. I want it to be must see TV. It has to be that kind
of show that you’ve got to see. As a host, I just want to be excellent at what I
do and I want to get better and better.” In addition to her hosting duties
Lafiah will continue to perform as well.
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