Russell Simmons to honor Will Smith at his new movie award show

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Just days before the Oscars, Russell Simmons is going to host the first-ever All Def Movie Awards, and it looks like Will Smith is going to receive their first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Simmons, Founder and Chairman of All Def Digital said of the award, “Will Smith has broken all barriers in music, film, theater and television. As a Grammy Award-winner, television star and the most accomplished and bankable film artist in the world, Will uses his powerful voice for social change. The All Def Movie Awards are enormously proud to honor Will Smith and his incredible body of work with our first Lifetime Achievement Award.”

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Activist Norman Lear is also going to be honored with the Vanguard Award for his work in entertainment fostering a dialogue on race relations.

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“As a writer, director, producer and author, Norman has been a true champion for people of color. He shined a light on the marginalized in our society and made us laugh. He wrote aspirational and inspirational roles for minorities. He gave us dignity with ‘Good Times.’ He gave the working class a voice in ‘Sanford and Son.’ And most important to me, with ‘The Jeffersons,’ he showed us that a black man could be rich and successful and do the unthinkable: he could curse at the white man while standing up for what he believes in,” Simmons said.