queen latifah?'t calling you queen. >> reporter: it is interesting because the queen part is really bold. >> that's right. >> reporter: and latifah part is a softer hey, i care about you, i care about the world. >> absolutely. that's the story of my life. i think that's the wonderful thing about a woman. we can be strong, but then we can be soft and kind and sensitive. >> reporter: she's got a lot going on these days. she's working on new music, building apartments in a once abandoned block in newark and launching a program with proctor and gamble in the tribecca film festival, supporting two first-time female directors. it's called the queen collective. taking a lot of sun that shined on you and helping shine it on others. >> that's a beautiful way of putting that. shouldn't we do that in life generally? >> reporter: how did you get the idea? >> it's a perfect time to shift the culture and attitudes and we have been hearing a lot lately about women in hollywood and the inequality of women to men. a

>> enter queen latifah. she partnered with proctor & gamble and the tribeca film festival to accelerate gender and racial equality behind the camera through the queen collective, she's mentored these budding directors helping them with production, financing and distribution. >> why do you think so many filmmakers are not women? >> i think it's because of status quo. people are used to doing things the way they're used to doing them. change can be uncomfortable until the change happens. >> when women are calling the shots, she says, it changes everything. >> these women directors get to hire women dps, women grips, women who score, they get to hire women who operate cameras. to do a movie, it takes about 150 people. you're talking about 150 jobs. that could be 150 women in those 150 jobs. >> reporter: and for these two young directors, help from the queen has opened doors. >> now i can say i have a film on hulu. the last few months i've been working in a different way. i've been feeling more empowered. >> act

like in every department >> reporter: enter queen latifah.cter & gamble and the film festival to facilitate quill of color behind the camera she's mentoring these budding directors, helping them with production, financing and distribution >>> why do you think so many film makers are not women? >> i think it's because of status quo people are used to doing things the way they're used to doing them change can be uncomfortable until change happens >> reporter: when women are calling the shots, she says it changes everything >> these women directors get to hire women d.p.s they get to hire women grips they get to hire women who score. they get to hire women who operate cameras. to do a movie, it takes about 150 people so you're talking about 150 jobs that could be 150 women in those 150 jobs >> reporter: and for these two young directors, help from the queen has opened doors >> now i can say i have a film on hulu. the last few months i've been working in a different way i've been feeling more empowered. >> action. >> we'll remember and know those

. >> plus changing thetatus quo in hollywood how queen latifah is giving a boost to female film maimers >> "game of thrones" le up to the sky high expectations for the season finale?ts "early today" star right now >> good monday morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. many communities are facing an upgraded forecast high risk of severe weatafr today ter dangerous storms had alrghdy ripped throu the country tornadvio alley li up to its reputation with massive storm cells spawning dozens of tornadoes through america's ndart land a more could be on the way. at least two homes were destroyed in giranimo, oklahoma after a tornado ripped through the area a path of destruction left behind, thankfully no one was seriously hurt >> heavy rain and powerful winds hammered central texas national weather service reporting four tornadoes struck that state meanwhile overnight severe weather battered the northeast th possibltornado was caught on ram ra ove denver, pennsylvania >> let's turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins tracking it all for us a busy dangerous day for some. >> life-threatening

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queen latifah. who should take it? a lot of idris elba talk. >> i would go for him. >> those days as a bond girl, you miss those? >> they were fun times. >> yeah? >> once you are in a bond family, you are always in the family. like barbara broccoli. they still are my family. >> i want to talk about your instagram game for a moment because you just recently hit 5 million instagram followers. you are also one of the celebrities, maybe one of the few celebrities, your kids off limits for the most part on the gram. why is that? >> i just, you know, i fought hard to protect their privacy. i just want them to have their life and have it be theirs and not -- and also it's a safety issue. i don't want to plaster them all over the internet. that doesn't feel right for me, you know. and they are going to do that soon enough. that's going to be their life twh they grow up. and they will choose when that starts. >> halle berry, so enjoyed this. thank you for staying up all night for this. >> thank you. >> thank you, thank you, tha

queen latifah is the headliner this year.w from boston with a -- joins us now from boston with a special guest. janet: with the conductor himself. wow, that headliner, a superstar. not just music, but film. >> i have to tell you we are be excited. we talked to queen latifah and her people for a couple years about having her as a major headliner. she really wants to do it. we performed with her before. so enthusiastic about working with the boston pops. this time, getting together with every element that needed to happen and she is joining us. janet: even though she is a movie star and superstar, she is a talented musician across a genre of styles. keith: she has an amazingly wide talent. she is an incredible jazz singer. she seems like he would not believe. we all know she is a rapper. we have seen her in the movie "chicago." when she performed with us a couple years ago, she did a little rap, some great standards, and some awfully fun stuff. the most amazing thing is she is an incredible ball of energy on the stage. janet: t

superstar queen latifah is the headliner this year.feature arlo guthrie, and the 50th anniversary of woodstock. be sure to mark your calendars. alix steel, matt miller, janet wu will cohost. bloomberg tv, bloomberg radio, bloomberg.com, and boston globe.com. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. romaine: a bit of breaking news here. a brazilian cosmetics company best known for owning the body shop in the u.s. has agreed to by avon products. they say they have secured about 1.6 billion dollars in financing to pull off this deal. products, based out of london and primarily operates in latin america. this is separate from avon in north america. a big movearoline: after hours for elle brands, beating expectations when it comes to net sales. basically in line with where it was at this time last year. first-quarter earnings-per-share, down from the previous year but again ahead of expectations. victoria's secret not doing s

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queen latifah: it hasn't always been easy, has crowd: no! but you had the courage to venture into something powerful: education. never stop growing. >>> here at news 4 we focus on working for you. you hear us say that a lot. that's something echoed by our parent company comcast. putting it in it action for the annual comcast cares day. in prince george's county a whole team cleaning up for rowing green with pride even at seabrook elementary scoon in lanham and joining us, joe gill. appreciate you being with us early this morning. here's how it works. only you can hear me but you have three women alongside you who can share about the cleanup effort. start with you. walk us through what's going ont out thereay and what you anticipate. >> it's a beautiful day in prince george's county under the leadership of county executive angela brooks. we have over 2,200 50ople, 1 organizations and 25 schools participating in 150 cleanup sites, all over prince georges' county. it is a beautiful, exciting day. >> thank you, jo you have principal clairetta sp

because i was so shocked that you didn't ask queen latifah first. [ laughter ] or did you?jimmy: she's very busy ruling over her subjects. now we had a little cast party, a dinner party at my house last night, and ellie, you were unable to make it to the cast party. >> it is my nightmare that this subject would come up. i was unable to make it. i am so sorry. >> jimmy: tell them why. >> it's because i'm pregnant, and i felt sick. [cheers and applause] but seriously, i've been blaming the pregnancy on so many things, and this is one of them. i i'm so sorry i wasn't there. >> jimmy: oh, i'm so sorry, we'll have to let you go. we can't have that. >> bye, ellie. >> jimmy: please don't write about this on twitter. i was just kidding. last night was one of the most, i think funniest nights of my life, and largely because anthony, i mean, largely because we all got very drunk, but also because anthony, you were just, i mean, it was really a tour deforce. you are playing uncle henry or just henry, henry jefferson, brother of george jefferson, do you remember watching "the jefferson

. >> who is queen latifah -- >> incorrect. >> who is queen? >> incorrect. >> who is madonna?> 2018. ♪ always had high high hopes >> oh! >> we were looking for who is panic at the disco. >> you only get one. >> "jeopardy!" james understands me. >> all right, moving along. third question. category is, the first winner. answer, in 1903, maurice guerin was its first winner in 94 hours 33 minutes 14 seconds. it's a daily double. >> what is iron man? >> incorrect. >> 1903? what? i don't know. >> what if i say maurice. >> tour de france. >> that is correct, maggie rulli is coming for you, "jeopardy!" james. >> watch out, watch out! i got no hints or anything. >> moving right along. reminder to those of you playing with us at home, these are questions even "jeopardy!" james himself got wrong so don't feel too bad. question four, category is holidays and observances. answer, constitution day is september 17th. this related set is celebrated every december 15th. >> independence -- declaration of independence day, bill of rights day! bill of -- >> bill of rights is correct. >> really? >

he was also nominated for playing betsy smith's husband in the hbo biopic "betsy" alongside queen latifahather of one of the five new york city teenagers convicted in the 1989 attack of a jogger in central park for the upcoming series on netflix title "when they see us." >> they say you raped a woman in the park. >> wait a second. this is my son. >> i'm don't know what you're talking about. >> kevin says they did. >> who's kevin. >> michael k. williams, we're just thrilled to have you here. thank you so much. you play bobby mccray as we said. you're the father of antron. and what is so tragic about your character's story is he's the person who tells him to confess to something he did not do. >> yes. >> that had to be incredibly gut-wrenching as an actor to play. >> yes. it was gut-wrenching as an actor but more so as a parent. you know, i just don't -- i don't understand -- well, it's easy to sit back and say i don't understand how he could cothat. however, the circumstances, the lack of information ow hoff the system works or what was league, what was not accurate, that mixed with the fe