News

It’s been nearly a month since Ananda Lewis, the celebrated media personality, model, and advocate, passed away after a years-long battle with breast cancer. Upon her passing, moving tributes from ...
As a Black female voice in media, Ananda Lewis’s impact broke many invisible barriers, challenging stereotypes and paving the way for the generation that followed.
Let us not be reductive in our memory of Ananda Lewis. Black women already endure more of this than we deserve.
Ananda Lewis was more than a media icon—she was a mirror, a mentor, and a movement. Black women reflect on her lasting impact ...
Ananda Lewis should still be alive. She had access. She had options. What she didn’t have was trust in the system that could ...
For anyone who grew up on after-school MTV, Ananda Lewis was the VJ with the easy laugh and serious interviewing chops. She jumped from BET’s Teen Summit to hosting Total Request Live, Hot Zone ...
“Ananda Lewis was really a media blueprint in so many ways— on-air correspondent, host, model, activist. She was the informed It Girl of her era. Such an inspiration.
Ananda's sister, Lakshmi Lewis, announced the sad news ... he has his own production company called Smith Global Media, ... Ananda looked back on Langston's initial reaction to her breast cancer ...
Ananda Lewis, a television icon from BET’s "Teen Summit" and MTV’s "TRL," dies at 52 after battling stage IV breast cancer. Fans and stars honor her legacy.
Ananda’s sister, Lakshmi Lewis, announced the sad news via Facebook, writing, “She’s free, and in His Heavenly arms.” Ananda went public with her stage III breast cancer battle in 2020 and ...
Ananda Lewis, former MTV VJ and TV host, died last week from breast cancer at age 52. After revealing in 2020 that she had been battling breast cancer for more than two years, Lewis announced she ...