Carpet: Oprah, Selena Gomez attend THR empowerment gala

Selena Gomez was among the stars who came out to The Hollywood Reporter's inaugural Empowerment in Entertainment Gala, where Oprah was honored Tuesday.

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Kumail Nanjiani gave introductory remarks from Milk Studios and talked about how entertainment should be inclusive enough so that people who are not just white and male "can make the kind of TV shows that all of the Chrises make."

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Don Lemon said he wants to make sure entertainment keeps pushing for progress, because he's worried that "inclusion and empowerment are in danger of becoming jargon."

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Alicia Keys presented the Empowerment in Entertainment Award to Oprah Winfrey. "When I was starting out, I would often think about how I wanted to walk in the world," Keys said. "I always wanted to walk like Oprah."

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Oprah, the honoree of the afternoon, celebrated the students who were tapped by the Young Executives Fellowship program. "Now is the time to make some things happen!" she said. Click through to see who else was at the Los Angeles luncheon on Tuesday.

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