LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viola Davis is set to portray Michelle Obama in a Showtime series under development about America’s first ladies. Davis also is an executive producer on the project, which Showtime said Monday will “peel back the curtain” on the lives of presidential spouses. The first season will focus on Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty […]
Actress Naturi Naughton is on a personal and professional high. The 35-year-old just stunned on the red carpet for the series finale premiere of her hit show, Power at Madison Square Garden. Also, Naughton, who is a 3LW alum, is currently writing and working on new music for her fans. On top of that, she became […]
After seven years, actress Racquel Bailey has finally received what she’s been praying for: a role in a Tyler Perry production. In 2012, Bailey used her last paycheck to purchase a billboard in Atlanta asking Tyler Perry to cast her in his next movie. The stunt did not garner Perry’s attention in the way that Bailey […]
As it relates to acting, Angela Bassett has remained among the top echelon in Hollywood for much of her career. The Oscar Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning actress was born August 16, 1958 in Harlem, New York. Bassett lived for a time in New York but spent her formative years in St. Petersburg, Fla., where […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cicely Tyson will join the cast as a series regular in Ava DuVernay’s new romance anthology series on OWN, “Cherish the Day.” The network said Tuesday that the 94-year-old legend will play Miss Luma Lee Langston, a star of stage and screen in decades past. She joins previously announced leads Xosha […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM7DcjFlK3M We’ve been watching Robin Givens for over 25 years on multiple television shows and movies. With each character, she embodies them as a true persona. In her latest endeavor, “Ambitions,” Givens plays Stephanie Lancaster, a hard working lawyer for her family’s firm that is married to the mayor of Atlanta. Her characters past love […]
Latifah, who was photographed as Ursula by Annie Leibovitz back in 2011, shared the news on social media.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — As a comedian, Tiffany Haddish sometimes says the darndest things. Now, she’s getting kids to do it, too. Haddish is host and executive producer of ABC’s “Kids Say the Darndest Things,” the latest revival of Art Linkletter’s comical interactions with children. When she was the same age as […]
UPDATE 8/5/19 5:34 EST BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke said Monday she is withholding judgment on the fate of “The Rookie” pending an investigation into co-star Afton Williamson’s claim that she endured sexual misconduct and racism during the show’s production. The actress posted online Sunday that she’s quitting the ABC […]
The film will be directed and co-written Kasi Lemmons, the Black woman behind Eve’s Bayou, Black Nativity and Talk to Me.
A delusional man tried to steal Halle Berry’s home from right under her nose. Ronald Eugene Griffin had been pursuing Berry’s home since the beginning of this year. TMZ reports that he was first seen trespassing on her property in January when her gardener caught him messing with her locks. Griffin returned in March with a […]
