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Rapper and actor, Coolio has passed away, late Wednesday afternoon (Sep 28, 2022) in Los Angeles. He was 59 years young. According to TMZ: Coolio’s longtime manager, Jarez, says Coolio went to the bathroom at his friend’s house, but when he didn’t come after a while … the friend kept calling for him, and eventually […]
Nicole Beharie is the latest to join The Morning Show season 3. She has been tapped to star as a new series lead opposite opposite Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. Jon Hamm was also recently cast as a series regular and Julianna Margulies will return to reprise her role introduced last season. The Morning Show […]
Phylicia Rashad is joining The Good Fight in a recurring role for the sixth and final season. Shahar Isaac, Erich Bergen, and Paul Scheer were also added to the cast. Isaac will recur while Bergen and Scheer are joining as guest stars. Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, John Slattery, Sarah Steele, Michael Boatman, Nyambi Nyambi, Charmaine […]
Moses Ingram is replacing Lupita Nyong’o in the upcoming series adaptation of Lady in the Lake for Apple. Nyong’o exited the series last month where she was supposed to co-lead opposite Natalie Portman. Y’Lan Noel, Mikey Madison, and Brett Gelman also star in the series, which is currently in production and is based on Laura […]
Denzel Washington is reuniting with his Man on Fire co-star Dakota Fanning, nearly 20 years since their hit action thriller was released, for The Equalizer 3. Washington is also re-teaming with longtime director collaborator, Antoine Fuqua who is returning to direct The Equalizer 3 for Sony Pictures. READ: 16 Remakes in the Works With no […]
Samuel L. Jackson will star alongside Chris Pratt in the upcoming live-action/animated Garfield film from Alcon Entertainment. Mark Dindal is directing and David Reynolds is penning the script which will be based on Jim Davis’ iconic cartoon strip of the same name. Reynolds and Dindal previously worked together on The Emperor’s New Groove. The classic […]
Sonja Sohn has been cast as the lead opposite previously announced Ramón Rodríguez in ABC’s upcoming drama pilot Will Trent, from 20th Television. Erika Christensen, Jake McLaughlin and Iantha Richardson also star. Liz Heldens and Dan Thomsen wrote Will Trent based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling book series of the same name. The potential series centers […]
The cast of Run The World season 2 just got bigger with Tika Sumpter, Chris Powell aka Comedian CP, Isha Blaaker, Cree Summer, and Ashley Blaine joining the Starz series. Sumpter, Powell, and Blaaker will recur on the series while Summer and Blaine will guest star. Created, written and executive produced by Leigh Davenport, Run […]
Denzel Washington has broken his silence and spoken publicly about the Will Smith/Chris Rock slap heard around the world. On Saturday, the Oscar-winning actor appeared with author and pastor T.D. Jakes as part of his International Leadership Summit. While discussing Washington’s career and faith, T. D. Jakes said, “You stepped in the middle of World […]
Jerrod Carmichael came out as gay in his newest HBO comedy special Rothaniel, which premiered on Friday, April 1st. During Carmichael’s funny, vulnerable and brilliant special, that was taped in February at the Blue Note Jazz Club in Manhattan, he opened up about how this secret has deeply affected his life. After telling a story […]