Tatyana Ali and professional partner Jan Ravnik performed a Viennese waltz honoring the late James Avery during Dancing With the Stars’ Dedication Night, with fellow Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum Alfonso Ribeiro joining the routine partway through, Page Six reports. The performance earned a score of 32 out of 40. The routine was set to […]

Desmond Scott, a Houston-born chef known for making restaurant-caliber cooking feel achievable at home is bringing that philosophy to television. The Wrap reported that Scott has partnered with BET and Paramount to launch Let’s Get It Started, a 12-episode digital cooking series debuting November 3 across BET’s digital platforms, social media, and YouTube. The format […]

Kid Cudi announced on Instagram Wednesday that he’ll write, direct, and star in Jean, a film about the life of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, sharing a first look at himself in character. “For years people have asked me about playing Jean Michel Basquiat in a film,” Cudi wrote. “But no project actually came to be. This […]

BET has renewed ComicView: Rooftop Series for a second season, ordering 20 additional episodes of the revived stand-up franchise, which premiered in June. Chris “CP” Powell returns as host, with Season 2 featuring 60 comedians performing on a Hollywood rooftop, including veteran comics Affion Crockett, Cocoa Brown, Lavell Crawford, and Luenell alongside rising talent. ComicView […]

Seven women-focused film advocacy organizations have launched REEL BALANCE, a continent-wide initiative aimed at securing gender equity commitments from African film festivals. The project, initiated by The Ladima Foundation and the Durban FilmMart, officially launched October 10, with 19 festivals already signing on. Early research conducted by The Ladima Foundation across 12 African film festivals […]

The Golden Globes have denied Lionsgate’s bid to have its Michael Jackson biopic Michael compete in the comedy or musical category, Variety confirmed, with the news first reported by Gold Derby. The decision places the film, starring Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop, into the drama category, where it will compete for one of […]

Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black has kicked off production on Season 4 in Atlanta, Georgia, Netflix announced. The show joins a growing lineup of Netflix productions filmed in the city, including Perry’s Where There’s Smoke and Give Me Some Sugah, along with A Different World Season 1, Scooby-Doo: Origins, Stranger Things, His & Hers, and […]

Colorado filmmaker Nkosi Roma has completed Blue Check, his feature directorial debut, an independent black-and-white comedy-drama shot in just four days. The film stars Iman Shakur, Summer Marie Thomas, Jonathan Bynoe, and Mark Thomas. Blue Check follows a controversial online influencer, played by Shakur, who spends an awkward evening with old friends who knew him […]

Disney+ and Hulu have officially ordered a Glee reboot to series, confirming months of speculation after co-creator Ryan Murphy repeatedly discussed the show’s potential return while promoting FX’s The Shards. The original series ran for six seasons on Fox from 2009 to 2015, following the New Directions glee club at William McKinley High School in […]

Nicholas Christopher will take over the role of Bobby Darin in Broadway’s Just in Time beginning November 10, succeeding Matthew Morrison, who begins a three-week limited run October 20 following Jeremy Jordan’s final performance on October 18. Christopher’s casting makes him the third actor to play Darin in the production’s run so far. The show […]