Turnstr+ has released the official trailer for Forever, This Ring, the psychological thriller marking the debut film for the new streaming platform, ahead of its October 2 streaming launch. Directed by filmmaker and former record executive Chris Stokes, the film follows Maveric Collins (Taye Diggs), a wealthy entrepreneur and longtime playboy who vowed never to […]

Apple TV+’s comedy Protective Custody, starring and executive produced by Ben Stiller and Benicio Del Toro, has rounded out its cast with five additions: Shawntay Dalon (I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson), Isaac Stephen Montgomery (Lucky), Pej Vahdat (Bones), Judd Goodstein (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah), and Andrew Mayer […]

Black Girl Vitamins (BGV) has launched Kitchen Confessions, a new video podcast bringing Black women together for candid conversations about the health, wellness, and life experiences shaping their lives. The series is hosted by Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, a BGV brand partner and cast member of Married to Medicine, and brings together physicians, entrepreneurs, mothers, and […]

Tamera Mowry-Housley is joining ABC’s Scrubs for a guest role in the show’s upcoming second season. She’ll play Dr. Steffie, a pediatric doctor who tries to persuade intern Tosh (Ava Bunn) to choose pediatrics as her specialty. The casting news comes after ABC released the Season 2 trailer last week, which teases a major storyline: […]

Mekhi Phifer, Dermot Mulroney, Jena Malone, and Vannessa Vasquez are astronauts headed for a trip to outer space in Moon People, the indie feature directed by Stanley Yung. Written by Niko Foster, the film follows a team of astronauts who travel to the Moon to confirm the discovery of water, only to encounter unexpected danger […]

A new Sesame Street film is officially in the works at Netflix, part of the streamer’s continued push into preschool programming. The movie is currently in development from Sesame Workshop and Rideback, the production company run by Netflix film chairman Dan Lin. No plot details, cast, or release timeline have been disclosed yet. If it […]

Zazie Beetz has joined the cast of Discretion, the new Paramount+ legal drama, in a recurring role, adding to a growing ensemble as production continues. She joins previously announced leads Nicole Kidman, Stephan James, Elle Fanning, Josh Lucas, and Colton Ryan. The eight-episode legal thriller, adapted from bestselling author Chandler Baker’s short story of the […]

Viola Davis will receive the Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence at this year’s San Diego International Film Festival, adding another major honor to a career spanning film, television, and theater. Davis will be celebrated during the festival’s Night of the Stars Tribute on October 13 at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La […]

Zainab Johnson is bringing her second comedy hour to Netflix, and this one comes with a notable first: it’s the debut stand-up special from the Obamas’ Higher Ground. Toxically Optimistic premieres October 27. The special is built on a show Johnson first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, where it earned a Best Comedy Show nomination […]

Andra Day is set to lead the ensemble cast of Don’t Go Gentle, a contemporary social drama now in production in Toronto, marking writer-director Deborah Riley Draper’s move into narrative features. Day stars as Tanya Jenkins, an honorably discharged Army medic who refuses to let a wrongful conviction become the final word on her life, […]