Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Shonda Rhimes is staying put. The superproducer and her Shondaland production banner, which she leads alongside producing partner Betsy Beers, have renewed their overall deal with Netflix for five more years, running through 2031. Rhimes has been based at Netflix since 2017, having originally moved from her longtime home at Disney. The new deal covers […]
Lauren London is joining the cast of Snoop, Universal Pictures’ upcoming biographical film about Snoop Dogg, set to portray his late mother Beverly Tate, also known as Beverly Broadus-Green, Deadline exclusively reported. London joins previously announced cast members Jonathan Daviss, who stars as Snoop Dogg, and Myles Bullock as Dr. Dre The film chronicles the […]
Dolly Parton, one of the most beloved and enduring figures in American music, died peacefully on Tuesday, August 25 in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old. No cause of death was given. Her nephew Bryan Seaver announced the news in a video posted to her official Instagram on behalf of the Parton family. Parton […]
Tony Award-winning actress Adrienne Warren is joining the cast of HBO’s The Gilded Age for its fourth season, which has been set to premiere Sunday, November 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and Max. The network has also dropped the first teaser trailer for the eight-episode season. Warren joins a new cast of arrivals […]
Anthony Boyle (House of Guinness) leads the cast of Charmer, a new eight-part drama series from Sky now in production, alongside Siena Kelly (Black Mirror), Sophie Wilde (Digger), and Vivian Oparah. The series follows Ryan (Boyle), a seducer-for-hire employed to test the fidelity of his wealthy clients’ partners among an ambitious group of thirty-something Londoners. […]
Michael Jai White is bringing his martial arts skills to the role of a detective caught in a deadly web of corruption in Drive Through Fire, an action thriller arriving on digital and on demand September 11. The official trailer is now available. White plays Tommy Poole, a homicide detective assigned to investigate a murder […]
Nearly 30 years after audiences first met him, Varnell Hill is back. Paramount+ has dropped the trailer for The Varnell Hill Show, the long-awaited Martin spinoff starring Tommy Davidson, premiering September 1 on the streamer. Set behind the scenes of Varnell’s long-running late-night talk show, the eight-episode comedy finds the larger-than-life host fighting to stay […]
Issa Rae is heading back to HBO. The network has ordered a pilot for an untitled half-hour comedy from the creator of Insecure, centering on male friendship and the high-stakes world of professional boxing in Las Vegas. Written and executive produced by Rae, the pilot follows Menzel, a 30-year-old barber, aspiring sports manager and professional […]
For nearly a decade, Birgundi Baker gave audiences Kiesha Williams, a character who evolved from an outspoken teenager into one of the most emotionally layered figures in The Chi’s history. Now, with the series finale behind her, Baker is stepping into a new chapter, and she’s doing it on her own terms. In this conversation […]
Erika Ringor and Martin Bats Bradford are the latest to join Supermax, David Gordon Green’s action thriller for Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax, which began production today in New South Wales, Australia. The film is led by Will Smith and AnnaSophia Robb as two FBI agents investigating a seemingly impossible murder within the walls of […]