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Tatyana Ali, Kim Fields, & Jasmine Guy to Star in Lifetime Holiday Movie
Aug 28, 2017 07:59 pm | HBR Media Team
Tatyana Ali (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Jasmine Guy (A Different World), and Kim Fields (Living Single) are set to star in upcoming Lifetime holiday film, Secret Santa (working title) alongside Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers), Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) and Brendan Fehr (Guardians of the Galaxy). According to the synopsis of the film, Christmas is Hillary Nash’s […]
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Janicza Bravo’s Feature Directorial Debut ‘Lemon’ Opens in NYC Theaters This Weekend
Aug 24, 2017 01:39 pm | HBR Media Team
Janicza Bravo’s feature film directorial debut Lemon, will be released in New York theaters on August 25th. The film made it’s debut at Sundance earlier this year and stars Brett Gelman alongside Nia Long, Judy Greer, Michael Cera, Shiri Appleby, Gillian Jacobs, Fred Melamed, Rhea Perlman, Jeff Garlin, Megan Mullally, Martin Starr, and more. Gelman also […]
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If you’ve seen shows like Survivor’s Remorse and BET’s The Game, or movies such as Creed and Ride Along, you’re familiar Dianne Ashford’s work. The self-made producer has generated a long and illustrious career in film and television and continues to aid in the success of blockbuster movies, award winning TV shows, and even experimental […]
OWN’s new docuseries Black Love by filmmakers Codie Elaine Oliver and Tommy Oliver, opened to 1.2 million total viewers making it OWN’s most-watched unscripted series debut in network history and its highest-rated unscripted series debut in more than four years in the demo! After the record breaking ratings, OWN stated that they ordered more episodes of […]
Robin Givens joined the cast of the ABC fairly tale drama Once Upon a Time. Givens, who currently costars on Riverdale, will star in at least one episode as Eudora, a loving mother to Tiana (Mekia Cox) and benevolent noblewoman. Formerly wealthy, now facing financial disaster, she handles the transition with grace and inner moral […]
Oprah Winfrey Network’s acclaimed original drama series, Queen Sugar , from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay returns with a two-night midseason premiere on Tuesday, October 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT and Wednesday, October 4 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The series regularly airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The series chronicles the lives and loves of […]
Insecure creator Issa Rae must have received thousands of emails and messages from fans after recreating Friends as part of Jay-Z’s “Moonlight” video. As a part of a campaign with New Yorker, she pitched an all-Black teen primetime soap, and we all here for it! “I would like to pitch you a new show about black teenagers. […]
Tia Mowry has officially joined the cast of the first season of CBS series Me, Myself & I. She will play Wendy, the wife of Darryl (Jaleel White). The series looks at the life of Alex Riley(Bobby Moynihan), an inventor and businessman, at three points in his life: as a 14-year-old who moves to Los Angeles […]
The new streaming network kweliTV, founded by DeShuna Spencer has announced it’s official launch! If you are unfamiliar with the platform, kweliTV is an interactive streaming platform that shares the African Diaspora experience through dope, undiscovered documentaries, films, web shows, children’s programming, news and more. They feature content from emerging black content creators that do […]
North London actor Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Downward Dog), has booked a series-regular role in Killing Eve, BBC America’s eight-episode dramatic thriller series written by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge. She will star opposite Sandra Oh. Killing Eve is based on the Villanelle novellas by Luke Jennings and centers on two women; Eve (Oh) is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade […]
Tony Award winner actress Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple – Broadway) has joined the cast of Drew Goddard’s upcoming 20th Century Fox thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. The film is set at a run-down hotel near California’s Lake Tahoe named the El Royale and revolves around a cast of characters whose own shady […]
Survivor’s Remorse star Erica Ash, is set to star in the upcoming Lions Gate film, Uncle Drew. The film revolves around a series of Pepsi commercials starring NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving, and Get Out‘s LilRel Howery. The official synopsis is below: After draining his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament […]
Canadian actress Mouna Traoré (Murdoch Mysteries) is set to star alongside Ellen Wong and Max Irons in the upcoming AT&T Audience Network 10-episode series titled Condor. The series is produced by MGM Television and Skydance TV. Inspired by Sydney Pollack’s 1975 political thriller Three Days of the Condor, and written by Jason Smilovic and Todd Katzberg, […]
Tatyana Ali (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Jasmine Guy (A Different World), and Kim Fields (Living Single) are set to star in upcoming Lifetime holiday film, Secret Santa (working title) alongside Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers), Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) and Brendan Fehr (Guardians of the Galaxy). According to the synopsis of the film, Christmas is Hillary Nash’s […]
BuzzFeed superstar Quinta Brunson has signed with leading talent agency ICM Partners. Brunson has literally done it all in the digital space in a fairly short time period. Her scripted a full season of her comedy series Broke was was picked up by YouTube Red and she was nominated for a Streamy Award this year […]
Satisfaction alumna Brittany S. Hall has been upped from a recurring role on the third season of HBO’s comedy series Ballers to a series regular in season 4. Hall will continue to play Amber, a woman from Ricky’s (John David Washington) past. Ballers revolves around the lifestyles and real-life problems of former and current football players. Dwyane Johnson stars […]
The 21st Annual Urbanworld Film Festival continues to represent a broad lens of diversity while expanding the definition of urban beyond ethnicity, and has officially announced its 2017 slate. The debut of the midseason premiere of Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar will debut at the festival, and will be followed by a conversation between Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen […]
Issa Rae (Insecure) is set to star alongside Amandla Stenberg in the film The Hate U Give, based on debut novel by Angela Thomas inspired by the Black Lives Matter Movement. Film rights have sold to Fox 2000, Temple Hill and State Street, and George Tillman Jr. (Notorious, Beauty Shop) will direct the film adaptation from a […]
Janicza Bravo’s feature film directorial debut Lemon, will be released in New York theaters on August 25th. The film made it’s debut at Sundance earlier this year and stars Brett Gelman alongside Nia Long, Judy Greer, Michael Cera, Shiri Appleby, Gillian Jacobs, Fred Melamed, Rhea Perlman, Jeff Garlin, Megan Mullally, Martin Starr, and more. Gelman also […]
Lynn Whitfield will be joining Sanaa Lathan in the upcoming Netflix comedy Nappily Ever After. In addition to Lathan, Whitfield will star alongside Ernie Hudson and the film will be directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour. The film is based on the book by Trisha R. Thomas, and Tina Chism drafted the script with rewrites from Lisa Loomer, Adam Brooks and most […]
Sanaa Lathan (Shots Fired) has been cast in the upcoming Netflix original film Nappily Ever After. Lathan will star alongside Ernie Hudson and the film will be directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour. The film is based on the book by Trisha R. Thomas, and Tina Chism drafted the script with rewrites from Lisa Loomer, Adam Brooks and most recently […]
It’s official, Girls Trip is the first live-action comedy of 2017 to reach the $100 million+ mark. Starring Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Regina Hall, the film crossed the $100 million mark at the domestic box office only after four weeks, and became Universal Pictures’ sixth film to reach that milestone this year, the first […]
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