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Shamea Morton Mwangi has officially earned her peach, but real “Rhoa” fans know the new housewife has always been a sweet addition to the crew.

After years as a friend of the show, notably the bestie of returning housewife Porsha Williams, Morton Mwangi has joined the cast as a full member.

The wife and mother of two boast a jam-packed career filled with acting and hosting, and we’re certain she’ll deliver just as much excitement in the show as she does in her career and personal life.

Here’s everything you need to know about Morton Mwangi.

What is Shamea Morton Mwangi’s occupation?

In addition to starring in the reality series, Morton Mwangi is a singer, actress and media personality. Some of her acting credits include “Drumline” and “The Pass.” She earned a dual degree in psychology and sociology from Georgia State University.

Is Shamea Morton Mwangi a mother?...

Quick Links The Early Career of Zoe Saldaña Zoe Saldaña's Work in 'Emilia Pérez' Has Earned Her Much-Deserved Praise Zoe Saldaña Is Currently Doing Some of Her Best Work as an Actress

At the age of 46-years-old, actress Zoe Saldaña seems to be finally getting her due as an actress. That's not to say that she isn't a household name, since she has appeared in some of the highest-grossing films of all time, and her career has spanned 25 years. This isn't an issue of not knowing who Saldaña is but more about the industry finally acknowledging her versatility as an actress thanks to her performance as Rita Mora Castro in Emilia Pérez, a film that recently earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Even though the film itself has been polarizing with audiences, even the naysayers of the film seem to agree that Saldaña gives...

The Costume Designers Guild has fashioned its 2025 Spotlight Award recipient. Emilia Pérez co-star and Lioness lead Zoe Saldaña will pick up her prize at the 27th annual CDG Awards hosted by Jackie Tohn on February 6 at The Ebell in Los Angeles.

The Spotlight Award celebrates an actor whose talent and career personify an enduring commitment to excellence, including a special appreciation of the importance of costume design. The guild notes that Saldaña is a fitting honoree in that she can inhabit a costume and make the character come alive no matter how elaborate or otherworldly — from Neytiri in the Avatar films to Gamora in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise and beyond.

She plays cartel lawyer Rita Mora Castro in Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez, which is riding huge awards-season buzz. Saldaña is nominated for Golden Globe, Critics Choices and other awards for the role. She...

Peacock has plenty of classic and Christmas films arriving in December 2024, from its extension with Hallmark+ for extended cuts of Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story and Three Wise Men and a Boy to the arrival of Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Stole Christmas and two versions of Miracle on 34th Street.

New animated adventures also await the whole family with films like Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken and Sing 2 when they arrive for streaming later on in the month.

Find the full list of what’s new on Peacock in December 2024 below:

Dec. 1

American Hangman Another Kind of Wedding Beethoven (‘92) Believe in Christmas+ Beverly Hills Wedding The Big Lebowski The Blessing Bracelet Bridal Wave Brown Sugar Catch Me If You Can The Change-Up Country At Heart Cut, Color, Murder Deep Impact Donkey’s Caroling Christmas-Tacular Dr. Seuss’ The Cat In The Hat Dream Moms Drumline East Side Sushi...

Peacock has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the streaming service in December. The Peacock December 2024 schedule includes The Day of the Jackal season finale, Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story, Laid, Paris & Nicole: The Encore, and Speak No Evil.

You can deck the halls with Peacock’s lineup of over 300 holiday titles and new Hallmark programming hitting streaming next day. Peacock also has an exclusive gift for fans of The Office when The Office Superfan Episodes: Season 8 arrives on December 12. Revisit the beloved comedy with extended laughs and never-before-seen antics from the Dunder Mifflin gang.

The streaming service a gift for Premier League fans as well. Following its successful launch during the 2024 Paris Olympics, Peacock’s Multiview feature will kick off for Premier League matches starting on December 4.

Speak No Evil December Highlights

December 3: Girls Gone Wild: The Untold...

The combined talents of Zoe Saldaa, Karla Sofa Gascn, and Selena Gomez lead Netflix's crime comedy musical Emilia Prez. Directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard, the genre-blending film delivers innovative music numbers and choreography infused with a gut-wrenching story about unfulfilled desire and regret. Emilia Prez won the Jury Prize and the Best Actress Ensemble award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere in May. The film is a loose adaptation of the 2018 novel coute by Boris Razon.

Emilia Prez is France's entry for Best International Feature at the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, which will be held on March 2, 2025. The film currently has a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 82% and an audience score of 79%. Emilia Prez's mostly favorable reviews have made it an early contender for Best Picture and has also generated Best Actress Oscar buzz for Gascn and Best Supporting Actress for Saldaa. The...

Zoe Saldana is opening up about her “really bad experience” on the set of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, right at the beginning of her career.

The 46-year-old actress chatted about her career during a Screen Talks conversation at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival on Saturday (October 12) in London, England.

Zoe has her big screen debut in 2000′s Center Stage and she also appeared in 2002′s Crossroads and Drumline. Her next major movie was 2003′s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, in which she played Anamaria, a pirate who to confront Jack Sparrow for stealing her ship.

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“It was a big Disney studio machine, big cast, people doing accents. I barely had my SAG card. I was learning as I was going. I hung out with the camera department, asking the Dp: ‘What are you doing?’ That became my school.

Notable for hosting The Masked Singer, back in 2020, Nick Cannon garnered major controversy following his alleged antisemitic remarks. Cannon, who is gearing up to host season 12 of the hit reality show, in which he competed as a contestant back in season 5, almost lost his job in the wake of his controversial remarks.

Nick Cannon | Credit: @nickcannon/Instagram

The comedian, who alleged that he made more than $20M for hosting the show, came close to losing it all after he was fired by ViacomCBS, which led to his brief departure from his breakout show, Wild ‘n Out.

Nick Cannon’s Career Took a Heavy Toll in the Wake of His Alleged Antisemitic Remarks Nick Cannon | Credit: The Masked Singer/Fox

Speaking to The Los Angeles Times, Nick Cannon claimed that he was scoring $20M for his job as the host of The Masked Singer, but the comedian didn’t elaborate if...

Quinta Brunson seemingly has a lot of pull in Hollywood, given that so many celebrities have made cameos or guest-starred in Abbott Elementary over the course of its three seasons. The ABC mockumentary sitcom, created by Brunson, follows the lives of the teachers at Willard R. Abbott Elementary School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abbott Elementary has arguably helped revive the mockumentary trope and has been a massive success for ABC. Its achievements can be attributed to its hilarious and talented cast (including the various A-list celebrity cameos and renowned guest stars).

A cameo in Abbott Elementary is when a celebrity plays themselves, and a guest star is a major actor in a small role in the sitcom.

The main cast of Abbott Elementary also includes impressive and noteworthy stars. Tyler James Williams is famous for his role as Chris Rock in the CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris; Lisa Ann Walter is...

Whether you’re looking for classic films, award-winning comedy series, or dating reality competitions, Hulu has something for everybody this August!

The streamer’s biggest premiere this month will be the fourth season of its Emmy Award-winning comedy “Only Murders In The Building,” starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. The trio of now-novice sleuths and true-crime podcast fans take on their most confusing case yet as they investigate the murder of Charles’ (Martin) stunt double and longtime friend Zazz (Jane Lynch). Keeping up the laughs, the streamer will also have the Season 5 premiere of the adult animated series “Solar Opposites,” in addition to new additions to its growing comedy collection with new and classic specials from Kumail Nanjiani, Wanda Sykes, Eddie Murphy, Nick Kroll, Lewis Black, Sasheer Zamata, and more.

August will also bring the streaming premiere of 20th Century Studios’ successful “Planet of the Apes” installment “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...

Hulu’s hit series Only Murders in the Building returns for its fourth season this month as the crime-solving trio takes a trip from New York City to Los Angeles to solve yet another murder. But just because they’re moving coasts, doesn’t mean that Oliver (Martin Short), Mabel (Selena Gomez), and Charles (Steve Martin) can escape the deaths that keep plaguing their apartment building.

We also get to see what happens to the Solar Opposites in the aftermath of the series-changing finale when the full fifth season of the series drops this August.

Here’s everything that’s coming to (and leaving) Hulu in August.

Hulu New Releases – August 2024

August 1

Billion Dollar Wreck: Complete Season 1

Buddy Valastro’s Cake Dynasty: Complete Season 1

Interrogation Cam: Complete Season 1

Naruto Shippuden (Dubbed) Eps#450 – 461

The Banger Sisters (2002)

The Beach (2000)

Because I Said So (2007)

Brothers Mcmullen (1995)

Casino (1995)

Drumline (2002)

Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)

Eragon...

If you’re like me, you spend a lot of August yelling “Summer is over!” to your nearest and dearest — and they don’t take kindly to that. Summer TV is in its twilight, while fall premieres loom on the horizon after the Emmy Awards on September 15.

But summer is not over, and there’s plenty of new titles to stream in the Disney bundle. Disney+ will premiere new Star Wars and “Winnie the Pooh” titles for kids, as well as the original series “Are You Sure?!” following BTS’s Jimin and Jung Kook. Hulu will become home to “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “The Woman King,” “Smile,” and more movie titles, as well as the home for FX series — this month: “The New York Times Presents: Lie to Fly: Documentary Premiere.” Hulu originals “Solar Opposites” returns on August 12, and “Reasonable Doubt” for its second season starting August...

Just over a week after J. Cole apologized for his Kendrick Lamar diss track, “7 Minute Drill,” Drake has come to the table with one of his own. Titled “Push Ups (Drop & Give Me 50),” the track first leaked online over the weekend. On Monday, Drake all but confirm it’s legitimacy by posting a meme video to Instagram featuring producer Metro Boomin superimposed into a scene from the movie Drumline, referencing a lyric from “Push Ups.”

Hip-hop’s latest feud all began with Drake and Cole’s 2023 hit “First Person Shooter,” which saw J. Cole declare that he, Drake, and Kendrick made up hip-hop’s so called “Big Three.” Lamar struck back with a surprise verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s song “Like That,” saying “Motherfuck the Big 3, n***a it’s just big me.” Cole responded with his own diss track, “7 Minute Drill,” but later apologized for its release...

Although the prospect of seeing another attempt at reworking the “Bad News Bears” formula within another sport may feel like it would be a complete failure, the film The Underdoggs, manages to remain somewhat likable and entertaining thanks in large part to a strong ensemble cast that seems aware of what types of film they are in and exactly what needs to be done to make it work.

The film follows the familiar trope of a washed-up ex-professional athlete Jaycen Jennings (Snoop Dogg) who, after hitting rock bottom, is afforded an opportunity to redeem himself through community service. Service which ultimately leads to a fulfilling character rebirth as that former self-indulgent, hard to get along with, and “lonely” player rediscovers what exactly drew him to the game in the first place.

Director Charles Stone III – perhaps best known for Drumline (2022) and Mr. 3000 (2004) – holds the film together well and paces it economically.

[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the Claim to Fame Season 2 finale.] Gabriel Cannon would like to clear up some things from Claim to Fame Season 2. We predicted early on that the boisterous character was related to Nick Cannon. And as revealed in the August 28 Claim to Fame finale, we were right! Gabriel, last name Cannon, is the younger brother of The Masked Singer judge, but no one in the cast had the chance to test the Cannon theory. Gabriel won Claim to Fame Season 2 when correctly guessing Monay was related to J.B. Smoove. Monay knocked Chris out of the game just moments before by (finally) correctly guessing his relative was Donny Osmond. TV Insider caught up with Gabriel to talk about his win, and we had to ask him about one lie he spun early on in the season that, for us, made it obvious his famous family member is the Drumline star. The clue in question ...

Stars: Cam Gigandet, Natalie Burn, Ser’Darius Blain, Jason Patric, Nicole Arlyn, Orlando Jones, Pancho Moler, D.Y. Sao | Written by Chad Law, Shane Dax Taylor | Directed by Timothy Woodward Jr.

As Til Death Do Us Part opens The Best Man sits in a pew working on his speech as upbeat music plays in the background. That’s followed by similar glimpses of other wedding party members prepping for the ceremony. A flashback to The Bride and Groom, nobody in this film has a name, on vacation serves to reinforce the happy image.

But Til Death Do Us Part isn’t a Hallmark Channel rom-com or Lifetime Channel thriller. Because when The Bride gets cold feet and bails on the wedding, we find out everyone involved in the ceremony is a highly skilled assassin. Now the stood-up Groom wants more than just his ring back, and their employer doesn’t take resignations well.

An exclusive clip from the upcoming action thriller Til Death Do Us Part teases what’s at stake when a bride finds herself doing battle with her ex-groom and seven angry killer groomsmen after bailing on her wedding. Coming courtesy of Cineverse, Til Death Do Us Part promises to bring audiences the same stylish violence and blood-soaked action as the likes of John Wick and Kill Bill as the movie seamlessly blends slick, kinetic thrills with a dark, twisted tale of revenge.

You can check out our exclusive clip from Til Death Do Us Part below, which combines the dark humor and vicious vibes of the film well.

From the creator of Final Destination, Til Death Do Us Part portrays the grim reality that not every romance story ends with happily ever after. After running away on her wedding day, a bride-to-be must fight for survival against her former fiancé and his seven deadly groomsmen.

Nick Cannon is spending some quality time with his kids.

The father of 12, who shares his pack of little ones with six women, went into playdate mode on Wednesday when he shared the first photos of his little ones with Bre Tiesi, Lanisha Cole and Alyssa Scott.

It appeared to be a dad-centric day as the babies’ moms didn’t seem present during the excitingly busy day.

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“A Legendary Halo Experience!” wrote the 42-year-old “Masked Singer” host with a photo of Tiesi’s 1-year-old son, Legendary, and Scott’s 7-month-old daughter, Halo.

The series of snaps also included a snuggle photo of Halo and Cole’s 9-month-old daughter, Onyx, gulping bottles while closely held in his arms.

“So dope to see my daughters playing together in our nursery,” the “Wild ‘N Out” host expressed. “Halo...

TBS is revisiting Dinner and a Movie, its classic cooking and entertainment show that ran for 16 years on the network.

TBS is reviving the show, in which two celebrity hosts show a movie and prepare a dish related to the film. Kathleen Finch, Chairman and Chief Content Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. Networks Group, announced the remake Wednesday during the company’s Upfront presentation in NYC.

There are few details, but the remake will again feature celebrities watching and commenting on movies and making a dish that is somehow thematically connected to the film.

The original Dinner and a Movie aired on TBS from 1995-2011. Each episode included a movie and the preparation of a creative dinner to go with its theme. One previous episode featured the film Drumline with a recipe titled “The Beets Go On”, a reference to the Sonny & Cher single “The Beat Goes...

If Nick Cannon’s new game show “Who’s Having My Baby?” sounds more like a sketch than an actual TV show… that’s because you’re right. No, there won’t be a TV show called “Who’s Having My Baby?” because, well, what would that show even look like anyway?

Instead, the idea for “Who’s Having My Baby?” is actually a gag, orchestrated by comedian Kevin Hart, as a sketch for an upcoming, not-yet-announced project. According to insiders, all will be revealed as soon as tomorrow, as Hart continues to expand his empire with another comedy franchise inside the NBCUniversal universe.

That doesn’t mean Hart and Cannon aren’t having some fun first with the confusion over the faux TV series. Cannon went on Twitter Tuesday to claim he would be starring in E! Entertainment’s “Who’s Having My Baby?” and even shared a teaser.

A new season of “The Boys,” the latest “Bond” movie and the entire “Twilight” franchise are among the new streaming additions to Amazon Prime Video in June. The highly anticipated “The Boys” Season 3 is set to premiere on June 3 with the first three episodes of the season, followed by one new episode weekly.

The Jenny Han adaptation “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” a new YA series, premieres on June 17. And Daniel Craig’s final James Bond movie “No Time to Die” makes its streaming debut on Prime Video on June 10.

As far as noteworthy library titles go, this is also your new streaming home for the “Twilight” franchise, while “Shaun of the Dead,” “Galaxy Quest” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox” will all be streaming starting June 1.

We’ve also included a complete list of what’s new on Freevee – formerly known as IMDbTV – in June, which will be hosting the entire...

Prime Video’s list of new releases for June 2022 features the one superhero show this season you’re not gonna want to miss.

That’s right: The Boys are (almost) back in town. The Boys season 3 premieres its first three episodes on June 3 and its cast and crew have promised spectacle beyond your wildest dreams. How will Homelander adapt to life after Stormfront? We’ll get to find out soon.

Read more TV The Boys: How Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy “Shakes Things Up” in Season 3 By Alec Bojalad TV The Boys Season 3 Trailer: There’s Something Wrong With Homelander By Alec Bojalad

Aside from that one very big hit, it’s a relatively light month for Prime Video originals of note. June 17 sees the arrival of two light and breezy summer projects. The Summer I Turned Pretty is a movie adapted from a trio of beloved YA novels. Meanwhile The Lake...

Exclusive: Chloe Bailey (Grown-ish) has signed on to star in the upcoming film Praise This, which Tina Gordon (Little) is directing for Universal Pictures.

Praise This is a music-competition feature comedy set in the world of youth choirs. We hear that Universal is eyeing it for a potential franchise in the vein of Pitch Perfect, with production on the first installment set to kick off in Atlanta in June. Gordon penned the latest draft of the script, which was based off an original idea by The Story Company. Earlier drafts were written by Camilla Blackett and Brandon Broussard, Hudson Obayuwana and Jana Savage—the trio otherwise known as Murder Ink.

The film falls under Will Packer Productions’ first-look deal with Universal, which has produced such hits as Night School, Girls Trip, the Ride Along films and Little. Wpp’s founder and CEO Will Packer will produce alongside The Story Company’s co-founder and CEO Tim Story, with Wpp EVP Johanna Byer exec producing. Executive Vice President of Production Erik Baiers and Director of Production Development Tony Ducret will oversee the project on behalf of Universal.

Bailey is an actress, singer-songwriter and record producer who rose to fame as a member of the Grammy-nominated sister duo Chloe x Halle, which was signed to Beyoncés Parkwood Entertainment Company after catching the attention of the musical icon. The multi-hyphenate most recently starred alongside Yara Shahidi on Freeform’s hit show Grown-ish, last year releasing her debut solo single, “Have Mercy.” She will next be seen in Miramax’s supernatural thriller The Georgetown Project, with Russell Crowe and Ryan Simpkins.

In addition to Little, starring Regina Hall, Issa Rae and Marsai Martin, Gordon previously wrote and directed the 2013 romantic comedy Peeples for Lionsgate. Her credits as a screenwriter also include Drumline and What Men Want.

Bailey is represented by CAA, Parkwood Entertainment and Schure Media Group; Gordon by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham; Blackett by UTA, Independent Talent Group and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; and Murder Ink by APA and Joel VanderKloot of VanderKloot Law.

Zoe Saldaña revealed in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly that her former management team “discouraged” her from using her real name once she landed her first major acting role in the 2000 teen drama “Center Stage.” The actor stressed that her team was not trying to be malicious at the time. Saldaña starred in the Nicholas Hytner-directed drama as Eva Rodriguez, a smart aleck dancer from Boston. The “Center Stage” ensemble cast also included Amanda Schull, Susan May Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Donna Murphy and Ethan Stiefel.

“When I did [2000 film] ‘Center Stage,’ I remember being discouraged by my management at that time to use my name,” Saldaña said, “but their intention was never for me to stop being who I was. They celebrated who I was. But my manager at the time was a former singer and a ballroom performer, and she did change her name as well, when she...

Zoe Saldaña revealed that her stage name could have been very different, thanks to being “discouraged” by her former manager to use her real moniker.

The “Guardians of the Galaxy” star told Entertainment Weekly’s Bold School that early in her career, she was told to change her name.

“When I did [2000 film] ‘Center Stage,’ I remember being discouraged by my management at that time to use my name,” Saldaña said, before adding, “but their intention was never for me to stop being who I was. They celebrated who I was.”

Saldaña continued, “But my manager at the time was a former singer and a ballroom performer, and she did change her name as well, when she was a teenager back in the ’60s, I believe. And she said it’s what everybody does. That was her doing the best that she wanted for me, but I still knew that I liked my name.

Exclusive: Quentin Plair (The Good Lord Bird) is set to recur opposite Kumail Nanjiani and Nicola Peltz (Transformers: Age of Extinction) will guest star in Hulu limited series Immigrant (working title), from Pam & Tommy creator Robert Siegel. Additionally, WandaVision and The Great director/executive producer Matt Shakman has joined as director and executive producer. He replaces originally announced Ramin Bahrani ahead of the series’ start of production.

Written and executive produced by Siegel, Immigrant (wt) is the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Nanjiani), the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales. The series will detail the insane, darkly comedic, crime-ridden story behind the unique male revue that became a cultural phenomenon.

Plair will play Otis, the sole black dancer at Chippendales’ LA outpost until a dramatic falling-out with its owner Steve Banerjee (Nanjiani) over the club’s questionable admission policies regarding race.

Peltz will portray Dorothy Stratten. Both sexy and wholesome,...

No good deed goes unpunished in this Summer's cinematic heist vehicle, The Misfits, which will see one time James Bond actor, Pierce Brosnan, staring as a suave and uncatchable criminal, and leading a team of misfit con-artists in a heist for the ages. Like most films premiering in 2021, The Misfits will receive a double release, premiering in theatres on June 11th, and on Digital and On Demand June 15th.

Directed by Renny Harlin, The Misfits will focus on a group of international con artist who recruit Brosnan's Richard Pace, a suave and seemingly uncatchable criminal, in order to pull off what will surely be the score of a lifetime. This won't be just any ordinary bank job however, and Pace soon learns that in order to steal over one million dollars in gold, he and his new team will have to infiltrate a Middle-Eastern maximum security prison and extract their...

Guest host Niecy Nash dropped a bombshell on “The Masked Singer” Wednesday night when she announced that she alone would decide which singer in the Group B finals would be unmasked. Shocking panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger, Niecy eliminated the latest wild card contestant, the Bulldog. When the gold-covered pup pulled off his mask, he revealed himself to be none other than comedian, rapper and host with the most, Nick Cannon!

“I dedicated my whole performance to you and you’re gonna kick me off?” Nick joked during his unmasked interview with his temporary replacement. “Niecy, first and foremost, let me say I dedicated my performance to you because you truly are a queen. And you stepping in for me during my sickness and during a hard time for me, and being able to watch you do your thing amazingly and shine here. I truly do thank you.

In the world of disability representation, girls of color are rare to see, but the Disney Channel could be giving them greater visibility. In a piece originally dropped via Deadline, Disney is working on a pilot for the children’s series, “Saturdays,” a single-camera series about a girl and her interest in competitive roller-skating.

The series is being produced by Marsai Martin, of “Black-ish” fame, and her Genius Entertainment company, as well as writer and executive producer Norman Vance, Jr. with Charles Stone III, helmer of “Drumline” directing. Actress Danielle Jalade, who you can see on Netflix’s new family feature “Yes Day,” will play Paris Johnson, who loves to roller-skate but is battling sickle cell anemia.

“Saturdays” will also star Omar Gooding and Golden Brooks as Paris’ parents, with Jermaine Harris as her older brother, London. Daria Johns and Samantha Smith have been tapped to play Paris’ best friends and skating partners,...

Bradley Gibson, who currently recurs as Everett on the Starz series Power Book II: Ghost is set to join the forthcoming reboot of Kung Fu at the CW in a recurring role.

Gibson will play the character of Joe Harper in Kung Fu. He is described as a man in his 20s who is a graphic artist and community organizer in Oakland. Joe is “funny, sexy, hip — deeply serious about his work and his activism, but equally committed to the joys of life: friendship, art, love.”

Heis a social butterfly, having a foot in many of the San Francisco Bay Area’s communities including gay San Francisco, bohemian San Francisco, the Black community of Oakland — which is where he grew up. Joe is an idealist, but he’s profoundly realistic about the many obstacles to deep, systemic change. However, he can’t keep his guard up about is love. He...

Controversial Nick Cannon is continuing his comeback, returning to morning hosting on radio station Kpwr, better known as Power 106, a Meruelo Media outlet in Los Angeles.

The Top 40/rhythmic station sidelined Cannon in July 2020 after he made anti-Semitic comments on a podcast. He will also continue on the Skyview Networks syndicated show Nick Cannon Radio.

Cannon got into hot water last summer when remarks he made on the podcast Cannon’s Class surfaced. His guest on the June 30, 2020 show was Richard Griffin, aka Professor Griff, who is known for his own history of controversial remarks, which once led him to be dropped by the rap group Public Enemy.

In the course of their conversation, Cannon said that it was a shame that Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam minister, was silenced on Facebook. Cannon claimed it was an example Jewish power that was turning that community into Illuminati, the Zionists,...

February brings the release of two Warner Bros. theatricals premiering in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day. Debuting on February 12, Judas and the Black Messiah tells the story of Bill O'Neal (Lakeith Stanfield), who infiltrates the Black Panthers per FBI Agent Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) and J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen). As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary (Dominique Fishback) en route, a battle wages for O'Neal's soul.

Tom & Jerry, which premieres on February 26, reignites one of the most beloved rivalries in history when Jerry moves into New York City's finest hotel on the eve of "the wedding of the century," forcing the event's desperate planner to hire Tom to get rid of him.

Both films will be available on HBO Max for 31 days from their respective theatrical releases in the U.S. included at no additional cost to subscribers.

When it released Wonder Woman 1984 to its HBO Max servers in December, WarnerMedia made it abundantly clear that it was ready for a new era of movie distribution. Now, in its list of new releases for February 2021, Warner is attempting another grand experiment for HBO Max.

Judas and the Black Messiah premieres on HBO Max this Feb. 12 and is by every indication the kind of film that awards shows go gaga over. Both Daniel Kaluuya and and Lakeith Stanfield look to be at the top of their respective games in this story about Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and the FBI that wants to take him down. Will this have the same rhetorical oomph on the small screen? Guess we’ll find out!

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Leonard Roberts is best known for his roles in the movie “Drumline,” and on the television shows “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “American Crime Story,” “Major Crimes” — and for his performance as D.L. Hawkins on the first season of NBC’s “Heroes.” While the fantasy show debuted in 2006 to immediate blockbuster status, making overnight sensations of many of its stars — including Zachary Quinto, Masi Oka, Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere — Roberts’ time on the show was far more troubled. As he details in his account below, he experienced immediate friction with his main co-star Ali Larter — and perceived indifference from creator and showrunner Tim Kring — that led him to feel singled out as a Black actor, a feeling that only grew more intense after he was fired from the show after its first season.

Variety corroborated Roberts’ account with 10 people who either worked on “Heroes” at the time or were...

Sophia Chang’s career is nothing, if not colorful. The Korean Canadian storyteller, screenwriter and author has a pilot in the works at FX for her original dramedy, tentatively titled “The Baddest Bitch in the Room,” Variety has learned exclusively. The show is named after her memoir, which hits bookshelves on Tuesday and chronicles her life growing up with immigrant parents, working as manager of the Wu-Tang Clan, marrying a Shaolin monk and becoming “the first Asian woman in hip hop.”

And in the same way Chang has pursued her dreams, she wants to empower other women of color to do so, as well. On Monday, Chang announced the launch of Unlock Her Potential, a mentorship program for women of color who want to break into the entertainment industry and beyond.

The idea for the program came to Chang when she was delivering a lecture at Columbia University. A Black woman stood up,...

If you’re looking to expand your home video library and catch up on some movies during these trying times, Disney just gave your bank account a little breathing room. The Mouse House is offering a number of promotions as part of an on-going flash sale which begins this week. Many of their movies will be available for digital purchase for $4.99. In addition, the films are broken up into categories and each one will have its own sales period.

The first category, called “Feel Good Movies,” started on April 14th and features a mixture of musical and romantic comedies including Bohemian Rhapsody and Pretty Woman. This selection of films, which you can see in full below, is available until April 20th, when the next group begins.

You might be asking yourself, why would I want to pay $5 for these movies when I can just subscribe to Disney Plus for the...

The Walt Disney Studios announced today that movie lovers will be able to purchase a selection of their favorite films on digital at a special price in the U.S. Disney will offer select films starting at $4.99 for a limited time on digital platforms in the U.S. Organized into thematic collections, new films will become available each week throughout April and May and include something for everyone.

Feel Good Movies

Disney movies available for digital purchase April 14-20Starting at $4.99 each in HD/Uhd&#8226 Bohemian Rhapsody&#8226 The Greatest Showman&#8226 Napoleon Dynamite&#8226 The Devil Wears Prada&#8226 There's Something About Mary&#8226 Never Been Kissed&#8226 Pretty Woman&#8226 The Proposal (2009)&#8226 The Sound of Music&#8226 Under the Tuscan Sun&#8226 27 Dresses&#8226 Little Miss Sunshine&#8226 The Joy Luck Club&#8226 An Affair to Remember&#8226 Beaches

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April 21-27Starting at $4.99 each in HD/Uhd&#8226 African Cats&#8226 Bears&#8226 Born In China&#8226 Chimpanzee&#8226 Earth&#8226 Expedition China...

Charles Gregory, an Emmy-nominated hairstylist who frequently collaborated with Tyler Perry on his films and TV shows, died of complications from Covid-19 on Wednesday.

Gregory shared on social media two weeks earlier that he had tested positive for the virus and was moved into the hospital. His death was mourned by filmmakers like Tyler Perry, Ava DuVernay and Lee Daniels, with whom he was most recently working on Daniels’ film “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday.”

“He was a Brilliant hairstylist and did his Magic,” Daniels said in an Instagram post. “Whenever l complained about anyone’s hair he’d say ‘lemme just slap some grease on it.. it’ll be ok.’ And it was!!! The virus took him today. Please say a prayer for this wonderful man and his family.”

“Mr. Charles Gregory was a hairstylist that had worked with us for many years. The man was warm, loving and hilarious,...

Ava DuVernay, Tyler Perry, Viola Davis, Lee Daniels and many more industry luminaries today paid tribute to Charles Gregory Ross after the Emmy-nominated hairstylist lost his battle with the coronavirus yesterday.

“God bless you and keep you in His Kingdom forever,” DuVernay said of Ross, who she most recently worked with on her HBO Max Dmz pilot earlier this year. “You lit up every room you entered and every path you crossed. Thank you for your warmth and your wisdom and your wonderful spirit. Please watch over us and keep loving us. We will keep loving you and will never forget you. Your memory will be our blessing.”

As America and most of the world are in lockdown against the global pandemic,...

HBO Max will release the feature film “Bobbie Sue,” starring Gina Rodriguez when the service launches, the streamer announced on Tuesday.

The film will be produced by Donald De Line and directed by “Drumline” and “Uncle Drew” filmmaker Charles Stone III.

Golden Globe-winner Rodriguez will star as Bobbie Sue, who after being raised among four rowdy brothers in a blue-collar neighborhood, is a scrappy, headstrong young lawyer who lands a career-making case with an upper-crust law firm. She comes to realize, however, that she’s been hired for optics and not her expertise. But after discovering her powerful client, a lifelong idol of hers, is trying to cover up exploiting workers within her company, Bobbie decides to take both her and the law firm on, caution and etiquette be damned.

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At today’s WarnerMedia Day, HBO Max head of original content Sarah Aubrey announced that Jane the Virgin star and Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez will star in the HBO Max feature film Bobbie Sue from Ready Player One producer Donald De Line and Drumline director Charles Stone III.

“Giving a project like Bobbie Sue the reach and accessibility that HBO Max provides is what every filmmaker is looking for right now,” said De Line. “Gina Rodriguez and Charles Stone III both have an incredible talent for bringing rich characters, timely stories and authentic worlds to life.”

Pic will follow Bobbie Sue, who after being raised among four rowdy brothers in a blue-collar neighborhood, is a scrappy, headstrong young lawyer who lands a career-making case with an upper crust law firm, only to realize she’s been hired for optics and not her expertise. But after discovering her powerful client,...

HBO Max is set release the long-gestating Warner Bros. feature film Bobbie Sue.

The project, which has been with the studio since 2008, will star Gina Rodriguez and be directed by Drumline filmmaker Charles Stone III.

In the movie, Rodriguez will play Bobbie Sue, who, after being raised among four rowdy brothers in a blue-collar neighborhood, is a scrappy, headstrong young lawyer that lands a career-making case with an upper-crust law firm, only to realize she’s been hired for optics and not her expertise. But after discovering that her powerful client, a lifelong idol of hers, is trying to cover ...

HBO Max is set release the long-gestating Warner Bros. feature film Bobbie Sue.

The project, which has been with the studio since 2008, will star Gina Rodriguez and be directed by Drumline filmmaker Charles Stone III.

In the movie, Rodriguez will play Bobbie Sue, who, after being raised among four rowdy brothers in a blue-collar neighborhood, is a scrappy, headstrong young lawyer that lands a career-making case with an upper-crust law firm, only to realize she’s been hired for optics and not her expertise. But after discovering that her powerful client, a lifelong idol of hers, is trying to cover ...

Chance the Rapper claims he’s a huge “Drumline” fan and now he’s putting his knowledge to the test. Related: Lazlo Holmes, Definitely Not Chance The Rapper, Interviews Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews The artist appears on the new episode of Billboard‘s web series “Quizzed”, with the film’s star Nick Cannon asking Chance the questions. Chance begins...

The time has come for Hulu to release its list of everything coming and going in the month of August.

This will come in handy after the “Bachelorette” season finale in late July leaves us in desperate need of something else to watch.

In August, a new episode of Hulu’s horror anthology “Into The Dark” arrives, in which a group of social outcasts who are stuck in weekend detention are confronted by the school’s legendary hauntings.

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Other Hulu originals include: “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” in which a filmmaker profiles a dying magician on his final tour, but the lines between reality and magic begin to blur; Season 2 of “Find Me in Paris,” and “Jawline,” a Hulu original documentary that follows 16-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the live-broadcast ecosystem...

As fall approaches, Hulu is revamping its collection with a slew of new titles. Take a trip down memory lane with “The Brady Bunch Movie” and “The Color Purple” or complement your “Spider-Man: Far From Home” viewing with some nostalgia by watching “Spider-Man 3” with Tobey Maguire. Those with the HBO premium add-on will also be able to watch new series “A Black Lady Sketch Show” as it airs.

Additionally, Hulu subscribers can look forward to more original content next month. “Jawline,” a Hulu original documentary showcasing the lifestyles of aspiring social media influencers, will be released Aug. 23 and Season 2 of new fantasy series “Find Me in Paris” will be released Aug. 16.

See the full list below.

Aug. 1

A Very Brady Sequel

A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day

Alien vs. Predator

American Heart

Baby Boom

Big Fish

The Brady Bunch Movie

Bulletproof Monk

Cats & Dogs

Chinese Box

The Color Purple...

The big boss gets a small dose of karma when Little, an inventive new twist on the “body swap” comedy, arrives on Digital June 25 and Blu-ray July 9. The irreverent comedy about the price of success, the power of sisterhood and having a second chance to grow up – and glow up – right stars Regina Hall (Girls Trip),Marsai Martin (“Black-ish”) and Issa Rae (“Insecure”).

Now you can win the Win the Blu-ray of Little. We Are Movie Geeks has three copies to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment below telling us what your favorite movie with the word ‘Little’ in the title is. (mine’s Big Trouble In Little China). It’s so easy!

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The latest batch of new members invited to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences continues a tradition from the last few years, with many more nonwhite members and the first ever gender-equal invite list.

This year the Academy invited 842 members into their ranks. Exactly half were women, and 29% were people of color. It puts the Academy on pace to meet its 2020 diversity goals, if not surpass them. The number of nonwhite members has already doubled in the last three years, and the number of female members could double by next year.

But to do that, the Academy invited…Nick Cannon? We love “The Masked Singer” and “Drumline” as much as the next guy, but we definitely did not see that one coming. And the Academy even went all-in on Marvel, inviting Spider-Man himself, Tom Holland, as well as “Black Panther” breakouts Letitia Wright and Winston Duke, who could...

The Black Keys, Let’s Rock” ****

The Raconteurs, Help Us Stranger ****

If rock is dead, that memo did not reach Nashville, where these albums were recorded. And Detroit – the Raconteurs’ real home, where singer-guitarists Jack White and Brendan Benson each grew up in the local garage-punk ruckus – has always ignored that message. “I’ve been riding this thing out since I was eight years old,” Benson sings on Help Us Stranger, in “Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying),” which starts in Seventies-arena-ballad distress but jumps to a thumping, electric...

“Little” director Tina Gordon is reuniting with Universal Pictures and Will Packer Productions for “Praise This,” a musical drama centered around the world of youth choirs.

Gordon will write and direct the movie, based on an original idea by Tim Story’s the Story Company. An earlier draft of the script was penned by Camilla Blackett, Jana Savage, Brandon Broussard and Hudson Obayuwana.

Plot details are scarce on the film, which will be produced by Packer and James Lopez under Packer’s eponymous production company, Will Packer Productions, along with Tim Story and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett for the Story Company. Senior VP of production Erik Baiers will oversee the project for Universal.

“It is a pleasure to be teaming up with Tina once again,” Lopez said. “She is a great leader and will bring tremendous energy to this project. Tim, Sharla, Will and I look forward to the collaboration.”

“Praise...