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Kevin Mazur/WireImage The planned Michael Jackson biopic finally has a release date. Deadline reports that Michael, directed by Training Day’s Antoine Fuqua and starring the singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in the title role, will hit theaters April 18, 2025. Production on the film is set to begin January 22. It’s being produced by Graham King, who was responsible for the 2000 Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, as well as the […]
ABC/Gilles Mingasson School is almost back in session. A new trailer for the upcoming season 3 premiere of Abbott Elementary has arrived, and it shows off the first look at what is in store for our favorite gang of teachers this time around. “You guys missed a lot,” series creator and star Quinta Brunson says in character as second-grade teacher […]
ABC/Heidi Gutman Ava DuVernay says if she had gone the “traditional route” with trying to bring to life her new film, Origin, the filmmaking process would’ve been tough. The award-winning director told Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts that because of the content of the movie — a portrayal of Isabel Wilkerson‘s seminal book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, which describes racism in the United States as an aspect of […]
Prince Williams/WireImage K Camp will soon deliver a new album called Float 2 London. Ahead of its release Friday, January 12, he unveiled the track list. His latest musical effort will include 18 songs with features from Fredo Bang, Vory, Hunxho and others. “What feature you most excited for??” K Camp asked of fans when sharing the song list on Instagram. Float 2 London seems to be […]
Carol Lee Rose/WireImage BET has announced the Amplified Artist — an up-and-coming music star — for the month of January: Lady London. The network recognizes the Bronx, New York, native as one of the “best storytellers in the music industry today,” citing her viral freestyles and the millions of views on her songs, including the most recent, “Yea Yea” with Dreezy. In October, London made her […]
National Geographic National Geographic has unveiled the first trailer for Genius: MLK/X, the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X installment of its Genius anthology series. “We meet at last,” says a voice in the beginning of the clip, in which King Jr., played by Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Malcolm X, played by Aaron Pierre, come face-to-face. Weruche Opia plays King’s wife, Coretta Scott King, and Jayme Lawson takes on the role of Malcolm X’s wife, Betty Shabazz. […]
Michael Strahan‘s 19-year-old daughter Isabella Strahan is battling a malignant brain tumor known as medulloblastoma, the Good Morning America co-anchor and Isabella shared Thursday. “I literally think that in a lot of ways, I’m the luckiest man in the world because I’ve got an amazing daughter,” Michael Strahan said in an interview with his fellow co-anchor, Robin Roberts. “I know she’s going through […]
Emma McIntyre/WireImage David Oyelowo‘s hard work is surely paying off. His role in the Paramount+ series Lawmen: Bass Reeves earned nominations at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild Awards, which he believes is a win in itself. “You’re in this room. That is the win. Take it, run with it, you know, enjoy that,” […]
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for GQ Colin Kaepernick has joined the list of people to be honored by The Gordon Parks Foundation. He’ll be recognized alongside acclaimed mixed-media artist Mickalene Thomas and Myrlie Evers-Williams, the former chair of the NAACP and Medgar Evers‘ widow, at the foundation’s annual awards dinner, which celebrates those carrying on Gordon Parks’ legacy of advancing social justice. Also being celebrated are […]
Amy Sussman/WireImage for Parkwood Tina Knowles celebrated her 70th birthday among some “kicka** women,” including some friends and the ladies of Destiny’s Child. The businesswoman — and mother to Beyoncé and Solange — spent the weekend in Malibu Beach, where she tapped in with her Instagram followers and gave them an update on her birthday festivities. “This is ‘turn up’ Tina, […]
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