Alfre Woodard to Star as Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer in Limited Series for ABC Studios (EXCLUSIVE)

Kid Cudi (akaScott Mescudi) and his recently launched Mad Solar banner are developing an adaptation of the coming-of-age campus novelReal Life,with Mescudi set to star. Bron Studios acquired the rights to the 2020 Booker Prize-shortlisted novel with Mad Solar, which was launched last month with backing from Bron.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Glynn Turman has joined the cast of ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

Jordan Moreau Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes will star as two brothers in Netflix’s upcoming fictional limited series “True Story,” the streamer announced Wednesday.Hart will play Kid, a world-famous comedian who makes a tour stop in his hometown of Philadelphia and visits his older brother Carlton, played by Snipes.

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes are teaming up to headline True Story, a Netflix limited series written and executive produced by Narcos: Mexico executive producer Eric Newman and produced by Hart’s HartBeat Production.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), met with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Tuesday and pushed him to create a new "civil rights envoy" position in the White House to carry out a racial justice agenda.  “He appointed John Kerry to be the climate envoy, reporting directly to him.

EXCLUSIVE: A century and a half ago before Kamala Harris became the first woman on an winning presidential ticket, Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for President of the United States. The remarkable story of the feminist icon is the subject of a limited series, with Katherine Heigl (Firefly Lane, Suits) set to portray Woodhull and executive produce. The project, titled Woodhull, hails from Oakhurst Entertainment, which is currently out to showrunners.

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Shawn Mendes, 22, revealed how close he and girlfriend Camila Cabello, 23, and their families have gotten since they started dating in July 2019, in a new interview, and also sparked marriage speculation when he admitted they talk about the future of their lives together. “It’s like a real partner, a partner in crime, you have someone to bounce any ideas off of,” he said when discussing his relationship with Camila on the Zach Sang Show on Dec.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterProducers Stephen Robert Morse and Max Peltz are joining forces to launch a new production entity, Lone Wolf Studios.The full-service production, sales and financing film and television company will have offices in London, New York and Los Angeles.

Shawn Mendes recently revealed something sweet! The 22-year-old Wonder singer-songwriter opened up in an interview on The Zach Sang Show. During the interview, Shawn revealed that his family has very strong feelings toward his girlfriend, Camila Cabello.

Shawn Mendes’ family loves Camila Cabello as much as he does.

Shawn Mendes revealed something sweet!

EXCLUSIVE: After an extensive nationwide talent search, young actor Cedric Joe has has landed the role of Emmett Till in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ has set Armie Hammer to star as The Godfather producer Al Ruddy in the limited event series The Offer.

I vividly remember calling out to my mum one evening in the '70s, "Mum, Mum there’s a Chinese man on the TV!" The whole family excitedly rushed in to see, only to be let down to see Benny Hill. False alarm.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentTopic, the fast-growing streaming service from First Look Media, has acquired North American streaming rights to Anabel Rodriguez Rios’ documentary feature debut, “Once Upon a Time in Venezuela.” The film, which explores the decline of the Venezuelan fishing village of Congo Mirador and, more broadly, the country’s complicated current political and social climate, made its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Bruce Boynton was a civil rights activist whose 1960 landmark Supreme Court case inspired the iconic Freedom Rides.Boynton was a law student at Howard University when he was arrested while traveling home to Selma, Alabama for the holidays. He was dining at a bus station restaurant designated “whites only” and when he failed to leave when ordered to, Boynton was sent to jail for the night.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterNetflix is expanding its footprint in New Mexico, announcing Monday that it is expanding ABQ Studios and pledging an additional $1 billion in production spending there.The investment, per a release from the streaming giant, will create about 1,000 production jobs in New Mexico over the next decade as well as 1,467 construction jobs to complete the expansion.Calling Netflix an “incredible partner,”  New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham praised the streamer in a

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos are right now announcing that Netflix will boost its presence in the state by expanding its ABQ Studios and committing to an additional $1 billion in production spending.The Studio expansion will add 300 acres to the company’s existing studios, located in Albuquerque’s Mesa Del Sol area.