Donald Glover is stepping out to promote his hit FX series!
26.05.2022 - 20:09 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: A group of young Atlanta tastemakers – from pop stars to influencers and entrepreneurs – are going under the microscope in a new docuseries for BET+.
The Paramount Global-owned streamer has ordered The Impact ATL (w/t) from eOne and Quality Films, the film and television arm of Quality Control Music, the label behind artists including Lil Yachty and Migos.
The eight-part series will follow a group of young creatives who helped Atlanta become the ‘The New Influencer Capital of America’, according to the New York Times. These creatives are involved in business, music, beauty, and fashion, and viewers will get a peek inside their creative process, preparation and deal-making.
The young, Black, creative cast members have been chosen by Quality Control’s CEO Pierre ‘P’ Thomas and COO Kevin ‘Coach K’ Lee.
The series is exec produced by Lee, Thomas and Brian Sher for Quality Films, Karam Gill, and eOne’s Tara Long and Gennifer Gardner. Slane Hatch will serve as the showrunner. Connie Orlando is EVP Specials, Music Programming and Strategy, and Angela Aguilera, SVP Music Programming and Development, for BET+.
“Our subscribers are eager for exciting, original stories which makes BET+ a natural fit for this series that will feature music, black culture and digital influence. We look forward to our partnership with Quality Films and eOne, who has a history of creating an array of award-winning and compelling stories for global audiences,” said Devin Griffin, EVP and General Manager BET+.
“We are so passionate about building the careers of visionaries and thankful to be able to do a series where viewers can be inspired and actually learn how visions are manifested by a group of young people out there fully grinding and really
Donald Glover is stepping out to promote his hit FX series!
Imagine having four Emmy nominations before you’re thirty years old. Imagine that two of those nominations are for Outstanding Comedy Series for two of the most critically acclaimed series of the past decade.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterPlenty of newbies will be breaking into the comedy category this Emmys season, but two leading rivals for the title will be actual competitors for the first time: “Atlanta” and “Ted Lasso.”As wildly different series that fall into the same genre in the awards competition, their performances in this race will likely lead to a discussion about the industry’s relationship with feel-good TV.“Those shows are going to have interesting moments, both with Donald Glover having been out of the spotlight for a minute, intentionally, taking a detour with a music career that was more successful than I think a lot of people expected,” a Hollywood industry insider told Variety, “while there’s been probably more publicity than I think Apple would like on the fact that the upcoming third season is likely the last season of ‘Ted Lasso.’” The Jason Sudeikis-led Apple TV+ comedy is the reigning champ and has never aired in an “Atlanta”-less world, while Donald Glover’s show is a twice-nominated FX series that has lost twice, first to HBO’s “Veep” in Season 1 and then to Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” in Season 2.And just as “Ted Lasso” has been a topic of joyful conversation continuously for almost two years, the very idea of when “Atlanta’s” Europe-set Season 3 would finally premiere — following a four-year wait since Season 2 — has also been a much-discussed event.“I’d anticipate that if ‘Atlanta’ was gone for so long and came back as the exact same thing, it probably would have less of a chance,” another industry insider says.
Atlanta rapper Trouble was shot and killed in a home invasion early Sunday, according to police. Rockdale County Sheriff's spokesperson Jedidia Canty confirmed Trouble, known formally as Mariel Semonte Orr, died during the home invasion at the Lake St. James Apartments near Atlanta around 3:20 a.m., NBC News reported.
Atlanta rapper Trouble has sadly passed away at the age of 34.
Def Jam Recordings. Alongside a photo of Orr – who was also known as Skoob – the label wrote: “A true voice for his city and an inspiration to the community he proudly represented.
WSB-TV, Orr was shot around 3:20 a.m. Sunday at the Lake St. James Apartment complex in Conyers and died after being transported to a local hospital.
Atlanta rapper Trouble, aka Mariel Semonte Orr, was shot and killed early Sunday at the Lake St. James Apartment complex in Conyers, Ga.
Thania Garcia Mariel Semonte Orr, an Atlanta rapper better known by his stage name Trouble, has died at 35.The “Bring It Back” rapper, who was also known as Skoob, was reportedly caught in a fatal shooting altercation in Atlanta on Saturday night while sitting in his car. He had performed the same night, only hours before the incident.Orr’s death was confirmed by his label, Def Jam Recordings, in a post on Sunday morning.“Our thoughts and prayers are with the children, loved ones and fans of Trouble,” the label wrote.
Mariel Semonte Orr, the Atlanta rapper known as Trouble, has passed away, his label Def Jam confirmed in a post on Sunday. He was 34.
NeNe Leakes is being sued by her boyfriend's wife. Last month, in court docs obtained by ET, Malomine Tehmeh-Sioh sued the 54-year-old alum for alienation of affection and criminal conversation.
As part of its Come as You Are Festival, the Atlanta Opera is presenting two exciting new works likely to be embraced by the LGBTQ community: “Cabaret” and the transgender themed “As One.”
Little Women: Atlanta’s Ms. Juicy Baby is on the mend one month after suffering a stroke.
Ms. Juicy Baby is back home.
Selome Hailu SPOILER ALERT: Do not read unless you have watched “Tarrare,” the Season 3 finale of “Atlanta.” The Season 3 finale of “Atlanta” is styled after the quirky and comforting French rom-com “Amélie,” though this version is weirder and grosser.The episode is titled “Tarrare” after the 1700s French solider who was famous for a medical condition that made him constantly hungry — he was able to eat his own body weight in meat, and was also rumored to engage in cannibalism. In “Atlanta,” that hunger belongs to Van (Zazie Beetz), who becomes so unsure of who she is that she has a nervous breakdown, engulfing herself in a French alter ego complete with an accent, a boyfriend, an apartment and a job in a butcher shop that serves human hands.