Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Promotes Mercedes Cooper To VP Public Programming, Adds Six To Executive Team

Refresh for updates: The death of Cicely Tyson today saw a profuse outpouring of praise and reminiscence across the generations for the regal Roots and Sounder star.

Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk are making it work post-split. The former couple has a «very friendly and cordial relationship» a year and a half after their breakup, a source tells ET. Cooper, 46, and Shayk, 35, started dating in 2015, and welcomed their daughter, Lea de Seine Cooper, in March 2017.

Ava DuVernay has boarded Oscar contender A Concerto Is A Conversation as executive producer. Co-directed by  Emmy-winning composer Kris Bowers and Emmy-winning filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, the 13-minute short subject documentary follows Bowers as he tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather Horace Bowers from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Angelique Jackson Ava DuVernay is reuniting with “When They See Us” composer Kris Bowers for the documentary short “A Concerto Is a Conversation.”DuVernay will executive produce the film, which was co-directed and produced by Bowers and Ben Proudfoot. “A Concerto Is a Conversation” was selected to premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which has shifted to a virtual model amid the ongoing pandemic.

Spotify has added another top filmmaker to its podcasting ranks. The music streaming giant has inked a deal with Ava DuVernay and her ARRAY arts and social impact collective.

Oscar-winning filmmaker and producer Ava DuVernay’s Array is expanding its imprint when it comes to inclusive storytelling. The Selma director and her social impact collective has partnered with Spotify for a multi-year partnership to produce exclusive scripted and unscripted original audio programming.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify and filmmaker Ava DuVernay signed a multiyear deal for a slate of exclusive podcast shows, the latest high-profile podcast pact for the audio streamer.Spotify and DuVernay will develop and produce exclusive original audio programming through Array, DuVernay’s multiplatform arts and social impact collective, in concert with Spotify’s Gimlet studio.

Let’s get loud! Jennifer Lopez performed at the inauguration for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris — and she nailed it.

Anderson Cooper was 45 years old when he came out as gay, the CNN host revealed he knew when he was a kid. “I was probably ...

Anderson Cooper, 53, is getting candid about the moment he not only realized her was gay but “really, truly accepted it.”

Anderson Cooper has been openly gay for years, but he’s now opening up about when he finally accepted to himself that he was gay.

Angelique Jackson Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY has announced six executive additions and the promotion of veteran exec Mercedes Cooper ahead of the narrative change collective’s 10th anniversary.Founded in 2011 by DuVernay, ARRAY is a multi-platform arts and social impact collective, made up of ARRAY Releasing (the film distribution arm), content company ARRAY Filmworks, ARRAY Creative Campus (the hub for programming and production) and the non-profit group ARRAY Alliance.“Ava and I are thrilled to

Shawna Thomas has been named executive producer of CBS This Morning, taking on her new assignment on Feb. 1.

The FBI is asking the public for help in finding a man caught on camera illegally parading through the U.S. Capitol – all while carrying a Confederate flag – during last week’s riots in Washington, D.C.

Garrett Bradley, the award-winning director of Time, says her documentary “really stands on the shoulders of a film like 13th.”

CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Friday clarified a seemingly elitist remark he made earlier this week, suggesting the U.S. Capitol rioters were the type of people who might patronize Olive Garden.

Simon & Schuster will no longer publish Senator Josh Hawley's forthcoming book.

CNN host Anderson Cooper took a shot at the popular restaurant chain Olive Garden on Wednesday, speculating that the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol probably would head there to eat and drink afterward.