Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley on Representation, ‘Normalizing Dark Skin’ and Loving ‘Curly Hair’

From Cara Delevingne’s red carpet antics to her scene-stealing turns in movies like Suicide Squad and Paper Towns, this supermodel, actress, activist and A-list star attracts a lot of attention.

DEALSIggy Azalea has sold her recording and song catalogues to Domain Capital for an eight figure sum, according to Billboard. She will reportedly retain full ownership of her future work, continuing to collaborate with Sony Music Publishing on the songs side via an administration deal.Superstruct Entertainment has acquired a majority stake in the Y Not Festival.————————————————–DIGITALIf you’re in the UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand and like your streaming service massively bloated with stuff you didn’t ask for, then good news! Audiobooks have now gone live on Spotify – having first appeared in the US back in September.

Finding inspiration. In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Lupita Nyong’o plays the grieving lover of T’Challa, the character played by the late Chadwick Boseman, but in reality, the actress turned to Boseman’s widow, Simone Ledward Boseman, for inspiration.

CBS is developing Brutally Honest, a single-camera comedy starring and executive produced by Ashley Tisdale inspired by her life. The CBS Studios-produced project marks a Carol’s Second Act reunion as it is written/executive produced by Sarah Haskins and Emily Halpern, creators of the multi-camera CBS/CBS Studios that starred Patricia Heaton and co-starred Tisdale.

Judy Blume‘s 1975 novel Forever is being reimagined for a new generation as a Netflix series of the same name. Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends, Being Mary Jane) will serve as showrunner and executive producer of the project, her first under her overall deal with the streamer.

EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Ashley Smith, a head writer of HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, is developing a family comedy for ABC.

Nearly nine months after Ashley Graham gave birth to twins, she’s in awe of her postpartum body.

BET said Friday that Simone Oliver has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Digital Content, and Jason Odom has joined Senior Vice President of Digital Operations. Both will report to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Kimberly Paige and will help grow the network’s digital imprint.

EXCLUSIVE: Musician Zayn Malik, Simone Ashley (Bridgerton), and comedian Mo Gilligan are among the stacked cast who will lend their voices to the new CG-animated family comedy 10 Lives from director Chris Jenkins (Duck Duck Goose).

EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials star Simone Kirby has become the latest to board Apple TV+’s drama adaptation based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel The Buccaneers.

, Erdem and Richard Quinn displayed a variety of botanical patterns that erred on the gothic side, demonstrating that the look can be worn all-year round.The actor attended the Time 100 gala wearing a head-to-toe floral ensemble. The outfit, all of which was by , included a black sheer shirt with canary yellow appliqués, a miniskirt, leggings and point-toe heels that all featured the same floral design.