By Denise Petski
15.01.2020 - 01:46 / deadline.com
By Denise Petski
Senior Managing Editor
Corey Hawkins (In the Heights) is set for a leading role alongside Lupita Nyong’o, Zackary Momoh and Uzo Aduba in HBO Max’s Americanah, the limited series based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best-selling novel of the same name.
Americanah tells the epic story of Ifemelu (Nyong’o), a young, beautiful, self-assured woman raised in Nigeria, who as a teenager falls in love with her classmate Obinze (Momoh). Living in a military-ruled country, they
By Denise Petski
By Denise Petski
Rosario Dawson has been cast as the lead in the upcoming HBO Max pilot “DMZ,” which has Ava DuVernay on board as a director and Roberto Patino in place as writer-showrunner.
By Dino-Ray Ramos
HBO Max has ordered an animated comedy series centered on the British royal family.
In advance of the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, fashion stylist Micaela Erlanger and her client Lupita Nyong’o (a nominee for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role for Us) exclusively invited The Hollywood Reporter behind the scenes as she prepped at home for the big evening. The star wore $3.5 million worth of diamonds and a Louis Vuitton gown embellished with 32,000 sequins and crystals.
UPDATE: January 18, 2020, 11:39 a.m.: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but sounds like there's been a snag in entire production of that highly-anticipated Friends reunion. The holdup? Pay negotiations for the original cast.
By Peter White
By Anthony D'Alessandro
Adam McKay is a busy man.
By Patrick Hipes
Wolfgang Puck is cooking up a new series at HBO Max.
Us star Lupita Nyong'o and When They See Us star Jharrel Jerome are among the first group of presenters set to take the stage at the 2020 SAG Awards, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal exclusively.Nyong'o and Jerome, nominated for best actress in a motion picture and best actor in a limited series, respectively, will be joined on the SAG Awards stage by SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris and the stars of best cast nominee Parasite: Song Kang-ho, Lee Jung-eun, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam and
Corey Hawkins has been cast in a lead role in the upcoming HBO Max series “Americanah,” Variety has learned.
By Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski
Despite pushback in years past, the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards are very white once again, with Cynthia Erivo being the only person of color nominated in the four acting categories. Actors like Awkwafina (), Eddie Murphy (), Jennifer Lopez () and Lupita Nyong’o () were snubbed from key races despite several nominations and wins leading up to this year’s ceremony.
Ciara is back with the girl power anthem of the fall and she has the help of some of her best girls! Melanin is an ode to girls around the world who are encouraged to love themselves no matter what shade they are. “I want my fans to feel the true power of loving themselves for who they are,” the 34-year-old told People.