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Following the success of his directorial debut “The Rental,” Amazon Studios announced today that director Dave Franco would be making an original drama, “Somebody I Used To Know,” with a script penned by Franco and his wife and creative collaborator Alison Brie.

Cynthia Erivo’s CV; the 34 year-old Londoner already has a Wikipedia page for her awards and nominations alone. Having shone on Broadway in the musical of The Color Purple, she garnered an Oscar nomination for playing the runaway slave Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and more recently an Emmy nomination for playing the Queen of Soul, Aretha.

Red Velvet have shared the message behind the title track of their latest mini-album, ‘Queendom’.The five-member group talked about creative process behind the making of ‘Queendom’ in a recent interview with MTV, during which, vocalist Joy noted that “for this particular comeback, it was more about finding empowerment as a team collectively”.She also added that the members’ ability to “fall back into step with each other comes naturally”, in reference to the group’s lengthy year-and-a-half

Cynthia Erivo is attached to star in the 1970s period drama “Steel” for MRC Television, the company announced Monday.Set in London, the series centers on Erivo as Madeline Crow, a “fiercely ambitious arms dealer who seizes control of her own destiny in a high-octane and dangerous profession dominated by her male colleagues,” according to the series description.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Emmy nominee Cynthia Erivo will star in and executive produce “Steel,” a 1970s drama set in London about a fiercely ambitious arms dealer.Per the logline, Erivo (“Genius: Aretha Franklin,” “The Outsider”), will play protagonist Madeline Crowe, a self-made woman who seizes control of her own destiny in a high-octane and dangerous profession dominated by her male colleagues.

EXCLUSIVE: All pieces have fallen into place for Steel, a thriller drama set in 1970s London, starring and executive produced by Cynthia Erivo (Genius: Aretha Franklin, The Outsider). The project, teased by MRC Television President Elise Henderson in her Deadline interview in June, will be directed by Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games franchise) and executive produced by Matt Charman (The Mothership, Bridge of Spies).

Some of the most sought-after and influential stars celebrate a year of incredible television by paying homage to their favourite small-screen characters in the latest issue of W Magazine.

EXCLUSIVE: GLOW alumna Betty Gilpin is reuniting with the creators of the Netflix wrestling comedy-drama series on their new series, Apple TV+’s Roar. In the anthology, starring and executive produced by Nicole Kidman, Gilpin also joins her former GLOW co-star Alison Brie.

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Sophia Bush isn't making the same mistakes again. The actress recently opened up about her experiences with dating her co-stars, but shut things down when it came to her short-lived marriage to Chad Michael Murray.The star recently sat down for a conversation with Michael Rosenbaum on hispodcast, and the conversation turned to on-set romances.«You realize that everyone you’ve ever met in this business has, like, dated everyone else,» Bush, 39, shared.

Don’t ask Sophia Bush about her ex-husband Chad Michael Murray. The actress, 39, quickly shut down the conversation when asked about her former One Tree Hill co-star and partner, 39, while on Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You podcast on Tuesday, Aug. 10. But she had a pretty solid reason, revealing that she is “not allowed” to chat about her ex since her comments always get “twisted.”

Spilling it all … to a point. Sophia Bush may be recapping One Tree Hill on her “Drama Queens” podcast, but she has no plans to discuss her relationship with former costar Chad Michael Murray.

Sophia Bush is revealing the reason why she cannot speak about Chad Michael Murray, her ex husband and former One Tree Hill co-star.

Imagine still having to publicly comment on a relationship that ended more than 15 years ago!

Sophia Bush is revealing the reason why she cannot speak about Chad Michael Murray, her ex husband and former One Tree Hill co-star.

Cynthia Erivo is revealing how intently she studied Aretha Franklin before she portrayed the legend for the National Geographic mini-series about the singer’s life. The 34-year-old Brit – who has been nominated for an Emmy for her starring role in Genius: Aretha – says she researched everything from the Queen of Soul’s speech patterns to when she took a breath when singing her hits.

Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect,” it’s not clear what it means, wasting a lot of superb screen talent in the slapdash process.This time it's Jennifer Hudson portraying the Queen of Soul — a few months after Cynthia Erivo played Franklin in a National Geographic TV series — and you won't be able to leave the theater without a lot of respect — yes, R-E-S-P-E-C-T — for Hudson's abilities.But a meandering, unfocused look at the first three decades of Franklin’s life will also leave you saying a