Danai Gurira to Star as Shirley Chisholm in Feature From Stephanie Allain

Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan is set to join Taskmaster.The show’s one-off New Year special, Taskmaster’s New Year Treat will feature five famous guests to take part in a number of challenges to win the Taskmaster trophy.Coughlan, who plays Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 comedy, will be facing off against actor John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral) journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy, presenter Rylan Clark-Neal, and Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas.The celebrities will be set

Johnny Galecki has split from his girlfriend of two years, Alaina Meyr, according to a new report. People magazine first reported the split, citing a source.The sitcom star and Meyer welcomed a son named Avery in November 2019.  Galecki first celebrated the birth of his son on Instagram, with a loving black-and-white photo of his and Meyer's hands entangled in their little one's.

Ben Groh and Dion Costelloe are toplining God's Time, a crime comedy set in Coronavirus-stricken New York, directed by Daniel Antebi for Topic Studios. The indie from The Climb producers has wrapped pandemic-era production in New York City and also stars newcomer Liz Caribel.

Patricia Richardson opened up about her time on the hit sitcom “Home Improvement” as well as her on-screen chemistry with co-star Tim Allen.  Richardson and Allen starred as husband and wife Tim and Jill Taylor from 1991 - 1999 on the massively successful ABC sitcom.

Election workers and observers gathered Friday as presidential-election recounts got underway in two counties in Wisconsin, according to a report. The recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties – the state’s most populous counties with mostly liberal voters – were requested by the Trump 2020 Campaign aspart of an effort to overturn statewide results that favored Democrat Joe Biden.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsAmerican Cinematheque’s Chairmen of the Board Rick Nicita announced Monday that producer Stephanie Allain, WME head of talent Esther Chang and Black List founder Franklin Leonard will serve as new board members.“We are thrilled and honored to announce the election of Stephanie Allain, Esther Chang and Franklin Leonard to the Board of Directors.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards was the latest to give us a ceremony that continues the celebration despite the pandemic.

The Only Way Is Essex star Shelby Tribble has spent the last three days in hospital and is set to give birth to her baby boy very soon.The former reality star is preparing to welcome her first child with her former co-star and boyfriend Sam Mucklow. The father-to-be shared a snap of Shelby on his Instagram stories in which we can see that she is lying in a hospital bed hooked up to monitors.

Grey’s Anatomy exit is created equally. Katherine Heigl, Patrick Dempsey, Justin Chambers and more stars have left Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital — for various reasons.Created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy debuted on ABC in 2005.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski The CW has put in development Modern Austen, a contemporary reimagining of Jane Austen’s novels, from writer Eleanor Burgess (Perry Mason), Stephanie Allain’s Homegrown Pictures and Warner Bros TV, where Allain is under a deal.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Burgess, Modern Austen is a one-hour anthology series that reimagines Austen’s beloved novels as six modern stories, offering a kaleidoscopic look at love and family in our

Danai Gurira has landed an exciting new project!

Also Read: Danai Gurira Signs 2-Year Overall Deal With ABC StudiosStephanie Allain will produce through her Homegrown Pictures banner. Gabrielle Ebron will executive produce the project.UTA Independent Film Group packaged the project, and UTA represents Allain, Dabis, Countee and Gurira.Danai Gurira is managed by James Suskin.

Angelique Jackson The story of the first Black congresswoman is heading to the big screen.Danai Gurira will star in “The Fighting Shirley Chisholm,” portraying the titular political trailblazer in a story that follows Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential run.Cherien Dabis will direct the film, from a script written by Adam Countee.