Kenya Barris & Pharrell Williams In Talks With Netflix To Develop Feature-Length Musical About Juneteenth

Robbie Williams said he was threatened with being beheaded while working for a charity in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.

Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field were threatened with being beheaded during a charity trip to Haiti in 2010.The former Take That star and actress Ayda travelled to the country following a devastating 2010 earthquake, but were left fearing for their lives when they were ambushed by bandits during the four-day trip.Speaking on his Postcards from the Edge podcast, Robbie said: “I got threatened to be beheaded in Haiti. We were going out there to help.

Robbie Williams has revealed that he and wife Ayda Field were threatened with being beheaded while doing charity work in Haiti.The singer visited the Caribbean country with Unicef after the 2010 earthquake which left  an estimated 250,000 dead and 1.5 million people without homes.Recalling the scary incident on Field’s Postcards from the Edge podcast, Williams said: ‘I got threatened to be beheaded in Haiti.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorIf exposing his life in the semi-autobiographical ABC comedy “Black-ish” wasn’t enough, Kenya Barris now plays a fictionalized version of himself in “#BlackAF.” The Netflix series — the first project under the $100 million overall deal that Barris signed with the streamer in August 2018 — is a satirical look at himself, his family (series co-producer Rashida Jones plays his wife) and his career.

Pharrell Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, Kenya Barris, and CNN’s Van Jones have joined forces to make Juneteenth a paid holiday in the U.S.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAt this point in his television career of mining his personal life for family comedies, Kenya Barris tells his kids ahead of time what from their adolescence they should expect to see on-screen.In fact, for his Netflix comedy “#BlackAF,” in which Barris stars as a version of himself — a Hollywood showrunner with six kids — some of those children saw the material well ahead of time.“I made sure my oldest daughter read every script; my middle daughter,

would be playing Venus and Serena Williams' father, Richard Williams, in an upcoming biopic, — but a new lawsuit claims that the tennis coach had already sold his life rights to someone else. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, TW3 Entertainment and Power Move Multi Media claim that the upcoming film, produced by Smith's production company, Overbrook Entertainment, and Warner Bros., is based on a multi-million dollar breach of contract. «This case presents an unfortunate and tawdry

Juneteenth for Netflix.Kenya spoke to Deadline about the show’s renewal and said, “I won’t really, really, really get into it until we’re in the room because I want it to be fresh, but I definitely know I want to talk about real sh*t. We want it to be really special.”For those who may not be familiar with the show, it is basically an exaggeration on Kenya’s real-life where he stars as himself, and Rashida Jones stars as his wife.

Richard Williams and Will Smith have found themselves at the centre of a lawsuit over the currently in-production biopic “King Richard”.

Also Read: 'Black-ish' Creator Kenya Barris Turns the Camera on Himself in Netflix's '#BlackAF' Trailer (Video)Kenya and Joya’s children are played by Genneya Walton (“Extant”), Iman Benson (“Suits”), Scarlet Spencer (“Bright”), Justin Claiborne (“Reverie”), Ravi Cabot-Conyers (“Justine,” “The Resident”) and Richard Gardenhire Jr.Barris and Jones executive produce the show along with Hale Rothstein (“black-ish,” “grown-ish”).

Peter White Television EditorKenya Barris’ #blackAF is returning for a second season at Netflix.The Black-ish creator will once again play an exaggerated version of himself, with Rashida Jones as his wife Joya, in the comedy.Barris is a busy fella; the renewal comes days after Deadline revealed that he was teaming up with Happy singer Pharrell Williams to develop a Juneteenth musical feature for the streaming service.He told Deadline, “I won’t really, really, really get into it until we’re in

Pharrell Williams is developing a musical based on Juneteenth, Deadline reports.

ABC's Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and Grammy-winning artist Pharrell Williams are in talks with Netflix to develop a feature musical inspired by Juneteenth, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Happy singer Williams and Mimi Valdes will co-produce via their I Am Other banner, while Barris will produce through his Khalabo Ink Society production venture.

Pharrell Williams is reportedly being tapped to produce a feature-length musical about Juneteenth for Netflix.According to Deadline, the Happy hitmaker is having conversations with bosses at the streaming service, along with Black-ish and BlackAF creator Kenya Barris, to work on the project about the holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.While discussions are in early stages, sources confirmed it is a separate project to the live musical that was previously

Juneteenth for the first time. The day commemorates when the last slaves in the Confederacy were liberated in 1865 and has gone on to mark a celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is in talks with “Black-ish” and “BlackAF” creator Kenya Barris and “Happy” singer Pharrell Williams to develop a feature-length musical about Juneteenth – the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.Deadline understands that the streamer and the pair are in the early stages of working up a plan for the project, and details about storyline are under wraps, although sources say it is a separate project to the live musical that they announced in 2018.Williams