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Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has made some changes in her life. We’ve all grown to know her as the two-time Emmy nominated actress from “When They See Us” and “Lovecraft Country” and her Oscar-nominated performance in “King Richard,” all of which came under her initial professional name: Aunjanue Ellis. When the first promotional materials were released for her new film “Origin” from writer and director Ava DuVernay, a natural question began circulating regarding the hyphenated addition of “Taylor” to her professional name.

Fantasia Barrino, “The Little Mermaid” star Halle Berry and five-time Grammy winner H.E.R. to bring the belting in “The Color Purple,” the new movie musical adaption of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that opens in theaters on Christmas Day.But Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson also flexes some surprise vocal chops as blues singer Shug Avery.And Executive Music Producer Stephen Bray already envisioned the former “Empire” diva in the role when she came to see the “Color Purple” musical on Broadway in 2005.“We were sitting together, and at intermission I said, ‘You know, you’d make a great Shug Avery,’ ” Bray — who co-wrote the songs for both 2005’s original stage production and its 2015 revival — told The Post.

Elon Musk‘s X/Twitter is back up after going down tonight all over the world.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Legendary wildlife host Jack “Jungle Jack” Hanna’s TV franchise library, including 400 episodes of “Jack Hanna‘s Into the Wild” and “Jack Hanna’s Wild Countdown” has been acquired by Hearst Media Production Group. Hearst is the longtime distributor of Hanna’s series, previously owned by Into The Wild, LLC, and already held ownership of “Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures” and in 2021 launched the Jack Hanna Channel, a FAST channel showcasing hundreds of episodes of Hanna’s adventures in the wild.

When Asha Daniels filed her illegal retaliatory termination, racial and sexual harassment lawsuit against Lizzo and her touring team in September, the Grammy winner bashed the action by her former tour wardrobe designer as “a bogus, absurd publicity-stunt.” Now, the ‘Truth Hurts” singer and her Big Grrl Big Touring, Inc. want a state judge to toss the matter out.

Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman will star in a new psychological thriller, Miller’s Girl – watch its trailer below. The film, produced by longtime collaborators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, is written and directed by newcomer Jade Halley Bartlett.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk, continuing his campaign to make X a “free speech” refuge even to the detriment of the company’s business interests, said he is reinstating the account of far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Twitter banned Jones in 2018, along with his Infowars program. Last year Jones was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to families of Sandy Hook victims over his lies about the 2012 school shooting, which left 20 kids and six adults dead.

There were SO many celebs on the red carpet at the 2023 The Fashion Awards and we have a recap of everyone who attended!

A mystery pneumonia strain rampaging through China is now threatening the UK - with experts suggesting we could see another “Covid-like” pandemic.

Three members of a criminal network that smuggled more than £100m in illicit cash from the UK to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been found guilty of money laundering offences. The trio - which includes a man from Wigan - were paid around £3,000 for each trip they took to Dubai.

In a packed courtroom, a voice quivering with nerves could be heard from behind a screen.

A man has been jailed for life with a minimum of 32 years for the murder of a delivery driver.

A judge blasted convicted rapist Lawrence Jones as having a 'misogynistic view of women' as she jailed him for 15 years. The 55-year-old founder of Manchester tech company UK Fast attacked two women in the 1990s while he was a piano player in pubs and hotels across the city.

Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) has stripped Lawrence Jones of his honorary doctorate following his rape and sexual assault convictions.

Russell Brand appeared to have been removed from an episode of Gavin & Stacey on BBC iPlayer, following allegations emerging about the actor and comedian earlier this year.In September, Brand was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse following a joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches. Brand strongly denied the claims.Earlier this month, Brand was reportedly questioned by police over alleged assault allegations.Fans rewatching the 2007 Christmas special of the beloved sitcom noticed that the joke had been removed.The joke in question is mentioned when the characters go to Pam and Mick’s (played by Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb) and Nessa (Ruth Jones) returns from reading to baby Neil.

Tom Jones, Bryan Adams, Madness and Sting have been announced as headliners for the inaugural Plymouth Summer Sessions festival 2024.Gabrielle, Cassyette, The Lightning Seeds and Blondie will also perform as support at the shows between June 13-16 at The Plymouth Hoe.Tickets are set to go on sale Friday (December 1) at 9am GMT, and you can buy your tickets here.A post shared by Sir Tom Jones (@realsirtomjones)Jones will kick off the first-ever Plymouth Summer Sessions on Thursday, June 13 with support from Gabrielle. Adams will then take to the stage on Friday, 14 June alongside special guest Cassyette.Madness are set to headline Saturday, June 15, joined by The Lightning Seeds, and Sting will close out the debut Plymouth Summer Sessions with special guest Blondie.“We are thrilled to bring together an extraordinary lineup of legendary artists for the first-ever Plymouth Summer Sessions,” said Peter Taylor, co-founder of festival partner Cuffe & Taylor in a press statement.“We can’t wait to enliven the spectacular location that is The Hoe, with the magic of world-class music.

Shamed multi-millionaire businessman Lawrence Jones stepped down from his charity foundation after allegations surfaced. Jones, the founder of huge Manchester-based tech company UK Fast, has now been convicted of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault following two trials at Manchester Crown Court.

Disgraced businessman Lawrence Jones was willing to put up £1.4m to secure his release from prison just two months after he was convicted of sexual assault - so he could carry on enjoying his life and doing business, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.

Do you prefer pea wet or gravy with your chippy tea? That is what new ‘ballot bins’ are asking Wiganers in a bid to stop cigarette ends being dropped on the floor.

Gavin And Stacey comeback, saying the British sitcom is unlikely to return.Many fans hoped that co-creator and star James Corden moving back to the UK following his eight-year stint hosting The Late Late Show in the US would increase the chances of a comeback for the show. And after Corden was recently spotted meeting with fellow co-creator Ruth Jones in London, speculation was rife.However, Page, who played Stacey in the sitcom, says the chances of the hit comedy returning are low because it was left on a perfect cliffhanger in the 2019 Christmas special, with Nessa (Ruth) proposing to Corden’s character Smithy, and the episode ending before he could provide an answer.Speaking to MailOnline, Page said: “I can see them never doing any more because it was nice to leave it on a cliffhanger because it’s up to the viewer to imagine what would have happened.

Actor Nigel Harman has been taking the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom by storm as the competition's final is now only weeks away. But despite scoring high from the beginning of the series, Nigel was left downhearted during last Saturday's (November 18) Blackpool special.The actor, 50, and his professional dance partner Katya Jones did a quickstep to Duke Ellington’s song It Don’t Mean A Thing, which left them second from the bottom of the leaderboard.They received a total score of 31 points out of 40.This week Nigel and Katya will be doing the rumba to It's All Coming Back To Me Now by Celine Dion as they hope to glide into week 11 of the competition.

A successful business empire. A devoted wife. Four doting children.

A dancer and entertainer who battled eating disorders and addiction was repeatedly turned down for specialist help as she was considered 'too complex', an inquest has heard. Charlene Roberts, from Middleton, had been diagnosed with bulimia and later anorexia.

New Foreign Secretary David Cameron will meet with Palestinian leaders as part of his first overseas trip to the Middle East.

This is the moment a man was rescued from a burning building in Reading with a crane.

Dublin has been rocked by violence today (November 23) as the Irish capital witnessed a knife attack and disorder.

An investigation is under way after a Manchester Airport flight to Sweden departed almost three hours late - without the luggage, according to passengers.

A cold snap is set to envelop Greater Manchester this weekend, with some forecasters predicting temperatures dropping below zero.

David Bowie’s private toilet at a music festival.TV host and author Osman’s brother is Suede bassist Mat Osman, and while backstage at a festival in Barcelona with the band, Richard recounted how he was told to immediately vacate the facility in question.Speaking on The Toby Tarrant Show on Radio X, he said: “When [Suede] got big, it was just the best three years ever. I remember being at a festival in Barcelona – the only good thing about being backstage at a festival is the toilets are nicer – but then there was a particularly nice toilet at this one.”“So I go to this toilet, I’ve literally just started…I get a knock on the door, and I go, ‘One minute’, and he goes ‘Please vacate David Bowie’s toilet!’”“It was lovely, carpet on the walls.

Rose Ayling-Ellis is leading a TV adaptation of Will Dean‘s first Tuva Moodyson novel about a deaf journalist in development with Death in Paradise producer Red Planet Pictures.

Two drivers were taken to hospital following a car crash on Snake Pass next to a bridge which runs over a Peak District reservoir.

Around 30 cars have been scratched in a spate of vandalism which hit Wigan on Tuesday night.

A judge has told jurors to decide on the 'ultimate issue' of whether the complainants are 'truthful and reliable' in the trial of UK Fast founder Lawrence Jones. Mr Jones, 55, denies two offences of rape.

Like many of us, Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones was obsessed with Disney as a child. It was his dream to work for them - a wish that got lost along the way, but would eventually be realised.

Jurors in the trial of Lawrence Jones, who denies two charges of rape, have been urged to ‘not make assumptions’. The 55-year-old, former founder of tech company UK Fast is alleged to have 'stupefied' two young women with unknown drugs before raping them on separate occasions at a flat in Salford in the early 1990s.

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones) and BAFTA winner Francesca Annis (Fresh & Blood) are among a host of stars boarding season 2 of Ben Richards’ BBC legal drama Showtrial.