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The official trailer for the docudrama Clipped has hit, with Laurence Fishburne, Jacki Weaver, Cleopatra Coleman, and Ed O’Neill delivering a behind-the-scenes dramatization of one of the NBA’s most scandalous moments.

Angelique Jackson The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) has set its lineup of narrative and documentary features for its 28th edition, including Jussie Smollett’s return to acting in “The Lost Holliday,” filmmaker Christine Swanson’s latest drama “Albany Road” and the acclaimed Luther Vandross doc “Never Too Much.” This year’s festival takes place June 12-16 in Miami Beach, Fla., followed by a virtual segment June 17-24 on ABFF PLAY. Winners of film festival competition will be announced on June 15, during the “Best of ABFF Awards” hosted by Emmy-nominee Dondré Whitfield.

Starz’s P-Valley won a leading three awards including Best Drama, Best Ensemble and Best Acting (Male) for J. Alphonse Nicholson and Nicco Annan as the African American Film Critics Association revealed winners Wednesday of its fifth annual TV Honors.

McKinley Franklin editor “Abbott Elementary” and “P-Valley” are among the top winners of the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)’s fifth annual TV Honors, which recognizes exceptional achievements in broadcast television and streaming with an emphasis on entertainment representing the Black diaspora.  “Abbott Elementary” took home titles for best TV comedy and best TV writing (awarded to Quinta Brunson) alongside “P-Valley” for best TV drama. Niecy Nash-Betts and Jessica Williams were also awarded best TV acting (female) and breakout star, respectively. They join a slate of awardees including J. Alphonse Nicholson and Nicco Annan for best ensemble and best TV acting (male) and Mary Lou Belli, Debbie Allen, Tasha Smith, Henry Chan and Jordan E. Cooper from “The Ms. Pat Show” for best TV directing.

“They Cloned Tyrone” welcomes watchers to The Glen, a normal, everyday neighborhood where its predominately Black residents live out their lives shopping, going to church and enjoying the fruits of their labor. However, beneath the surface, but right in front of their eyes, the government is executing a plot that has a mission to keep the community in an endless cycle of unhealthy behavior that ultimately blocks them from mental and financial wellness. “They Cloned Tyrone” is written by Juel Taylor and his writing partner Tony Rettenmaier, with Taylor sitting in the director’s chair for what is now his feature directorial debut.  Here’s everything you need to know about “They Cloned Tyrone.”“They Cloned Tyrone” comes out in select theaters on Friday, July 14, and will be streaming globally on Netflix at 12 a.m.

John Boyega and Teyonah Parris are stepping out to promote their new Netflix movie!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Katori Hall’s “P-Valley,” a show about the female dancers at The Pynk, a popular strip club in Mississippi, uses music to shine a spotlight on southern female rappers and artists. In putting together the soundtrack for the series, music supervisors Sarah Bromberg and Stephanie Diaz-Matos turned to the show’s stars, J. Alphonse Nicholson and Loretta Devine, as well as Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion, to curate the anthems for Brandee Evans’ Mercedes, Elarica Johnson’s Autumn Night and Nicco Annan’s Uncle Clifford. Here, Bromberg and Diaz-Matos break down how they landed Beyoncé and other needle drops for the show’s second season.

J. Alphonse Nicholson, who was on a drumline growing up in North Carolina, spent years drumming on the street in New York City before he hit the big time.“You have so many different street musicians who do that,” he told me on this week’s “Renaissance Man.” “But that’s how I made a living, man.

featuring John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx. The film follows the unlikely trio as they uncover a nefarious government experiment  profiting off the use of Black bodies. It all kicks off when drug dealer Fontaine (Boyega), streetwise and booksmart sex worker Yo-Yo (Parris) and her smooth-talking pimp, Slick Charles (Foxx), realize something is wrong when Fontaine reappears after seemingly being gunned down the night before.

This is one freaky mystery.

Charna Flam Netflix has released the first official trailer for the satirical conspiracy film “They Cloned Tyrone,” starring Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, Golden Globe winner John Boyega and Teyonah Parris. “They Cloned Tyrone” will premiere on Netflix on July 21. Ahead of its streaming release, the movie will debut at the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) on June 14. The film wrapped in April 2021, according to Boyega’s Instagram account. Per the film’s official logline, “A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio (Boyega, Parris and Foxx) onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper.”

The White Men Can’t Jump red carpet was the best place to be on Thursday night (May 11) in Los Angeles!

Add another Starz series to the list of shows suspended as a result of the writers strike.

EXCLUSIVE: FX has added seven to the recurring cast for The Sterling Affairs, its limited series about the downfall of Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling amid the team’s drive to win a championship under coach Doc Rivers. Harriet Samson Harris (Hacks), Corbin Bernsen (City On a Hill), Yvonna Pearson (Dynasty), Jock McKissic (Your Honor), Darryl Wesley (This Is Us), Rich Sommer (Minx) and Clifton Davis (Billions) join leads Laurence Fishburne and Jacki Weaver in the six-episode series.

Starz has renewed its drama series P-Valley for a third season which will consist of 10 episodes. Lionsgate Television produces the series for Starz.

EXCLUSIVE: Michigan State University wants nothing to do with Ben Cory Jones’ film about the school’s legendary Black Spartans football team.

The first trailer for Netflix’s “They Cloned Tyrone” is here.

Netflix’s Tudum showcase.Boyega plays Fontaine, a neighborhood drug dealer who somehow survives being shot by his rival without a scratch on him. Alongside Yo-Yo (Parris) and local pimp Slick Charles (Foxx), Fontaine discovers that his neighborhood is being surveilled and experimented on by a mysterious organization that is trying to clone the Black population.

(Updated with producers’ statement) EXCLUSIVE: Surviving members and relatives of the famed Black Spartans want a movie about the 1966 college football co-champions consigned to the sidelines.

Megan Thee Stallion is stepping into thee Marvel Universe. In her latest interview with, the “Plan B” rapper revealed that she will have a role in Marvel’s.

A super role. Megan Thee Stallion will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a role in Disney+’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

Megan Thee Stallion has big Hollywood dreams.

FX has rounded out the cast of The Sterling Affairs, its limited series about the downfall of LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling amid the team’s drive to win a championship under coach Doc Rivers. Cleopatra Coleman (Dopesick) has been tapped to star as Sterling’s mistress V. Stiviano.

BreAnna Bell Cleopatra Coleman is the latest cast member to join FX’s “The Sterling Affairs.” The Australian-born actress, who quickly rose to fame starring alongside Will Forte as Erica in Fox’s comedy “The Last Man on Earth,” will portray Los Angeles Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling’s mistress V. Stiviano in the forthcoming limited series. Written by Gina Welch and based on the ESPN 30 for 30 Podcast of the same name reported and hosted by Ramona Shelburne, “The Sterling Affairs” is a retelling of the true events that transpired in the rise and fall of the Clippers legacy. With behind the scenes stories, the series follows Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers’ quest to bring a championship to one of the historically worst franchises in all of sports during the impending downfall of the team’s owner, Donald Sterling, whose notoriously racist behavior is brought to light amid the power struggle between his wife of 60+ years, Shelly Sterling, and his mistress, V. Stiviano.

season 2, Megan Thee Stallion originally read for the role of Mercedes Woodbine. “They had asked me to read for the part. So, I was like, ‘Okay, cool,’” Stallion tells Nadeska and Ebro Darden during an interview for Apple Music 1. The part, instead, went to Brandee Evans, whom the rapper praises for “tearing it up” on creator Katori Hall’s hit drama about lives in and outside of the notorious Chucalissa, Mississippi, strip club called The Pynk. “I’m like, ‘Oh, s**t,” I feel like I look like a little kid in my tape, in my little audition tape,” Stallion recalls.

Perhaps it was only a matter of time before Megan Thee Stallion appeared on P-Valley, the cult hit Starz show based in a strip club named The Pynk in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. The moment arrived last night during the penultimate episode when Megan brought her alter ego Tina Snow to perform a new song at The Pynk with Lil Murda (played by J.

Megan Thee Stallion finally made her way through The Pynk. The rapper made her on-screen debut as Tina Snow during the penultimate episode of season 2 after it was revealed earlier in the summer that she would be guest-starring on the show. Both creator Katori Hall and star J.

. ET has an exclusive preview of the rapper and star appearing opposite Shannon Thornton in Sunday’s season 2, Keyshawn-centric episode.In the clip narrated by Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan), Joseline plays Keyshawn’s “fairy godmother” as she offers Miss Mississippi some sage advice about hustling her way to the top. “You know, you remind me of me once upon a time.

season 2 ended this week’s emotional episode with a powerful dedication to hundreds of victims of police brutality. While speaking to ET, creator Katori Hall explains why she wanted to close out the episode with the names of those who have been killed by law enforcement before and after George Floyd’s murder in 2020.

has finally returned, and it’s wasted no time getting back into the drama only two episodes into season 2. For Uncle Clifford, that means finding a way to survive both the pandemic, which has temporarily shut down The Pynk, as well as heartbreak, as she finds herself struggling to get over Lil’ Murda (J.

Megan Thee Stallion is headed to The Pynk! The rapper will play “Tina Snow” in an upcoming episode of “P-Valley”s second season. Stallion’s character will play homage to the rapper’s alter ego, whose name also happens to be the title of her second EP.

Megan Thee Stallion is headed to The Pynk! The rapper will play “Tina Snow” in an upcoming episode of ’s second season. Stallion’s character will play homage to the rapper’s alter ego, whose name also happens to be the title of her second EP. Ahead of her onscreen appearance, the rapper made a voice cameo during episode two, “Seven Pounds of Pressure,” when DJ Neva Scared (Brandon Gilpin) reveals to Lil’ Murda (J.

Megan Thee Stallion looks stunning in an all pink ensemble at the P-Valley season two premiere held at Avalon Hollywood & Bardot on Thursday (June 2) in Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: Hill Harper and J. Alphonse Nicholson have signed to star in Shadowbox, a new film marking the directorial debut of Joslyn Rose Lyons.

EXCLUSIVE: John Clarence Stewart (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), Shamika Cotton (The Equalizer) and newcomer Miracle Watts are set for recurring roles on the second season of Starz’s P-Valley.

experiencing breakout success when it first debuted in the summer of 2020, is expected to return with new episodes in 2022. Ahead of its anticipated season 2, the Starz stripper drama created by Katori Hall revealed that it has added Psalms Salazar () and Gail Bean () to the cast. Salazar joins as series regular Whisper, who, according to Starz, is “an enigmatic free spirit with a spooky streak who speaks in riddles and eerie truths. She’s blessed with a direct line to the universe and sight beyond the earthly realm.