Angelique Jackson Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

Angelique Jackson Time’s Up has called on NBCUniversal to reform the Golden Globes after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association leadership addressed the absence of Black members within the organization on Sunday’s telecast.HFPA President Ali Sar, Vice President Helen Hoehne and former president Meher Tatna took the stage to discuss the issue during the show, with short remarks admitting that the organization needs Black members and promising “a more inclusive future.”“We recognize we have our

Angelique Jackson Ta-Nehisi Coates will write a new Superman film for DC Films and Warner Bros.The project is in very early development, but the new film is being produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot.

Angelique Jackson Jonathan Majors is in talks to star in Spike Lee and Stefon Bristol’s “Gordon Hemingway & The Realm of Cthulhu” at Netflix.Majors is in negotiations to play Gordon Hemingway, teaming up with Lee for a second outing, after starring in the filmmaker’s Netflix hit “Da 5 Bloods,” which debuted to critical acclaim last June.

Angelique Jackson “One Night in Miami” is a work of historical fiction, but the film stands to make history: Regina King could become the first Black woman nominated for a best director Oscar. King, whose list of honors includes an Oscar and four Emmys for her acting, is also a prolific television director; she makes her feature directorial debut with the film.“I’d be proud of her because she deserves it,” screenwriter Kemp Powers says of King’s possible nomination.

Angelique Jackson “Lingua Franca” filmmaker Isabel Sandoval has signed with CAA.In 2019, Sandoval made history as the first trans woman of color to direct and star in a film screening in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where “Lingua Franca” premiered. The film was acquired and released by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY and is now streaming on Netflix.Sandoval directed, wrote, edited, produced and acted in “Lingua Franca,” which she shot in 16 days in Brooklyn, New York.

Angelique Jackson Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams, an Oscar and Emmy winner, has signed with UTA.

Angelique Jackson Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be putting a new spin on “Mr. and Mrs.

Angelique Jackson Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be putting a new spin on “Mr. & Mrs.

Angelique Jackson “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” director George C. Wolfe has set his return engagement with Netflix, directing “Rustin” for the streamer, and President Barack Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions.The film tells the story of gay, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who organized the 1963 March on Washington.

Angelique Jackson “One Night in Miami” director Regina King carries a jump rope to set, keeping it in her backpack until those particularly tense moments when everything goes haywire behind the scenes — like when an actor needs a pep talk, the crew has a tech issue or the weather shuts down production.

Angelique Jackson “Queen & Slim” filmmaker and “Insecure” executive producer and director Melina Matsoukas is paying it forward, bringing her extensive filmmaking expertise to the youth and joining Ghetto Film School’s Board of Directors.“In my career I’ve had two guiding ambitions, one is to tell the stories of underrepresented people in ways that expand our collective consciousness and the other is to find all the ways I can help young artists and filmmakers tell their own stories in their

Angelique Jackson Laurence Fishburne is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 edition of the SCAD aTVfest.The “Black-ish” star and executive producer is only the second actor to receive the honor from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), after Phylicia Rashad was awarded the comparable Outstanding Achievement in Television prize during the inaugural edition of the festival in 2013.“Laurence Fishburne is one of the most influential and inspiring actors of his

Angelique Jackson For more than two decades, Gareth Jones had spent late January and early February in snowy Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival. But on Thursday night, Jones didn’t have to get on a plane to attend the annual film festival.

Angelique Jackson SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched Episode 3 of “WandaVision,” streaming now on Disney Plus.Teyonah Parris’s resume on both screen and stage is extensive, but that doesn’t mean the actor wasn’t a little trepidatious about taking on her most iconic role to date, suiting up as Monica Rambeau in Marvel’s “WandaVision” on Disney Plus.“They are very big shoes to fill and I have truly been enjoying every moment of it,” Parris tells Variety.

William Earl Variety, in partnership with Audible, will host a conversation with the team behind “When You Finish Saving the World” in the Variety Streaming Room on January 28 at 5 p.m. PT.Variety’s Angelique Jackson will moderate the conversation with creator and performer Jesse Eisenberg, actor and musician Finn Wolfhard and Audible’s EVP and Head of Content Rachel Ghiazza.

Angelique Jackson Josh Duhamel is in talks to star opposite Jennifer Lopez in the Lionsgate romantic adventure “Shotgun Wedding,” replacing Armie Hammer in the lead role.Duhamel would star as Tom, opposite Lopez’s Darcy in the film about a couple who gathers their families together for a destination wedding. Things start to go south, however, after the pair gets cold feet.

Angelique Jackson “WandaVision” is here and it’s weird.

Angelique Jackson The American Black Film Festival and IMDb are teaming up for a special celebration of Black film with a new digital series, titled “Hollywood Homecoming.”Jeff Friday Media is producing the series, which celebrates “iconic films that showcase Black humanity and provide balanced portrayals of the African American experience,” assembling the film’s director and cast to discuss the project.

Angelique Jackson Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, knows a little something about royalty and romance — and she’s bringing that expertise to the page with her debut novel, “Her Heart for a Compass.”Ferguson announced the news, posting a video message to fans early Wednesday, dressed in period costume and teasing the book’s premise, which is based on the life of her great-great-aunt Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott.Already a prolific author of children’s books, biographies about Queen

Angelique Jackson Paris Hilton’s story is getting the podcast treatment, with Wondery’s original podcast “Even the Rich” launching its newest season focused on the heiress, entrepreneur and OG influencer.

Angelique Jackson Fans of the Alec Baldwin-voiced “Boss Baby” are going to have to wait a little longer to get their fix, as the animated comedy has been moved from its planned March 26 release date to Sept. 17, 2021.Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced today that the animated sequel, “The Boss Baby: Family Business,” would move from spring to fall.

Angelique Jackson Denzel Washington and Rami Malek are playing a dangerous game with Jared Leto in the first trailer for “The Little Things.”The trio of Oscar winners — Malek won best actor for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Leto took home the supporting actor trophy for “Dallas Buyer’s Club” and Washington is a two-time winner, including bestaActor for “Training Day” and supporting actor in “Glory”– face off in the psychological thriller from writer-director John Lee

Angelique Jackson “Halloween” filmmaker David Gordon Green is in talks to direct a sequel to “The Exorcist” from Blumhouse and Morgan Creek Productions.The new film would continue the profitable relationship between the filmmaker and the horror production house following 2018’s “Halloween,” the upcoming “Halloween Kills” (slated for an October 2021 release) and the new trilogy’s final film “Halloween Ends.” “Halloween” earned $255.8 million on a $10 million budget.The original “The Exorcist” —

Angelique Jackson When Michelle Edgar founded the XX Project in 2016, her primary goals were to empower women to form collaborative partnerships outside the traditional networking conferences.Since then, XX Project has featured many industry leaders, including Epic Records president Sylvia Rhone, iHeartMedia’s Gayle Troberman, journalist Soledad O’Brien, Suzanne De Passe and Eve and Equinox founder Lavinia Errico, in conversation.“It’s not just about how to get more business done, but how do

Angelique Jackson “Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker,” produced by Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland, shines the spotlight on the next generation of Black and brown dancers at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, where Allen first met Rhimes as a dance parent before partnering on “Grey’s Anatomy.” “When we put this footage together and shared with Shonda, she called and said, ‘Debbie, I have to have this,’ and that was it,” Allen tells Variety.

Angelique Jackson Lloyd Braun, president of Endeavor Client Group and WME chairman, announced today that Courtney Braun has been promoted to general counsel for Endeavor Client Representation Group and Michelle Walter has been elevated to chief financial officer at WME.

Angelique Jackson Captain America is going “to infinity and beyond!” Chris Evans is set to voice the animated superhero Buzz Lightyear in an all-new animated film due in theaters on June 17, 2022, Pixar’s Pete Docter announced on Thursday during Disney Investor Day.The animated pic is billed as the “definitive story of the original Buzz Lightyear,” voiced by Tim Allen in four “Toy Story” films, from 1995 to 2019.Blasting into theaters June 17, 2022, Lightyear is the definitive story of the

Angelique Jackson Hallelujah! “Sister Act 3” is officially a go, with Whoopi Goldberg returning for the third installment, in addition to producing the film with Tyler Perry.The third movie in the “Sister Act” series comes nearly 30 years after Goldberg first starred as Deloris, the lounge singer turned singing nun.

Angelique Jackson Tina Mabry and Gina Prince-Bythewood are set to adapt the NY Times best-selling novel “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat.” Mabry will direct the film for Searchlight Pictures, from an original script by Prince-Bythewood.The film adaptation of Edward Kelsey Moore’s debut “Supremes” novel follows best friends Odette, Barbara Jean and Clarice, who consider Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat diner a “home away from home” in their Indiana town.

Angelique Jackson Managers Alexa Daniel and Gerald Lee have joined M88, a full-service representation firm founded by former WME partner Phillip Sun and Macro founder and CEO Charles D. King.Beginning their careers in the talent department at WME, Daniel and Lee work with Michael B.

Angelique Jackson Matthew López, the acclaimed playwright behind “The Inheritance,” will bring the story of legendary dramatist Tennessee Williams to the big screen for Searchlight Pictures.López will pen a feature film adaptation of the novel “Leading Men,” which centers on the “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” scribe and his longtime partner Frank Merlo.

Angelique Jackson Actor Susan Kelechi Watson is lifting the curtain on her work as executive producer on “Between the World and Me,” the HBO special which adapts Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2015 New York Times-bestselling book, which explores the ways in which American society structurally supports white supremacy.“It has been something that I’ve always wanted to do; I always felt like there was content that I wanted to bring to life,” Watson says in a video interview for HBO’s “Power of Visibility: The

Angelique Jackson In the satirical horror film “Bad Hair,” which debuts Oct. 23 on Hulu, Elle Lorraine plays Anna, a young woman who adopts a new look in order to land a hosting gig at a “106 & Park”-like music countdown show.

Angelique Jackson Michael B. Jordan’s award-winning films “Just Mercy,” and “Fruitvale Station” will serve as opening night screenings for the inaugural Social Justice Now Film Festival (SJNFF).Both films will play on Wednesday, Oct.

Angelique Jackson In a big win for non-binary representation in entertainment, the dramatic independent film “Under My Skin” will make its world premiere at London’s Raindance Film Festival on Oct.

Angelique Jackson Actor and comedian Vir Das, who was named to Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch” list in 2017, has enlisted UTA for worldwide representation in all areas.Das’ latest comedy special, “Vir Das: For India” debuted on Netflix in January. He has a long history with the streamer, becoming the first comedian from India to have a stand-up special on the platform when his show “Abroad Understanding” premiered in 2017.