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’s Jackie Cruz is a mommy --- times two! The 35-year-old actress and her husband, Fernando Garcia, are parents to twins. The «Melly 16» singer shared the news on Wednesday, along with a sweet celebration of her latest role — motherhood.“Being a mother has changed my world. My babies are everything to me,” she wrote next to a photo from a maternity shoot, followed by a picture of her babies’ feet.

If you enjoyed the 2021 DC team film The Suicide Squad, then there is good news – one of your favourite characters has just had their spin-off series hit streaming platforms in the UK.

Ciara is the latest addition to an A-list cast. The 36-year-old singer and actress has been tapped to join the star-studded cast of , ET confirms.first reported that Ciara will star as the adult version of Nettie in Blitz Bazawule's upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway musical. As was previously announced, Halle Bailey will portray the younger version of the same character in the film. Danielle Brooks, Fantasia Barrino and Taraji P.

Ciara is taking on a new role.

Clayton Davis Ahead of tonight’s Producers Guild of America awards ceremony, the annual breakfast with the nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award at the Skirball Cultural Center.The theme of the panel, moderated by PGA president Lisa Fisher, was Steven Spielberg, nominated as one of the producers for his musical “West Side Story.”During the conversation, the two-time Oscar-winning director — for “Schindler’s List” (1993) and “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) — shared with the audience that he’ll never direct another musical in his career, although he’ll be involved as a producer on some. He’s currently co-producing the musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” with Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks in the lead roles.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and “Ted Lasso” were the big winners at Sunday night’s Critics Choice Awards, as was Will Smith. But when the statuettes weren’t being handed out in front of the camera, there was plenty going on off stage.Waiting GameThe show had even started yet, but everywhere you turned there was a bottleneck.

Peacemaker has found its home in the UK, with an air date set for later this month.The forthcoming show focuses on Cena’s character which he first played in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad last year.Alongside Cena, the show stars Steve Agee, Danielle Brooks, Robert Patrick, Jennifer Holland, Freddie Stroma and Chukwudi Iwuji.Watch the new trailer for Peacemaker here:An official description for the show reads: “Peacemaker will explore the origins of the character that John Cena first portrayed in James Gunn’s 2021 film, The Suicide Squad – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.”In a four-star review of The Suicide Squad, NME wrote: “Gunn succeeds in juggling characters from the original Suicide Squad movie – Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman) becomes an unexpected voice of reason here – with new recruits including Peacemaker (John Cena), a jacked All-American patriot with a deeply questionable moral code.“Appealingly played by Cena, the latter’s story arc should whet appetites for HBO Max’s upcoming Peacemaker TV series.” Peacemaker will be available to watch on Sky Max and NOW from March 22.

Sky has taken UK rights to James Gunn’s John Cena-starring Peacemaker and the show will drop later this month.

H.E.R. is gearing up to for her first major film role and the celebrated songstress is seriously looking forward to the opportunity to finally dive into acting.The singer spoke with ET's Lauren Zima at the Billboard Women in Music Awards at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, on Wednesday, and opened up about being cast in the upcoming  movie, adapted from the Broadway musical.«Oh my gosh, I couldn't believe it,» the singer said of finding out she'd been tapped to play Squeak in the film.

“I feel like we are left as a team, as a unit, and it took a journey for us to get there, but we finally do,” says Peacemaker star Danielle Brooks of the first season of the HBO Max series from James Gunn.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterThe DC Comics adaptation “Peacemaker” has been renewed for Season 2 on HBO Max, executive producer James Gunn and star John Cena announced on Wednesday.The announcement comes the day before the Season 1 finale of the show, which continues the story of Cena’s titular costume vigilante from Gunn’s 2021 feature film “The Suicide Squad.” Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Chukwudi Iwuji, Jennifer Holland, and Steve Agee played the members of the motley crew of operatives tasked to help Peacemaker repel an alien invasion.Gunn wrote all eight episodes of the first season, and directed five, along with Jody HIll, Rosemary Rodriguez, and Brad Anderson.

The stars are stepping out for Christian Siriano‘s latest fashion show!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen James Gunn was conjuring up the opening credit sequence for HBO’s “Peacemaker,” he and his creative team had one goal: to make it so interesting, engaging and funny that people wouldn’t want to skip it.And they succeeded — the show’s opening sequence is a viral sensation.Choreographer Charissa Barton recalls that the catchy ear worm “Do Ya Wanna Taste It” by Wig Wam was in the script and early drafts, and to prep the dance moves she listened to it on repeat. Gunn’s suggestion to her was, “think of the 1960s and 1970s variety shows for inspiration.”Barton says, “I went home and spent the whole night drawing things out.

ABC News special “Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising” to reveal that she will play the role of Sofia in the new flick.Brooks, 32, portrayed the character during the show’s run on Broadway and even earned a Tony nomination in 2016.“My heart is so full, thank you,” Brooks happily sobbed on the special. “And I tell you, Ms. Oprah, I did not get to thank you enough the first time.

Released in 1985, “The Color Purple” is one of the most celebrated films of the modern era. The film earned 10 Oscar nominations and is considered a landmark achievement.

The casting for the highly anticipated The Color Purple movie musical has finally been announced!

Danielle Brooks and Fantasia Barrino have been brought on board the cast of Blitz Bazawule's forthcoming movie, adapted from the Broadway musical.Brooks has been tapped to play Sofia, a role that she played on Broadway during the 2015 revival production, which earned her a Tony Award nomination. Barrino, meanwhile, will be reprising the role of Celie, which he first portrayed in her Broadway debut in 2007.The casting news was announced Thursday, as part of the ABC News special During the special, Brooks rewatched the moment she was surprised with the news of her casting with a special Zoom call from Oprah Winfrey — who portrayed Sofia in the original 1985 film, earning herself an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.«I am here representing all things purple to tell you that you are our Sofia,» Winfrey told an emotional and excited Brooks.

The movie musical “The Color Purple” has found its leads.

Fantasia Taylor will star as Celie and Danielle Brooks will play Sofia in Warner Bros’ film adaptation of the musical The Color Purple, with both reprising their respective roles on Broadway. The news was revealed Thursday during ABC’s Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising special.

Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks have landed the lead roles in the upcoming movie musical The Color Purple.

Angelique Jackson Blitz Bazawule’s “The Color Purple” movie musical has found its Celie and Sofia in Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks.Both actors reprise their respective roles from the stage musical, where Barrino made her Broadway debut in 2007 following her “American Idol” win, and Brooks earned a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of Sofia in the 2015 revival.Barrino and Brooks’ casting was announced on Thursday as part of the ABC News special “Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising.” During the broadcast, “ABC News Live Prime” anchor Linsey Davis interviewed the women about reprising their roles for the film.The upcoming Warner Bros. movie is an adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, which is itself an adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

NEW YORK -- In last year's “The Suicide Squad,” John Cena's Peacemaker is a jingoistic, bigoted superhero. Transferring the DC Comics character to a TV series spinoff gave writer-director James Gunn a forum to hold the flawed character to the light in these days of political divide.Cena, one of the biggest stars of World Wrestling Entertainment, said he was used to playing a loud-mouthed character, with a slight caveat – his wrestling persona was moral.“He was as close to a real-life superhero, that character, as you can get,” Cena said in a recent interview.

Michael Appler On Broadway Wednesday evening, “Skeleton Crew,” the final of seven new plays written by Black playwrights to make its debut this season, opened to an intimate crowd at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Friedman Theatre. The show was embraced by an audience that included Danielle Brooks, Denée Benton and La Chanze but stripped, like the factory it depicts, of the usual pomp and circumstance of a flashy Broadway opening.“Skeleton Crew,” the third work in Dominique Morisseau’s trilogy of Detroit-based plays, finds five workers at a Michigan auto factory — dogged by a corroding city around them, the unfeeling unpredictability of their employers and the looming devastation of joblessness as their workplace, the last of the city’s independent auto factories, inevitably closes.

John Cena’s Peacemaker shows off his moves in the opening credits sequence for the newly released HBO Max series.

HBO Max’s “Peacemaker” show from writer/director James Gunn is a classic case of miscalculation and perhaps becoming so enamored (and indulging) in a too much of a good thing equation you forget the overall math.

The eagerly awaited debut of Peacemaker, the HBO Max series written and directed by James Gunn, has released its official trailer and key art.

Michael Appler On Nov. 23 in New York City, Broadway, welcoming its newest play, hosted a television reunion.

Orange Is The New Black shared a touching reunion last week when they came together in support of Uzo Aduba’s new Broadway show, Clyde’s.Natasha Lyonne (Nicky Nichols), Dascha Polanco (Dayanara Diaz), Adrienne C. Moore (Cindy Hayes), Danielle Brooks (Tasha ‘Taystee’ Jefferson) and Laura Prepon (Alex Vause) appeared at Aduba’s (Suzanne ‘Crazy Eyes’ Warren) Clyde’s premiere on November 23.

So many stars are stepping out for the launch of Christian Siriano‘s new exhibition!

WarnerMedia has released a first clip from Peacemaker, the superhero series starring John Cena as the titular crime fighter. Watch it below.

video above.In addition to Luda, the voice cast for “Karma’s World” includes Asiahn Bryant, Camden Coley, Danielle Brooks, Tiffany Haddish, Jordan Fisher, Dascha Polanco, Dawnn Lewis, Isaia Kohn, Aria Capria, Kaila Mullady and Ramone Hamilton.“I’m so proud of ‘Karma’s World,’ which was inspired by my oldest daughter Karma,” creator and executive producer Chris “Ludacris” Bridges said in a statement.

The reaction to James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” was more divisive than many expected, but it was hard to find anyone who wasn’t entertained by John Cena’s inspired performance as the greatest American hero in his own mind, Peacemaker. A vigilante with a skewed justification of wring and wrong, the 55-year-old Charlton Comics creation now his is own spin-off series on HBO Max.

The reaction to James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” was more divisive than many expected, but it was hard to find anyone who wasn’t entertained by John Cena’s inspired performance as the greatest American hero in his own mind, Peacemaker. A vigilante with a skewed justification of wring and wrong, the 55-year-old Charlton Comics creation now his is own spin-off series on HBO Max.

The reaction to James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” was more divisive than many expected, but it was hard to find anyone who wasn’t entertained by Jon Cena’s inspired performance as the greatest American hero in his own mind, Peacemaker. A vigilante with a skewed justification of wring and wrong, the 55-year-old Charlton Comics creation now his is own spin-off series on HBO Max.

Producer Robin Roberts was joined by star and fellow producer Danielle Brooks at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees awards-season event for Lifetime’s panel on Robin Roberts Presents Mahalia, which has been Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Television Movie.

The Suicide Squad‘s director James Gunn has revealed new details about the film’s upcoming spin-off series.The film isn’t due for release until tomorrow (July 30), yet the new show, which follows John Cena’s character Peacemaker, has already wrapped.