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Angelique Jackson Taraji P. Henson is going to keep telling her truth. As she took the stage at the 2024 ABFF Honors on Sunday night, “The Color Purple” star pointed to a tattoo on her left bicep that spells out those words exactly: “The Truth.” “If you are alive and God blessed you with another day to live, it is your job to tell your truth,” Henson told the crowd gathered for the American Black Film Festival’s marquee gala.

EXCLUSIVE: Dexter Darden (Chang Can Dunk), Chloe Bridges (Maggie) and Robert Buckley (One Tree Hill) have joined the cast of Amber Ruffin and Kenny Smith NBC comedy pilot, Non-Evil Twin.

The cast of the new Disney+ movie Chase Can Dunk stepped out for the world premiere!

BreAnna Bell Following the success of their years-long partnership that spawned seven original films including Natalie Morales’ “Plan B” and “Crush,” Hulu Originals has renewed its first look deal with comedy production company American High. Jason Zaro (“Brigsby Bear”) will serve as co-producer across the new slate of films for Hulu. The renewed partnership comes on the heels of the successful release of “It’s a Wonderful Binge” in November 2022, which starred Kaitlin Olson, Danny Trejo, Nick Swardson, Tim Meadows. The movie serves as a sequel to the first Hulu original comedy under the American High banner, “The Binge,” which featured Vince Vaughn, Skyler Gisondo, Eduardo Franco, Dexter Darden.

which debuted at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and is now streaming on Hulu; “Banana Split”starring Hannah Marks, Liana Liberato and Dylan Sprouse; “The Binge,” which stars Skyler Gisondo, Dexter Darden, Eduardo Franco and Vince Vaughn; “Looks That Kill” starring Brandon Flynn; Josh Friedlander’s “Holly Slept Over;” “The Ultimate Playlist of Noise” starring Emmy-nominee Madeline Brewer and Keean Johnson; Natalie Morales’ solo feature directorial debut “Plan B;” Talia Osteen’s “Sex Appeal;” Sammi Cohen’s directorial debut “Crush”starring Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho; and “It’s A Wonderful Binge,” the sequel to the original “Binge”title, which stars Kaitlin Olson, Danny Trejo, Nick Swardson and Tim Meadows and released in November.In addition to producing multiple films per year, American High aims to finance and acquire a number of third-party films that align with the mission of its brand.

Hulu Originals has renewed its first look output deal with American High.

Charna Flam Disney+ has unveiled the trailer for “Chang Can Dunk” from filmmaker Jingyi Shao, one of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch” for 2023. The coming-of-age sports film — which begins streaming March 10 — follows Chang (Bloom Li), an unpopular high schooler who loves basketball and Pokémon. Chang finds himself wagering a bet with the school’s all-star player, Matt (Chase Liefeld), that he will be able to make a slam dunk — in 12 weeks time. The film also stars Zoe Renee, Ben Wang, Dexter Darden, Anthony Lopez, Nile Bullock, Mardy Ma and Angel Oquendo.

EXCLUSIVE: Half Baked 2, the sequel to the 1998 cult comedy, has finished production in Baton Rouge, LA with Rachel True reprising her role as Mary Jane in the Universal 1440 Entertainment title. Also joining the cast is Maze Runner‘s Dexter Darden, as well as Moses Storm (Unfriended), Ramona Young (Never Have I Ever), Ash Santos (True Story), Joel Courtney (Super 8, The Kissing Booth), and David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

Rachel Bloom, Keegan-Michael Key and Judy Greer hit the red carpet for the premiere of their new series, Reboot, held at the Fox Studio Lot on Monday (September 19) in Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix alum Natalie DeVito has signed a first-look deal with Jeremy Garelick and Will Phelps’ American High.

The Peacock revival of ’90s favorite “Saved by the Bell” will not be back for a third season, the streamer confirmed on Wednesday. The updated series brought back original cast members Elizabeth Berkley Lauren and Mario Lopez, as series regulars and featured Tiffani Thiessen, Lark Voorhies and Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar as guests, with now-California governor Zack Morris ( Gosselaar) sending students of schools he closed to Bayside High.

Saved By The Bell is not coming back to Peacock.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Saved by the Bell” revival at Peacock has been canceled.The show aired two seasons at the streamer, with the most recent one debuting in November 2021. The first season premiered in November 2020.“We are so proud to have been the home of the next iteration of ‘Saved by the Bell’ for both new and OG fans,” Peacock said in a statement.

EXCLUSIVE: School is closing. Saved By The Bell has been canceled by Peacock after two seasons.

That loving feeling! JoJo and Dexter Darden kept their relationship somewhat private, but after the duo’s December 2021 engagement, fans can’t get enough of their sweet romance.

JoJo is engaged! The 31-year-old singer took to Instagram Saturday to share that her boyfriend,  reboot actor, Dexter Darden, popped the question while the couple were on vacation, earlier this month.In the sweet post, JoJo revealed that Darden had flown out both their mothers and best friends for the surprise proposal, which took place during JoJo's birthday celebration on Dec. 20.«Forever with YOU? Sign me UP.

JoJo had a lot to celebrate this Christmas as she got an epic proposal from her boyfriend! Taking to her Instagram on Dec. 25, the “Too Little Too Late” hitmaker revealed Dexter Darden asked her to marry him during a holiday getaway to the La Concha Resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Jojo is getting married.

Singer JoJo has revealed she is engaged to her actor beau Dexter Darden after he surprised her with a proposal. Leave (Get Out) singer JoJo, who's real name is Joanna Noëlle Levesque, shared the happy news with fans as she posted photos from the proposal, which took place on 20 December, and celebrations on her Instagram page.

Congratulations are in order for singer and actress JoJo and her boyfriend Dexter Darden! The Masked Singer star took to Instagram to share that she said ‘YESSSSS!’ to an amazing surprise proposal from her Saved By The Bell actor boyfriend who popped the question at the stunning La Concha Resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico. “Forever with YOU? Sign me UP.

JoJo is engaged!

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu has greenlighted The Binge 2: It’s A Wonderful Binge—a raunchy holiday sequel to American High’s 2020 comedy The Binge, which starred Vince Vaughn, Skyler Gisondo, Eduardo Franco and Dexter Darden. The original film’s screenwriter Jordan VanDina has been tapped to direct the new feature from his original script, in his feature debut.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney Studios feature Chang Can Dunk has added Dexter Darden and Ben Wang to the cast of the high school basketball movie, which will is intended for Disney+.

Saved by the Bell cast members proved they were up for the challenge when asked to answer a series of trivia questions about the original show.Belmont Cameli, Dexter Darden, Mitchell Hoog, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Haskiri Velazquez and John Michael Higgins joined Us Weekly recently to talk about the new show, but they were also game to show off their Saved by the Bell knowledge.

Saved By the Bell cast is not into some of the ‘90s looks worn by original cast members like Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Mario Lopez — and we don’t blame them.On Wednesday, November 25, the Saved By the Bell revival premiered on Peacock with lots of nods to the original show.

Saved by the Bell revival on Peacock assembled for a digital panel to promote the new series.

Burden director Andrew Heckler sneaks up behind Gerard Butler and wraps his hands around the actor’s chest at a screening of the movie on Thursday (February 27) in Los Angeles.

By Denise Petski

By Denise Petski