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Emmy nominee Margaret Cho (30 Rock, Law & Order SVU), Fortune Feimster (Yes Day, The Netflix Afterparty), Skai Jackson (Jessie), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), and Paris Jackson (Gringo, Lee Daniels’ Star) have rounded out the cast of Sex Appeal, the latest collaboration between Hulu and American High.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterHollywood is full of filmmaking collectives — camps of creative people who met at the bottom and carry each other, hopefully, to great heights.Particularly sacred (and occasionally fraught) is the relationship between producer and director, a delicate balance of trust and honesty.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla The Lee Daniels and Karin Gist project “Our Kind of People” has been given the straight-to-series treatment at Fox Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a series order to drama Our Kind Of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist (Star, Mixed-ish) and executive producer Lee Daniels (Empire, Star). This marks the first new Fox drama series ordered for the 2021-22 season and the first series to come out of the network’s script-to-series model introduced last summer, which involves the opening of a writers room.

The Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have announced the launch of their inaugural Laura Ziskin Visionary Award.Named after the late film producer, the award will recognize leaders in the film industry whose work exemplifies groundbreaking collaboration. This year’s recipients will be Andra Day and director Lee Daniels for their collaboration on “The United States vs.

EXCLUSIVE: The Wonder Years reboot has found its narrator. Don Cheadle has been tapped to play adult Dean Williams in ABC’s single-camera pilot from Saladin Patterson, the original series’ Fred Savage and Lee Daniels.

Lee Daniels has got a lot of irons in the fire.

EXCLUSIVE: The Wonders Year pilot is adding to its cast.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterY’lan Noel has been cast as Dan Freeman, the protagonist in the FX adaptation of Sam Greenlee’s spy novel, “The Spook Who Sat By the Door,” which is being executive produced by Lee Daniels. The project is in pilot production at the premium cabler.In “Spook,” the fictional Freeman is the first Black CIA officer hired by the agency in the late 1960s, who has trained in high-level combat and espionage.

Insecure alum Y’lan Noel has been tapped as the lead, Dan Freeman, in The Spook Who Sat By The Door, FX’s drama pilot based on Sam Greenlee’s spy novel, which is executive produced by Lee Daniels.

Psych alum Dulé Hill is set as a lead opposite Elisha “EJ” Williams and Saycon Sengbloh in ABC’s The Wonder Years single-camera comedy reboot pilot. Additionally, newcomer Laura Kariuki (Black Lightning) is set as a series regular in the reboot from Dave exec producer Saladin Patterson, Fred Savage and Empire co-creator Lee Daniels.

With the Black Lives Matter Movement driving for change to end police brutality in the United States and around the world, Idris Elba opened up about the importance of playing the father of a young Black teen growing up in America in the film “Concrete Cowboy”.

The Wonder Years has found its new Kevin Arnold. Elisha “EJ” Williams has been tapped to star as Dean, the new Kevin in ABC’s The Wonder Years single-camera comedy reboot pilot, from Dave exec producer Saladin Patterson, Fred Savage and Empire co-creator Lee Daniels.

“The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” “Minari,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “One Night in Miami” are among the films AARP is honoring at its annual Movies for Grownups Awards, the nonprofit organization said Thursday.Director Lee Daniels’ “The United States vs.

If you ever wondered what it’d be like if Lee Daniels directed a “Wolverine” movie, congratulations, because you may be Hugh Jackman. READ MORE: Russo Brothers Say Cut ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Sequences Could Still Show Up One Day & Still Would “Love A Crack At Wolverine” In a recent interview with Collider to promote his latest film, “The United States vs.

EXCLUSIVE: The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Hulu’s dramatic retelling of the “Strange Fruit” singer’s battle against the federal government, originated as a single chapter in Johann Hari’s 2015 book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.

EXCLUSIVE: The Wonder Years reboot has found its mom. Saycon Sengbloh (In the Dark) has been cast as a lead in the ABC single-camera comedy pilot from Dave exec producer Saladin Patterson, the original series’ star Fred Savage and Empire co-creator Lee Daniels.

starring Andra Day as the jazz singer, was named best picture, while the Korean American family drama “Minari” got best intergenerational film. Spike Lee’s Vietnam-themed “Da 5 Bloods” picked up best buddy picture and Regina King’s “One Night in Miami…,” about the fictional meeting of Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Cassius Clay and Jim Brown, got best ensemble.“We focus on films made by and for grownups,” said Tim Appelo, the film and television critic for AARP.

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is celebrating that Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday was the streamer’s No. 1 most watched movie this past weekend.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorAndra Day was effervescent on Sunday evening after winning the Golden Globe Award for lead actress in drama for portraying the legendary jazz musician in “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday.”She gushed about her experience working with director Lee Daniels and all that he did to make her soar in the role of the troubled singer.“I can’t say enough about the brilliance of Lee Daniels.

Lee Daniels‘ United States Vs. Billie Holiday film finally premiered on Hulu tonight and fans have a lot of thoughts about the flick.

Andra Day to play the legendary jazz chanteuse. From her Lady Day-inspired stage name to her jazzy delivery and retro style, Day has spent years paying homage to Holiday.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday” was the product of a year-and-a-half of research and planning, even before shooting began in late 2019.“These songs don’t sound like a record from that time,” executive music producer Salaam Remi tells Variety.

The Iron Lady” or “Judy” is “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” director Lee Daniels’ movie about the celebrated singer of “Strange Fruit.” The stunner is Andra Day, a musician who is almost totally new to acting.

Andra Day as Billie Holiday, who has already been nominated for two Golden Globes for the performance. The harrowing tale of Holiday’s traumatic childhood and tumultuous life in the spotlight has been famously recounted in the 1972 classic “Lady Sings the Blues,” starring Diana Ross, and on Broadway in the musical “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” led by Audra McDonald in 2014.

Also Read: 'The United States vs Billie Holiday' Review: Lee Daniels' History Lesson Mixes Anger and GlossDay is also an acclaimed singer Obviously it was important to Daniels to cast someone with musical chops in this film, but he also wanted an actress who could imitate Holiday’s signature smoky, lingering sound. Day fit the role perfectly: she’s been a singer for years and released her debut album, “Cheers to the Fall” (produced in part by  Raphael Saadiq and Jenn Decilveo) in 2015.

Lee Daniels tells ET’s Nischelle Turner as the game-changing filmmaker looks back on his career in Hollywood, which includes directing Oprah Winfrey in as well as helming, the first major biopic about the legendary jazz singer since 1972’s.

Hulu's The United States vs. Billie Holiday hosted its virtual premiere on Wednesday night, with appearances from U.S.

Andra Day is about to make a bigger name for herself, portraying legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels’ biopic,. This marks the first lead onscreen role for the 36-year-old performer, who opens up to ET’s Rachel Smith about the dramatic transformation she went through to embody the 1940s icon.

Lee Daniels is a filmmaker, but he’s also a wavelength. You either get him, or you don’t.

Billie Holiday has always been a monster of a role. Diana Ross tackled her on film and Audra McDonald did it on stage.

Lee Daniels didn’t want to touch the story of Billie Holiday. “Lady Sings the Blues” already existed after all.

“God Bless the Child” was the first Billie Holiday song I ever heard. It was one of my grandmother’s favorites.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThe gifted and mercurial Lee Daniels, director of “Precious,” is one of the only filmmakers I can think of who would dare to drop a badass-diva moment of Billie Holiday violently slapping her spouse into the middle of an otherwise giddy celebrity-singer-on-tour montage. In Daniels’ “The United States vs.

Watch Video: Hear Andra Day Sing 'What the F-' She Wants in 'The United States Vs. Billie Holiday' TrailerSpecifically, Holiday was the obsession of Federal Bureau of Narcotics chief Harry J.

Her voice was legendary, as were some of the battles she faced in her career. Lee Daniels’ new film, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” revisits the life of the iconic, openly bisexual singer.