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Will Thorne Staff WriterThe Lee Daniels and Karin Gist series “Our Kind of People” is picking up speed at Fox Entertainment.Fox is eyeing a potential series order for the drama, according to sources, and the company has now opened a writers’ room led by Gist.Inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s book “Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class,” the series takes place in the aspirational world of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, a historical stronghold where the rich and powerful black

With the Black Lives Matter Movement driving for change to end police brutality in the United States, 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”.

With the Black Lives Matter Movement driving for change to end police brutality in the United States, 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”.

With the Black Lives Matter Movement driving for change to end police brutality in the United States, 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”.

Angelique Jackson Forget a one-horse town: “Concrete Cowboy” premiered in front of a more than 50-car audience at a special screening in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night in the Hotel Figueroa parking lot. Ahead of the screening, the film’s producer Lee Daniels and writer-director Ricky Staub took the stage to celebrate launching the movie in this unconventional, yet innovative, way.

“The Wonder Years” is the latest beloved TV show to receive the reboot treatment, with a new version reimagining the original story of a young boy (Fred Savage) coming of age in the late 1960s.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerAmerican Black Film Festival (ABFF) wrapped its 24th annual celebration with The Best Of The ABFF Awards.

Paramount Pictures has set the release of Untitled Lee Daniels Billie Holiday Film for Feb. 12, 2021.

Deadline reports.“We couldn’t be more excited for our friend Senator Kamala Harris to join the Democratic ticket and be our Vice Presidential Nominee,” an invite reads.

Ted Johnson Kamala Harris will headline a virtual fundraiser that is being organized by a lengthy list of Hollywood politicos, including Ryan Murphy, J.J. Abrams and Lee Daniels.Murphy and his husband David Miller are chairing the Sept.

Lee Daniels, Lulu Wang and Taraji P. Henson are among the talent participating in a series of virtual panels about inclusion and equity in Hollywood hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterWhoopi Goldberg, Lee Daniels, Marvel executive Victoria Alonso and more Hollywood heavyweights are on board for a new virtual conversation series from the the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The series, titled “Academy Dialogues: It Starts With Us,” is part of the group’s Aperture 2025 equity and inclusion initiative.

Taraji P. Henson is rejoining some of her “Empire” family for a new spin-off.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticThe end of Empire may be just have been a stepping stone to a whole lot of Cookie.Development of a spinoff of the Danny Strong and Lee Daniels created series’ iconic matriarch is the first order of business in a new first look deal that Taraji P.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: ‘The Son’ writer-creator-showrunner Lee Shipman, has signed with APA.Most recently, Shipman wrote the musical drama Moss Landing for ABC, 20th Century Fox TV, Lee Daniels and Florida Georgia Line.

The Wonder Years is set to return to screens, now with a Black family as the focus.ABC have ordered a reboot of the show, which ran for six seasons between 1988 and 1993.As The Hollywood Reporter reveals, Empire co-creator Lee Daniels is set to head up the reboot, which will focus on a Black family in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1960s.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – A reboot of “The Wonder Years” has landed a pilot production commitment at ABC.

The Wonder Years is coming back.

A reboot of “The Wonder Years” has landed a pilot production commitment at ABC.The new half-hour comedy series would focus on how a black middle class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960’s made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.  That puts the new show in the same time period as the original series, which was set between 1968 and 1973. A mini writer’s room for the show will be opened once ABC approves a pilot script.Saladin K.

The Wonder Years is getting the reboot treatment. ABC announced on Wednesday that the network has committed to producing a pilot for a new reimagining of the iconic coming-of-age sitcom, which ran from 1998 to 1993. Empire co-creator Lee Daniels will executive produce the reboot alongside Saladin K.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVABC has handed a pilot production commitment to The Wonder Years, a new iteration of the network’s 1980s family comedy-drama. It comes from Dave executive producer Saladin K.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA reboot of “The Wonder Years” has landed a pilot production commitment at ABC.The new half-hour comedy series would focus on how a black middle class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960’s made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.  That puts the new show in the same time period as the original series, which was set between 1968 and 1973. A mini writer’s room for the show will be opened once ABC approves a pilot script.Saladin K.

The Wonder Years reimagining is in the works at ABC, Us Weekly has learned.The network has picked up a pilot for the half-hour comedy, produced by 20th Century Fox, which will focus on a middle-class Black family in Montgomery, Alabama, in the turbulent late 1960s — the same era as the original series — and how they “made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.”Empire cocreator and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lee Daniels will serve as Executive Producer, along with writer and producer Saladin

Also Read: Lee Daniels to Direct Superhero Comic 'Stealth' From 'Walking Dead' Creators at UniversalDay stars alongside Natasha Lyonne, Garrett Hedlund, Trevante Rhodes and Da’Vine Joy Randolph in the film that’s written by Pulitzer prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks (“Native Son”) based on the 2015 book “Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs” written by Johann Hari.

Will Thorne Staff WriterFox is the latest network to unveil its pilot production plans amid the current coronavirus uncertainty.The network has announced it will extend all six of the pilots it had left over from the traditional pilot season, namely two single-camera comedies (“Pivoting” from Liz Astrof and “This Country” from Jenny Bicks and Paul Feig) and four dramas (“The Big Leap,” “Blood Relative,” “The Cleaning Lady” and “Untitled Film Re-Enactment Project”).Fox had previously handed out

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefYes, there’s Gus Van Sant, Pedro Almodovar, Lee Daniels, Gregg Araki, Kimberly Peirce, Lisa Cholodenko and Dee Rees.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSierra/Affinity is handling international sales of Lee Daniels’ “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday,” starring Andra Day as the iconic jazz singer, at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market.The biopic focuses on Holiday being targeted by federal agents with an undercover sting operation aimed at prohibiting her from singing her controversial 1939 song, “Strange Fruit,” which protested the lynchings of Black Americans.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmSierra/Affinity will handle international sales of The United States Vs. Bilie Holiday, with Lee Daniels directing, producing, co-writing the script on the legendary jazz singer.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmSierra/Affinity will handle international sales of The United States Vs. Billie Holliday, with Lee Daniels directing, producing, co-writing the script on the legendary jazz singer.

Andra Day is back with a new single!

Martin Scorsese has made a short film for the BCC about being in isolation. The self-shot film in which the iconic director explores what the lockdown has meant to him is set to premiere on May 28 in the final episode of Lockdown Culture With Mary Beard, the retitled new series of the BBC's flagship arts program Front Row Late.

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The music community is coming together to pay tribute to Uptown Records founder Andre Harrell, who died in early May at age 59.

A tribute to Andre Harrell, the influential music executive who discovered Sean “Diddy” Combs and died earlier this month at age 59, will air Sunday. The memorial broadcast dubbed Mr.

A tribute to Andre Harrell, the influential music executive who discovered Sean “Diddy” Combs and died earlier this month, will air Sunday.The memorial broadcast dubbed “Mr. Champagne and Bubbles” — a nickname of Harrell’s — will feature tributes from Chris Rock, Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx, Babyface, Naomi Campbell, Lee Daniels, Clarence Avant, Russell Simmons, Kimora Lee Simmons, Robin Thicke and more.

As one of the most glamorous people in the entire world, Naomi Campbell has, intentionally or not, become synonymous with unfathomable luxury, an iron exterior, and knee-buckling shade. That image is owed in part to her many unforgettable TV appearances, like the time dropped the epic poem "Check your lipstick before you come and talk to me!" from her time on The Face.