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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has signed an exclusive first-look series and film deal with Emmy-winning director Nneka Onuorah.

BreAnna Bell Amazon MGM Studios has signed an exclusive first-look TV and film deal with “Lizzo’s Watch Out For the Big Grrrls” Director Nneka Onuorah, the studio announced on Tuesday. “Nneka has a track record of crafting stories that excite, intrigue, and inspire,” said Vernon Sanders, Amazon MGM Studios’ head of television. “This is a process we’ve been fortunate to experience firsthand, and we cannot wait to reignite our professional relationship under this formal deal.” Onuorah won the Primetime Emmy award for outstanding directing for a reality program for Prime Video’s “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls” in September 2022.

Out On Film, presented by GILEAD, has announced the filmmaker awards for the recently concluded 36th edition of the Atlanta-based LGBTQIA+ film festival. Olivier Peyon’s LIE WITH ME, based on the 2017 novel by Philippe Besson novel,  was a two-time winner, taking the audience award for Best Narrative Feature and tying for the jury award for Best Narrative Feature alongside Zeno Graton’s THE LOST BOYS.  Graton tied for the jury prize for Best Director along Babatunde Apolowo, whose ALL THE COLOURS OF THE WORLD ARE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE took home the award for Best International Film.

Outfest announced the full line up for its 41st Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Festival presented by Warner Bros. Discovery and Genesis Motor America, taking place July 13 – 23 in venues around Los Angeles and is headquartered at the Directors Guild of America in West Hollywood. Tickets and passes are available to Outfest members today, and to the general public starting Friday, June 23rd.

biggrrrls.castingcrane.com until April 9, with the exhortation, “Come as you are and be sure to bring good energy to show the world how special you are.” Season 1 of “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” was nominated for six Emmys and won three Emmys, including one for director Nneka Onuorah, and Outstanding Competition Program category.

The MACRO Lodge is back at Sundance for its 6th annual edition of programming and events centered on celebrating diversity and inclusion.Over the course of four days, the invite-only showcase will host screenings, panels and parties at its location on Park City’s Main Street.MACRO, which also sponsors the festival, is presented by the company’s founder and CEO Charles D. King and his wife, Chief Brand Officer Stacey Walker King.

inclusion playbook in June of 2021. Since then, the streamer launched its biggest, most expensive series, “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” which was met with great acclaim and, sadly, with social media furor over the epic fantasy series’ diverse casting.

Michael Keaton, who won the night’s first presented award for Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series for his role in Hulu’s “Dopesick”, Zendaya who won her second Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy for portraying Rue in “Euphoria,” and two separate snaps with “Only Murders in the Building” costars Martin Short and Steve Martin.https://t.co/own8kCCHO6 pic.twitter.com/uYc62ymjmFAnd it doesn’t stop there. Lizzo also posted selfies with Geena Davis, who won the Governor’s Award for her Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media; shimmying “White Lotus” winner Jennifer Coolidge; winner for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Sheryl Lee Ralph; and “Abbott Elementary” mastermind and winner for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Quinta Brunson.In a previous interview with TheWrap about her show’s six Emmy nominations, the “Truth Hurts” breakout musician and rapper warned us that she would do this.“So, listen, let me tell you about me,” Lizzo said.

Lizzo gave a stirring speech on stage after winning the Emmy for Outstanding Competition Program.

Lizzo looks ready to represent the «big grrrls» at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards! On Monday, the 34-year-old entertainer hit the red carpet at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, and made sure her Emmys debut was a memorable one. Lizzo wowed in a show-stopping Giambattista Valli red tulle gown. The singer also had some fun while presenting an Emmy with host Kenan Thompson.Prime Video's reality series,, earned six Emmys nominations this year. The show's director, Nneka Onuorah, already won for Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys on Sept.

Outstanding Animated Program: “Arcane”Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.”Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance: Chadwick BosemanOutstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming: “Savage X Fenty Show Vol.

Megan Thee Stallion.The multi-part docuseries will be directed by Nneka Onuorah and aims to give viewers an intimate perspective into the rapper's life and career. With a mix of archival footage and fresh video, the series strives to highlight Megan's shift from viral freestyling phenom to iconic cultural powerhouse. The series will delve into her upbringing in Texas, chronicle the major milestones in her meteoric rise, as well as the personal hurdles she's overcome to thrive in her career and shed light on «the many facets of the Houston native's multilayered personality.»«We are thrilled to be able to work with Roc Nation to share Megan's story with the world.

Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion is getting the docuseries treatment.

Chris Willman Music WriterMegan Thee Stallion will be the subject of a documentary series being produced by Time Studios and her management company, Roc Nation, the two companies announced Thursday.Nneka Onuorah will direct the multi-part series. Onuorah is at the helm of “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrrls,” the competition series that is soon to bow on Prime Video.

Amazon Prime Video on March 25, follows the three-time Grammy award winner on the hunt for the best twerkers in town.“Girls that look like me don’t get representation,” Lizzo, 33, says in the trailer.

EXCLUSIVE: Charles D. King’s Macro Television Studios has teamed with Nigerian-American filmmaker, producer and activist Nneka Onuorah on Truth Be Told, her limited docuseries about the Black church. Macro will finance, produce and serve as the studio on the four-part docuseries, which is directed and executive produced by Onuorah via her Nneka Productions, LLC.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Nigerian-America filmmaker, producer and activist Nneka Onuorah in all areas. Onuorah’s projects focus on championing social justice across several mediums, including documentary features, series, live events, commercials, campaigns, and scripted features and series.

Angelique Jackson United Talent Agency (UTA) announced Thursday that agent Brianna Shebby is joining the agency in its unscripted television division.Over the course of her career, Shebby has worked with production companies and talent across film, television, music and sports, including Nobody’s Hero, NASCAR, Lizzo, Pilgrim Studios, Lilly Singh, Love Productions, 44 Blue, Nneka Onuorah, Travis Kelce, Reba McEntire and Stephen Curry’s production banner Unanimous Media.