‘Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker’: TV Review

The coronavirus pandemic has brought movie productions, television sets and highly-anticipated releases to a screeching halt, but one TLC show has been created as a result of it. TLC has announced the return of a "90 Day Fiance" like viewers have never seen before.

Just days before their online concert for stay-at home fans on Thursday, Reik's Bibi Marin chatted with Billboard's Griselda Flores for a Billboard Live Q&A.Bibi, who is isolating indoors in beach town Playa del Carmen in Mexico with his wife and two kids, talked about life in quarantine with his family, how Reik has been impacted by this coronavirus pandemic and what he's learned about himself while isolating."Luckily nothing was canceled but postponed.

Demi Lovato is keeping busy during her self-isolation!

While the world sits at home and waits, Demi Lovato checked in with Jimmy Fallon for an online chat and a song to blow away the lockdown blues.Lovato was a guest for the latest "At Home" edition of Fallon’s The Tonight Show.The pop star belted out her most recent Hot 100 hit “I Love Me,” proving that she’s been putting in the hard work during these weeks of downtime.Fallon and Lovato also had a timely conversation on mental health. “It’s so important right now,” she explained.

Giles Walker, a Canadian director who directed documentaries and feature dramas over a 40-year career, has died. He was 74.

Selena Gomez has tips on how to get through self-isolation. They’re rock-solid suggestions: cooking, music, podcasts, books, movies and TV.The “Lose You to Love Me” singer posted some fun pictures of herself in the kitchen, cooking what looks to be mac and cheese with a roast.“Trying to take a cute/serious pic of me cooking but then felt embarrassed so I’m using the candid where I look so happy but I really feel kinda cheesy,” she writes.

Dua Lipa just released her new album, Future Nostalgia, and one track that’s already gaining a lot of attention is the space-themed “Levitating.” Although the song fits well within the rest of the album’s up-tempo dance vibes, it’s notable because it features Lipa trying her hand at faux-rapping reminiscent of Blondie. In an interview with Apple Music, Lipa revealed that it was intentional.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Matt Sweeney have shared a previously unreleased their from the sessions for 2005 collaboration Superwolf. Proceeds from the song, “You’ll Get Eaten, Too,” will go to the staffs of Drag City and New York’s Superiority Burger. Hear the rarity below.

Netflix’s “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker,” the story of America’s first self-made female millionaire, takes place between 1908 and 1918. But the music, instead of focusing on the early jazz that might be expected, runs the gamut from ragtime to hip-hop.

NEW YORK -- Madam C.J. Walker may be one of America’s most successful “pull yourself up by your own bootstrap” stories, but many have never heard of her. However, that’s changing, thanks to the recent release of a Netflix limited series starring Octavia Spencer.

Up until recently, most of the people deemed worthy of drawn-out biographical explorations have been white, but it's a new day in Hollywood. In theaters, films like Hidden Figures (2016) and Harriet (2019) brought stories about lesser-known African American heroes from out of the shadows, and with Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, Netflix does the holy work of making the self-made millionaire the TV star she should have been long before now.

It's been about 18 years since The Rosie O'Donnell Show ended. On Sunday, Rosie O'Donnell brought back the classic talk show for one night only to help raise money for The Actor's Fund amid the global coronavirus pandemic.

Over the weekend, a new miniseries arrived on Netflix and instantly became the talk of the town. The online streaming platform dropped a new show called Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.

Octavia Spencer is no stranger to playing inspiring women, and in her new miniseries, she's portraying a real-life icon.

Finding the look for Netflix’s new four-part series “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” was something costume designer Karyn Wagner describes as “being in heaven, and a smorgasbord of design.”