Sterling K. Brown, Gabrielle Union to lead all-black ‘Friends’ project

Cher, The Chicks, and Halle Berry will be among the A-listers wearing purple with pride and taking part in GLAAD’s 2020 Spirit Day, celebrating the LGBTQ community.LeAnn Rimes, Sterling K. Brown, Ted Danson, Ken Jeong, and Tegan & Sara will also be part of the virtual event next week (October 15, 2020).

Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford and more cast members from The West Wing look as comfortable as ever in their roles, as evidenced by the first peek at the HBO Max reunion special.The streaming platform released the trailer for A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote on Thursday, October 8 — one week before the scripted event will drop. For fans who thought the special would simply take on a stale table-read style, think again.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThis Is Us star Sterling K. Brown is playing the role John Spencer made famous on The West Wing for the show’s election-themed reunion special that will air October 15 on HBO Max.Spencer played Leo McGarry, the loyal and demon-battling Chief of Staff to Martin Sheen’s President Bartlett, on 155 episodes of Aaron Sorkin’s political drama, which was tied with Hill Street Blues for the most Emmys before Game of Thrones came along.

first reported by People.The special, which airs on Oct. 15, will reunite Aaron Sorkin, the rest of the cast, and director Thomas Schlamme for a stage performance of the Season 3 episode, “Hartfield’s Landing.”Also Read: HBO Max Sets Date for 'West Wing' Stage Special of 'Hartfield's Landing'This will be the first time in 17 years that the original cast of “The West Wing” will reunite.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe COVID-19 pandemic can’t keep The Big Three apart as This Is Us began season 5 production on Thursday. Stars Sterling K.

There’s a lot in store this coming season on “This Is Us”.

Thank them for being a friend: On Sept. 8, Regina King, Alfre Woodard, Tracee Ellis Ross and Sanaa Lathan starred in an online re-creation of "The Flu," a season-one episode of The Golden Girls and part of a series called Zoom Where It Happens.

The Friends reunion at HBO Max is still on a break, but you can get your fix tonight at 9 p.m. ET with a live Zoom table read of the hit sitcom featuring an all-Black cast, Deadline reports.

Twitter was absolutely in love with everything about the Zoom Where It Happens event tonight, which saw an all-Black cast do a live reading of Friends‘ “The One Where It Never Happened” episode.

Gabrielle Union hosted an all-Black “Friends” with an all-star cast.

' most iconic episodes on Tuesday.During the «Zoom Where It Happens» event, the actors performed «The One Where No One's Ready.» Brown played Ross, while Bathe, his real-life wife, was Rachel. Aduba portrayed Phoebe, Sampson was Joey, Pope played Chandler and Hinds interpreted Monica.

' most iconic episodes on Tuesday.During the «Zoom Where It Happens» event, the actors performed «The One Where No One's Ready.» Brown played Ross, while Bathe, his real-life wife, was Rachel. Aduba portrayed Phoebe, Sampson was Joey, Pope played Chandler and Hinds interpreted Monica.

Sterling K. Brown is using the sexiest method ever to make sure people have registered to vote.

Sterling K. Brown paid a virtual visit to Global‘s “The Talk” on Tuesday, and discussed that night’s live Zoom reimagining of “Friends”, in which Black actors will play the Central Perk Six for a script reading.

Sterling K. Brown is making sure that everyone votes by getting attention in a hot way!

the announcement that an all-Black cast featuring Sterling K.

Gabrielle Union is set to host an all-black reading of a Friends episode featuring Sterling K. Brown, Ryan Michelle Bathe, and 2020 Emmy winner Uzo Aduba.Aisha Hinds, Kendrick Sampson, and Jeremy Pope will also take on roles in the virtual event, directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield.The classic sitcom, which starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer, has recently come under scrutiny for its lack of diversity, prompting Schwimmer and

Friends is getting reimagined. Gabrielle Union is set to host an all-Black cast reading of the infamous show that starred Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer.