'The Water Man' Star Lonnie Chavis on His Big Screen Debut

Also Read: Sara Bareilles to Star in Tina Fey-Produced Pop Star Comedy 'Girls5eva' at PeacockThe project will be the latest on-screen role for Goldsberry, who won a Grammy Award and a Tony Award for her role as Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway phenomenon “Hamilton.” She previously starred opposite Sterling K. Brown in the film “Waves,” and Netflix’s “Altered Carbon”.

Mariah Carey is reflecting on the circumstances that lead her to being hospitalized back in 2001.

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.

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

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.

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.

Friendsmore than we can possibly say, but that doesn't mean we're not aware the show is so white it makes the Oscars look diverse. "The Zoom Where It Happens," obviously agrees because their second episode will be a reimagining of Friends with an all-black cast."The Zoom Where It Happens," is an awareness partnership between Mobilize and Zoom that reimagines classic TV by having a racially diverse cast do a script reading over Zoom while spotlighting various social justice organizations.

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

Emmy Awards featured lots of sexy A-list men including Sterling K. Brown, Jason Bateman and Anthony Anderson going all-out in stylish looks — and we are so here for it.Though the 72nd annual awards show on Sunday, September 20, didn’t have a red carpet because of the COVID-19 pandemic, celebs still went all out for their mostly virtual appearances.

Watch Video: David Oyelowo Chose 'The Water Man' as His Directorial Debut Because of His Love for 'The Goonies'Armed with a map and some intel from mortician Jim (Alfred Molina, having a very good time here), Gunner hires Jo (Amiah Miller, “War for the Planet of the Apes”) to be his guide into the woods.

David Oyelowo’s directorial feature debut, “The Water Man,” plays like a kid-friendly throwback to Steven Spielberg’s ’80s movies. It’s a coming-of-age story filled with adventure, friendship, and some serious topics that don’t overshadow its young protagonist’s hopes.

Until his death in 1989 at the age of 74, not even his wife or adoptive children knew that jazz pianist Billy Tipton had been anything other than a cisgender man. According to No Ordinary Man — a new documentary about Tipton’s legacy as a transmasculine icon — the musician became fodder for daytime talk shows and supermarket tabloids shortly after his death, with Oprah Winfrey and her also-rans prying into the marriage between Tipton and his common-law widow Kitty Kelly.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe Urbanworld Film Festival will open its 24th edition with David Oyelowo’s directorial debut “The Water Man” on Sept. 23.Oyelowo stars in the fantasy-adventure film that follows a boy who sets out on a quest to save his ill mother by searching for a mythic figure said to have magical healing powers.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEmmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actor David Oyelowo marks his feature directorial debut with The Water Man, a sci-fi adventure tale about a boy in search of a legendary creature with the ability to cheat death, which just had its premiere at TIFF.“I would describe it as life-affirming,” Oyelowo told Deadline of his first go-around in the director’s seat. “As an actor, you are part of telling a story.

Facing his mother's worsening leukemia, a boy turns his curious mind from detective stories to supernatural lore in David Oyelowo's The Water Man, a family adventure set against a lush Pacific Northwest backdrop. Doing double-duty behind and in front of the camera (playing the boy's father) Oyelowo is sure-footed in his feature directing debut, delivering a smart and wholesome picture with about as little sentimentality as such a tale can have.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticAn engaging for-kids ghost story whose fantasy elements are thoughtfully grounded by real-world concerns, “The Water Man” ends with a blazing wildfire which is far scarier than the supernatural elements that precede it — especially now, as so much of the Pacific Northwest burns.

“I was only going to be starring and producing it initially, but we actually lost our original director and it was Emma Needell, who wrote the film and worked with us on developing the film for four years who said ‘I think you should be the one to make this,'” Oyelowo told TheWrap’s Steve Pond. “The Water Man” stars Lonnie Chavis as a boy whose mother (Rosario Dawson) has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Eli Countryman “Selma” star David Oyelowo did not originally plan to make his feature film directing debut in 2020. But when the first director for “The Water Man” left for another project during the financing stage, Oyelowo stepped up.His film is now set to debut at the Toronto Intl.