The final half of Netflix’s You arrived on the platform this week, and it contained two refences to Taylor Swift.
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Angelique Jackson Tyler Perry has set his latest movie with Netflix, with plans to write, direct and produce “Mea Culpa” for the streamer. Kelly Rowland will star in and produce the film, which centers on a criminal defense attorney who, in the hopes of becoming partner, takes on the case of an artist who may or may not have murdered his girlfriend. The ensemble cast also features Trevante Rhodes (“Moonlight,” “Birdbox,” “Bruiser”) Sean Sagar (“The Gentleman,” “The Covenant,” “Sistas”), Nick Sagar (“The Princess Switch” trilogy, “Run the World”), and RonReaco Lee (“Nappily Ever After,” “Coffee and Kareem”). The new project is set to begin filming this spring.
Producing the film alongside Perry and Rowland are Tyler Perry Studios president Angi Bones and Will Areu.
“Mea Culpa” marks Perry’s fifth film directed for Netflix, following “A Fall From Grace,” “A Madea Homecoming,” the period drama “A Jazzman’s Blues” (Perry’s longtime passion project, produced from his first screenplay, written 27 years prior) and the upcoming World War II-set drama “Six Triple Eight,” which is currently in production. The new project marks the first collaboration between Perry and Rowland, though the four-time Grammy winning musician-turned-actor has starred in such films as “Think Like A Man,” “Bad Hair” and “The Curse of Bridge Hollow,” with appearances on TV series including “L.A.’s Finest,” “American Soul,” “Empire” and more. She most recently appeared in “Fantasy Football,” with Marsai Martin and on a season 3 episode of Queen Latifah’s “The Equalizer.” Rowland also serves as an executive producer on the “Merry Liddle Christmas” series, in which she stars for Lifetime.
The final half of Netflix’s You arrived on the platform this week, and it contained two refences to Taylor Swift.
reported on Friday. The company was founded in 2021 by Travis Montaque, Richelieu Dennis and Bonin Bough and recently put in a bid of $400 million for Vice Media.
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Ireland Baldwin was showered with love at her strip club-themed party on Monday night. Ireland, 27, shared photos from her baby shower to Instagram for her 675,000 followers. "Way too many of these to post but it'll have to come in parts," she began the caption.
Tyler Perry is in talks to purchase a majority stake of BET Media Group amid reports that parent company Paramount Global is exploring a sale of the asset, Variety has confirmed. Perry currently owns a minority stake in the operation run by CEO Scott Mills, which includes cablers BET and VH1, and also produces a large portion of the programming available on BET and streamer BET+, which he helped launch in 2019. Also among BET’s divisions is production company BET Studios, which counts Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas as minority stake holders. Perry and BET have a long history, as the network helped fund his first feature, 2005’s “Diary of a Mad Black Woman.” In 2017, Perry endeavored on a long-term film deal with Paramount, with a TV deal that began in May 2020. The partnership has been a lucrative and successful endeavor for Perry, Paramount Global president and CEO Bob Bakish and BET Networks president Scott Mills.
UPDATED with Tyler Perry interest: Paramount Global is talking with Tyler Perry about a deal for BET Media as the conglom explores a sale of a majority stake in the division.
Kelly Rowland is a girl's girl! The 42-year-old musician attended the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles over the weekend, where she couldn't help but gush about the famous women in her life.After recently posing alongside pal Kim Kardashian at the gym, Rowland shared what led to that moment with the reality star and fellow mom.«We have been buddies for a very long time. I saw her in the gym and I said, 'I wanna come!' Because she's lifting heavy, and she looks amazing,» Rowland told ET's Deidre Behar about the mother of four.
Bootylicious. Watch the video below to see Kelly's 2002 look.WATCH: Kelly Rowland looks fierce in 2002 throwback videoFor the smash hit music video, Kelly wore a cut-out yellow dress, extremely similar to the crop top she wore on the red carpet this week, proving that she's barely aged a day in over 20 years.
Kim Kardashian is feeling the burn, and she’s joined at the gym by Kelly Rowland.
Kim Kardashian has teamed up with popstar Kelly Rowland as they hit the gym together - a friendship many fans were unaware of. The two 42-year-olds posed for Kim’s Instagram story as they broke a sweat with Kim’s personal trainer, Senada Greca.
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Emily Longeretta It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later. During Wednesday’s episode of “Chicago Fire,” Taylor Kinney’s Kelly Severide left town to go to “the best arson investigation training program in the world.” While he could have turned down the last-minute opening, the opportunity was too big to pass on. Kinney did not appear on the episode, as he had already left the set at the time of shooting. Instead, the news was delivered to Boden (Eamonn Walker) from the captain. While the chief is disappointed, he knows the training will be beneficial for the firehouse whenever Severide returns. Last month, Variety confirmed that Kinney was taking a leave of absence from the procedural to deal with a person matter.
is addressing Taylor Kinney's absence.On Wednesday's season 11 episode, titled «Damage Control,» while Kinney's character, Lieutenant Kelly Severide, was not seen, his absence was definitely felt by his wife, Stella. At the top of the episode, Stella is seen in their empty apartment, while Severide is off at an arson investigation program in Alabama.As OFI boss Van Meter explained to Boden, who was visibly upset that he lost one of his best firefighters with one day’s notice, the last-minute opportunity was just too good for Severide to pass up.
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Tim Gray Senior Vice President All five best-actor contenders this year are first-time Oscar nominees. Two are newbies, so that’s not surprising. But among the veterans, Colin Farrell is long overdue, after a 25-year career marked by breadth, daring and risk-taking. In Searchlight’s “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Farrell meets all the criteria for an Oscar win: There’s not a false note in the performance, it’s very different from what you’ve seen him do, and you can’t imagine anyone else playing the part. In person, Farrell is 180 degrees from Padraic. In a long conversation, he didn’t dwell on the movie, yet all roads led to Inisherin: Farrell spoke of a sense of community, of family, of friendship and the power of art — all topics addressed in the film.
EXCLUSIVE: Sigourney Weaver has joined the cast of Apple Original Films and Skydance’s The Gorge starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy. Scott Derrickson is on board to direct with Zach Dean penning the script, which he sold on spec to Skydance last year. In addition to starring, Teller will serve as executive producer on the film.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Audible announced that Grammy-winning artists Sara Bareilles and Kelly Rowland have signed on to judge “Breakthrough,” billed as the first singing competition series launch exclusively as a podcast. Bareilles and Rowland will mentor and guide the performances as well as the artistic development of five artists through a season of musical challenges. The series is hosted by actor-singer Daveed Diggs, who narrate the contestants’ journeys over nine episodes. With the audio-only format of “Breakthrough,” the physical appearance of the performers is hidden from the audience and the judges — the idea is that the quality of the musical performance is the entire basis for the competition, which will culminate in one artist crowned the winner.
Former Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh celebrated six months of sobriety as she jetted off to Switzerland with her husband Hugo Taylor.The 33 year old enjoyed a ski trip in luxury resort Zermattand and shared a snap of her posing happily in a deckchair as she took a break from the slopes.The mum of two, who has been undergoing laser removal for her three tattoos, could be seen lounging in some trendy houndstooth dungarees with her matching jacket hanging from the back of her chair. Millie rocked some white sunglasses for the snap as she ditched her helmet and goggles to enjoy the sunshine on her first ski holiday since her childhood.